The 2018–19 Segunda División season, also known as LaLiga 1|2|3 for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th season of the Spanish football second division since its establishment.
Summary On 18 January 2019, just one day before the start of the second half of the season, the LFP expelled Reus, due to their failure to pay their players. On 1 June 2019, Extremadura UD player José Antonio Reyes was killed in a car crash in his native hometown Utrera ahead of the last matchday 2018–19 season.
Team changes This was the first edition without reserve teams since the 2002–03 season. To Segunda División Promoted from 2017–18 Segunda División B Mallorca Rayo Majadahonda Elche Extremadura Relegated from 2017–18 La Liga Deportivo La Coruña Las Palmas MálagaFrom Segunda División Relegated to 2018–19 Segunda División B Cultural Leonesa Barcelona B Sevilla Atlético
Promoted to 2018–19 La Liga Huesca Rayo Vallecano Valladolid
Relegated to 2018–19 Tercera División Lorca FC
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Albacete Albacete Carlos Belmonte Alcorcón Alcorcón Santo Domingo Almería Almería Juegos Mediterráneos Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza Córdoba Córdoba El Arcángel Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Abanca-Riazor Elche Elche Martínez Valero Extremadura Almendralejo Francisco de la Hera Gimnàstic Tarragona Nou Estadi Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes Las Palmas Las Palmas Gran Canaria Lugo Lugo Anxo Carro Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda Mallorca Palma Son Moix Numancia Soria Los Pajaritos Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar Oviedo Oviedo Carlos Tartiere Rayo Majadahonda Majadahonda Cerro del Espino Reus Reus Municipal Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón Podcast Gijón Ser Deportivos; 9 March 2015 Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda
Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsorN/A, , , Zaragoza
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentDeportivo La Coruña Clarence SeedorfResigned22 May 2018Pre-season Natxo González15 June 2018Alcorcón Julio Velázquez4 June 2018 Cristóbal Parralo19 June 2018Lugo FranciscoMutual consent5 June 2018 Javi López17 June 2018Osasuna Diego MartínezSacked7 June 2018 Jagoba Arrasate20 June 2018Córdoba José Ramón SandovalEnd of contract12 June 2018 Francisco28 June 2018Zaragoza Natxo GonzálezResigned12 June 2018 Imanol Idiakez18 June 2018Numancia Jagoba Arrasate18 June 2018 Aritz López Garai24 June 2018Reus Aritz López GaraiMutual consent23 June 2018 Xavi Bartolo23 June 2018Albacete Enrique MartínEnd of contract4 June 2018 Luis Miguel Ramis24 June 2018Málaga José González20 June 2018 Juan Muñiz20 June 2018Las Palmas Paco Jémez25 May 2018 Manolo Jiménez26 May 2018Granada Miguel Ángel Portugal4 June 2018 Diego Martínez14 June 2018Córdoba FranciscoResigned2 August 2018 José Ramón Sandoval3 August 2018Tenerife Joseba EtxeberriaSacked17 September 201819th José Luis Oltra17 September 2018 Zaragoza Imanol Idiakez21 October 201816th Lucas Alcaraz22 October 2018 Gimnàstic José Antonio Gordillo22 October 201822nd Enrique Martín23 October 2018 Lugo Javi López27 October 201815th Alberto Monteagudo28 October 2018 Extremadura Juan Sabas10 November 201821st Rodri13 November 2018 Las Palmas Manolo Jiménez16 November 20185th Paco Herrera16 November 2018 Sporting Gijón Rubén Baraja18 November 201814th José Alberto18 November 2018Córdoba José Ramón Sandoval18 November 201821st Curro Torres19 November 2018 Zaragoza Lucas Alcaraz17 December 201820th Víctor Fernández17 December 2018 Reus Xavi BartoloResigned5 February 201922ndN/A Extremadura RodriSacked16 February 201919th Manuel Mosquera27 February 2019Córdoba Curro Torres25 February 201921st Rafa Navarro25 February 2019Las Palmas Paco Herrera4 March 201911th Pepe Mel4 March 2019Deportivo La Coruña Natxo González7 April 20195th José Luis Martí 8 April 2019Málaga Juan Muñiz14 April 20195th Víctor Sánchez 15 April 2019Lugo Alberto Monteagudo20 April 201919th Eloy Jiménez 21 April 2019Oviedo Juan Antonio Anquela22 April 20199th Sergio Egea22 April 2019Tenerife José Luis Oltra12 May 201917th Luis César Sampedro13 May 2019
League table
Standings
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Results
1 The opponents of Reus awarded a 1–0 w/o win each.
Promotion play-offs
Season statistics
Scoring First goal of the season: Álex Fernández for Cádiz against Almería (17 August 2018) Last goal of the season: Regular season: Nano for Tenerife against Zaragoza (9 June 2019)Play-offs: Abdón Prats for Mallorca against Deportivo La Coruña (23 June 2019)
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 ÁlvaroAlmería202 QuiqueDeportivo La Coruña163 Rubén CastroLas Palmas15 Enric GallegoExtremadura5 Juan MuñozAlcorcón136 Federico PiovaccariCórdoba12 Roberto TorresOsasuna Juan VillarOsasuna
Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists1 Rubén GarcíaOsasuna122 Álvaro VadilloGranada113 Álvaro TejeroAlbacete104 Salva SevillaMallorca95 Gustavo BlancoMálaga8 Lago JuniorMallorca Alain OyarzunNumancia8 Néstor SusaetaAlbacete7 Fede VicoGranada10 Kike BarjaOsasuna6 Fede CartabiaDeportivo La Coruña Marco SangalliAlcorcón Fran VillalbaNumancia
Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the least goals-to-games ratio. Keepers had to play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.
RankPlayerClubGoals AgainstMatchesAverage1 Rui SilvaGranada27400.682 Dani GiménezDeportivo La Coruña32410.782 RubénOsasuna28350.804 MunirMálaga30360.835 Diego MariñoSporting Gijón31370.84
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Round Reference Enric GallegoExtremaduraRayo Majadahonda4–1 (A)22 September 20186 Carlos FernándezDeportivo La CoruñaElche4–0 (H)12 October 20189 Enric Gallego 4ExtremaduraReus4–1 (A)17 November 201814 Darwin MachísCádizLas Palmas3–0 (A)14 April 201934 Marc GualZaragozaCórdoba3–0 (A)28 April 201936 ÁlvaroAlmeríaElche5–3 (H)12 May 201938 Note 4 Player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 20 Manuel Sánchez (Elche) Most red cards: 3 Carlos Bellvís (Alcorcón) Roman Zozulya (Albacete)
Team Most yellow cards: 141 Tenerife Most red cards: 9 Deportivo La Coruña Fewest yellow cards: 42 Reus Fewest red cards: 0 Reus
Average attendances Attendances include play-off games.
Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthReferencePlayerClubSeptember MunirMálagaOctober Carlos FernándezDeportivo La CoruñaNovember Enric GallegoExtremaduraDecember EugeniAlbaceteJanuary Roberto TorresOsasunaFebruary Darwin MachísCádizMarch Luis MillaTenerifeApril Salva SevillaMallorca
References
External links La Liga website