The 2019–20 Segunda División season, also known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, was the 89th since its establishment.
On 12 March 2020 after most of teams had played 31 games, the league was suspended for at least two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. The league was suspended indefinitely on 23 March. The season recommenced on 10 June and was initially planned to be completed on 20 July.
On 20 July 2020, the final day of the regular season, Deportivo de La Coruña's match against Fuenlabrada was suspended indefinitely due to several Fuenlabrada players testing positive for COVID-19, therefore, delaying the official end of the season, whilst relegating Deportivo without even playing their match. The match was finally played on 7 August, resulting in a 2–1 win for Deportivo.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 22 teams contested the league, including fifteen sides from the 2018–19 season, three relegated from the 2018–19 La Liga, and four promoted from the 2018–19 Segunda División B. This included the winners of the promotion play-offs.
Teams promoted to La Liga
On 20 May 2019, Osasuna were the first team to be promoted to La Liga, ending a two-year run in Segunda División, following Granada's 1−0 win against Albacete. The second team to earn promotion was Granada after their 1−1 draw against Mallorca on 4 June 2019. This marks an end to a two-year run in the second division. The third and final team to earn promotion to La Liga was play-offs winner Mallorca, after coming back from a 2-goal deficit against Deportivo La Coruña on 23 June 2019. Mallorca left Segunda División only one year after promoting from the Segunda División B and achieving two consecutive promotions.
Teams relegated from La Liga
The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Rayo Vallecano. Their relegation was ensured on 5 May 2019, after Real Valladolid beat Athletic Bilbao 1−0, suffering an immediate return to the Segunda Division. The second team to be relegated were Huesca, who were also relegated on 5 May 2019 after a 2−6 home defeat to Valencia, also suffering an immediate return to the second tier. The third and final relegated club were Girona, who concluded their two-year stay in La Liga in a 1−2 away loss at Alavés on 18 May 2019.
Teams relegated to Segunda División B
The first team to be relegated from Segunda División were Reus, expelled on 18 January 2019, due to their failure to pay their players. This ended a three-year spell in Segunda División, whilst demoting them to the fourth tier. The second team to be relegated were Gimnàstic, who were relegated on 5 May 2019 after Albacete drew 0−0 against Numancia, ending a four-year run in the second division. The third relegated club was Córdoba, in a 0−1 away loss at Las Palmas on 12 May 2019. They ended a 12-year-spell in professional football in Spain, with one of those seasons in La Liga. The fourth and final relegated team was Rayo Majadahonda in a 3–4 away loss at Oviedo with a last-minute goal on 4 June 2019. Rayo returns to Segunda División B after a one-year stay in Segunda.
Teams promoted from Segunda División B
The first two teams to achieve promotion were Racing Santander and Fuenlabrada on 2 June 2019 after defeating Atlético Baleares and Recreativo on aggregate in the play-off semi-finals respectively. Racing Santander returned to the Segunda División after a four-year absence. Fuenlabrada went on to become Segunda División B champions as well as making its first-ever appearance in the Spanish second tier. The third team to clinch promotion to the Segunda División was Ponferradina on 29 June 2019, after defeating Hércules in the non-champions play-offs; they returned after a three-year absence from the Segunda División. The fourth and final team to get promoted was Mirandés on 30 June 2019, after also coming out victorious in the non-champions play-offs, this time against Atlético Baleares; Mirandés returned after a two-year absence from the Segunda División.
Stadia and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Albacete Albacete Carlos Belmonte Alcorcón Alcorcón Santo Domingo Almería Almería Juegos Mediterráneos Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Abanca-Riazor Elche Elche Martínez Valero Extremadura Almendralejo Ciudad de Almendralejo Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Torres Girona Girona Montilivi Huesca Huesca El Alcoraz Las Palmas Las Palmas Gran Canaria Lugo Lugo Anxo Carro Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda Mirandés Miranda de Ebro Anduva Numancia Soria Los Pajaritos Oviedo Oviedo Carlos Tartiere Ponferradina Ponferrada El Toralín Racing Santander Santander El Sardinero Rayo Vallecano Madrid Vallecas Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda
Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor, , , Zaragoza
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointmentHuesca FranciscoResigned19 May 2019Pre-season Míchel1 June 2019Girona Eusebio Sacristán20 May 2019 Juan Carlos Unzué13 June 2019 Almería Fran FernándezEnd of contract10 June 2019 Óscar Fernández15 June 2019Tenerife Luis César11 June 2019 Aritz López Garai21 June 2019Numancia Aritz López GaraiMutual consent11 June 2019 Luis Carrión21 June 2019Deportivo La Coruña José Luis MartíEnd of contract27 June 2019 Juan Antonio Anquela2 July 2019Alcorcón Cristóbal ParraloSacked30 June 2019 Fran Fernández1 July 2019Mirandés Borja JiménezSigned for Asteras Tripolis7 July 2019 Andoni Iraola10 July 2019Almería Óscar FernándezSacked3 August 2019 Pedro Emanuel4 August 2019Oviedo Sergio Egea15 September 201922nd Javi Rozada15 September 2019Deportivo La Coruña Juan Antonio Anquela7 October 201920th Luis César Sampedro7 October 2019Girona Juan Carlos Unzué21 October 201911th José Luis Martí 28 October 2019Almería Pedro EmanuelMutual consent4 November 20192nd José María Gutiérrez5 November 2019Racing Santander Iván AniaSacked11 November 201921st Cristóbal Parralo11 November 2019Tenerife Aritz López Garai17 November 201918th Rubén Baraja1 December 2019Sporting Gijón José Alberto López21 December 201915th Miroslav Đukić22 December 2019Lugo Eloy Jiménez26 December 201918th Curro Torres27 December 2019Deportivo La Coruña Luis César Sampedro27 December 201922nd Fernando Vázquez29 December 2019 Málaga Víctor Sánchez11 January 202016th Sergio Pellicer11 January 2020 Albacete Luis Miguel Ramis3 February 202019th Lucas Alcaraz3 February 2020 Racing Santander Cristóbal Parralo4 February 202022nd José Luis Oltra4 February 2020 Oviedo Javi Rozada18 February 202019th José Ángel Ziganda18 February 2020 Fuenlabrada Mere10 March 202013th José Ramón Sandoval11 March 2020 Almería José María Gutiérrez26 June 20203rd Mário Silva26 June 2020 Lugo Curro Torres29 June 202020th Juanfran30 June 2020 Girona José Luis Martí 30 June 20205th Francisco30 June 2020 Almería Mário Silva27 July 20204th José Gomes27 July 2020
League table
Results
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. The league suspension due to COVID-19 happened after most teams had played 31 matches.
Promotion play-offs
Season statistics
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Cristhian StuaniGirona292 Luis SuárezZaragoza193 YuriPonferradina184 Darwin NúñezAlmería16 StoichkovAlcorcón6 Rubén CastroLas Palmas16 Martín MerquelanzMirandés8 Alfredo OrtuñoOviedo159 Álex FernándezCádiz13 Hugo FraileFuenlabrada Armando SadikuMálaga Curro SánchezNumancia
Top assists Rank Player Club Assists1 Adri EmbarbaRayo Vallecano112 David FerreiroHuesca9 Martín MerquelanzMirandés Saúl BerjónOviedo5 Juan CruzElche8 Manu GarcíaSporting Gijón7 Álvaro CejudoRacing Santander7 Íñigo EguarasZaragoza FidelElche JosanElche Salvi SánchezCádiz Iñigo VicenteMirandés
Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy. RankPlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage1 MunirMálaga29370.782 Alberto CifuentesCádiz30360.833 Diego MariñoSporting Gijón35400.884 Biel RibasFuenlabrada30291.03 Álvaro FernándezHuesca3534
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Round Reference Cristhian StuaniGironaRayo Vallecano3–1 (H)8 September 20193 FidelElcheMirandés4–2 (H)3 November 201914 Note (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 17 Mickaël Malsa (Mirandés) Most red cards: 3 Sergio Tejera (Oviedo)
Team Most yellow cards: 137 Albacete Most red cards: 12 Cádiz Fewest yellow cards: 87 Extremadura Fewest red cards: 2 Elche
Match ball On 15 April 2019, Puma announced their official partnership with Segunda División to manufacture the official match ball for the Liga de Fútbol Profesional. This ended Segunda División's 23-year partnership with Nike.
Average attendances Attendances do not include games played behind closed doors.
LFP Awards Monthly
MonthPlayer of the MonthReferencePlayerClubSeptember Sekou GassamaAlmeríaOctober Anthony LozanoCádizNovember FidelElcheDecember Jonathan VieraLas PalmasJanuary Sabin MerinoDeportivo La CoruñaJune Rubén CastroLas Palmas
Number of teams by autonomous community RankAutonomous CommunityNumber Teams13Almería, Cádiz and MálagaMirandés, Numancia and PonferradinaAlcorcón, Fuenlabrada and Rayo Vallecano42Huesca and ZaragozaOviedo and Sporting GijónLas Palmas and TenerifeDeportivo La Coruña and Lugo81Racing SantanderAlbaceteGironaExtremaduraElche
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