The 2021–22 Segunda División (known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons) football season, was the 91st since its establishment in Spain.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from 2020–21 Segunda División B Relegated from 2020–21 La Liga Promoted to 2021–22 La Liga Relegated to 2021–22 Primera División RFEF BurgosReal Sociedad BAmorebietaIbiza HuescaValladolidEibar EspanyolMallorcaRayo Vallecano AlbaceteCastellónUD LogroñésSabadell
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 22 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2020–21 season, three relegated from the 2020–21 La Liga, and four promoted from the 2020–21 Segunda División B. This will include the winners of the play-offs.
Teams promoted to La Liga
On 8 May 2021, Espanyol became the first side to mathematically be promoted, assured of a return to the top flight following a 0–0 draw against Zaragoza. The second team to earn promotion was Mallorca, following Almería's 2–3 loss to Cartagena on 18 May 2021. Both teams made an immediate return to the first division after a season away. The final team promoted to La Liga was Rayo Vallecano by beating CD Leganés 5-1 and Girona FC 3–2 on aggration in promotion play-off.
Teams relegated from La Liga
The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Eibar, after a 1–4 loss to Valencia on 16 May 2021, ending their seven-year stay in the top tier. The second team to be relegated were Valladolid, following a 1–2 home defeat against Atlético Madrid on 22 May 2021, in their final game of the season, ending their three-year stay in the top tier. The third and final team to be relegated were Huesca, after drawing 0–0 against Valencia on 22 May 2021 in their final game of the season, suffering an immediate return to the second division.
Teams relegated to Primera División RFEF
The first team to be relegated from Segunda División were Albacete, following a 1–1 against Lugo on 18 May 2021, effectively ending their four-years stay in the second tier. Albacete was followed by Castellón, Logroñés and Sabadell. The three of those clubs were relegated on 30 May 2021, making an immediate return to the third tier after a single season in Segunda División.
Teams promoted from Segunda División B
Following the play-offs, the first team to achieve promotion were Real Sociedad B after defeated Algeciras on 22 May 2021. They are promoted to second division for the first time in 59 years. The second team to earn promotion were Amorebieta on 22 May 2021 after beating Badajoz. The third team to earn promotion were Ibiza on 23 May 2021, after defeated UCAM Murcia. For both victorious teams this was their first time ever promotion to the second division. The fourth and last team to get the promotion was Burgos after defeating Athletic Bilbao B on 23 May 2021. This was their 2nd promotion to the Segunda División, the last one being in 2001–02, where they ended being relegated.
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Alcorcón Alcorcón Santo Domingo Almería Almería Juegos Mediterráneos Amorebieta Amorebieta-Etxano Lezama (field 2) Burgos Burgos El Plantío Cartagena Cartagena Cartagonova EibarEibarIpurua Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Torres Girona Girona Montilivi Huesca Huesca El Alcoraz Ibiza Ibiza Can Misses Las Palmas Las Palmas Gran Canaria LeganésLeganésButarque Lugo Lugo Anxo Carro Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda Mirandés Miranda de Ebro Anduva Oviedo Oviedo Carlos Tartiere Ponferradina Ponferrada El Toralín Real Sociedad B San Sebastián Anoeta Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López ValladolidValladolidJosé Zorrilla Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda
Notes
Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor, , ,
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointmentValladolid Sergio GonzálezSacked23 May 2021Pre-season Pacheta16 June 2021Eibar José Luis MendilibarMutual consent25 May 2021 Gaizka Garitano7 June 2021Huesca Pacheta25 May 2021 Ignacio Ambriz28 June 2021Málaga Sergio PellicerResigned31 May 2021 José Alberto1 June 2021Mirandés José AlbertoSigned for Málaga1 June 2021 Lolo Escobar4 June 2021Girona FranciscoMutual consent30 June 2021 Míchel9 July 2021Alcorcón Juan Antonio AnquelaSacked18 September 202122nd Jorge Romero18 September 2021Huesca Ignacio Ambriz25 October 202112th Xisco Muñoz27 October 2021Leganés Asier Garitano30 October 202120th Mehdi Nafti31 October 2021Alcorcón Jorge Romero2 November 202122nd Fran Fernández2 November 2021Fuenlabrada José Luis Oltra14 December 202119th Sergio Pellicer15 December 2021 Ibiza Juan Carlos Carcedo18 December 202116th Paco Jémez26 December 2021 Las Palmas Pepe Mel23 January 20227th García Pimienta24 January 2022 Málaga José Alberto25 January 202214th Natxo González27 January 2022 Mirandés Lolo Escobar13 February 202217th Joseba Etxeberria14 February 2022Sporting Gijón David Gallego22 February 202215th José Luis Martí23 February 2022Fuenlabrada Sergio Pellicer6 March 202220th José Ramón Sandoval7 March 2022Amorebieta Iñigo Vélez8 March 202220th Haritz Mújika8 March 2022Málaga Natxo González2 April 202218th Pablo Guede2 April 2022Sporting Gijón José Luis Martí3 May 202217th Abelardo3 May 2022
League table Standings
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.
Promotion play-offs
Season statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Borja BastónOviedo22 Cristhian StuaniGirona3 StoichkovEibar214 Rubén CastroCartagena20 Shon WeissmanValladolid6 Umar SadiqAlmería187 Sergio CamelloMirandés158 Uroš ĐurđevićSporting Gijón14 Jaime SeoaneHuesca Jonathan VieraLas Palmas YuriPonferradina
Top assists Rank Player Club Assists1 Rodrigo RiquelmeMirandés122 Borja SánchezOviedo103 Umar SadiqAlmería94 Pablo de BlasisCartagena8 Rubén PardoLeganés Francisco PortilloAlmería7 Mateusz BoguszIbiza7 Fran GámezZaragoza Gaizka LarrazabalAmorebieta José Antonio RíosPonferradina
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. RankPlayerClubGoalsagainstMatchesAverage1 FernandoAlmería33410.802 Juan SorianoTenerife35410.853 Joan FemeníasOviedo41420.984 Juan CarlosGirona39381.035 Alfonso HerreroBurgos29281.04
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Round Ref. Dyego Sousa Almería Mirandés 4–1 (A) 24 October 2021 12 Cristhian Stuani Girona Alcorcón 3–1 (H) 4 November 2021 14 Juanma Burgos Leganés 4–0 (H) 23 January 2022 24 Sergio León Valladolid Amorebieta 5–1 (H) 27 February 2022 29 Rubén Castro Cartagena Amorebieta 5–0 (H) 21 May 2022 41 Note (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Discipline Source: Player Most yellow cards: 15 Roque Mesa (Valladolid) Most red cards: 3 Alberto Escassi (Málaga)
Team Most yellow cards: 124 Fuenlabrada Most red cards: 11 Fuenlabrada Fewest yellow cards: 77 Real Sociedad B Fewest red cards: 2 Burgos Zaragoza
Awards Monthly MonthPlayer of the MonthReferencePlayerClubOctober StoichkovEibarNovember FernandoAlmeríaDecember Cristhian StuaniGironaJanuary Sergio CastelIbizaFebruary Umar SadiqAlmeríaMarch Nahuel BustosGironaApril Borja BastónOviedoMay Jonathan VieraLas Palmas
Attendance to stadiums Restrictions Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, clubs were not allowed to use the total capacity of their stadiums. According to the progress of the pandemic, the capacity allowed each month was decided by the Government of Spain, in agreement with the Autonomous Communities.
August (rounds 1 to 3): 40% of capacity allowed. Additionally, the Basque Country reduced it to 20%, Catalonia to 30% and the Valencian Community limited the attendance to a maximum of 15,000 spectators, always respecting the agreement. September (rounds 4 to 7): 60% of capacity allowed. The Basque Country raised its own limit to 30%, while Catalonia did to 40%. October (rounds 8 to 13): full capacity allowed, except for Catalonia and Basque Country, whose Governments limited the attendance to 60%.
Average attendances
Number of teams by region PositionRegionNumberTeams14Burgos, Mirandés, Ponferradina, Valladolid23Amorebieta, Eibar, Real Sociedad BAlcorcón, Fuenlabrada, Leganés42Almería, MálagaHuesca, ZaragozaOviedo, Sporting GijónLas Palmas, Tenerife81IbizaGironaLugoCartagena
See also 2021–22 La Liga 2021–22 Primera División RFEF (third tier) 2021–22 Segunda División RFEF (fourth tier) 2021–22 Tercera División RFEF (fifth tier)
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