1943–44 Segunda División

The 1943–44 Segunda División season was the 13th since its establishment and was played between 26 September 1943 and 9 April 1944. Unlike past season, all the teams played in a single group of 14 teams.

Segunda División
Season1943–44
ChampionsReal Gijón
PromotedReal Gijón
Murcia
RelegatedArenas
Valladolid
Osasuna
Matches played182
Goals scored624 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorerJuan Araujo
(21 goals)
Best goalkeeperAndrés Lerín
(0.73 goals/match)
Biggest home winConstancia 7–0 Arenas
(5 December 1943)
Biggest away winValladolid 1–5 Real Gijón
(12 December 1943)
Highest scoringZaragoza 6–3 Ceuta
(17 October 1943)

Overview before the season

14 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1942–43 La Liga.

Relegated from La Liga

Teams

Club City Stadium
CD Alcoyano Alcoy El Collao
Arenas Club Guecho Ibaiondo
Club Baracaldo Baracaldo Lasesarre
Real Betis Balompié Seville Heliópolis
SD Ceuta Ceuta Campo de Deporte
CD Constancia Inca Camp d’Es Cos
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa León La Corredera
Real Gijón Gijón El Molinón
Hércules CF Alicante La Viña
Jerez FC Jerez de la Frontera Domecq
Real Murcia Murcia Estadio de La Condomina
CA Osasuna Pamplona San Juan
Real Valladolid Deportivo Valladolid José Zorrilla
Zaragoza FC Zaragoza Torrero

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Real Gijón (C, P) 26 16 5 5 50 19 +31 37 Promotion to La Liga
2 Murcia (P) 26 15 2 9 62 40 +22 32
3 Constancia 26 15 1 10 49 37 +12 31 Qualification for the promotion playoffs
4 Alcoyano 26 12 6 8 44 34 +10 30[lower-alpha 1]
5 Jerez 26 14 2 10 50 41 +9 30[lower-alpha 1]
6 Zaragoza 26 12 5 9 56 40 +16 29[lower-alpha 2]
7 Real Betis 26 11 7 8 50 44 +6 29[lower-alpha 2]
8 Ceuta 26 10 5 11 47 45 +2 25[lower-alpha 3]
9 Cultural Leonesa 26 11 3 12 42 45 3 25[lower-alpha 3]
10 Hércules 26 9 4 13 38 45 7 22
11 Baracaldo (O) 26 8 3 15 34 61 27 19[lower-alpha 4] Qualification for the relegation playoffs
12 Arenas (R) 26 7 5 14 39 60 21 19[lower-alpha 4]
13 Valladolid (R) 26 6 6 14 29 53 24 18[lower-alpha 5] Relegation to Tercera División
14 Osasuna (R) 26 7 4 15 34 60 26 18[lower-alpha 5]
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Alcoyano finished ahead of Jerez on overall goal difference
  2. Zaragoza finished ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head goal difference: Real Betis–Zaragoza 1–0, Zaragoza–Real Betis 3–1
  3. Ceuta finished ahead of Cultural Leonesa on overall goal difference
  4. Baracaldo finished ahead of Arenas on head-to-head goal difference: Arenas–Baracaldo 3–1, Baracaldo–Arenas 4–1
  5. Valladolid finished ahead of Osasuna on overall goal difference

Results

Home \ Away ALC ARE BAR CEU CON LEO HER MUR OSA BET SPO VLL XER ZAR
Alcoyano 2–1 6–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 6–1
Arenas 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–1 3–4 4–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1
Baracaldo 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–2 0–3
Ceuta 0–2 5–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 5–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–2
Constancia 1–0 7–0 5–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–1
Cultural Leonesa 1–1 4–3 3–0 3–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 4–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–1
Hércules 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–2
Murcia 2–2 5–1 7–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–2 4–0 4–4 4–2 1–0 4–1 4–1
Osasuna 3–1 2–2 3–0 5–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–3 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1
Real Betis 3–3 3–2 4–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 5–0 1–0 6–1 1–1 1–0
Real Gijón 3–1 5–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–1 3–1 1–0
Valladolid 1–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 1–1
Jerez 2–1 4–0 4–1 5–3 2–0 5–1 4–2 3–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 1–0
Zaragoza 4–1 2–1 2–2 6–3 5–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 7–1
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs

16 April 1944 Deportivo La Coruña 4–0ConstanciaMadrid
Paquirri 19', 55'
Viso 46', 53'
Report Stadium: Chamartín
Referee: Iturralde Gorostiaga
16 April 1944 Español 7–1AlcoyanoBarcelona
Jorge 3', 33', 67'
Viela 23'
Sáenz 57' (o.g.)
Teruel 61' (pen.)
Mendoza 80'
Report Carbonilla 18' Stadium: Les Corts
Referee: Escartín

Relegation playoffs

19 April 1944 Baracaldo 3–2LevanteMadrid
Calvo 12', 24'
Gárate 65'
Report Escrivá 55'
Luján 57'
Stadium: Metropolitano
Referee: Melcón
23 April 1944 Racing Ferrol 1–0ArenasMadrid
Herodes 40' Report Stadium: Metropolitano
Referee: Escartín


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