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

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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (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
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs
16 April 1944 Deportivo La Coruña4–0ConstanciaMadrid
Paquirri  19', 55'
Viso  46', 53'		 Report Stadium: Chamartín
Referee: Iturralde Gorostiaga
16 April 1944 Español7–1AlcoyanoBarcelona
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 Baracaldo3–2LevanteMadrid
Calvo  12', 24'
Gárate  65'		 Report Escrivá  55'
Luján  57'		 Stadium: Metropolitano
Referee: Melcón
23 April 1944 Racing Ferrol1–0ArenasMadrid
Herodes  40' Report Stadium: Metropolitano
Referee: Escartín


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