1944–45 Segunda División

The 1944–45 Segunda División season was the 14th since its establishment and was played between 24 September 1944 and 20 May 1945.

Segunda División
Season1944–45
ChampionsAlcoyano
PromotedAlcoyano
Hércules
Celta Vigo
RelegatedConstancia
Cultural Leonesa
Baracaldo
Matches played182
Goals scored691 (3.8 per match)
Top goalscorerJuan Araujo
(22 goals)
Best goalkeeperJuan Galcerá
(1.2 goals/match)
Biggest home winReal Santander 8–1 Ferrol
(26 November 1944)
Biggest away winReal Santander 1–4 Hércules
(15 October 1944)
Zaragoza 1–4 Alcoyano
(3 December 1944)
Baracaldo 0–3 Real Santander
(13 May 1945)
Jerez 1–4 Alcoyano
(13 May 1945)
Highest scoringCelta Vigo 7–2 Baracaldo
(26 November 1944)
Real Santander 8–1 Ferrol
(26 November 1944)

Overview before the season

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14 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1943–44 La Liga and three promoted from the 1943–44 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga
Promoted from Tercera División

Teams

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Club City Stadium
CD Alcoyano Alcoy El Collao
Club Baracaldo Baracaldo Lasesarre
Real Betis Balompié Seville Heliópolis
RC Celta de Vigo Vigo Balaídos
SD Ceuta Ceuta Campo de Deporte
CD Constancia Inca Camp d’Es Cos
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa León La Corredera
Club Ferrol Ferrol Inferniño
Hércules CF Alicante La Viña
Jerez FC Jerez de la Frontera Domecq
CD Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Buenos Aires
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha
Real Santander SD Santander El Sardinero
Zaragoza FC Zaragoza Torrero

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Alcoyano (C, P) 26 13 8 5 57 35 +22 34 Promotion to La Liga
2 Hércules (P) 26 15 3 8 55 39 +16 33
3 Celta Vigo (O, P) 26 14 4 8 65 40 +25 32 Qualification for the promotion playoffs
4 Real Sociedad 26 12 7 7 56 34 +22 31
5 Jerez 26 11 7 8 52 50 +2 29
6 Real Santander 26 11 4 11 69 57 +12 26[a]
7 Zaragoza 26 12 2 12 50 53 −3 26[a]
8 Real Betis 26 11 4 11 45 47 −2 26[a]
9 Ceuta 26 10 4 12 40 49 −9 24[b]
10 Ferrol 26 10 4 12 44 68 −24 24[b]
11 Mallorca 26 9 4 13 44 55 −11 22[c]
12 Constancia (R) 26 9 4 13 42 53 −11 22[c] Qualification for the relegation playoffs
13 Cultural Leonesa (R) 26 10 2 14 41 49 −8 22[c] Relegation to Tercera División
14 Baracaldo (R) 26 5 3 18 31 62 −31 13
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. ^ a b c Real Santander finished ahead of Zaragoza and Real Betis on head-to-head goal difference
  2. ^ a b Ceuta finished ahead of Ferrol on head-to-head points: Ceuta–Ferrol 0–1, Ferrol–Ceuta 2–1
  3. ^ a b c Mallorca finished ahead of Constancia and Cultural Leonesa on head-to-head goal difference

Results

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Home \ Away ALC BAR CEL CEU CON LEO HER MAL RFE RAC BET RSO XER ZAR
Alcoyano 2–0 1–0 7–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 6–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 4–1
Baracaldo 0–1 3–3 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–3 4–2 2–1 0–3 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–1
Celta Vigo 2–2 7–2 4–2 4–0 3–0 5–0 4–0 4–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 6–1 3–1
Ceuta 2–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 4–2 5–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–1
Constancia 4–2 1–0 0–1 3–3 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 5–1
Cultural Leonesa 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 4–3 2–3 3–1 1–3 6–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 3–0
Hércules 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 3–0 6–1 1–3 6–1 4–3 1–0 1–2 2–0
Mallorca 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 5–2 4–2 2–1 0–0 3–1
Ferrol 2–1 5–2 3–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 0–2
Real Santander 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–4 6–2 8–1 3–0 5–3 4–1 6–0
Real Betis 1–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–3 5–1 1–0
Real Sociedad 4–0 5–1 4–3 2–0 3–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 7–1 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–1
Jerez 1–4 2–0 4–2 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 5–0 4–3 4–2 1–1 2–2
Zaragoza 1–4 3–1 2–0 4–1 5–1 4–0 0–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 7–1 2–1 3–2
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs

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17 June 1945 Celta Vigo 4–1GranadaMadrid
Fuentes   37'
Pahiño   47', 74'
Aretio   85'
Report Nicola   76' Stadium: Metropolitano
Referee: González Díaz

Relegation playoffs

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24 June 1945 Real Córdoba 3–2ConstanciaMadrid
Yeto   58'
Manolín   78', 84'
Report Sans   46'
Vergara   52'
Stadium: Chamartín
Referee: González Díaz
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