# 1953–54 Tercera División

The 1953–54 Tercera División season was the 18th since its establishment.

## Format

111 clubs participated in 6 geographic groups. The 6 group winners were promoted to the Segunda División. The 6 runners up joined the 12th and 13th placed teams in Groups I and II of the Segunda División to form two groups of 5 clubs who each played 8 further matches. The winners and runners up of each group took their places in the Segunda División.

## League tables
### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Juvenil | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 75 | 46 | +29 | 47 |
| 2 | Ponferradina | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 80 | 46 | +34 | 45 |
| 3 | Europa Delicias | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 79 | 43 | +36 | 44 |
| 4 | Turista | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 67 | 47 | +20 | 40 |
| 5 | Lugo | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 40 |
| 6 | Calzada | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 38 |
| 7 | Atlético de Zamora | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 38 |
| 8 | Arsenal | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 36 |
| 9 | San Martín | 34 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 36 |
| 10 | Júpiter Leonés | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 78 | 64 | +14 | 34 |
| 11 | Langreano | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 33 |
| 12 | Pontevedra | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 67 | 70 | −3 | 32 |
| 13 | Turón | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 69 | 80 | −11 | 31 |
| 14 | Arosa | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 74 | −24 | 27 |
| 15 | Ourense | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 46 | 76 | −30 | 27 |
| 16 | Lemos | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 24 |
| 17 | Santiago | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 43 | 79 | −36 | 20 |
| 16 | Marín | 34 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 60 | 103 | −43 | 20 |

### Group II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sestao | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 91 | 41 | +50 | 53 |
| 2 | Huesca | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 45 |
| 3 | Arenas de Getxo | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 69 | 48 | +21 | 45 |
| 4 | Mondragón | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 68 | 49 | +19 | 44 |
| 5 | Anaitasuna | 36 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 90 | 72 | +18 | 40 |
| 6 | Portugalete | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 76 | 59 | +17 | 40 |
| 7 | Burgos | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 38 |
| 8 | Rayo Cantabria | 36 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 69 | 71 | −2 | 38 |
| 9 | Indautxu | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 36 |
| 10 | Erandio | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 73 | 71 | +2 | 35 |
| 11 | Getxo | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 65 | +4 | 33 |
| 12 | Numancia | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 69 | 83 | −14 | 32 |
| 13 | Baskonia | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 31 |
| 14 | Azkoyen | 36 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 53 | 84 | −31 | 31 |
| 15 | Begoña | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 30 |
| 16 | Izarra | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 57 | 71 | −14 | 30 |
| 17 | Tudelano | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 30 |
| 18 | Mirandés | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 52 | 93 | −41 | 25 |
| 19 | Binéfar | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 74 | −22 | 0 |
* ↑ 28 point deducted. CD Binéfar failed to travel to their away matches at Erandio and Rayo Cantabria and were punished by having all their points deducted.

### Group III

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Terrassa | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 77 | 49 | +28 | 49 |
| 2 | Girona | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 76 | 46 | +30 | 45 |
| 3 | Europa | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 81 | 54 | +27 | 43 |
| 4 | Sant Andreu | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 43 |
| 5 | Manresa | 36 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 75 | 64 | +11 | 39 |
| 6 | Maó | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 39 |
| 7 | Atlético Baleares | 36 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 73 | 65 | +8 | 38 |
| 8 | Manacor | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 93 | 66 | +27 | 37 |
| 9 | Constància | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 37 |
| 10 | Badalona | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 36 |
| 11 | Gimnàstic de Tarragona | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 72 | 77 | −5 | 36 |
| 12 | Tortosa | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 35 |
| 13 | Reus | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 73 | 81 | −8 | 34 |
| 14 | Sants | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 33 |
| 15 | Vic | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 53 | 76 | −23 | 33 |
| 16 | Mataró | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 74 | −18 | 30 |
| 17 | Granollers | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 66 | 87 | −21 | 29 |
| 18 | Martinenc | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 49 | 82 | −33 | 27 |
| 19 | Horta | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 62 | 95 | −33 | 21 |

### Group IV

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Extremadura | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 110 | 41 | +69 | 50 |
| 2 | Cacereño | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 106 | 43 | +63 | 49 |
| 3 | Plus Ultra | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 95 | 51 | +44 | 49 |
| 4 | Emeritense | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 71 | 59 | +12 | 41 |
| 5 | Calvo Sotelo | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 79 | 57 | +22 | 39 |
| 6 | Don Benito | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 68 | 74 | −6 | 35 |
| 7 | Girod | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 35 |
| 8 | Manchego | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 80 | 53 | +27 | 34 |
| 9 | Real Aranjuez | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 67 | 53 | +14 | 33 |
| 10 | Arenas de Zaragoza | 34 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 69 | 91 | −22 | 32 |
| 11 | Toledo | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 31 |
| 12 | Marconi | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 52 | 78 | −26 | 31 |
| 13 | Amistad | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 63 | 73 | −10 | 30 |
| 14 | Guadalajara | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 68 | 81 | −13 | 30 |
| 15 | San Lorenzo | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 61 | 84 | −23 | 28 |
| 16 | Calatayud | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 48 | 75 | −27 | 27 |
| 17 | Rayo Vallecano | 34 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 45 | 88 | −43 | 21 |
| 18 | Cuatro Caminos | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 43 | 104 | −61 | 17 |

### Group V

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Levante | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 101 | 44 | +57 | 51 |
| 2 | Orihuela | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 45 |
| 3 | Elche | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 84 | 62 | +22 | 44 |
| 4 | Hellín | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 81 | 58 | +23 | 38 |
| 5 | Alicante | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 89 | 69 | +20 | 37 |
| 6 | Gandía | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 74 | 67 | +7 | 35 |
| 7 | Yeclano | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 68 | 77 | −9 | 35 |
| 8 | Eldense | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 34 |
| 9 | Lorca | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 75 | 68 | +7 | 32 |
| 10 | Alzira | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 66 | 73 | −7 | 32 |
| 11 | Villena | 34 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 61 | 71 | −10 | 32 |
| 12 | Albacete | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 67 | 71 | −4 | 30 |
| 13 | Soriano | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 64 | −4 | 30 |
| 14 | Catarroja | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 69 | 74 | −5 | 30 |
| 15 | Naval | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 63 | 75 | −12 | 30 |
| 16 | Cartagena | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 68 | 78 | −10 | 29 |
| 17 | Aspense | 34 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 52 | 98 | −46 | 27 |
| 18 | Novelda | 34 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 50 | 100 | −50 | 21 |

### Group VI

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Real Betis | 36 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 81 | 28 | +53 | 57 |
| 2 | San Fernando | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 115 | 56 | +59 | 46 |
| 3 | Cádiz | 36 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 91 | 52 | +39 | 45 |
| 4 | Ceuta | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 42 |
| 5 | San Álvaro | 36 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 42 |
| 6 | Almería | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 38 |
| 7 | Algeciras | 36 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 75 | 54 | +21 | 38 |
| 8 | Martos | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 74 | 64 | +10 | 38 |
| 9 | Recreativo de Granada | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 36 |
| 10 | Recreativo de Huelva | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 34 |
| 11 | Larache | 36 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 65 | 87 | −22 | 33 |
| 12 | Córdoba | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 32 |
| 13 | Iliturgi | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 80 | −17 | 32 |
| 14 | Español de Tetuán | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 66 | 81 | −15 | 30 |
| 15 | Atlético Malagueño | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 64 | 83 | −19 | 30 |
| 16 | Utrera | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 50 | 88 | −38 | 30 |
| 17 | Valdepeñas | 36 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 45 | 86 | −41 | 29 |
| 18 | Úbeda | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 44 | 83 | −39 | 25 |
| 19 | Unión Sevillana | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 51 | 96 | −45 | 25 |
* ↑ 2 points deducted. In their home game against Cádiz, Almería's team walked off the pitch.

## Promotion playoff
### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Caudal | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 12 |
| 2 | La Felguera | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 9 |
| 3 | Ponferradina | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 8 |
| 4 | Huesca | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 7 |
| 5 | Girona | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 4 |
Note: Both Caudal and La Felguera retained their places in the Segunda División.

### Group II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | San Fernando | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 10 |
| 2 | Real Murcia | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 10 |
| 3 | Cacereño | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 8 |
| 4 | Melilla | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 6 |
| 5 | Orihuela | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 6 |
Note: San Fernando were promoted to the Segunda División and Murcia retained their place.

## Season records

* Most wins: 25, Real Betis.
* Most draws: 12, Lugo and Arsenal.
* Most losses: 24, Cuatro Caminos.
* Most goals for: 115, San Fernando.
* Most goals against: 104, Cuatro Caminos.
* Most points: 57, Real Betis.
* Fewest wins: 7, Cuatro Caminos.
* Fewest draws: 1, Azkoyen, Rayo Vallecano, Aspense and Valdepeñas.
* Fewest losses: 4, Real Betis and Levante.
* Fewest goals for: 42, Lemos.
* Fewest goals against: 28, Real Betis.
* Fewest points: 0, Binéfar.