# 1939–40 Segunda División

The 1939–40 Segunda División season, the first after a three-year hiatus caused by the Spanish Civil War, saw 40 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Murcia was promoted to Primera División. RD Oriamendi, Sestao, Alavés, Erandio, Granollers, Ferroviaria, Imperio de Madrid, Mallorca, Constancia, Elche, Alicante, Burjassot, Imperial de Murcia, Ceuta SC, Onuba and Tánger were relegated to Tercera División due to a Federation decision.

## Group I
### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Stadium Club Avilesino | Avilés | Las Arobias |
| RCD Coruña | La Coruña | Riazor |
| Club Ferrol | Ferrol | Inferniño |
| Real Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón |
| RD Oriamendi | Gijón | Los Frenos |
| UD Salamanca | Salamanca | El Calvario |
| Deportivo Torrelavega | Torrelavega | Campos del Malecón |
| Real Valladolid Deportivo | Valladolid | José Zorrilla |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | RC Deportivo | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 10 | +28 | 22 | Promotion playoff |
| 2 | Club Ferrol | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 15 | +25 | 21 | |
| 3 | Real Gijón CF | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 17 | |
| 4 | RD Oriamendi | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 16 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 5 | UD Salamanca | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 12 | |
| 6 | Real Valladolid | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 8 | |
| 7 | Stadium Avilesino | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 40 | −20 | 8 | |
| 8 | Gimnástica Torrelavega | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 8 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DEP | ORI | RAC | SAL | SPO | STA | TOR | VAL |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 9–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| RD Oriamendi | 3–2 | | 2–3 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 |
| Club Ferrol | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 8–1 | 2–1 |
| UD Salamanca | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 |
| Real Gijón CF | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Stadium Avilesino | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 6–2 |
| Gimnástica Torrelavega | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | | 1–0 |
| Real Valladolid | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | |

## Group II
### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Deportivo Alavés | Vitoria | Mendizorroza |
| Arenas Club | Guecho | Ibaiondo |
| Baracaldo-Oriamendi | Baracaldo | Lasesarre |
| Donostia CF | San Sebastián | Atocha |
| Erandio Club | Erandio | Machaqueo |
| CA Osasuna | Pamplona | San Juan |
| Sestao SC | Sestao | Las Llanas |
| Unión Club | Irun | Stadium Gal |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Donostia CF | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 11 | +42 | 25 | Promotion playoff |
| 2 | Osasuna | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 11 | +23 | 21 | |
| 3 | Unión Irún | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 14 | |
| 4 | Sestao | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 13 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 5 | Baracaldo-Oriamendi | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 12 | |
| 6 | Erandio | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 11 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 7 | Arenas de Guecho | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 9 | |
| 8 | Alavés | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 7 | Relegated to Tercera División |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | ARE | BAR | ERA | OSA | DON | SES | UNI |
| Deportivo Alavés | | 3–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Arenas de Guecho | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–6 | 1–4 | 4–0 |
| Baracaldo-Oriamendi | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Erandio | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Osasuna | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 |
| Donostia CF | 2–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 8–0 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Sestao SC | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 6–0 |
| Unión Irún | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 2–2 | |

## Group III
### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| FC Badalona | Badalona | Avenida de Navarra |
| CD Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | Campo del Sequiol |
| Constancia FC | Inca | Camp d’Es Cos |
| Gerona CF | Gerona | Vista Alegre |
| EC Granollers | Granollers | Avenida Girona |
| UD Levante-Gimnástico | Valencia | Vallejo |
| CD Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca | Buenos Aires |
| CD Sabadell FC | Sabadell | Cruz Alta |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | UD Levante Gimnástico | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 20 | Promotion playoff |
| 2 | CD Sabadell | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 16 | |
| 3 | Gerona CF | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 15 | |
| 4 | CD Castellón | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 14 | |
| 5 | Constancia | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 14 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 6 | Granollers SC | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 14 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 7 | Mallorca | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 13 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 8 | CF Badalona | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 6 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAD | CAS | CON | GER | GRA | LEV | MAL | SAB |
| CF Badalona | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 |
| CD Castellón | 3–1 | | 5–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Constancia | 4–2 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Gerona CF | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| Granollers SC | 5–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–3 |
| UD Levante Gimnástico | 6–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Mallorca | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 |
| CD Sabadell | 6–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |

## Group IV
### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Alicante FC | Alicante | La Viña |
| Burjasot FC | Burjassot | El Basot |
| Cartagena CF | Cartagena | El Almarjal |
| Elche FC | Elche | Altabix |
| AD Ferroviaria | Madrid | Campo de Delicias |
| Imperial FC | Murcia | Zarandona |
| Imperio FC | Madrid | El Cafeto |
| Murcia FC | Murcia | La Condomina |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Murcia CF | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 16 | +22 | 22 | Promotion playoff |
| 2 | AD Ferroviaria | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 20 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 3 | Alicante CF | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 14 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 4 | Imperio de Madrid | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 14 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 5 | Cartagena FC | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 13 | |
| 6 | Burjassot CF | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 12 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 7 | Elche CF | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 9 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 8 | Imperial de Murcia | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 8 | Relegated to Tercera División |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | BUR | CAR | ELC | FER | IMP | I.M | MUR |
| Alicante CF | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Burjassot CF | 4–2 | | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–4 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 |
| Cartagena FC | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Elche CF | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| AD Ferroviaria | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 |
| Imperial de Murcia | 3–0 | 2–8 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Imperio de Madrid | 1–1 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | | 2–4 |
| Murcia CF | 6–0 | 6–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |

## Group V
### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Cádiz CF | Cádiz | La Mirandilla |
| Ceuta SC | Ceuta | Campo de Deportes |
| Racing FC Córdoba | Córdoba | América |
| CD Malacitano | Málaga | Baños del Carmen |
| Ónuba FC | Huelva | Velódromo |
| Recreativo Granada | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| EHA Tánger | Tangier | El Marchán |
| Xerez CF | Jerez de la Frontera | Domecq |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cádiz CF | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 15 | +25 | 23 | Promotion playoff |
| 2 | Recreativo Granada | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 22 | |
| 3 | CD Malacitano | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 20 | |
| 4 | Racing FC Córdoba | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 14 | |
| 5 | Jerez CF | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 14 | |
| 6 | Onuba FC | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 9 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 7 | Ceuta SC | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 9 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 8 | EHA Tánger | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 45 | −30 | 1 | Relegated to Tercera División |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CAD | CEU | COR | MAL | ONU | REC | TAN | XER |
| Cádiz CF | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Ceuta SC | 1–2 | | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Racing FC Córdoba | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–3 |
| CD Malacitano | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 7–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Onuba FC | 1–4 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 |
| Recreativo Granada | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 7–2 | | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| EHA Tánger | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 0–3 |
| Jerez CF | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |

## First promotion playoff

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Real Murcia CF | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 9 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 2 | RC Deportivo | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 9 | Second promotion playoff |
| 3 | Cádiz CF | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 9 | |
| 4 | UD Levante Gimnástico | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 8 | |
| 5 | Donostia CF | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 5 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CAD | DEP | DON | LEV | MUR |
| Cádiz CF | | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Donostia CF | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| UD Levante Gimnástico | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | | 2–0 |
| Real Murcia CF | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | |

## Second promotion playoff

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Celta | 1–0 | Deportivo |