# 2008–09 Segunda División

The 2008–09 Segunda División season (known from that season as Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 30 August 2008, and the season ended on 21 June 2009. Real Zaragoza, Real Murcia and Levante were the teams relegated from La Liga the previous season. Alicante, Girona, Huesca and Rayo Vallecano were the teams promoted from Segunda División B the previous season.
The first goal of the season was scored by Alexandre Geijo, who scored in the 11th minute for Levante against Real Zaragoza in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to Paco Peña from Real Murcia after a challenge on Sergio Pachón in their opening match against Rayo Vallecano. The first hat-trick was scored by Sebastián Abreu in the match between Xerez and Real Sociedad.

## Teams

The 2008–09 Segunda División was made up of the following teams:
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alavés | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Mendizorrotza | 19,840 |
| Albacete | Albacete | Carlos Belmonte | 17,500 |
| Alicante | Alicante | José Rico Pérez | 29,500 |
| Castellón | Castellón | Nou Estadi Castàlia | 14,485 |
| Celta Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos | 31,800 |
| Córdoba | Córdoba | Nuevo Arcángel | 18,280 |
| Eibar | Eibar | Ipurua | 6,267 |
| Elche | Elche | Martínez Valero | 36,017 |
| Gimnàstic | Tarragona | Nou Estadi | 14,500 |
| Girona | Girona | Montilivi | 9,500 |
| Hércules | Alicante | José Rico Pérez | 29,500 |
| Huesca | Huesca | El Alcoraz | 5,300 |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Gran Canaria | 31,250 |
| Levante | Valencia | Ciutat de València | 26,354 |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Teresa Rivero | 15,500 |
| Real Murcia | Murcia | Nueva Condomina | 31,179 |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Anoeta | 39,500 |
| Salamanca | Villares de la Reina | El Helmántico | 17,341 |
| Sevilla Atlético | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 42,714 |
| Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López | 22,824 |
| Xerez | Jerez de la Frontera | Chapín | 20,523 |
| Zaragoza | Zaragoza | La Romareda | 33,608 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Xerez (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 82 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Zaragoza (P) | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 81 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Tenerife (P) | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 79 | 47 | +32 | 81 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 4 | Hércules | 42 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 78 | |
| 5 | Rayo Vallecano | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 70 | |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 67 | |
| 7 | Castellón | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 65 | |
| 8 | Levante | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 64 | |
| 9 | Salamanca | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 60 | |
| 10 | Gimnàstic | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 57 | |
| 11 | Huesca | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 53 | |
| 12 | Elche | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 53 | |
| 13 | Córdoba | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 53 | |
| 14 | Murcia | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 52 | |
| 15 | Albacete | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 51 | |
| 16 | Girona | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 49 | |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 42 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 48 | |
| 18 | Las Palmas | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 47 | |
| 19 | Alavés (R) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 43 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 20 | Alicante (R) | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 35 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 21 | Eibar (R) | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 63 | −32 | 35 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 22 | Sevilla Atlético (R) | 42 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 29 | 89 | −60 | 19 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
* 1 2 TEN 1–2 ZAR; ZAR 1–1 TEN
* 1 2 3 HUE: 7 pts; ELC: 5 pts; CÓR: 4 pts
* 1 2 ALI 3–1 EIB; EIB 1–2 ALI

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | ALB | ALI | CAS | CDV | CÓR | EIB | ELC | GIM | GIR | HÉR | HUE | LPA | LEV | MUR | RVA | RSO | SAL | SAT | TEN | XER | ZAR |
| Alavés | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Albacete | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Alicante | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Castellón | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Celta de Vigo | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Córdoba | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Eibar | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Elche | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Gimnàstic | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Girona | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Hércules | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Huesca | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Las Palmas | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Levante | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Murcia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 |
| Real Sociedad | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Salamanca | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 6–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Sevilla Atlético | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| Tenerife | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Xerez | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 |
| Zaragoza | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |

## Pichichi Trophy for Top Goalscorers

Last updated 21 June 2009
| Goalscorers | Goals | Penalties | Team |
| Nino | 29 | 4 | Tenerife |
| Ewerthon | 28 | 5 | Real Zaragoza |
| Marcos Márquez | 21 | 7 | Las Palmas |
| Alejandro Alfaro | 20 | 0 | Tenerife |
| Momo | 17 | 3 | Xerez |
| Leonardo Ulloa | 16 | 2 | Castellón |
| Miku | 15 | 2 | Salamanca |
| Rubén Navarro | 15 | 1 | Hércules |
| Rubén Castro | 14 | 3 | Huesca |
| Víctor | 14 | 2 | Gimnàstic de Tarragona |

## Zamora Trophy for Top Goalkeepers

Last updated 21 June 2009
| Goalkeeper | Goals | Matches | Average | Team |
| David Cobeño | 35 | 40 | 0.88 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Claudio Bravo | 28 | 32 | 0.88 | Real Sociedad |
| Chema | 41 | 41 | 1 | Xerez |
| Carlos Sánchez | 34 | 34 | 1 | Castellón |
| Alberto Cifuentes | 34 | 33 | 1.03 | Salamanca |
| Juan Calatayud | 42 | 40 | 1.05 | Hércules |
| Eduardo Navarro | 39 | 36 | 1.08 | Huesca |
| Willy Caballero | 40 | 36 | 1.11 | Elche |
| Rubén Pérez | 38 | 33 | 1.15 | Gimnàstic de Tarragona |
| Roberto Santamaría | 45 | 39 | 1.15 | Las Palmas |

## Season statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Alexandre Geijo for Levante against Real Zaragoza (30 August 2008)
* Fastest goal in a match: 14 seconds – Sergio Rodríguez for Real Sociedad against Alavés (27 September 2008)
* Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+8 minutes – Alexandre Geijo for Levante UD against Albacete Balompié (6 December 2008)
* Widest winning margin: 8 – Hércules 8–0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
* Most goals in a match: 8
** Xerez 5–3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008)
** Hércules 8–0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
* First hat-trick of the season: Sebastián Abreu for Real Sociedad against Xerez (14 March 2009)
* First own goal of the season: Ricardo Cavas for Xerez against Valicante (30 August 2008)
* Most goals by one player in a single match: 3
** Sebastián Abreu for Real Sociedad against Xerez (14 March 2009)
** Rubén Navarro for Hércules against Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
** Leonardo Ulloa for Castellón against Eibar (14 June 2009)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 8 – Hércules 8–0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
* Most goals in one half by one team: 5 – Xerez 5–3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008)
* Most goals scored by losing team: 3
** Xerez 5–3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008)
** Córdoba 3–4 Celta Vigo (8 November 2008)

### Cards

* First yellow card: Lillo for Real Murcia against Rayo Vallecano (30 August 2008)
* First red card: Paco Peña for Real Murcia against Rayo Vallecano (30 August 2008).

## Teams by autonomous community

| | Autonomous community | Number of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Valencia | 5 | Alicante, Castellón, Elche, Hércules and Levante |
| 2 | Andalusia | 3 | Córdoba, Sevilla Atlético and Xerez |
| 2 | Basque Country | 3 | Alavés, Eibar and Real Sociedad |
| 4 | Aragon | 2 | Huesca and Zaragoza |
| 4 | Canary Islands | 2 | Las Palmas and Tenerife |
| 4 | Catalonia | 2 | Gimnàstic and Girona |
| 7 | Castile-La Mancha | 1 | Albacete |
| 7 | Castile and León | 1 | Salamanca |
| 7 | Galicia | 1 | Celta |
| 7 | Madrid | 1 | Rayo Vallecano |
| 7 | Murcia | 1 | Murcia |