# 1972–73 Segunda División

The 1972–73 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Real Murcia, Elche CF and Racing de Santander were promoted to Primera División. CD Logroñés, Pontevedra CF, Cultural Leonesa and CD Mestalla were relegated to Tercera División.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Baracaldo | Barakaldo | Lasesarre |
| Cádiz | Cádiz | Ramón de Carranza |
| Córdoba | Córdoba | El Árcangel |
| Cultural Leonesa | León | Antonio Amilivia |
| Elche | Elche | Altabix |
| Gimnástico de Tarragona | Tarragona | José Luis Calderón |
| Hércules | Alicante | La Viña |
| Logroñés | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca | Luis Sitjar |
| Mestalla | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina |
| Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar |
| Pontevedra | Pontevedra | Pasarón |
| Racing de Santander | Santander | El Sardinero |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallehermoso |
| Sabadell | Sabadell | Nova Creu Alta |
| San Andrés | Barcelona | Calle Santa Coloma |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
| Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López |
| Real Valladolid | Valladolid | José Zorrilla |

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Real Murcia | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 26 | +35 | 54 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 2 | Elche CF | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 50 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 3 | Racing de Santander | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 48 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 4 | Sevilla CF | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 44 | |
| 5 | Real Valladolid | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 42 | |
| 6 | CD San Andrés | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 40 | |
| 7 | Cádiz CF | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 39 | |
| 8 | Baracaldo CF | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 39 | |
| 9 | Hércules CF | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 39 | |
| 10 | RCD Mallorca | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 39 | |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 37 | |
| 12 | CD Sabadell | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 36 | |
| 13 | Córdoba CF | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 35 | Relegation playoff |
| 14 | CD Tenerife | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 35 | Relegation playoff |
| 15 | CA Osasuna | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 34 | Relegation playoff |
| 16 | Gimnástico de Tarragona | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 33 | Relegation playoff |
| 17 | CD Logroñés | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 30 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 18 | Pontevedra CF | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 30 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 19 | Cultural Leonesa | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 30 | Relegated to Tercera División |
| 20 | CD Mestalla | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 26 | Relegated to Tercera División |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAC | CÁD | CÓR | CUL | ELC | GIM | HÉR | LOG | MLL | MES | MUR | OSA | PON | RAC | RAY | SAB | SAN | SEV | TEN | VLD |
| Baracaldo | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Cádiz | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Córdoba | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Cultural Leonesa | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Elche | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Gimnástico Tarragona | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Hércules | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Logroñés | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Mallorca | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Mestalla | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Murcia | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Osasuna | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Pontevedra | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Racing Santander | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Sabadell | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| San Andrés | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Sevilla | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Tenerife | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Valladolid | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

## Relegation playoff

| Home Matches: |
| CD Tenerife | 6-2 | CD Ensidesa |
| CA Osasuna | 2-0 | CD Cartagena |
| Córdoba CF | 3-0 | Gerona CF |
| Gimnástico de Tarragona | 4-0 | Atlético Madrileño |
| Away Matches: |
| CD Ensidesa | 0-0 | CD Tenerife | Agg:2-6 |
| CD Cartagena | 2-1 | CA Osasuna | Agg:2-3 |
| Gerona CF | 3-2 | Córdoba CF | Agg:3-5 |
| Atlético Madrileño | 1-1 | Gimnástico de Tarragona | Agg:1-5 |

## Pichichi Trophy

| Goalscorers | Goal | Team |
| Illán | 19 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Juárez | 18 | Murcia |
| Machicha | 17 | Cádiz |
| Cuesta | 15 | Córdoba |
| Álvarez | 14 | Valladolid |