# 1981–82 Segunda División

The 1981–82 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Celta de Vigo, UD Salamanca and CD Málaga were promoted to Primera División. Burgos, AD Almería, Levante UD and Getafe Deportivo were relegated to Segunda División B.

## Team changes
### To 1981–82 Segunda División
#### Promoted from 1980–81 Segunda División B

* Celta Vigo (Group 1 winners)
* Deportivo La Coruña (Group 1 runners-up)
* Mallorca (Group 2 winners)
* Córdoba (Group 2 runners-up)

#### Relegated from 1980–81 La Liga

* Murcia (16th)
* Salamanca (17th)
* Almería (18th)

### From 1980–81 Segunda División
#### Relegated to 1981–82 Segunda División B

* Granada (17th)
* Palencia (18th)
* Barakaldo (19th)
* AgD Ceuta (20th)
Promoted to 1981–82 La Liga
* Castellón (winners)
* Cádiz (runners-up)
* Racing Santander (3rd)

## Locations and managers

| Club | Town | Stadium | Manager |
| Alavés | Vitoria | Mendizorrotza | José María García de Andoin |
| Almería | Almería | Juan Rojas | Pachín |
| Atlético Madrileño | Madrid | | Joaquín Peiró |
| Burgos | Burgos | El Plantío | Luis María Astorga |
| Castilla | Madrid | | Juan Santisteban |
| Celta Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos | Milorad Pavić |
| Córdoba | Córdoba | El Arcángel | Zdravko Rajkov |
| Deportivo La Coruña | A Coruña | Riazor | Luis Rodríguez Vaz |
| Elche | Elche | Martínez Valero | Felipe Mesones |
| Getafe Deportivo | Getafe | Las Margaritas | Máximo Hernández |
| Levante | Valencia | Ciutat de València | Roberto Gil |
| Linares | Linares | Linarejos | Nando Yosu |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda | Antonio Fernández Benítez |
| Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca | Lluís Sitjar | Lucien Muller |
| Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina | Eusebio Ríos |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere | José María |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas | Manuel Peñalva Usanos |
| Recreativo Huelva | Huelva | Colombino | Jesús Aranguren |
| Sabadell | Sabadell | Nova Creu Alta | Manuel Polinario |
| Salamanca | Salamanca | Helmántico | Manolo Villanova |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Celta de Vigo | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 79 | 40 | +39 | 53 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 2 | UD Salamanca | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 70 | 33 | +37 | 51 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 3 | CD Málaga | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 50 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 4 | Elche CF | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 50 | |
| 5 | Real Murcia | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 46 | |
| 6 | RCD Mallorca | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 42 | |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 41 | |
| 8 | Castilla CF | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 40 | |
| 9 | Burgos | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 40 | Relegated to Segunda Divisiόn B |
| 10 | Atlético Madrileño | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 38 | |
| 11 | CE Sabadell FC | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 38 | |
| 12 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 37 | |
| 13 | Córdoba CF | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 36 | |
| 14 | Recreativo de Huelva | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 35 | |
| 15 | Linares CF | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 34 | |
| 16 | Real Oviedo | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 31 | |
| 17 | Deportivo Alavés | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 29 | |
| 18 | AD Almería | 38 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 26 | Relegated to Segunda Divisiόn B |
| 19 | Levante UD | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 74 | −48 | 20 | Relegated to Segunda Divisiόn B |
| 20 | Getafe Deportivo | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 39 | 76 | −37 | 19 | Relegated to Segunda Divisiόn B |
* 1 2 Burgos was relegated to Segunda División B for not paying its players. Then, Deportivo Alavés was readmitted in Segunda División.
* 1 2 3 AD Almería, Levante UD and Getafe Deportivo were relegated to Tercera División for not paying their players.
* ↑ AD Almería had 4 points deducted for fielding ineligible players against Deportivo de La Coruña and RCD Mallorca.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALV | ALM | ATM | BUR | CST | CEL | CÓR | DEP | ELC | GET | LEV | LIN | MGA | MLL | MUR | OVI | RAY | REC | SAB | SAL |
| Alavés | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Almería | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| At. Madrileño | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Burgos | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Castilla | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Celta | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Córdoba | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Deportivo | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Elche | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Getafe | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 |
| Levante | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Linares | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Málaga | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Mallorca | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Murcia | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Oviedo | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Rayo | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Recreativo | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Sabadell | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 3–5 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Salamanca | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Pichi Lucas | Celta Vigo | 26 |
| 2 | Jesús Orejuela | Salamanca | 24 |
| 3 | Del Cura | Celta Vigo | 15 |
| 3 | Nene Suárez | Celta Vigo | 15 |
| 5 | Miloš Kostić | Elche | 13 |
| 5 | Nando | Elche | 13 |
| 5 | Guina | Murcia | 13 |
| 5 | Antonio López Habas | Burgos | 13 |
| 5 | José Manuel Traba | Deportivo La Coruña | 13 |
| 10 | Francisco Aguilar | Rayo Vallecano | 12 |
| 10 | Paco Machín | Castilla | 12 |
| 10 | José Luis Munárriz Clemos | Córdoba | 12 |
| 10 | Stjepan Milardović | Linares | 12 |