# 1959–60 Segunda División

The 1959–60 Segunda División season was the 29th since its establishment and was played between 12 September 1959 and 17 April 1960.

## Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1958–59 La Liga and 5 promoted from the 1958–59 Tercera División.

### Relegated from La Liga

* Real Gijón
* Celta Vigo

### Promoted from Tercera División

* Ourense
* Mallorca
* Recreativo
* Cultural Leonesa
* Mestalla

## Group North
### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Deportivo Alavés | Vitoria | Mendizorroza |
| Real Avilés CF | Avilés | La Exposición |
| Baracaldo Altos Hornos | Baracaldo | Lasesarre |
| CD Basconia | Basauri | Pedro López Cortázar |
| RC Celta de Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos |
| CD Comtal | Barcelona | Les Corts |
| Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa | León | La Puentecilla |
| RC Deportivo La Coruña | La Coruña | Riazor |
| Club Ferrol | Ferrol | Manuel Rivera |
| Real Gijón CF | Gijón | El Molinón |
| SD Indauchu | Bilbao | Garellano |
| CD Orense | Orense | José Antonio |
| CD Sabadell FC | Sabadell | Creu alta |
| Real Santander SD | Santander | El Sardinero |
| Club Sestao | Sestao | Las Llanas |
| CD Terrassa | Terrassa | Obispo Irurita |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Santander (P) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 42 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Celta Vigo | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 40 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Ourense | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 37 | |
| 4 | Deportivo La Coruña | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 35 | |
| 5 | Real Gijón | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 32 | |
| 6 | Terrassa | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 31 | |
| 7 | Sabadell | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 31 | |
| 8 | Indauchu | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 29 | |
| 9 | Baracaldo | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 29 | |
| 10 | Comtal | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 29 | |
| 11 | Basconia | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 27 | |
| 12 | Cultural Leonesa | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 27 | |
| 13 | Alavés (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Sestao (O) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Avilés (R) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 22 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 16 | Ferrol (R) | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 79 | −29 | 21 | Relegation to Tercera División |
* 1 2 Terrassa finished ahead of Sabadell on head-to-head points: Terrassa–Sabadell 1–0, Sabadell–Terrassa 2–2
* 1 2 3 Indauchu finished ahead of Baracaldo and Comtal on head-to-head points: Indauchu 5 pts, Baracaldo 4 pts, Comtal 3 pts
* 1 2 Basconia finished ahead of Cultural Leonesa on head-to-head goal difference: Cultural Leonesa–Basconia 2–1, Basconia–Cultural Leonesa 4–2
* 1 2 Alavés finished ahead of Sestao on head-to-head points: Sestao–Alavés 1–1, Alavés–Sestao 3–1

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | AVI | BAR | BAS | CEL | COM | CUL | DEP | FER | GIJ | IND | ORE | SAB | SAT | SES | TER |
| Alavés | — | 3–3 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Avilés | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Baracaldo | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Basconia | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Celta Vigo | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Comtal | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Cultural Leonesa | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Ferrol | 5–2 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–5 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Gijón | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Indauchu | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 7–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Orense | 5–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sabadell | 7–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 7–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Santander | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 8–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Sestao | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 |
| Terrassa | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — |

## Group South
### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| CA Almería | Almería | La Falange |
| CD Badajoz | Badajoz | El Vivero |
| Cádiz CF | Cádiz | Ramón de Carranza |
| CA Ceuta | Ceuta | Alfonso Murube |
| Córdoba CF | Córdoba | El Arcángel |
| CF Extremadura | Almendralejo | Francisco de la Hera |
| Real Jaén CF | Jaén | La Victoria |
| Levante UD | Valencia | Vallejo |
| RCD Mallorca | Mallorca | Luis Sitjar |
| CD Mestalla | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Real Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina |
| AD Plus Ultra | Madrid | Campo de Ciudad Lineal |
| AD Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas |
| Recreativo de Huelva | Huelva | Municipal |
| CD San Fernando | San Fernando | Marqués de Varela |
| CD Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mallorca (P) | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 40 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Córdoba | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 52 | 24 | +28 | 39 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Jaén | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 37 | |
| 4 | Plus Ultra | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 35 | |
| 5 | Rayo Vallecano | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 33 | |
| 6 | Levante | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 33 | |
| 7 | Murcia | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 32 | |
| 8 | Atlético Ceuta | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 31 | |
| 9 | San Fernando | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 28 | |
| 10 | Tenerife | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 28 | |
| 11 | Mestalla | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 28 | |
| 12 | Extremadura | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 27 | |
| 13 | Recreativo (R) | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Cádiz (O) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Atlético Almería (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 57 | −33 | 23 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 16 | Badajoz (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 37 | 66 | −29 | 18 | Relegation to Tercera División |
* 1 2 Rayo Vallecano finished ahead of Levante on overall goal difference
* 1 2 3 San Fernando finished ahead of Tenerife and Mestalla on head-to-head points: San Fernando 5 pts, Tenerife 4 pts, Mestalla 3 pts
* 1 2 Cádiz finished ahead of Atlético Almería on head-to-head goal difference: Atlético Almería–Cádiz 3–1, Cádiz–Atlético Almería 4–1

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALM | BAD | CÁD | CEU | CÓR | EXT | JAÉ | LEV | MLL | MES | MUR | PLU | RAY | REC | SFE | TEN |
| Atlético Almería | — | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Badajoz | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Cádiz | 4–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Atlético Ceuta | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Córdoba | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Extremadura | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Real Jaén | 7–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Levante | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 8–2 |
| Mallorca | 6–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Mestalla | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Real Murcia | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Plus Ultra | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Recreativo | 4–1 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| San Fernando | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Tenerife | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | — |