# 1977–78 Segunda División

The 1977–78 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Real Zaragoza, Recreativo de Huelva and Celta de Vigo were promoted to Primera División. Real Oviedo, Córdoba CF, CD Tenerife and CF Calvo Sotelo were relegated to Segunda División B.
From this season, immediately below Segunda División there is a new league Segunda División B. Thus, Tercera División became the fourth level in the Spanish football pyramid.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Alavés | Vitoria | Mendizorrotza |
| Barakaldo | Barakaldo | Lasesarre |
| Calvo Sotelo | Puertollano | Calvo Sotelo |
| Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | Castalia |
| Celta Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos |
| Córdoba | Córdoba | El Árcangel |
| Deportivo La Coruña | La Coruña | Riazor |
| Getafe Deportivo | Getafe | Las Margaritas |
| Granada | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| Jaén | Jaén | La Victoria |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina |
| Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere |
| Recreativo Huelva | Huelva | Municipal |
| Sabadell | Sabadell | Nova Creu Alta |
| Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López |
| Terrassa | Terrassa | Olímpic de Terrassa |
| Real Valladolid | Valladolid | José Zorrilla |
| Real Zaragoza | Zaragoza | La Romareda |

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Real Zaragoza | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 68 | 46 | +22 | 50 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 2 | Recreativo de Huelva | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 46 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 3 | Celta de Vigo | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 46 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 4 | Barakaldo CF | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 44 | |
| 5 | Real Murcia | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 40 | |
| 6 | CE Sabadell FC | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 40 | |
| 7 | Real Valladolid | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 39 | |
| 8 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 39 | |
| 9 | Granada CF | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 38 | |
| 10 | CA Osasuna | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 38 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Alavés | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 38 | |
| 12 | Terrassa FC | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 37 | |
| 13 | CD Málaga | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 37 | |
| 14 | CD Castellón | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 35 | |
| 15 | Real Jaén | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 35 | |
| 16 | Getafe Deportivo | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 35 | |
| 17 | Real Oviedo | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 35 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 18 | Córdoba CF | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 32 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 19 | CD Tenerife | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 31 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 20 | CF Calvo Sotelo | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 43 | 76 | −33 | 25 | Relegated to Segunda División B |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALV | BAK | CAL | CAS | CEL | CÓR | DEP | GET | GRA | JAÉ | MGA | MUR | OSA | OVI | REC | SAB | TEN | TER | VLD | ZAR |
| Alavés | — | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Barakaldo | 2–1 | — | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Calvo Sotelo | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Castellón | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Celta | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Córdoba | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Deportivo | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Getafe | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Granada | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| Jaén | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Málaga | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Murcia | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| Osasuna | 2–2 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Oviedo | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Recreativo | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Sabadell | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 |
| Tenerife | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Terrassa | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Valladolid | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–1 |
| Zaragoza | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | — |

## Pichichi Trophy for top goalscorers

| Goalscorers | Goals | Team |
| Alfonso Castro | 24 | Deportivo de La Coruña |
| Pichi Alonso | 22 | Zaragoza |
| José Luis | 17 | Granada |