# 1971–72 Segunda División

The 1971–72 Segunda División season was the 41st since its establishment and was played between 4 September 1971 and 1 June 1972.

## Overview before the season

20 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1970–71 La Liga and 5 promoted from the 1970–71 Tercera División.

### Relegated from La Liga

* Elche
* Zaragoza

### Promoted from Tercera División

* Cultural Leonesa
* Tenerife
* Mestalla
* Xerez
* Valladolid

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Cádiz | Cádiz | Ramón de Carranza |
| Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | Castalia |
| Cultural Leonesa | León | Antonio Amilivia |
| Elche | Elche | Altabix |
| Ferrol | Ferrol | Manuel Rivera |
| Hércules | Alicante | La Viña |
| Langreo | Langreo | Ganzábal |
| Logroñés | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca | Luis Sitjar |
| Mestalla | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere |
| Pontevedra | Pontevedra | Pasarón |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas |
| San Andrés | Barcelona | Calle Santa Coloma |
| Real Santander | Santander | El Sardinero |
| Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López |
| Real Valladolid | Valladolid | José Zorrilla |
| Villarreal | Villarreal | El Madrigal |
| Xerez | Jerez de la Frontera | Domecq |
| Zaragoza | Zaragoza | La Romareda |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Oviedo (P) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 19 | +21 | 51 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Castellón (P) | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 50 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Zaragoza (P) | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 66 | 31 | +35 | 50 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 4 | Elche | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 49 | |
| 5 | Cultural Leonesa | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 42 | |
| 6 | Logroñés | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 41 | |
| 7 | Valladolid | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 39 | |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 39 | |
| 9 | Tenerife | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 38 | |
| 10 | San Andrés | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 38 | |
| 11 | Pontevedra | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 36 | |
| 12 | Mallorca | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 36 | |
| 13 | Mestalla (O) | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Hércules (O) | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Real Santander (O) | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 16 | Cádiz (O) | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 17 | Villarreal (R) | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 32 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 18 | Ferrol (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 29 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 19 | Xerez (R) | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 27 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 20 | Langreo (R) | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 27 | Relegation to Tercera División |
* 1 2 Castellón finished ahead of Zaragoza on head-to-head points: Castellón–Zaragoza 5–1, Zaragoza–Castellón 1–1
* 1 2 Valladolid finished ahead of Rayo Vallecano on overall goal difference
* 1 2 Tenerife finished ahead of San Andrés on head-to-head goal difference: San Andrés–Tenerife 1–0, Tenerife–San Andrés 4–1
* 1 2 Pontevedra finished ahead of Mallorca on head-to-head points: Mallorca–Pontevedra 0–1, Pontevedra–Mallorca 1–1
* 1 2 3 4 Mestalla finished ahead of Hércules, Real Santander and Cádiz on head-to-head points: Mestalla 8 pts, Hércules 7 pts, Real Santander 6 pts, Cádiz 3 pts
* 1 2 Xerez finished ahead of Langreo on head-to-head points: Langreo–Xerez 0–0, Xerez–Langreo 2–1

## Results

| Home \ Away | CÁD | CAS | CUL | ELC | FER | HÉR | LAN | LOG | MLL | MES | OVI | PON | RAY | SAN | SAT | TEN | VLD | VIL | XER | ZAR |
| Cádiz | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Castellón | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Cultural Leonesa | 5–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| Elche | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Ferrol | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Hércules | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Langreo | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Logroñés | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Mallorca | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Mestalla | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Oviedo | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Pontevedra | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| San Andrés | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Real Santander | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Tenerife | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Valladolid | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Villarreal | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–3 |
| Xerez | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
| Zaragoza | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — |