# 1965–66 Segunda División

The 1965–66 Segunda División season was the 35th since its establishment and was played between 5 September 1965 and 3 April 1966.

## Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including 4 relegated from the 1964–65 La Liga and 4 promoted from the 1964–65 Tercera División.

### Relegated from La Liga

* Murcia
* Levante
* Oviedo
* Deportivo La Coruña

### Promoted from Tercera División

* Condal
* Lérida
* Rayo Vallecano
* Badajoz

## Group North
### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| CF Badalona | Badalona | Avenida de Navarra |
| Baracaldo Altos Hornos | Baracaldo | Lasesarre |
| Burgos CF | Burgos | El Plantío |
| RC Celta Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos |
| CD Condal | Barcelona | CF Barcelona |
| Deportivo La Coruña | La Coruña | Riazor |
| CD Europa | Barcelona | Cerdeña |
| Real Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón |
| CD Hospitalet | Hospitalet de Llobregat | Municipal de Deportes |
| SD Indauchu | Bilbao | Garellano |
| UP Langreo | Langreo | Ganzábal |
| UD Lérida | Lérida | Campo de Deportes |
| CA Osasuna | Pamplona | San Juan |
| Real Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atocha |
| Real Santander | Santander | El Sardinero |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña (P) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 19 | +34 | 43 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Celta Vigo | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 39 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Real Gijón | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 36 | |
| 4 | Oviedo | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 34 | |
| 5 | Burgos | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 32 | |
| 6 | Indauchu | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 32 | |
| 7 | Condal | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 32 | |
| 8 | Real Santander | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 31 | |
| 9 | Osasuna | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 31 | |
| 10 | Real Sociedad | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 31 | |
| 11 | Lérida | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 30 | |
| 12 | Badalona | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 30 | |
| 13 | Langreo (O) | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Europa (O) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Hospitalet (R) | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 19 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 16 | Baracaldo (R) | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 14 | Relegation to Tercera División |
* 1 2 3 Burgos finished ahead of Indautxu and Condal on head-to-head points: Burgos 5 pts, Indauchu 4 pts, Condal 3 pts
* 1 2 3 Real Santander finished ahead of Osasuna and Real Sociedad on head-to-head points: Real Santander 6 pts, Osasuna 4 pts, Real Sociedad 2 pts
* 1 2 Lérida finished ahead of Badalona on head-to-head points: Badalona–Lérida 1–1, Lérida–Badalona 1–0
* 1 2 Langreo finished ahead of Europa on head-to-head goal difference: Europa–Langreo 1–0, Langreo–Europa 2–0

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAD | BAR | BUR | CEL | CON | DEP | EUR | GIJ | HOS | IND | LAN | LÉR | OSA | OVI | RSO | SAT |
| Badalona | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Baracaldo Altos Hornos | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Burgos | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Celta Vigo | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Condal | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| Deportivo | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Europa | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Gijón | 2–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Hospitalet | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Indauchu | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Langreo | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Lérida | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Osasuna | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Oviedo | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Real Sociedad | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–3 |
| Santander | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — |

## Group South
### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Algeciras CF | Algeciras | El Mirador |
| CD Badajoz | Badajoz | El Vivero |
| Cádiz CF | Cádiz | Ramón de Carranza |
| CF Calvo Sotelo | Puertollano | Calvo Sotelo |
| Atlético Ceuta | Ceuta | Alfonso Murube |
| CD Constancia | Inca | Campo Nuevo |
| Granada CF | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| Hércules CF | Alicante | La Viña |
| Levante UD | Valencia | Vallejo |
| Melilla CF | Melilla | Álvarez Claro |
| CD Mestalla | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Real Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas |
| Recreativo de Huelva | Huelva | Municipal |
| CD Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López |
| Real Valladolid | Valladolid | José Zorrilla |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hércules (P) | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 39 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Granada (O, P) | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 37 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Algeciras | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 35 | |
| 4 | Valladolid | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 35 | |
| 5 | Levante | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 34 | |
| 6 | Mestalla | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 33 | |
| 7 | Calvo Sotelo | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 32 | |
| 8 | Tenerife | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 32 | |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 31 | |
| 10 | Murcia | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 29 | |
| 11 | Recreativo | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 29 | |
| 12 | Cádiz | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 27 | |
| 13 | Constancia (O) | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Atlético Ceuta (O) | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Melilla (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 20 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 16 | Badajoz (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 58 | −36 | 16 | Relegation to Tercera División |
* 1 2 Algeciras finished ahead of Valladolid on head-to-head points: Algeciras–Valladolid 1–0, Valladolid–Algeciras 2–2
* 1 2 Calvo Sotelo finished ahead of Tenerife on head-to-head points: Calvo Sotelo–Tenerife 2–1, Tenerife–Calvo Sotelo 1–1
* 1 2 Murcia finished ahead of Recreativo on head-to-head goal difference: Murcia–Recreativo 2–0, Recreativo–Murcia 1–0

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALG | BAD | CÁD | CAL | CEU | CON | GRA | HÉR | LEV | MEL | MES | MUR | RAY | REC | TEN | VLD |
| Algeciras | — | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Badajoz | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Cádiz | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Calvo Sotelo | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Atlético Ceuta | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Constancia | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Granada | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Hércules | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Levante | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 7–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Melilla | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Mestalla | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Murcia | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Recreativo | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Tenerife | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Valladolid | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | — |