# 1956–57 Segunda División

The 1956–57 Segunda División season was the 26th since its establishment and was played between 8 September 1956 and 16 June 1957.

## Overview before the season

40 teams joined the league, including 4 relegated from the 1955–56 La Liga and 11 promoted from the 1955–56 Tercera División.

### Relegated from La Liga

* Murcia
* Alavés
* Cultural Leonesa
* Hércules

### Promoted from Tercera División

* Burgos
* Gerona
* Levante
* Córdoba
* Avilés
* Rayo Vallecano
* Alicante
* Puente Genil
* Eldense
* Algeciras
* Atlético Ceuta
* ↑ After a merge with España Tánger
* ↑ After a merge between Ceuta and Atlético Tetuán

## Group North
### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Deportivo Alavés | Vitoria | Mendizorroza |
| Real Avilés CF | Avilés | La Exposición |
| Club Baracaldo | Baracaldo | Lasesarre |
| Burgos CF | Burgos | Zatorre |
| Caudal Deportivo | Mieres | El Batán |
| Cultural Leonesa | León | La Puentecilla |
| SD Eibar | Eibar | Ipurúa |
| Club Ferrol | Ferrol | Manuel Rivera |
| Gerona CF | Gerona | Vista Alegre |
| Real Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón |
| SD Indauchu | Bilbao | Garellano |
| CP La Felguera | La Felguera, Langreo | La Barraca |
| UD Lérida | Lérida | Campo de Deportes |
| CD Logroñés | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| Real Oviedo CF | Oviedo | Buenavista |
| AD Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas |
| CD Sabadell FC | Sabadell | Cruz Alta |
| Real Santander SD | Santander | El Sardinero |
| Club Sestao | Sestao | Las Llanas |
| CD Tarrasa | Tarrasa | Obispo Irurita |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Gijón (P) | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 107 | 26 | +81 | 62 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Sabadell | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 92 | 39 | +53 | 54 | |
| 3 | Indauchu | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 72 | 45 | +27 | 48 | |
| 4 | Oviedo | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 77 | 60 | +17 | 46 | |
| 5 | Alavés | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 43 | |
| 6 | Cultural Leonesa | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 41 | |
| 7 | Avilés | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 75 | 60 | +15 | 39 | |
| 8 | Real Santander | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 37 | |
| 9 | Gerona | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 37 | |
| 10 | Eibar | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 79 | −16 | 36 | |
| 11 | Caudal | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 66 | 72 | −6 | 35 | |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 35 | |
| 13 | Tarrasa | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 34 | |
| 14 | Sestao | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 60 | 67 | −7 | 34 | |
| 15 | La Felguera (O) | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 16 | Ferrol (O) | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 51 | 72 | −21 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 17 | Logroñés (R) | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 32 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 18 | Baracaldo (R) | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 50 | 83 | −33 | 31 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 19 | Burgos (R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 30 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 20 | Lérida (R) | 38 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 37 | 93 | −56 | 19 | Relegation to Tercera División |
* 1 2 Real Santander finished ahead of Gerona on head-to-head points: Real Santander–Gerona 1–1, Gerona–Real Santander 0–2
* 1 2 Caudal finished ahead of Rayo Vallecano on head-to-head points: Caudal–Rayo Vallecano 3–0, Rayo Vallecano–Caudal 1–2
* 1 2 3 Tarrasa finished ahead of Sestao and La Felguera on head-to-head goal difference

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | AVI | BAR | BUR | CAU | LEO | EIB | IND | FEL | GIR | LLE | LOG | OVI | RFE | RAC | RAY | SPO | SAB | SES | TRR |
| Alavés | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 10–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Avilés | 3–0 | — | 6–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Baracaldo | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Burgos | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–5 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Caudal | 3–0 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Cultural Leonesa | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Eibar | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Indauchu | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 |
| La Felguera | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Gerona | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Lérida | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Logroñés | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Oviedo | 1–0 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Ferrol | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Real Santander | 4–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Real Gijón | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 11–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Sabadell | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 7–1 | 3–0 |
| Sestao | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | — | 3–2 |
| Tarrasa | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | — |

## Group South
### Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| España de Algeciras CF | Algeciras | El Mirador |
| Alicante CF | Alicante | Bardín |
| Atlético Ceuta | Ceuta | Alfonso Murube |
| CD Badajoz | Badajoz | El Vivero |
| Real Betis Balompié | Seville | Heliópolis |
| Cádiz CF | Cádiz | Ramón de Carranza |
| CD Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | Castalia |
| Córdoba CF | Córdoba | El Arcángel |
| CD Eldense | Elda | El Parque |
| CF Extremadura | Almendralejo | Francisco de la Hera |
| Granada CF | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| Hércules CF | Alicante | La Viña |
| Jerez CD | Jerez de la Frontera | Domecq |
| Levante UD | Valencia | Vallejo |
| CD Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda Stadium |
| CD Mestalla | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Real Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina |
| Puente Genil CF | Puente Genil | Jesús Nazareno |
| 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 | Granada (P) | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 79 | 45 | +34 | 47 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Hércules | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 45 | |
| 3 | Murcia | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 43 | |
| 4 | Córdoba | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 96 | 66 | +30 | 43 | |
| 5 | Málaga | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 42 | |
| 6 | Real Betis | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 80 | 51 | +29 | 41 | |
| 7 | Badajoz | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 41 | |
| 8 | Atlético Ceuta | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 39 | |
| 9 | Extremadura | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 61 | 71 | −10 | 39 | |
| 10 | Xerez | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 39 | |
| 11 | Levante | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 65 | 68 | −3 | 38 | |
| 12 | Cádiz | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 72 | −14 | 38 | |
| 13 | Tenerife | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 71 | 60 | +11 | 37 | |
| 14 | San Fernando | 38 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 63 | 79 | −16 | 37 | |
| 15 | Alicante (O) | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 63 | 77 | −14 | 37 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 16 | Eldense (O) | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 67 | 78 | −11 | 35 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 17 | Mestalla (R) | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 61 | 75 | −14 | 34 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 18 | España de Algeciras (R) | 38 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 60 | 83 | −23 | 31 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 19 | Puente Genil (R) | 38 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 44 | 81 | −37 | 27 | Relegation to Tercera División |
| 20 | Castellón (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 27 | Relegation to Tercera División |
* 1 2 Murcia finished ahead of Córdoba on head-to-head goal difference: Murcia–Córdoba 3–0, Córdoba–Murcia 3–1
* 1 2 Real Betis finished ahead of Badajoz on head-to-head points: Real Betis–Badajoz 2–2, Badajoz–Real Betis 0–3
* 1 2 3 Atlético Ceuta finished ahead of Extremadura and Xerez on head-to-head goal difference
* 1 2 Levante finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Levante–Cádiz 6–0, Cádiz–Levante 3–3
* 1 2 3 Tenerife finished ahead of San Fernando and Alicante on head-to-head goal difference
* 1 2 Puente Genil finished ahead of Castellón on head-to-head points: Castellón–Puente Genil 1–1, Puente Genil–Castellón 4–1

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALG | ALI | CEU | BAD | CAD | CAS | COR | ELD | EXT | GRA | HER | LEV | CDM | MES | MUR | PGE | BET | SFE | TEN | XER |
| España Algeciras | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| Alicante | 4–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Atlético Ceuta | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Badajoz | 5–0 | 6–2 | 2–3 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Cádiz | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 7–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Castellón | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Córdoba | 9–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | — | 8–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 7–4 | 5–2 |
| Eldense | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Extremadura | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Granada | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Hércules | 9–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Levante | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| Málaga | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Mestalla | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Murcia | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Puente Genil | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 |
| Real Betis | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| San Fernando | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | — | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Tenerife | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | — | 2–0 |
| Xerez | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — |