# 1979–80 Segunda División

The 1979–80 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Real Murcia, Real Valladolid and CA Osasuna were promoted to Primera División. Celta de Vigo, Deportivo de La Coruña, Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Algeciras CF were relegated to Segunda División B.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Alavés | Vitoria | Mendizorrotza |
| Algeciras | Algeciras | El Mirador |
| Cádiz | Cádiz | Ramón de Carranza |
| Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | Castalia |
| Castilla | Madrid | Ciudad Deportiva |
| Celta de Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos |
| Deportivo La Coruña | La Coruña | Riazor |
| Elche | Elche | Martínez Valero |
| Getafe Deportivo | Getafe | Las Margaritas |
| Gimnàstic de Tarragona | Tarragona | José Luis Calderón |
| Granada | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| Levante | Valencia | Ciutat de València |
| Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina |
| Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere |
| Palencia | Palencia | La Balastera |
| Racing Santander | Santander | El Sardinero |
| Recreativo Huelva | Huelva | Colombino |
| Sabadell | Sabadell | Nova Creu Alta |
| Real Valladolid | Valladolid | José Zorrilla |

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Real Murcia | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 47 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 2 | Real Valladolid | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 45 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 3 | CA Osasuna | 38 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 44 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 4 | Elche CF | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 42 | |
| 5 | CD Castellón | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 42 | |
| 6 | CE Sabadell FC | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 41 | |
| 7 | Castilla CF | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 40 | Qualify for Cup Winners' Cup |
| 8 | Cádiz CF | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 39 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Alavés | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 38 | |
| 10 | Levante UD | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 38 | |
| 11 | Real Oviedo | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 38 | |
| 12 | Recreativo de Huelva | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 37 | |
| 13 | Granada CF | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 37 | |
| 14 | Getafe Deportivo | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 37 | |
| 15 | Palencia CF | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 36 | |
| 16 | Racing de Santander | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 36 | |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 35 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 18 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 35 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 19 | Gimnàstic de Tarragona | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 27 | Relegated to Segunda División B |
| 20 | Algeciras CF | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 26 | Relegated to Segunda División B |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALV | ALG | CÁD | CAS | CST | CEL | DEP | ELC | GET | GIM | GRA | LEV | MUR | OSA | OVI | PAL | RAC | REC | SAB | VLD |
| Alavés | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| Algeciras | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Cádiz | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Castellón | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Castilla | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Celta | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Deportivo | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Elche | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Getafe | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Gimnàstic | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Granada | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Levante | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Murcia | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Osasuna | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 |
| Oviedo | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Palencia | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Racing | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Recreativo | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Sabadell | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Valladolid | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — |

## Pichichi Trophy for top goalscorers

| Goalscorers | Goals | Team |
| Patxi Iriguíbel | 19 | Osasuna |
| Mario Cabrera | 17 | Castellón |
| José Echeverria | 15 | Osasuna |