1970–71 Segunda División

Segunda División
Season	1970–71
Champions	Real Betis
Promoted	Real Betis; Burgos; Deportivo La Coruña; Córdoba
Relegated	Onteniente; Calvo Sotelo; Moscardó
Matches played	380
Goals scored	791 (2.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Santillana; (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Manuel Campos; (0.75 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Rayo Vallecano 6–0 Cádiz; (30 May 1971)
Biggest away win	Moscardó 0–3 Rayo Vallecano; (6 September 1970)
Highest scoring	Oviedo 6–1 Ferrol; (22 November 1970)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Segunda División season was the 40th since its establishment and was played between 5 September 1970 and 6 June 1971.

Overview before the season

20 teams joined the league, including 3 relegated from the 1969–70 La Liga and 7 promoted from the 1969–70 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

Promoted from Tercera División

Teams

Location of teams in Segunda División 1970-71

Club	City	Stadium
Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín
Burgos	Burgos	El Plantío
Cádiz	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
Calvo Sotelo	Puertollano	Calvo Sotelo
Castellón	Castelló de la Plana	Castalia
Córdoba	Córdoba	El Árcangel
Deportivo de La Coruña	La Coruña	Riazor
Ferrol	Ferrol	Manuel Rivera
Hércules	Alicante	La Viña
Langreo	Langreo	Ganzábal
Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas
Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca	Luis Sitjar
Moscardó	Madrid	Román Valero
Onteniente	Ontinyent	El Clariano
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere
Pontevedra	Pontevedra	Pasarón
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas
San Andrés	Barcelona	Calle Santa Coloma
Real Santander	Santander	El Sardinero
Villarreal	Villarreal	El Madrigal

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Real Betis (P)	38	20	13	5	54	28	+26	53	Promotion to La Liga
2	Burgos (P)	38	19	7	12	46	30	+16	45^[a]
3	Deportivo La Coruña (P)	38	18	9	11	44	32	+12	45^[a]
4	Córdoba (P)	38	17	11	10	50	30	+20	45^[a]
5	Rayo Vallecano	38	18	9	11	51	29	+22	45^[a]
6	Castellón	38	16	11	11	40	31	+9	43
7	San Andrés	38	14	12	12	34	36	−2	40^[b]
8	Ferrol	38	16	8	14	39	43	−4	40^[b]
9	Mallorca	38	12	16	10	43	35	+8	40^[b]
10	Pontevedra	38	15	10	13	44	41	+3	40^[b]
11	Hércules	38	13	11	14	39	48	−9	37^[c]
12	Cádiz	38	11	15	12	32	40	−8	37^[c]
13	Real Santander	38	15	6	17	48	50	−2	36
14	Oviedo (O)	38	12	10	16	41	37	+4	34	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15	Logroñés (O)	38	10	13	15	35	38	−3	33
16	Villarreal (O)	38	11	10	17	37	55	−18	32^[d]
17	Langreo (O)	38	11	10	17	24	42	−18	32^[d]
18	Onteniente (R)	38	8	15	15	30	47	−17	31	Relegation to Tercera División
19	Calvo Sotelo (R)	38	11	7	20	38	48	−10	29
20	Moscardó (R)	38	6	11	21	22	51	−29	23

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Burgos finished ahead of Deportivo La Coruña, Córdoba and Rayo Vallecano on head-to-head points: Burgos 8 pts, Deportivo La Coruña 8 pts, Córdoba 5 pts, Rayo Vallecano 3 pts. Burgos finished ahead of Deportivo La Coruña on head-to-head goal difference: Burgos–Deportivo La Coruña 3–1, Deportivo La Coruña–Burgos 2–1
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d San Andrés finished ahead of Ferrol, Mallorca and Pontevedra on head-to-head points: San Andrés 8 pts, Ferrol 6 pts, Mallorca 6 pts, Pontevedra 4 pts. Ferrol finished ahead of Mallorca on head-to-head points: Mallorca–Ferrol 1–1, Ferrol–Mallorca 2–0
^ ^a ^b Hércules finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Cádiz–Hércules 0–0, Hércules–Cádiz 2–0
^ ^a ^b Villarreal finished ahead of Langreo on head-to-head goal difference: Villarreal–Langreo 2–0, Langreo–Villarreal 2–1

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Santillana	16	Real Santander
Manolín	15	Córdoba
Marcos Orts	15	Hércules
Enrique Galán	14	Oviedo
Antonio Illán	13	Rayo Vallecano

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Manuel Campos	24	32	0.75	Real Betis
Alejandro Samper	28	37	0.76	Rayo Vallecano
Victoriano Bilbao	29	38	0.76	Burgos
Miguel Ángel Molina	28	36	0.78	Córdoba
Andrés Mendieta	31	38	0.82	Castellón

Results

Home \ Away	BET	BUR	CÁD	CAL	CAS	CÓR	DEP	FER	HÉR	LAN	LOG	MLL	MOS	ONT	OVI	PON	RAY	SAN	SAT	VIL
Betis	—	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1
Burgos	1–0	—	5–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–1
Cádiz	1–1	3–1	—	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–2
Calvo Sotelo	3–1	0–1	1–2	—	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–2	4–0
Castellón	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1
Córdoba	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	—	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	3–0	1–0	5–1
Deportivo	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	—	2–2	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0
Ferrol	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	—	3–0	4–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
Hércules	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	—	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–1
Langreo	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	—	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1
Logroñés	2–2	0–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	—	0–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–0
Mallorca	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	—	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–2	2–1
Moscardó	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–0
Onteniente	1–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	—	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2
Oviedo	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	3–2	3–2	6–1	4–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	—	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0
Pontevedra	5–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–0
Rayo Vallecano	0–1	1–2	6–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	—	3–0	2–0	3–0
San Andrés	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	—	2–1	1–1
Real Santander	0–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	3–3	2–0	—	2–0
Villarreal	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	—

Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoffs

First leg

13 June 1971	Gerona	1–2	Villarreal	Girona
	Martí 68'	Report	Esteve 33', 87'	Stadium: Montilivi Referee: Peiró Apastegui

13 June 1971	Logroñés	3–0	Cartagena	Logroño
	Goicoechea 9', 23' Berasategui 47'	Report		Stadium: Las Gaunas Referee: Forés Bachero

13 June 1971	Oviedo	2–0	Palencia	Oviedo
	Galán 4' Del Cueto 53'	Report		Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Referee: Rodríguez Barroso

13 June 1971	Orense	1–1	Langreo	Ourense
	Seijas 35'	Report	Sánchez Iglesias 80'	Stadium: José Antonio Referee: Sánchez Arminio

Second leg

20 June 1971	Villarreal	2–0 (4–1 agg.)	Gerona	Villarreal
	Burguete 8' Casco 30'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Pérez Quintas

20 June 1971	Cartagena	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Logroñés	Cartagena
	Ginesín 9' Añil 53'	Report		Stadium: El Almarjal Referee: Molina Segovia

20 June 1971	Palencia	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Oviedo	Palencia
	Tinin 82'	Report	Galán 3', 29'	Stadium: La Balastera Referee: Orellana Álvarez

20 June 1971	Langreo	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Orense	Langreo
	Secades 12' Pucho 47' Lozano 70' (o.g.)	Report	Gradin 22'	Stadium: Ganzábal Referee: López Montenegro

External links

BDFútbol

[table_hth_BUR0.71197921909018-1] Burgos finished ahead of Deportivo La Coruña, Córdoba and Rayo Vallecano on head-to-head points: Burgos 8 pts, Deportivo La Coruña 8 pts, Córdoba 5 pts, Rayo Vallecano 3 pts. Burgos finished ahead of Deportivo La Coruña on head-to-head goal difference: Burgos–Deportivo La Coruña 3–1, Deportivo La Coruña–Burgos 2–1

[table_hth_STA0.71197921909018-2] San Andrés finished ahead of Ferrol, Mallorca and Pontevedra on head-to-head points: San Andrés 8 pts, Ferrol 6 pts, Mallorca 6 pts, Pontevedra 4 pts. Ferrol finished ahead of Mallorca on head-to-head points: Mallorca–Ferrol 1–1, Ferrol–Mallorca 2–0

[table_hth_HER0.71197921909018-3] Hércules finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Cádiz–Hércules 0–0, Hércules–Cádiz 2–0

[table_hth_VIL0.71197921909018-4] Villarreal finished ahead of Langreo on head-to-head goal difference: Villarreal–Langreo 2–0, Langreo–Villarreal 2–1

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