2018–19 Segunda División
88th season of the second-tier football league in Spain
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The 2018–19 Segunda División season, also known as LaLiga 1|2|3 for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 88th season of the Spanish football second division since its establishment.
| Season | 2018–19 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17 August 2018 – 9 June 2019 (regular season) |
| Champions | Osasuna |
| Promoted | Osasuna Granada Mallorca |
| Relegated | Rayo Majadahonda Córdoba Gimnàstic Reus (expelled)(relegated to the Tercera División) |
| Matches | 446 |
| Goals | 1,001 (2.24 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Álvaro (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Las Palmas 4–0 Gimnàstic (7 September 2018) Deportivo de La Coruña 4–0 Elche (12 October 2018) Cádiz 5–1 Elche (4 November 2018) Deportivo de La Coruña 4–0 Oviedo (10 November 2018) Rayo Majadahonda 4–0 Numancia (24 March 2019) |
| Biggest away win | Oviedo 0–4 Zaragoza (8 September 2018) Córdoba 0–4 Lugo (14 April 2019) |
| Highest scoring | Almería 5–3 Elche (12 May 2019) |
| Longest winning run | Cádiz (7 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Deportivo de La Coruña (13 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Reus (22 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Reus (21 matches) |
| Highest attendance | 29,365 Deportivo La Coruña 2–0 Mallorca (20 June 2019) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,515 Alcorcón 1–4 Málaga (19 April 2019) |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → | |
Summary
On 18 January 2019, just one day before the start of the second half of the season, the LFP expelled Reus, due to their failure to pay their players.[2] On 1 June 2019, Extremadura UD player José Antonio Reyes was killed in a car crash in his native hometown Utrera ahead of the last matchday 2018–19 season.
Team changes
This was the first edition without reserve teams since the 2002–03 season.
To Segunda División
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From Segunda División
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- Lorca was relegated to Tercera División due to financial troubles.
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo La Coruña | Resigned | 22 May 2018[24] | Pre-season | 15 June 2018[25] | ||
| Alcorcón | 4 June 2018[26] | 19 June 2018[27] | ||||
| Lugo | Mutual consent | 5 June 2018[28] | 17 June 2018[29] | |||
| Osasuna | Sacked | 7 June 2018[30] | 20 June 2018[31] | |||
| Córdoba | End of contract | 12 June 2018[32] | 28 June 2018[33] | |||
| Zaragoza | Resigned | 12 June 2018[34] | 18 June 2018[35] | |||
| Numancia | 18 June 2018[36] | 24 June 2018[37] | ||||
| Reus | Mutual consent | 23 June 2018[38] | 23 June 2018[38] | |||
| Albacete | End of contract | 4 June 2018[39] | 24 June 2018[40] | |||
| Málaga | 20 June 2018 | 20 June 2018[41] | ||||
| Las Palmas | 25 May 2018 | 26 May 2018[42] | ||||
| Granada | 4 June 2018[43] | 14 June 2018[44] | ||||
| Córdoba | Resigned | 2 August 2018[45] | 3 August 2018[46] | |||
| Tenerife | Sacked | 17 September 2018[47] | 19th | 17 September 2018[48] | ||
| Zaragoza | 21 October 2018[49] | 16th | 22 October 2018[50] | |||
| Gimnàstic | 22 October 2018[51] | 22nd | 23 October 2018[52] | |||
| Lugo | 27 October 2018 | 15th | 28 October 2018 | |||
| Extremadura | 10 November 2018 | 21st | 13 November 2018[53] | |||
| Las Palmas | 16 November 2018 | 5th | 16 November 2018 | |||
| Sporting Gijón | 18 November 2018[54] | 14th | 18 November 2018[55] | |||
| Córdoba | 18 November 2018 | 21st | 19 November 2018 | |||
| Zaragoza | 17 December 2018 | 20th | 17 December 2018 | |||
| Reus | Resigned | 5 February 2019[56] | 22nd | N/A[2] | ||
| Extremadura | Sacked | 16 February 2019[57] | 19th | 27 February 2019[58] | ||
| Córdoba | 25 February 2019[59] | 21st | 25 February 2019[59] | |||
| Las Palmas | 4 March 2019[60] | 11th | 4 March 2019[61] | |||
| Deportivo La Coruña | 7 April 2019[62] | 5th | 8 April 2019[63] | |||
| Málaga | 14 April 2019[64] | 5th | 15 April 2019[65] | |||
| Lugo | 20 April 2019[66] | 19th | 21 April 2019[67] | |||
| Oviedo | 22 April 2019[68] | 9th | 22 April 2019[69] | |||
| Tenerife | 12 May 2019[70] | 17th | 13 May 2019[71] | |||
League table
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osasuna (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 59 | 35 | +24 | 87 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Granada (P) | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 79 | |
| 3 | Málaga | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 74 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Albacete | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 71 | |
| 5 | Mallorca (O, P) | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 69 | |
| 6 | Deportivo La Coruña | 42 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 68 | |
| 7 | Cádiz | 42 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 64 | |
| 8 | Oviedo | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 63 | |
| 9 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 61 | |
| 10 | Almería | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 60 | |
| 11 | Elche | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 55 | |
| 12 | Las Palmas | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 54 | |
| 13 | Extremadura | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 53 | |
| 14 | Alcorcón | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 52 | |
| 15 | Zaragoza | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 51 | |
| 16 | Tenerife | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 50 | |
| 17 | Numancia | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 49 | |
| 18 | Lugo | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 47 | |
| 19 | Rayo Majadahonda (R) | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 45 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 20 | Gimnàstic (R) | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 36 | |
| 21 | Córdoba (R) | 42 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 79 | −31 | 34 | |
| 22 | Reus[a] (D) | 42 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 16 | 48 | −32 | 0 | Expelled from the league by the Federation for financial issues |
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
| Promotion to La Liga | |
| Qualification to promotion play-offs | |
| Relegation to Segunda División B |
Results
- 1 The opponents of Reus awarded a 1–0 w/o win each.
Promotion play-offs
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
| Deportivo La Coruña | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Málaga | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Deportivo La Coruña | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Mallorca | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Mallorca | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Albacete | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Season statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season:
Álex Fernández for Cádiz against Almería (17 August 2018)[74] - Last goal of the season:
Regular season:
Nano for Tenerife against Zaragoza (9 June 2019)[75]
Play-offs:
Abdón Prats for Mallorca against Deportivo La Coruña (23 June 2019)[76]
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[77] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almería | 20 | |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 16 | |
| 3 | Las Palmas | 15 | |
| Extremadura | |||
| 5 | Alcorcón | 13 | |
| 6 | Córdoba | 12 | |
| Osasuna | |||
| Osasuna |
Top assists
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists[78] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osasuna | 12 | |
| 2 | Granada | 11 | |
| 3 | Albacete | 10 | |
| 4 | Mallorca | 9 | |
| 5 | Málaga | 8 | |
| Mallorca | |||
| Numancia | |||
| 8 | Albacete | 7 | |
| Granada | |||
| 10 | Osasuna | 6 | |
| Deportivo La Coruña | |||
| Alcorcón | |||
| Numancia |
Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the least goals-to-games ratio. Keepers had to play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.[79]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals Against |
Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granada | 27 | 40 | 0.68 | |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 32 | 41 | 0.78 | |
| 2 | Osasuna | 28 | 35 | 0.80 | |
| 4 | Málaga | 30 | 36 | 0.83 | |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 31 | 37 | 0.84 | |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremadura | Rayo Majadahonda | 4–1 (A) | 22 September 2018 | 6 | [80] | |
| Deportivo La Coruña | Elche | 4–0 (H) | 12 October 2018 | 9 | [81] | |
| Extremadura | Reus | 4–1 (A) | 17 November 2018 | 14 | [82] | |
| Cádiz | Las Palmas | 3–0 (A) | 14 April 2019 | 34 | [83] | |
| Zaragoza | Córdoba | 3–0 (A) | 28 April 2019 | 36 | [84] | |
| Almería | Elche | 5–3 (H) | 12 May 2019 | 38 | [85] | |
- Note
4 Player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 20
Manuel Sánchez (Elche)
- Most red cards: 3
Carlos Bellvís (Alcorcón)
Roman Zozulya (Albacete)
Team
- Most yellow cards: 141
- Tenerife
- Most red cards: 9
- Deportivo La Coruña
- Fewest yellow cards: 42
- Reus
- Fewest red cards: 0
- Reus
Average attendances
Attendances include play-off games.
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zaragoza | 409,702 | 25,978 | 14,912 | 20,485 | +6.9% |
| 2 | Málaga | 407,443 | 27,450 | 12,758 | 18,520 | −9.1%1 |
| 3 | Sporting Gijón | 386,070 | 26,748 | 8,600 | 18,384 | −11.8% |
| 4 | Deportivo La Coruña | 406,001 | 29,271 | 13,602 | 17,652 | −14.5%1 |
| 5 | Osasuna | 296,882 | 16,884 | 12,818 | 14,841 | +7.2% |
| 6 | Oviedo | 282,031 | 23,175 | 5,683 | 13,430 | −4.1% |
| 7 | Cádiz | 278,737 | 15,914 | 10,434 | 13,273 | +0.9% |
| 8 | Las Palmas | 256,262 | 21,319 | 7,288 | 12,203 | −24.4%1 |
| 9 | Granada | 231,321 | 18,282 | 8,321 | 11,566 | +6.6% |
| 10 | Tenerife | 235,540 | 18,717 | 8,952 | 11,216 | −6.9% |
| 11 | Córdoba | 205,539 | 14,312 | 2,313 | 10,277 | −21.2% |
| 12 | Extremadura | 201,363 | 11,580 | 7,707 | 10,068 | +45.1%2 |
| 13 | Albacete | 204,011 | 15,065 | 5,849 | 9,715 | +45.5% |
| 14 | Elche | 197,896 | 12,868 | 5,914 | 9,424 | +15.2%2 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 196,330 | 21,210 | 5,795 | 8,924 | +36.9%2 |
| 16 | Almería | 146,706 | 11,532 | 4,329 | 6,986 | −1.5% |
| 17 | Gimnàstic | 84,280 | 8,625 | 1,669 | 4,214 | −27.4% |
| 18 | Lugo | 75,266 | 6,113 | 2,662 | 3,763 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Numancia | 69,001 | 6,069 | 2,537 | 3,450 | −15.1% |
| 20 | Rayo Majadahonda | 67,118 | 7,217 | 1,764 | 3,356 | n/a2,3 |
| 21 | Reus | 31,401 | 4,194 | 2,056 | 2,855 | +10.5%4 |
| 22 | Alcorcón | 59,337 | 3,665 | 1,515 | 2,826 | −1.3% |
| League total | 4,728,177 | 29,271 | 1,515 | 10,578 | +20.6% |
Source: LaLiga.es
Notes:
1: Team played last season in La Liga.
2: Team played last season in Segunda División B.
3: Rayo Majadahonda played seven games at Wanda Metropolitano during the renovations works of Cerro del Espino.
4: Reus was excluded after the round 21 and only played 11 home matches.
Monthly awards
| Month | Player of the Month | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | ||
| September | Málaga | [88] | |
| October | Deportivo La Coruña | [89] | |
| November | Extremadura | [90] | |
| December | Albacete | [91] | |
| January | Osasuna | [92] | |
| February | Cádiz | [93] | |
| March | Tenerife | [94] | |
| April | Mallorca | [95] | |