2025–26 Segunda División
95th season of the second-tier football league in Spain
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The 2025–26 La Liga 2, also known as LALIGA HYPERMOTION[1][2] due to sponsorship reasons, is the ongoing 95th season of the Segunda División since its establishment in Spain. It began on 15 August 2025 and is scheduled to end on 31 May 2026, with the promotion play-offs scheduled to end in June 2026.
Play-offs: 7–21 June 2026
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | Regular season: 15 August 2025 – 31 May 2026 Play-offs: 7–21 June 2026 |
| Promoted | Racing Santander |
| Matches | 397 |
| Goals | 1,040 (2.62 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Sergio Arribas (24 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Burgos 5–1 Cultural Leonesa (15 August 2025) Deportivo La Coruña 4–0 Huesca (19 September 2025) Racing Santander 4–0 Eibar (30 November 2025) Las Palmas 4–0 Cultural Leonesa (20 December 2025) Granada 5–1 Valladolid (14 February 2026) Burgos 4–0 Córdoba (22 March 2026) |
| Biggest away win | Zaragoza 0–5 Cultural Leonesa (18 October 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Castellón 5–4 Real Sociedad B (15 November 2025) |
| Longest winning run | Málaga (6 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Almería Málaga (9 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Cultural Leonesa (16 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Córdoba Zaragoza (6 matches) |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 2 May 2026. | |
Teams
Team changes
| Promoted from 2024–25 Primera Federación | Relegated from 2024–25 La Liga | Promoted to 2025–26 La Liga | Relegated to 2025–26 Primera Federación |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andorra Ceuta Cultural Leonesa Real Sociedad B | Leganés Las Palmas Valladolid | Levante Elche Real Oviedo | Eldense Cartagena Racing Ferrol Tenerife |
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 22 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2024–25 season, three relegated from the 2024–25 La Liga, and four promoted from the 2024–25 Primera Federación.
- Teams promoted to La Liga
On 25 May 2025, Levante became the first side to mathematically be promoted, assured of a return to the top flight after a three-year absence following a 3–2 victory against Burgos. Elche became the second team to be promoted on the last day after defeating Deportivo La Coruña 4–0, returning after a two-year absence. The final team promoted was Real Oviedo, who secured their spot via the play-offs, marking a return to the top flight after a 24-year absence.
- Teams relegated from La Liga
The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Valladolid, after a 5–1 loss to Real Betis on 25 April 2025, after only single season stay in the top tier. The second team to be relegated Las Palmas, after a 0–1 loss to Sevilla on 14 May 2025, after two seasons in the top tier. The third and final team relegated to Segunda was Leganés, after Espanyol managed to survive by beating Valladolid in the last matchday, after just one season in the top tier.
- Teams relegated to Primera Federación
The first team to be relegated to the third level was Cartagena, after a 2–1 loss to Almería on 14 April 2025, ending a five-year stay in the second division. The second team to be relegated was Racing Ferrol, who were relegated on 29 April 2025 after a loss to Almería, ending their two seasons in the second division. The third team to be relegated was Tenerife, who were relegated on 10 May 2025, following Real Zaragoza's win against Cartagena, ending a 12-year stay in second division. The fourth and final team to be relegated was Eldense, who were relegated on 25 May 2025, following a 3–3 draw against Racing Santander, ending a 2-year stay in the second division.
- Teams promoted from Primera Federación
On 11 May 2025, Ceuta became the first team to achieve promotion to Segunda División, following a 2–1 win against Fuenlabrada, returning for the first time in 57 years, it will also be the first time the city of Ceuta will have a representative in the category in 45 years. The second team to earn promotion was Cultural Leonesa following a 1–1 draw against Andorra in the last matchday on 24 May 2025, after a 7-year absence. The third team to secure promotion was Andorra, who returned after a one-season absence on 21 June after beating Ponferradina 2–1 on aggregate in the first promotion playoff. The fourth and final team was Real Sociedad B, who defeated Gimnàstic 4–3 on aggregate in the second promotion playoff, securing their return to the division after three years. Reserve teams return to second tier after one-year absence.
Stadiums and locations
- Notes
Personnel and sponsors
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit maker | Kit sponsors | |
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| Main | Other(s) | ||||
| Albacete | Adidas | Globalcaja | List
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| Almería | Macron | Kudu | List
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| Andorra | Nike | Mora Banc | |||
| Burgos | Macron | Digi | List
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| Cádiz | Macron | Digi | List
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| Castellón | Errea | LayerZero | List
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| Ceuta | Macron | Ceuta | List
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| Córdoba | Joma | Bahrain Victorious | List
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| Cultural Leonesa | Macron | Aspire Academy | List
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| Deportivo La Coruña | Kappa | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | |||
| Eibar | Hummel | Smartlog Group | List
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| Granada | Adidas | Cámara Granada | List
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| Huesca | Soka | Aramón | List
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| Las Palmas | Hummel | Gran Canaria | List
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| Leganés | Joma | OnTime | List
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| Málaga | Hummel | Málaga | List
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| Mirandés | Adidas | Miranda Empresas | List
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| Racing Santander | Austral | Eni Plenitude | List
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| Real Sociedad B | Macron | Grupo Amenabar | |||
| Sporting Gijón | Puma | Siroko | List
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| Valladolid | Kappa | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | List
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| Zaragoza | Adidas | Caravan Fragancias | List
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Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valladolid | Sacked | 4 June 2025 | Pre-season | 8 July 2025 | ||
| Real Sociedad B | Appointed first team assistant | 23 June 2025 | 29 May 2025 | |||
| Leganés | End of contract | 30 June 2025 | 10 June 2025 | |||
| Huesca | 13 June 2025 | |||||
| Las Palmas | 7 June 2025 | |||||
| Deportivo La Coruña | 10 June 2025 | |||||
| Mirandés | 30 June 2025 | |||||
| Andorra | 25 June 2025 | |||||
| Castellón | Sacked | 16 September 2025 | 20th | 16 September 2025 | ||
| Cultural Leonesa | 22 September 2025 | 23 September 2025 | ||||
| Sporting Gijón | 5 October 2025 | 15th | 8 October 2025 | |||
| Zaragoza | 12 October 2025 | 22nd | 12 October 2025 | |||
| Demoted to the B-team | 20 October 2025 | 20 October 2025 | ||||
| Mirandés | Sacked | 2 November 2025 | 21st | 7 November 2025 | ||
| Huesca | 10 November 2025 | 18th | 12 November 2025 | |||
| Málaga | 18 November 2025 | 19 November 2025 | ||||
| Andorra | 23 November 2025 | 23 November 2025 | ||||
| Leganés | 4 December 2025 | 5 December 2025 | ||||
| Real Sociedad B | Promoted to the first team[e] | 14 December 2025 | 16th | 18 December 2025 | ||
| Valladolid | Sacked | 15 December 2025 | 10th | 15 December 2025 | ||
| Real Sociedad B | End of caretaker spell | 20 December 2025 | 17th | 20 December 2025 | ||
| Valladolid | 23 December 2025 | 12th | 23 December 2025 | |||
| Mirandés | Sacked | 12 January 2026 | 22nd | 12 January 2026 | ||
| Valladolid | 15 February 2026 | 19th | 16 February 2026 | |||
| Cultural Leonesa | 23 February 2026 | 20th | 24 February 2026 | |||
| Zaragoza | 2 March 2026 | 22nd | 2 March 2026 | |||
| Cádiz | 9 March 2026 | 16th | 9 March 2026 | |||
| Huesca | 16 March 2026 | 19th | 16 March 2026 | |||
| Cádiz | 22 April 2026 | 18th | 22 April 2026 |
- Notes
- Antxon Muneta was the caretaker head coach in the 13th round against Sporting Gijón.[54]
- As a caretaker
- Caretaker for the period of Ansotegi's caretaker spell in the first team
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Racing Santander (P) | 40 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 85 | 59 | +26 | 78 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 39 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 71 | |
| 3 | Almería | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 79 | 60 | +19 | 71 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Málaga | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 72 | 51 | +21 | 69 | |
| 5 | Las Palmas | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 69 | |
| 6 | Castellón | 40 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 66 | |
| 7 | Burgos | 40 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 66 | |
| 8 | Eibar | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 64 | |
| 9 | Córdoba | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 60 | |
| 10 | Andorra | 39 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 58 | |
| 11 | Albacete | 40 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 56 | |
| 12 | Ceuta | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 55 | |
| 13 | Sporting Gijón | 39 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 52 | |
| 14 | Granada | 40 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 48 | |
| 15 | Real Sociedad B | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 46 | Not eligible for promotion |
| 16 | Valladolid | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 46 | |
| 17 | Leganés | 39 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 42 | |
| 18 | Cádiz | 40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 40 | |
| 19 | Mirandés | 40 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 37 | Relegation to 2026–27 Primera Federación |
| 20 | Huesca | 39 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 36 | |
| 21 | Cultural Leonesa | 40 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 65 | −27 | 36 | |
| 22 | Zaragoza | 39 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 35 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[87]
(P) Promoted
Notes
- ^ Reserve teams are not eligible for promotion to the same league as the first team.
Results
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.
| Promotion to La Liga | |
| Qualification to promotion play-offs | |
| Relegation to Primera Federación |
Rescheduled matches
| Round | Home team | Away team | Original Date | New Date | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Sociedad B | Huesca | 18 October 2025 | 5 November 2025 | Match was postponed due to a virus outbreak within the Huesca squad.[88] |
| 13 | Ceuta | Almería | 18 October 2025 | 26 November 2025 | Match was abandoned during the half-time break after a Ceuta fan passed away in the stands. The match was resumed from the start of the second half on 26 November 2025.[89] |
| 28 | Sporting | Leganés | 1 March 2026 | 2 March 2026 | Match was abandoned in the 3rd minute after a Sporting fan passed away in the stands. The match was resumed on 2 March 2026.[90] |
Promotion play-offs
Season statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season:
Curro Sánchez for Burgos against Cultural Leonesa (15 August 2025)
Top goalscorers
- As of 16 May 2026
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[91] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almería | 24 | |
| 2 | Malaga | 22 | |
| Racing Santander | |||
| 4 | Sporting Gijón | 16 | |
| Mirandés | |||
| Racing Santander | |||
| 7 | Almería | 15 | |
| 8 | Real Sociedad B | 14 | |
| Córdoba | |||
| 10 | Albacete | 13 | |
| Castellón | |||
| Ceuta | |||
| Sporting Gijón | |||
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo La Coruña | Mirandés | 5–1 (A) | 13 September 2025 | 5 | ||
| Zaragoza | Racing Santander | 3–2 (A) | 10 January 2026 | 21 | ||
| Eibar | Albacete | 3–0 (A) | 24 April 2026 | 37 | ||
| Castellón | Málaga | 3–2 (A) | 25 April 2026 | 37 | ||
| Almería | Granada | 4–2 (A) | 26 April 2026 | 37 | ||
- Note
(H) – Home; (A) – Away
Zamora Trophy
- As of 26 April 2026
The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper has to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.[92]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals against |
Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Palmas | 30 | 35 | 0.86 | |
| 2 | Eibar | 32 | 37 | 0.86 | |
| 3 | Burgos | 33 | 0.89 | ||
| 4 | Castellón | 39 | 33 | 1.18 | |
| 5 | Leganés | 44 | 37 | 1.19 | |
Awards
Monthly
| Month | Player of the Month | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | ||
| August | Racing Santander | [93] | |
| September | Deportivo La Coruña | [94] | |
| October | Racing Santander | [95] | |
| November | Deportivo La Coruña | [96] | |
| December | Sporting Gijón | [97] | |
| January | Málaga | [98] | |
| February | Castellón | [99] | |
| March | Málaga | [100] | |