title: 1940–41 Segunda División
text: # 1940–41 Segunda División
  
  The 1940–41 Segunda División season saw 24 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Granada, Real Sociedad, Deportivo and Castellón were promoted to Primera División. Real Avilés, Badalona and Córdoba were relegated to Tercera División.
  
  ## Group 1
  
  ### Teams
  
  | Club | City | Stadium |
  | - | - | - |
  | Arenas Club | Guecho | Ibaiondo |
  | Real Avilés CF | Avilés | Las Arobias |
  | Baracaldo-Oriamendi | Baracaldo | Lasesarre |
  | RCD La Coruña | La Coruña | Riazor |
  | Club Ferrol | Ferrol | Inferniño |
  | Real Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón |
  | CA Osasuna | Pamplona | San Juan |
  | Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atocha |
  | Real Unión Club | Irun | Stadium Gal |
  | UD Salamanca | Salamanca | El Calvario |
  | Real Santander SD | Santander | El Sardinero |
  | Real Valladolid Deportivo | Valladolid | José Zorrilla |
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Real Sociedad (O, P) | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 81 | 40 | +41 | 34 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
  | 2 | Deportivo La Coruña (O, P) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 26 | +49 | 33 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
  | 3 | Real Gijón | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 29 | |
  | 4 | Ferrol | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 26 | |
  | 5 | Osasuna | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 24 | |
  | 6 | Real Santander | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 22 | |
  | 7 | Salamanca | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 18 | |
  | 8 | Arenas | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 18 | |
  | 9 | Real Unión | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 17 | |
  | 10 | Real Valladolid | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 16 | |
  | 11 | Baracaldo-Oriamendi (O) | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 16 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
  | 12 | Real Avilés (R) | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 54 | −26 | 11 | Relegation to Tercera División |
  
  * 1 2 Salamanca finished ahead of Arenas on head-to-head points: Arenas–Salamanca 2–3, Salamanca–Arenas 4–0
  * 1 2 Valladolid finished ahead of Baracaldo on head-to-head points: Baracaldo–Valladolid 2–3, Valladolid–Baracaldo 2–0
  
  ### Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ARE | AVI | BAR | DEP | FER | GIJ | OSA | RSO | RUN | SAL | SAT | VLL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Arenas | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–3 |
  | Real Avilés | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
  | Baracaldo-Oriamendi | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
  | Deportivo La Coruña | 7–0 | 7–0 | 9–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 |
  | Ferrol | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
  | Real Gijón | 4–0 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
  | Osasuna | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
  | Real Sociedad | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 6–2 | 3–1 | 7–2 | 14–2 |
  | Real Unión | 0–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–6 | — | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
  | Salamanca | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–5 | — | 1–5 | 6–1 |
  | Real Santander | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 7–1 | — | 3–1 |
  | Real Valladolid | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–6 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
  
  ## Group 2
  
  ### Teams
  
  | Club | City | Stadium |
  | - | - | - |
  | CF Badalona | Badalona | Avenida de Navarra |
  | Real Betis Balompié | Seville | Heliópolis |
  | Cádiz CF | Cádiz | La Mirandilla |
  | Cartagena CF | Cartagena | El Almarjal |
  | CD Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | Campo del Sequiol |
  | CD Córdoba | Córdoba | América |
  | Gerona CF | Gerona | Vista Alegre |
  | Granada CF | Granada | Los Cármenes |
  | UD Levante-Gimnástico | Valencia | Vallejo |
  | CD Malacitano | Málaga | Baños del Carmen |
  | CD Sabadell FC | Sabadell | Cruz Alta |
  | Xerez Club | Jerez de la Frontera | Domecq |
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Castellón (O, P) | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 31 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
  | 2 | Granada (O, P) | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 30 | Qualification for the promotion playoffs |
  | 3 | Levante-Gimnástico | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 35 | +24 | 29 | |
  | 4 | Gerona | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 26 | |
  | 5 | Malacitano | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 25 | |
  | 6 | Xerez Club | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 23 | |
  | 7 | Real Betis | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 23 | |
  | 8 | Cádiz | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 21 | |
  | 9 | Sabadell | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 20 | |
  | 10 | Cartagena CF | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 19 | |
  | 11 | CD Córdoba (R) | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 69 | −42 | 9 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
  | 12 | Badalona (R) | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 21 | 84 | −63 | 8 | Relegation to Tercera División |
  
  * 1 2 Xerez finished ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head points: Real Betis–Xerez 1–1, Xerez–Real Betis 1–0
  
  ### Results
  
  | Home \ Away | BAD | BET | CÁD | CAR | CAS | CÓR | GER | GRA | LEV | MLC | SAB | XER |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Badalona | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–9 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
  | Real Betis | 9–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
  | Cádiz | 4–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 |
  | Cartagena CF | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 |
  | Castellón | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | — | 5–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 6–4 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
  | CD Córdoba | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
  | Gerona | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
  | Granada | 8–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
  | Levante-Gimnástico | 6–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
  | Malacitano | 7–1 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 7–0 |
  | Sabadell | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
  | Xerez Club | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | — |
  
  ## Promotion playoffs
  
  ### First round
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Granada (C, P) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | Promotion to La Liga |
  | 2 | Real Sociedad (P) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 6 | Promotion to La Liga |
  | 3 | Deportivo La Coruña (O, P) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 6 | Qualification for the second round |
  | 4 | Castellón (O, P) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 4 | Qualification for the second round |
  
  * 1 2 Real Sociedad finished ahead of Deportivo La Coruña on head-to-head points: Real Sociedad–Deportivo La Coruña 2–0, Deportivo La Coruña–Real Sociedad 3–4
  
  **Results**
  
  | Home \ Away | CAS | DEP | GRA | RSO |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Castellón | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
  | Deportivo La Coruña | 6–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–4 |
  | Granada | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 |
  | Real Sociedad | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — |
  