The 2010–11 Segunda División season (known as the Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 27 August 2010, the regular league ended on 4 June 2011, and the season ended with the promotion play-off finals on 18 June 2011.
The first goal of the season was scored by Javi Guerra, who scored a sixth-minute goal for Real Valladolid against Villarreal B in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to Hernán Pérez from Villarreal B in their opening game against Valladolid. The first hat-trick was scored by Quini in the match between Alcorcón and Girona.
Teams Real Valladolid, Tenerife and Xerez are the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. Tenerife and Xerez made their immediate return to the second level after just one season in the top division, while Valladolid ended a three-year tenure in La Liga. Real Sociedad was promoted after three consecutive seasons in the second level, Levante was promoted after two seasons and Hércules after 13 seasons, its longest absence from first division.
The teams which were relegated the previous season were Castellón, Real Unión, Murcia and Cádiz. These four were replaced by another four play-off winners from Segunda División B: Granada (2ªB champion), Ponferradina (2ªB runner-up), Barcelona B (play-off winner) and Alcorcón (play-off winner).
Stadia and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Albacete Albacete Carlos Belmonte 17,500 Alcorcón Alcorcón Santo Domingo 3,000 Barcelona B Barcelona Mini Estadi 15,276 Betis Seville Benito Villamarín 55,500 Cartagena Cartagena Cartagonova 14,500 Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos 31,800 Córdoba Córdoba Nuevo Arcángel 18,280 Elche Elche Martínez Valero 36,017 Gimnàstic Tarragona Nou Estadi 14,500 Girona Girona Montilivi 9,500 Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes 16,200 Huesca Huesca El Alcoraz 5,300 Las Palmas Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 31,250 Numancia Soria Los Pajaritos 9,025 Ponferradina Ponferrada El Toralín 8,200 Rayo Vallecano Madrid Teresa Rivero 15,500 Recreativo Huelva Nuevo Colombino 21,670 Salamanca Villares de la Reina El Helmántico 17,341 Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 23,000 Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla 26,512 Villarreal B Vila-real Ciudad Deportiva 5,000 Xerez Jerez de la Frontera Chapín 20,523
Personnel and sponsorship Team Chairman Head coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsorAlbacete Rafael Candel Mario SimónJomaCaja RuralAlcorcón Julián Villena Juan Antonio AnquelaBrocalCREAABarcelona B Sandro Rosell Luis EnriqueNikeUNICEFBetis Rafael Gordillo Pepe MelRBbCajasol / SEATCartagena Francisco Gómez Juan Ignacio MartínezKelmeFundación Teatro Romano de CartagenaCelta Vigo Carlos Mouriño Paco HerreraLi-NingCitroën / Estrella GaliciaCórdoba José Miguel Salinas Lucas AlcarazCCFCajaSurElche José Sepulcre Pepe BordalásRasánComunitat ValencianaGimnàstic José María Fernández Joan Carles OlivaNTarragonaGirona Ramon Vilaró Raül AgnéElementsCosta BravaGranada Quique Pina Fabri GonzálezLegeaCaja GranadaHuesca Fernando Losfablos Onésimo SánchezBemiserCAILas Palmas Miguel Ángel Ramírez Juan Manuel RodríguezKSCaja de CanariasNumancia Francisco Rubio Juan Carlos UnzuéErreàCaja DueroPonferradina José Fernández Nieto Claudio BarragánNikebio3Rayo Vallecano María Teresa Rivero José Ramón SandovalPatrickClesaRecreativo José Miguel de la Corte Carlos RíosCejudoCajasolSalamanca Juan José Pascual Balta SánchezMobelCaja DueroTenerife Miguel Concepción David AmaralLuanviCaja de CanariasValladolid Carlos Suárez Abel ResinoKappaVillarreal B Fernando Roig José Francisco MolinaPumaAeroport CastellóXerez Antonio Millán Javi LópezLegeaCajasol 1. Barcelona B makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit. 2. Club's own brand.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in tableValladolid Javier ClementeEnd of contract31 May 2010 Antonio Gómez23 June 201018th (in La Liga)Tenerife José Luis OltraEnd of contract31 May 2010 Gonzalo Arconada1 July 201019th (in La Liga)Tenerife Gonzalo ArconadaSacked20 September 2010 Alfredo Merino (as caretaker)21 September 201022ndTenerife Alfredo MerinoEnd of tenure as caretaker27 September 2010 Juan Carlos Mandiá27 September 201022ndRecreativo Pablo AlfaroSacked17 October 2010 Carlos Ríos18 October 201021stValladolid Antonio GómezSacked29 November 2010 Javier Torres Gómez (as caretaker)29 November 20107thGimnàstic Luis César SampedroSacked6 December 2010 Juan Carlos Oliva6 December 201022ndValladolid Javier Torres GómezEnd of tenure as caretaker6 December 2010 Abel Resino6 December 20106thPonferradina José Carlos GraneroSacked4 January 2011 Tomás Nistal (as caretaker)4 January 201120thPonferradina Tomás NistalEnd of tenure as caretaker16 January 2011 Claudio Barragán17 January 201121stTenerife Juan Carlos MandiáSacked23 January 2011 Antonio Tapia24 January 201122ndAlbacete Antonio CalderónSacked13 February 2011 David Vidal13 February 201119thSalamanca Óscar CanoSacked14 February 2011 Pepe Murcia15 February 201119thLas Palmas Paco JémezSacked26 February 2011 Juan Manuel Rodríguez26 February 201118thAlbacete David VidalSacked23 March 2011 Mario Simón23 March 201121stTenerife Antonio TapiaSacked5 April 2011 David Amaral5 April 201121stSalamanca Pepe MurciaSacked11 April 2011 Balta Sánchez11 April 201119thVillarreal B Javi GraciaSacked12 May 2011 José Molina12 May 201116th
League table
Positions by round
Results
Promotion play-offs
This season a new promotion phase (known as Promoción de ascenso) was introduced to determine the third team which promoted to 2011–12 La Liga. Teams placed between third and sixth position (excluding reserve teams) took part in the promotion play-offs. Fifth placed faced against the fourth, while the sixth positioned team faced against the third. The first leg of the semi-finals was played on 8–9 June 2011 with the best positioned team playing at home on the second leg which was played on 11–12 June 2011. The final was also two-legged, with the first leg on 15 June 2011 and the second leg on 18 June 2011 with the best positioned team also playing at home on the second leg. Elche and Granada played the final phase, where Granada CF was promoted to La Liga for the first time in 35 years, having spent 26 of them in Segunda División B and Tercera División. Celta Vigo and Valladolid were eliminated in semi-finals. Barcelona B could not participate in the play-offs as they are Barcelona's reserve team.
Play-offs
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Pichichi Trophy for Top Goalscorers Last updated 4 June 2011 GoalscorersGoalsPenaltiesTeam Jonathan SorianoBarcelona B Javi GuerraValladolid Rubén CastroBetis Alexandre GeijoGranada QuiniAlcorcón Emiliano ArmenterosRayo Vallecano Jorge MolinaBetis Ranko DespotovićGirona David RodríguezCelta de Vigo José MariXerez NinoTenerife
Zamora Trophy for Top Goalkeepers Last updated 4 June 2011 GoalkeeperGoalsMatchesAverageTeam Andrés FernándezHuesca Ismael FalcónCelta Vigo Fabricio AgostoRecreativo Rubén PérezGimnàstic RobertoGranada David CobeñoRayo Vallecano Roberto SantamaríaGirona Manu HerreraAlcorcón Keylor NavasAlbacete Kiko CasillaCartagena
Fair Play award This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to know this aspect, but also serves to break the tie in teams that are tied in all the other rules: points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored.
Rank Team Games Points1Barcelona B 421022Numancia 421163Gimnàstic 421174Villarreal B 421305Celta Vigo 421396Albacete 421417Córdoba 421428Girona 421479Ponferradina 42148Salamanca 4214811Valladolid 4215012Recreativo 4215813Alcorcón 42160Cartagena 4216015Huesca 4216116Betis 4216217Granada 4216318Xerez 4216719Las Palmas 4216920Tenerife 4217021Rayo Vallecano 4217422Elche 42207
Source: Guia As de La Liga 2011–12, p. 164 (sports magazine)
Season statistics
Scoring First goal of the season: Javi Guerra for Real Valladolid against Villarreal B (27 August 2010) Fastest goal in a match: 42 seconds – Cala for Cartagena against Las Palmas (19 December 2010) Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+5 minutes Ranko Despotović for Girona against Barcelona B (8 January 2011) Andrija Delibašić for Rayo Vallecano against Las Palmas (23 April 2011) Quini for Alcorcó against Granada (15 May 2011) Widest winning margin: 5 Granada 5–0 Xerez (30 October 2010) Granada 6–1 Gimnàstic (12 December 2010) Alcorcón 5–0 Las Palmas (12 February 2011) Salamanca 0–5 Valladolid (27 March 2011) Betis 5–0 Cartagena (16 April 2011) Most goals in a match: 10 – Numancia 4–6 Barcelona B (26 February 2011) First hat-trick of the season: Quini for Alcorcón against Girona (18 September 2010) First own goal of the season: Albert Serra for Tenerife against Girona (28 August 2010) Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 – Alexandre Geijo for Granada against Barcelona B (13 November 2010) Most goals by one team in a match: 6 Granada 6–1 Gimnàstic (12 December 2010) Numancia 4–6 Barcelona B (26 February 2011) Most goals in one half by one team: 5 Alcorcón 5–0 Las Palmas (12 February 2011) Numancia 4–6 Barcelona B (26 February 2011) Salamanca 0–5 Valladolid (27 March 2011) Most goals scored by losing team: 4 Valladolid 4–5 Numancia (11 December 2010) Numancia 4–6 Barcelona B (26 February 2011) Salamanca 5–4 Elche (30 April 2011)
Cards First yellow card: Natxo Insa for Villarreal B against Valladolid (27 August 2010) First red card: Hernán Pérez for Villarreal B against Valladolid (27 August 2010)
Teams by autonomous community Autonomous communityNumber of teamsTeams1Andalusia5Betis, Córdoba, Granada, Recreativo and Xerez2Castile and León4Numancia, Ponferradina, Salamanca and Valladolid3Catalonia3Barcelona B, Gimnàstic and Girona4Canary Islands2Las Palmas and TenerifeMadrid2Alcorcón and Rayo VallecanoValencia2Elche and Villarreal B7Aragon1HuescaCastile-La Mancha1AlbaceteGalicia1CeltaMurcia1Cartagena
See also List of Spanish football transfers summer 2010 List of Spanish football transfers winter 2010–11 2010–11 La Liga 2010–11 Segunda División B 2010–11 Copa del Rey
References