The 2014–15 Segunda División season (known as the Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) is the 84th since its establishment. The campaign began on 23 August 2014 and the league phase of 42 rounds ended on 7 June 2015. The entire season ended on 21 June 2015 with the promotion play-off finals.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 22 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2013–14 season, four promoted from the 2013–14 Segunda División B and three relegated from the 2013–14 La Liga.
Teams relegated from the 2013–14 La Liga Osasuna (After 14 years) Real Valladolid (After 2 years) Real Betis (After 3 years)
Teams promoted from the 2013–14 Segunda División B Racing de Santander (Immediate return) Albacete (After 3 years) Llagostera (Debut season) Leganés (After 10 years)
Murcia and Racing case
Due to their financial problems, Murcia and Racing de Santander were threatened with being relegated to the Segunda División B. On 1 August 2014, LaLiga published an official statement announcing that Murcia was not able to be registered in the league, while Racing had five days to present the additional economic-financial information requested by the association.
On 7 August, LaLiga decided to relegate Murcia to the Segunda División B, whereby Mirandés remained in the Segunda despite being in a relegation position.
On 13 August, despite LaLiga being forced to re-admit Murcia and suspending its relegation to Segunda División B, the League announced in a new statement that it could not allow Murcia to play in the Segunda and, the next day, suspended the start of the championship.
A new judgement confirmed the relegation of Murcia and the Segunda started with Mirandés completing the 22 teams.
Stadia and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Alavés Vitoria Mendizorroza 19,840 Albacete Albacete Carlos Belmonte 17,300 Alcorcón Alcorcón Santo Domingo 6,000 Barcelona B Barcelona Mini Estadi 15,276Betis Sevilla Benito Villamarín 52,500 Girona Girona Montilivi 9,286 Las Palmas Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Estadio Gran Canaria 31,250 Leganés Leganés Butarque 8,138 Llagostera Llagostera Palamós Costa Brava1 5,824 Lugo Lugo Anxo Carro 7,840 Mallorca Palma Iberostar Estadio 23,142 Mirandés Miranda de Ebro Anduva 6,000 Numancia Soria Los Pajaritos 9,025Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar 19,800 Ponferradina Ponferrada El Toralín 8,800 Racing Santander Santander El Sardinero 22,222 Recreativo Huelva Nuevo Colombino 21,670 Sabadell Sabadell Nova Creu Alta 11,981 Sporting de Gijón Gijón El Molinón 29,029 Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 24,000 Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla 26,512Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596
Notes Note 1: Llagostera will play their home matches at Estadi Palamós Costa Brava, Palamós as their own Estadi Municipal did not meet LFP criteria. It was initially planned for the club to play at Estadi Montilivi, Girona, but Girona FC rejected to share its stadium.
Personnel and sponsorship Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsorAlavés Alfonso Fernández de Trocóniz Alberto López Manu GarcíaHummelEuskaltelAlbacete José Miguel Garrido Luis César Sampedro Francisco NoguerolHummelAurgiAlcorcón Roland Duchâtelet José Bordalás Rubén SanzErreàNovancaBarcelona B Josep Maria Bartomeu Jordi Vinyals Sergio JusteNikeQatar AirwaysBetis Manuel Domínguez Pepe Mel Jorge MolinaMacronGirona Francesc Rebled Pablo Machín JandroKappaLa Bruixa d'OrLas Palmas Miguel Ángel Ramírez Paco Herrera David GarcíaAcerbisGran CanariaLeganés María Victoria Pavón Asier Garitano Sergio PostigoJomaLlagostera Isabel Tarragó Lluís Carrillo Diego RivasGedoCity LiftLugo José Bouso Quique Setién ManuCDLUEstrella GaliciaMallorca Utz Claassen Miquel Soler José Luis MartíMacronAir EuropaMirandés Ramiro Revuelta Carlos Terrazas César CanedaErreàMiranda de EbroNumancia Francisco Rubio Juan Antonio Anquela Javier del PinoErreàSolarigOsasuna Miguel Archanco Enrique Martín Miguel FlañoSisi: "Miguel Flaño es el capitán perfecto" (Sisi: "Miguel Flaño is the perfect captain"); Diario de Navarra, 30 April 2015 AdidasLacturalePonferradina José Fernández Nieto José Manuel Díaz Yuri de SouzaAdidasBio3Racing de Santander Juan Antonio Sañudo Javier Pinillos Mario FernándezKelmeRecreativo Pablo Comas-Mata José Dominguez David CórcolesAdidas Sabadell Keisuke Sakamoto Juan Carlos Mandiá Antonio HidalgoKelmeSporting de Gijón Antonio Veiga Abelardo Fernández Iván HernándezKappaGijón, Ternera Asturiana, Telecable, Air Europa, NissanTenerife Miguel Concepción Raül Agné SusoHummelTenerifeValladolid Carlos Suárez Rubi ÓscarHummelCuatro RayasZaragoza Christian Lapetra Ranko Popović Javi ÁlamoMercuryCaravan Fragancias
1. Additionally, 18 teams showed the logo of Sockatyes in their socks since matchday 8 as a result of a sponsorship agreement with the LFP (all except FC Barcelona B, RCD Mallorca, Osasuna and Tenerife). In these agreement those teams showed the logo of La Quiniela.
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Betis Gabriel Calderón Mutual consent 19 May 2014Pre-season Julio Velázquez 16 June 2014 Osasuna Javi Gracia Resigned 21 May 2014 Jan Urban 3 July 2014 Valladolid Juan Ignacio Martínez Sacked 21 May 2014 Rubi 3 June 2014 Ponferradina Claudio Barragán Resigned 11 June 2014 José Manuel Díaz 3 July 2014 Recreativo Sergi Barjuán Resigned 10 June 2014 José Luis Oltra 27 June 2014 Llagostera Oriol Alsina Resigned 25 June 2014 Santi Castillejo 26 June 2014 Las Palmas Josico Mutual consent 25 June 2014 Paco Herrera 4 July 2014 Mallorca Javier Olaizola End of contract 30 June 2014 Miquel Soler 11 July 2014 Mallorca Miquel Soler Sacked 12 August 2014 Valeri Karpin 12 August 2014 Llagostera Santi Castillejo Sacked 21 October 2014 20th Lluís Carrillo 22 October 2014 Sabadell Miquel Olmo Sacked 23 November 2014 20th Àlex García 24 November 2014 Zaragoza Víctor Muñoz Sacked 24 November 2014 8th Ranko Popović 24 November 2014 Betis Julio Velázquez Sacked 25 November 2014 6th Juan Merino (caretaker) 25 November 2014 Betis Juan Merino End of tenure as caretaker 19 December 2014 4th Pepe Mel 19 December 2014 Tenerife Álvaro Cervera Sacked 2 February 2015 19th Raül Agné 3 February 2015 Sabadell Àlex García Resigned 5 February 2015Álex García dimiteix com a entrenador del CE Sabadell ; CE Sabadell FC, 5 February 2015 22nd Txus Serrano 5 February 2015Comunicado oficial ; CE Sabadell FC, 5 February 2015 Barcelona B Eusebio Sacristán Sacked 9 February 2015 17th Jordi Vinyals 9 February 2015Vinyals, nuevo técnico del Barcelona B; LFP.es, 9 February 2015 Mallorca Valeri Karpin Sacked 9 February 2015 15th Miquel Soler 9 February 2015 Sabadell Txus Serrano End of tenure as caretaker 10 February 2015 22nd Juan Carlos Mandiá 10 February 2015Juan Carlos Mandiá, nou tècnic del CE Sabadell ; CE Sabadell FC, 10 February 2015 Recreativo José Luis Oltra Sacked 10 February 2015Oltra, destituido en el Recreativo; LFP.es, 10 February 2015 21st Juan Manuel Pavón 10 February 2015 Osasuna Jan Urban Sacked 28 February 2015Mateo sustituye a Jan Urban ; Noticias de Navarra, 28 February 2015 16th José Manuel Mateo 28 February 2015 Racing Santander Paco Fernández Sacked 3 March 2015 21st Javier Pinillos 4 March 2015 Recreativo Juan Manuel Pavón Sacked 24 March 2015 20th José Dominguez 24 March 2015 Osasuna José Manuel Mateo Sacked 4 May 2015Destituido Mateo como entrenador de Osasuna ; CA Osasuna, 4 May 2015 19th Enrique Martín 5 May 2015Enrique Martín Monreal se hará cargo de Osasuna; LFP.es, 5 May 2015
League table
Positions by round
Results
Promotion play-offs
Teams in position 3-6 at the end of the regular season will compete in a play-off for one place in 2015–16 La Liga.
Semi-finals First leg
Second leg
Final First leg
Second leg
Promoted to La LigaLas Palmas(13 years later)
Season statistics
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Rubén Castro Betis 322 Borja Bastón Zaragoza 23 Sergio Araujo Las Palmas 23 4 David Rodríguez Alcorcón 20 5 Jorge Molina Betis 196 Urko Vera Mirandés 17 Yuri de Souza Ponferradina 178 Francisco Sandaza Girona 16 Sergi Enrich Numancia 16 Óscar González Valladolid 16
Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. Keepers must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.
In the table, only goalkeepers with at least the 75% of the games played are included.
Rank Name Club 1 Iván Cuéllar Sporting 21 36 2 Isaac Becerra Girona 35 42 3 Javi Varas Valladolid 33 38 4 Antonio Adán Betis 35 40 5 René Hinojo Llagostera 30 33 6 Mario Fernández Racing 43 32 7 Jesús Cabrero Mallorca 49 36 8 Nauzet Pérez Sabadell 54 38
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Yuri de Souza Ponferradina Betis 4–1 7 September 2014 Borja Lázaro Leganés Mallorca 3–1 7 September 2014 Jonathan Pereira Valladolid Mallorca 5–1 25 January 2015 Rubén Castro Betis Valladolid 4–0 8 March 2015 Javier Eraso Leganés Barcelona B 5–2 31 May 2015
Attendances Attendances include playoff games.
Awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceManagerClubPlayerClubSeptember Abelardo FernándezSporting Gijón Sergio AraujoLas PalmasPremios BBVA a los mejores de septiembre; LFP.es 6 October 2014October Pablo MachínGirona Marco AsensioMallorcaBBVA Awards for the best of October; LFP.es 12 November 2014November Paco HerreraLas Palmas Sergi EnrichNumanciaBBVA Awards for the best of November; LFP.es 10 December 2014December Carlos TerrazasMirandés ÓscarValladolidThe BBVA Prizes for December's best; LFP.es 14 January 2015January Pablo MachínGirona Roque MesaLas PalmasBBVA Awards: Pablo Machín, Liga Adelante manager of the month for January; LFP.es 5 February 2015Premios BBVA: Roque Mesa, mejor jugador de la Liga Adelante en enero; LFP.es 5 February 2015 February Lluís CarrilloLlagostera ChuliLeganésChuli chosen as Liga Adelante player of the month for February; LFP.es, 4 March 2015BBVA Awards: Lluís Carrillo, Liga Adelante Manager of the Month for February; LFP.es, 5 March 2015March Lluís CarrilloLlagostera Manu BarreiroAlavésBBVA Prizes: Manu Barreiro, best player in the Liga Adelante in March; LFP.es, 1 April 2015BBVA Prizes: Lluís Carrillo, best coach in the Liga Adelante in March; LFP.es, 2 April 2015April Pepe MelBetis René HinojoLlagosteraPepe Mel wins April's Liga Adelante coach of the month award; LFP.es, 7 May 2015René chosen as Liga Adelante player of the month for April; LFP.es, 6 May 2015May Pablo MachínGirona Jonathan VieraLas PalmasBBVA Awards: Pablo Machín, Liga Adelante coach of the month for May; LFP.es, 4 June 2015BBVA Awards: Jonathan Viera named Liga Adelante player of the month for May; LFP.es, 3 June 2015
Number of teams by autonomous community Autonomous CommunityNumber of teamsTeams14Mirandés, Numancia, Ponferradina and Valladolid4Barcelona B, Girona, Llagostera and Sabadell32Betis and Recreativo de Huelva2Las Palmas and Tenerife2Alcorcón and Leganés61Zaragoza1Sporting de Gijón1Mallorca1Alavés1Racing de Santander1Albacete1Lugo1Osasuna
See also List of Spanish football transfers summer 2014 2014–15 La Liga 2014–15 Segunda División B 2014–15 Copa del Rey
References