1956–57 Segunda División

The 1956–57 Segunda División season saw 40 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Sporting and Granada were promoted to Primera División. Logroñés, Barakaldo, Burgos, Lleida, Mestalla, España Algeciras, Puente Genil and Castellón were relegated to Tercera División.

Group I

Key to colors in league table:

Promoted to Primera División

Relegation playoff

Relegated to Tercera División

Position	Club	Played	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal Difference
1	Real Gijón CF	38	62	28	6	4	107	26	+81
2	CD Sabadell CF	38	54	24	6	8	92	39	+53
3	SD Indauchu	38	48	21	6	11	72	45	+27
4	Real Oviedo	38	46	20	6	12	77	60	+17
5	Deportivo Alavés	38	43	17	9	12	61	52	+9
6	Cultural Leonesa	38	41	18	5	15	63	61	+2
7	Real Avilés CF	38	39	17	5	16	75	60	+15
8	Real Santander	38	37	15	7	16	60	62	-2
9	Gerona CF	38	37	15	7	16	54	53	+1
10	SD Eibar	38	36	14	8	16	63	79	-16
11	Caudal Deportivo	38	35	16	3	19	66	72	-6
12	AD Rayo Vallecano	38	35	15	5	18	45	45	0
13	CD Tarrasa	38	34	13	8	17	57	60	-3
14	Club Sestao	38	34	13	8	17	60	67	-7
15	CP La Felguera	38	34	15	4	19	46	62	-16
16	Club Ferrol	38	33	14	5	19	51	72	-21
17	CD Logroñés	38	32	12	8	18	44	70	-26
18	Baracaldo AH	38	31	12	7	19	50	83	-33
19	Burgos CF	38	30	11	8	19	46	65	-19
20	UD Lérida	38	19	8	3	27	37	93	-56

Group II

Key to colors in league table:

Promoted to Primera División

Relegation playoff

Relegated to Tercera División

Position	Club	Played	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal Difference
1	Granada CF	38	47	22	3	13	79	45	+34
2	Hércules CF	38	45	19	7	12	66	52	+14
3	Real Murcia	38	43	19	5	14	68	50	+18
4	Córdoba CF	38	43	19	5	14	96	66	+30
5	CD Málaga	38	42	16	10	12	67	45	+22
6	Real Betis	38	41	17	7	14	80	51	+29
7	CD Badajoz	38	41	18	5	15	67	64	+3
8	Atlético Ceuta	38	39	17	5	16	53	58	-5
9	CF Extremadura	38	39	18	3	17	61	71	-10
10	Jerez CD	38	39	15	9	14	64	56	+8
11	Levante UD	38	38	14	10	14	65	68	-3
12	Cádiz CF	38	38	16	6	16	58	72	-14
13	CD Tenerife	38	37	16	5	17	71	60	+11
14	CD San Fernando	38	37	17	3	18	63	79	-16
15	Alicante CF	38	37	16	5	17	63	77	-14
16	CD Eldense	38	35	16	3	19	67	78	-11
17	CD Mestalla	38	34	13	8	17	61	75	-14
18	UD España Algeciras	38	31	14	3	21	60	83	-23
19	Puente Genil CF	38	27	12	3	23	44	81	-37
20	CD Castellón	38	27	9	9	20	42	64	-22

Relegation playoff

Home Matches:
La Felguera	8-0	Binéfar
Racing Ferrol	1-0	Turista
Gandía	1-1	Alicante
Calvo Sotelo	4-1	Eldense

Away Matches:
Binéfar	2-0	La Felguera	Agg:2-8
Turista	0-2	Racing Ferrol	Agg:0-3
Alicante	3-0	Gandía	Agg:4-1
Eldense	7-0	Calvo Sotelo	Agg:8-4

External links

• (Spanish) Official LFP Site