2008–09 Segunda División

Segunda División

Season	2008–09
Champions	Xerez CD
Promoted	Xerez CD Real Zaragoza CD Tenerife
Relegated	Deportivo Alavés Alicante CF SD Eibar Sevilla Atlético
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1160 (2.51 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Segunda División season (known from that season as Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 30 August 2008, and the season ended on 21 June 2009. Real Zaragoza, Real Murcia and Levante UD were the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. Alicante CF, Girona FC, SD Huesca and Rayo Vallecano were the teams which were promoted from Segunda División B the previous season.

The first goal of the season was scored by Alexandre Geijo, who scored a 11th minute goal for Levante UD against Real Zaragoza in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to Paco Peña from Real Murcia after a challenge on Sergio Pachón in their opening game against Rayo Vallecano. The first hat-trick was scored by Sebastián Abreu in the match between Xerez CD and Real Sociedad.

Alavés

Albacete

Alicante

Castellón

Celta

Córdoba

Eibar

Elche

Gimnàstic

Girona

Hércules

Huesca

Levante

Murcia

Rayo Vallecano

Real Sociedad

Salamanca

Sevilla Atlético

Xerez

Zaragoza

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in Segunda División 2008–09

Las Palmas

Tenerife

Canary Islands

The 2008–09 Segunda División was made up of the following teams:

Alavés Albacete Alicante Castellón Celta de Vigo Córdoba Eibar Elche Gimnàstic de Tarragona Girona Hércules

Huesca Las Palmas Levante Murcia Rayo Vallecano Real Sociedad Salamanca Sevilla Atlético Tenerife Xerez Zaragoza

Final league table

Key to colors in league table:

Promoted to La Liga at the end of season

Relegated to Segunda División B at the end of season

Position	Club	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Points	Goal Difference
1	Xerez CD	42	24	10	8	73	42	82	+31
2	Real Zaragoza	42	23	12	7	79	42	81	+37
3	CD Tenerife	42	24	9	9	79	47	81	+32
4	Hércules CF	42	21	15	6	82	43	78	+39
5	Rayo Vallecano	42	18	16	8	55	39	70	+16
6	Real Sociedad	42	17	16	9	48	38	67	+10
7	CD Castellón	42	17	14	11	55	42	65	+13
8	Levante UD	42	18	10	14	59	59	64	0
9	UD Salamanca	42	16	12	14	59	50	60	+9
10	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	42	14	15	13	60	50	57	+10
11	SD Huesca	42	13	14	15	47	46	53	+1
12	Elche CF	42	13	14	15	52	50	53	+2
13	Córdoba CF	42	14	11	17	47	54	53	-7
14	Real Murcia	42	14	10	18	48	58	52	-10
15	Albacete Balompié	42	13	12	17	42	54	51	-12
16	Girona FC	42	11	16	15	43	54	49	-11
17	Celta de Vigo	42	10	18	14	46	56	48	-10
18	UD Las Palmas	42	10	17	15	46	51	47	-5
19	Deportivo Alavés	42	11	10	21	42	64	43	-22
20	Alicante CF	42	8	11	23	38	69	35	-31
21	SD Eibar	42	8	11	23	31	63	35	-32
22	Sevilla Atlético	42	2	13	27	29	89	19	-60

2008/2009 Results

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	Ala	Alb	Ali	Cas	CdV	Cór	Eib	Elc	Gim	Gir	Hér	Hue	LPa	Lev	Mur	RVa	RSo	Sal	SAt	Ten	Xer	Zar
Alavés		0-2	1-0	0-1	1-2	1-0	1-1	0-3	1-1	1-0	1-3	3-0	2-1	2-2	4-1	0-2	2-1	1-1	2-2	1-2	1-2	2-2
Albacete	1-0		0-2	2-0	1-1	1-1	2-0	2-1	3-2	1-1	0-3	0-2	1-0	0-1	0-0	2-1	2-1	2-2	2-1	0-1	0-2	1-1
Alicante	0-2	1-2		0-0	2-2	2-2	3-1	0-3	1-3	1-1	1-2	1-3	1-2	0-2	0-2	2-0	1-2	0-0	3-3	2-2	0-1	0-3
Castellón	0-1	1-0	2-0		2-0	1-1	4-0	2-2	2-1	1-2	0-0	1-1	1-1	4-1	2-0	0-0	0-3	2-0	3-0	2-2	2-2	1-1
Celta de Vigo	2-1	0-0	2-2	1-2		1-0	1-2	2-2	0-2	0-1	2-1	0-1	0-1	2-2	2-2	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	2-1	1-1	2-0
Córdoba	3-0	1-0	2-1	2-1	3-4		1-1	1-1	0-0	2-0	0-3	1-0	4-1	3-1	2-1	0-1	2-2	0-2	1-1	2-0	1-2	1-0
Eibar	1-0	1-1	1-2	0-1	0-0	1-0		1-2	1-0	2-2	0-1	2-0	1-2	0-0	3-1	0-1	1-1	1-2	2-2	3-2	1-1	2-3
Elche	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-1	3-1	0-1		2-0	2-1	2-2	2-2	1-1	0-2	1-1	2-0	1-2	3-1	2-0	2-4	0-1	2-0
Gimnàstic	1-1	1-0	1-1	0-1	1-1	2-2	2-0	2-0		3-0	2-2	1-1	0-0	2-0	3-0	3-1	1-2	2-0	3-1	0-1	2-1	0-0
Girona	0-1	3-3	3-0	1-0	2-2	1-1	2-0	1-1	2-1		1-0	2-0	2-2	0-0	1-0	1-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	0-1	0-2	1-0
Hércules	3-0	4-1	1-2	0-0	2-2	1-0	2-0	0-0	2-2	3-0		3-2	4-2	4-2	3-2	1-1	1-1	2-2	8-0	3-1	0-0	2-1
Huesca	2-0	1-2	0-1	2-2	0-0	3-1	2-0	3-2	3-2	3-1	0-0		2-1	2-1	1-0	0-1	1-2	0-0	3-0	0-0	1-1	0-1
Las Palmas	2-1	3-0	0-1	1-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	2-2	2-2	1-1	1-1		1-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-1	2-0	0-1	2-3	2-2
Levante	2-3	3-1	2-0	3-1	1-3	3-0	2-0	2-0	2-2	1-1	0-2	1-0	2-2		2-1	1-0	0-2	1-2	2-0	2-1	2-2	2-1
Murcia	1-0	1-0	3-1	2-2	1-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1-1	2-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-2		0-1	2-0	2-1	1-0	2-2	1-2	1-4
Rayo Vallecano	2-1	0-3	0-0	4-2	4-1	5-0	4-1	1-2	3-2	1-1	1-0	1-0	1-1	0-0	1-0		4-1	1-1	1-0	0-0	3-3	2-2
Real Sociedad	1-1	1-0	1-0	2-3	2-2	0-2	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	1-2	1-0	1-0	1-1	2-0	1-1		1-0	1-0	1-2	0-0	1-1
Salamanca	0-0	3-1	2-0	1-0	2-1	1-0	2-0	1-1	4-0	2-2	1-5	2-0	2-2	3-0	2-3	0-1	0-1		6-0	1-2	2-1	1-3
Sevilla Atlético	1-1	1-1	2-3	0-2	0-0	0-2	0-0	0-2	1-3	2-1	1-2	1-1	2-2	1-2	3-3	0-0	1-0	1-1		0-4	1-2	0-4
Tenerife	3-0	1-1	3-1	1-2	3-0	2-0	2-0	3-2	3-2	4-1	3-2	1-1	2-0	5-1	3-1	2-0	1-1	2-3	2-1		2-0	1-2
Xerez	5-0	2-1	2-0	1-0	2-0	0-1	3-0	3-1	1-2	2-2	3-0	2-1	1-0	2-0	5-3	1-1	1-3	2-1	2-0	2-0		1-2
Zaragoza	4-2	3-0	3-0	1-1	3-0	3-1	3-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	2-2	2-2	2-0	2-1	2-1	2-3	2-2	1-0	4-0	1-1	2-1

Pichichi Trophy for Top Goalscorers

Last updated June 21, 2009

Goalscorers	Goals	Penalties	Team
Nino	29	4	CD Tenerife
Ewerthon	28	5	Real Zaragoza
Marcos Márquez	21	7	UD Las Palmas
Alejandro Alfaro	20	0	CD Tenerife
Momo	17	3	Xerez CD
Leonardo Ulloa	16	2	CD Castellón
Miku	15	2	UD Salamanca
Rubén Navarro	15	1	Hércules CF
Rubén Castro	14	3	SD Huesca
Víctor Casadesús	14	2	Gimnàstic de Tarragona

Zamora Trophy for Top Goalkeepers

Last updated June 21, 2009

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
David Cobeño	35	40	0.88	Rayo Vallecano
Claudio Bravo	28	32	0.88	Real Sociedad
Chema	41	41	1	Xerez CD
Carlos Sánchez	34	34	1	CD Castellón
Alberto Cifuentes	34	33	1.03	UD Salamanca
Juan Calatayud	42	40	1.05	Hércules CF
Eduardo Navarro	39	36	1.08	SD Huesca
Wilfredo Caballero	40	36	1.11	Elche CF
Rubén Pérez	38	33	1.15	Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Roberto Santamaría	45	39	1.15	UD Las Palmas

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Alexandre Geijo for Levante UD against Real Zaragoza (30 August 2008)
• Fastest goal in a match: 14 seconds – Sergio Rodríguez for Real Sociedad against Deportivo Alavés (27 September 2008)
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+8 minutes – Alexandre Geijo for Levante UD against Albacete Balompié (6 December 2008)
• Widest winning margin: 8 – Hércules CF 8-0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
• Most goals in a match: 8
  • Xerez CD 5-3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008)
  • Hércules CF 8-0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
• First hat-trick of the season: Sebastián Abreu for Real Sociedad against Xerez CD (14 March 2009)
• First own goal of the season: Ricardo Cavas for Xerez CD against Alicante CF (30 August 2008)
• Most goals by one player in a single match: 3
  • Sebastián Abreu for Real Sociedad against Xerez CD (14 March 2009)
  • Rubén Navarro for Hércules CF against Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
  • Leonardo Ulloa for CD Castellón against SD Eibar (14 June 2009)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 8 – Hércules CF 8-0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
• Most goals in one half by one team: 5 – Xerez CD 5-3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008)
• Most goals scored by losing team: 3
  • Xerez CD 5-3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008)
  • Córdoba CF 3-4 Celta de Vigo (8 November 2008)

Cards

• First yellow card: Lillo for Real Murcia against Rayo Vallecano (30 August 2008)
• First red card: Paco Peña for Real Murcia against Rayo Vallecano (30 August 2008)

Teams by autonomous community

	Autonomous community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Valencia	5	Alicante, Castellón, Elche, Hércules and Levante
2	Andalusia	3	Córdoba, Sevilla Atlético and Xerez
	Basque Country	3	Alavés, Eibar and Real Sociedad
4	Aragon	2	Huesca and Zaragoza
	Canary Islands	2	Las Palmas and Tenerife
	Catalonia	2	Gimnàstic and Girona
7	Castile-La Mancha	1	Albacete
	Castile and León	1	Salamanca
	Galicia	1	Celta
	Madrid	1	Rayo Vallecano
	Murcia	1	Murcia