1996–97 Segunda División B

The season 1996-97 of Segunda División B of Spanish football started August 1996 and ended May 1997.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting de Gijón B	38	20	8	10	57	40	+17	68	Qualification for Play-Off
2	Talavera	38	19	10	9	54	35	+19	67
3	Manchego	38	18	12	8	52	36	+16	66
4	Deportivo de La Coruña B	38	19	9	10	60	43	+17	66
5	Lugo	38	18	10	10	71	34	+37	64
6	Fuenlabrada	38	18	10	10	47	32	+15	64
7	Racing Ferrol	38	15	11	12	48	41	+7	56
8	Carabanchel	38	15	11	12	40	43	−3	56
9	Pontevedra	38	16	6	16	49	48	+1	54
10	Avilés	38	14	8	16	57	58	−1	50
11	Mallorca B	38	14	6	18	52	59	−7	48
12	Oviedo B	38	13	9	16	51	45	+6	48
13	Real Madrid C	38	14	6	18	48	60	−12	48
14	Langreo	38	12	12	14	43	57	−14	48
15	As Pontes	38	12	10	16	39	52	−13	46
16	Getafe	38	12	9	17	44	54	−10	45	Qualification for Play-out
17	Aranjuez	38	12	9	17	42	55	−13	45	Relegation to 1997–98 Tercera División
18	Moscardó	38	12	9	17	48	64	−16	45
19	Celta de Vigo B	38	8	13	17	36	51	−15	37
20	Marino de Luanco	38	3	14	21	19	50	−31	23

Source: futbolme
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Melo	21	Lugo
Álex Fernández	17	Sporting de Gijón B
Pepe Mel	17	Getafe
Vicente Borge	16	Lugo
Roberto Losada	16	Oviedo B

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Juanvi Peinado	23	31	0.74	Fuenlabrada
José Domínguez	31	37	0.84	Lugo
Alejandro Revuelta	34	37	0.92	Talavera
Fran Martínez	43	38	1.13	Deportivo de La Coruña B
Esteban Andrés	43	37	1.16	Oviedo B

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aurrerá	38	23	8	7	51	24	+27	77	Qualification for Play-Off
2	Numancia	38	22	9	7	64	25	+39	75
3	Barakaldo	38	19	9	10	49	31	+18	66
4	Lemona	38	18	7	13	41	33	+8	61
5	Valladolid B	38	17	10	11	40	32	+8	61
6	Izarra	38	15	12	11	38	34	+4	57
7	Beasain	38	15	11	12	44	39	+5	56
8	Cultural Leonesa	38	15	11	12	43	49	−6	56
9	Gernika	38	14	13	11	33	29	+4	55
10	Gimnástica de Torrelavega	38	13	11	14	35	37	−2	50
11	Real Unión	38	12	14	12	50	46	+4	50
12	Bilbao Athletic	38	13	10	15	46	39	+7	49
13	Bermeo	38	12	11	15	45	47	−2	47
14	Osasuna B	38	12	10	16	40	42	−2	46
15	Zaragoza B	38	13	7	18	41	42	−1	46
16	Huesca	38	13	7	18	30	53	−23	46	Qualification for Play-out
17	Real Sociedad B	38	13	5	20	37	50	−13	44	Relegation to 1997–98 Tercera División
18	Zamudio	38	10	10	18	47	67	−20	40
19	Zalla	38	8	12	18	31	43	−12	36
20	Logroñés B	38	5	9	24	29	72	−43	24

Source: futbolme
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Santi Castillejo	19	Numancia
Aiert Derteano	17	Lemona
Raúl Loroño	17	Zamudio
Julen Castellano	16	Aurrerá
Francisco José Fuentes	14	Huesca

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Roberto Urroz	17	28	0.61	Izarra
Álvaro Iglesias	23	34	0.68	Barakaldo
Laureano Echevarría	25	36	0.69	Numancia
Jon Pascua	28	37	0.76	Gernika
Rafael Márquez	29	34	0.85	Gimnástica de Torrelavega

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gimnàstic	38	21	12	5	52	27	+25	75	Qualification for Play-Off
2	Elche	38	20	9	9	54	38	+16	69
3	Gramenet	38	18	12	8	40	31	+9	66
4	Figueres	38	18	9	11	57	35	+22	63
5	Terrassa	38	17	12	9	59	41	+18	63
6	FC Andorra	38	15	13	10	42	33	+9	58
7	L'Hospitalet	38	16	10	12	56	41	+15	58
8	Espanyol B	38	15	12	11	52	34	+18	57
9	Castellón	38	16	6	16	45	41	+4	54
10	Yeclano	38	13	15	10	39	32	+7	54
11	Sabadell	38	14	11	13	56	55	+1	53
12	Gavà	38	14	10	14	54	54	0	52
13	Murcia	38	14	9	15	42	37	+5	51
14	Valencia Mestalla	38	13	9	16	46	48	−2	48
15	Gandía	38	11	13	14	37	49	−12	46
16	Mar Menor	38	9	16	13	40	53	−13	43	Qualification for Play-out
17	Manlleu	38	11	6	21	40	57	−17	39	Relegation to 1997–98 Tercera División
18	Benidorm	38	8	12	18	30	53	−23	36
19	Sant Andreu	38	7	12	19	30	43	−13	33
20	Llíria	38	2	8	28	18	87	−69	14

Source: futbolme
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Diego Ribera	23	Figueres
Kiko Ramírez	18	Sabadell
Enric Cuxart	15	Elche
Eloy Jiménez	15	Elche
José Ramón Preciado	13	Gimnàstic

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Iñaki Sáiz	23	28	0.82	FC Andorra
Antonio Morales	30	36	0.83	Gramenet
Ricardo Pérez	28	32	0.88	Yeclano
Rodri	34	37	0.92	Figueres
Iru	33	35	0.94	Elche

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Córdoba	38	22	5	11	61	38	+23	71	Qualification for Play-Off
2	Xerez	38	19	10	9	54	36	+18	67
3	Jaén	38	18	12	8	47	27	+20	66
4	Recreativo	38	17	12	9	47	32	+15	63
5	Málaga	38	15	15	8	42	27	+15	60
6	Granada	38	15	13	10	51	34	+17	58
7	Cádiz	38	16	9	13	52	39	+13	57
8	Mensajero	38	13	15	10	45	43	+2	54
9	Sevilla Atlético	38	14	10	14	52	48	+4	52
10	Gáldar	38	13	12	13	50	46	+4	51
11	Melilla	38	14	9	15	32	35	−3	51
12	Cacereño	38	11	16	11	46	44	+2	49
13	San Pedro	38	13	9	16	34	42	−8	48
14	Betis B	38	12	11	15	39	43	−4	47
15	Guadix	38	10	15	13	25	35	−10	45
16	Polideportivo Almería	38	12	9	17	33	39	−6	45	Qualification for Play-out
17	Ejido	38	10	14	14	33	40	−7	44	Relegation to 1997–98 Tercera División
18	Vélez	38	8	12	18	44	69	−25	36
19	Realejos	38	10	6	22	27	63	−36	36
20	Marbella	38	5	12	21	23	57	−34	27

Source: futbolme
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Iván Rosado	25	Recreativo
Miguel Puente	17	Mensajero
José Luis Loreto	14	Córdoba
Fali	12	Xerez
José Luis Batista	12	Gáldar

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Emilio Álvarez	23	36	0.64	Jaén
Yosu Anuzita	24	31	0.77	Málaga
César Quesada	24	28	0.86	Recreativo
Alex Pinilla	29	33	0.88	Polideportivo Almería
Antonio Notario	33	37	0.89	Guadix

Play-offs

Main article: 1996–97 Segunda División Play-Off

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Elche (P)	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11	Promoted to Segunda División
2	Córdoba	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11
3	Deportivo de La Coruña B	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	8
4	Barakaldo	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2

Source: futbolme
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Xerez (P)	6	5	0	1	10	1	+9	15	Promoted to Segunda División
2	Gramenet	6	4	1	1	9	2	+7	13
3	Sporting de Gijón B	6	2	0	4	5	13	−8	6
4	Lemona	6	0	1	5	1	9	−8	1

Source: futbolme
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Jaén (P)	6	5	1	0	11	2	+9	16	Promoted to Segunda División
2	Talavera	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8
3	Aurrerá	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7
4	Figueres	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	3

Source: futbolme
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Numancia (P)	6	3	3	0	9	5	+4	12	Promoted to Segunda División
2	Recreativo	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11
3	Gimnàstic	6	2	2	2	8	5	+3	8
4	Manchego	6	0	1	5	2	11	−9	1

Source: futbolme
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Play-out

Semifinal

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Huesca	2–5	Getafe	2–1	0–4
Mar Menor	0–2	Polideportivo Almería	0–2	0–0

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Huesca	1–6	Mar Menor	1–1	0–5

External links

• Futbolme.com