1978–79 Segunda División B

The 1978–79 Segunda División B was the 2nd season of Segunda División B, the third highest level of the Spanish football league system, since its establishment in 1977. First and 2nd in each group were promoted to Segunda División, and the bottom three were relegated to the Tercera División.

The division consisted of two geographic groups. Palencia CF were the Group I champions and Levante UD were the Group II champions.

Group 1

Segunda División B (group 1)

Season	1978–79
Champions	Palencia CF
Promoted	Palencia CF Real Oviedo
Relegated	Real Unión (resign) CD Lugo CD Pegaso Caudal Deportivo
Matches	380
Goals	904 (2.38 per match)
Biggest home win	Logroñés 6–0 Pegaso (18 March 1979)
Biggest away win	Lugo 0–4 Logroñés (25 February 1979)
Highest scoring	Madrileño 6–1 Palencia (24 September 1978) Palencia 6–1 Huesca (29 April 1979) Torrejón 5–2 Pontevedra (6 May 1979)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

A total of 20 teams will contest the group, including 2 relegated from the Segunda División and 3 promoted from the Tercera División.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from 1977–78 Segunda División

• Real Oviedo
• CD Tenerife

Teams promoted from 1977–78 Tercera División

• Zamora CF
• CD Logroñés
• CD Lugo

Teams

Teams from Aragon, Asturias, Basque Provinces, Canary Islands, Galicia, León, New Castile and Old Castile.

R. Oviedo

Zamora

Pontevedra

Orense

Tenerife

A. Madrileño

Pegaso

Torrejón

Langreo

Ensidesa

Caudal

Sestao

Bilbao

Lugo

Mirandés

C. Leonesa

R. Unión

Huesca

Palencia

Logroñés

Locations of the Segunda División B (group 1) 1978-79 teams

Team	Founded	Home city	Stadium
Atlético Madrileño	1969	Madrid, New Castile	Vicente Calderón
Bilbao Athletic	1964	Bilbao, Basque Provinces	Lezama
Caudal	1918	Mieres, Asturias	Hermanos Antuña
Cultural Leonesa	1923	León, León	Antonio Amilivia
Ensidesa	1956	Avilés, Asturias	Muro de Zaro
Huesca	1960	Huesca, Aragon	El Alcoraz
Langreo	1961	Langreo, Asturias	Ganzábal
Logroñés	1940	Logroño, Old Castile	Las Gaunas
Lugo	1953	Lugo, Galicia	Ángel Carro
Mirandés	1927	Miranda de Ebro, Old Castile	Anduva
Orense	1952	Ourense, Galicia	O Couto
Oviedo	1926	Oviedo, Asturias	Carlos Tartiere
Palencia	1968	Palencia, Old Castile	La Balastera
Pegaso	1962	Tres Cantos, New Castile	La Foresta
Pontevedra	1941	Pontevedra, Galicia	Pasarón
Real Unión	1915	Irun, Basque Provinces	Stadium Gal
Sestao	1916	Sestao, Basque Provinces	Las Llanas
Tenerife	1912	Tenerife, Canary Islands	Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Torrejón	1953	Torrejón de Ardoz, New Castile	Las Veredillas
Zamora	1968	Zamora, León	Ramiro Ledesma

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Palencia CF (C, P)	38	19	14	5	54	33	+21	52	Promotion to Segunda División
2	Oviedo (P)	38	22	6	10	65	37	+28	50
3	CD Mirandés	38	22	5	11	51	37	+14	49
4	AD Torrejón	38	23	2	13	63	45	+18	48
5	Cultural Leonesa	38	18	10	10	55	35	+20	46
6	CD Tenerife	38	19	6	13	51	42	+9	44
7	Bilbao Athletic	38	18	6	14	46	41	+5	42
8	CD Orense	38	16	8	14	35	35	0	40
9	Zamora	38	14	11	13	41	38	+3	39
10	Atlético Madrileño	38	16	6	16	51	50	+1	38
11	CD Logroñés	38	12	14	12	53	45	+8	38
12	Sestao Sport	38	15	8	15	47	38	+9	38
13	SD Huesca	38	13	11	14	42	44	−2	37
14	UP Langreo	38	13	10	15	42	46	−4	36
15	CD Ensidesa	38	14	6	18	38	49	−11	34
16	Pontevedra	38	13	7	18	37	45	−8	33
17	Real Unión (R)	38	10	10	18	36	55	−19	30	Resign
18	CD Lugo (R)	38	10	7	21	31	51	−20	27	Relegation to Tercera División
19	CD Pegaso (R)	38	9	5	24	35	66	−31	23
20	Caudal (R)	38	6	4	28	31	72	−41	16

Source: arquero-arba
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	PAL	ROV	MIR	TOR	CLE	TEN	BAT	ORE	ZAM	MAD	LOG	SES	SDH	LAN	ENS	PON	RUN	LUG	PEG	CAU
Palencia CF		1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	6–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	4–0
Oviedo	1–1		2–2	4–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–0
CD Mirandés	2–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	5–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	4–1
AD Torrejón	3–0	1–2	3–1		2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	5–2	3–2	1–0	4–2	3–2
Cultural Leonesa	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–1		2–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	3–2	4–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	2–1
CD Tenerife	2–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–0		2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1
Bilbao Athletic	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–0		3–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0
CD Orense	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0		1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–4	1–0	1–0
Zamora	0–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–1		0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1
Atlético Madrileño	6–1	1–3	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	5–1	3–0	0–0		2–1	2–1	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0
CD Logroñés	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0		4–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	5–0
Sestao Sport	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0		1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	4–0	1–0	4–0	3–0
SD Huesca	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–1		1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	5–0	1–0
UP Langreo	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	4–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1
CD Ensidesa	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–2		0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
Pontevedra	0–0	2–3	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0		3–3	2–0	2–1	2–0
Real Unión	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	4–1	0–2	2–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	2–0
CD Lugo	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–3	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–4	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1		1–1	4–1
CD Pegaso	2–2	0–3	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0		4–2
Caudal	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–4

Source: arquero-arba
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Luis María Muñoz	21	CD Logroñés
Esteban Martínez	18	AD Torrejón
Cesáreo Parajón	14	Real Oviedo
José Luis Urrecho	14	CD Mirandés
Pedro Morales	14	AD Torrejón

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
José Francisco Díez	24	34	0.71	Palencia CF
José Muñoz	21	25	0.84	CD Mirandés
Esteban Folgueral	29	34	0.85	Cultural Leonesa
Francisco Buyo	19	22	0.86	SD Huesca
Camuel	34	36	0.94	Real Oviedo

Group 2

Segunda División B (group 2)

Season	1978–79
Champions	Levante UD
Promoted	Levante UD Gimnástico de Tarragona
Relegated	CP Cacereño Vinaroz CF CD Olímpico
Matches	380
Goals	977 (2.57 per match)
Biggest home win	Levante 8-0 Olímpico (6 May 1979)
Biggest away win	Onteniente 1-5 Barcelona (10 June 1979) Córdoba 0-4 Diter Zafra (6 May 1979)
Highest scoring	Onteniente 7-2 Olímpico (3 December 1978)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

A total of 20 teams will contest the group, including 3 relegated from the Segunda División and 17 promoted from the Tercera División.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from 1977–78 Segunda División

• CF Calvo Sotelo
• Córdoba CF

Teams promoted from 1977–78 Tercera División

• Gimnástico de Tarragona
• SD Ibiza
• CP Cacereño

Teams

Teams from Andalusia, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Extremadura, New Castile and Valencia.

Calvo Sotelo

Córdoba

Ceuta

Levante

Barcelona Atl.

Gerona

Xerez

Olímpico

Diter Zafra

Portuense

San Andrés

Vinaroz

Sevilla Atl.

Linares

Badajoz

Lleida

Onteniente

Gimnástico

Ibiza

Cacereño

Locations of the Segunda División B (group 2) 1978-79 teams

Team	Founded	Home city	Stadium
Badajoz	1905	Badajoz, Extremadura	Vivero
Barcelona Atlético	1970	Barcelona, Catalonia	Fabra i Coats
Cacereño	1919	Cáceres, Extremadura	Príncipe Felipe
Calvo Sotelo	1948	Puertollano, Castilla–La Mancha	Calvo Sotelo
Ceuta	1970	Ceuta	Alfonso Murube
Córdoba	1954	Córdoba, Andalusia	El Árcangel
Díter Zafra	1930	Zafra, Extremadura	Nuevo Estadio de Zafra
Eldense	1921	Elda, Valencia	Pepico Amat
Gerona	1930	Girona, Catalonia	Montilivi
Gimnástico de Tarragona	1886	Tarragona, Catalonia	José Luis Calderón
Ibiza	1956	Ibiza, Balearic Islands	Carrer Canàries
Levante	1909	Valencia, Valencia	Nuevo Estadio Levante
Linares	1961	Linares, Andalusia	Linarejos
Lleida	1939	Lleida, Catalonia	Camp d'Esports
Onteniente	1947	Ontinyent, Valencia	El Clariano
Portuense	1928	El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia	José del Cuvillo
San Andrés	1909	Barcelona, Catalonia	Calle Santa Coloma
Sevilla Atlético	1950	Seville, Andalusia	Ciudad Deportiva José Ramón Cisneros Palacios
Vinaroz	1965	Vinaròs, Valencia	Campo Maestrat
Xerez	1947	Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia	Domecq

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Levante UD (C, P)	38	23	9	6	80	20	+60	55	Promotion to Segunda División
2	Gimnástico de Tarragona (P)	38	18	16	4	42	22	+20	52
3	AD Ceuta	38	22	8	8	61	37	+24	52
4	Barcelona Atlético	38	19	11	8	68	42	+26	49
5	CF Calvo Sotelo	38	17	15	6	57	38	+19	49
6	Sevilla Atlético	38	14	14	10	48	39	+9	42
7	Xerez CD	39	15	11	13	48	40	+8	41
8	CD San Andrés	38	14	12	12	45	45	0	40
9	Linares CF	38	14	12	12	36	46	−10	40
10	Onteniente CF	38	17	5	16	57	56	+1	39
11	UE Lleida	38	13	11	14	56	45	+11	37
12	CD Diter Zafra	38	9	15	14	39	40	−1	33
13	Gerona CF	38	12	9	17	52	58	−6	33
14	SD Ibiza	38	12	8	18	37	50	−13	32
15	Racing Portuense	38	13	6	19	38	53	−15	32
16	CD Badajoz	38	14	3	21	42	53	−11	31
17	Córdoba CF	38	8	15	15	41	53	−12	31
18	CP Cacereño (R)	38	12	6	20	39	58	−19	30	Relegation to Tercera División
19	Vinaroz CF (R)	38	12	6	20	53	73	−20	30
20	CD Olímpico (R)	38	4	4	30	38	109	−71	12

Source: arquero-arba
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	LEV	GTA	CEU	BAR	CSO	SAT	XER	SAN	LIN	ONT	LLE	DZA	GER	IBI	RPO	BAD	COR	CAC	VIN	OLI
Levante UD		1–2	4–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	4–0	5–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	6–0	4–0	3–0	4–0	8–0
Gimnástico de Tarragona	1–0		1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	5–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
AD Ceuta	1–0	0–0		2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	5–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	4–0	5–0
Barcelona Atlético	0–2	0–0	1–0		2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	7–1	3–1
CF Calvo Sotelo	1–0	2–1	5–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–3	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	3–2	3–0
Sevilla Atlético	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0		1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	4–1
Xerez CD	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	6–2		3–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	4–3	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0
CD San Andrés	0–0	3–1	0–2	3–1	0–0	0–3	3–1		3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	5–1
Linares CF	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0		3–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Onteniente CF	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–5	3–2	5–1	2–0	1–0	2–1		2–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	7–2
UE Lleida	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	5–1		0–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	5–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	5–0
CD Diter Zafra	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–4	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1		1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0
Gerona CF	2–4	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	6–1	5–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0
SD Ibiza	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	5–2	3–1
Racing Portuense	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0		0–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
CD Badajoz	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–4	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1		1–0	1–0	2–1	6–0
Córdoba CF	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–4	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0		3–1	2–2	6–1
CP Cacereño	0–1	0–0	0–3	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–2		4–0	4–2
Vinaroz CF	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–3	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	5–2	2–1	4–1	3–1		2–1
CD Olímpico	0–3	1–2	2–3	2–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–2	2–3	2–2	2–5	2–3	1–2	0–2	3–0

Source: arquero-arba
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Andoni Murúa	23	Levante UD
Fernando Aramburu	22	AgD Ceuta
Ramón Clotet	19	UE Lleida
Ángel Robles	16	Onteniente CF
Enrique Martín	16	UE Lleida

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Vicente Amigó	18	35	0.51	Gimnástico de Tarragona
Jorge Barrie	20	38	0.53	Levante UD
José Cervantes	27	33	0.82	AgD Ceuta
Hilario Sánchez	29	30	0.97	CD Díter Zafra
Jesús Luis Sánchez	38	38	1.00	CF Calvo Sotelo