1960–61 Segunda División

30th season of the second-tier football league in Spain

Football league season

Segunda División
Season	1960–61
Champions	Osasuna Tenerife
Promoted	Osasuna Tenerife
Relegated	Condal Castellón Sestao Baracaldo Extremadura Tarrasa Rayo Vallecano
Matches played	480
Goals scored	1,430 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Luis Veloso (26 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Ñito (0.67 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Plus Ultra 11–0 Jaén (6 November 1960)
Biggest away win	Castellón 0–4 Plus Ultra (23 October 1960) Extremadura 0–4 Rayo Vallecano (6 November 1960)
Highest scoring	Osasuna 11–1 Indauchu (9 October 1960) Mestalla 9–3 Cádiz (30 April 1961)
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 Segunda División season was the 30th since its establishment and was played between 10 September 1960 and 30 April 1961.

Overview before the season

32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1959–60 La Liga and 6 promoted from the 1959–60 Tercera División.

Relegated from La Liga

Promoted from Tercera División

Group North

Teams

Baracaldo
Basconia
Indauchu
Sestao

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Location of teams in Segunda División 1960-61 Group North

Club	City	Stadium
Baracaldo Altos Hornos	Baracaldo	Lasesarre
CD Basconia	Basauri	Pedro López Cortázar
RC Celta de Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos
CD Condal	Barcelona	Les Corts
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	León	La Puentecilla
RC Deportivo La Coruña	La Coruña	Riazor
Real Gijón CF	Gijón	El Molinón
SD Indauchu	Bilbao	Garellano
CD Orense	Orense	José Antonio
Osasuna	Pamplona	San Juan
Pontevedra CF	Pontevedra	Pasarón
CD Sabadell FC	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
Salamanca	Salamanca	El Calvario
San Sebastián CF	San Sebastián	Atocha
Club Sestao	Sestao	Las Llanas
CD Tarrasa	Tarrasa	Obispo Irurita

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Osasuna (P)	30	21	4	5	83	25	+58	46	Promotion to La Liga
2	Celta Vigo	30	17	6	7	56	30	+26	40	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Deportivo La Coruña	30	15	6	9	68	47	+21	36^[a]
4	Ourense	30	14	8	8	45	36	+9	36^[a]
5	Pontevedra	30	11	9	10	39	40	−1	31^[b]
6	Sabadell	30	11	9	10	30	40	−10	31^[b]
7	Cultural Leonesa	30	11	8	11	39	42	−3	30
8	Basconia	30	14	1	15	41	57	−16	29^[c]
9	San Sebastián	30	11	7	12	51	50	+1	29^[c]
10	Salamanca	30	11	7	12	42	36	+6	29^[c]
11	Indauchu	30	12	3	15	46	59	−13	27
12	Condal^[d] (R)	30	8	10	12	44	49	−5	26	Relegation to Tercera División
13	Real Gijón^[e] (O)	30	10	5	15	41	53	−12	25	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Sestao (R)	30	8	8	14	35	51	−16	24	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15	Baracaldo (R)	30	7	8	15	33	51	−18	22	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Tarrasa (R)	30	5	9	16	33	60	−27	19	Relegation to Tercera División

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Deportivo La Coruña finished ahead of Ourense on head-to-head points: Ourense–Deportivo La Coruña 0–3, Deportivo La Coruña–Ourense 2–1
^ ^a ^b Pontevedra finished ahead of Sabadell on overall goal difference
^ ^a ^b ^c Basconia finished ahead of San Sebastián and Salamanca on head-to-head points: Basconia 5 pts, San Sebastián 4 pts, Salamanca 3 pts
^ Condal quit Segunda División at the end of the season
^ Real Gijón, relegated in the playoffs, maintained the second tier after winning a tournament in Palma with other teams from the Tercera División

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
José Luis Veloso	26	Deportivo La Coruña
Félix Ruiz	21	Osasuna
Lolo Gómez	21	Celta Vigo
Josep Maria Fusté	18	Osasuna
José Antonio Hormaeche	17	Osasuna

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Juan Antonio Celdrán	25	30	0.83	Osasuna
José Ramón Ibarreche	26	22	1.18	Ourense
Miguel Mambrilla	36	29	1.24	Cultural Leonesa
José Ginesta	34	25	1.36	Sabadell
Agustín Estévez	32	22	1.45	Pontevedra

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BAS	CEL	CON	CUL	DEP	GIJ	IND	ORE	OSA	PON	SAB	SAL	SSE	SES	TAR
Baracaldo	—	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	5–2
Basconia	2–1	—	5–4	1–0	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–4	3–1	0–1
Celta Vigo	5–0	5–0	—	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	4–2	2–1
Condal	1–1	2–0	0–0	—	1–3	2–2	5–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	4–2	3–1	2–1
Cultural Leonesa	1–2	3–1	2–0	6–1	—	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–1
Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	—	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	3–2	5–1	6–1	5–1
Gijón	0–0	2–4	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–4	—	4–1	2–2	1–1	6–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	1–2
Indauchu	3–1	2–1	5–2	0–0	6–1	4–3	4–0	—	3–4	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	2–0
Orense	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	0–3	3–0	2–0	—	3–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
Osasuna	1–1	9–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	4–2	2–0	11–1	6–0	—	2–2	6–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	4–0
Pontevedra	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	—	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	6–2
Sabadell	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	4–2	2–0
Salamanca	3–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–2	—	3–1	0–2	1–0
San Sebastián	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–3	3–2	8–3	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	—	3–1	6–2
Sestao	3–0	4–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–0
Tarrasa	2–3	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	—

Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group South

Teams

Canary Islands (see below)

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Location of teams in Segunda División 1960-61 Group South

1960–61 Segunda División is located in Canary Islands

Las Palmas

Tenerife

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Canary Islands

Club	City	Stadium
Cádiz CF	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
CD Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	Castalia
CA Ceuta	Ceuta	Alfonso Murube
Córdoba CF	Córdoba	El Arcángel
CF Extremadura	Almendralejo	Francisco de la Hera
Hércules CF	Alicante	La Viña
Real Jaén CF	Jaén	La Victoria
UD Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Levante UD	Valencia	Vallejo
CD Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
CD Mestalla	Valencia	Mestalla
Real Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
AD Plus Ultra	Madrid	Campo de Ciudad Lineal
AD Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas
CD San Fernando	San Fernando	Marqués de Varela
CD Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tenerife (P)	30	17	6	7	45	23	+22	40	Promotion to La Liga
2	Atlético Ceuta	30	17	4	9	51	35	+16	38	Qualification for the promotion playoffs
3	Hércules	30	16	4	10	53	40	+13	36
4	Cádiz	30	16	3	11	55	54	+1	35
5	Las Palmas	30	13	6	11	33	32	+1	32^[a]
6	Levante	30	13	6	11	58	40	+18	32^[a]
7	Plus Ultra	30	15	1	14	58	41	+17	31^[b]
8	Murcia	30	13	5	12	45	39	+6	31^[b]
9	Córdoba	30	14	2	14	40	34	+6	30^[c]
10	Mestalla	30	12	6	12	55	48	+7	30^[c]
11	San Fernando	30	9	9	12	33	37	−4	27
12	Málaga	30	10	6	14	42	52	−10	26
13	Castellón (R)	30	8	8	14	36	50	−14	24^[d]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
14	Jaén (O)	30	10	4	16	31	61	−30	24^[d]	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
15	Extremadura (R)	30	9	5	16	31	63	−32	23	Relegation to Tercera División
16	Rayo Vallecano (R)	30	8	5	17	38	55	−17	21	Relegation to Tercera División

^ ^a ^b Las Palmas finished ahead of Levante on head-to-head points: Levante–Las Palmas 0–1, Las Palmas–Levante 2–1
^ ^a ^b Plus Ultra finished ahead of Murcia on head-to-head points: Murcia–Plus Ultra 2–3, Plus Ultra–Murcia 1–0
^ ^a ^b Córdoba finished ahead of Mestalla on head-to-head goal difference: Córdoba–Mestalla 3–0, Mestalla–Córdoba 3–1
^ ^a ^b Castellón finished ahead of Jaén on head-to-head goal difference: Jaén–Castellón 1–0, Castellón–Jaén 3–0

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Josep Mauri	19	Levante
Vicente Guillot	17	Mestalla
Miguel Sánchez	15	Cádiz
Manuel Gijón	14	Hércules
Luis Lax	14	Murcia

Top goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Ñito	18	27	0.67	Tenerife
Antonio Betancort	23	23	1	Las Palmas
Antonio Ramírez	29	25	1.16	Hércules
José Puche	26	22	1.18	San Fernando
Lorenzo Zúnica	25	21	1.19	Atlético Ceuta

Results

Home \ Away	CÁD	CAS	CEU	CÓR	EXT	HÉR	JAÉ	LPA	LEV	MGA	MES	MUR	PLU	RAY	SFE	TEN
Cádiz	—	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	6–0	2–0	3–1	5–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Castellón	0–3	—	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	0–4	5–1	2–1	1–2
Atlético Ceuta	1–2	6–0	—	2–1	1–0	0–3	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–0
Córdoba	0–1	3–1	1–0	—	4–0	4–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–0
Extremadura	1–3	2–0	2–2	3–2	—	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–1	0–0
Hércules	8–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	—	5–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	4–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Real Jaén	2–1	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–0	4–0	—	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–0
Las Palmas	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	6–2	1–0	3–1	—	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0
Levante	3–0	6–1	2–4	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	—	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	7–1	1–1	1–2
Málaga	4–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	6–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–3	—	4–2	0–0	4–2	4–1	2–2	2–1
Mestalla	9–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	6–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–4	4–0	—	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0
Real Murcia	4–1	0–0	5–0	4–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	—	2–3	2–1	3–2	0–0
Plus Ultra	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	11–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	—	3–1	3–2	3–0
Rayo Vallecano	4–3	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	—	3–0	0–2
San Fernando	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	—	2–1
Tenerife	3–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	3–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	—

Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs

First leg

Atlético Ceuta v Elche

4 June 1961	Atlético Ceuta	1–0	Elche	Ceuta
	Ayala 50'	Report		Stadium: Alfonso Murube Referee: López Zaballa

Oviedo v Celta Vigo

4 June 1961	Oviedo	1–0	Celta Vigo	Oviedo
	Aragonés 44'	Report		Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Referee: Novella Barco

Second leg

Celta Vigo v Oviedo

11 June 1961	Celta Vigo	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	Oviedo	Vigo
	Sampedro 61' Pais 72'	Report	Ansola 23' Artabe 37'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Simó Fiol

Elche v Atlético Ceuta

11 June 1961	Elche	4–0 (4–1 agg.)	Atlético Ceuta	Elche
	Romero 36' Ré 63', 82' Iborra 87'	Report		Stadium: Altabix Referee: Plaza Pedraz

Relegation playoffs

First leg

Galdácano v Jaén

18 June 1961	Galdácano	1–1	Jaén	Galdakao
	Olabarrieta 69'	Report	Arteaga 38'	Stadium: Santa Bárbara Referee: Varas Gómez

Castellón v Villarrobledo

18 June 1961	Castellón	1–0	Villarrobledo	Castellón de la Plana
	Badenes 15'	Report		Stadium: Castalia Referee: Rigo Sureda

Real Gijón v Burgos

18 June 1961	Real Gijón	2–3	Burgos	Gijón
	Arbaizar 6' (pen.) Silvestre 23'	Report	Zamanillo 15' Ceresuela 51' Girón 70'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: García Orbegozo

Cartagena v Sestao

18 June 1961	Cartagena	3–0	Sestao	Cartagena
	Hermoso 57', 63' Cortés 88'	Report		Stadium: El Almarjal Referee: Ruiz Alciturri

Second leg

Sestao v Cartagena

24 June 1961	Sestao	1–1 (1–4 agg.)	Cartagena	Bilbao
	Izaguirre 12'	Report	Suárez 57'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Modol Solé

Burgos v Real Gijón

25 June 1961	Burgos	2–1 (5–3 agg.)	Real Gijón	Burgos
	Martínez 2' Fausti 21'	Report	Ortiz 4'	Stadium: Zatorre Referee: Rey Otero

Villarrobledo v Castellón

25 June 1961	Villarrobledo	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Castellón	Villarrobledo
	Pepín 5' Gallardo 13' (pen.), 19'	Report		Stadium: La Caridad Referee: Infante Mendieta

Jaén v Galdácano

25 June 1961	Jaén	5–2 (6–3 agg.)	Galdácano	Jaén
	Arteaga 16' Arregui 25', 56' Achotegui 26', 39'	Report		Stadium: La Victoria Referee: Clausí

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