La Segunda 2009/10

We shouldn't forget about la Segunda like we did last season. Here is the table after one round of play:

1 Betis 3
2 Rayo 3
3 Huesca 3
4 Numancia 3
5 Cartagena 3
6 Gimnástic 3
7 Recreativo 3
8 Salamanca 3
9 Levante 1
10 Villarreal B 1
11 Las Palmas 1
12 R. Sociedad 1
13 Castellón 1
14 Hércules 1
15 Celta 0
16 Cádiz 0
17 Girona 0
18 Murcia 0
19 Real Unión 0
20 Elche 0
21 Albacete 0
22 Córdoba 0

Aside from Betis probably being favourites to return to the top flight the other promotion spots are largely up for grabs. Will be interesting to see how the seasons evolves.

Fixtures for Jornada 2:

Gimnástic - Girona Sáb-18:00
Córdoba - Villarreal B Sáb-18:00
Recreativo - Castellón Sáb-18:00
Huesca - Las Palmas Sáb-18:00
Cartagena - Rayo Sáb-18:00
Levante - Cádiz GOL TV Sáb-20:00
Numancia - Elche Dom-18:00
R. Sociedad - Murcia Dom-19:00
Salamanca - Celta GOL TV Dom-19:00
Hércules - Betis Dom-19:00
Albacete - Real Unión C+ Dom-21:00

IMO it'll be Betis, Numancia and Hércules/Rayo

I think Nástic might have a chance at promotion as well.

Results from the weekend:

Albacete 1 Real Unión 0 Finalizado
Hércules 3 Betis 2 Finalizado
Real Sociedad 0 Murcia 0 Finalizado
Salamanca 1 Celta 1 Finalizado
Numancia 4 Elche 1 Finalizado
Cartagena 2 Rayo 0 Finalizado
Recreativo 2 Castellón 0 Finalizado
Levante 1 Cádiz 1 Finalizado
Gimnástic 1 Girona 1 Finalizado
Córdoba 3 Villarreal B 1 Finalizado
Huesca 1 Las Palmas 1 Finalizado

1 Numancia 6
2 Cartagena 6
3 Recreativo 6
4 Huesca 4
5 Hércules 4
6 Gimnástic 4
7 Salamanca 4
8 Betis 3
9 Rayo 3
10 Córdoba 3
11 Albacete 3
12 Levante 2
13 Las Palmas 2
14 R. Sociedad 2
15 Celta 1
16 Cádiz 1
17 Girona 1
18 Murcia 1
19 Villarreal B 1
20 Castellón 1
21 Real Unión 0
22 Elche 0

Promoted Cartagena joint leaders after two rounds.

Jornada 3

Betis 3 Recreativo 0 Finalizado
Murcia 1 Huesca 1 Finalizado
Elche 2 Salamanca 2 Finalizado
Girona 1 Rayo 1 Finalizado
Gimnástic 1 R. Sociedad 2 Finalizado
Las Palmas 1 Numancia 0 Finalizado
Celta 1 Levante 1 Finalizado
Cádiz 0 Córdoba 0 Finalizado
Castellón 3 Albacete 5 Finalizado
Villarreal B 1 Hércules 0 Finalizado
Real Unión 1 Cartagena 1 Finalizado

Spectacular scoreline from Castellon and Albacete...good victories for Betis and Sociedad as well. Rayo

Worst news from the second division is that Borja Oubiña has to have another operation.

And the table after three rounds...

1 Cartagena 7
2 Betis 6
3 Numancia 6
4 Albacete 6
5 Recreativo 6
6 Huesca 5
7 Salamanca 5
8 Las Palmas 5
9 R. Sociedad 5
10 Rayo 4
11 Gimnástic 4
12 Hércules 4
13 Villarreal B 4
14 Córdoba 4
15 Levante 3
16 Celta 2
17 Girona 2
18 Cádiz 2
19 Murcia 2
20 Real Unión 1
21 Castellón 1
22 Elche 1

Jaime wrote:Jornada 3

Betis 3 Recreativo 0 Finalizado
Murcia 1 Huesca 1 Finalizado
Elche 2 Salamanca 2 Finalizado
Girona 1 Rayo 1 Finalizado
Gimnástic 1 R. Sociedad 2 Finalizado
Las Palmas 1 Numancia 0 Finalizado
Celta 1 Levante 1 Finalizado
Cádiz 0 Córdoba 0 Finalizado
Castellón 3 Albacete 5 Finalizado
Villarreal B 1 Hércules 0 Finalizado
Real Unión 1 Cartagena 1 Finalizado

Spectacular scoreline from Castellon and Albacete...good victories for Betis and Sociedad as well. Rayo

Worst news from the second division is that Borja Oubiña has to have another operation.

Thanks for keeping the thread alive.

Albacete made some quality last minute signings just before the end of the transfer window - Salva, Hidalgo, Vivar Dorado, Sousa, Notario - and their manager is pretty good, a bit too direct for my liking though.

Cartagena are the surprise team in the league but they too have made some Segunda level signings in De Lucas, Víctor, Toché, Cygan, Unai Esposito.

re Oubiña
I honestly think his career is over - the DoF signed López Garai as his replacement. He had an operation on his knee last season, but kept on havin niggling problems. The club doctor recommended that he have the operation again and start his recovery from scratch.

Olé wrote:
re Oubiña
I honestly think his career is over - the DoF signed López Garai as his replacement. He had an operation on his knee last season, but kept on havin niggling problems. The club doctor recommended that he have the operation again and start his recovery from scratch.

It's really a shame, before he went to Birmingham I thought he had a chance to eventually get into the Spain team. Would be shocked if he plays at a high level again.

Cartagena win again! Unbelievable their start after just having won promotion! Here are today's results:

Huesca 0 Nastic 1
Numancia 1 Murcia 1
Levante 2 Elche 1
Cordoba 1 Celta 0
Cartagena 2 Castellon 1
Rayo 2 Reaul Union 0

Jaime wrote:1 Numancia 6
2 Cartagena 6
3 Recreativo 6
4 Huesca 4
5 Hércules 4
6 Gimnástic 4
7 Salamanca 4
8 Betis 3
9 Rayo 3
10 Córdoba 3
11 Albacete 3
12 Levante 2
13 Las Palmas 2
14 R. Sociedad 2
15 Celta 1
16 Cádiz 1
17 Girona 1
18 Murcia 1
19 Villarreal B 1
20 Castellón 1
21 Real Unión 0
22 Elche 0

Promoted Cartagena joint leaders after two rounds.

An interesting place to visit if you get a chance and are interested in history. It was founded by Hasdrubal the brother-in-law of Hannibal Barca. It was a very important defensive base in the second Punic War and its capture by Publius Cornelius Scipio was essential to the Roman victory. It also hs the ruins of a cathedral built by one of Spain's great monarch's Alfonso X el Sabio. It fared badly in the Civil War, but is a great place to visit especially in mid-September when there is a pageant re-enacting the Punic War skirmishes there.

Jaime wrote:Cartagena win again! Unbelievable their start after just having won promotion! Here are today's results:

Huesca 0 Nastic 1
Numancia 1 Murcia 1
Levante 2 Elche 1
Cordoba 1 Celta 0
Cartagena 2 Castellon 1
Rayo 2 Reaul Union 0

Here are the rest of the round 4 results:

Albacete 1 Betis 3
Real Sociedad 2 Girona 2
Salamanca 0 Las Palmas 1
Recreativo 2 Villarreal B 1
Hercules 1 Cadiz 0

Table is as follows:

1 Cartagena 10
2 Betis 9
3 Recreativo 9
4 Las Palmas 8
5 Numancia 7
6 Rayo 7
7 Gimnástic 7
8 Hércules 7
9 Córdoba 7
10 Levante 6
11 R. Sociedad 6
12 Albacete 6
13 Huesca 5
14 Salamanca 5
15 Villarreal B 4
16 Girona 3
17 Murcia 3
18 Celta 2
19 Cádiz 2
20 Real Unión 1
21 Castellón 1
22 Elche 1

Jaime wrote:Cartagena win again! Unbelievable their start after just having won promotion! Here are today's results:

Huesca 0 Nastic 1
Numancia 1 Murcia 1
Levante 2 Elche 1
Cordoba 1 Celta 0
Cartagena 2 Castellon 1
Rayo 2 Reaul Union 0

Weren't they in the same group as RM Castilla last year? (We aren't doing well in Segunda B... )

elbecko wrote:

Jaime wrote:Cartagena win again! Unbelievable their start after just having won promotion! Here are today's results:

Huesca 0 Nastic 1
Numancia 1 Murcia 1
Levante 2 Elche 1
Cordoba 1 Celta 0
Cartagena 2 Castellon 1
Rayo 2 Reaul Union 0

Weren't they in the same group as RM Castilla last year? (We aren't doing well in Segunda B... )

That's despite being in a piss-easy group. The RFEF conveniently put you in the same group as the Asturianos and Extremeños.

Can Villarreal A and B play in the same league if Villarreal would relegate?

No. If Villarreal go down, Villarreal B would also be forced to drop a division.

Results from Round 5:

R. Sociedad 2 Huesca 0 Finalizado
Gimnástic 0 Numancia 1 Finalizado
Elche 3 Córdoba 0 Finalizado
Betis 0 Cartagena 0 Finalizado
Cádiz 1 Recreativo 0 Finalizado
Las Palmas 0 Levante 1 Finalizado
Murcia 2 Salamanca 2 Finalizado
Castellón 1 Rayo 3 Finalizado
Villarreal B 2 Albacete 2 Finalizado
Girona 0 Real Unión 2 Finalizado
Celta 0 Hércules 1 Finalizado

Top of the table clash between Betis and Cartagena ends in a scoreless draw and Rayo get an important away victory to move into the promotion places.

Here is the table after 5 rounds:

1 Cartagena 11
2 Betis 10
3 Rayo 10
4 Numancia 10
5 Hércules 10
6 R. Sociedad 9
7 Levante 9
8 Recreativo 9
9 Las Palmas 8
10 Gimnástic 7
11 Albacete 7
12 Córdoba 7
13 Salamanca 6
14 Huesca 5
15 Cádiz 5
16 Villarreal B 5
17 Murcia 4
18 Real Unión 4
19 Elche 4
20 Girona 3
21 Celta 2
22 Castellón 1

Numancia 1 Real Sociedad 3 Finalizado
Salamanca 1 Gimnástic 0 Finalizado
Albacete 0 Cádiz 1 Finalizado
Córdoba 1 Las Palmas 0 Finalizado
Rayo 2 Betis 2 Finalizado
Huesca 2 Girona 2 Finalizado
Levante 2 Murcia 2 Finalizado
Hércules 3 Elche 0 Finalizado
Recreativo 1 Celta 2 Finalizado
Real Unión 3 Castellón 1 Finalizado
Cartagena 0 Villarreal B 0 Finalizado

Results from the weekend. Massive win for la Real away to Numancia. Those three points take the basques up to second in the table. Betis and Rayo draw in what looks, from the extended highlights, to have been a very good game of football indeed. Celta get a much needed win away from home to edge them closer to the safety zone.

Table after 6 rounds...

1 Hércules 13
2 R. Sociedad 12
3 Cartagena 12
4 Betis 11
5 Rayo 11
6 Levante 10
7 Numancia 10
8 Córdoba 10
9 Salamanca 9
10 Recreativo 9
11 Las Palmas 8
12 Cádiz 8
13 Real Unión 7
14 Gimnástic 7
15 Albacete 7
16 Huesca 6
17 Villarreal B 6
18 Murcia 5
19 Celta 5
20 Girona 4
21 Elche 4
22 Castellón 1

Round 7 results...

Cádiz 1 Cartagena 3 Finalizado
Betis 1 Real Unión 1 Finalizado
Real Sociedad 2 Salamanca 0 Finalizado
Villarreal B 0 Rayo 2 Finalizado
Las Palmas 0 Hércules 0 Finalizado
Elche 3 Recreativo 2 Finalizado
Celta 1 Albacete 1 Finalizado
Girona 1 Castellón 0 Finalizado
Huesca 0 Numancia 0 Finalizado
Gimnástic 1 Levante 0 Finalizado
Murcia 1 Córdoba 1 Finalizado

Table after 7 rounds...Cartagena joint leaders with la Real. Good to see Rayo in the promotion places early.

1 R. Sociedad 15
2 Cartagena 15
3 Rayo 14
4 Hércules 14
5 Betis 12
6 Numancia 11
7 Córdoba 11
8 Levante 10
9 Gimnástic 10
10 Las Palmas 9
11 Salamanca 9
12 Recreativo 9
13 Real Unión 8
14 Cádiz 8
15 Albacete 8
16 Huesca 7
17 Girona 7
18 Elche 7
19 Murcia 6
20 Celta 6
21 Villarreal B 6
22 Castellón 1

Here's a surprise. UEFA believe "a" match in Segunda was fixed.

http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/futbol-uefa-sospecha-amano-partido/dasftbseg/20091013dasdaiftb_62/Tes

Is that the Las Palmas-Rayo match they were talking about the other day?

Yes. But if they at all interested they could also take a look at the Levante-Athletic game.

Olé wrote:Yes. But if they at all interested they could also take a look at the Levante-Athletic game.

Or any number of Real Sociedad-Athletic, Athletic-Osasuna, or Real Sociedad-Osasuna matches towards the end of the seasons when one or more were in danger of relegation.

Reading La Liga Loca's latest update, I just found out that the infamous Pascal Cygan is now with Cartagena

Round 8 results, Real Sociedad finally lose...

Numancia 3 Girona 1 Finalizado
Levante 1 Real Sociedad 0 Finalizado
Córdoba 1 Gimnástic 1 Finalizado
Albacete 2 Elche 2 Finalizado
Hércules 1 Murcia 1 Finalizado
Salamanca 2 Huesca 1 Finalizado
Recreativo 2 Las Palmas 0 Finalizado
Cartagena 1 Celta 1 Finalizado
Rayo 2 Cádiz 2 Finalizado
Real Unión 0 Villarreal B 1 Finalizado
Castellón 1 Betis 0 Finalizado

Table after 8 rounds with newcomers Cartagena on top! Surprised to see Castellon at the bottom after they had a pretty good run last year. Rayo and Real Sociedad occupying the other two promotion places at the moment although it's all pretty tight in 1 through 10.

1 Cartagena 16
2 Rayo 15
3 R. Sociedad 15
4 Hércules 15
5 Numancia 14
6 Levante 13
7 Betis 12
8 Recreativo 12
9 Salamanca 12
10 Córdoba 12
11 Gimnástic 11
12 Cádiz 9
13 Las Palmas 9
14 Albacete 9
15 Villarreal B 9
16 Real Unión 8
17 Elche 8
18 Murcia 7
19 Celta 7
20 Huesca 7
21 Girona 7
22 Castellón 4

Apparently 13 of Betis' players have swine flu