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2008–09 Segunda División

78th season of the second-tier football league in Spain

Field	Value
competition	Segunda División
season	2008–09
winners	Xerez
promoted	Xerez
Real Zaragoza
Tenerife
relegated	Alavés
Alicante
Eibar
Sevilla Atlético
league topscorer	ESP Nino
matches	462
total goals	1160
prevseason	[2007–08](2007-08-segunda-division)
nextseason	[2009–10](2009-10-segunda-division)

Real Zaragoza Tenerife Alicante Eibar Sevilla Atlético 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 were the teams relegated from La Liga the previous season. Alicante, Girona, Huesca and Rayo Vallecano were the teams promoted from Segunda División B the previous season.

The first goal of the season was scored by Alexandre Geijo, who scored in the 11th minute for Levante 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 match against Rayo Vallecano. The first hat-trick was scored by Sebastián Abreu in the match between Xerez and Real Sociedad.

Teams

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

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Alavés	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Mendizorrotza	19,840
Albacete	Albacete	Carlos Belmonte	17,500
Alicante	Alicante	José Rico Pérez	29,500
Castellón	Castellón	Nou Estadi Castàlia	14,485
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	31,800
Córdoba	Córdoba	Nuevo Arcángel	18,280
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	6,267
Elche	Elche	Martínez Valero	36,017
Gimnàstic	Tarragona	Nou Estadi	14,500
Girona	Girona	Montilivi	9,500
Hércules	Alicante	José Rico Pérez	29,500
Huesca	Huesca	El Alcoraz	5,300
Las Palmas	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	31,250
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	26,354
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Teresa Rivero	15,500
Real Murcia	Murcia	Nueva Condomina	31,179
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	39,500
Salamanca	Villares de la Reina	El Helmántico	17,341
Sevilla Atlético	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	42,714
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824
Xerez	Jerez de la Frontera	Chapín	20,523
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda	33,608

League table

Results

[[Pichichi Trophy]] for Top Goalscorers

Last updated 21 June 2009

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

[[Ricardo Zamora Trophy|Zamora Trophy]] for Top Goalkeepers

Last updated 21 June 2009

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

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Alexandre Geijo for Levante against Real Zaragoza (30 August 2008)
Fastest goal in a match: 14 seconds – Sergio Rodríguez for Real Sociedad against 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 8–0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
Most goals in a match: *8 *
- Xerez 5–3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008)
- Hércules 8–0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
First hat-trick of the season: Sebastián Abreu for Real Sociedad against Xerez (14 March 2009)
First own goal of the season: Ricardo Cavas for Xerez against Valicante (30 August 2008)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 3
- Sebastián Abreu for Real Sociedad against Xerez (14 March 2009)
- Rubén Navarro for Hércules against Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
- Leonardo Ulloa for Castellón against Eibar (14 June 2009)
Most goals by one team in a match: 8 – Hércules 8–0 Sevilla Atlético (5 April 2009)
Most goals in one half by one team: 5 – Xerez 5–3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008)
Most goals scored by losing team: *3 *
- Xerez 5–3 Real Murcia (2 November 2008)
- Córdoba 3–4 Celta 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
2	Andalusia	3
Basque Country	3	Alavés, Eibar and Real Sociedad
4	Aragon	2
Canary Islands	2	Las Palmas and Tenerife
Catalonia	2	Gimnàstic and Girona
7	Castile-La Mancha	1
Castile and León	1	Salamanca
Galicia	1	Celta
Madrid	1	Rayo Vallecano
Murcia	1	Murcia

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