Season | 2011–12 |
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Champions | Deportivo La Coruña |
Promoted |
Deportivo La Coruña Celta de Vigo Valladolid |
Relegated |
Villarreal B Alcoyano Cartagena Gimnàstic de Tarragona |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,218 (2.64 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Leonardo Ulloa |
Biggest home win | Elche 6–0 Alcorcón (16 December 2011) |
Biggest away win | Xerez 0–6 Barcelona B (3 June 2012) |
Highest scoring |
Girona 5–3 Xerez (10 March 2012) Murcia 2–6 Hércules (14 April 2012) Cartagena 6–2 Villarreal B (27 May 2012) |
← 2010–11
2012–13 →
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Leader | |
2012–13 La Liga | |
2012 Promotion Play-off | |
Relegation to 2012–13 Segunda División B |
The 2011–12 Segunda División season (known as the Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 26 August 2011 after the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) called a strike, the regular league ended on 3 June 2012, while the entire season ended on 16 June 2012 with the promotion play-off finals.
The first goal of the season was scored by Xabier Etxeita, who scored a ninth-minute goal for Elche against Girona in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to Richy from Girona in their opening game against Elche. The first hat-trick was scored by Joselu in the match between Villarreal B and Gimnàstic de Tarragona.
Deportivo La Coruña, Hércules and Almería are the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. Deportivo were relegated after 20 years in La Liga, Hércules made their immediate return to the second level after just one season in the top division, while Almería ended a four-year tenure in La Liga. Betis were promoted after two consecutive seasons in the second level, Rayo Vallecano after eight years in lower divisions and Granada after playing in lower divisions for 35 years.
The teams which were relegated the previous season were Salamanca, Tenerife, Ponferradina and Albacete. These four were replaced by Real Murcia (group 4 champions and 2ªB champions), Sabadell (group 3 champions and 2ªB runners-up), Alcoyano and Guadalajara.