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2013–14 Segunda División

Segunda División
Season 2013–2014
Champions Eibar
Promoted Eibar
Deportivo La Coruña
Córdoba
Relegated Murcia
R.M.Castilla
Jaén
Hércules
Matches played 468
Goals scored 1,085 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer Spain Borja Viguera
(25 goals)
Biggest home win Eibar 6–0 RM Castilla
(17 November 2013)
Girona 6–0 Lugo
(16 February 2014)
Biggest away win Tenerife 0–4 Alcorcón
(18 January 2014)
Sabadell 0–4 Alavés
(8 February 2014)
Highest scoring 6 goals
(17 games)
Highest attendance 33,639
Deportivo 1–0 Jaén
(31 May 2014)
Lowest attendance 1,136
RM Castilla 3–2 Girona
(4 December 2013)
Average attendance 7,787
Leader
2014–15 La Liga
2014 Promotion Play-off
Relegation to 2014–15 Segunda División B

The 2013–14 Segunda División season (known as the Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd since its establishment. The season started on 17 August 2013 and the league phase of 42 rounds ended on 8 June 2014. The entire season ended on 22 June 2014 with the promotion play-off finals.

A total of 22 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2012–13 season, four promoted from the 2012–13 Segunda División B and three relegated from the 2012–13 La Liga.

RCD Mallorca, Deportivo de La Coruña and Real Zaragoza were the teams relegated from La Liga the previous season. Mallorca was relegated after sixteen years in La Liga, the longest period in its history and ending their golden era, Zaragoza returned to the Segunda División after a four-year tenure in La Liga, while Deportivo de La Coruña made an immediate return to the Segunda División after being promoted the previous year. All three teams were relegated in the last matchday.Elche CF was promoted the previous season to La Liga after 14 consecutive seasons in the Segunda División.Villarreal made an immediate return to La Liga after a win over Almería in the decisive match of the last matchday where the winner would be directly promoted to La Liga.Almería was promoted on 22 June 2013 as winner of play-off games after two years of absence in La Liga.

The teams which had been relegated from the Segunda División the previous season were Guadalajara, Racing Santander, Huesca and Xerez. Xerez was relegated after twelve years in the division some weeks before the end of season. On 2 June 2013, after the penultimate matchday, Racing, Huesca and Murcia were relegated after Mirandés' win, however on 4 June 2013 the LFP relegated Guadalajara and the three teams had their last opportunity to stay in Segunda División in the last matchday. Finally, Huesca was relegated after five years in the second level, while Racing de Santander returned to the third level after twenty years and nineteen of them in La Liga. Murcia was the team saved from the relegation after the administrative relegation of Guadalajara.


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