1989–90 Segunda División

Segunda División
Season	1989–90
Champions	Real Burgos CF
Promoted	Real Burgos CF; Real Betis; RCD Español;
Relegated	Racing de Santander; Castilla CF; Recreativo de Huelva; Atlético Madrileño;
Matches	380
Goals	770 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pepe Mel
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league.^{[citation needed]} Real Burgos CF won the league.^[1]

Real Burgos, Real Betis and RCD Español were promoted to Primera División. Racing de Santander, Castilla CF, Recreativo de Huelva and Atlético Madrileño were relegated to Segunda División B.

Teams

1989–90 Segunda División is located in Spain

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in Segunda División 1989-90

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

Team	Home city	Stadium
Atlético Madrileño	Madrid	Vicente Calderón
Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín
Bilbao Athletic	Bilbao	San Mamés
Real Burgos	Burgos	El Plantío
Castilla	Madrid	Ciudad Deportiva
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua
Elche	Elche	Manuel Martínez Valero
Español	Barcelona	Sarrià
Figueres	Figueres	Vilatenim
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Levante	Valencia	Nou Estadi
Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Palamós	Palamós	Nou Municipal
Racing de Santander	Santander	El Sardinero
Recreativo de Huelva	Huelva	Colombino
Sabadell	Sabadell	Nova Creu Alta
Salamanca	Salamanca	Helmántico
Sestao Sport	Sestao	Las Llanas
Xerez	Jerez de la Frontera	Chapín

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Real Burgos	38	18	14	6	53	24	+29	50	Promoted to Primera División
2	Real Betis	38	16	15	7	44	29	+15	47	Promoted to Primera División
3	Bilbao Athletic^[a]	38	15	15	8	50	36	+14	45
4	Deportivo de La Coruña	38	19	6	13	45	38	+7	44	Promotion playoff
5	RCD Español	38	15	12	11	50	33	+17	42	Promotion playoff
6	UD Las Palmas	38	15	10	13	42	37	+5	40
7	CE Sabadell FC	38	13	14	11	40	39	+1	40
8	Palamós CF	38	13	14	11	29	39	−10	40
9	Real Murcia	38	13	12	13	38	39	−1	38
10	Xerez CD	38	11	16	11	26	31	−5	38
11	Sestao	38	13	10	15	33	32	+1	36
12	UE Figueres	38	12	12	14	37	46	−9	36
13	UD Salamanca	38	14	8	16	35	33	+2	36
14	Elche CF	38	12	12	14	39	41	−2	36
15	Levante UD	38	9	18	11	34	43	−9	36
16	SD Eibar	38	11	12	15	35	42	−7	34
17	Racing de Santander	38	11	11	16	32	36	−4	33	Relegated to Segunda División B
18	Castilla CF	38	11	9	18	36	44	−8	31
19	Recreativo de Huelva	38	12	5	21	39	56	−17	29
20	Atlético Madrileño	38	8	13	17	33	52	−19	29

Source: BDFutbol
Notes:

^ Bilbao Athletic was ineligible for promotion for being reserve team of Athletic de Bilbao.

Results

Home \ Away	ATM	BET	BIL	BUR	CST	DEP	EIB	ELC	ESP	FIG	LPA	LEV	MUR	PAL	RAC	REC	SAB	SAL	SES	XER
At. Madrileño	—	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0
Real Betis	1–0	—	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Bilbao Ath.	1–1	0–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	3–3	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–0
Real Burgos	4–0	1–0	0–0	—	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	5–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	6–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Castilla	4–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
Deportivo	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	—	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–3	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1
Eibar	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	4–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–1
Elche	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	0–0	—	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0
Español	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	—	0–1	2–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
Figueres	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–2
Las Palmas	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–1
Levante	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	—	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–4
Murcia	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–4	0–1	2–2	—	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Palamós	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Racing	0–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	1–2	4–0	1–0	0–1	3–0
Recreativo	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	—	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–1
Sabadell	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	—	0–0	1–0	0–0
Salamanca	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	—	0–1	0–2
Sestao Sport	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	—	0–0
Xerez	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	—

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

Promotion playoff

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CD Tenerife	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	1–0
RCD Español	1–1 (6-5 (p.))	CD Málaga	1–0	0–1

First leg

2 June 1990	CD Tenerife	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
18:00		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Joaquín Ramos Marco

2 June 1990	RCD Español	1–0	CD Málaga	Barcelona
20:00	Gabino 76'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Sarrià Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Raúl García de Loza

Second leg

10 June 1990	Deportivo La Coruña	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	CD Tenerife	A Coruña
19:00		Report (in Spanish)	Eduardo 13'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 35,000 Referee: José María Enríquez Negreira

10 June 1990	CD Málaga	1–0 (1–1 aet=yes agg.) (5–6 p)	RCD Español	Málaga
19:00	Rivas 47'	Report & Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Joaquín Urío Velázquez
	Penalties
	Antonio Mata Usuriaga Rivas Paquito Jaro Matosas Merino Villa		Zubillaga Gay Escaich Andrés Wuttke Maestre Martín Albesa

Pichichi Trophy for Top Goalscorers

Last updated June 21, 2009

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Pepe Mel	22	Real Betis
Manolo Peña	16	Real Burgos
Daniel Aquino	15	Real Murcia

References

^ Bravo, Luis Javier; Torre, Raúl (1 October 2025). "Spain - List of Second Division Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 March 2026.

[table_note_BIL0.86515307047644-2] Bilbao Athletic was ineligible for promotion for being reserve team of Athletic de Bilbao.

[RSSSF-2-1] Bravo, Luis Javier; Torre, Raúl (1 October 2025). "Spain - List of Second Division Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 March 2026.

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