The 2022–23 Segunda División (known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons) football season, is the 92nd since its establishment in Spain.

Teams

Team changes

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 22 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2021–22 season, three relegated from the

2021–22 La Liga The 2021–22 La Liga is the 91st season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It began on 13 August 2021 and will conclude on 22 May 2022. The fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021. On 24 June 2021, the Spanish Council of Minister ...

, and four promoted from the

2021–22 Primera División RFEF The 2021–22 Primera División RFEF season is the first for the Primera División RFEF, the new third highest level in the Spanish football league system. It succeeded the old Segunda División B, which renamed itself Segunda División RFEF and d ...

. ;Teams promoted to La Liga The first two teams to earn promotion from Segunda División were

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and

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club c ...

, who mathematically secured first and second position, respectively, on the very last match day of the season. Almería return to La Liga after a seven-year absence, while Valladolid return after a one-year absence. The third and final team to be promoted were

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after winning the play-off final 3–1 against

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, returning after a three-years absence. ;Teams relegated from La Liga The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Levante, following a 0–6 loss to Real Madrid on 12 May 2022, ending their five years in the top tier. The second team to be relegated were Alavés, after defeated 1-3 by Levante on 15 May 2022, ending their six years stay in the top tier. The third and final team relegated to Segunda was Granada, who drew against

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, which was coupled with wins of

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and Mallorca on 22 May 2022, the final match day. Granada ended a three-year stay in the top level. ;Teams relegated to Primera División RFEF On 16 April 2022, Alcorcón became the first team to be relegated from Segunda División after defeated by Cartagena, ending their 12-year stay in the second division. The second team to be relegated were

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, who were relegated on 7 May 2022 after defeated by

Real Sociedad B Real Sociedad de Fútbol "B" (also known as Sanse) is a Spanish football team based in San Sebastián, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1955, it is the reserve team of Real Sociedad and plays in Primera Federación ...

, ending three years spell in the second division. Alcorcon and Fuenlabrada was followed by Real Sociedad B and Amorebieta. Both of those clubs were relegated on 21 May 2022, making an immediate return to the third tier after a single season in Segunda División. ;Teams promoted from Primera División RFEF On 1 May 2022,

Racing Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Span ...

became the first team to achieve promotion to the second tier after a 2–2 draw against Celta de Vigo B, securing direct promotion and ending a two-season stint at the third tier of Spanish football. The second team to earn promotion was

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after beating UCAM Murcia on 21 May 2022, thus getting promoted to the second tier for the first time in their history. On 11 June 2022,

Albacete Albacete (, also , ; ar, ﭐَلبَسِيط, Al-Basīṭ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete. Lying in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, the ...

and Villarreal B were both promoted, after defeating

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and Gimnàstic, respectively, in the final of the play-offs. Albacete returned after a one year absence and Villarreal B returned after 10 years in the third tier.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

League table

Standings

Results

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Promotion play-offs

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Assists

Zamora Trophy

The

Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy ( es, Trofeo Ricardo Zamora, link=no) is a football award, established by Spanish newspaper '' MARCA'' in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio.Similar to goals against average in ...

was awarded by newspaper '' Marca'' to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

Hat-tricks

;Note (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Awards

Monthly

Number of teams by regions

References

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