Third Division – Segunda Division B – Groups 3 & 4.
Group 3.
At the bottom, Salud - 20th with 11 points, Maspalomas - 19th with 23 points,
CD Utrera - 18th with 30 points, Marbella - 17th with 31 points, and
Real Jaen - 16th with 31 points were relegated. This was the zone with most relegated teams, there was one more: Linares, which finished 7th with 44 points, but due to financial troubles was relegated as well.
CD Estepona survived - 15th with 31 points – thanks to better head-to-head record against the other 2 teams with 31 points.
Up the table:
Real Balompedica Linense - 14th with 32 points.
Cordoba - 12th with 38 points.
Tomelloso - 11th with 38 points.
Atletico Sanluqueno - 9th with 38 points.
Merida - 8th with 40 points.
Granada took 5th place with 46 points.
There was no fight at the top: Sevilla Atletico – Sevilla B team – ended 3rd with 49 points. Melilla - 2nd with 55 points.
And Albacete was comfortable champion and promoted with 60 points from 27 wins, 6 ties, 5 losses, 88-29.
Group 4.
Atletico Baleares was last with 19points.
CD Ibiza - 19th with 29 points.
Villareal - 18th with 30 points and Gimnastic - 17th with 31 points completed the group of relegated bottom teams.
Up the table:
Torrevieja - 15th with 35 points.
Girona FC - 12th with 37 points.
Cartagena FC - 11th with 37 points.
UD Alzira - 7th with 41 points.
Gandia came close to winning the season, but ended 3rd with 49 points. Above them 2 teams finished with 51 points each and head-to-head goal-difference decided the final positions:
Barcelona Athletic – Barcelona B team – took 2nd place and missed promotion.
Orihuela Deportiva prevailed over Barcelona Athletic by single goal: they lost one match 1-2, but one the second 2-0 and that gave them the final victory. Apart from that, they accumulated during the season 21 wins, 9 ties, and lost 8 games. Goal-difference: 55-32 and 51 points. Their rivals won one more match, but also lost one more game. However, Barcelona Athletic had much better goal-difference than Orihuela – 68-36. Perhaps for Barcelona was not a bid deal that their B team missed promotion to Second Division, but for Orihuela is was: winning even a Third Division championship was important moment, promotion to Second Division – nearly fantastic achievement.
