Football Journey

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Spain III Division Groups 3 & 4

Third Division – Segunda Division B – Groups 3 & 4.

Group 3.

At the bottom, Salud - 20^th with 11 points, Maspalomas - 19^th with 23 points,

CD Utrera - 18^th with 30 points, Marbella - 17^th with 31 points, and

Real Jaen - 16^th with 31 points were relegated. This was the zone with most relegated teams, there was one more: Linares, which finished 7^th with 44 points, but due to financial troubles was relegated as well.

CD Estepona survived - 15^th with 31 points – thanks to better head-to-head record against the other 2 teams with 31 points.

Up the table:

Real Balompedica Linense - 14^th with 32 points.

Cordoba - 12^th with 38 points.

Tomelloso - 11^th with 38 points.

Atletico Sanluqueno - 9^th with 38 points.

Merida - 8^th with 40 points.

Granada took 5^th place with 46 points.

There was no fight at the top: Sevilla Atletico – Sevilla B team – ended 3^rd with 49 points. Melilla - 2^nd 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 - 19^th with 29 points.

Villareal - 18^th with 30 points and Gimnastic - 17^th with 31 points completed the group of relegated bottom teams.

Up the table:

Torrevieja - 15^th with 35 points.

Girona FC - 12^th with 37 points.

Cartagena FC - 11^th with 37 points.

UD Alzira - 7^th with 41 points.

Gandia came close to winning the season, but ended 3^rd 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 2^nd 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.

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Spain III Division Groups 1 & 2

Spain – ranking 4^th at the moment. Third level – Segunda Division B: 80 teams played in it, divided into 4 groups. 23 teams were newcomers: 4 relegated from Segunda Division and 19 promoted from Forth Level, Tercera Division. Group winners were promoted to Segunda Division and the bottom 4 teams were relegated (except in Group 3, where 6 teams went down – the last 5 plus Linares, relegated due to financial problems).

Group 1:

Arosa was last with 20 points, Lalin - 19^th with 31 points, Moscardo - 18^th with 32 points, and

Racing - 17^th with 32 points were relegated.

Up the table:

CD Endesa As Pontes – 14^th with 34 points.

Pontevedra - 10^th with 36 points.

Toledo - 9^th with 37 points.

Juventud Cambados - 4^th with 45 points.

Third was Leganes with 48 points, 2^nd – Getafe with 51 points, and

Real Aviles Industrial was champion with 55 points: 21 wins, 13 ties, 4 losses, 46-24. They were promoted to Second Division.

Group 2:

U.D. Barbastro – last with 22 points. Calahorra was 19^th with 25 points, Fraga - 18^th with 30 points, and Laredo - 18^th with 33 points. These were the relegated.

Up the table: