Spain Segunda División (La Liga 2)
La Liga 2 is second by rank football competition in Spain. In the last couple of years, the first football league in Spain (La Liga) is among the best football leagues in the world and because of that the quality of La Liga 2 is rising, same as the popularity. The stadiums are more and more visited by the fans, and the competitive spirit among the clubs is high. Last season (2018/19) was one of the most interesting not only in Spain, but in all Europe. Osasuna won the title and got promotion to La Liga, Granada in a tight battle with Malaga managed to win 2nd place and also got promotion. But the fight for the play off spots was incredible to the very end of the season. Even 8 teams were in close race but only Malaga, Albacete, Mallorca and Deportivo La Coruna managed to enter the play off. From this 4 clubs Mallorca was the most successful and won the play off and got promotion to La Liga. Reus Deportiu was relegated earlier in the season due to a financial problems. Rayo Majadahonda, Gimnastic and Cordoba also got relegated. Ponferradina, R.Santander,Fuenlabrada and Extremadura are newly promoted teams. Rayo Vallecano, Huesca and Girona were relegated from La Liga and will try to join the first class football this season.
The 2019-2020 season in Spain La Liga 2 will begin on 18 August 2019. A total of 22 teams will try to win promotion to the La Liga for next season, or at least to avoid relegation in lower rank. The fight for title and promotion is excepted to be between Malaga, Deportivo La Coruna, Albacete, Cadiz, Rayo Vallecano, Girona. The relegation battle is excepted to be between newly promoted clubs, Lugo, Numancia, Tenerife,Alcorcon, etc.
The rules for 2019/20 season are same as before. First and second places teams will be directly promoted to La Liga, teams from 3rd to 6th place will play in playoff and the winner will get promotion. The last 4 clubs on the table will be relegated. The fight will be tough and it will start from round 1 as we have some really great matches right on the beginning, Almeria vs Albacete, Deportivo La Coruna vs Real Oviedo, Girona vs Sporting Gijon, Racing Santander vs Malaga, Zaragoza vs Tenerife, etc.
It will be very interesting to see how some of the clubs will react and play after they almost got promoted last season, but at the end they were disappointed.
However one thing is for sure that we can except great football and surprises in the new season.