1978–79 Segunda División

The 1978–79 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. AD Almería, CD Málaga and Real Betis were promoted to Primera División. Real Jaén, Terrassa FC, Barakaldo CF and Racing de Ferrol were relegated to Segunda División B.

Final table

Key to colors in league table:
Promoted to Primera División
Relegated to Segunda División B

Position	Club	Played	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal Difference
1	AD Almería	38	47+9	21	5	12	62	44	+18
2	CD Málaga	38	47+9	19	9	10	47	27	+20
3	Real Betis	38	46+8	18	10	10	58	35	+23
4	Real Valladolid	38	46+8	20	6	12	47	32	+15
5	Elche CF	38	45+7	16	13	9	50	31	+19
6	Granada CF	38	44+6	16	12	10	46	34	+12
7	Castilla CF	38	42+4	18	6	14	55	45	+10
8	Cádiz CF	38	41+3	15	11	12	52	47	+5
9	Deportivo Alavés	38	40+2	15	10	13	45	31	+14
10	Getafe Deportivo	38	40+2	17	6	15	57	56	+1
11	CD Castellón	38	38	12	14	12	48	43	+5
12	CE Sabadell FC	38	37-1	12	13	13	50	49	+1
13	CA Osasuna	38	37-1	15	7	16	51	51	0
14	Real Murcia	38	35-3	12	11	15	35	52	-17
15	Deportivo de La Coruña	38	35-3	13	9	16	43	45	-2
16	Algeciras CF	38	34-4	13	8	17	40	53	-13
17	Real Jaén	38	34-4	12	10	16	41	55	-14
18	Terrassa FC	38	29-9	9	11	18	34	51	-17
19	Barakaldo CF	38	28-10	10	8	20	31	53	-22
20	Racing de Ferrol	38	15-23	4	7	27	22	80	-58

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