1972-73 Segunda Division (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1972-73 Segunda Division season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Real Murcia, Elche CF and Racing de Santander were promoted to Primera Division. CD Logrones, Pontevedra CF, Cultural Leonesa and CD Mestalla were relegated to Tercera Division. The Segunda Division (Second Division) is the lower tier of the two professional leagues in Spain consisting of 22 teams. On 16 August 2006, the LFP reached an agreement with the banking group BBVA for sponsorship of the Segunda Division renaming the league Liga BBVA. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante. As of 2010-11 the league contains 22 teams that play each other home and away for a 42 match season. Each year three teams are promoted to La Liga.