Sporting and Málaga Join Numancia In La Liga

Two of the more historic teams in La Liga officially made their return to the Spanish First Division after Sporting (Gijón) and Málaga  beat Éibar and Tenerife by the same 2-0 result.
These two teams will join Numancia in the Spanish top flight next season.

Week 43 Results
Numancia         2     Pol. Ejido       2
Gimnàstic         1     Salamanca      2
Sevilla B           4     Granada 74     2
Xerez                 1     Elche               0
Albacete            3     Las Palmas     1
Sporting            2     Éibar              0
Racing Ferrol   1     Castellón        0
R. Sociedad       1     Córdoba        1
Celta                  2     Alavés            3
Málaga               2     Tenerife        0
Hércules            1     Cádiz              1

Final Standings

PTS.   W    D    L    GF    GA
Numancia      78    22    12    9    64    40
Sporting         75    21    12    10    62    40
Málaga           75    21    12    10    60    41
R. Sociedad    69    18    14    11    56    40
Castellón        61    16    14    13    43    38
Salamanca      60    14    18    11    53    45
Hércules         59    14    16    13    67    56
Sevilla B         59    15    14    14    43    48
Las Palmas    57    15    13    15    52    58
Albacete         55    13    13    16    37    39
Xerez              55    13    16    14    48    56
Alavés            54    13    15    15    43    45
Elche           54    14    13    16    44    51
Celta              53    13    14    16    57    57
Racing Ferrol   53    13    14    16    48    51
Tenerife            53    12    18    13    50    59
Éibar             52    14    11    18    43    53
Gimnàstic    52    12    16    15    50    53
———————————————————
Córdoba       51    11    18    14    51    57
Cádiz            50    12    13    18    41    48
Granada74  45    10    16    17    47    63
Pol. Ejido    45    11    11    21    39    56

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