1981–82 Segunda División

The 1981–82 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Celta de Vigo, UD Salamanca and CD Málaga were promoted to Primera División. Burgos, AD Almería, Levante UD and Getafe Deportivo 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	Celta de Vigo	38	53+15	22	9	7	79	40	+39
2	UD Salamanca	38	51+13	23	5	10	70	33	+37
3	CD Málaga	38	50+12	20	10	8	70	35	+35
4	Elche CF	38	50+12	19	12	7	55	31	+24
5	Real Murcia	38	46+8	18	10	10	54	38	+16
6	RCD Mallorca	38	42+4	15	12	11	55	46	+9
7	Rayo Vallecano	38	41+3	16	9	13	45	44	+1
8	Castilla CF	38	40+2	13	14	11	48	48	0
9	Burgos ²	38	40+2	15	10	13	46	41	+5
10	Atlético Madrileño	38	38	12	14	12	44	44	0
11	CE Sabadell FC	38	38	14	10	14	59	63	-4
12	Deportivo de La Coruña	38	37-1	13	11	14	40	48	-8
13	Córdoba CF	38	36-2	11	14	13	45	49	-4
14	Recreativo de Huelva	38	35-3	12	11	15	39	40	-1
15	Linares CF	38	34-4	10	14	14	42	57	-15
16	Real Oviedo	38	31-7	9	13	16	34	53	-19
17	Deportivo Alavés ²	38	29-9	11	7	20	38	52	-14
18	AD Almería ³	38	26-8¹	6	18	14	27	43	-16
19	Levante UD ³	38	20-18	7	6	25	26	74	-48
20	Getafe Deportivo ³	38	19-19	5	9	24	39	76	-37

¹ AD Almería had 4 points deducted for fielding ineligible players against Deportivo de La Coruña and RCD Mallorca.
² Burgos was relegated to Segunda División B for not paying its players. Then, Deportivo Alavés was readmitted in Segunda División.
³ AD Almería, Levante UD and Getafe Deportivo were relegated to Tercera División for not paying their players.