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Statistics - Teams that have never won away (31st March, 2017)

I've been compiling some stats for a long time - so watch out in the coming days for them

This season, every team in the Segunda has won at least one game away from home. In light of that, I compiled of teams that never won away in the top three divisions since 1990.

There's the team that survived on goals scored, after head-to-head and goal difference were futile (Marino de Luanco). There's the team that is called Andorra, and won no away games in the 1997-98 Segunda B in Group 3, and plays in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, which is different from the team called Andorra, which won no away games two years earlier in the same group, which plays in Andorra, Teruel, Aragon. There's the team that didn't even pick up a single point away from home (Cieza). There's the team that survived relegation by one point and then survived the two-legged relegation playoff by penalties (Cádiz).

And then there's Sevilla, who, inexplicably, defied all the odds and won the Europa League and finished seventh.

Edit (23rd May, 2017): Added Granada, Zamudio and Jaén as 2016-17 entries

Season
League
Team
Position
Notes
2016-17
La Liga
Granada
20th
Relegated
2016-17
Segunda B Gr 2
Zamudio
20th
Relegated
2016-17
Segunda B Gr 4
Real Jaén
19th
Relegated
2015-16
La Liga
Sevilla
7th
Won the Europa League
2015-16
Segunda
Llagostera
20th
Relegated
2014-15
Segunda B Gr 1
Marino de Luanco
20th 
Relegated
2013-14
Segunda B Gr 1
Compostela
13th
Mid-table finish
2013-14
Segunda B Gr 4
San Fernando
18th
Relegated
2011-12
Segunda B Gr 3
Mahonés
20th
Relegated
2010-11
Segunda B Gr 2
Barakaldo
20th
Relegated
2009-10
Segunda B Gr 3
Terrassa
20th
Relegated
2008-09
Segunda
Sevilla Atlético
22nd
Relegated
2008-09
Segunda B Gr 2
Santa Brígida
20th
Relegated
2006-07
Segunda B Gr 2
Real Oviedo
19th
Relegated
2004-05
Segunda B Gr 1
Lanzarote
13th
Mid-table finish
2004-05
Segunda B Gr 2
Marino de Luanco
15th
Survived fractionally on goals scored
2004-05
Segunda B Gr 2
Guijuelo
17th
Relegated
2004-05
Segunda B Gr 4
Arenas Armilla
20th
Relegated
2003-04
La Liga
Murcia
20th
Relegated
2002-03
Segunda B Gr 1
Ribadesella
20th
Relegated
2002-03
Segunda B Gr 2
Binéfar
20th
Relegated
2002-03
Segunda B Gr 4
Los Palacios
20th
Relegated
2001-02
Segunda B Gr 2
Huesca
19th
Relegated
2001-02
Segunda B Gr 2
Alfaro
20th
Relegated
2000-01
La Liga
Racing de Santander
19th
Relegated
2000-01
Segunda B Gr 4
Don Benito
19th
Relegated
2000-01
Segunda B Gr 4
Poli Almería
20th
Disbanded after 18 games – won none of their eight away games
1999-00
La Liga
Sevilla
20th
Relegated
1999-00
Segunda B Gr 1
Lanzarote
17th
Relegated
1998-99
La Liga
Salamanca
20th
Relegated
1998-99
Segunda B Gr 2
Elgoibar
20th
Relegated
1997-98
La Liga
Sporting de Gijón
20th
Relegated
1997-98
Segunda B Gr 3
FC Andorra
20th
Relegated – just 7 pts/1 win all season
1996-97
Segunda B Gr 1
Marino de Luanco
20th
Relegated
1996-97
Segunda B Gr 2
Logroñés B
20th
Relegated
1996-97
Segunda B Gr 3
Llíria
20th
Relegated
1995-96
Segunda B Gr 3
Andorra
20th
Relegated – not the same as FC Andorra. This one is based in Andorra, Teruel, Aragon
1994-95
Segunda B Gr 1
Realejos
20th
Relegated
1994-95
Segunda B Gr 3
Sant Andreu
15th
Survived on head-to-head against three teams
1994-95
Segunda B Gr 3
Girona
18th
Relegated
1993-94
Segunda
Real Burgos
19th
Relegated
1993-94
Segunda B Gr 2
Touring
20th
Relegated
1993-94
Segunda B Gr 3
Cieza
19th
Relegated – zero points away from home
1993-94
Segunda B Gr 4
Maspalomas
20th
Relegated
1992-93
Segunda B Gr 1
Aranjuez
19th
Relegated
1992-93
Segunda B Gr 3
Horadada
20th
Relegated
1991-92
Segunda B Gr 3
Alzira
20th
Relegated
1991-92
Segunda B Gr 4
CD Villanovense
20th
Relegated
1990-91
La Liga
Cádiz
18th
Survived relegation playoffs by penalties
1990-91
La Liga
Castellón
19th
Relegated
1990-91
Segunda B Gr 1
Cambados
16th
Survived by 2 points
1990-91
Segunda B Gr 1
RSD Alcalá
20th
Relegated
1990-91
Segunda B Gr 4
Olímpic
20th
Relegated






















































































Some of the most interesting things in life don't fit in data or tables. Similarly, what struck me was the teams that didn't make it on this list - in both the 2011-12 Segunda B (Group 4) and the 2003-04 Segunda B Group 2, there were teams that won just twice all season and still picked up an away win, namely Poli Ejido and Rayo Majadahonda. In fact, Poli Ejido didn't even finish the season, and ceased to exist after the season.

But the biggest surprise was the 1998-99 Segunda B (Group 4), where Isla Cristina picked up just four points and one win all season, and that one win overshadows the fact that they picked up just one point at home.

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