Albacete has played 28 seasons in the divisions covered here since 1993/94: 5 in LaLiga and 23 in the Segunda División. It returned to the Segunda División in 2022/23 after 1 season outside the divisions covered, and has been there for 4 seasons. Its best finish was 13th in LaLiga, in 1993/94. Its biggest climb took five seasons: from 15th in the Segunda División in 1998/99 to 14th in LaLiga in 2003/04. It has been promoted 4 times and relegated 5 times.
Albacete
2025/26: 12th in the Segunda División
How high can Albacete realistically go?
Based on finishing 12th in the Segunda División in 2025/26
About 1 in 6
Of the 177 times a club finished in the bottom half of the Segunda División between 2004/05 and 2020/21, 29 went up within five seasons.
29 of 177 (16%); likely range 10%–23%, 59 different clubs.
| Reached the top flight within ten seasons | about 4 in 10 46 of 125; range 22%–52% |
Albacete itself: none of the last 10 seasons in LaLiga.
How do we know?
We took every season since 2004/05 in which a club finished in the same part of the same league, and followed each club forward. The figure is the share that reached each goal. Ten-year goals use finishes from 2004/05 to 2015/16, five-year goals from 2004/05 to 2020/21, so every case has had the full time to play out; results run to the end of 2025/26.
It describes what happened to clubs in this position, not a forecast for one club. A club with much more money or history than is usual for its position has better chances than the figure suggests, which is why the club's own record is shown underneath.
The likely range is a 95% interval worked out by resampling clubs rather than seasons, because the same club often appears several times. It is wide where only a few clubs have been in a position, and two leagues whose ranges overlap may not really differ. Reserve teams such as Barcelona B or Real Madrid Castilla are left out of these counts, because they cannot be promoted into their first team's division.
Counts: went up within five seasons: 29 of 177; reached the top flight within ten seasons: 46 of 125.
The story so far
Final position each seasonRinged dots are titles
How to read this chart
Every club in the divisions covered is placed on one ladder each season: the champions are 1st, and the top club of the second division comes straight after the bottom club of the first. Shaded bands are the divisions. Hover over or tap a dot for the season.
28seasons since 1993/94
5seasons in LaLiga
0league titles
0top-four finishes
4promotions
5relegations
Against the money
Not available for Spain: wage bills are not published club by club in one place there, so this is shown for England and France only.
Clubs with a similar path
Clubs whose finishing positions over the last 15 seasons were closest to Albacete's, with recent seasons counting more.
In Spain
Real OviedoSpain · 20th in LaLiga, 2025/26LeganésSpain · 16th in the Segunda División, 2025/26Racing SantanderSpain · 1st in the Segunda División, 2025/26CD TenerifeSpain · not in the divisions covered now
Elsewhere in Europe
Bristol CityEngland · 12th in the Championship, 2025/26GrenobleFrance · 12th in Ligue 2, 2025/261. FC MagdeburgGermany · 14th in 2. Bundesliga, 2025/26
Compare Albacete with another club
Sources
- Final tables to 2025/26. Top-flight positions follow the official classification, including head-to-head tie-breaks and point deductions. Second-division positions before 2025/26 are worked out from match results.
- Relegations include dropping out of the divisions covered.
- All figures can be downloaded on the data page. Spotted a mistake? Report it with a source.