SD Ponferradina

Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922 it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio El Toralín, a soccer-specific stadium with a seating capacity of 8,400 spectators.[1]

Ponferradina

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	La Ponfe, La Deportiva, Los Blanquiazules
Founded	7 June 1922
Ground	Estadio El Toralín
Capacity	8,400
President	José Fernández Nieto
Head coach	Bolo
League	Segunda División
2019–20	Segunda División, 18th of 22
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The team's kit consists of a blue and white striped shirt, and blue shorts.

History

Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina was founded in 1922. The first idea of the executive committee to arrange a stadium was to build it inside the castle of Ponferrada, which was eight centuries old. King Alfonso XIII denied the building permit, which led to the construction of Santa Marta; the opening match was played 8 September 1923, a friendly against Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.

Ponferradina spent the vast majority of its professional years in the fourth and third divisions. In 1967, with the club in the former category, it achieved an historic 6–1 win against La Liga giants Real Madrid. Eight years later, due to financial difficulties, Santa Marta was sold, and the team relocated to Fuentesnuevas.

On 5 September 2000 El Toralín was inaugurated as the club's new grounds: the first game there was a friendly with Celta de Vigo. In 2006–07 Ponfe competed for the first time in the second level after knocking out Universidad Las Palmas and Alicante in the promotion play-offs,[2] but would be immediately relegated back as third from the bottom.

In the 2009–10 season, Ponferradina returned to division two: after winning the regular season with 75 points it defeated Sant Andreu on penalties, in the play-offs (after winning and losing 1–0 over the two legs); subsequently, the club appeared in the league final, losing to Granada 0–1 on aggregate.

In 2010–11 Ponferradina played in the second division for the second time, meeting the same fate after finishing in 21st position. The following campaign the team finished second in its group and, after ousting Real Jaén, Lucena and Tenerife in the play-offs, promoted back.

In 2015-16 season, Ponferradina were relegated after defeated by Girona on the last matchday, finishing in 19th position.

After three seasons in the third-tier Segunda B division, on the 29th of June 2019, Ponferradina won their two-legged playoff against Hércules to secure promotion back to the Segunda División.

Rivalries

The longest rivalry of SD Ponferradina is the province of León rivalry with Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa. However, the respective first teams of the two clubs haven't played each other since Ponferradina were promoted to the Segunda División and Cultural were relegated to Tercera División in 2010.

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1940/41 4 Regional 4th 1941/42 4 Regional 5th 1942/43 4 Regional — 1943/44 3 3ª 10th 2nd round 1944/45 3 3ª 4th 1945/46 3 3ª 2nd 1946/47 3 3ª 5th 1947/48 3 3ª 13th 2nd round 1948/49 4 Regional 1st 1949/50 3 3ª 16th 1950/51 3 3ª 7th 1951/52 3 3ª 10th 1952/53 3 3ª 3rd 1953/54 3 3ª 2nd 1954/55 3 3ª 3rd 1955/56 3 3ª 6th 1956/57 3 3ª 7th 1957/58 3 3ª 1st 1958/59 3 3ª 5th 1959/60 3 3ª 3rd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1960/61 3 3ª 10th 1961/62 3 3ª 5th 1962/63 3 3ª 11th 1963/64 3 3ª 2nd 1964/65 3 3ª 3rd 1965/66 3 3ª 1st 1966/67 3 3ª 2nd 1967/68 3 3ª 3rd 1968/69 3 3ª 5th 1969/70 3 3ª 6th 4th round 1970/71 3 3ª 8th 1st round 1971/72 3 3ª 14th 1st round 1972/73 3 3ª 14th 1st round 1973/74 3 3ª 17th 1st round 1974/75 4 Regional 4th 1975/76 4 Regional 1st 1976/77 3 3ª 11th 1st round 1977/78 4 3ª 4th 1st round 1978/79 4 3ª 3rd 1979/80 4 3ª 4th 1st round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1980/81 4 3ª 2nd 3rd round 1981/82 4 3ª 5th 1st round 1982/83 4 3ª 4th 2nd round 1983/84 4 3ª 5th 1st round 1984/85 4 3ª 3rd 1st round 1985/86 4 3ª 2nd 2nd round 1986/87 4 3ª 1st 1st round 1987/88 3 2ªB 4th 1st round 1988/89 3 2ªB 10th 1st round 1989/90 3 2ªB 6th 1990/91 3 2ªB 15th 4th round 1991/92 3 2ªB 14th 3rd round 1992/93 3 2ªB 8th 3rd round 1993/94 3 2ªB 19th 3rd round 1994/95 4 3ª 10th 1st round 1995/96 4 3ª 14th 1996/97 4 3ª 6th 1997/98 4 3ª 3rd 1998/99 4 3ª 3rd 1999/00 3 2ªB 15th 1st round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2000/01 3 2ªB 11th 2001/02 3 2ªB 14th 2002/03 3 2ªB 11th 2003/04 3 2ªB 7th 2004/05 3 2ªB 1st 1st round 2005/06 3 2ªB 4th Prelim. round 2006/07 2 2ª 20th 2nd round 2007/08 3 2ªB 1st 3rd round 2008/09 3 2ªB 3rd Round of 32 2009/10 3 2ªB 1st 2nd round 2010/11 2 2ª 21st 3rd round 2011/12 3 2ªB 2nd Round of 32 2012/13 2 2ª 7th Round of 32 2013/14 2 2ª 15th 2nd round 2014/15 2 2ª 7th 2nd round 2015/16 2 2ª 19th Round of 32 2016/17 3 2ªB 5th First round 2017/18 3 2ªB 12th Round of 32 2018/19 3 2ªB 2nd 2019/20 2 2ª 18th Second round

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• 7 seasons in Segunda División
• 21 seasons in Segunda División B
• 46 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 5 February 2021[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Gianfranco Gazzaniga 2 DF  ESP Iván Rodríguez 3 DF  ESP Ríos Reina (vice-captain) 5 DF  ESP José María Amo 6 MF  ESP Óscar Sielva 7 MF  ESP Gaspar Panadero (on loan from Cádiz) 8 MF  ESP Pablo Larrea 9 FW  ESP Kaxe 10 FW  BRA Yuri de Souza (captain) 11 DF  ESP Moi (on loan from Valladolid) 13 GK  ESP Manu García 14 MF  ESP Sergio Aguza (on loan from Almería) 15 DF  NIG Yac Magagi 16 MF  ESP Curro Sánchez

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  ESP Adri Castellano 18 MF  ESP Erik Morán 19 FW  ESP Carlos Doncel (on loan from Valladolid) 20 FW  ESP Pablo Valcarce (on loan from Mallorca) 21 FW  ESP Dani Romera 22 DF  ESP Paris Adot 23 MF  ESP Saúl Crespo 25 GK  ESP José Antonio Caro (on loan from Valladolid) 26 FW  COL Edward Bolaños 27 DF  ESP Manu Hernando (on loan from Real Madrid) 28 DF  ROU Alex Pașcanu (on loan from CFR Cluj) 30 MF  COL Juergen Elitim (on loan from Watford) 33 MF  ESP Alejandro Viedma — DF  ESP Alfredo Pedraza

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  ESP Mario Ordóñez 31 FW  SEN Aziz Sagna 32 DF  ESP José Urbina

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 DF  CPV Jonatan Lopes — GK  ESP Salva Ribera

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MLI Moussa Sidibé (at Córdoba until 30 June 2021)

Honours / Achievements

• Segunda División B: 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10
• Tercera División: 1957–58, 1965–66, 1986–87
• Regional Championships: 1934–35
• Castilla y León Cup: 2010–11

Famous players

2010 Segunda División B play-offs game against Sant Andreu, in Barcelona.

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Vullnet Basha Yuri Iain Hume Tam Nsaliwa Lucas Domínguez Francisco Prieto David Mitogo

William Jebor Samuel Camille Luka Đorđević Nabil Baha Yac Diori Alan Baró Acorán Barrera

Pepe Alcaide Andy Rodríguez Berto Dani Borreguero Óscar de Paula Juan Manuel Fuentes Kepa Arrizabalaga

Máyor Delio Morollón Nacho Fernández Manuel Peña Jonathan Ruiz Rubén Vega Dmytro Khomchenovskyi

Former coaches

[4]

Dates Name 1922–24 Unknown 1924–25 Carlos Martínez 1925–44 Unknown 1944–45 Marcial de Miguel 1945–46 Del Pino 1946–48 Aurelio Omist 1948 Juan Rocasolano 1948–50 Aurelio Omist 1950–51 Károly Plattkó 1951–52 Emilio Morán 1952–54 Aurelio Omist 1954–56 Hernández 1956–58 Aurelio Omist 1958–59 Armando 1959–60 Fuentes 1960–61 Armando 1961–63 Paquito 1963–64 Óscar Álvarez 1964–66 Cerezo 1966–67 Martín Susilla 1967–68 Aurelio Omist

Dates Name 1968 Francisco Hinojosa 1968–69 Leardi 1969 Tito 1969–70 Cerezo 1970–71 Pestaña 1971–72 Antonio Pintos 1972–73 Cerezo 1973 Enrique Rodríguez 1973–74 Jiménez Piñero 1974–75 Enrique Rodríguez 1975 Martín 1975–76 Enrique Rodríguez 1976–77 García Arroyo 1977–80 Caeiro 1980–82 Nino Cubelos 1982–85 Enrique Rodríguez 1985–86 Jesús Tartilán 1986–87 Arlindo Cuesta 1987–89 José Antonio Saro 1989–90 Jesús Tartilán 1990 Guillermo

Dates Name 1991 Jesús Tartilán 1991 Julio Raúl González 1991–92 Enrique Rodríguez 1992 Nando Yosu 1992–93 Roberto Álvarez 1993–94 Enrique Rodríguez 1994 Jesús Tartilán 1994 Roberto Álvarez 1994–95 Eulate 1995–96 Aníbal Rodríguez 1996 Arlindo Cuesta 1996 Eulate 1996 Jesús María Gómez 1996 Nino Cubelos 1996–97 Antonio Galarraga 1997 José Ignacio López 1997–98 José Carrete 1998–99 Jesús Tartilán 1999 José Carrete 1999–01 Jesús Tartilán 2001 José Antonio Saro

Dates Name 2001–03 Simón Pérez 2003–05 Miguel Ángel Álvarez Tomé 2005–07 Pichi Lucas 2007 Jesús Tartilán 2007 Nistal 2007–08 David Amaral 2008–09 Ángel Viadero 2009 Jesús Tartilán 2009–11 José Carlos Granero 2011 Nistal 2011–14 Claudio Barragán 2014–16 José Manuel Díaz 2016 Fabri 2016 Rubén Vega 2016 Manolo Herrero 2016–2017 Pedro Munitis 2017 Miguel Ángel Álvarez Tomé 2017-2018 Carlos Terrazas 2018- Bolo

Presidents

Dates Name 1922–23 Rogelio López 1923–26 Fernando Miranda 1926–27 José María Álvarez 1927–28 Pedro Barrios 1928–31 Fernando Miranda 1931–35 José Domingo 1935–36 Segundo Trincado

Dates Name 1936–46 Fernando Miranda 1946–47 Gustavo Bodelón 1947–49 Mariano Arias 1949–61 Antonio Fernández 1961–64 Feliciano González 1964 Emilio Tahoces 1965–66 Manuel García Granero

Dates Name 1966–72 Feliciano González 1972–73 Antonio Laredo 1973–78 José Maria Agudo 1978–82 Feliciano González 1982–86 Porfirio Fernández 1986–94 Delfrido Pérez 1994–96 Martín Pérez

Dates Name 1996–97 Lisardo González 1997–99 Delfrido Pérez 1999–present José Fernández Nieto

References

1. "Estadio El Toralín | Ponferradina - Web Oficial". Estadio El Toralín | Ponferradina - Web Oficial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-05.
2. "La Ponferradina hace historia en el Rico Pérez" [Ponferradina makes history at the Rico Pérez] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
3. http://www.sdponferradina.com/primer-equipo/plantilla/ponferradina
4. "Misters" [Coach] (in Spanish). Aupa Deportiva. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• BDFutbol team profile