Ponferradina

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	La Ponfe La Deportiva Los Blanquiazules
Founded	7 June 1922 (7 June 1922)
Ground	Estadio El Toralín
Capacity	8,400
President	José Fernández Nieto
Head coach	Iñigo Vélez
League	Primera Federación – Group 1
2022–23	Segunda División, 19th of 22 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 Primera Federación - Group 1, holding home matches at the Estadio El Toralín with a seating capacity of 8,400 spectators.^[1]

The team's kit consists of 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.

In 2022-23 season, Ponferradina were relegated to third division after four seasons in the second division.

Season to season

• 10 seasons in Segunda División
• 1 season in Primera Federación
• 21 seasons in Segunda División B
• 46 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 5 September 2023.^[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  ESP Andrés Prieto 2 DF  ESP Ale Díez 3 DF  ESP Nil Jiménez 4 DF  ARG Kevin Sibille 5 DF  ESP Jesús Fernández 6 MF  NGA James Igbekeme 7 FW  ESP Ernesto Gómez 8 MF  ESP Pol Llonch 9 FW  ESP Borja Valle 10 FW  BRA Yuri de Souza (captain) 11 FW  ESP Rául Dacosta 12 MF  ESP Pablo Clavería

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Ángel Jiménez 14 FW  ESP Josep Cerdà (on loan from Barcelona Atlètic) 15 DF  ESP Antonio Leal 16 MF  ESP Markel Lozano 17 DF  FRA Thomas Carrique 18 FW  ESP Brais Abelenda 19 DF  ESP Andoni López 20 MF  ESP Javi Lancho 21 DF  ESP Alejandro Palanca (on loan from Las Palmas Atlético) 22 FW  ESP David Soto 23 MF  ESP Mangel Prendes (on loan from Real Oviedo) 25 GK  ESP Alejandro Palop

Reserve team

Main article: SD Ponferradina B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 FW  ESP Raúl Arias

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 — DF  POR Aldair Neves (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2024) — DF  ROU Alex Pașcanu (at Sporting Gijón until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Pol Bassa (at Gimnástica de Torrelavega until 30 June 2024) — FW  BRA Derik Lacerda (at Cuiabá until 31 December 2023)

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Juanfran
Assistant coach	Adrián Rubio
Fitness coach	Gelo Ángel Alba
Goalkeeping coach	Omar Otero
Director of Medical Services	Ricardo Vélez Silva
Doctor	Javier García
Physiotherapist	Darío Martínez Guillermo Vega Samuel Cardoso
Nurse	Rubén Bodelón Castro
Rehab fitness coach	Marcos Cantón
Delegate	José Antonio Blanco Alejandro Vidal
Kit man	José Vicente Quintana Manuel Torrecilla

Last updated: 24 September 2022
Source: SD Ponferradina (in Spanish)

Honours and 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
• Teresa Herrera Trophy: 2021^[4]

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.

Former coaches

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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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to SD Ponferradina.

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