SD Ponferradina

Ponferradina

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	La Ponfe, La Deportiva
Founded	1922
Ground	El Toralín, Ponferrada, El Bierzo, León, Spain
Ground Capacity	8,800
Chairman	José Fernández Nieto
Manager	Pedro Munitis
League	2ª B – Group 1
2015–16	Segunda División, 19th (relegated)
Website	Club home page
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 Segunda División, holding home matches at Estadio El Toralín, a soccer-specific stadium with a seating capacity of 8,800 spectators.

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,^[1] 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.

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 promoted to Segunda División and Cultural were relegated to Tercera División in 2010.

Season to season

• 0 seasons in La Liga
• 6 seasons in Segunda División
• 19 seasons in Segunda División B
• 46 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 24 September 2016^[2]

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

No. Position Player GK Dinu Moldovan GK Javier Olmedo DF Nacho López DF Xisco Campos DF Gonzalo DF David Goldar DF Raúl Fuster DF Abel Moreno MF Adán Gurdiel MF Jonathan Ruiz

No. Position Player MF Andy MF Miguel Núñez MF Alejandro Chavero MF David Caiado MF Juan Carlos Menudo MF Sergio Cidoncha MF Víctor Pastrana (on loan from Alcorcón) FW Rayco FW Héctor Figueroa (on loan from Las Palmas) FW Juanto Ortuño

On loan

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

No. Position Player FW Iago Beceiro (at Navalcarnero)

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.

Former managers

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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

Dates Name 1967–68 Aurelio Omist 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

Dates Name 1989–90 Jesús Tartilán 1990 Guillermo 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

Dates Name 1999 José Carrete 1999–01 Jesús Tartilán 2001 José Antonio Saro 2001–03 Simón Pérez 2003–05 Miguel Ángel Álvarez 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- Pedro Munitis

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

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