# 2020–21 SD Ponferradina season

The 2020–21 SD Ponferradina season was the club's 99th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Ponferradina participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 21 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 |
| 47 | DF | ESP | Alfredo Pedraza |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Edu López |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MLI | Moussa Sidibé (at Córdoba until 30 June 2021) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Segunda División | 13 September 2020 | 30 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 035.71 |
| Copa del Rey | 15 December 2020 | 15 December 2020 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 034.88 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano (O, P) | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 67 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 7 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 65 | |
| 8 | Ponferradina | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 57 | |
| 9 | Las Palmas | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 56 | |
| 10 | Mirandés | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 54 | |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Mirandés: 6, Fuenlabrada: 0

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.