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

### 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 |
| 1939–40 | 4 | 1ª Reg. | 3rd | |
| 1940–41 | 4 | 1ª Reg. | 4th | |
| 1941–42 | 3 | 1ª Reg. | 5th | |
| 1942–43 | 3 | 1ª Reg. | 3rd | |
| 1943–44 | 3 | 3ª | 10th | Second round |
| 1944–45 | 3 | 3ª | 4th | |
| 1945–46 | 3 | 3ª | 2nd | |
| 1946–47 | 3 | 3ª | 5th | |
| 1947–48 | 3 | 3ª | 13th | Second round |
| 1948–49 | 4 | 1ª Reg. | 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 | |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Copa del Rey |
| 1959–60 | 3 | 3ª | 3rd | |
| 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 | Fourth round |
| 1970–71 | 3 | 3ª | 8th | First round |
| 1971–72 | 3 | 3ª | 14th | First round |
| 1972–73 | 3 | 3ª | 14th | First round |
| 1973–74 | 3 | 3ª | 17th | First round |
| 1974–75 | 4 | Reg. Pref. | 4th | |
| 1975–76 | 4 | Reg. Pref. | 1st | |
| 1976–77 | 3 | 3ª | 11th | First round |
| 1977–78 | 4 | 3ª | 4th | First round |
| 1978–79 | 4 | 3ª | 3rd | |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Copa del Rey |
| 1979–80 | 4 | 3ª | 4th | First round |
| 1980–81 | 4 | 3ª | 2nd | Third round |
| 1981–82 | 4 | 3ª | 5th | First round |
| 1982–83 | 4 | 3ª | 4th | Second round |
| 1983–84 | 4 | 3ª | 5th | First round |
| 1984–85 | 4 | 3ª | 3rd | First round |
| 1985–86 | 4 | 3ª | 2nd | Second round |
| 1986–87 | 4 | 3ª | 1st | First round |
| 1987–88 | 3 | 2ª B | 4th | First round |
| 1988–89 | 3 | 2ª B | 10th | First round |
| 1989–90 | 3 | 2ª B | 6th | |
| 1990–91 | 3 | 2ª B | 15th | Fourth round |
| 1991–92 | 3 | 2ª B | 14th | Third round |
| 1992–93 | 3 | 2ª B | 8th | Third round |
| 1993–94 | 3 | 2ª B | 19th | Third round |
| 1994–95 | 4 | 3ª | 10th | First round |
| 1995–96 | 4 | 3ª | 14th | |
| 1996–97 | 4 | 3ª | 6th | |
| 1997–98 | 4 | 3ª | 3rd | |
| 1998–99 | 4 | 3ª | 3rd | |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Copa del Rey |
| 1999–2000 | 3 | 2ª B | 15th | First round |
| 2000–01 | 3 | 2ª B | 11th | |
| 2001–02 | 3 | 2ª B | 14th | |
| 2002–03 | 3 | 2ª B | 11th | |
| 2003–04 | 3 | 2ª B | 7th | |
| 2004–05 | 3 | 2ª B | 1st | First round |
| 2005–06 | 3 | 2ª B | 4th | Prelim. round |
| 2006–07 | 2 | 2ª | 20th | Second round |
| 2007–08 | 3 | 2ª B | 1st | Third round |
| 2008–09 | 3 | 2ª B | 3rd | Round of 32 |
| 2009–10 | 3 | 2ª B | 1st | Second round |
| 2010–11 | 2 | 2ª | 21st | Third round |
| 2011–12 | 3 | 2ª B | 2nd | Round of 32 |
| 2012–13 | 2 | 2ª | 7th | Round of 32 |
| 2013–14 | 2 | 2ª | 16th | Second round |
| 2014–15 | 2 | 2ª | 7th | Second round |
| 2015–16 | 2 | 2ª | 19th | Round of 32 |
| 2016–17 | 3 | 2ª B | 5th | First round |
| 2017–18 | 3 | 2ª B | 12th | Round of 32 |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 2ª B | 2nd | |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Copa del Rey |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 2ª | 18th | Second round |
| 2020–21 | 2 | 2ª | 8th | First round |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 2ª | 8th | Round of 32 |
| 2022–23 | 2 | 2ª | 19th | First round |
| 2023–24 | 3 | 1ª Fed. | 5th | First round |
| 2024–25 | 3 | 1ª Fed. | | Round of 32 |
* 10 seasons in Segunda División
* 2 seasons in Primera Federación
* 21 seasons in Segunda División B
* 46 seasons in Tercera División

## Current squad

    As of 5 February 2025.
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 | ESP | Andrés Prieto |
| 2 | DF | ESP | David Andújar |
| 3 | DF | ESP | German Novoa |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Kevin Sibille |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Javi Lancho |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Borja Fernández |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Ernesto Gómez |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Yeray Cabanzón (on loan from Racing de Santander) |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Borja Valle (captain) |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Álex Mula |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Pau Ferrer (on loan from Las Palmas) |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Ángel Jiménez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Nacho Castillo |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Bustos |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Markel Lozano |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Thomas Carrique |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Ramón |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Andoni López |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Álex Costa |
| 21 | FW | ESP | José Luis Cortés |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Vicente Esquerdo |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Mario Jorrin |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Marc-Olivier Doué |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Pablo Barredo |

### 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 |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Raúl Arias |

### 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### 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

## Famous players

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

| 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 |