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. 2nd Round of 32 2025–26 3 1ª Fed.

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

Current squad

As of 31 May 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	Template:Fba/core	Andrés Prieto
2	DF	Template:Fba/core	David Andújar
3	DF	Template:Fba/core	Germán Nóvoa
4	DF	Template:Fba/core	Kevin Sibille
5	DF	Template:Fba/core	Javi Lancho
6	MF	Template:Fba/core	Borja Fernández
7	FW	Template:Fba/core	Ernesto Gómez
9	FW	Template:Fba/core	Yeray Cabanzón (on loan from Racing Santander)
10	FW	Template:Fba/core	Borja Valle (captain)
11	MF	Template:Fba/core	Álex Mula
12	FW	Template:Fba/core	Pau Ferrer (on loan from Las Palmas)
13	GK	Template:Fba/core	Ángel Jiménez

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nacho Castillo
15	MF	Template:Fba/core	Álvaro Bustos
16	MF	Template:Fba/core	Markel Lozano
17	DF	Template:Fba/core	Thomas Carrique
18	DF	Template:Fba/core	Álvaro Ramón
19	DF	Template:Fba/core	Andoni López
20	FW	Template:Fba/core	Álex Costa
21	FW	Template:Fba/core	José Luis Cortés
22	MF	Template:Fba/core	Vicente Esquerdo
23	DF	Template:Fba/core	Mario Jorrín
24	MF	Template:Fba/core	Marc-Olivier Doué
25	GK	Template:Fba/core	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
26	FW	Template:Fba/core	Ivan Zhadanov
27	DF	Template:Fba/core	Asier Blanco

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
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Raúl Arias (at Tudelano until 30 June 2025)

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Template:Flagicon Javi Rey
Assistant coach	Template:Flagicon Luis Vilachá
Fitness coach	Template:Flagicon Vicente de Dios
Goalkeeping coach	Template:Flagicon Omar Otero
Director of Medical Services	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Vélez Silva
Physiotherapist	Template:Flagicon Carlos Álvarez Template:Flagicon Nacho Villar
Rehab fitness coach	Template:Flagicon Christian Sanz
Delegate	Template:Flagicon José Antonio Blanco Template:Flagicon José Vicente Quintana
Kit man	Template:Flagicon Manuel Torrecilla

Last updated: 31 May 2025
Source: SD Ponferradina Template:In lang

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

File:UE Sant Andreu-SD Ponferradina (Promoció d'ascens 2ªA) 2010.jpg

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.

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Former coaches

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

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

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

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

Presidents

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

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

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

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

External links

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