SD Ponferradina

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.

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.

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

As of 4 April 2024.^[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
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	MF	ESP	Yeray Cabanzón (on loan from Racing de Santander)
22	DF	ESP	David Andújar
23	MF	ESP	Mangel Prendes (on loan from Real Oviedo)
25	GK	ESP	Alejandro Palop

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

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	ESP	Pol Bassa (at Gimnástica de Torrelavega until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	BRA	Derik Lacerda (at Cuiabá until 31 December 2023)

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

• 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]

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

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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

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