Sociedad Deportiva Lenense, also known as Lenense Proinastur by sponsorship reasons, is a

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team based in

Pola de Lena Lena ( Asturian: ''Ḷḷena'' ) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It has a population of 12.000 inhabitants, while 9,200 of them live in the capital, Pola de Lena. Parishes Main sights *Pr ...

in the autonomous community of

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...

. Founded in 1953, the team plays in . The club's home ground is '' Estadio El Sotón'', which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators.

History

Sociedad Deportiva Lenense was founded on 4 August 1953 by a local group of friends who had the aim of managing a football club in

. The club quickly consolidated in the region and promoted to

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

for the first time in 1959, but it was relegated to the Regional leagues only two years later. After this relegation, Lenense spent 22 years in the Regional divisions before promoting again to Tercera, in 1984, starting its golden years. In the 1987–88 season, Lenense finished in the sixth position, the best one in the club's history. It was finally relegated in 1990 and started alternating seasons between Tercera División and the Regional Preferente. After a come back to Tercera in 2003, where the club only achieved 22 points, Lenense started its decline that ended with two consecutive relegations, that left the club in the last division of the Asturian football. It was twice eliminated in the promotion playoffs to Primera Regional, sixth tier, in 2008 and 2009, but a restructuring of this league allowed Lenense to be promoted. In 2010, the arrival of Miguel Marcos as president of the club changed the club, that was immersed in a financial crisis since 2005. Lenense created again the youth teams and also a

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one, after an agreement with local club CD Zurea. Despite not being a priority, the 2010–11 season finished with a promotion to Regional Preferente. On 5 May 2013, Lenense ended its worst years by promoting again to Tercera División. Since this date, the club again alternates Tercera División and Regional Preferente.

Season by season

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Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera División RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional divisions ...

/Tercera División RFEF''

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenense Football clubs in Asturias Association football clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in Spain