Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a

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based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio El Toralín with a

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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

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denied the building permit, which led to the construction of ''Santa Marta''; the opening match was played 8 September 1923, a

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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

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giants

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. Eight years later, due to financial difficulties, Santa Marta was sold, and the team relocated to ''Fuentesnuevas''. On 5 September 2000 ''

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'' was inaugurated as the club's new grounds: the first game there was a friendly with

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. In 2006–07 ''Ponfe'' competed for the first time in the second level after knocking out Universidad Las Palmas and

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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

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, in the play-offs (after winning and losing 1–0 over the two legs); subsequently, the club appeared in the league final, losing to

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0–1 on aggregate. In

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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

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in the play-offs, promoted back. In 2015-16 season, Ponferradina were relegated after defeated by

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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.

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

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in 2010.

Season to season

---- * 10 seasons in Segunda División * 21 seasons in

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* 46 seasons in

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Current technical staff

Guillermo Vega
Samuel Cardoso
Alejandro Vidal

Honours and Achievements

: 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10 *

: 1957–58, 1965–66, 1986–87 *Regional Championships: 1934–35 * Castilla y León Cup:

* 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.

Former coaches

Presidents

References

External links

Official website

Futbolme team profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ponferradina Association football clubs established in 1922 Segunda División clubs 1922 establishments in Spain Football clubs in Ponferrada