Sociedad Deportiva Lenense, also known as Lenense Proinastur by sponsorship reasons, is a football team based in Pola de Lena in the autonomous community of Asturias.[3] Founded in 1953, the team plays in Tercera Federación – Group 2. The club's home ground is Estadio El Sotón, which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators.[4]

Lenense
Full nameSociedad Deportiva Lenense
Founded4 August 1953; 71 years ago (1953-08-04)
GroundEstadio El Sotón, Pola de Lena,
Asturias, Spain
Capacity3,000[1]
ChairmanSpain Alfonso Angel Arias Lopez[2]
ManagerSpain Miguel Marcos Pérez
LeagueTercera Federación – Group 2
2023–24Tercera Federación – Group 2, 11th of 18
Websitehttp://www.sdlenense.es

History

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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 Pola de Lena. The club quickly consolidated in the region and promoted to Tercera División for the first time in 1959, but it was relegated to the Regional leagues only two years later. [5]

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.[6] 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. [5]

In 2010, the arrival of Miguel Marcos as president of the club changed the club, that was immersed in a financial crisis since 2005. [7]Lenense created again the youth teams and also a futsal 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.[8] Since this date, the club again alternates Tercera División and Regional Preferente.

Season by season

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Estadio El Sotón
Season Level Division Place Copa del Rey
1953–54 5 2ª Reg. 7th
1954–55 5 2ª Reg. 2nd
1955–56 4 1ª Reg. 8th
1956–57 4 1ª Reg. 2nd
1957–58 4 1ª Reg. 7th
1958–59 4 1ª Reg. 11th
1959–60 4 1ª Reg. 2nd
1960–61 3 7th
1961–62 3 15th
1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 10th
1963–64 4 1ª Reg. 13th
1964–65 5 2ª Reg.
1965–66 5 2ª Reg. 7th
1966–67 5 2ª Reg. 1st
1967–68 4 1ª Reg. 8th
1968–69 4 1ª Reg. 17th
1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 16th
1970–71 5 2ª Reg. 11th
1971–72 5 2ª Reg. 9th
1972–73 5 2ª Reg. 4th
Season Level Division Place Copa del Rey
1973–74 6 2ª Reg. 2nd
1974–75 5 2ª Reg. P. 4th
1975–76 5 2ª Reg. P. 8th
1976–77 5 2ª Reg. P. 12th
1977–78 6 2ª Reg. P. 6th
1978–79 6 1ª Reg. 4th
1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 14th
1980–81 5 Reg. Pref. 11th
1981–82 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
1982–83 5 Reg. Pref. 6th
1983–84 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
1984–85 4 10th
1985–86 4 9th
1986–87 4 8th
1987–88 4 6th
1988–89 4 15th
1989–90 4 18th
1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 10th
1991–92 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1992–93 4 14th
Season Level Division Place Copa del Rey
1993–94 4 11th
1994–95 4 19th
1995–96 5 Reg. Pref. 12th
1996–97 5 Reg. Pref. 5th
1997–98 5 Reg. Pref. 7th
1998–99 5 Reg. Pref. 8th
1999–2000 5 Reg. Pref. 20th
2000–01 6 1ª Reg. 3rd
2001–02 5 Reg. Pref. 14th
2002–03 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
2003–04 4 20th
2004–05 5 Reg. Pref. 8th
2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 18th
2006–07 6 1ª Reg. 16th
2007–08 7 2ª Reg. 3rd
2008–09 7 2ª Reg. 3rd
2009–10 6 1ª Reg. 9th
2010–11 6 1ª Reg. 5th
2011–12 5 Reg. Pref. 7th
2012–13 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd
Season Level Division Place Copa del Rey
2013–14 4 15th
2014–15 4 18th
2015–16 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd
2016–17 4 19th
2017–18 5 Reg. Pref. 6th
2018–19 5 Reg. Pref. 4th
2019–20 4 14th
2020–21 4 6th / 4th
2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 16th
2022–23 6 1ª RFFPA 3rd
2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 11th
2024–25 5 3ª Fed.

References

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  1. ^ "Spain - SD Lenense - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  2. ^ "Lenense - Tercera División G 2 2019/2020". www.resultados-futbol.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  3. ^ Maitra, Sayantan (7 January 2017). "Jammu and Kashmir: How the CRPF helped two Indian footballers play in Spain!". ibtimes.co.in. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ^ "The latest news from Lenense: squad, results, table". www.besoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  5. ^ a b "EL CLUB". Sociedad Deportiva Lenense Proinastur (in Spanish). 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  6. ^ "EL CLUB". Sociedad Deportiva Lenense Proinastur (in Spanish). 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  7. ^ "EL CLUB". Sociedad Deportiva Lenense Proinastur (in Spanish). 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  8. ^ "El Lenense vuelve a Tercera" (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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