SD Tenisca

Sociedad Deportiva Tenisca is a Spanish football team club from the city of Santa Cruz de La Palma, on the island of La Palma (Canary Islands). It was founded in 1922 and currently plays in the Canary group of the Tercera División – Group 12 of Spain.

Tenisca

Full name	Sociedad Deportiva Tenisca
Founded	1922
Ground	Virgen de Las Nieves, Santa Cruz, Canary Islands, Spain
Capacity	5,500
President	Omar San Blas Concepción
Head coach	Javier Vales
League	3ª – Group 12
2019–20	3ª – Group 12, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

History

Tenisca is the oldest club the island of La Palma that still exists. It is also the club with more consecutive seasons in Tercera División – Group 12 the only one in Spain that played every season in the current format of Tercera División.[1]

Its rivalry with CD Mensajero is the most important derby of the island of La Palma. One of these games, played in 1983, was considered as one of the most violents in the history of Spanish football.[2]

In the 2016–17 season the club finished 11th in the Tercera División, Group 12.[3]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1922–79 — Regional — 1979–80 4 3ª 16th Second round 1980–81 4 3ª 7th 1981–82 4 3ª 4th 1982–83 4 3ª 6th First round 1983–84 4 3ª 9th Second round 1984–85 4 3ª 10th 1985–86 4 3ª 4th 1986–87 4 3ª 6th Second round 1987–88 4 3ª 3rd First round 1988–89 4 3ª 3rd 1989–90 4 3ª 13th 1990–91 4 3ª 11th 1991–92 4 3ª 9th 1992–93 4 3ª 8th 1993–94 4 3ª 4th 1994–95 4 3ª 10th 1995–96 4 3ª 7th 1996–97 4 3ª 1st 1997–98 4 3ª 14th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1998–99 4 3ª 10th 1999–00 4 3ª 13th 2000–01 4 3ª 2nd 2001–02 4 3ª 15th 2002–03 4 3ª 16th 2003–04 4 3ª 4th 2004–05 4 3ª 1st 2005–06 4 3ª 12th Third round 2006–07 4 3ª 15th 2007–08 4 3ª 6th 2008–09 4 3ª 2nd 2009–10 4 3ª 10th First round 2010–11 4 3ª 9th 2011–12 4 3ª 2nd 2012–13 4 3ª 13th 2013–14 4 3ª 8th 2014–15 4 3ª 14th 2015–16 4 3ª 4th 2016–17 4 3ª 11th 2017–18 4 3ª 11th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2018–19 4 3ª 16th 2019–20 4 3ª 2nd 2020–21 4 3ª Qualified

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• 41 seasons in Tercera División

Details Club

• Seasons in Segunda División B: 0.
• Seasons in Tercera Division: 41.
  • Better position in League: 1st (1996–97 and 2004–05).
  • Worse position in League: 16th (1979–80, 2002–03 and 2018–19).
  • Matches played in league: 1152.
  • Points earned in league: 1493.
  • League games won: 487.
  • Tied for league games: 289.
  • League matches lost: 376.
  • Goals scored in league: 1689.
  • Goals against in league: 1410.
  • Historical classification in Tercera Division:
    • By number of seasons: 103 º (1 º de Canarias).
    • By number of points: 56 º (2 º de Canarias).
  • Major goals obtained:
    • At home: S.D. 8-0 Tenisca U.D. Gáldar (1992–93) and S.D. 8-0 Tenisca C.D. La Oliva (2004–05).
    • Outside: At. Step 1-5 S.D. Tenisca (1996–97).
  • Major goals fitted:
    • At home: S.D. 1-6 Tenisca U.D. Las Palmas At.. (1983–84).
    • Outside: C.D. Leganés 9-2 S.D. Tenisca (1979–80).
• Promotions for promotion to Segunda División B played: 9 (1993–94, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2015–16 and 2019–20).
• Promotions for promotion to Segunda División B collected: 0.
• Participations in the Cup: 7 (1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1987–88, 2005–06 and 2009–10).
• RFEF Cup Appearances (National Phase): 2 (2002–03, 2009–10)
• Shares in the League Cup Third Division: 1 (1982–83)

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Jorge 2 DF  ESP Alex "Play" 3 DF  ESP Kai 4 DF  ESP Adonay 5 DF  ESP Dereck 6 MF  ESP Iván Martín 7 FW  ESP Abraham 8 MF  ESP Rayco 9 FW  ESP Memo 10 FW  ESP Dani Lopez 11 FW  ESP Simón

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  ESP Pablo 13 DF  ESP Eduardo 14 FW  ESP Diego 15 MF  ESP Chema 16 MF  ESP Chuchi 17 DF  ESP Eloy 18 DF  ESP Ricky 19 MF  ESP Tani 20 DF  ESP Dani Castro 21 FW  ESP Juan Pablo 22 DF  ESP Heriberto 23 FW  DOM Andy Gutiérrez (Guti)

Local derbies

Tenisca's most passionate rivalry is with CD Mensajero. This started from the 20s to the present.

Since the reorganisation of the fourth division in 1977, the clubs have met in the league on 37 occasions, with twelve wins for Tenisca and eight wins for Mensajero and 17 draws.

References

1. "El récord del Salmantino" (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
2. "Las peñas apostaron dos millones en el Mensajero-Tenisca" (in Spanish). El País. 7 October 1983. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
3. "Histórico Tenisca - Tercera División G 12 2016/2017". www.resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2019-11-29.

External links

• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Unofficial blog (in Spanish)
• Official page (in Spanish)
• Estadios de España (in English)