SD Tenisca

Tenisca
Full nameSociedad Deportiva Tenisca
Founded1922
GroundVirgen de Las Nieves,
Santa Cruz, Canary Islands,
Spain
Capacity5,500
PresidentOmar San Blas Concepción
Head coachJavier Vales
League3ª RFEF – Group 12
2020–213ª – Group 12 (B), 2nd of 11
3ª – Group 12 (C), 4th of 6

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 Tercera División RFEF – Group 12, holding home games at Estadio Virgen de las Nieves, with a 5,500-seat capacity.

History

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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 last 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 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

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Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1922–1952 Regional
1952–53 5 2ª Reg. 3rd
1953–54 5 2ª Reg. 4th
1954–55 4 1ª Reg. 3rd
1955–56 4 1ª Reg. 1st
1956–57 4 1ª Reg. 1st
1957–58 4 1ª Reg. 3rd
1958–59 4 1ª Reg. 2nd
1959–60 4 1ª Reg. 1st
1960–61 4 1ª Reg. 2nd
1961–62 4 1ª Reg. 1st
1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 2nd
1963–64 4 1ª Reg. 8th
1964–65 4 1ª Reg. 1st
1965–66 4 1ª Reg. 4th
1966–67 4 1ª Reg. 4th
1967–68 4 1ª Reg. 11th
1968–69 5 2ª Reg. 1st
1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 5th
1970–71 4 1ª Reg. 4th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 3rd
1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 2nd
1973–74 4 Pref. Int. 2nd
1974–75 4 Pref. Int. 5th
1975–76 4 Pref. Int. 9th
1976–77 4 Pref. Int. 5th
1977–78 5 Pref. Int. 3rd
1978–79 5 Pref. Int. 1st
1979–80 4 16th Second round
1980–81 4 7th
1981–82 4 4th
1982–83 4 6th First round
1983–84 4 9th Second round
1984–85 4 10th
1985–86 4 4th
1986–87 4 6th Second round
1987–88 4 3rd First round
1988–89 4 3rd
1989–90 4 13th
1990–91 4 11th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1991–92 4 9th
1992–93 4 8th
1993–94 4 4th
1994–95 4 10th
1995–96 4 7th
1996–97 4 1st
1997–98 4 14th
1998–99 4 10th
1999–2000 4 13th
2000–01 4 2nd
2001–02 4 15th
2002–03 4 16th
2003–04 4 4th
2004–05 4 1st
2005–06 4 12th Third round
2006–07 4 15th
2007–08 4 6th
2008–09 4 2nd
2009–10 4 10th First round
2010–11 4 9th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2011–12 4 2nd
2012–13 4 13th
2013–14 4 8th
2014–15 4 14th
2015–16 4 4th
2016–17 4 11th
2017–18 4 11th
2018–19 4 16th
2019–20 4 2nd
2020–21 4 2nd / 4th
2021–22 5 3ª RFEF

Club details

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  • 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:
  • 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)

Local derbies

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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

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