SD Tenisca

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	Interinsular Preferente
2023–24	Interinsular Preferente – Group 1, 3rd of 15
Home colours Away colours

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 Interinsular Preferente, holding home games at Estadio Virgen de las Nieves, with a 5,500-seat capacity.

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 last format of Tercera División.

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.

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

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1948–49 5 2ª Reg. 2nd 1949–50 5 2ª Reg. 2nd 1950–51 5 2ª Reg. 1951–52 5 2ª Reg. 1st 1952–53 5 2ª Reg. 3rd 1953–54 4 1ª 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

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1968–69 5 2ª Reg. 1st 1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1970–71 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1971–72 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1972–73 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 5th 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 9th 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 5th 1977–78 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 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

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 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 1998–99 4 3ª 10th 1999–2000 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

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 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 2018–19 4 3ª 16th 2019–20 4 3ª 2nd 2020–21 4 3ª 2nd / 4th 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 14th 2022–23 6 Int. Pref. 5th 2023–24 6 Int. Pref. 3rd 2024–25 6 Int. Pref.

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• 42 seasons in Tercera División
• 1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Club details

• 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)

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.

External links

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