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 , 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 â 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 2016âÂÂ17 season the club finished 11th in the Tercera División, Group 12.
Season to season
Club details
- Seasons in Segunda División B: 0.
- Seasons in Tercera Division: 41.
- Better position in League: 1st (1996âÂÂ97 and 2004âÂÂ05).
- Worse position in League: 16th (1979âÂÂ80, 2002âÂÂ03 and 2018âÂÂ19).
- 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 ú (1 ú de Canarias).
- By number of points: 56 ú (2 ú de Canarias).
- Major goals obtained:
- At home: S.D. 8-0 Tenisca U.D. Gáldar (1992âÂÂ93) and S.D. 8-0 Tenisca C.D. La Oliva (2004âÂÂ05).
- Outside: At. Step 1-5 S.D. Tenisca (1996âÂÂ97).
- Major goals fitted:
- At home: S.D. 1-6 Tenisca U.D. Las Palmas At. (1983âÂÂ84).
- Outside: C.D. Leganés 9-2 S.D. Tenisca (1979âÂÂ80).
- Promotions for promotion to Segunda División B played: 9 (1993âÂÂ94, 1996âÂÂ97, 2000âÂÂ01, 2003âÂÂ04, 2004âÂÂ05, 2008âÂÂ09, 2011âÂÂ12, 2015âÂÂ16 and 2019âÂÂ20).
- Promotions for promotion to Segunda División B collected: 0.
- Participations in the Cup: 7 (1979âÂÂ80, 1982âÂÂ83, 1983âÂÂ84, 1986âÂÂ87, 1987âÂÂ88, 2005âÂÂ06 and 2009âÂÂ10).
- RFEF Cup appearances (national phase): 2 (2002âÂÂ03, 2009âÂÂ10)
- Shares in the League Cup Third Division: 1 (1982âÂÂ83)
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.
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