Palencia CF

Palencia

Full name	Palencia Club de Fútbol
Founded	5 March 2013; 12 years ago (2013-03-05)
Ground	La Balastera
Capacity	8,100
Chairman	Sadok Moumni Chamali
Manager	Paulino Martínez[1]
League	Tercera Federación – Group 8
2024–25	Tercera Federación – Group 8, 14th of 19
Website	https://www.palenciacf.com/
Home colours Away colours

Palencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Palencia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 5 March 2013, it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 8, holding home games at Estadio Nuevo La Balastera, with a capacity of 8,100 people.

History

Founded on 5 March 2013 as an immediate replacement to dissolved CF Palencia, the club was initially named Club Deportivo Atlético Palencia 1929.^[2] They proposed a merger with neighbors CD Cristo Atlético in May,^[3] but the move never materialized.

Initially assigned to the Primera Provincial de Aficionados, Atlético Palencia achieved promotion to the Primera Regional de Aficionados in 2015. In 2019, the club was renamed to Palencia Club de Fútbol, and achieved promotion to the Tercera División RFEF in 2021.^[4]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2013–14 6 1ª Prov. 8th 2014–15 6 1ª Prov. 2nd 2015–16 5 1ª Reg. 12th 2016–17 5 1ª Reg. 8th 2017–18 5 1ª Reg. 13th 2018–19 5 1ª Reg. 12th 2019–20 5 1ª Reg. 7th 2020–21 5 1ª Reg. 1st 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 8th 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 12th 2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 7th 2024–25 5 3ª Fed. 14th 2025–26 5 3ª Fed.

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• 5 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF

Players

First team squad

As of 14 July 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ESP Javier Carpio 3 DF  ESP Mario Puente 4 DF  ESP Adrià Parra 5 MF  ESP Víctor García 6 MF  ESP Alvi 8 MF  ESP Chopi 9 FW  CIV Ousmane Togola 10 MF  ESP Ander Mediavilla 11 FW  ESP Jesús Torres 13 GK  ESP Chema Leobalde

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ESP Iker González 16 DF  ESP Óscar Vázquez 19 FW  ESP Saúl de la Fuente 20 DF  ESP Haji Ceesay 21 MF  ESP Anselmo Martín 22 MF  ESP Fer Sánchez 23 MF  ESP Mario López — GK  ESP Dani Hernández — MF  UKR Vyacheslav Pidnebennoy

References

1. "El exmorado Paulino, nuevo entrenador del Palencia CF" [The former morado Paulino, new manager of Palencia] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "Nace el CD Palencia Atlético 1929" [CD Palencia Atlético 1929 is born] (in Spanish). Diario Palentino. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
3. "El nuevo Palencia 1929 propondrá la fusión al CD Cristo Atlético" [The new Palencia 1929 will propose the merger to CD Cristo Atlético] (in Spanish). Diario Palentino. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
4. "El Palencia CF remonta y asciende a Tercera RFEF" [Palencia CF complete a comeback and achieve promotion to the Tercera RFEF] (in Spanish). Diario Palentino. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Fútbol Regional team profile (in Spanish)
• Soccerway team profile