Cultural and Sports Leonesa

The Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, S. A. D., better known as Cultural Leonesa, is a Spanish football club from the city of León, which plays in Group 1 of the First Federation. It plays its home games at the Reino de León Stadium with a capacity for 13,451 spectators. It was founded on August 5, 1923.

Club data and statistics

Party disputed between the Deportivo de La Coruña and the Cultural Leonesa.

Afdiction of the Cultural Leonesa in Riazor.

• Seasons in 1.a: 1
• Seasons in 2.a16
• Seasons in 1.a RFEF: 3 (including 2023/2024)
• Seasons in 2.a B35
• Seasons in 3.a: 29
• Best place in the league:o (1.a season 1955-56)
• Worse placed in the league:o (1.a season 1955-56)
• Best season: 1954-1955 (Spanish First Division)
• Historical ceiling in 1.a division3.^{e e} post (jornada 1 1955-56)
• Historical position in First: 63.o (at the end of the season 2022/2023)
• Historical position in Second: 57th (at the end of the season 2021/2022)
• Historical position in 1st RFEF: 25th (at the end of the season 2021/2022)
• Historical position in Second B2o
• Historical position in Third: 147o
• Best participation in the King’s Cup: 1/8 final (1955, 1956, 1960 and 2020).
• More games played at the club: Gerardo Rodríguez Morán, with 403 matches (14 seasons).
• Maximum club history scorer: Mariano Arias Chamorro 'Marianín' with 101 goals.
• Maximum scorer in First Division: Idelino with 35 goals.
• Pichichi in Second Division: Chas (22 goals, season 1953/1954)
• Pichichi in Second Division "B": Jito (23 goals, Group I season 2009-10)
• Maximum historical scorer in a season: David Murciego 'Murci' with 39 goals (in the 2011-2012 season in 3rd Division in regular league and in 40 matches he played. He played, although not the whole game, the first round of the playoffs promotion to the Real Racing of Santander B)
• First goal in First Division: César Rodríguez Álvarez.
• Last goal in First Division: Sergio Barragán.
• Partner agreement in a season: In the 2001/02 season, the Cultural was promoted to 2nd Division with 8,864 partners.
• Record of spectators in a game as local: In the 1955-56 season the Cultural at the inauguration of the Municipal Stadium La Puentecilla in Primera Division managed to crowd the stands with 27,428 spectators, with a collection of 1,083,044 pesetas. The party went to the Athletic Club.
• Major Goleada In House in 1.a: 4-1 to the Royal Club Celta de Vigo y Deportivo Alavés and 3-0 to the Valencia Club of Football (temporada 1955-56).
• Major Goleada Outside House in 1.a: 1-2 to the Las Palmas Sports Union (temporada 1955-56).
• Major Goleada Encajada In Casa en 1.a: 0-4 in front of Real Madrid and Sevilla Club of Football (temporada 1955-56).
• Major Goleada Ride Out of House in 1.a: 6-1 in front of Real Madrid (temporada 1955-56).
• Major Goleada in favor: 13-0 to La Bañeza Football Club (in league, season 1965-1966).
• Major Goleada against: 8-2 to the Athletic Club (in Copa del Rey, season 1944/1945) and 1-7 to the Real Madrid Club of Football (in Copa del Rey, season 2016/2017).
• Most expensive tab of the club history: I dreamed. The Cultural paid €400,000 to the Celta de Vigo, in the summer of 2017, by the Catalan mediacenter.
• Sale more face of club history: Alex Gallar. The Cultural received €400,000 from the SD Huesca, in the summer of 2017, for the Catalan end.

Players and coaching staff

Squad and coaching staff

Leonean Cultural and Sports Template of the Season 2023/24

Players	Technical body		More used tactical scheme
N.o Nac. Pass. Pos. Name Age Eq. provenance Cont. INT. Porteros 13 ESP! 0BY Salvi Carrasco 21 years CD San Roque de Lepe 2025 Defense 4 ESP! 1DEF Paul Trigueros 30 years RC Deportivo de la Coruña 2023 5 ESP! 1DEF Jon Ander Amelibia 29 years San Fernando CD 2023 14 ESP! 1DEF Julen Castañeda 32 years Racing of Santander 2024 22 ESP! 1DEF Joseba Muguruza 29 years CE Sabadell 2023 - ESP! 1DEF Marcos González 21 years Jupiter Leonés 2025 - ESP! 1DEF Rodri Suárez 20 years Jupiter Leonés 2024 Campers 6 ESP! 2MED Kevin Presa 29 years Racing of Ferrol 2025 8 ESP! 2MED Jesus Alvarez 23 years CD Calahorra 2023 17 ESP! 2MED Tarsi Aguado 28 years CD Calahorra 2023 Delanteros 7 ESP! 3OF THE Roberto Alarcón 29 years Burgos CF 2023 9 RUS! 3OF THE Nikolay Obolskiy 26 years Barakaldo CF 2023 Sub-21 19 ESP! 3OF THE Claudio Medina 29 years Burgos CF 2024 23 ESP! 3OF THE Diego Percan 21 years Jupiter Leonés 2025 - EQG! 3OF THE Dorian Hanza 22 years EI San Martín 2024 Cessions N.o Nac. Pass. Pos. Name N. Age Eq. provenance Lost to	Coach(s) Raúl Llona Deputy(s) José Manuel Berazaín Came Physical Preparer(s) Iñigo Valencia Coach(s) of porters Mario Bazán Díaz Assistant(s) / Analyst(s) Angel Miguélez Delegate(s) Javier Barrioluengo Physical therapist(s) Manuel Sexmilo Doctor(s) Salustiano López-Contreras Legend Captain Mission quarry (club-trained) Training (association-trained) European passport Aliens Extracommunity without restriction Lost to the club Granted to another club Discarded / No chip Updated on 21 June 2022		4-2-3-1 ESP! BY 13 DEF 2 DEF 5 DEF 12 DEF 3 MED 17 OF THE 9 MED 8 MED 7 MED 11 MED 10 Filials with participation

International players

Ups and downs 2023/24

Admissions

Shopping expenses: €0

Altas
Player	Position	Proceedings	Type	Cost
Rodri Suárez		Real Avilés Industrial	Returns after cession	0 €
Marcos González		Coruxo FC	Returns after cession	0 €
Dorian Hanza		CD Leganés B	Returns after cession	0 €
	-		-	-

Casualties

Sales income: 0 €

Low
Player	Position	Destination	Type	Cost
Anton Matthäi			End of contract	0€
Pol Ballesté			End of contract	0€
Joel López			End of contract	0€
Cristian Pérez			End of contract	0€
Fran Cruz			End of contract	0€
Saul González			End of contract	0€
Álex Blesa		Levante UD	Returns after cession	0 €
Alberto Solís			End of contract	0€
Andy Kawaya			End of contract	0 €
Néstor Querol			End of contract	0€

Players with more than 200 matches with the Cultural

Position	Player	Parties
1.°	Gerardo	403
2.°	López	308
3.°	José Díez	295
4.°	Luis Fierro	286
5.°	Villafañe (Father)	269
6.°	Celsius	264
7.	Juan Manuel	250
8.	Blacksmith	238
9.	Gelo	230
10.	Miche	226
11.	Zuazaga	221
Twelfth	Santi Santos	213
13.	Luis Ballesteros	207
14.o	Ovalle	206

Important Players

Mariano Arias Chamorro.

Cesar Rodriguez Alvarez.

Historical evolution in the League

° There was no participation from the 1931-1932 season until the club resumed activity in 1939-1940, which is why the total seasons do not coincide with the years of the club since its foundation.

Graphic evolution in league

° No participation was made from the 1932-1933 season until the club was refounded in 1939-1940 (due to a cessation of sports activity, but not of the entity), for this reason the total seasons do not they coincide with the years of the club since its foundation.

° From the 1923-1924 season to the 1927-1928 season, they did not participate in league competitions (foundation of the league in 1929), what they played was a tournament valid for the Copa del Rey classification.

° The Third Division seasons prior to 1977 are counted in the third category, that year with the creation of Second B it became the fourth category and in 2021 with the creation of the RFEF divisions it became the fifth category.

Season by season 1923-1998

Season to season 1998-2023

Participations in the Spanish Cup

Participations in the Copa del Rey and the President of the Republic

Season	Round	Rival	Local	Visitor	Global
1926	Group phase	Vigo Celt	1-5	3-0
		Sporting de Gijón	2-6	4-0
1928	Group phase	Deportivo de La Coruña	3-1	6-1
		Real Oviedo	3-3	5-3
		Sama Racing	2-1	3-1
		Vigo Celt	3-2	8-0
		Royal Sports Union	6-1	2-1
1928-29	1/16	CD Castellón	2-1	4-2	4-5
1930	1/16	Sevilla FC	1-0	2-1	2-1 (Discovery in Seville)
1931	1/16	CD Logroñés	1-8	7-0	1-15

Participations in the Generalissimo Cup

Season	Round	Rival	Local	Visitor	Global
1941	1/16	Sama Racing	3-1	3-0	3-4
1942	1/16	RC Deportivo de La Coruña	0-1	0-0	0-1
1944-45	1/16	Athletic Club de Bilbao	1-5	8-2	3-13
1947-48	1.a Round	León Air Teacher	1-0		1-0
	2.a Round	Sports Caudal	3-1		3-1
	3.a Round	Club Lemos	2-0		2-0
	4.a Round	Popular circle	2-0		2-0
	5.a Round	Real Oviedo	0-4		0-4
1948-49	2.a Round	León Air Teacher		5-3	3-5
1955	1/8	Sevilla FC	3-2	3-0	3-5
1956	1/8	Athletic Club de Bilbao	2-3	3-0	2-6
1959-60	1/32	CF Extremadura	2-0	3-1	2-0 (Display in Lion)
	1/16	UD Las Palmas	2-0	0-0	2-0
	1/8	Real Madrid CF	0-4	5-0	0-9
1960-61	1/32	Valencia CF Mestalla	2-2	2-1	3-4
1961-62	1/32	Granada CF	2-4	3-1	3-7
1969-70	1.a Round	CD San Martín	6-0	1-1	7-1
	2nd Round	CD Lugo	2-0	2-0	2-1 (Download in Lugo)
1970-71	1.a Round	SD Eibar	2-0	0-0	2-0
	2.a Round	CDC Moscardó	2-0	1-0	2-1
	3.a Round	CF Calella	2-0	4-0	2-4
1971-72	3.a Round	CD Ourense	1-0	3-2	3-3
	4.a Round	RCD Mallorca	1-0	0-2	3-0
	5.a Round	FC Cartagena	4-2	3-1	5-5
1972-73	3.a Round	UD Ibiza-Eivissa	5-2	0-1	6-3
	4.a Round	Hercules CF	2-0	3-0	2-3
1973-74	1.a Round	SD Ponferradina	2-0	1-0	2-1
	2.a Round	Palencia CF	2-0	2-3	5-2
	3.a Round	RC Deportivo de La Coruña	2-1	2-1	3-3 → p. 1-3
1974-75	3.a Round	Xerez CD	2-1	0-0	2-1
	4.a Round	CD Castellón	4-0	2-0	4-0
	5.a Round	CD Ourense	2-0	3-1	3-3
1975-76	1.a Round	CD Castellón	2-0	2-1	3-2
	1.a Round	CF Talavera	1-2	2-2	3-4

Participations in Copa del Rey

Season	Round	Rival	Local	Visitor	Global
1976-77	1.a Round	Rayo Vallecano	2-3	3-0	2-6
1977-78	1.a Round	Real Avilés CF	2-1	1-2	4-2
	2.a Round	Real Oviedo	1-2	2-0	1-3
1978-79	1.a Round	UD Gijón Industrial	2-0	1-1	3-2
	2.a Round	Racing of Santander	1-0	3-0	1-3
1979-80	1.a Round	CD Béjar Industrial	4-1	0-1	5-1
	2.a Round	UD Salamanca	1-2	0-0	1-2
1980-81	1.a Round	UD Salamanca	0-3	2-0	0-5
1981-82	1.a Round	Burgos CF	3-1	3-2	5-4
	2.a Round	Sporting de Gijón	0-0	3-0	0-3
1984-85	1.a Round	UD Salamanca	1-0	3-0	1-3
1985-86	1.a Round	Real Valladolid CF	0-5	5-1	1-10
1986-87	1.a Round	Gimnastics Segoviana CF	2-1		2-1
	2.a Round	Athletic Astorga FC		0-3	3-0
	3.a Round	CD Castellón	0-1		0-1
1987-88	1.a Round	Real Burgos CF	1-0	2-0	1-2
1988-89	1.a Round	CD Lugo	2-1	3-0	2-4
1990-91	1.a Round	CA Bembibre	1-0	0-0	1-0
	2.a Round	Real Avila CF	0-2	0-1	1-2
1991-92	1.a Round	Racing Lermeño CF	3-1	1-1	4-2
	2.a Round	CF Palencia	0-2	2-0	0-4
1992-93	1.a Round	Athletic Astorga FC	2-2	0-4	6-2
	2.a Round	UD Salamanca	0-0	1-0	0-1
1993-94	2.a Round	CF Palencia	1-0	1-2	3-1
	3.a Round	Sporting de Gijón	3-2	5-1	4-7
1994-95	2.a Round	CD Colonia Moscardó	2-1	0-1	3-1
	3.a Round	Sevilla FC	2-4	2-1	3-6
1995-96	1.a Round	Talavera CF	2-2	1-1	3-3
	2.a Round	Real Valladolid CF	1-1	3-1	2-4
1996-97	1.a Round	Deportivo Alavés	0-1	2-0	1-2
1998-99	1.a Round	CD Soria Numance	2-2	1-1	3-3
1999-00	1.a Round	SD Ponferradina		4-3	3-4
2001-02	1/32	Racing of Santander	1-0		1-0
	1/16	Deportivo de La Coruña	1-2		1-2
2002-03	Round	Real Avila CF	2-1	1-1	3-2
	1/32	Rayo Vallecano	2-1		2-1
	1/16	Atletico de Madrid	0-2		0-2
2003-04	Round	CF Palencia	2-1	1-1	3-2
	1/32	Albacete	1-0		1-0
	1/16	Atletico de Madrid	0-1		0-1
2004-05	1/32	Deportivo Alavés	1-1		1-1→ p 4-3
	1/16	Athletic Club de Bilbao	1-2		1-2
2009-10	1.a Round	SD Lemona		2-2	2-2→ p. 4-2
	2.a Round	Union Estepona CF	4-0		4-0
	3rd Round	Ontinyent CF		0-0	0-0→ p. 5-3
	1/16	FC Barcelona	0-2	5-0	0-7
2015-16	1.a Round	CD Varea		2-3	3-2
	2.a Round	CD Laredo		2-3	2-3
2016-17	1.a Round	CD Laredo		2-3	3-2
	2.a Round	CD Calahorra	3-1		3-1
	3.a Round	Albacete Balompié	2-1		2-1
	1/16	Real Madrid CF	1-7	6-1	2-13
2017-18	1/64	AD Alcorcón		2-4	4-2
	1/32	Real Valladolid CF	0-4		0-4
2018-19	1.a Round	CDA Navalcarnero		0-2	2-0
	2nd Round	CF Fuenlabrada	1-1		1-1 → p. 5-4
	3.a Round	Lorca FC		0-3	3-0
	1/16	FC Barcelona	0-1	4-1	2-4
2019-20	1.a Round	The CF Rots	3-0		3-0
	1/32	SD Huesca	2-1		2-1
	1/16	Atletico de Madrid	2-1		2-1
	1/8	Valencia CF	0-0		0-0 → p. 2-4
2020-21	1/64	CF Villanovense	1-0		1-0
	1/32	Granada CF	1-2		1-2
2021-22	1/64	CD San Fernando		2-3	3-2
	1/32	Leganese Sports Club	2-3		2-3

Other equipment

Jupiter Leonés

The Cultural and Sports Center of Leon "B" Júpiter Leonés is the branch team of Cultural and Sports Leonesa. He was born from the team called Júpiter Leonés, which was later called Cultural de León. In the 2009/2010 season it disappeared after being relegated from the Third Division. In the 2014/2015 season, the subsidiary was "refounded" and after three promotions in four years, the last against Ponferradina "B" where he returned to the third division. He currently plays in the Third Division RFEF, (fifth category of the eight that exist). Normally they play their matches in the Puente Castro Sports Area.

Cultural and Sports Leonesa "C"

Founded in the 2021-2022 season. He currently plays in the second provincial amateur division of León, the last category that exists. It was created with the intention of continuing to train players and so that the youth jump to Jupiter Leonés, of the RFEF Third Division, is not so big.

Cultural and Sports Leonesa "D"

Founded in the 2022/2023 season, it was registered in the Second Provincial Division although it did not compete.

Cultural and Sports Leonesa Female

After a first attempt to create the women's soccer section of the club in 2016, trying to absorb the León Fútbol Femenino, in conversations that did not come to fruition. It was in June 2022 when the creation of a women's soccer section was announced, when Cultural absorbed the first team of the Club Deportivo Trobajo del Camino. The women's team will continue to play their matches at the "Rafa Tejerina" during its first three seasons of existence and will compete in the Gonalpi League, the fourth category of national women's football.

Basic football

To promote new players from the youth academy, the club has two federated youth teams, each one in a different category.

• Youth "A": The first youth team is in the Youth Honor Division (1.a. of 6 categories).
• Junior "B": The second youth team is in the National Youth League (2nd of 6 categories).

The club develops and promotes soccer among educational institutions through soccer schools. The children who stand out the most, and whose families accept it, become part of the different federated teams that participate in different competitions.

Teams in the Cadet category:

• Cadete "A": In 1.a Cadete Regional Division (1.a. of 5 categories)
• Cadet "B": In 2nd Regional Division Cadete. (2th out of 5 categories)

Teams in the Kids category:

• Children "A": In the 1.a Regional Child Division. (1.a. of 5 categories)
• Child "B": In 1st Provincial Child Division. (3rd out of 5 categories)

Teams in the Alevín category:

• Alevín "A": In 1.a Provincial Division Alevín. (1.a. of 3 categories)
• Alevín "B": In 2nd Provincial Division Alevín. (2nd of 3 categories)
• Alevín "C": In 3rd Provincial Division Alevín (3rd grade)

Teams in the Benjamín category:

• Benjamin "A": In the Provincial Division Benjamin. (1.a. of 3 categories)
• Benjamin "B": In 2nd Provincial Division Benjamin. (2nd of 3 categories)
• Benjamin "C": In 3rd Provincial Division Benjamin. (3rd of 3 categories)

Teams in the Prebenjamín category:

• Prebenjamin "A": In 1st Prebenjamin Provincial Division. (1.a of 3 categories)
• Prebenjamin "B": In 2nd Provincial Division Prebenjamin. (2nd of 3 categories)
• Prebenjamin "C": In 3rd Prebenjamin Provincial Division. (3rd out of 3 categories)

Teams in the Rookie category:

• Suck "A": In Group 2 Debutante. (1.1 level)
• Suck "B": In Group 1 Debutante. (1.1 level)

Other sports sections

Basketball

La Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa has had a basketball section since June 2022 when basketball was unified in the city of León after ten years of coexistence between Basket León and Baloncesto Reino de León, after the disappearance of Basketball Leon in 2012.

La Cultural unifies the two senior teams of the existing clubs in its first team, assumes the youth ranks of Colegio Leonés and signs a collaboration agreement with the Reino de León Basketball youth ranks, in what is presumed to be a clear commitment to return elite basketball to the city of León.

In their first season, 2022/2023, they won the Castilla y León EBA Cup against Grupo Inmapa Filipenses de Palencia.

Club Structure

Cultural Trainers

Since its founding, the team has had multiple coaches. The coach who achieved the greatest sporting achievements was Román Galarraga, who promoted the team to the First Division, followed by Rubén de la Barrera, who got the team to the Second Division after 42 years of absence.

Coach Timeline

Name Home Fin Season Titles Pos. Amadeo Sánchez 27/09/1942 30/06/1943 1942-1943 - 3° Alejandro Díaz 01/07/1943 30/06/1945 1943-1944 - 9° 1944-1945 13° Román Galarraga 13/09/1953 08/04/1956 1953-1954 - 4° 1954-1955 Champion Second Division 1 1955-1956 15° Muñoz 09/04/1956 30/06/1956 Higinio Ortúzar 01/07/1956 14/04/1957 1956-1957 - 6° Muñoz 15/04/1957 30/06/1957 World 01/07/1957 26/01/1958 1957-1958 16° Calo 27/01/1958 30/06/1958 Rafa Yunta 01/07/1959 30/06/1960 1959-1960 - 12° Antonio Bonet 01/07/1960 02/10/1960 1960-1961 - 7° Gamonal 03/10/1960 20/11/1960 Juanito Ruiz 21/11/1960 28/01/1962 1961-1962 16° Roig 29/01/1962 30/06/1962 Rafa Yunta 01/07/1971 09/04/1972 1971-1972 - 5° Vallejo 10/04/1972 05/11/1972 1972-1973 19° Rafa Yunta 06/11/1972 24/03/1973 Bermúdez 25/03/1973 20/05/1973 Mario Luis Morán 20/05/1973 30/06/1973 Carmelo Cedrún 01/07/1974 26/01/1975 1974-1975 20° Mario Luis Morán 27/01/1975 02/02/1975 Harold Campos 03/02/1975 06/04/1975 Felix 07/04/1975 30/06/1975 Antonio Puente 01/07/1982 24/10/1982 1982-1983 19° Miguel Montes Busto 25/10/1982 30/06/1983 Álvarez 01/07/1987 20/09/1987 1987-1988 - 14th Aguinaga 21/09/1987 20/12/1987 Michelangelo Losada 21/12/1987 03/01/1988 José Carrete 04/01/1988 30/06/1991 1988-1989 - 8° 1989-1990 - 7° 1990-1991 - 9° Juanma Lillo 01/07/1991 30/06/1992 1991-1992 - 6° Enderiz 01/07/1992 10/11/1993 1992-1993 - 10° 1993-1994 17° Álvaro Pérez 11/11/1993 05/12/1993 Manuel Tomé 06/12/1993 30/06/1996 1994-1995 Third Division Champion Promotion 1 1995-1996 Promotion 4° Paco Bedriñana 01/07/1996 30/06/1997 1996-1997 - 8° Miguel Tomé (1st stage) 01/07/1997 01/02/1999 1997-1998 Promotion 4° 1998-1999 Champion Second Division B Promotion 1 Pepe Calvo 16/03/1999 23/03/1999 / Raúl Longhi 23/03/1999 30/06/2000 1999-2000 - 9° José Enrique Díaz 03/01/2000 30/06/2000 Antonio Gómez (1.a stage) 01/07/2000 30/06/2001 2000-2001 Promotion 2° Miguel Tomé (2nd stage) 01/07/2001 30/06/2003 2001-2002 Promotion 2° 2002-2003 - 5° Duque 01/07/2003 31/01/2004 2003-2004 Promotion 4° Aguiar 03/02/2004 30/06/2004 Carlos Cantarero 01/07/2004 15/02/2005 2004-2005 - 10° Vicente González-Villamil 15/02/2005 30/06/2005 Miguel Tomé (3rd stage) 01/07/2005 30/06/2006 2005-2006 - 14th Antonio Gómez (2nd stage) 01/07/2006 22/01/2007 2006-2007 - 11° Miguel Angel Rubio 26/01/2007 30/01/2007 Milo Abelleira 31/01/2007 30/06/2008 2007-2008 - 11° / Alvaro Cervera 01/07/2008 30/06/2009 2008-2009 Promotion 2° Josu Uribe 24/07/2009 30/06/2010 2009-2010 - 12° Alberto Monteagudo 06/07/2010 17/07/2011 2010-2011 14th / Luis Cembranos 27/07/2011 30/06/2014 2011-2012 Promotion 3° 2012-2013 Promotion 2° 2013-2014 - 14th Javier Cabello 01/07/2014 30/06/2015 2014-2015 - 7° Juan Ferrando 10/07/2015 30/06/2016 2015-2016 - 7° Ruben de la Barrera 01/07/2016 30/06/2018 2016-2017 Champion Second Division B Promotion 1 2017-2018 19° Víctor Cea Zurita 01/07/2018 17/12/2018 2018-2019 - 5° José Manuel Aira 18/12/2018 31/07/2020 2019-2020 Promotion 2nd 2020-2021 - 2nd David Cabello 18/08/2020 01/12/2020 Indian Idiákez 01/12/2020 25/04/2021 Ramón González 25/04/2021 12/12/2021 Curro Torres 12/12/2021 15/06/2022 2021-2022 - 12° Eduardo Docampo 15/06/2022 26/04/2023 2022-2023 - Israel Martínez Prieto 27/04/2023 01/05/2023

Cultural Presidents

Since its foundation, and until the Sports Law forced most clubs to become Sports Public Limited Companies, Cultural and Sports Leonesa was led by a president elected by the members. After the transformation into SAD, the president of the Council is also president of the Cultural and Sports Leonesa. The last president elected by the partners was Juan Díez Guisasola.

Several presidents have led the club on two different occasions. The most famous is Antonio Amilivia, who led the team from the Third Division to the First Division in the 1950s XX. Luis Fernández Rabanal gave the club economic viability in the sixties and eighties of the XX century. The first foreign president is Tariq Abdulaziz Al Naama. The current president is Mohammed Khalifa Al Suwaidi.

List of Presidents

Presidents of the Cultural and Deportiva Leonesa
Period	Chairman
1.o - 5 August 1923 - January 1924	Miguel Gutiérrez Díez-Canseco
2.o - January 1924 - August 1926	Valentine Belinchón
3.o - August 1926 - February 1927	Mariano Andrés
4.o - February 1927 - April 1927	July of the Camp
5.o - April 1927 - June 1928	Ramón Belinchón
6.o - June 1928 - April 1930	Crisanto Saenz de la Calzada
7. - April 1930 - November 1930	Miguel Pérez
8.o - November 1930 - February 1931	Pascual García Moliner
9.o - February 1931 - July 9, 1931	José Botas
10.o - 11 November 1939 - 1942	Francisco González Valdés (first mandate)
11.o - 1942 - June 1943	Francisco González García
12. - June 1943 - 11 May 1946	Antonio Amilivia (first mandate)
13th - May 12, 1946 - November 1946	Francisco González Valdés (second mandate)
14th - November 1946 - 14 July 1947	José Reyero (first mandate)
15 July 1947 - 13 June 1949	Fernando Rodríguez Pandiella
16.th - 14 June 1949 - June 1950	Salvador Rocha
17th - June 1950 - June 1951	Antonio Díez
18. - June 1951 - 1 August 1957	Antonio Amilivia (second mandate)
19th - 9 August 1957 - September 1958	José Montes
20.th - September 1958 - October 1958	José Reyero (second mandate)
21.o - October 1958 - 10 July 1959	Eduardo Pérez López
22. - 11 July 1959 - 1 June 1963	Demetrio Villalón
23.o - 2 June 1963 - January 1965	Luis García Blanco
24. January 1965 - July 1965	Toribio Morán
25th - July 1965 - February 1970	Luis Fernández Rabanal (first mandate)
26.o - February 1970 - June 1974	Angel Panero
27.th - June 1974 - September 1977	José García Morán
28th - September 1977 - 13 November 1981	José Elías Fernández Lobato
29th - 14 November 1981 - March 1982	José Antonio Gutiérrez Ballesteros
30th - March 1982 - 31 December 1982	Antonio Prieto Fuertes
31.o - 10 January 1983 - 23 September 1983	Oswaldo Prieto
3.2o - 24 September 1983 - 22 January 1987	Luis Fernández Rabanal (second mandate)
33. - 23 January 1987 - June 1987	Francisco Suárez (first mandate)
34. June 1987 - 25 October 1989	Manuel Rodríguez
35.o - 25 October 1989 - 3 April 1990	Jesus Aladro
36 - 3 April 1990 - 8 April 1993	Francisco Suárez (second mandate)
37. - 8 April 1993 - January 1997	Salvio Barrioluengo
38.th - January 1997 - February 1998	Eugenio Álvarez
39.o - February 1998 - June 2001	Juan Díez Guisasola
40.o - June - 2001 - December 2006	Antonio García de Celis
41.o - December 2006 - January 2010	Sunday Cueto Acebedo (first mandate)
42.o - January 2010 - June 2010	Carlos Emperador Franco
43.o - June 2010 - 22 June 2011	Sunday Cueto Acebedo (second mandate)
44.o - 22 June 2011 - 20 May 2013	Javier Baena Navalón
45.o - 20 May 2013 - 3 December 2015	Felipe Llamazares
46.o - 3 December 2015 - 17 October 2019	Tariq Abdulaziz Al Naama
47.o - October 17, 2019 - News	Mohammed Khalifa Al Suwaidi

° The titles listed in the table are Castilla y León cups and 2nd, 2nd B and 3rd division leagues.

List based on years in office

Uniform

• First equipment: White t-shirt, white pants and white stockings.
• Second equipment: Red t-shirt, red pants and half magenta.
• Third equipment: Black t-shirt, black pants and black stockings.
• Sponsor: Aspire Academy.
• Signature: Kappa.

Originally, the shirt was gray and the pants and socks were black. In 1925, white pants and shirt were established and black socks were maintained until 1950. From that moment on, the kit is completely white. In 2013/2014 the shirts carried a logo in commemoration of the club's 90th anniversary.

In July 2014, a limited edition tuxedo shirt was presented for a charity match. It had worldwide repercussions and, thanks to the collaboration of Cultural and Sports Leonesa and Admerz, it became a bestseller. It reached cities all over the world and made the Cultural gain a notoriety never seen before in the club. Its great success was due to the great virality it achieved on social networks: a hashtag #esmoquinCultu was created and the day of the presentation, Cultural and Sports Leonesa became a national trendic topic on Twitter.

Sports firm and sponsor

Period	Sport firm	Primary Spoon
2000-2001		PROFUTLE
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006	Bemiser
2006-2007		De La Riva
2007-2008
2008-2009		Leocasa
2009-2010
2010-2011		Aguas de León
2011-2012		RMD
2012-2013	Jartazi
2013-2014
2014-2015		Trig money
2015-2016		Save the Dream
2016-2017
2017-2018		Aspire Academy
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023

Symbols

Anthem

The lyrics and music of the official hymn of the Cultural Leonesa was created and composed by Ángel Arredondo Giraldo, and is performed by the Leonese folk music group La Braña. On April 29, 2007, the new anthem composed by Manuel Quijano (father of the members of Café Quijano) was presented to all the fans, which was rejected by the fans and the anthem by Ángel Arredondo Giraldo was recovered in the matches.

This is the hymn sung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBiapN8jS18

Shield

The shield of the Cultural and Sports Leonesa is based on a red rampant lion crowned and sole (symbol of the city of León), surrounded by a circle, also red, in which the name of the club is inserted: &# 34;Cultural and Sports Leonesa" with white letters, finished in the upper part of the circumference with a red Crown, with white and orange decorations, a symbol that it carries as a representative club of the capital of the Old Kingdom of León. Its design is by Máximo Sanz.

The current design dates from 2018.

Leonese derby

The Leonese derby is a football match played by Cultural and Sports Leonesa and Ponferradina, as they are the two most powerful teams in the province of León. Throughout history, they have faced each other in official matches corresponding to the League (Second Division "B" and Third Division of Spain), in the Copa de Castilla y León soccer and occasionally in the Copa del Rey. In addition, they have played multiple friendly matches. The rivalry between both teams is not comparable in the entire province of León. In these matches, it is normal for the visiting fans to go en masse to support their team in the opposite stadium.

When Cultural and Sports Leonesa was in the Third Division of Spain, there were derbies between Club Atlético Bembibre, Club Deportivo La Virgen del Camino, Club Deportivo Ejido de León, Sociedad Deportiva Hullera Vasco-Leonesa, Atlético Astorga Fútbol Club and even with the disappeared Maestranza Aérea de León.

In recent years, with the S.D. Ponferradina in the Second Division of Spain and the ephemeral passage of the Cultural and Sports Leonesa through the Third Division of Spain, there have also been derbies between the capital club and other teams from the province of León, such as against Club Atlético Bembibre, Club Deportivo La Virgen del Camino or Atlético Astorga Fútbol Club.

In the 2016/17 season, after the relegation of SD Ponferradina, the main León derby was recovered, which had not been played since both played in the same category in 2009/10. In addition, with the relegation of Atlético Astorga Fútbol Club, it will be the only Leon derby to be played in the Second Division B of Spain.

The last Leonese derby between Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa and Ponferradina, played on April 7, 2019, was 1-1.

Comparison between the two teams

° The data prior to 1977 of the Third Division are entered into Second Division B since before that date, the Third Division was the third category of national football, after which it was renamed the fourth category.

Total count of official clashes

° The matches prior to 1977 of the Third Division are counted in Second Division B since before that date, the Third Division is the third category of the national football, later the fourth category was renamed.

Total count of friendly matches

Honours of Prizes

National competitions

• The third category was called the Spanish Third Division until 1977, which became the Second Division B.

• In 1977, the fourth category of Spanish football became the Third Division.

Regional competitions

Royal Spanish Football Federation Cup (autonomous phase of Castilla y León): 1997-1998

Friendly tournaments

• Copa Carlos Pinilla: (1) 1950
• Trophy Minister of Information and Tourism (Vivero): (1) 1964
• Cookie Trophy: (3) 1971, 1975
• Trophy Lion City: (1) 1974
• Trophy Saint Augustine: (4) 1977, 1998, 2003, 2021
• Trophy City of Benavente: (3) 1979, 1991, 1992
• Triangular Lion Trophy: (1) 1998
• Trophy Memorial Alfonso Magdalena: (2) 1998, 2006
• Trofeo Villa de Jovellanos: (1) 2006
• Sardine Trophy: (1) 2012
• Trofeo Santa Marta: (1) 2012
• Trophy Memorial Rafa Tejerina: (1) 2012
• Memorial Carlos Pérez: (2) 2016, 2017
• Teide Trophy: (1) 2019
• Memorial Julio Alvarez Chains: (1) 2021
• Trophy Cervantes: (1) 2021

Sports facilities

Stadium

La Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa contesting a party at the Estadio Reino de León in front of the CE Sabadell.

The first homes (1922-1948)

Since in July 1922 the president of the Cultural, Miguel Díez Canseco, asked the León City Council for a space in which to build his field, until the arrival at the El Ejido stadium in 1948, the Cultural toured many corners of the city. First it was El Parque, where there was already a municipal playing field, located on the outskirts, on the area today known by the same name.

With the expansion of the social mass, the team moved in 1926 to Campo de Guzmán, located on the current Avenida de Roma and which received that name for being near the statue dedicated to the Leonese soldier. He played there until his first disappearance in 1931. The brief resurgence of 1936 took him to the San Mamés field, which years later will be the center of the Leonese youth academy.

After the war, the Club took its first steps in the current Eras de Renueva neighborhood, in the field that the Falange Española University Student Union used to play soccer and rugby. The success of this resurrection led him to play at La Corredera between 1940 and 1948, the year in which, due to the crisis caused by the alleged fixing of a match against Albacete Balompié, he had to leave this venue to move to El Ejido. During this course, while a series of works were being carried out, the Cultu played some matches at the Estadio Hispánico, recently built and already called then to be the heart of sports in the capital of Bernesga.

The first great feud: El Ejido (1948-1955)

That crisis of 1948 brought out the most generous part of the city. El Maestranza, another great team from the city, made up of soldiers from the La Virgen del Camino Air Base, ceded its stadium, located in the El Ejido neighborhood, so that La Cultural could complete that resurgence of the summer of 1948.

The La Corredera grandstand was moved there, and little by little, the field was expanded until it could accommodate the public on all four sides of the field. It was presided over by a characteristic circular marker.

In this stadium, the Cultural lived its best moment. It was promoted to the First Division on April 10, 1955 and made its debut in that category on September 11 of that same year. The last game played there was against Valencia, in which the Leonese won by three goals to nil. Space problems led our Cultu to a new house, and the Ejido, until its demolition a few years later, was the stronghold of the Leonese quarry.

The legend of Antonio Amilivia (1955-1998)

On October 23, 1955, before some 27,000 people (more than double its capacity), the municipal stadium of La Puentecilla was inaugurated against Athletic Bilbao. The dizzying figure of 1,083,044 pesetas was raised in that game. After so many years, for the first time the Cultural had a real stronghold in which to assert its potential in the First Division.

The facilities gradually improved. For example, it did not have fixed lights until the 1970s. The characteristic scoreboard on the north end, known among the fans as “Marcador Dardo”, simultaneously reported the results of the First Division and became the main hallmark of the venue.

His modesty caused his deterioration to be rapid and by the end of the 70s he already presented serious deficiencies, especially in the changing rooms. Even so, the situation did not change until the 1990s, when the City Council, owner of the field, reformed the changing rooms thinking of doing a total remodeling of it. However, other solutions were chosen and on October 31, 1998 they played the last game at this venue against Barakaldo, closing four decades of the history of culturalism.

Sports area of Puente Castro (1998-2001)

The farewell to Antonio Amilivia, always impregnated by a romantic nostalgia, brought with it a total renovation of the city's sports facilities. After years of overloading the Amilivia and looking for alternative venues for the quarry, León and the Cultural began to have a sports city located in Puente Castro.

The spectacular facilities of the Puente Castro Sports Area have a natural grass field, an artificial one, a rugby field and a mini-stadium where the Cultural played three seasons and a promotion phase. It also became the headquarters of the clubs of the culturalist youth team, as well as other teams. This inevitably means that today this venue is synonymous with culturalism.

The Kingdom of León (2001-)

In May 2001, in the promotion phase against Xerez CD, the Nuevo Antonio Amilivia was inaugurated, a beautiful field with a capacity for more than 13,000 spectators that has all the conditions to have international matches. In 2009 and on the occasion of the MC Anniversary of the Kingdom of León, it changed its name to recover the memory of the ancient medieval kingdom and was renamed "Reino de León Stadium".

The main culturalist events that it hosted in its brief but intense history were in the different editions of the Copa del Rey in which our club managed to qualify for rounds in which it had to face First Division teams. Thus, top-flight teams such as "Euro Depor", Atlético de Madrid on two consecutive occasions, Athletic Bilbao, Albacete Balompié, Rayo Vallecano, Racing de Santander, FC Barcelona in the best moment in its history and the Real Madrid Football Club, European champion that year.

Other important matches it has played have been as the venue for the Spanish under-21 team and the senior team on two occasions, against the Armenian soccer team in 2003 and against the Costa Rican soccer team in 2015.

On September 2, 2022, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa played a friendly against the Qatar National Team, with a 0-3 result.

The characteristics of the stadium make it an ideal stadium for a city like León; a fief at the level of the entity and the aspirations of the team, whether in the First Federation, Second Division or even at higher levels.

Sports City

La Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa uses municipal facilities on the outskirts of León, in the town of Puente Castro. This sports city is the Puente Castro Sports Area. It has:

• Three football fields. (One of them with capacity for 4,600 spectators).
• Specific training zones.
• A rugby field.
• A main building with wardrobes, gym, medical units, warehouse and laundry, press room.
• A parking lot.

Filmography

• Documental TVE (25-2-2016), Marianín, Jabalí del Bierzo en RTVE.es
• Cultu TV (Temporada 2015/16 and 2019/20),

Fans and clubs

The fans of Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, known as "los culturalistas", went into a great free fall during the 90s and the first decade of the 2000s, one of its strong improvements It is about the 2011/2012 season in which the number of members is increased from 1,500 to 3,000.

In the 2012/13 season, the club reaches 1,500 members at the beginning of September. In the first three weeks of September, the club reached 1,606 members, of which 60% are renewals and 40% are new subscribers. The 812 members of the previous season had not yet withdrawn their new card.

In the 2013/2014 season, it repeats figures from the previous season at the beginning of September.

Clear rise in membership in 2015/16, with the arrival of Aspire and the completion of 2014/15 in sixth position, fighting for Play-Off positions for promotion to the Second Division. They end up exceeding 3,000 members. Already in the 2016/17 season, the Peñas want to give a boost and create the Cultural Animation Stand located in the South end, a space where all the peñas come together with the main objective of giving color to the stands.

ROCKS:

• The Lion Rampante

It arose in the west stand to be able to animate the Cultural and Sports Leonesa every day. Over time, it moved to the north end where it remained until the 2010/2011 season. In the following two seasons, in the Third Division, he moved to the southern bottom with the Orgullo Cazurro supporters club. When the team returned to Second Division B, the supporters club returned to the North Fund, until the 2016/17 season in which the Culturalist Animation Stand was created and all the Supporters Clubs were grouped in the South Fund.

Currently, it is part of the national interpeñas tournament, in which several supporters clubs from the national territory meet every year (Córdoba, Éibar, Logroño, Palencia, Salamanca, Barakaldo, Gijón, San Sebastián, etc.).

• Pride Cazurro

It was created in 2008 and is located in the south end.

• Culturalist Pena Toribio Morán

The Toribio Morán supporters club was founded in 1997 and is the oldest, despite its absence during the relegation to Third Division. It is located at the north end of the stadium. It is the only rock that does not want to be part of the Grada de Animación Culturalista so its location does not change. It currently has more than 150 members.

• Guzmán Group The Good

It was created in 2014 and is located in the south end.

• South Fund Tripers

It was born in November 2015 and is located in the south end.

• The white stone

It was born in 2017 and is located in the south end.

Support clubs outside of León:

• Peña Culturalista Madrileña

It was also created in November 2015 and is based in Casa León in Madrid. It had 10 members in its foundation, currently there are 40 partners. It is part of the Grada de Animación Culturalista. When its members go to the Kingdom of León, they are located as a general rule in the South Fund.

The idea with which the peña was born is to unite all the Leonese who are exiled in the capital to see the Cultural and to be able to keep alive the culturalist feeling from afar. They will meet at the headquarters to watch the matches broadcast by the club on streaming or any regional television. They will also organize trips to away matches and even to some that are played at the Reino de León Municipal Stadium.

But the culturalists in Madrid do not want the organized events to be merely sporting. The founders also want to hold meals and cultural events to make "a little pineapple from León in the capital, since from time to time you miss getting together with others from León in Madrid".

Sporting events will also be a pillar of the supporters club, such as soccer triangles with other supporters clubs of foreign teams based in Madrid, such as those of Sporting or Oviedo, with whom they have already maintained contacts.

• Peña Culturalistas en Barcelona

He was born in 2016.