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History

Cultural Leonesa league performance 1929-present.

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa was founded on 5 August 1923.[2]

In 1926, Cultural Leonesa won the Regional championship and in 1929 Cultural played the Segunda División Grupo B and promoted to the second division.

In 1931, the club ceased activity and several teams were created in the city with the aim to replace them, but after the Spanish Civil War, Cultural Leonesa came back to the competition.

In 1955, Cultural was promoted for the first time to La Liga, but they could only play one season in the Spanish top tier.

In 2011, the club was relegated to Tercera División due to unpaid debts to the players[3] and took two years to recover the place in the third tier. In 2015, the Qatari Aspire Academy bought a controlling 99% of the shares of the club, thus avoiding its dissolution.[4]

On 28 May 2017, Cultural was promoted to Segunda División after 42 years by defeating Barcelona B in the promotion play-offs. On 3 January 2018, Leeds United announced an official partnership with Cultural Leonesa’s owners Aspire Academy in Qatar.[5] The link up saw Leeds players Yosuke Ideguchi and Ouasim Bouy both join Cultural Leonesa on loan as part of the unique partnership.[6]

On 2 June 2018, Cultural was relegated to the third level, after being defeated by Numancia on the last matchday. In the 2018–19 season the club played in Segunda División B, Group 1 and fought to be promoted back to the second tier. But it finished only in the 5th position.[7] The club had a good start on the 2019–20 season, being in the 2nd position after first 16 games.[8] In the 2019–2020 season, they upset Atletico de Madrid in the Copa del Rey Round of 32.[9]

On 2 December 2020, Cultural hired Iñigo Idiakez as Head Coach who came from Luton Town in EFL Championship and previously Leicester City and Derby County.

On 24 May 2025, Cultural achieved promoted to Segunda División following draw 1-1 against Andorra and thanks to a superior head-to-head record against runners-up Ponferradina, returned after 7 years absence.

Club structure

Position Name
President Mohd Khalifa Al Suwadi
Vice-President
Managing Director Felipe Llamazares Díez
Sports management Ricardo Pozo Álvarez
Director Delegate Ignacio Álvarez Martínez
Advisory Board Antonio Martín Espina
José Lasa
Jassim Mohammed AA Al-Ansari
Fundation culturalista Manuel Carnero
Diego Calzado
Technical secretary Santi Santos
Juan Carlos Valiño (adjunto)
César Villafañe (adjunto)
Social area Juan Luis Diez Mata

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1929 3 3ª 1st Round of 32
1929–30 2 2ª 10th Round of 32
1930–31 3 3ª 6th Round of 32
1931–32 3 3ª 5th
1932–1939 DNP
1939–40 3 1ª Reg. 2nd
1940–41 4 1ª Reg. 2nd
1941–42 3 Group 1 – Subgroup B (first phase)</span>”}]],”parts”:[{“template”:{“target”:{“wt”:”Abbr”,”href”:”./Template:Abbr”},”params”:{“1”:{“wt”:”2nd”},”2″:{“wt”:”Group 1 – Subgroup B (first phase)”}},”i”:0}}]}’>2nd / {{cite web |url=https://cydleonesa.com/primer-equipo/cultural-leonesa/ |date=January 30, 2018 |title=PLANTILLA {{!}} Cultural Leonesa – Web Oficial}}</ref>”]}’>
As of 22 July 2026[10]

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
4 DF  ESP Rodri
6 MF  ESP Sergi Maestre
8 MF  ESP Yayo
14 MF  ESP Bicho
17 DF  ESP Iván Calero
— GK  ESP Miquel Parera
— DF  ESP Guzmán Ortega
— DF  ESP Iago López
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  ESP Jaime Vázquez
— DF  ESP Oier López
— MF  ESP Adrián Ruiz
— MF  ESP Assane Ndiaye
— MF  ESP Jon García
— FW  ESP Antón Escobar
— FW  ESP David López

Reserve team

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
29 FW  ESP Álvaro Choco
39 FW  ESP Alejandro Morante
— GK  ESP Javi Palomares
— DF  ESP Diego Rosado
— DF  ESP Jairo Domínguez
— DF  ESP Juan Merino
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  ESP Marcos Fernández
— DF  ESP Pablo Prada
— DF  SEN Papa Falefe
— DF  ESP Víctor Pastor
— FW  ESP Álex Oviedo

Out on loan

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

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Cuco Ziganda
Assistant coach Jorge Pérez
Assistant coach Julián Marín
Doctor Alfredo Álvarez
Doctor Marcos González
Doctor Salustiano López-Contreras
Fitness coach Roberto Lorenzo
Physiotherapist, Head of medical services Javier Madinabeitia
Physiotherapist Juan Mayo
Physiotherapist Jorge Martínez
Delegate, Team manager Luis Ballesteros
Goalkeeper coach Javier Pérez
Rehab fitness coach Alejandro Sierra
Equipment manager Carlos Gómez Carballo
Equipment manager Manuel Martínez Sela
Analyst Pedro Gómez
Team delegate Edu Álvarez

Notable former players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Famous coaches

Stadium

C. Leonesa vs. Sabadell, in the 2008–09 Segunda División promotion playoffs

Reserve team

Júpiter Leonés is the reserve team of the club.

Founded in 1929, later known as Cultural de León and finally changed to its current name Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa “B” Jupiter Leonés. After the 2009–10, the team was dissolved after Cultural was relegated to Tercera División due to its debts. In 2014, it was re-founded as the reserve team and after three promotions it currently plays in Tercera División, the fourth tier, after gaining promotion in the Primera División Regional de Aficionados 2017–18 season.

References

  1. ↑ “Estadio Reino de León”. Football Tripper. October 5, 2017. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  2. ↑ “Historia de la Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa” (in Spanish). Nos Gusta León. October 18, 2016. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ “Doce equipos descienden por impagos a futbolistas” (in Spanish). ABC.es. June 30, 2011. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ “Aspire compra la Cultural Leonesa y evita su desaparición” (in Spanish). As.com. September 16, 2015. Archived from the original on June 4, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ “LEEDS UNITED LAUNCH ASPIRE ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP”. www.leedsunited.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ “Aspire-owned Cultural Leonesa hope to shock Real”. gulf-times.com. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  7. ↑ “Histórico Cultural Leonesa – Segunda División B G 1 2018/2019”. www.resultados-futbol.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  8. ↑ “Resultados de Fútbol: Segunda División B Grupo 2”. Mundo Deportivo. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  9. ↑ “Cultural Leonesa 2 Atlético Madrid 1”. ESPN FC. Archived from the original on January 23, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  10. ↑ “PLANTILLA | Cultural Leonesa – Web Oficial”. January 30, 2018.