SE Penya Independent

Societat Esportiva Penya Independent is a Spanish football club based in Sant Miquel de Balansat, in the island of Ibiza, in the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1975, they play in Segunda Federación – Group 3, holding home games at Campo Municipal de Futbol de Sant Miquel, with a capacity of 2,000 people.

Penya Independent

Full name	Societat Esportiva Penya Independent
Founded	1975^[1]
Ground	Municipal Sant Miquel de Balansat, Ibiza Balearic Islands, Spain
Capacity	2,000
President	Toni Curuné^[2]
Manager	Mario Ormaechea^[3]
League	Segunda Federación – Group 3
2022–23	Tercera Federación – Group 11, 3rd of 16 (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1975,^[1] Penya Independent played in the regional leagues until 2014, when the club became inactive. Back to action in 2019, the club played two seasons in the Regional Preferente before winning the Copa del Rey play-offs in 2021, subsequently qualifying to the preliminary rounds of the 2021–22 Copa del Rey;^[4] they were knocked out by CFJ Mollerussa, however.

On 19 June 2022, Penya Independent achieved a first-ever promotion to Tercera Federación, after defeating SCR Peña Deportiva's reserve team.^[5]

On 4 June 2023, Penya Independent achieved his second successive promotion defeating Ejea after extra time in the 2023 Tercera Federación play-offs after finishing in third position in regular league.

Season to season

^[6][7]

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1986–87 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 1987–88 DNP 1988–89 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 1989–90 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1991–92 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 1992–93 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1993–94 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 1994–95 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 1995–96 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1996–97 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1997–98 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1998–99 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1999–2000 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2000–01 5 Reg. Pref. 8th 2001–02 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2002–03 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2003–04 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 2004–05 5 Reg. Pref. 11th 2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 11th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2006–07 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 2007–08 5 Reg. Pref. 6th 2008–09 5 Reg. Pref. 11th 2009–10 5 Reg. Pref. 11th 2010–11 5 Reg. Pref. 10th 2011–12 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 2012–13 5 Reg. Pref. 10th 2013–14 5 Reg. Pref. 13th 2014–2019 DNP 2019–20 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2020–21 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2021–22 6 Reg. Pref. 2nd Preliminary 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 3rd 2023–24 4 2ª Fed.

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• 1 season in Segunda Federación
• 1 season in Tercera Federación

Current squad

As of 5 February 2024^[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ESP Lucas Martínez 2 DF   DOM José de la Cruz 3 DF   ESP Curuné 4 DF   ESP Sebas González 5 DF   ESP Álex Revuelta 6 MF   ESP Marcos Bautista 7 FW   ESP Javi Verdú 8 MF   ESP Samu Pinto 9 FW   ESP Joan Piera 10 FW   ESP Vicent Albert 11 DF   ESP Rulo Prieto

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF   ESP Jorge Mena 13 GK   ESP Dani Simón 14 DF   ARG Fernando Losada 16 MF   ESP Borja Jiménez 17 DF   ESP Diego Espinosa 18 DF   ESP Juanmi Heredero 19 FW   ESP Rayco Pérez 20 FW   FRA Bazo 21 DF   ESP Lucas González 22 GK   ESP Dani Guiseris 23 FW   ESP Jaime Isuardi

References

1. SE Penya Independent on Instagram
2. "Toni Curuné presidente de la Penya Independent: "Intentaremos que Ormaechea siga"" [Toni Curuné president of Penya Independent: "We will try to make Ormaechea continue"] (in Spanish). Periódico de Ibiza. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
3. "Mario Ormaechea es el nuevo entrenador del primer equipo" [Mario Ormaechea is the new first team manager] (in Spanish). SE Penya Independent. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
4. "La Penya Independent buscará el billete para la Copa del Rey ante el Mollerussa" [Penya Independent will seek the ticket to the Copa del Rey against Mollerussa] (in Spanish). Diario de Ibiza. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
5. "La Penya Independent asciende a Tercera" [Penya Independent promote to Tercera] (in Spanish). Periódico de Ibiza. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
6. "Societat Esportiva Penya Independent" (in Spanish). Fútbol Regional. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
7. "Societat Esportiva Penya Independent" (in Spanish). Fútbol Regional. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
8. "Primer Equipo". penyaindependent.com/es. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Soccerway team profile