Club Lemos is a Spanish football team based in Monforte de Lemos, in the Province of Lugo in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1924, it is the second oldest club in the Province of Lugo and the seventh oldest in Galicia. It plays in , holding home matches at Campo Municipal A Pinguela.
It has played 51 seasons in the Tercera División, with 30 of those being during the time when that was the third division of Spanish football, making it the team with the second-most appearances in that category. It has also made six appearances in the Copa del Rey, the last of those being in 1983.
History
Founding and early years The team was founded on April 19, 1924 in Monforte de Lemos in a meeting held at the Teatro Principal. It was born out of the merging of Atlétic Club and Monforte FC through mutual agreement. The meeting was chaired by José Ibáñez Fernández, the last president of Atlétic Club, who served as acting president, with Francisco Álvarez González as secretary. The club began life under the name Sociedad Deportiva y de Cultura Física Lemos Club, and took Ramón Taboada Zúñiga as their first president. They also had a new stadium, Stadium Lemos, located on the highway towards Ourense, that replaced the old grounds of As Lamas and A Compañía.
In 1934 the team achieved promotion to Serie A after finishing the season in first place. However, after this the Galician Football Federation sanctioned them for starting a player whose registration wasn't compliant with the rules during a match against Ferrol FC, meaning that in the end it was Ferrol that took the Serie B title. In the 1934-35 season they participated in the Galician Championship for the first time, in which they finished in second place with 13 points and a record of six wins, a draw and three losses, only behind Unión Sporting Club of Lavadores, the team that beat Lemos 2-0 on the final day of the season.
In the following season, however, Lemos claimed the title after overcoming Club Coruña 5-2 in a decisive match. They finished the league in this fashion with 14 points, one more than the Corunnans, and a record of six wins, two draws and two losses. Due to this, Lemos qualified to play in the first round of the Copa de España that year against Deportivo de La Coruña, the aforementioned Unión Sporting Club and Real Stadium Club Avilesino (the latter of which was disqualified), where they finished second in their group and, therefore, didn't manage to qualify for the second round.
Honours Galician Championship Winners (1): 1935–36
Season to season SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1928–295Serie B1929–305Serie B5th1930–315Serie B3rd1931–325Serie B1st1932–335Serie B2nd1933–345Serie B1st1934–353Serie A2nd1935–363Serie A1stFirst roundDNP1942–4332nd1943–4433ª9thFirst round1944–4533ª8th1945–4633ª9th1946–4733ª6th1947–4833ª12thThird round1948–494Serie A1st1949–5033ª13th1950–5133ª14th1951–5233ª7th1952–5333ª11thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1953–5433ª16th1954–5533ª5th1955–5633ª5th1956–5733ª5th1957–5833ª15th1958–594Serie A1st1959–6033ª14th1960–6133ª4th1961–6233ª4th1962–6333ª9th1963–6433ª13th1964–6533ª11th1965–6633ª10th1966–6733ª11th1967–6833ª9th1968–6933ª19th1969–704Serie A1st1970–7133ª16th1971–7233ª15th1972–7333ª12th SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1973–7433ª9thFirst round1974–7533ª15thFirst round1975–7633ªFirst round1976–774Serie A12th1977–785Serie A7th1978–79515th1979–8052nd1980–8143ª14th1981–8243ª15th1982–8343ª6th1983–8443ª13thFirst round1984–8543ª19th1985–8643ª1986–8751st1987–8843ª3rd1988–8943ª6th1989–9043ª14th1990–9143ª14th1991–9243ª1992–93512thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1993–9457th1994–9557th1995–9652nd1996–9743ª10th1997–9843ª8th1998–9943ª12th1999–200043ª14th2000–0143ª8th2001–0243ª4th2002–0343ª2003–0454th2004–0552005–0643ª17th2006–0743ª17th2007–0843ª2008–095Pref. Aut.15th2009–105Pref. Aut.14th2010–115Pref. Aut.2011–1261ª Aut.2012–135Pref. Aut.15th SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey2013–145Pref. Aut.2014–1561ª Aut.2015–165Pref.10th2016–175Pref.2017–1861ª Gal.3rd2018–1961ª Gal.2019–205Pref.15th2020–215Pref.2nd2021–226Pref.4th2022–236Pref.14th2023–246Pref.11th2024–256Pref. Futgal12th2025–266Pref. Futgal
51 seasons in Tercera División
Notable former players Albert Stroni
References
External links Official website (archived) (archived)