What is SD Compostela?
{{no sources|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox Football club |clubname=SD Compostela |current= |fullname=Sociedad Deportiva Compostela |nickname= |founded=1928 |ground=[[Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro]],<br />[[Santiago de Compostela]], [[Galicia]], [[Spain]] |capacity=16,666 |chairman=Antonio Quinteiro |manager=[[Yago Iglesias]] |captain=[[Álvaro Casas]] |league=[[Segunda División B]] |season=2019/20 |position=Tercera División, 1st }} '''SD Compostela''' is a [[Association football|football]] club which plays in [[Spain]]. ==History== {{anchor|Sociedad Deportiva Compostela (1962-2006)}} Founded in 1928, Compostela spent the better part of that and the following decades playing professional football. On October 28, 1962, the newly formed SD Compostela merged with the Club Arenal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sdcompostela.com/club/historia-y-evolucion/|title=HISTORIA|website=SD Compostela|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-11-14|archive-date=2020-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729114242/https://www.sdcompostela.com/club/historia-y-evolucion/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The decade of the 1970s was irregular. The team played in the Tercera División, in the Regional category and in the new Segunda División B.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sdcompostela.com/club/historia-y-evolucion/|title=HISTORIA|website=SD Compostela|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-12-01|archive-date=2020-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729114242/https://www.sdcompostela.com/club/historia-y-evolucion/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its first promotion to a semi-national stage occurred in 1977, with a promotion to [[Segunda División B]] (Group 1), which lasted just one season; ''Compos'' promoted again in 1980, this time lasting six years. Relegation in 1986 was compounded by off-field controversy surrounding the actions of then president Francisco Steppe. He resigned amid allegations of receipt of payments to throw a game against [[Pontevedra CF]], which would assure the opposition's maintenance in the category. The late