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RCD Mallorca

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Mallorca
Full nameReal Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)Los Piratas (The Pirates)
Los Bermellones (The Vermilions)
Els Barralets (The Barralet)
Founded5 March 1916; 109 years ago (1916-03-05) as Alfonso XIII Foot-Ball Club
GroundEstadi Mallorca Son Moix
Capacity25,800
OwnerAndy Kohlberg (majority)
Steve Nash (minority)
Steve Kerr (minority)
Stu Holden (minority)
PresidentAndy Kohlberg
Head coachJagoba Arrasate
LeagueLa Liga
2024–25La Liga, 10th of 20
Websitercdmallorca.es
Current season

R.C.D. Mallorca is a football club which plays in Spain. It was founded in 1916, which makes it the second-oldest club in the Balearic Islands behind Club Deportivo Binissalem.[1]

History

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The early years

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Founded on 5 March 1916, what would later become RCD Mallorca was registered at the Spanish Football Federation under the name of Alfonso XIII Foot-Ball Club.

Weeks after its establishment, the club wasted little time forming the directors of Alfonso XIII FBC, headed by engineer Adolfo Vázquez Humasqué and eight other football fans. Their first stadium, the Buenos Aires field, was inaugurated with a competitive fixture against FC Barcelona just 20 days after registering further fast-tracked development. Despite the fixture ending in a disappointing 8–0 defeat, it was not long before King Alfonso XIII himself requested the royal adoption of ‘Real’ in the team's title, therefore becoming Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII Foot-Ball Club.

RCD Mallorca first match on 25 March 1916 against FC Barcelona reserve team.
Founding charter of Alfonso XIII Football Club in 1916.

In 1917, the Catalan Federation granted Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII admission into the second-tier league championship as an unofficial champion of the Balearic Islands. Booking a place in the final, Los Bermellones went on to record their first title with a resounding 3–1 victory over Futbol Club Palafrugell, in Barcelona.

Name

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  • 1916–1931 CD Alfonso XIII
  • 1931–1939 CD Mallorca
  • 1939–present RCD Mallorca

League position

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SeasonLeaguePosition
2000/01La Liga3rd
2001/02La Liga16th
2002/03La Liga9th
2003/04La Liga11th
2004/05La Liga17th
2005/06La Liga13th
2006/07La Liga12th
2007/08La Liga7th
2008/09La Liga9th

Former position

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References

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  1. ↑ "Los equipos más antiguos de España (por Comunidades Autónomas)" (in Spanish). 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
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