RCD Mallorca
| Full name | Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Piratas (The Pirates) Los Bermellones (The Vermilions) Els Barralets (The Barralet) | |||
| Founded | 5 March 1916 as Alfonso XIII Foot-Ball Club | |||
| Ground | Estadi Mallorca Son Moix | |||
| Capacity | 25,800 | |||
| Owner | Andy Kohlberg (majority) Steve Nash (minority) Steve Kerr (minority) Stu Holden (minority) | |||
| President | Andy Kohlberg | |||
| Head coach | Jagoba Arrasate | |||
| League | La Liga | |||
| 2022–23 | La Liga, 9th of 20 | |||
| Website | [<span%20class="url">[1] Club website] | |||
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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
[change | change source]The early years
[change | change source]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.
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
[change | change source]- 1916–1931 CD Alfonso XIII
- 1931–1939 CD Mallorca
- 1939–present RCD Mallorca
League position
[change | change source]| Season | League | Position |
| 2000/01 | La Liga | 3rd |
| 2001/02 | La Liga | 16th |
| 2002/03 | La Liga | 9th |
| 2003/04 | La Liga | 11th |
| 2004/05 | La Liga | 17th |
| 2005/06 | La Liga | 13th |
| 2006/07 | La Liga | 12th |
| 2007/08 | La Liga | 7th |
| 2008/09 | La Liga | 9th |
Former position
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Los equipos más antiguos de España (por Comunidades Autónomas)" (in Spanish). 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
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