RCD Mallorca

Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (Spanish: [reˈal ˈkluβ ðepoɾˈtiβo maˈʎoɾka], Catalan: Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca [rəˈjal ˈklub dəpuɾˈtiw məˈʎɔɾkə], Royal Sporting Club Mallorca), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in the Balearic Islands. Founded on 5 March 1916, they currently compete in La Liga, holding home games at the Estadi Mallorca Son Moix with a 23,142-seat capacity.

Mallorca

Full name	Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Los Piratas (The Pirates) Los Bermellones (The Vermilions) Els Barralets (The Barralet)
Founded	5 March 1916; 106 years ago (1916-03-05) as Alfonso XIII Foot-Ball Club
Ground	Estadi Mallorca Son Moix
Capacity	23,142^[1]
Owner	Robert Sarver
President	Andy Kohlberg
Head coach	Javier Aguirre
League	La Liga
2021–22	La Liga, 16th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

The club had its peak in the late 1990s and early 2000s, reaching a best-ever 3rd place in La Liga in 1999 and 2001 and winning the Copa del Rey in 2003 following final defeats in 1991 and 1998. Mallorca also won the 1998 Supercopa de España^[2] and reached the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final.

Mallorca traditionally play in red shirts with black shorts and socks.

History

The early years

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.

Until the 1930s, the board of directors managed to organise fixtures against peninsular clubs such as RCD Espanyol and Real Murcia, while also hosting rare exhibitions against foreign sides including: Ajax in 1923, Uruguay's national team in 1925, Chilean outfit Colo-Colo in 1927 and one of the Czech Republic's oldest teams, Prague Meteor, in 1930.

In 1931, following the establishment of the Second Spanish Republic which prohibited any form of reference to monarchy, the club was renamed to Club Deportivo Mallorca.

Although major fixtures and competitions across Spain were soon interrupted by the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936, the squad enjoyed a highly successful spell by winning every possible championship they entered into, as football on the island remained resistant to the deferral experienced throughout the country. When the war finally ended, matches with teams from the Peninsula were quick to resume and the Second Division was inaugurated, based on five groups of eight teams each.

It was during a period in the Second Division that, on 22 September 1945, the time had come to wave goodbye to Buenos Aires Field and up sticks to Es Fortí, a 16,000-maximum capacity stadium which would be called home for over half a century and undergo several expansions. A line-up featuring forward Sebastián Pocoví, defender Saturnino Grech and goalkeeper Antoni Ramallets beat Jerez 3–0 on the opening game of the new campaign the following day, with Carlos Sanz scoring Es Fortí's first goal in front of packed-out terraces. The title Es Fortí was short-lived however, with the board later changing the name of the stadium to Lluís Sitjar, in honour of the man who had driven the construction of the field.

During the 1949–1950 season, the Balearic club recovered their "Real" title, becoming Real Club Deportivo Mallorca

1960–1990

1990s and 2000s: Peak

In 1990–91, Mallorca reached the Copa del Rey final for the first time, losing by one goal to Atlético Madrid.^[3]

Argentine Héctor Cúper was hired as manager in 1997. In his first season, the club reached the 1998 Copa del Rey Final, and lost on penalties to FC Barcelona after a 1–1 draw in Mestalla. However, as Barcelona also won the league, Mallorca were their opponents in the 1998 Supercopa de España and won 3–1 on aggregate for their first major honour.^[4] Barcelona's double also meant Mallorca entered the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the final staging of the tournament – they lost the final 2–1 to Italy's S.S. Lazio at Villa Park.^[5]

In 1999, Mallorca also finished a best-ever 3rd and qualified for the first time to the UEFA Champions League, but were eliminated on the away goals rule by Molde FK of Norway before the group stage. Luis Aragonés matched 3rd place in 2001, before leaving for an Atlético Madrid still in the second tier.^[6] On 28 June 2003, Mallorca won the Copa del Rey with a 3–0 win over Recreativo de Huelva in the final in Elche; the goals were scored by Walter Pandiani and Samuel Eto'o (two).^[7]

2010s: Decline and return

 

Visit Mallorca Stadium

Mallorca was relegated from La Liga on the last day of the 2012–13 season.^[8] In January 2016, with the team at risk of relegation to the third tier, American investor Robert Sarver and former NBA player Steve Nash bought the club for just over €20 million.^[9]

On 4 June 2017, Mallorca fell into the third tier for the first time since 1981, with one game of the season still to play.^[10] A year later, they bounced back in the 2017–18 season after winning the play-off final against CF Rayo Majadahonda, under new manager Vicente Moreno.^[11] In June 2019, Mallorca secured a second consecutive promotion to the 2019–20 La Liga, following a 3–2 win on aggregate over Deportivo de La Coruña in the 2019 Segunda División play-offs – having lost the first game 2–0.^[12] However, they were relegated a year later.^[13] A year later, Mallorca bounced back to the top tier following an Almería defeat to Cartagena.^[14]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1931–32 3 3ª 4th Round of 32 1932–33 4 Regional 2nd Did not play 1933–34 4 Regional 4th DNP 1934–35 4 Regional 3rd DNP 1935–36 4 Regional 1st Second round 1939–40 2 2ª 7th DNP 1940–41 4 1ª Reg. 2nd DNP 1941–42 4 1ª Reg. 1st DNP 1942–43 4 1ª Reg. 1st DNP 1943–44 3 3ª 1st Round of 32 1944–45 2 2ª 11th First round 1945–46 2 2ª 8th First round 1946–47 2 2ª 5th First round 1947–48 2 2ª 13th Fifth round 1948–49 3 3ª 3rd Fifth round 1949–50 2 2ª 11th Round of 16 1950–51 2 2ª 12th DNP 1951–52 2 2ª 6th DNP 1952–53 2 2ª 8th Second round 1953–54 2 2ª 16th DNP

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1954–55 3 3ª 1st DNP 1955–56 3 3ª 2nd DNP 1956–57 3 3ª 1st DNP 1957–58 3 3ª 1st DNP 1958–59 3 3ª 1st DNP 1959–60 2 2ª 1st Quarter-finals 1960–61 1 1ª 9th Round of 16 1961–62 1 1ª 11th Round of 16 1962–63 1 1ª 13th Round of 32 1963–64 2 2ª 3rd Round of 32 1964–65 2 2ª 1st Round of 16 1965–66 1 1ª 15th Round of 16 1966–67 2 2ª 5th Round of 32 1967–68 2 2ª 4th First round 1968–69 2 2ª 3rd DNP 1969–70 1 1ª 15th Round of 32 1970–71 2 2ª 9th Round of 32 1971–72 2 2ª 12th Fourth round 1972–73 2 2ª 10th Fourth round 1973–74 2 2ª 11th Third round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1974–75 2 2ª 17th Round of 32 1975–76 3 3ª 9th First round 1976–77 3 3ª 3rd Second round 1977–78 3 2ª B 18th First round 1978–79 4 3ª 13th DNP 1979–80 4 3ª 1st Third round 1980–81 3 2ª B 1st Third round 1981–82 2 2ª 6th Fourth round 1982–83 2 2ª 3rd Fourth round 1983–84 1 1ª 17th Third round 1984–85 2 2ª 7th Round of 16 1985–86 2 2ª 3rd Fourth round 1986–87 1 1ª 6th Quarter-finals 1987–88 1 1ª 18th Round of 32 1988–89 2 2ª 4th Quarter-finals 1989–90 1 1ª 10th First round 1990–91 1 1ª 15th Runners-up 1991–92 1 1ª 20th Fourth round 1992–93 2 2ª 4th Round of 16 1993–94 2 2ª 5th Third round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1994–95 2 2ª 12th Quarter-finals 1995–96 2 2ª 3rd Second round 1996–97 2 2ª 3rd Second round 1997–98 1 1ª 5th Runners-up 1998–99 1 1ª 3rd Quarter-finals 1999–2000 1 1ª 10th Second round 2000–01 1 1ª 3rd Quarter-finals 2001–02 1 1ª 16th Round of 16 2002–03 1 1ª 9th Winners 2003–04 1 1ª 11th Round of 32 2004–05 1 1ª 17th Round of 32 2005–06 1 1ª 13th Third round 2006–07 1 1ª 12th Round of 16 2007–08 1 1ª 7th Quarter-finals 2008–09 1 1ª 9th Semi-finals 2009–10 1 1ª 5th Quarter-finals 2010–11 1 1ª 17th Round of 16 2011–12 1 1ª 8th Quarter-finals 2012–13 1 1ª 18th Round of 16 2013–14 2 2ª 17th Second round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2014–15 2 2ª 16th Second round 2015–16 2 2ª 17th Second round 2016–17 2 2ª 20th Third round 2017–18 3 2ª B 1st Second round 2018–19 2 2ª 5th Round of 32 2019–20 1 1ª 19th Round of 32 2020–21 2 2ª 2nd Second Round 2021–22 1 1ª 16th Quarter-finals 2022–23 1 1ª Round of 16

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• 30 seasons in La Liga
• 37 seasons in Segunda División
• 3 seasons in Segunda División B
• 12 seasons in Tercera División
• 7 seasons in Divisiones Regionales

Players

Current squad

As of 18 January 2023^[15]

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   SRB Predrag Rajković 2 DF   SRB Matija Nastasić 3 DF   ARG Braian Cufré 4 MF   ESP Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta 5 DF   BIH Dennis Hadžikadunić (on loan from Rostov) 6 DF   ESP José Manuel Copete 7 FW   KOS Vedat Muriqi 8 MF   FRA Clément Grenier 9 FW   ESP Abdón 10 MF   ESP Antonio Sánchez 12 MF   GHA Iddrisu Baba 13 GK   SVK Dominik Greif 14 MF   ESP Dani Rodríguez

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   ESP Pablo Maffeo 16 MF   ARG Rodrigo Battaglia 17 FW   ZIM Tino Kadewere (on loan from Lyon) 18 DF   ESP Jaume Costa 19 MF   KOR Lee Kang-in 20 DF   URU Giovanni González 21 DF   ESP Antonio Raíllo (captain) 22 FW   ESP Ángel 23 MF   SEN Amath Ndiaye 24 DF   SVK Martin Valjent 29 DF   ESP Josep Gayá 31 GK   ESP Leo Román

Reserve team

Main article: RCD Mallorca B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 MF   ESP Miquel Llabrés 33 GK   ESP Pere García

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   ESP Javi Llabrés (at Mirandés until 30 June 2023) — FW   ESP Jordi Mboula (at Racing Santander until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   ESP Álex Alegría (at Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2023)

Management and staff

See also: List of RCD Mallorca managers

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Javier Aguirre
Assistant coach	Toni Amor
Goalkeeping coach	Luisvi De Miguel
Fitness coach	Félix Vicente   Xim López
Analysts	Raúl Gallego
Physiotherapists	Magí Vicenç   Verónica Sebastianes   Cristian Castilla   Ferran Rosselló

Last updated: 1 September 2021
Source: [2]

Board of directors

President: Andy Kohlberg

Board of Directors Member: Robert Sarver

Board of Directors Member: Steve Nash

Board of Directors Member: Graeme Le Saux

Board of Directors Member: Utz Claassen

Honorary Secretary: Rosemary Mafuz

Sports directors

Football Director: Pablo Ortells^[16]

Steering committee

CFO: Alfonso Díaz

Head of Sales & Marketing: Joan Serra

Legality Department: Lidia Navarro

Head of Communications: Albert Salas

Ticketing & Social area: Román Albarrán

Presidents

Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII Football Club

• Adolfo Vázquez Humasqué (1916)
• Antoni Moner (1916–19)
• Josep Ramis d'Ayreflor (1919–24)
• Antoni Moner (1924–26)
• Lluís Sitjar (1926–27)
• Sebastià Sancho (1927)
• Manuel Villalonga (1927–29)
• Josep Ramis d'Ayreflor / Sebastià Sancho (1929–30)
• Antonio Parietti / Lluís Sitjar (1930–31)

Club Deportivo Mallorca

• Lluís Sitjar / Josep Sancho / Ramón Cavaller (1931–32)
• Miquel Seguí (1932–34)
• Llorenç Lladó / Andreu Homar (1934–35)
• Andreu Homar (1935–43)
• Lluís Sitjar (1943–46)
• Félix Pons Marqués (1946–47)

Real Club Deportivo Mallorca

• Joaquín Fuster / Andreu Homar / Joan de Vidal (1948–51)
• Antoni Buades / Josep Tous (1951)
• Antoni Buades / José María del Valle (1952)
• Llorenç Munar (1955)
• Jaume Rosselló (1956–61)
• Llorenç Munar (1961)
• Joan de Vidal (1964–66)
• Josep Barona (1966–67)
• Josep Barona / Pau Servera (1967–68)
• Pau Servera / Guillem Ginard (1969–70)
• Guillem Ginard / Josep Fandós (1970–71)
• Josep Fandós (1971–72)
• Joan de Vidal (1972–74)
• Joan de Vidal / Antoni Seguí (1974–75)
• Antonio Seguí / Joan Ferrer (1975–76)
• Guillem Ginard (1976-77)
• Guillem Ginard / Miquel Contestí (1977–78)
• Miquel Contestí (1978–92)
• Miquel Dalmau (1992–95)
• Bartomeu Beltrán (1995–98)
• Guillem Reynés (1998–00)
• Mateu Alemany (2000–05)
• Vicenç Grande (2005–08)
• Mateu Alemany (2008–09)
• Tomeu Vidal (2009–10)
• Josep Maria Pons (2010)
• Jaume Cladera (2010–12)^[17]

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Copa del Rey^[18]
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
  • Runners-up (2): 1990–91, 1997–98

• Supercopa de España^[19]
  • Winners (1): 1998
  • Runners-up (1): 2003

• Segunda División
  • Winners (2): 1959–60, 1964–65
  • Play-off Winners (1): 2019

• Segunda División B
  • Winners (2): 1980–81, 2017–18

International competitions

• UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1998–99

Records

Team

• Best La Liga position: Third (1998–99, 2000–01)
• Record La Liga win: 7–1 v Recreativo de Huelva (h), 9 March 2008
• Record La Liga defeat: 7–0 v Atlético Madrid (a), 7 Feb 1988
• Fastest goal: 22 seconds -   Dani García v Real Oviedo, 21 Feb 1999.
• Most goals scored in a season: 69 (2007–08)

Individual

Notable players

See also: Category:RCD Mallorca footballers

Most appearances

#	Name	Matches
1°	Miguel Ángel Nadal	255
2°	José Nunes	222
3°	Javier Olaizola	206
4°	Ariel Ibagaza	204
5°	Víctor Casadesús	197
6°	Juan Arango	183
7°	Jovan Stanković	175
8°	Marcos	171
9°	Paco Soler	168
10°	Dudu Aouate	167
11°	Iván Ramis	164
12°	José Luis Martí	161

Top scorers

#	Name	Goals
1°	Samuel Eto'o	54
2°	Juan Arango	46
3°	Víctor Casadesús	37
4°	Daniel Güiza	28
5°	Pierre Webó	27

• Pichichi Trophy
  • La Liga
    •   Daniel Güiza – 27 (2007–08)
• Ricardo Zamora Trophy
  • La Liga
    •   Carlos Roa – 1998–99
  • Segunda División
    •   Badou Zaki – 1988–89

World Cup players

The following players have been selected by their country in the World Cup Finals, while playing for Mallorca.

•   Zoran Vulić (1990)
•   Iván Campo (1998)
•   Carlos Roa (1998)
•   Albert Luque (2002)
•   Miguel Ángel Nadal (2002)
•   Samuel Eto'o (2002)
•   Pierre Webó (2010)
•   Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba (2014)
•   Lee Kang-in (2022)
•   Predrag Rajković (2022)

Club information

• Members: 12,107 (2020–21)
• Total Attendance in La Liga: 205,828 (2019–20)^[A]
• Average Attendance: 10,836 Spectators (2019–20)
• Official shirt manufacturer: Nike
• Official shirt sponsors: αGEL
• Other sponsors: Coca-Cola, CaixaBank,^[20] Estrella Damm, PayPal, Fibwi, juaneda, Air Europa, Specialized Bicycle Components, okmobility, Alua Hotels & Resorts

1. The attendance numbers are affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Stadium information

• Name – Visit Mallorca Stadium^[21]
• City – Palma de Mallorca
• Capacity – 23,142
• Inauguration – June 1999
• Pitch size – 107 m x 69 m
• Other Facilities: – Antonio Asensio Sports Complex (aka "Son Bibiloni")^[22]
• Google Maps Location – Visit Mallorca Stadium

 

The team plane, needed due to the club's island location

Affiliated teams

•   RCD Mallorca B - Reserve team

References

1. [1] – RCD Mallorca Official Page
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16. "RCD Mallorca announces Pablo Ortells as football director". (official website).
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External links

 

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