RCD Mallorca

Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team from Palma. Founded on March 5 1916, it currently plays in the Primera División.

Mallorca plays in red shirts and black shorts with black socks. The home stadium is the Son Moix that seats 26,500 spectators.

History

The oldest club in the Balearic Islands, Mallorca was originally formed by Adolfo Vázquez, a republican engineer, who named the club Junta Directiva del Alfonso XIII FBC after the then king. The first stadium, inaugurated on March 25, was called the Buenos Aires, with a match against FC Barcelona (which Barcelona won 8-0). By the next year, the club had changed its name to Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII, which remained until the club was renamed in 1931, for political reasons, Club Deportivo Mallorca. The Real prefix was added in 1949.

In its history, the team has spent 20 seasons in the Primera, 29 in segunda, 2 in segunda B and 11 in tercera. Probably the greatest achievement in the club's history was to appear in the last ever European Cup-Winners Cup final in 1999 against Lazio,which they lost 2-1.

Trophies

Copa del Rey:Winner: 1
- 2003
Copa del Rey:Runners-Up: 2
- 1991 and 1998
Cup Winners' Cup:Runners-Up:1
- 1999
Segunda División:Champions:
- 1959-60 and 1964-65.
Best position in the Primera División:
- 3rd in 1998-99.

19 seasons on La Liga
31 seasons on Segunda División
2 seasons on Segunda División B
12 seasons on Tercera División

Current squad 2006/07

''The numbers are established according to the official website:www.rcdmallorca.es and www.lfp.es

As of February 1 2006

Squad changes during 2006/07 season

In:

Jordi Lopez - Signed From Sevilla FC
Varela - Signed From Real Betis
Paíto - Signed From Sporting Clube de Portugal
Maxi López - On Loan From FC Barcelona
Fernando Navarro - Signed From FC Barcelona
Dorado - Signed From Sporting de Gijón

Out:

Borja - Return To Real Madrid Castilla
Okubo - Return To Cerezo Osaka
Braulio - Return To Atlético de Madrid
David Cortes - Transfered To Getafe CF
Campano - Transfered To Gimnàstic de Tarragona

Statistics 2005/06

La Liga	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	F	A
RCD Mallorca	12	43	38	10	13	15	37	51

Top Scores:
- Arango - 11 goals
- Victor - 5 goals
- Jordi - 3 goals
Top Goalkeepers
- Prats - 36 goals In 30 Matches
- Moya - 16 goals In 9 Matches

Famous players

see also

Famous Coaches