RCD Mallorca

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.

 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.
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RCD_Mallorca_first_match.jpg|thumb|325x325px|RCD Mallorca first match on 25 March 1916 against FC Barcelona reserve team.
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Acta_fundacional_RCDMallorca.jpg|thumb|324x324px|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 
 1916–1931 CD Alfonso XIII
 1931–1939 CD Mallorca
 1939–present RCD Mallorca

 League position 
SeasonLeaguePosition2000/01La Liga3rd2001/02La Liga16th2002/03La Liga9th2003/04La Liga11th2004/05La Liga17th2005/06La Liga13th2006/07La Liga12th2007/08La Liga7th2008/09La Liga9th

 Former position 
 1939/40 : Segunda División – 7th / Group C
 1944/45 : Segunda División – 11th
 1945/46 : Segunda División – 8th
 1946/47 : Segunda División – 5th
 1947/48 : Segunda División – 13th
 1949/50 : Segunda División – 11th / Group B
 1950/51 : Segunda División – 12th / Group B
 1951/52 : Segunda División – 6th / Group B
 1952/53 : Segunda División – 8th / Group B
 1953/54 : Segunda División – 16th / Group B
 1959/60 : Segunda División – 1st / Group B
 1960/61 : La Liga – 9th
 1961/62 : La Liga – 11th
 1962/63 : La Liga – 13th
 1963/64 : Segunda División – 3rd / Group B
 1964/65 : Segunda División – 1st / Group B
 1965/66 : La Liga – 15th
 1966/67 : Segunda División – 5th / Group B
 1967/68 : Segunda División – 4th / Group B
 1968/69 : Segunda División – 3rd
 1969/70 : La Liga – 15th
 1970/71 : Segunda División – 9th
 1971/72 : Segunda División – 12th
 1972/73 : Segunda División – 10th
 1973/74 : Segunda División – 11th
 1974/75 : Segunda División – 17th
 1981/82 : Segunda División – 6th
 1982/83 : Segunda División – 3rd
 1983/84 : La Liga – 17th
 1984/85 : Segunda División – 7th
 1985/86 : Segunda División – 3rd
 1986/87 : La Liga – 5th
 1987/88 : La Liga – 18th
 1988/89 : Segunda División – 4th
 1989/90 : La Liga – 10th
 1990/91 : La Liga – 15th
 1991/92 : La Liga – 20th
 1992/93 : Segunda División – 4th
 1993/94 : Segunda División – 5th
 1994/95 : Segunda División – 12th
 1995/96 : Segunda División – 3rd
 1996/97 : Segunda División – 3rd
 1997/98 : La Liga – 5th
 1998/99 : La Liga – 3rd
 1999/00 : La Liga – 10th

References

Category:1916 establishments in Europe
Category:1910s establishments in Spain
Category:Spanish football clubs
Category:Mallorca