CD Atlético Baleares

Atlético Baleares

Full name	Club Deportivo Atlético Baleares
Nickname(s)	Balearicos
Founded	1920
Ground	Camp de futbol "Son Malferit", Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Capacity	1,250
Chairman	Ingo Volckmann
Manager	Manix Mandiola
League	2ªB – Group 3
2016–17	2ªB – Group 3, 4th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Atlético Baleares (Catalan: Club Esportiu Atlètic Balears) is a Spanish football team based in Palma, Majorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded on 14 November 1920, it currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 3, hosting games at the 1,250 capacity Camp de Futbol "Son Malferit".

History

Founded in 1920 with the name Baleares Foot-Ball Club after a merger of teams Mecánico FC and Mallorca FC, in 1942 it absorbed Athletic FC and added its name to the club.

Atlético Baleares reached Tercera División – the lowest rank in the national leagues – in 1943, going on to remain in that level for the better part of the following three decades. In the early years of the '50s and '60s, however, it did manage four appearances in the Segunda División (1950–52, 1960–62), achieving two tenth-place finishes.

In 1977 Segunda División B was created as the new third division, and Atlético finished last in its first season in the category, subsequently playing mostly in the fourth level, but also being relegated to the regional leagues once.

In 2008 Atlético Baleares returned to division three, being immediately relegated back. The club had three coaches during the ill-fated campaign, including Francisco López Alfaro (played nearly 600 official games for Sevilla FC and RCD Espanyol) and Paco Soler (appeared in almost 400 La Liga matches with Atlético's neighbours RCD Mallorca); it promoted again for the 2010–11 season, after finishing as champions in its group, as in 2008.

Club background

• Mecánico FC – (1920-20)
• Mallorca FC – (1920-20)
• Baleares FC – (1920–42, merger of Mecánico/Mallorca)
• Balear FC – (1922–25, split off Athletic)
• Athletic FC – (1922–42, absorbed by Baleares)

Season to season

Mallorca Regional Championship

Season Tier Place 1923/24 1 3rd 1924/25 1 2nd 1925/26 1 2nd 1926/27 1 3rd 1927/28 1 1st 1928/29 1 3rd

Season Tier Place 1929/30 1 2nd 1930/31 1 4th 1931/32 1 2nd 1932/33 1 5th 1933/34 1 2nd 1934/35 1 2nd

Season Tier Place 1935/36 1 2nd 1936/37 1 2nd 1937/38 1 4th 1938/39 1 2nd 1939/40 1 5th

Spanish football league

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1940/41 4 Regional 6th 1941/42 4 Regional 3rd 1942/43 4 Regional 2nd 1943/44 3 3ª 8th 1944/45 3 3ª 7th 1945/46 3 3ª 3rd 1946/47 3 3ª 3rd 1947/48 3 3ª 8th 1948/49 3 3ª 9th 1949/50 3 3ª 7th 1950/51 3 3ª 1st 1951/52 2 2ª 10th 1952/53 2 2ª 14th 1953/54 3 3ª 7th 1954/55 3 3ª 5th 1955/56 3 3ª 1st 1956/57 3 3ª 2nd 1957/58 3 3ª 2nd 1958/59 3 3ª 3rd 1959/60 3 3ª 2nd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1960/61 3 3ª 1st 1961/62 2 2ª 10th Round of 16 1962/63 2 2ª 14th 1963/64 3 3ª 2nd 1964/65 3 3ª 1st 1965/66 3 3ª 2nd 1966/67 3 3ª 3rd 1967/68 3 3ª 1st 1968/69 3 3ª 5th 1969/70 3 3ª 8th 1970/71 3 3ª 17th 1971/72 3 3ª 10th 1972/73 3 3ª 19th 1973/74 4 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1974/75 4 Reg. Pref. 1st 1975/76 3 3ª 15th 1976/77 3 3ª 6th First round 1977/78 3 2ªB 20th Second round 1978/79 4 3ª 17th First round 1979/80 4 3ª 13th Third round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1980/81 4 3ª 19th 1981/82 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1982/83 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1983/84 4 3ª 4th 1984/85 4 3ª 3rd First round 1985/86 4 3ª 2nd Second round 1986/87 4 3ª 2nd Round of 16 1987/88 3 2ªB 12th 1988/89 3 2ªB 6th Round of 32 1989/90 3 2ªB 20th 1990/91 4 3ª 3rd Round of 32 1991/92 4 3ª 3rd 1992/93 4 3ª 8th Second round 1993/94 4 3ª 2nd 1994/95 4 3ª 2nd 1995/96 4 3ª 3rd 1996/97 4 3ª 2nd 1997/98 4 3ª 1st 1998/99 4 3ª 4th 1999/00 4 3ª 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2000/01 4 3ª 1st Preliminary 2001/02 4 3ª 1st Preliminary 2002/03 4 3ª 8th Preliminary 2003/04 4 3ª 9th 2004/05 4 3ª 19th 2005/06 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2006/07 4 3ª 6th 2007/08 4 3ª 1st 2008/09 3 2ªB 20th First round 2009/10 4 3ª 1st 2010/11 3 2ªB 13th First round 2011/12 3 2ªB 1st 2012/13 3 2ªB 11th First round 2013/14 3 2ªB 5th 2014/15 3 2ªB 12th First round 2015/16 3 2ªB 9th 2016/17 3 2ªB 4th 2017/18 3 2ªB 14th Second round

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• 4 seasons in Segunda División
• 13 seasons in Segunda División B
• 53 seasons in Tercera División
• 8 seasons in Regional Preferente

Current squad

As of 13 June 2018

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Oinatz Aulestia
—	GK	GER	Carl Klaus
—	DF	ESP	Biel Guasp
—	DF	GER	Malik Fathi
—	DF	ESP	Manu Farrando
—	DF	CMR	Marcel Ndjeng
—	DF	ESP	Guillermo Vallori
—	DF	ESP	José del Amo
—	DF	ESP	Sergio Sánchez
—	DF	ESP	Migue Marín
—	DF	ESP	Alberto Villapalos
—	MF	ESP	Xesc Fullana

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Kike López
—	MF	ESP	Xisco Hernández
—	MF	ESP	Julio Delgado
—	MF	NGA	Uche
—	MF	ESP	Borja Martínez
—	MF	ESP	Óscar Rico
—	FW	ESP	Nacho Heras
—	FW	PAR	Rodri Cuenca
—	FW	ESP	Álvaro Sánchez
—	FW	ESP	Gerard Oliva
—	FW	ESP	Marcos
—	MF	ENG	Samuel Shashoua (On loan from Tottenham Hotspur)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Horacio Melgarej
Assistant manager	Luciano Becchio
Goalkeeper coach	Dani Aparicio
Fitness coach	Rayco Mederos
Doctor	Gonzalo Barrantes
Physiotherapist	Eduard Nicuesa
Physiotherapist	Lolo Burgos

Honours

• Segunda División B (Group III): 2011–12
• Tercera División (Group XI): 1950–51, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10
• Regional Preferente: 1974–75, 1982–83, 2005–06
• Copa Federación de España: 2015–16
• Baleares Regional Championship:
  • Runners-Up (1): 1928
• Mallorca Regional Championship: 1928
  • Runners-Up (9): 1925, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939

Friendly tournament

Since 1966, Atlético Baleares hosts the Trofeo Nicolás Brondo, the oldest summer tournament in the region. The hosts have won the competition – which was not held in 1976, 1988, 1990 and 2006, and consisted mostly of a single match – on 26 occasions.

Sources

• AAVV: Gran Enciclopèdia de Mallorca. 19 Vol. Palma: Promomallorca edicions, 1988–91. ISBN 84-86617-02-2 Template:Ca icon
• Fábregas y Cuxart, Luis: Ca Nostra. 50 años de vida palmesana. Palma: Edicions Cort, 2007 (1965). ISBN 978-84-7535-595-5 Template:Es icon
• García Gargallo, Manuel: Els origens de l'Atlètic Balears (1920-1942). Dels inicis a la fusió. Barcelona, 2013 Template:Ca icon
• García Gargallo, Manuel: «El Atlético Baleares, patrimonio del fútbol balear (y mallorquín)». Cuadernos de Fútbol. Núm. 76 (May 2016). CIHEFE. ISSN 1989-6379 Template:Es icon
• Salas Fuster, Antoni: L'Atlètic Baleares. Una història de supervivència. Palma: Ingrama SA (impr.), 2009. ISBN 84-85932-78-1 Template:Ca icon

External links

• Official website Template:Ca icon Template:Es icon Template:En icon
• Soccerway team profile Template:Es icon