RCD Mallorca is based on which Balearic island?

RCD Mallorca is based on the Balearic island of Mallorca.

The club is based in Palma, the capital of Mallorca and of Spain’s Balearic Islands. Its full name is Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, and it was founded on 5 March 1916 as Alfonso XIII Foot-Ball Club. The island setting is central to the club’s identity and distinguishes it from teams based on the nearby islands.

Mallorca’s traditional colours are red shirts with black shorts and socks, earning the team the nickname Los Bermellones, meaning “The Vermilions.” The club plays its home matches at Estadi Mallorca Son Moix in Palma.

RCD Mallorca reached its strongest period in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It finished third in La Liga in 1999 and 2001, won the Copa del Rey in 2003, and reached the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup final. Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera are also Balearic islands, but none is the club’s home island.