History of Balearic football part 2
Mallorca
Mallorca has the most successful of the Balearic clubs Real Club Deportivo Mallorca who are currently playing in Liga BBVA and finished 8th last season.The club were founded 96 years ago in 1916 by Adolfo Vázquez, a republican engineer and currently play their home game at the Iberostar Stadium in Mallorca's capital Palma De Mallorca. The club have played in the Spanish top division for the last 15 years and their best finish was in the 1998/1999 season where they finished 3rd and where runners uo in the UEFA cup winners cup to S.S Lazio 2-1.
In late May 2010, Mallorca declared bankcruptcy and applied to the courts to enter voluntary administration with debts estimated between £42.5m and £51.3m. It was announced on 28 June that a consortium led by former club manager Lorenzo Senna Ferrer that included tennis superstar and Mallorca native Rafael Nadal had bought the club, and the sale was completed on 9 July.
However the following season they were denied a UEFA licence to play in the season's Europa League due to their financial problems but still managed to put that behind them and finished just outside the relugtion zone and compelete another successful season in Liga BBVA
Most Appearences- Miguel Angel Nadal (255)
Top Goalscorer- Samuel Eto'o (54)