CD Atlético Baleares

Atlético Baleares
Full name Club Deportivo Atlético Baleares
Nickname(s) Balearicos
Founded 1942
Ground Estadi Balear, Palma,
Balearic Islands, Spain
(Capacity: 18,000)
Chairman Fernando Crespí
Manager Gustavo Siviero
League Segunda División B
2010–11 Segunda División B - Group 3, 13th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Club Deportivo Atlético Baleares is a Spanish football team based in Palma, Majorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded on 27 May 1942, it currently plays in Segunda División B - Group 3.

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History

Founded in 1942, Atlético Baleares reached Tercera División - the lowest rank in the national leagues - in the following year, going on to remain in that level for the better part of the following three decades. In the early years of the 50's and 60's, however, it did manage four appearances in the second division (1950–52, 1960–62), achieving two 10th-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 the third division, 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 champions in its group, as in 2008.

Season to season

Seasons Division Place
1942/43 Regional 2nd
1943/44 3ª 8th
1944/45 3ª 7th
1945/46 3ª 3rd
1946/47 3ª 3rd
1947/48 3ª 8th
1948/49 3ª 9th
1949/50 3ª 7th
1950/51 3ª 1st
1951/52 2ª 10th
1952/53 2ª 14th
1953/54 3ª 7th
Seasons Division Place
1954/55 3ª 5th
1955/56 3ª 1st
1956/57 3ª 2nd
1957/58 3ª 2nd
1958/59 3ª 3rd
1959/60 3ª 2nd
1960/61 3ª 1st
1961/62 2ª 10th
1962/63 2ª 14th
1963/64 3ª 2nd
1964/65 3ª 1st
1965/66 3ª 2nd
Seasons Division Place
1966/67 3ª 3rd
1967/68 3ª 1st
1968/69 3ª 5th
1969/70 3ª 8th
1970/71 3ª 17th
1971/72 3ª 10th
1972/73 3ª 19th
1973/74 Regional 3rd
1974/75 Regional 1st
1975/76 3ª 15th
1976/77 3ª 6th
1977/78 2ªB 20th
Seasons Division Place
1978/79 3ª 17th
1979/80 3ª 13th
1980/81 3ª 19th
1981/82 Regional 3rd
1982/83 Regional 1st
1983/84 3ª 4th
1984/85 3ª 3rd
1985/86 3ª 2nd
1986/87 3ª 2nd
1987/88 2ªB 12th
1988/89 2ªB 6th
1989/90 2ªB 20th
Seasons Division Place
1990/91 3ª 3rd
1991/92 3ª 3rd
1992/93 3ª 8th
1993/94 3ª 2nd
1994/95 3ª 2nd
1995/96 3ª 3rd
1996/97 3ª 2nd
1997/98 3ª 1st
1998/99 3ª 4th
1999/00 3ª 1st
2000/01 3ª 1st
2001/02 3ª 1st
Seasons Division Place
2002/03 3ª 8th
2003/04 3ª 9th
2004/05 3ª 19th
2005/06 Regional 1st
2006/07 3ª 6th
2007/08 3ª 1st
2008/09 2ªB 20th
2009/10 3ª 1st
2010/11 2ªB 13th
2011/12 2ªB —

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Nico Bonis
2 DF Martín Mantovani
3 DF Marc Vales
4 MF David Sánchez
5 DF Carlos Quesada
6 DF Taofeek Biobaku
7 FW Dani
8 FW Antoñito
9 FW Peter Nworah
10 MF Thiaguinho
12 MF Raheem Lawal
No. Position Player
14 MF Francesc Fullana
15 FW Jesús Perera
16 MF Abraham Noé
18 DF Javier Dorado
19 MF Mathias Coureur
20 DF Brayan Angulo
21 MF César Diop
22 GK Xavi Ginard
23 DF José Izquierdo
25 GK Biel Ribas

Technical staff

Honours

Stadium

Atlético Baleares hold home games at Estadi Balear, with a 18,000-spectators capacity. It opened on 8 May 1960, with a 2–0 friendly win against Birmingham City.

3.000 seats are located on a covered tribune, and the pitch's dimensions are 102×67 metres.

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 19 occasions.

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