CD Atlético Baleares

For a long time, the history of the club had not been researched, which has only happened in the 21st century. That is why many still trace the origin of the club back to 1942, even though it has been proven and widely accepted that 1920 is the actual foundational year of Atlético Baleares.

The origins (1920)

Mecánico FC

On 3 April 1920, an article about the foundation of new football teams in Palma appeared in the local newspaper Última Hora. The following sentence stood out in the text:

En los talleres de la Isleña tengo noticias que se hacen preparativos para formar un team (I have news from the Isleña workshops that preparations are made to form a team). While football used to be a sport for the middle or upper class, this was the first time a working-class group created a football team, concretely a group of workers at Isleña Marítima, complemented by naval machinists that were doing an internship at the company. This team adopted the name of Mecánico FC (in Catalan: Mecànic FC). Their shirts were based on the colours of the company: three vertical blue stripes on a white background, inspired by the initials I-M on the blue background of the original logo of Isleña Marítima. The workers did not have to spend money on elaborating shorts, as they were able to cut their blue overalls. The members gathered in the café Can Rasca (Carrer de Sant Miquel, 67, which used to be 187, right next to the Carrer dels Oms) in Palma. The team lacked a field and…

National tournaments

Segunda División B Winners (3): 2011–12, 2018–19, 2019–20 Tercera División Winners (11): 1950–51, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10 Runners-up (10): 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97 Regional Preferente Winners (3): 1974–75, 1982–83, 2005–06 Primera Regional Runners-up (1): 1942–43 Copa Federación de España Winners (1): 2015–16 Copa Federación de España (autonomic phase) Winners (2): 2009–10, 2015–16 Runners-up (1): 2003–04

Regional tournaments

Baleares Regional Championship Runners-up (1): 1927–28 Mallorca Regional Championship Winners (1): 1927–28 Runners-up (9): 1924–25, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39 Copa Presidente de la República Winners (2): 1935, 1936 Liga Mallorca Winners (2): 1939, 1943 Runners-up (1): 1936

Other tournaments

Trofeu s’Agricultura Winners (4): 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014 Runners-up (1): 2010 Uruguay Cup Winners (4): 1959, 1966, 1967, 1968 Runners-up (2): 1964, 1965 Copa Ayuntamiento de Palma Runners-up (1): 1921

Friendly tournament

Since 1966, the club hosts the Trofeu Nicolau Brondo, the oldest summer tournament in the Balearic Islands. Atlético Baleares has won the competition on 29 occasions.