CD Atlético Baleares
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Club Deportivo Atlético Baleares, S.A.D. (Catalan: Club Esportiu Atlètic Balears) is a Spanish football team based in Palma, the capital of the island of Mallorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1920, its first men's team currently plays in Segunda Federación, the fourth tier of Spanish football, hosting games at the Estadi Balear with a capacity of 6,000 seats.[1] Its first women's team is active in the Primera Federación, the second division, playing at Son Malferit. Besides, its youth academy has around a dozen of teams.[2][3]
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Full name | Club Deportivo Atlético Baleares, S.A.D. Club Esportiu Atlètic Balears, S.A.E. (in Catalan) | |||
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Nickname(s) | Balearicos, blanc-i-blaus | |||
Short name | ATB, Baleares | |||
Founded | 20 November 1920; 103 years ago (1920-11-20) as Baleares Football Club | |||
Stadium | Estadi Balear | |||
Capacity | 6,000 | |||
President | Ingo Volckmann | |||
Head coach | Jaume Mut | |||
League | Segunda Federación – Group 3 | |||
2023–24 | Primera Federación – Group 2, 19th of 20 (relegated) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Atlético Baleares reached the Segunda División, the second tier, on two occasions, participating for a total four seasons in the 1950s and 1960s. Moreover, it disputed 16 seasons of the extinct Segunda División B, claiming the title on three occasions, and 3 seasons of the Primera Federación. Still, Atlético Baleares has most often been present in the Tercera División.
Its origins are related to the working class of Palma, and already in the 1920s, Atlético Baleares became the main rival of RCD Mallorca, the island's most successful club.[4] This rivalry, commonly dubbed the Palma derby, has stayed alive until the present, despite the low number of direct confrontations during the last decades.
Atlético Baleares was known as Baleares FC until 1942, when it adopted its current name after a fusion with Athletic FC. Still, many fans call the club by its old name.[5]