| Location |  Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain |
|---|---|
| Teams | RCD Mallorca CD Atlético Baleares |
| Latest meeting | RCD Mallorca 3–2 CD Atlético Baleares Segunda División B, group III (21 January 2018) |
| Stadiums | Visit Mallorca Stadium (RCD Mallorca) Estadio Balear (CD Atlético Baleares) |
The rivalry between RCD Mallorca and CD Atlético Baleares, clubs based in Palma de Mallorca (Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain) is known as the Palma derby or derbi palmesano.
Both clubs are, by far, the oldest in the capital of the Balearic Islands (the rest were founded from the mid-1960s) and have had a bitter rivalry owing to the social status of their respective founders. While RCD Mallorca (then called Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII FC) was considered the team of the powerful, CD Atlético Baleares (then Baleares FC) was born from workers and workers sectors of the city. This character is very diluted at present and both clubs are much more heterogeneous than in the beginning, but the foundational character is still very present when defining the rivalry between groups of supporters.
Their rivalry has remained very alive at street level, despite being clubs at very different sporting levels from the 1960s onwards - and especially since the 1980s, when Mallorca made a significant improvement and became a regular in the Primera and Segunda Divisions, while Atlético Baleares remained in the lower Segunda Division B and Tercera División.[1]
The first confrontation took place on March 13, 1921, between the second team of Alfonso XIII FC and the first of Baleares FC in the stadium of Bons Aires, property of the alfonsinos. The match ended early in the midst of a pitched battle between players and the public through, when the alfonsinos won by 2 goals to 1.[2][3][4]
The rivalry has been maintained for almost a century through the successive names of the two clubs. By the mallorcanists, RS Alfonso XIII FC (from 1916 to 1931), CD Mallorca (1931-1949) and RCD Mallorca (since 1949). On the part of the balearics, Baleares FC (from 1920 to 1942) and CD Atlético Baleares (since 1942).
At the supramunicipal level, for a time two clubs shared rivalry with a third team: the CD Constancia of the neighboring population of Inca, especially until the 1960s. In the other islands of the Balearic archipelago, the main rivals were SD Ibiza (from the capital of the Pityusic Islands, Ibiza) and UD Mahón (from the capital of Minorca). The aforementioned rise in sporting achievement that RCD Mallorca had from the 1960s reduced all these rivalries to a minimum, except that with Atlético Baleares.
The last derby, played in 2018 in Segunda División B, aroused great excitement and showed that the rivalry is still very much alive.[5]
Only clashes between first teams are listed. Therefore, the confrontations of Atlético Baleares against the RCD Mallorca subsidiaries (first Mallorca Atlético and currently RCD Mallorca B) are not included.
Only clashes between first teams are listed. Therefore, the confrontations of Atlético Baleares against the RCD Mallorca subsidiaries (first Mallorca Atlético and currently RCD Mallorca B) are not included.
| Season | Stadium | Round | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–49 | Es Fortí | 1st round | CD Mallorca | 1 – 0 | At. Baleares | Single match |
| 1986–87 | Estadio Balear | Round of 32 | At. Baleares | 2 – 4 | RCD Mallorca | Single match |
Only clashes between first teams are listed. Therefore, the confrontations of Atlético Baleares against the RCD Mallorca subsidiaries (first Mallorca Atlético and currently RCD Mallorca B) are not included.
| Season | Tournament | Stadium | Round | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Copa Ayuntamiento de Palma | Bons Aires | Single round | RS Alfonso XIII FC | 4 – 0 | Baleares FC | Competition organized by Palma City Council |
| 1933–34 | Copa Presidente de la República | Son Canals | — | Baleares FC | 1 – 3 | CD Mallorca | — |
| Bons Aires | — | CD Mallorca | 4 – 0 | Baleares FC | — | ||
| 1934–35 | Copa Presidente de la República | Bons Aires | — | CD Mallorca | 1 – 1 | Baleares FC | — |
| Son Canals | — | Baleares FC | 3 – 3 | CD Mallorca | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Copa Presidente de la República | Son Canals | — | Baleares FC | 0 – 0 | CD Mallorca | — |
| Bons Aires | — | CD Mallorca | 1 – 1 | Baleares FC | — | ||
| 1937–38 | Liga Mallorca | Son Canals | — | Baleares FC | 0 – 6 | CD Mallorca | — |
| Bons Aires | — | CD Mallorca | — | Baleares FC | Suspended by withdrawal of the CD Mallorca from the competition | ||
| 1939–40 | Liga Mallorca | Bons Aires | — | CD Mallorca | 1 – 1 | Baleares FC | — |
| Son Canals | — | Baleares FC | 1 – 5 | CD Mallorca | — | ||
| 1940–41 | Liga Mallorca | Son Canals | — | Baleares FC | 0 – 6 | CD Mallorca | — |
| Bons Aires | — | CD Mallorca | 5 – 1 | Baleares FC | — | ||
| 1952–53 | Copa RFEF | Es Fortí | 2nd round | RCD Mallorca | 4 – 2 | Baleares FC | — |
| Son Canals | 2nd round | Baleares FC | 1 – 1 | RCD Mallorca | — | ||
| 1971 | Nicolau Brondo Trophy | Estadio Balear | Single match | At. Baleares | 0 – 1 | RCD Mallorca | — |
| 1972 | Nicolau Brondo Trophy | Estadio Balear | Single match | At. Baleares | 1 – 4 | RCD Mallorca | — |
| 1984 | Nicolau Brondo Trophy | Estadio Balear | Single match | At. Baleares | 0 – 1 | RCD Mallorca | — |
| 1985 | Nicolau Brondo Trophy | Estadio Balear | Single match | At. Baleares | 1 – 2 | RCD Mallorca | — |
| 1993 | Friendly | Estadio Balear | Single match | At. Baleares | 0 – 6 | RCD Mallorca | Commemoration 50 years merger CD Atlético Baleares |
| 1994 | Nicolau Brondo Trophy | Estadio Balear | Single match | At. Baleares | 1 – 1 (*) | RCD Mallorca | — |
| 2008 | Illes Balears Trophy | Bintaufa, Mahón | Semi-finals | RCD Mallorca | 4 – 2 | At. Baleares | — |
(*) RCD Mallorca won on penalties.
