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| Full name | Club Esportiu Manacor | ||
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| Nicknames | Manacorins, blanc-i-vermells | ||
| Founded | 23 June 1923 | ||
| Ground | Na Capellera,Manacor Balearic Islands, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| President | Pere Mateu Grimalt | ||
| Head coach | Andrés Vázquez | ||
| League | Tercera Federación – Group 11 | ||
| 2024–25 | Tercera Federación – Group 11, 7th of 18 | ||
| Website | http://www.cemanacor.com/ | ||
Club Esportiu Manacor is aSpanish football team based inManacor,Mallorca,Balearic Islands. Founded in 1923, its first team plays in theTercera Federación – Group 11, the fifth tier ofSpanish football. Moreover, Manacor's first women's team is active in theFemenina Autonòmica, and the club has around a dozen of teams in its youth academy.[1] The club's ground is theEstadi deNa Capellera, located in the same city, holding 4,000 spectators.[2]
The highest category in which Manacor has played is the extinctSegunda División B, doing so during five seasons divided over the 20th century.[3] Moreover, the club has participated in around 60 editions of theTercera División/Tercera Federación.
In 1908, football arrived to Manacor for the first time with the creation ofFoot-Ballista Club Manacor, related to the local agricultural syndicate.[5] Later, a new club was founded after splitting from the first club:Foot-Ballista Club Alfonso XII, but both clubs disappeared one year later. The members and players of both teams createdClub Manacor de Foot-Ball in 1909, a club that would be active for a decade, but also ended up disappearing.[6]
On 23 June 2023 in the Teatre Principal inManacor, a new club was founded:Futbol Club Manacor, which became the new representative club of the homonymous city and registered at theCatalan Football Federation.[7] Quickly, Manacor would turn into one of the referents of football in thePart Forana (the parts ofMallorca outside ofPalma), together withCE Constància fromInca.[8]
In the 1924-25 season, Manacor debuted in the Primera Categoria of the regionalCampionat de Mallorca de futbol after one season of absence due to the lack of a stadium that complied with the competition rules.[9] One season later, the club obtained the second place after the excision of many teams from the competition. The 1925-26 final was played againstRS Alfons XIII FC (currently RCD Mallorca) inFelanitx and was won by thePalma team. It would be the only second place that Manacor would achieve in this competition.
During the second celebration of Easter in 1925, theEstadi de Na Capellera was inaugurated with a friendly against RS Alfonso XIII FC.[10] Interestingly, Manacor played with a blue-red shirt during its first years, imitatingFC Barcelona, a team that had many followers on the island.[7][11][12]
Around 1930, Manacor started to suffer severe financial problems, leading to the club being relegated, the stadium being sold in August 1934, and the entity disappearing a few days later.[6] That same year,Club Deportivo Nacional de Manacor was founded, formed by ex-players of the recently disappeared club.[13] The new club changed its colours, which became red and white vertical stripes and black socks (which turned blue in the 1970s), while they maintained the stadium of the previous club. In the beginning of 1935, Nacional changed its name toRacing Club de Manacor.[13]
Initially, it seemed like Racing would be able to return to the heights that FC Manacor had reached before, but the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War caused the temporary complete paralysation of the club's activities. In the beginnings of 1937, Francoist directors took over the club and refounded it asClub Deportivo Manacor, incorporating the base of players of Racing.[14]
After one season in the Segunda Regional, Manacor achieved promotion to the Primera Regional in 1940-41.[15] The club maintained that category with ease and was finished first on three occasions: 1944-45, 1945-46, and 1948-49, achieving promotion to theTercera División after the third championship.[16]
With the promotion to theTercera División, Manacor left the regional competitions behind for a long time and started to play againstCatalan andValencian teams. The fourth place, obtained in the debut season, placed Manacor above renownedMallorcan teams likeCE Atlètic Balears orCE Constància, becoming the temporary second-strongest team on the island (behindCD Mallorca, active in theSegunda División).[17]
During the rest of the 1950s, Manacor usually finished in a high position, even being close to winning the competition during some seasons.[18] The best season of the decade was1959-60, in which Manacor won the league after an agonic season finale.[19] Manacor played the play-off final for promotion to theSegunda División againstHércules CF and lost 2–0.[20] The club would not be that close to promotion to the second tier again.
Parallel to the Tercera División, Manacor participated in theCopa Uruguay, an important Mallorcan tournament during the 1950s and 1960s. The club won the 1957-58 edition after surviving the group phase, eliminatingCE Atlètic Balears in the semi-final (2-2, 1-1, and 6-2), and beatingCE Alaró in the final (4-1).[21]
During the 1960s, Manacor only played in theTercera División, but without participating in the promotion playoffs. In 1970, the club got relegated to thePrimera Regional, a competition that would turn into theRegional Preferente two years later. The 1970s are characterised by the many promotions and relegations of Manacor. Successively, the club was relegated (1970), promoted (1973), relegated (1974), promoted (1978), relegated (1979), and finally promoted (1980). The 1979-80 season would be Manacor's last one in the regional categories during the 20th century.[22]
During the 1980s, Manacor aimed for promotion to the newly createdSegunda División B for the first time.[23] In the1983-84 season, Manacor achieved promotion to the Segunda B despite not being crowned champion.[24] Thenext season would, in a way, be the most successful season in the club's history, given that Manacor stayed up in the new third division, the only time it would achieve that goal. In1985-86, however, the club was relegated to theTercera División.[citation needed]
During the 1990s, Manacor won two championships of the Tercera División: in1989-90 and in1992-93. Both titles had similar outcomes: the club achieved direct promotion to the Segunda División B, but also returned to the Tercera División one year later. During these years, Manacor lived its glory era, used to fill theEstadi de Na Capellera, and was considered one of the strongest teams of thePart Forana.[25]
In the 21st century, Manacor confirmed its profile as a 'classic' team in theTercera División, accumulating 16 seasons more during the first two decades. During the first years of the century, it seemed like the club could return to theSegunda División B, but was eliminated from the promotion playoffs every time it participated and dropped down to theRegional Preferente in 2009.[26]
Even though the relegation had a profound impact on the club, it also led to the start of a new dynamic. With a strong team, Manacor was crowned champions twice and, subsequently, achieved two promotions, one to the Tercera División (2010) and one to the Segunda División B (2011). However, the club failed to stay up and returned to the Tercera División after one season. Between 2015 and 2017, Manacor competed in the Regional Preferente, playing all other seasons of the 2010s in the Tercera.[27]
In the2020-21 season, affected severely by theCOVID-19 pandemic, Manacor aimed for promotion for the first time since returning to the Tercera División in 2017. The club finished fourth in the first phase and third in the second phase, missing out on the promotion play-offs by one point.[28]
Before the start of2021-22, theTercera División was replaced by theTercera Federación and turned into the fifth tier ofSpanish football. In this way, Manacor debuted in a new competition, even though it was practically a continuation of the previous one. Regarding the results, Manacor had a better season than the previous one, finishing in second place.[29] In theplay-off for promotion to the Segunda Federación, Manacor survived the regional phase, eliminatingCE Llosetí (4-1) andUE Poblera (2-1). In the national phase, however, the club lost toAD Alcorcón B fromMadrid (0-2).[30]
The2022-23 season would be another positive one, but with the same outcome. In a close title race withCE Andratx,SE Penya Independent, andUE Poblera, Manacor finished second, balanced on points with Andratx.[31] In theregional play-off phase, the club lost toCE Santanyí in the first round (1-0 inSantanyí and 1-1 inManacor) and had to continue in the Tercera Federación.[32]
In2023-24, Manacor qualified for theplay-off for promotion to the Segunda Federación for the third consecutive time, but this time after finishing fifth in the regular league.[33] For the second time in a row, the club was knocked out of the play-off in the first round, this time byRCD Mallorca B (1-0 inManacor and 5-1 inPalma).[34]
Thanks to the good classifications in theTercera Federación in the seasons2021-22 and2022-23, Manacor entered theCopa del Rey in2022-23 and2023-24. In the first season, the club receivedFC Andorra from thehomonymous state, a team active in theSegunda División, and lost 1–3.[35] The second season, theEstadi de Na Capellera was visited byUD Las Palmas, a side fromLa Liga, and theCanarians won 0–3.[36]
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TheEstadi de Na Capellera was inaugurated in 1923 and has a capacity of 4,000 seats. The surface of the playing field is artificial grass and has a size of 105x67m.[2][37]
The hymn(in Catalan) was composed byGuillem d'Efak. The lyrics go as follows:
Ara ja surt en el Camp. ¡Sí!
Ara ja surt en el Camp. ¡Sí!
Ara ja surt en el Camp
el Manacor que és el més bo.
¡Hip, Hip, Hip! El nostro equip
és l'equip de tots
de tots aquells que volen
a ser manacorins.
Tant si a nascut aquí
o allà deçà la Mar
l'equip del Manacor
mos fa germans.
Manacor, Manacor,
el bon manacorí
t'estima de bon cor.
Manacor, Manacor,
tant si guanya
com si perd
el Manacor és més bo!
Manacor, és més bo!
Manacor, és més bo!
Manacor, és més bo!
