RCD Mallorca

2020–21 season
Owner	Robert Sarver
President	Andy Kohlberg
Head coach	Luis García Plaza
Stadium	Visit Mallorca Stadium
Segunda División	2nd (promoted)
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Amath Ndiaye (8) All: Amath Ndiaye (8)
Biggest win	Mallorca 2–0 Tenerife (3 October 2020)
Biggest defeat	Mallorca 0–1 Rayo Vallecano (13 September 2020)
Home colours Away colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 30 May 2021.

The 2020–21 RCD Mallorca season was the club's 87th season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Mallorca participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

On 4 August, Mallorca and Espanyol reached an agreement over the finalisation of Vicente Moreno's contract for a sum over €500,000.^[1]

On 6 August, the club announced that Luis García Plaza would be the new head coach until June 2022^[2]

On 9 September, Brian Oliván joined Mallorca on a free transfer after reaching an agreement with Cádiz CF days before.^[3]

On 13 September, Mallorca started their season in a 0–1 home defeat to Rayo Vallecano from a second half winner from Isi^[4]

On 17 September, Mallorca and Sporting de Braga reached an agreement for the loan of Murilo de Souza to the Spanish side for the rest of the season with an undisclosed option to buy.^[5] Mallorca also reached an agreement with forward Yannis Salibur over his contract termination,^[6] and later on, announced the transfer of Jordi Mboula from Ligue 1 side AS Monaco.^[7]

On 20 September, Mallorca drew 0–0 away against Vicente Moreno's Espanyol.^[8]

On 27 September, Mallorca achieved their first win of the season in a 1–0 home victory against CE Sabadell, a late goal from Dani Rodríguez was enough for the Balearic side to claim victory.^[9]

On 28 September, Mallorca signed Braian Cufré from Vélez Sarsfield for €1,200,000. Mallorca will own 60% of the player's rights, in the event of achieving promotion, Mallorca must add an extra 20%. Additionally the Balearic club has the option to buy another 10%.^[10] The deal was agreed on 24 September, but his arrival was delayed by the lack of flights between Argentina and Spain due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11] It was also announced that Mallorca had terminated Pablo Chavarría's contract.^[12]

On 1 October, Mallorca terminated Sergio Moyita's contract.^[13]

On 3 October, Mallorca defeated Tenerife 2–0 at home. A goal from Martin Valjent and a penalty kick transformed by Dani Rodríguez helped them to claim victory.^[14]

As of 1 February 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Manolo Reina (captain) 2 DF  ESP Joan Sastre 3 DF  ESP Brian Oliván 4 MF  ESP Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta 5 DF  ARG Franco Russo 6 MF  ESP Aleix Febas 7 FW  ESP Álvaro Giménez (on loan from Cádiz) 8 MF  ESP Salva Sevilla 9 FW  ESP Abdón 10 FW  BRA Murilo (on loan from Braga) 11 FW  CIV Lago Junior 12 MF  GHA Iddrisu Baba 13 GK  ESP Miquel Parera 14 MF  ESP Dani Rodríguez 15 DF  ESP Fran Gámez

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  ESP Jordi Mboula 17 FW  MKD Aleksandar Trajkovski 18 MF  ESP Antonio Sánchez 19 DF  ARG Braian Cufré 20 DF  SRB Aleksandar Sedlar 21 DF  ESP Antonio Raíllo (vice-captain) 22 FW  ESP Marc Cardona (on loan from Osasuna) 23 FW  SEN Amath Ndiaye (on loan from Getafe) 24 DF  SVK Martin Valjent 25 GK  ESP Koke Vegas (on loan from Levante) 26 DF  ESP Carlos Quintana 28 DF  ESP Iván Bravo 29 FW  ARG Luka Romero 35 FW  ESP Víctor Mollejo (on loan from Atlético Madrid)

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2020	DF	–	Bryan Reyna	Las Rozas CF	Loan Return
30 June 2020	FW	–	Sergio Moyita	R. Majadahonda	Loan Return
21 July 2020	DF	–	Franco Russo	Ponferradina	Loan Return
21 July 2020	MF	–	Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta	UD Las Palmas	Loan Return
21 July 2020	MF	–	Antonio Sánchez	Mirandés	Loan Return
21 July 2020	MF	–	Soichkov	Alcorcón	Loan Return
21 July 2020	FW	–	Álex Alegría	Extremadura	Loan Return
21 July 2020	FW	–	Álex López	Extremadura	Loan Return
21 July 2020	FW	–	Sergio Buenacasa	Málaga	Loan Return	[15]
21 July 2020	FW	–	Igor Zlatanović	Numancia	Loan Return
21 July 2020	FW	–	Enzo Lombardo	Racing	Loan Return
21 July 2020	FW	–	Pablo Valcarce	Ponferradina	Loan Return
21 July 2020	FW	–	Carlos Castro	Lugo	Loan Return
27 July 2020	DF	–	Pierre Cornud	UD Ibiza-Eivissa	Loan Return
9 September 2020	DF	–	Brian Oliván	Cádiz	Free transfer[A]	[16]
17 September 2020	MF	–	Murilo Costa	Sporting de Braga	Loan	[17]
17 September 2020	FW	–	Jordi Mboula	Monaco	Undisclosed	[18]
27 September 2020[B]	DF	–	Braian Cufré	Vélez Sarsfield	€1,200,000[C][D]	[19]
Total					€1,200,000

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2020	DF	–	Abdul Rahman Baba	Chelsea	Loan return
30 June 2020	DF	18	Leonardo Koutris	Olympiacos	Loan return
20 July 2020	GK	13	Fabri	Fulham	Loan return
20 July 2020	DF	3	Lumor Agbenyenu	Sporting	Loan return	[20]
20 July 2020	DF	7	Alejandro Pozo	Sevilla	Loan return	[21]
20 July 2020	MF	10	Ki Sung-yueng	FC Seoul	Released	[22]
20 July 2020	MF	26	Takefusa Kubo	Real Madrid	Loan return	[23]
20 July 2020	MF	29	Cucho Hernández	Watford	Loan return	[24]
21 July 2020	DF	5	Xisco Campos	Pontevedra	Released	[25]
21 July 2020	FW	–	Carlos Castro		Released
12 August 2020	MF	6	Marc Pedraza	FC Andorra	Free	[26]
15 August 2020	DF	–	Pierre Cornud	Sabadell	Free	[27]
11 September 2020	FW	–	Sergio Buenacasa	Hércules	Undisclosed	[28]
17 September 2020	FW	16	Yannis Salibur	Karagümrük	Contract termination	[29]
28 September 2020	FW	19	Pablo Chavarría	Málaga	Contract termination	[30]
1 October 2020	FW	–	Sergio Moyita	Hércules CF	Contract termination	[31]
Total					€0

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
14 August 2020	End of season	MF	—	Josep Señé	Castellón	None	[32]
14 September 2020	End of season	FW	—	Pablo Valcarce	Ponferradina	None	[33]
18 September 2020	End of season	FW	—	Igor Zlatanović	Castellón	None	[34]

Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Levante v Mallorca

27 August 2020 Friendly	Levante	2–1	Mallorca	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Frutos 2' Melero 22' Radoja  71'	Report	Sastre  25' Salva Sevilla 34'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Rafael Sánchez López

Mallorca v Tenerife

29 August 2020 Friendly	Mallorca	2–0	Tenerife	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdón  25' Sedlar  36' Trajkovski 82' Stoichkov 85'	Report	Sashoua  72'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

Mallorca v Castellón

1 September 2020 Friendly	Mallorca	2–0	Castellón	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alegría 24' Dani Rodríguez  42' Sastre 45+2' Sedlar  78' A. Sánchez  80' Quintana  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jorge Díaz Escudero

Lugo v Mallorca

5 September 2020 Friendly	Lugo	0–1	Mallorca	Lugo, Spain
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Quindimil  87'	Report	Bravo 45'	Stadium: O Ceao Attendance: 0 Referee: Miguel Ferrol Muñiz

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.^[36][37]

Last updated on 3 October 2020.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Segunda División		Copa del Rey		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Manolo Reina	4	4	0	0	4	4
13	GK		Miquel Parera	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Joan Sastre	4	4	0	0	4	4
3	DF		Brian Oliván	4	3	0	0	4	3
5	DF		Franco Russo	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Fran Gámez	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Braian Cufré	1	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF		Aleksandar Sedlar	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Antonio Raíllo	4	4	0	0	4	4
24	DF		Martin Valjent	4	4	0	0	4	4
26	DF		Carlos Quintana	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Rafel Obrador	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Iván Bravo	1	1	0	0	1	1
Midfielders
4	MF		R. de Galarreta	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF		Aleix Febas	3	2	0	0	3	2
8	MF		Salva Sevilla	4	3	0	0	4	3
12	MF		Iddrisu Baba	4	4	0	0	4	4
14	MF		Dani Rodríguez	4	4	0	0	4	4
18	MF		Antonio Sánchez	2	0	0	0	2	0
23	MF		Stoichkov	3	1	0	0	3	1
29	MF		Luka Romero	2	0	0	0	2	0
Forwards
7	FW		Álex Alegría	4	1	0	0	4	1
9	FW		Abdón Prats	3	3	0	0	3	3
10	FW		Murilo de Souza	2	1	0	0	2	1
11	FW		Lago Junior	4	4	0	0	4	4
16	FW		Jordi Mboula	2	1	0	0	2	1
17	FW		Aleksandar Trajkovski	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW		Ante Budimir	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club

As of match played 3 October 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Segunda División	Copa del Rey	Total
1	MF	14	Dani Rodríguez	2	0	2
2	MF	24	Martin Valjent	1	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Total				3	0	3

As of match played 3 October 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Segunda División	Copa del Rey	Total
1	MF	23	Stoichkov	1	0	1
	MF	3	Brian Oliván	1	0	1
Total				2	0	2

As of match played 3 October 2020

Rank	No.	Player	Segunda División	Copa del Rey	Total
1	1	Manolo Reina	3	0	3
2	13	Miquel Parera	0	0	0
Total			3	0	3

As of match played 3 October 2020.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Segunda División		Copa del Rey		Total
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Manolo Reina	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Miquel Parera	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Joan Sastre	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Brian Oliván	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Franco Russo	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Fran Gámez	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Braian Cufré	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Aleksandar Sedlar	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Antonio Raíllo	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Martin Valjent	2	0	0	0	2	0
26	DF		Carlos Quintana	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Rafel Obrador	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Iván Bravo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		R. de Galarreta	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Aleix Febas	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Salva Sevilla	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Iddrisu Baba	2	0	0	0	2	0
14	MF		Dani Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Antonio Sánchez	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Stoichkov	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Luka Romero	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Álex Alegría	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Abdón Prats	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW		Lago Junior	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Jordi Mboula	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Aleksandar Trajkovski	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Ante Budimir	0	0	0	0	0	0