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.
Season overview
August On 4 August, Mallorca and Espanyol reached an agreement over the finalisation of Vicente Moreno's contract for a sum over €500,000.
On 6 August, the club announced that Luis García Plaza would be the new head coach until June 2022
September On 9 September, Brian Oliván joined Mallorca on a free transfer after reaching an agreement with Cádiz CF days before.
On 13 September, Mallorca started their season in a 0–1 home defeat to Rayo Vallecano from a second half winner from Isi
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. Mallorca also reached an agreement with forward Yannis Salibur over his contract termination, and later on, announced the transfer of Jordi Mboula from Ligue 1 side AS Monaco.
On 20 September, Mallorca drew 0–0 away against Vicente Moreno's Espanyol.
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.
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%. 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. It was also announced that Mallorca had terminated Pablo Chavarría's contract.
October On 1 October, Mallorca terminated Sergio Moyita's contract.
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.
Players First-team squad
Transfers and loans Players in
Entry datePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubFeeRef. 30 June 2020 DF– Bryan Reyna Las Rozas CFLoan Return 30 June 2020 FW– Sergio Moyita R. MajadahondaLoan Return 21 July 2020 DF– Franco Russo Ponferradina Loan Return 21 July 2020 MF– Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta UD Las PalmasLoan Return 21 July 2020 MF– Antonio Sánchez MirandésLoan Return 21 July 2020 MF– Soichkov AlcorcónLoan Return 21 July 2020 FW– Álex Alegría Extremadura Loan Return 21 July 2020 FW– Álex López ExtremaduraLoan Return 21 July 2020 FW– Sergio Buenacasa Málaga Loan Return 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 17 September 2020 MF– Murilo Costa Sporting de Braga Loan 17 September 2020 FW– Jordi Mboula Monaco Undisclosed 27 September 2020 DF– Braian Cufré Vélez Sarsfield €1,200,000 Total €1,200,000
Players Out
Exit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. 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 FulhamLoan return 20 July 2020 DF 3 Lumor Agbenyenu SportingLoan return 20 July 2020 DF 7 Alejandro Pozo SevillaLoan return 20 July 2020 MF 10 Ki Sung-yueng FC Seoul Released 20 July 2020 MF 26 Takefusa Kubo Real Madrid Loan return 20 July 2020 MF 29 Cucho Hernández Watford Loan return 21 July 2020 DF 5 Xisco Campos Pontevedra Released 21 July 2020 FW – Carlos Castro Released 12 August 2020 MF 6 Marc Pedraza FC Andorra Free 15 August 2020 DF – Pierre Cornud Sabadell Free 11 September 2020 FW – Sergio Buenacasa Hércules Undisclosed 17 September 2020 FW 16 Yannis Salibur Karagümrük Contract termination 28 September 2020 FW 19 Pablo Chavarría Málaga Contract termination 1 October 2020 FW – Sergio Moyita Hércules CF Contract termination Total €0
Loans Out Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubFeeRef. 14 August 2020 End of season MF — Josep Señé Castellón None 14 September 2020 End of season FW — Pablo Valcarce Ponferradina None 18 September 2020 End of season FW — Igor Zlatanović Castellón None
Transfer summary Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.
Expenditure
Summer: €1,200,000
Winter: €0
Total: €1,200,000
Income
Summer: €0
Winter: €0
Total: €0
Net totals
Summer: €1,200,000
Winter: €0
Total: €1,200,000
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overview
Segunda División
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.
Copa del Rey
Squad statistics Appearances Last updated on 3 October 2020. No.Pos.Nat.NameSegunda DivisiónCopa del ReyTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsGoalkeepers1GKManolo Reina44004413GKMiquel Parera000000Defenders2DFJoan Sastre4400443DFBrian Oliván4300435DFFranco Russo00000015DFFran Gámez00000019DFBraian Cufré10001020DFAleksandar Sedlar00000021DFAntonio Raíllo44004424DFMartin Valjent44004426DFCarlos Quintana00000027DFRafel Obrador00000028DFIván Bravo110011Midfielders4MFR. de Galarreta1000106MFAleix Febas3200328MFSalva Sevilla43004312MFIddrisu Baba44004414MFDani Rodríguez44004418MFAntonio Sánchez20002023MFStoichkov31003129MFLuka Romero200020Forwards7FWÁlex Alegría4100419FWAbdón Prats33003310FWMurilo de Souza21002111FWLago Junior44004416FWJordi Mboula21002117FWAleksandar Trajkovski10001022FWAnte Budimir100010Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
Goalscorers
PlayerSegunda DivisiónCopa del ReyTotal 1 MF 14 Dani Rodríguez 202 2 MF 24 Martin Valjent 101 Own Goals 000 Total303
Assists
PlayerSegunda DivisiónCopa del ReyTotal 1 MF 23 Stoichkov 101 MF 3 Brian Oliván 101 Total202
Clean sheets
PlayerSegunda DivisiónCopa del ReyTotal 1 1 Manolo Reina 303 2 13 Miquel Parera 000 Total303
Disciplinary record As of match played 3 October 2020. No.Pos.Nat.NameSegunda DivisiónCopa del ReyTotal Goalkeepers1GKManolo Reina00000013GKMiquel Parera000000Defenders2DFJoan Sastre0000003DFBrian Oliván0000005DFFranco Russo00000015DFFran Gámez00000019DFBraian Cufré00000020DFAleksandar Sedlar00000021DFAntonio Raíllo00000024DFMartin Valjent20002026DFCarlos Quintana00000027DFRafel Obrador00000028DFIván Bravo000000Midfielders4MFR. de Galarreta0000006MFAleix Febas0000008MFSalva Sevilla00000012MFIddrisu Baba20002014MFDani Rodríguez00000018MFAntonio Sánchez00000023MFStoichkov00000029MFLuka Romero000000Forwards7FWÁlex Alegría0000009FWAbdón Prats10001011FWLago Junior00000016FWJordi Mboula00000017FWAleksandar Trajkovski00000022FWAnte Budimir000000
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