 Founded on the 5 March 1916, what would later become RCD Mallorca was registred at the Spanish Football Federation under the name of Alfonso XIII Foot-Ball Club.Weeks after its establishment, the club wasted little time forming the directors of Alfonso XIII FBC, headed by engineer Adolfo Vázquez Humasqué and eight other football fans.Their first stadium, the Buenos Aires field, was ignagurated with a competitive fixture against FC Barcelona just 20 days after registering further fast-tracked development.