Club de Fútbol Sporting Mahonés was a Spanish football team based in

Mahón Mahón (), officially Maó (, ; formerly spelled ''Mahó''), and also written as Mahon or Port Mahon in English, is the capital and second largest city of Menorca. The city is located on the eastern coast of the island, which is part of the ar ...

Menorca Menorca or Minorca (from , later ''Minorica'') is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. Its name derives from its size, contrasting it with nearby Mallorca. Its capital is Maó, situated on the isl ...

, in the autonomous community of

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prior to its 2012 dissolution.

History

C.F. Sporting Mahonés resulted from the merger of two other teams from Mahón, Club Deportivo Menorca and Unión Deportiva Mahón, in July 1974. They began life in the regional divisions of Balearic football before progressing to the

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

in 1977–78. Between formation and 1978, Sporting played at two locations close to the centre of town, starting out at the former home of CD Menorca, the Campo Municipal de San Carlos. The following season saw the club play at the Estadio Mahonés, which had been the home of UD Mahón. More latterly home matches were played at the 3,000 seat capacity '' Estadio Bintaufa'', situated to the south of the city, close to the Aeronautic Club. On 24 January 2012, the team announced it was withdrawing from the

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, in mid-season, due to the fact that practically all the professional squad had left the club. With debts of over 230,000

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s and a transfer embargo in place, the club could not raise a team for the remainder of the season. Their final game was a 0–6 defeat at

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,El Sporting echa el cierre (Sporting closes doors)
; Menorca Info, 19 January 2012 and just one year after the club withdrew from all competitions, on the 20 May 2013, the directives of the club agreed to dissolve Sporting Mahonés. Camp Bintaufa - Main Stand

Just only a month after Sporting Mahonés disappeared, old directives of the club created a phoenix club named

CF Sporting de Mahón Club de Fútbol Sporting de Mahón is a Spanish football team based in Mahón, Menorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 2013 as a phoenix club of CF Sporting Mahonés Club de Fútbol Sporting Mahonés was a ...

, which currently plays in the Regional Preferente de Menorca, the regional league of Menorca. Despite the efforts done by the current directives of Sporting de Mahón to make their team able to be promoted, the club has never been promoted to

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in its history of 11 years. However, Sporting de Mahón plays in the exact same location as Sporting Mahonés, in an artificial field located just few meters of Estadio Binitaufa.

Season to season

---- *9 seasons in

*26 seasons in

Last squad

''According t
Futbolme
Updated on 29 July 2011''

Notable former players

* Ruslan Elá *

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* Torres Mestre * Joaquín Moso

References

External links

* (archived)
Futbolme.com profile
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