Sporting Mahones

Vicente Engonga: Cult hero & the greatest player Menorca has seen

His career had notable stints in La Liga and Mallorca, an international tournament appearance at Euro 2000 and ended at Coventry City – and Vincent Engonga is arguably the greatest player ever to have played in Menorca.

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December 30, 2022
The former Sporting Mahones players still playing

Sergio Martinez, one of the last remaining active players from the doomed Sporting Mahones era, is back in Menorca and playing for CE Mercadal in 2021/22.

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December 1, 2021
When Menorca’s biggest clubs were forced to merge

There is one critical period that sticks out more than most when researching the history of Menorcan football – and it came in the 1970s.

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February 7, 2021
The historic table of Menorcan clubs in the third tier

The highest level in the Spanish football pyramid that a Menorcan side has ever reached is the third tier.

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February 3, 2021
Blog: Making waves, looking back at Sporting Mahones & iconic kits

As promised, every once in a while I provide a more personal update relating to Menorca Football and what’s been happening behind the scenes.

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January 30, 2021
The old and the new at Bintaufa stadium

The Municipal Stadium of Bintaufa (Estadio Bintaufa), now home of Sporting Mahon, is arguably the highest profile stadium on the island.

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January 28, 2021
Menorca clubs in Tercera Division in the 21st century

Although Menorca started the new decade without a team in a national league for the first time since the 1970s, a total of eight clubs have participated in the Tercera Division and beyond in the 21st century.

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June 15, 2020
Menorca clubs in the Copa del Rey

The Copa del Rey is the Spanish version of the FA Cup, and it is now 10 years since a Menorcan side featured.

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June 1, 2020
A 3D model of Mahones Stadium, home of CD Menorca

Estadi Mahones is the home of CD Menorca, the original Menorcan club. It was opened on April 27, 1924. The first game saw Menorca FC take on Iberia.

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February 18, 2020
How close CE Mercadal came to reaching the third tier

Only one Menorcan club has ever reached the Segunda Division B, Sporting Mahones, but in 2015, CE Mercadal came closer than anyone.

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November 12, 2019