Balearic Islands autonomous football team the Balearic Islands football team played a friendly match against Mallorca in benefit for the victims of the floods at Sant Llorenç des Cardassar. The match ended with a 4–1 win for Mallorca. Balearic Islands autonomous football team The Balearic Islands autonomous football team is the regional football team for the Balearic Islands, Spain. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spanish National Football Team. It only plays friendly matches. The team only played one game, against Malta at Palma de Mallorca, and they were defeated by 0–2. For December 2008 was
Balearic Islands Phoenician origin; perhaps the islands were sacred to the god Baal and the resemblance to the Greek root ΒΑΛ (in /"ballo") is accidental. Indeed, it was usual Greek practice to assimilate local names into their own language. But the common Greek name of the islands is not /"Baleareis", but /"Gymnesiai". The former was the name used by the natives, as well as by the Carthaginians and Romans, while the latter probably derives from the light equipment of the Balearic troops /"gymnetae". The Balearic Islands are on a raised platform called the Balearic Promontory, and were formed by uplift. They are