Balearic Islands autonomous football team 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 dated another game, this time against Equatorial Guinea, but it finally was cancelled. However, the women's team could make their debut, with a 1–7 loss to Galicia in Pontevedra. On 13 November 2018,
Balearic Islands modern Spanish state, albeit a decentralised one wherein the various component territories within the united crowns retained their particular historic laws and privileges. The Balearic Islands were frequently attacked by Barbary pirates from North Africa; Formentera was even temporarily abandoned by its population. In 1514, 1515 and 1521, the coasts of the Balearic Islands and the Spanish mainland were raided by Turkish privateers under the command of the Ottoman admiral, Hayreddin Barbarossa. The island of Menorca was a British dependency for most of the 18th century as a result of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. This treaty—signed by the Kingdom