History of the Quijotes+Dulcineas club – ultimate frisbee in Madrid since 1999

It all began in 1999. A French Erasmus student named Nico, freshly landed in Madrid after discovering Ultimate Frisbee with the Monkey Foo team back in his native Grenoble, decided to chase a slightly crazy idea: put together the first Ultimate team in the city.

He started putting up posters and convincing his circle. Almost without realizing, a group of disc-obsessed players started meeting every weekend at Casa de Campo to play.

It needed a name. What else but Los Quijotes?

Some of those early pioneers are still in Madrid: some retired, some semi-retired, others still playing, and they’ll keep playing for years more. Since then, 3,500+ players have come through our practices.

Spanish Mixed champions in 2001, 2006, 2012, and 2014, we’re one of the few teams that has competed in every single Spanish Championship without interruption since 2001.

Four titles in fourteen years, never missing a championship.

And we’ve traveled across Europe: Paganello, Windmill Windup, G-Spot (champions in 2014), European Ultimate Club Series, World Club Championships on grass and beach.

The club grew over the years. The Mixed team’s name evolved into Quijotes+Dulcineas; the second team is Q+D+i; the women’s squad, Dulcineas; the open squad, Quijotes.

In 2014 the Federation broke the Beach/Grass rotation and started running both championships every year. For the first time, the club could compete on its natural surface, grass, every season. The effect was instant.

Five titles in three seasons.

Quijotes won Open in 2014 and 2016. Dulcineas back-to-back in 2014 and 2015, Madrid’s first golden era in the Women’s category. Q+D Mixto closed the previous cycle with the 2014 title and came one step short with Mixed silver the year after.

Three categories, one roster, every podium.

Past the pandemic, in 2022 the club made a clear call: double down on competitive play. Open and Women up front, and a couple of years later, in 2024, Mixed jumps back into the mix.

Double down. The results came.

Quijotes starts stacking national golds year after year from 2023 and breaks into the European top tier. Dulcineas kicks off serious growth in 2024: +100% in 2 seasons and back on the national podium after almost a decade.

In 2024–2025, riding the Women’s push, Q+D Mixto revives too: three squads in the Spanish Grass Championships, reaching the last three finals and getting all three promoted to the first division.

Quijotes also looks further: serious presence in the European Ultimate Club Series, two consecutive years in Europe’s top 20, 14th in Europe in 2024, and this summer they head to Limerick to play WUCC 2026, the World Club Championships.

27 years, 13 titles, 3 generations, 53 countries. The next chapter is unwritten.

Q+D's door stays open.

If you want to play in a club with history but no ceiling, we practice several days a week at Cocheras.