Coach Jose Angel Ziganda wants Xerez to enjoy the experience as the Andalusian outfit make their bow as a Primera Liga team on Sunday.

Sixty two years after the club was founded, Xerez finally earned promotion to the top flight last season after winning the Segunda Division title, and they start their new adventure away to Real Mallorca.

Ziganda has plenty of experience of life in La Liga both as a player and coach, but few of his squad have played more than a handful of seasons at this level, and many will be making their Primera Division debuts along with the club.

With that in mind, Ziganda has urged his team to make the most of tomorrow's match against Mallorca, saying: "I hope there aren't any nerves, and that we play football. The plan is to try and play football and enjoy this debut."

Ziganda took charge of Xerez in July following the departure of title-winning coach Esteban Vigo.

The Jerez de la Frontera-based club have enjoyed a successful pre-season, picking up four wins from their six games with their only defeat coming against local rivals Sevilla.

Ziganda added: "The squad has spent a lot of time working with one clear objective - to be ready for this game.

"Then, at an individual level, every player has fought their own battle to be in the team. We are keen to do something great on Sunday. We are going there to try and win the game."

He added: "I'm very focused on us, I don't know how Mallorca are. The only thing that concerns me is this team.

"We need to be well prepared and go into the game with the desire to compete and show the best of ourselves."

While Xerez are preparing for their first season amongst the big boys, Mallorca have been a fixture in the Primera Division since 1997, finishing third twice and also claiming fifth spot in their first year after promotion.

That record looked to be under some threat last season though as Mallorca badly struggled following the departure of many of their top stars in the summer, and in February they were bottom of the table.

However, they turned things around in the final months of the season and, after losing just three of their last 17 games, ended up in ninth spot.

Only Real Madrid won more points during the second half of the campaign and coach Gregorio Manzano will be hoping his side pick up where they left off this weekend.

However, the danger is that Manzano, who is now the longest-serving manager at a single Primera Division club after Manuel Pellegrini left Villarreal to join Madrid, will have a similar problem to the start of last season after again losing a number of key players this summer, including Juan Arango, Jose Manuel Jurado, David Navarro and Miguel Angel Moya.

"We are playing for three very important points (against Xerez). The three points would help give a more relaxed atmosphere for the next week's work with the players who have been brought into the squad at the last minute," Manzano said.