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Málaga CF

Málaga Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmalaɣa ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol], Málaga Football Club), or simply Málaga, is a football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Primera Federación, the third tier of the Spanish league system, following their relegation from the 2022–23 Segunda División.

Málaga
Full nameMálaga Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)Los Albicelestes (The White and Sky-Blues)
Los Blanquiazules (The White and Blues)
Los Boquerones (The Anchovies)
Founded25 May 1948; 75 years ago (1948-05-25) as Club Atlético Malagueño
GroundLa Rosaleda
Capacity30,044[1]
OwnerAbdullah Al Thani
PresidentJosé María Muñoz
Head coachSergio Pellicer
LeaguePrimera Federación – Group 2
2022–23Segunda División, 20th of 22 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

They won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002 and qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup, reaching the quarter-final stages. They also qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, where they were quarter-finalists. Since June 2010, the owner of the club has been Qatari investor Abdullah ben Nasser Al Thani.

History edit

Club Atlético Malagueño edit

Málaga's history trace back to CD Málaga, a club founded in 1904. Club Atlético Malagueño was founded on 25 May 1948 as a former reserve team of CD Málaga, after the club absorbed CD Santo Tomás with the purpose of establishing a reserve team, took over as Málaga's main team.

Club Atlético Malagueño and CD Málaga had found themselves together in the 1959–60 Tercera División after CD Málaga was relegated at the end of the 1958–59 Segunda División. As a reserve team, the former should have been relegated to regional competition. To avoid this, they separated from their parent club and registered as an independent club within the Royal Spanish Football Federation. That move made it possible for CA Malagueño to survive after CD Málaga suspended operations.

The 1992–93 season saw CA Malagueño playing in Tercera División Group 9. After a successful campaign, the club was promoted to the Segunda División B. The following season, however, the club was relegated again and, facing financial difficulties, were in danger of folding.

Name change to Málaga CF edit

On 19 December 1993, in a referendum, the club's members voted in favour of changing names and, on 29 June 1994, CA Malagueño changed their name to Málaga Club de Fútbol S.A.D.

In the early 2000s, Málaga were a club rich in young and top quality players, and boasted a more modern and developed stadium. Although they never pushed for a Champions League place, Málaga were always successful under the popular Joaquín Peiró.

They made a solitary appearance in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002, clinching their only official trophy by beating Gent, Willem II and Villarreal. Málaga's run in the UEFA Cup was something of an overachievement, and ended in a defeat on penalties in the quarter-finals to Boavista, after beating Željezničar Sarajevo (who had been eliminated from the Champions League by Newcastle United), Amica Wronki, Leeds United (after a 2–1 win at Elland Road, courtesy of two Julio Dely Valdés goals) and AEK Athens.

After Peiró's retirement, a mass exodus slowly started. Darío Silva, Kiki Musampa, Dely Valdés and Pedro Contreras all left the club. Juande Ramos took over as coach and oversaw a 5–1 home thrashing of Barcelona, the club's biggest victory against the Catalan giants, with a hat-trick from loanee Salva Ballesta, who would end up missing out on the Pichichi Trophy by just two goals. Ramos, however, left for the Sevilla and Gregorio Manzano took charge.

Slow decline and financial issues edit

 
Estadio de La Rosaleda

Despite steering Málaga to their second consecutive tenth-placed finish, Manzano could not prevent a lackluster side from being relegated, and they finished at the bottom of the league with a paltry 24 points to their name.

Málaga began the new second division season well. However, their form dipped dramatically and for two of the remaining six weeks were in the relegation zone. Málaga managed to address this situation and survived their first Segunda season.

The 2007–08 Segunda División also began impressively, with seven straight victories. Málaga seemed to be on track for promotion but, after another slump in form, they were overtaken as leaders by Numancia. They needed a victory in their final game, at home to Tenerife, to assure promotion. Two goals from Antonio Hidalgo secured a 2–1 triumph and Málaga returned to the top flight as runners-up.

Abdullah Al Thani era (2010–present) edit

 
Chart of Málaga CF league performance 1929–2023

Due to the club's economic problems, then-president Fernando Sanz found investments at Doha in Qatar to launch an ambitious project, entering in conversations with sheikh Abdullah ben Nasser Al Thani.[2] On 11 June 2010, after a week of negotiations, Al Thani became the entity's new owner,[3] being named president on 28 July[2] in the members' meeting.

On 28 June 2010, Jesualdo Ferreira was appointed as coach and Moayad Shatat was appointed as vice president and general manager. Following this was the signing of prominent players like Salomón Rondón and Eliseu. In November, however, Jesualdo was fired because he had not obtained the desired performance, positioning the club in the relegation places.[4] Later, Shatat confirmed Manuel Pellegrini as coach.[5]

With "The Caretaker" in charge, it was decided to discard players of the squad and strengthen with players like centre back Martín Demichelis and midfielder Júlio Baptista.[6] A record five consecutive La Liga wins,[7] alongside a draw against Athletic Bilbao at San Mamés at the start of January 2011, helped the team maintain momentum in the league,[8] finishing the 2010–11 season in 11th place.

In preparation for the 2011–12 season, the club signed with Nike as supplier of the club's kits.[9] Málaga also reached a collaboration agreement with UNESCO, which, in addition, became the principal sponsor of the club's kit.[10] The more prominent signings of that season were the Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy,[11] the ex-Lyon French midfielder, Jérémy Toulalan,[12] and the most expensive signing in the club's history, Santi Cazorla, who arrived from the Villarreal in a 21 million deal.[13] Other less prominent players like Isco, former Spanish international midfielder Joaquín and left back Nacho Monreal, were key in the successful season which followed for the Málaga. For the first time in its history, the club qualified for the Champions League after finishing the 2011–12 La Liga campaign in fourth.[14] In their first ever participation in the Champions League, Málaga were paired with Italian giants Milan and reigning Belgian and Russian champions Anderlecht and Zenit Saint Petersburg, respectively. Málaga made it out of the group stage unbeaten, winning their matches against all three clubs. In the round of 16, the team drew Portuguese champions Porto, losing the first away game 1–0 while winning at home 2–0, advancing to the quarter-finals. In a highly anticipated tie against German champions Borussia Dortmund, the home game ended 0–0, leaving Malagauistas with a reasonable chance to advance on the back of a draw in the away fixture. In a second leg marked by controversial referee decisions, the scoreboard showed 1–2 at the full 90 minutes mark, seemingly ensuring Málaga's place in the semi-finals, but two late goals by Marco Reus (90+1st minute) and Felipe Santana (90+3rd minute) turned the table in favour of the home team.[15] Immediately after the elimination, club president Abdullah ben Nasser Al Thani announced a formal complaint would be filed with UEFA and FIFA.[16]

The following season, Málaga was banned by the UEFA, along with other clubs for its debts. In a statement the agency declared that the club would be excluded from a subsequent competition, for which it would otherwise qualify, in the next four seasons.[17] However, the ban was eventually downgraded to one season and the club was excluded from the 2013–14 Europa League.

In the summer of 2013, Isco was sold to Real Madrid,[18] Joaquín to Fiorentina and midfielder Jérémy Toulalan to Monaco.[19] The managerial position also changed, with Bernd Schuster taking over from Manuel Pellegrini.[20]

 
A home fixture versus Sevilla in May 2015

Following 2013, Málaga encountered a steady decline that would result in them finishing in a lower position in the league each year. On 19 April 2018, Málaga faced Levante U.D. hoping to end their run of ten consecutive defeats that left them placed 20th in LaLiga. However, fate took a turn for the worse and Málaga conceded a goal to Levante's Emmanuel Boateng in stoppage time to see the final score at 0–1. This loss meant that Málaga would be relegated to the Segunda División, ending a run of ten consecutive seasons in the top flight.

In 2019, Málaga came close to being promoted to La Liga, finishing third in the Segunda División, but was eliminated in the first round of the play-offs by Deportivo de La Coruña. For the 2019–20 Segunda División season, Víctor Sánchez del Amo will continue as coach.[21]

In early 2020, reports emerged that club owner Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani and his family who owe Málaga €7.3m in loans and credit lines, were buying out shares from smaller shareholders to be directed to their personal expenses and business interests, yet up to February 2022 no evidence has proven any misconduct to allow the courts to rule that a criminal case is justified.[22] In August 2020, the court appointed administrator issued a statement that he would lay off the entire first-team squad to save the club from oblivion.[23]

In May 2023, Málaga fell into the third tier for the first time since 1998.[24]

Honours edit

Domestic edit

International edit

Friendly edit

Trofeo Costa del Sol edit

Between 1961 and 1983, the club organised its own summer tournament, the Trofeo Costa del Sol. In this first age of the tournament, the club won this competition themselves on three occasions, beating Real Madrid, Red Star Belgrade and Derby County in the finals. After a long time of inactivity from 1983 onwards, the competition was revived in 2003. Since then, the club has won the competition on seven occasions, beating Newcastle United, Real Betis, Parma, Peñarol, Everton, Lekhwiya and Sampdoria in the finals. All ten trophies are currently placed together in the Museo Malaguista in La Rosaleda.

Eastern Andalusia Derby edit

Málaga's main rivalry is with Granada CF, known as the Derby of eastern Andalusia. The two clubs are located approximately 90 kilometers apart.

Current squad edit

As of 26 November 2023[25]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ESP Alfonso Herrero
2 DF   ESP Jokin Gabilondo
3 DF   MAR Bilal
4 DF   ESP Einar Galilea
5 DF   ESP Juande (captain)
6 MF   ESP Ramón
7 MF   MAR Haitam Abaida
8 MF   ESP Juanpe
9 FW   ESP Loren Zúñiga
10 MF   ESP David Larrubia
11 MF   ESP Kevin
12 MF   ESP Manu Molina
13 GK   ESP Carlos López
14 DF   ESP Víctor García
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   MLI Moussa Diarra
16 DF   ESP Genaro Rodríguez
17 FW   ESP Dioni
18 DF   ESP Dani Sánchez
19 FW   ESP Roberto
20 DF   POR Nélson Monte
21 MF   ESP Juan Hernández
22 MF   ESP Dani Lorenzo
23 MF   ESP Luca Sangalli
25 DF   ESP Diego Murillo
26 MF   ESP Antoñito
27 MF   ESP Jesús Martín
28 MF   ESP Rafa
32 DF   ESP Miguel Ángel Santaella

Reserve team edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF   ESP Izan Merino
31 MF   ESP Rafael Garrido
33 DF   ESP Ángel Recio
34 DF   ESP Pablo Arriaza

Out of loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   ESP Andrés (at Betis Deportivo until 30 June 2024)

Personnel edit

Current technical staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Sergio Pellicer
Assistant coach   Nacho
Fitness coach   Nacho Oria
  Enrique Ruiz
  Julio Rodríguez
Goalkeeping coach   Toni Mengual
Analyst   Capa
Chief Doctor   Juan Carlos Pérez-Frías
Physiotherapists   Fernando Lacomba
  Luis Barbado
  Pablo Pérez
  José Miguel Escobar
Sport readaptator   Toni Tapia
Nutricionist   Paco Jaime
Delegate   Josemi
Kit man   Juan Carlos Salcedo
  Migue Zambrana

Last updated: 24 September 2022
Source: Málaga CF (in Spanish)

Seasons edit

Recent seasons edit

[26]

Season Div. Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pts Copa del Rey Notes
1999–2000 1D 12th 38 11 15 12 55 50 48 Second Round
2000–01 1D 8th 38 16 8 14 60 61 56 Second Round
2001–02 1D 10th 38 13 14 11 44 44 53 Round of 32
2002–03 1D 13th 38 11 13 14 44 49 46 Round of 16
2003–04 1D 10th 38 15 6 17 50 55 51 Round of 16
2004–05 1D 10th 38 15 6 17 40 48 51 Round of 32
2005–06 1D 20th 38 5 9 24 36 68 24 Third Round
Relegated
2006–07 2D 15th 42 14 13 15 49 50 55 Round of 16
2007–08 2D 2nd 42 20 12 10 58 42 72 Round of 32
Promoted
2008–09 1D 8th 38 15 10 13 55 59 55 Round of 32
2009–10 1D 17th 38 7 16 15 42 48 37 Round of 16
2010–11 1D 11th 38 13 7 18 54 68 46 Round of 16
2011–12 1D 4th 38 17 7 14 54 53 58 Round of 16
2012–13 1D 6th 38 16 9 13 53 50 57 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Champions League
2013–14 1D 11th 38 12 9 17 39 46 45 Round of 32
2014–15 1D 9th 38 14 8 16 42 48 50 Quarter-finals
2015–16 1D 8th 38 12 12 14 38 35 48 Round of 32
2016–17 1D 11th 38 12 10 16 49 55 46 Round of 32
2017–18 1D 20th 38 5 5 28 24 61 20 Round of 32
Relegated
2018–19 2D 3rd 44 21 11 12 53 36 74 Second Round
2019–20 2D 14th 42 11 20 11 35 33 53 First Round
2020–21 2D 12th 42 14 11 17 37 47 53 Round of 32
2021–22 2D 18th 42 11 12 19 36 57 45 Second Round

European record edit

Season Competition Round Opposition First leg Second leg Aggregate
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round   Gent 3–0 1–1 4–1
Semi-finals   Willem II 2–1 0–1 3–1
Finals   Villarreal 0–1 1–1 2–1
2002–03 UEFA Cup First round   Željezničar 0–0 1–0 1–0
Second round   Amica Wronki 2–1 1–2 4–2
Third round   Leeds United 0–0 1–2 2–1
Fourth round   AEK Athens 0–0 0–1 1–0
Quarter-finals   Boavista 1–0 1–0 1–1 (p)
2012–13 UEFA Champions League Play-off round   Panathinaikos 2–0 0–0 2–0
Group C   Zenit Saint Petersburg 3–0 2–2 1st place
  Anderlecht 0–3 2–2
  Milan 1–0 1–1
Round of 16   Porto 1–0 2–0 2–1
Quarter-finals   Borussia Dortmund 0–0 3–2 3–2

Season to season edit

  • As Club Atlético Malagueño (reserve team of CD Málaga)
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1948–49 5 2ª Reg. 2nd
1949–50 4 1ª Reg. 2nd
1950–51 3 12th
1951–52 3 14th
1952–53 3 16th
1953–54 3 15th
1954–55 3 7th
1955–56 3 11th
1956–57 3 12th
1957–58 3 7th
1958–59 3 5th
1959–60 3 6th
1960–61 3 7th
1961–62 3 4th
1962–63 3 2nd
1963–64 3 1st
1964–65 3 4th
1965–66 3 4th
1966–67 3 5th
1967–68 3 8th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1968–69 3 12th
1969–70 4 Reg. Pref. 1st
1970–71 3 13th
1971–72 3 11th
1972–73 3 19th
1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 5th
1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 6th
1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 10th
1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 8th
1977–78 4 14th
1978–79 4 12th
1979–80 4 11th
1980–81 4 15th
1981–82 4 4th
1982–83 4 12th
1983–84 4 6th
1984–85 4 4th
1985–86 4 5th
1986–87 4 9th
1987–88 4 2nd
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1988–89 4 3rd
1989–90 4 5th
1990–91 4 6th
1991–92 4 4th
  • As an independent team
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1992–93 4 1st First round
1993–94 3 2ª B 18th First round
  • As Málaga Club de Fútbol

Stadium information edit

Notable players edit

Previous coaches edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "La Rosaleda Stadium". Málaga CF. 24 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Historia de Málaga CF; Temporada 2002/2003". Málaga official web site. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Jeque compra Málaga". Málaga official web site. Retrieved 13 April 2013.[dead link]
  4. ^ "El Jeque destituye a Jesualdo Ferreira". As.com. 2 November 2010.
  5. ^ . Málaga official web site. 4 November 2010. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Alta a Asenjo, Demichelis, Camacho y Julio Baptista". As.com. 28 December 2010.
  7. ^ "Málaga bate registro histórico de cinco victorias seguidas". La Opinión de Málaga. 15 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Remontada fulminante del Málaga". Malagacf.diariosur.es. Diario Sur. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Fiebre por el Málaga". Malagacf.diariosur.es. Diario Sur. 24 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Responsables de la Unesco visitan la Rosaleda". Malagacf.diariosur.es. Diario Sur. 6 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Baño de multitudes en La Rosaleda". Malagacf.diariosur.es. Diario Sur. 7 July 2011.
  12. ^ "Toulalan es presentado por el Málaga ante unos ocho mil aficionados presentes". Andaluciadeportes.com. 9 July 2011.
  13. ^ "El Málaga ficha a Cazorla por 21 millones de euros". As.com. 26 June 2011.
  14. ^ "Málaga se clasifica a la Champions y el Villarreal desciende en la Liga española".[dead link]
  15. ^ . Archived from the original on 13 April 2013.
  16. ^ . 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014.
  17. ^ "La UEFA castiga al Málaga por sus deudas". Telegraph.co.uk. 21 December 2012.
  18. ^ "Real Madrid announce Isco signing". Goal.com. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  19. ^ "Official: Toulalan signs for Monaco". Goal.com. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  20. ^ "BBC Sport – Malaga name Bernd Schuster as Manuel Pellegrini's replacement". Bbc.co.uk. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  21. ^ Suárez, César (30 June 2019). "Víctor Sánchez del Amo seguirá al frente del banquillo del Málaga". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  22. ^ "Family of Malaga owner Al Thani owes club €7.3m". Football Espana. 3 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Crisis club Malaga to release entire first-team squad". Football Espana. 24 August 2020.
  24. ^ "Malaga fans pretend random visitor is Spanish football club's new player in prank protest at lack of signings". Sky News. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  25. ^ https://www.malagacf.com/equipo/malaga-cf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  26. ^ "Standings Archive Liga BBVA".

External links edit

  • Official website (in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic)
  • at La Liga (in English and Spanish)
  • Málaga CF at UEFA (in English and Spanish)

málaga, málaga, club, fútbol, spanish, pronunciation, ˈmalaɣa, ˈkluβ, ˈfuðβol, málaga, football, club, simply, málaga, football, club, based, málaga, andalusia, spain, that, competes, primera, federación, third, tier, spanish, league, system, following, their,. Malaga Club de Futbol Spanish pronunciation ˈmalaɣa ˈklub de ˈfudbol Malaga Football Club or simply Malaga is a football club based in Malaga Andalusia Spain that competes in the Primera Federacion the third tier of the Spanish league system following their relegation from the 2022 23 Segunda Division MalagaFull nameMalaga Club de Futbol S A D Nickname s Los Albicelestes The White and Sky Blues Los Blanquiazules The White and Blues Los Boquerones The Anchovies Founded25 May 1948 75 years ago 1948 05 25 as Club Atletico MalaguenoGroundLa RosaledaCapacity30 044 1 OwnerAbdullah Al ThaniPresidentJose Maria MunozHead coachSergio PellicerLeaguePrimera Federacion Group 22022 23Segunda Division 20th of 22 relegated WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursThird coloursCurrent seasonThey won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002 and qualified for the following season s UEFA Cup reaching the quarter final stages They also qualified for the 2012 13 UEFA Champions League where they were quarter finalists Since June 2010 the owner of the club has been Qatari investor Abdullah ben Nasser Al Thani Contents 1 History 1 1 Club Atletico Malagueno 1 2 Name change to Malaga CF 1 3 Slow decline and financial issues 1 4 Abdullah Al Thani era 2010 present 2 Honours 2 1 Domestic 2 2 International 2 3 Friendly 2 4 Trofeo Costa del Sol 2 5 Eastern Andalusia Derby 3 Current squad 3 1 Reserve team 3 2 Out of loan 4 Personnel 4 1 Current technical staff 5 Seasons 5 1 Recent seasons 5 2 European record 5 3 Season to season 6 Stadium information 7 Notable players 8 Previous coaches 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksHistory editClub Atletico Malagueno edit Main article CD Malaga Malaga s history trace back to CD Malaga a club founded in 1904 Club Atletico Malagueno was founded on 25 May 1948 as a former reserve team of CD Malaga after the club absorbed CD Santo Tomas with the purpose of establishing a reserve team took over as Malaga s main team Club Atletico Malagueno and CD Malaga had found themselves together in the 1959 60 Tercera Division after CD Malaga was relegated at the end of the 1958 59 Segunda Division As a reserve team the former should have been relegated to regional competition To avoid this they separated from their parent club and registered as an independent club within the Royal Spanish Football Federation That move made it possible for CA Malagueno to survive after CD Malaga suspended operations The 1992 93 season saw CA Malagueno playing in Tercera Division Group 9 After a successful campaign the club was promoted to the Segunda Division B The following season however the club was relegated again and facing financial difficulties were in danger of folding Name change to Malaga CF edit On 19 December 1993 in a referendum the club s members voted in favour of changing names and on 29 June 1994 CA Malagueno changed their name to Malaga Club de Futbol S A D In the early 2000s Malaga were a club rich in young and top quality players and boasted a more modern and developed stadium Although they never pushed for a Champions League place Malaga were always successful under the popular Joaquin Peiro They made a solitary appearance in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002 clinching their only official trophy by beating Gent Willem II and Villarreal Malaga s run in the UEFA Cup was something of an overachievement and ended in a defeat on penalties in the quarter finals to Boavista after beating Zeljeznicar Sarajevo who had been eliminated from the Champions League by Newcastle United Amica Wronki Leeds United after a 2 1 win at Elland Road courtesy of two Julio Dely Valdes goals and AEK Athens After Peiro s retirement a mass exodus slowly started Dario Silva Kiki Musampa Dely Valdes and Pedro Contreras all left the club Juande Ramos took over as coach and oversaw a 5 1 home thrashing of Barcelona the club s biggest victory against the Catalan giants with a hat trick from loanee Salva Ballesta who would end up missing out on the Pichichi Trophy by just two goals Ramos however left for the Sevilla and Gregorio Manzano took charge Slow decline and financial issues edit nbsp Estadio de La RosaledaDespite steering Malaga to their second consecutive tenth placed finish Manzano could not prevent a lackluster side from being relegated and they finished at the bottom of the league with a paltry 24 points to their name Malaga began the new second division season well However their form dipped dramatically and for two of the remaining six weeks were in the relegation zone Malaga managed to address this situation and survived their first Segunda season The 2007 08 Segunda Division also began impressively with seven straight victories Malaga seemed to be on track for promotion but after another slump in form they were overtaken as leaders by Numancia They needed a victory in their final game at home to Tenerife to assure promotion Two goals from Antonio Hidalgo secured a 2 1 triumph and Malaga returned to the top flight as runners up Abdullah Al Thani era 2010 present edit nbsp Chart of Malaga CF league performance 1929 2023Due to the club s economic problems then president Fernando Sanz found investments at Doha in Qatar to launch an ambitious project entering in conversations with sheikh Abdullah ben Nasser Al Thani 2 On 11 June 2010 after a week of negotiations Al Thani became the entity s new owner 3 being named president on 28 July 2 in the members meeting On 28 June 2010 Jesualdo Ferreira was appointed as coach and Moayad Shatat was appointed as vice president and general manager Following this was the signing of prominent players like Salomon Rondon and Eliseu In November however Jesualdo was fired because he had not obtained the desired performance positioning the club in the relegation places 4 Later Shatat confirmed Manuel Pellegrini as coach 5 With The Caretaker in charge it was decided to discard players of the squad and strengthen with players like centre back Martin Demichelis and midfielder Julio Baptista 6 A record five consecutive La Liga wins 7 alongside a draw against Athletic Bilbao at San Mames at the start of January 2011 helped the team maintain momentum in the league 8 finishing the 2010 11 season in 11th place In preparation for the 2011 12 season the club signed with Nike as supplier of the club s kits 9 Malaga also reached a collaboration agreement with UNESCO which in addition became the principal sponsor of the club s kit 10 The more prominent signings of that season were the Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy 11 the ex Lyon French midfielder Jeremy Toulalan 12 and the most expensive signing in the club s history Santi Cazorla who arrived from the Villarreal in a 21 million deal 13 Other less prominent players like Isco former Spanish international midfielder Joaquin and left back Nacho Monreal were key in the successful season which followed for the Malaga For the first time in its history the club qualified for the Champions League after finishing the 2011 12 La Liga campaign in fourth 14 In their first ever participation in the Champions League Malaga were paired with Italian giants Milan and reigning Belgian and Russian champions Anderlecht and Zenit Saint Petersburg respectively Malaga made it out of the group stage unbeaten winning their matches against all three clubs In the round of 16 the team drew Portuguese champions Porto losing the first away game 1 0 while winning at home 2 0 advancing to the quarter finals In a highly anticipated tie against German champions Borussia Dortmund the home game ended 0 0 leaving Malagauistas with a reasonable chance to advance on the back of a draw in the away fixture In a second leg marked by controversial referee decisions the scoreboard showed 1 2 at the full 90 minutes mark seemingly ensuring Malaga s place in the semi finals but two late goals by Marco Reus 90 1st minute and Felipe Santana 90 3rd minute turned the table in favour of the home team 15 Immediately after the elimination club president Abdullah ben Nasser Al Thani announced a formal complaint would be filed with UEFA and FIFA 16 The following season Malaga was banned by the UEFA along with other clubs for its debts In a statement the agency declared that the club would be excluded from a subsequent competition for which it would otherwise qualify in the next four seasons 17 However the ban was eventually downgraded to one season and the club was excluded from the 2013 14 Europa League In the summer of 2013 Isco was sold to Real Madrid 18 Joaquin to Fiorentina and midfielder Jeremy Toulalan to Monaco 19 The managerial position also changed with Bernd Schuster taking over from Manuel Pellegrini 20 nbsp A home fixture versus Sevilla in May 2015Following 2013 Malaga encountered a steady decline that would result in them finishing in a lower position in the league each year On 19 April 2018 Malaga faced Levante U D hoping to end their run of ten consecutive defeats that left them placed 20th in LaLiga However fate took a turn for the worse and Malaga conceded a goal to Levante s Emmanuel Boateng in stoppage time to see the final score at 0 1 This loss meant that Malaga would be relegated to the Segunda Division ending a run of ten consecutive seasons in the top flight In 2019 Malaga came close to being promoted to La Liga finishing third in the Segunda Division but was eliminated in the first round of the play offs by Deportivo de La Coruna For the 2019 20 Segunda Division season Victor Sanchez del Amo will continue as coach 21 In early 2020 reports emerged that club owner Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani and his family who owe Malaga 7 3m in loans and credit lines were buying out shares from smaller shareholders to be directed to their personal expenses and business interests yet up to February 2022 no evidence has proven any misconduct to allow the courts to rule that a criminal case is justified 22 In August 2020 the court appointed administrator issued a statement that he would lay off the entire first team squad to save the club from oblivion 23 In May 2023 Malaga fell into the third tier for the first time since 1998 24 Honours editDomestic edit Segunda Division Winners 1 1998 99 Segunda Division B Winners 1 1997 98 Tercera Division Winners 3 1963 64 1992 93 1994 95International edit UEFA Champions League Quarter finals 1 2012 13 UEFA Europa League Quarter finals 1 2002 03 UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners 1 2002Friendly edit Trofeo Costa del Sol Winners 7 2005 2008 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 Schalke 04 Cup Winners 1 2014 Copa EuroAmericana Runner up 1 2015Trofeo Costa del Sol edit Between 1961 and 1983 the club organised its own summer tournament the Trofeo Costa del Sol In this first age of the tournament the club won this competition themselves on three occasions beating Real Madrid Red Star Belgrade and Derby County in the finals After a long time of inactivity from 1983 onwards the competition was revived in 2003 Since then the club has won the competition on seven occasions beating Newcastle United Real Betis Parma Penarol Everton Lekhwiya and Sampdoria in the finals All ten trophies are currently placed together in the Museo Malaguista in La Rosaleda Eastern Andalusia Derby edit Main article Derby of eastern Andalusia Malaga s main rivalry is with Granada CF known as the Derby of eastern Andalusia The two clubs are located approximately 90 kilometers apart Current squad editAs of 26 November 2023 25 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp ESP Alfonso Herrero2 DF nbsp ESP Jokin Gabilondo3 DF nbsp MAR Bilal4 DF nbsp ESP Einar Galilea5 DF nbsp ESP Juande captain 6 MF nbsp ESP Ramon7 MF nbsp MAR Haitam Abaida8 MF nbsp ESP Juanpe9 FW nbsp ESP Loren Zuniga10 MF nbsp ESP David Larrubia11 MF nbsp ESP Kevin12 MF nbsp ESP Manu Molina13 GK nbsp ESP Carlos Lopez14 DF nbsp ESP Victor Garcia No Pos Nation Player15 DF nbsp MLI Moussa Diarra16 DF nbsp ESP Genaro Rodriguez17 FW nbsp ESP Dioni18 DF nbsp ESP Dani Sanchez19 FW nbsp ESP Roberto20 DF nbsp POR Nelson Monte21 MF nbsp ESP Juan Hernandez22 MF nbsp ESP Dani Lorenzo23 MF nbsp ESP Luca Sangalli25 DF nbsp ESP Diego Murillo26 MF nbsp ESP Antonito27 MF nbsp ESP Jesus Martin28 MF nbsp ESP Rafa32 DF nbsp ESP Miguel Angel SantaellaReserve team edit Main article Atletico Malagueno Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player29 DF nbsp ESP Izan Merino31 MF nbsp ESP Rafael Garrido33 DF nbsp ESP Angel Recio34 DF nbsp ESP Pablo ArriazaOut of loan edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player DF nbsp ESP Andres at Betis Deportivo until 30 June 2024 Personnel editCurrent technical staff edit See also Category Malaga CF managers Position StaffHead coach nbsp Sergio PellicerAssistant coach nbsp NachoFitness coach nbsp Nacho Oria nbsp Enrique Ruiz nbsp Julio RodriguezGoalkeeping coach nbsp Toni MengualAnalyst nbsp CapaChief Doctor nbsp Juan Carlos Perez FriasPhysiotherapists nbsp Fernando Lacomba nbsp Luis Barbado nbsp Pablo Perez nbsp Jose Miguel EscobarSport readaptator nbsp Toni TapiaNutricionist nbsp Paco JaimeDelegate nbsp JosemiKit man nbsp Juan Carlos Salcedo nbsp Migue ZambranaLast updated 24 September 2022Source Malaga CF in Spanish Seasons editRecent seasons edit 26 Season Div Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Copa del Rey Notes1999 2000 1D 12th 38 11 15 12 55 50 48 Second Round2000 01 1D 8th 38 16 8 14 60 61 56 Second Round2001 02 1D 10th 38 13 14 11 44 44 53 Round of 322002 03 1D 13th 38 11 13 14 44 49 46 Round of 16 Quarter finals UEFA Cup2003 04 1D 10th 38 15 6 17 50 55 51 Round of 162004 05 1D 10th 38 15 6 17 40 48 51 Round of 322005 06 1D 20th 38 5 9 24 36 68 24 Third Round Relegated2006 07 2D 15th 42 14 13 15 49 50 55 Round of 162007 08 2D 2nd 42 20 12 10 58 42 72 Round of 32 Promoted2008 09 1D 8th 38 15 10 13 55 59 55 Round of 322009 10 1D 17th 38 7 16 15 42 48 37 Round of 162010 11 1D 11th 38 13 7 18 54 68 46 Round of 162011 12 1D 4th 38 17 7 14 54 53 58 Round of 162012 13 1D 6th 38 16 9 13 53 50 57 Quarter finals Quarter finals Champions League2013 14 1D 11th 38 12 9 17 39 46 45 Round of 322014 15 1D 9th 38 14 8 16 42 48 50 Quarter finals2015 16 1D 8th 38 12 12 14 38 35 48 Round of 322016 17 1D 11th 38 12 10 16 49 55 46 Round of 322017 18 1D 20th 38 5 5 28 24 61 20 Round of 32 Relegated2018 19 2D 3rd 44 21 11 12 53 36 74 Second Round2019 20 2D 14th 42 11 20 11 35 33 53 First Round2020 21 2D 12th 42 14 11 17 37 47 53 Round of 322021 22 2D 18th 42 11 12 19 36 57 45 Second RoundEuropean record edit Season Competition Round Opposition First leg Second leg Aggregate2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round nbsp Gent 3 0 1 1 4 1Semi finals nbsp Willem II 2 1 0 1 3 1Finals nbsp Villarreal 0 1 1 1 2 12002 03 UEFA Cup First round nbsp Zeljeznicar 0 0 1 0 1 0Second round nbsp Amica Wronki 2 1 1 2 4 2Third round nbsp Leeds United 0 0 1 2 2 1Fourth round nbsp AEK Athens 0 0 0 1 1 0Quarter finals nbsp Boavista 1 0 1 0 1 1 p 2012 13 UEFA Champions League Play off round nbsp Panathinaikos 2 0 0 0 2 0Group C nbsp Zenit Saint Petersburg 3 0 2 2 1st place nbsp Anderlecht 0 3 2 2 nbsp Milan 1 0 1 1Round of 16 nbsp Porto 1 0 2 0 2 1Quarter finals nbsp Borussia Dortmund 0 0 3 2 3 2Season to season edit As Club Atletico Malagueno reserve team of CD Malaga Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey1948 49 5 2ª Reg 2nd1949 50 4 1ª Reg 2nd1950 51 3 3ª 12th1951 52 3 3ª 14th1952 53 3 3ª 16th1953 54 3 3ª 15th1954 55 3 3ª 7th1955 56 3 3ª 11th1956 57 3 3ª 12th1957 58 3 3ª 7th1958 59 3 3ª 5th1959 60 3 3ª 6th1960 61 3 3ª 7th1961 62 3 3ª 4th1962 63 3 3ª 2nd1963 64 3 3ª 1st1964 65 3 3ª 4th1965 66 3 3ª 4th1966 67 3 3ª 5th1967 68 3 3ª 8th Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey1968 69 3 3ª 12th1969 70 4 Reg Pref 1st1970 71 3 3ª 13th1971 72 3 3ª 11th1972 73 3 3ª 19th1973 74 4 Reg Pref 5th1974 75 4 Reg Pref 6th1975 76 4 Reg Pref 10th1976 77 4 Reg Pref 8th1977 78 4 3ª 14th1978 79 4 3ª 12th1979 80 4 3ª 11th1980 81 4 3ª 15th1981 82 4 3ª 4th1982 83 4 3ª 12th1983 84 4 3ª 6th1984 85 4 3ª 4th1985 86 4 3ª 5th1986 87 4 3ª 9th1987 88 4 3ª 2ndSeason Tier Division Place Copa del Rey1988 89 4 3ª 3rd1989 90 4 3ª 5th1990 91 4 3ª 6th1991 92 4 3ª 4thAs an independent teamSeason Tier Division Place Copa del Rey1992 93 4 3ª 1st First round1993 94 3 2ª B 18th First roundAs Malaga Club de FutbolSeason Tier Division Place Copa del Rey1994 95 4 3ª 1st First round1995 96 3 2ª B 5th First round1996 97 3 2ª B 5th Second round1997 98 3 2ª B 1st1998 99 2 2ª 1st Third round1999 2000 1 1ª 12th Second round2000 01 1 1ª 8th Second round2001 02 1 1ª 10th Round of 322002 03 1 1ª 13th Round of 322003 04 1 1ª 10th Round of 162004 05 1 1ª 10th Round of 322005 06 1 1ª 20th Third round2006 07 2 2ª 15th Round of 162007 08 2 2ª 2nd Round of 322008 09 1 1ª 8th Round of 322009 10 1 1ª 17th Round of 162010 11 1 1ª 11th Round of 162011 12 1 1ª 4th Round of 162012 13 1 1ª 6th Quarter finals2013 14 1 1ª 11th Round of 32 Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey2014 15 1 1ª 9th Quarter finals2015 16 1 1ª 8th Round of 322016 17 1 1ª 11th Round of 322017 18 1 1ª 20th Round of 322018 19 2 2ª 3rd Second round2019 20 2 2ª 14th First round2020 21 2 2ª 12th Round of 322021 22 2 2ª 18th Second round2022 23 2 2ª 19th Second round2023 24 3 1ª Fed 17 seasons in La Liga 8 seasons in Segunda Division 1 season in Primera Federacion 4 seasons in Segunda Division B 39 seasons in Tercera DivisionStadium information editLa Rosaleda StadiumNotable players editSee also Category CD Malaga footballers and Category Malaga CF footballers Albania nbsp Keidi BareAlgeria nbsp Mohamed BenkhemassaArgentina nbsp Willy Caballero nbsp Martin Demichelis nbsp Javier Saviola nbsp Ariel ZarateBrazil nbsp Julio BaptistaCameroon nbsp Carlos KameniChile nbsp Manuel IturraCosta Rica nbsp Paulo WanchopeDenmark nbsp Patrick MtiligaFrance nbsp Jeremy ToulalanMexico nbsp Guillermo OchoaMorocco nbsp Nordin Amrabat nbsp Youssef En Nesyri nbsp Munir Mohamedi nbsp Nabil BahaNetherlands nbsp Joris Mathijsen nbsp Ruud van NistelrooyPanama nbsp Julio Dely ValdesParaguay nbsp Roque Santa CruzPortugal nbsp Duda nbsp Edgar nbsp EliseuSerbia nbsp Zdravko KuzmanovicSpain nbsp Apono nbsp Francesc Arnau nbsp Basti nbsp Francisco Bravo nbsp Javier Calleja nbsp Ignacio Camacho nbsp Santi Cazorla nbsp Pedro Contreras nbsp Jesus Gamez nbsp Gerardo nbsp Luis Hernandez nbsp Antonio Hidalgo nbsp Fernando Hierro nbsp Isco nbsp Joaquin nbsp Juanito nbsp Domingo Larrainzar nbsp Albert Luque nbsp Miguel Angel nbsp Nacho Monreal nbsp Jose Maria Movilla nbsp Recio nbsp Miguel Angel Roteta nbsp Francisco Rufete nbsp Salva Ballesta nbsp Sergio Sanchez nbsp Sandro nbsp Fernando Sanz nbsp Vicente Valcarce nbsp Manuel Velazquez nbsp Esteban VigoUruguay nbsp Sebastian Fernandez nbsp Marcelo Romero nbsp Dario SilvaVenezuela nbsp Juanpi nbsp Salomon Rondon nbsp Roberto RosalesPrevious coaches editSee also Category CD Malaga managers and Category Malaga CF managers nbsp Abdallah Ben Barek 1969 70 nbsp Antonio Benitez 1976 979 nbsp Ricardo Albis 1994 nbsp Antonio Benitez 1994 95 nbsp Pepe Cayuela 1996 nbsp Ricardo Albis 1997 nbsp Ismael Diaz 1997 98 nbsp Joaquin Peiro 1 July 1998 16 June 2003 nbsp Juande Ramos 1 July 2003 14 June 2004 nbsp Gregorio Manzano 2004 05 nbsp Antonio Tapia 12 January 2005 30 January 2006 nbsp Manolo Hierro 2006 nbsp Marcos 2006 nbsp Juan Muniz 2006 08 nbsp Antonio Tapia 1 July 2008 30 June 2009 nbsp Juan Muniz 2009 10 nbsp Jesualdo Ferreira 2010 nbsp Rafa Gil interim 2010 nbsp Manuel Pellegrini 5 November 2010 23 June 2013 nbsp Bernd Schuster 12 June 2013 16 May 2014 nbsp Javi Gracia 1 July 2014 24 May 2016 nbsp Juande Ramos 27 May 2016 27 December 2016 nbsp Marcelo Romero 28 December 2016 6 March 2017 nbsp Michel 7 March 2017 13 January 2018 nbsp Jose Gonzalez 13 January 2018 20 June 2018 nbsp Juan Muniz 20 June 2018 14 April 2019 nbsp Victor Sanchez 15 April 2019 11 January 2020 nbsp Sergio Pellicer 11 January 2020 31 May 2021 nbsp Jose Alberto 1 June 2021 24 January 2022 See also editAtletico Malagueno CD Malaga Trofeo Costa del Sol Football in SpainReferences edit La Rosaleda Stadium Malaga CF 24 May 2013 a b Historia de Malaga CF Temporada 2002 2003 Malaga official web site Retrieved 13 April 2013 Jeque compra Malaga Malaga official web site Retrieved 13 April 2013 dead link El Jeque destituye a Jesualdo Ferreira As com 2 November 2010 Manuel Pellegrini nuevo entrenador del Malaga Club de Futbol Malaga official web site 4 November 2010 Archived from the original on 8 November 2010 Alta a Asenjo Demichelis Camacho y Julio Baptista As com 28 December 2010 Malaga bate registro historico de cinco victorias seguidas La Opinion de Malaga 15 May 2011 Remontada fulminante del Malaga Malagacf diariosur es Diario Sur Retrieved 18 May 2011 Fiebre por el Malaga Malagacf diariosur es Diario Sur 24 May 2011 Responsables de la Unesco visitan la Rosaleda Malagacf diariosur es Diario Sur 6 June 2011 Bano de multitudes en La Rosaleda Malagacf diariosur es Diario Sur 7 July 2011 Toulalan es presentado por el Malaga ante unos ocho mil aficionados presentes Andaluciadeportes com 9 July 2011 El Malaga ficha a Cazorla por 21 millones de euros As com 26 June 2011 Malaga se clasifica a la Champions y el Villarreal desciende en la Liga espanola dead link Offside goals in Borussia Dortmund Malaga CF The Third Team Archived from the original on 13 April 2013 Malaga owner Al Thani slams injust Dortmund winner La Liga News TV 29 October 2014 Archived from the original on 29 October 2014 La UEFA castiga al Malaga por sus deudas Telegraph co uk 21 December 2012 Real Madrid announce Isco signing Goal com 26 June 2013 Retrieved 22 April 2014 Official Toulalan signs for Monaco Goal com 15 April 2014 Retrieved 22 April 2014 BBC Sport Malaga name Bernd Schuster as Manuel Pellegrini s replacement Bbc co uk 14 June 2013 Retrieved 22 April 2014 Suarez Cesar 30 June 2019 Victor Sanchez del Amo seguira al frente del banquillo del Malaga Marca in Spanish Retrieved 1 July 2019 Family of Malaga owner Al Thani owes club 7 3m Football Espana 3 March 2020 Crisis club Malaga to release entire first team squad Football Espana 24 August 2020 Malaga fans pretend random visitor is Spanish football club s new player in prank protest at lack of signings Sky News Retrieved 17 September 2023 https www malagacf com equipo malaga cf a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Standings Archive Liga BBVA External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malaga CF Official website in English Spanish Chinese and Arabic Malaga CF at La Liga in English and Spanish Malaga CF at UEFA in English and Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Malaga CF amp oldid 1186966153, wikipedia, wiki, 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