Málaga CF

Málaga

Full name	Málaga Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Boquerones (Anchovies)
Founded	1948 (As Club Atlético Malagueño)
Ground	La Rosaleda, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain (Capacity: 28,963)
Chairman	Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani
Manager	Jesualdo Ferreira
League	La Liga
2009–10	La Liga, 17th
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Málaga Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Málaga, Andalusia. They currently play in Spain's La Liga.

Málaga CF is generally seen as the heir of CD Málaga, one of the most historical Andalusian football clubs, by being a near-identical looking football club that even shares the same fanbase and traditions, although in legal terms it's a different entity with a separate register and another founding date, the one of its former reserve team, Atlético Malagueño. As such, after the twenty seasons in La Liga, twenty-nine in Segunda División, and nine in Tercera División played by the now disappeared CD Málaga, the current Málaga CF has played nine seasons in La Liga three in Segunda División, three in Segunda División B and one in Tercera División. They also won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002 and then they qualified for the following seasons UEFA Cup and reached the quarter-final stages.

In 2006 Lorenzo Sanz, a former Real Madrid president, purchased a 97% holding in the club and then appointed his son Fernando Sanz, the former captain of the team, as club president. The club was again sold in June 2010, as Qatarian investor, Abdullah ben Nasser Al Thani, bought the club from Sanz. The club has also its own reserve team, Atlético Malagueño.

The club also has a sizeable British following, mainly down to the large amount of British expats currently residing on the Costa del Sol.

Málaga participated in the Peace Cup 2009, held in Andalucia, with Sevilla, Huelva, Jerez and Málaga the host venues. Málaga were drawn against English team Aston Villa and the Mexicans Atlante. Málaga beat Aston Villa but lost to Atlante and finished bottom of their group.

Note: All related to former CD Málaga, here CD Málaga. Nowadays, Málaga CF do not have an official relationship with CD Málaga.

History

Honours

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1
  • 2002
• Segunda División:
  • Winners 1998–99: 1
  • Runners-Up 2007–08: 1
• Segunda División B: Group IV
  • Winners 1997-98: 1
• Trofeo Costa del Sol: 3
  • 2005, 2008, 2010

Honours CD Málaga

• Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 1
  • 1971–72 (Deusto)
• Segunda División
  • Winners 1987–88: 1
  • Runners-Up 1948–49, 1969–70, 1978–79: 3
• Segunda División Group 2
  • Winners 1966–67, 1951–52: 2
  • Runners-Up 1961–62, 1964–65: 2
• Trofeo Costa del Sol: 3
  • 1971, 1974, 1963

Note: CD Málaga material trophies and belongings are now possession of Málaga CF, placed in its display cabinet

Trofeo Costa del Sol

Between 1961 and 1983 the club organised its own summer tournament, the Trofeo Costa del Sol. The former CD Málaga 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 current Málaga CF has won the competition on two occasions, beating Newcastle United F.C. and Real Betis Balompie in the finals. The five trophies are currently placed together in Málaga CF display cabinet.

Shirt sponsor

On 27 August 2009, Málaga CF announced that they had signed a three year sponsorship agreement with gambling company William Hill, where the William Hill brand will be displayed on the front of the Málaga CF shirts.^[1]

Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website:www.malagacf.es and www.lfp.es

As of 31 August 2010 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Francesc Arnau (captain) 2 DF Jesús Gámez (vice-captain) 3 DF Weligton 4 DF Manu Torres 5 FW Albert Luque 6 DF Iván González 7 FW Nabil Baha 8 MF Fernando 9 FW Edinho 10 MF Apoño 11 FW Sebastián Fernández 13 GK Rodrigo Galatto 12 DF Kris Stadsgaard 14 DF Hélder Rosário

No. Position Player 15 DF Javier Malagueño 16 MF Edu Ramos 17 MF Duda 18 MF Eliseu 19 DF Patrick Mtiliga 20 DF Manolo Gaspar 21 FW Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (on loan from Al-Sadd) 22 MF Sandro Silva 23 FW Salomón Rondón 24 MF Juanito 25 GK Rubén Martínez 26 FW Juanmi 29 MF Francisco Portillo – MF Selim Benachour

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — MF Xavi Torres (at Levante) — MF Javi López (at Ponferradina) — MF Daniel Toribio (at Ponferradina) — MF Jordi Pablo (at Cartagena) — MF David González (at Cádiz)

Seasons

Recent seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Spanish Cup	Europe		Notes
1999-00	1D	12	38	11	15	12	55	50	48
2000-01	1D	8	38	16	8	14	60	61	56	2nd Round
2001-02	1D	10	38	13	14	11	44	44	53	2nd Round
2002-03	1D	14	38	11	13	14	44	49	46	3rd round	UC	quarter-final
2003-04	1D	10	38	15	6	17	50	55	51	Round of 16
2004-05	1D	10	38	15	6	17	40	48	51	Round of 32
2005-06	1D	20	38	5	9	24	36	68	24	Round of 32			relegated
2006-07	2D	15	42	14	13	15	49	50	55	Round of 16
2007-08	2D	2	42	20	12	10	58	42	72	Round of 32			promoted
2008-09	1D	8	38	15	10	13	55	59	55	Round of 32
2009-10	1D	17	38	7	16	15	42	48	37	Round of 16

Season to season (Former CD Málaga)

• As Club Deportivo Malacitano

• As Club Deportivo Málaga

Season to season (Current Málaga CF)

(From 1948 to 1994, Málaga CF was known as Club Atlético Malagueño)

• As Club Atlético Malagueño (as reserve team of CD Málaga)

• As Club Atlético Malagueño (as independent team)

• As Málaga Club de Fútbol

• As Málaga CF:
• 10 seasons in La Liga
• 3 seasons in Segunda División
• 4 seasons in Segunda División B
• 39 season in Tercera División
• 7 seasons in Categorías Regionales

• As CD Málaga:
• 20 seasons in the La Liga
• 29 season in the Segunda División
• 9 season in the Tercera División

Stadium information

Estadio La Rosaleda

Selected former players

(This list includes players of CD Málaga and current Málaga CF)

see also Category:CD Málaga footballers
see also Category:Málaga CF footballers

Selected former coaches

(This list includes managers of CD Málaga and current Málaga CF)

• Luís Urquiri (1948–49)
• Ricardo Zamora (1949–51)
• Antonio Barrios (1951–52)
• Helenio Herrera (1952)
• Luís Casas Pasarín (1953–54)
• Sabino Barinaga (1961–63)
• Zárraga (1964), (1969)
• Domènec Balmanya (1964–65)
• Ernesto Pons Forn (1966–67)
• Jenő Kálmár (1970–72), (1978–80)
• Marcel Domingo (1972–74)
• Milorad Pavić (1975–77)
• Sebastian Viberti (1978–80) (unofficial, Jenő Kálmár assisted and figured as official)
• Antonio Benítez (1981–85), (1988–90), (1994–95)
• Ladislao Kubala (1987–88)
• Abdellah Ben Barek (1990–91)
• Joaquín Peiró (1998–03)
• Juande Ramos (2003–04)
• Gregorio Manzano (2004–05)
• Antonio Tapia (2005–06), (2008–09)
• Marcos Alonso (2006)
• Juan Ramón López Muñiz (2006–08), (2009–10)
• Jesualdo Ferreira (2010–)

see also Category:CD Málaga managers
see also Category:Málaga CF managers

References

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• International supporters' site (English)
• History of Football in Málaga (Spanish)
• Foro Malaguista (Spanish)
• Unofficial website
• Trofeo Costa del Sol (Spanish)
• Trofeo Ciudad de Torcal (Spanish)
• Fan's Blog
• The on-line trading cards collection of Málaga C.F!