Málaga CF

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Málaga Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Football in Spain football club based in Málaga, Andalusia. They currently play in Spain 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 seven 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 2002 in 2002 and then they qualified for the following seasons UEFA Cup 2002-03 and reached the quarter-final stages.

In 2006 Lorenzo Sanz, a former Real Madrid president, purchased a 97% holding in Málaga CF and then appointed his son Fernando Sanz, the former captain of the team, as club president. Málaga CF has also its own reserve team, Atlético Malagueño.

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

Málaga will participate in the Peace Cup 2009, it is due to be held in Andalucia, with sevilla, Huelva, Jerez and Málaga being the host venues.
On the 16th April 2009, Málaga were drawn against British teams Aston Villa and Celtic F.C., these games are to be held at La Rosaleda stadium on the dates of 25th and 27th July, with the other 2 teams playing on the 29th.
The semi final is also set to be played at La Rosaleda, with the final in Sevilla.

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

History

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Honours

- UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002: 1
- - 2002
- Segunda División:
- - Winners 1998–99: 1
- - Runners-Up 2007-2008: 1
- Trofeo Costa del Sol: 2
- - 2005, 2008

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
- - 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 Málaga CF 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 F.C. 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.

The numbers are established according to the official website:

As of July 25, 2009

Seasons

Recent seasons

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- 3 seasons in Segunda División
- 4 seasons in Segunda División B
- 39 season in Tercera División
- 7 seasons in Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol
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- As CD Málaga:
- 20 seasons in the La Liga
- 29 season in the Segunda División
- 9 season in the Tercera División

Stadium information

Selected former players

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

- Pablo Guede
- Marcelo Trobbiani
- Ariel Silvio Zárate
- Cristian Díaz
- Pablo Calandria
- Esteban González
- Gustavo Matosas
- Juan Camer
- Rodolfo Vilanova
- Sebastian Viberti
- Carlos Guerini
- Raul Castronovo
- Félix Nieto
- Juan Cantarutti
- Rodríguez Ferrer
- Óscar Regenhardt
- Amadeo Gasparini
- Ricardo Albisbeascoechea
- Márcio Amoroso
- Fernando Baiano
- Rodrigo Dias Carneiro

- Anderson Silva de França
- Ricardo Bóvio
- Charles Fabian Figueiredo Santos
- Cyril Makanaky
- Albeiro Usuriaga
- Paulo Wanchope
- Luka Bonačić
- Ivan Leko
- Kim Christofte
- John Lauridsen
- Emmanuel Dorado
- Owusu Afriyie
- Abdullah Quaye
- Brahim Thiam
- Dragoje Leković
- Vladimir Popović (footballer born 1976)
- Abdellah Ben Barek
- Hassan Fadil
- Kiki Musampa
- Julio Dely Valdés

- Sebastian Fleitas Miranda
- Pedro Aicart
- Joaquim Agostinho da Silva
- Duda (Portuguese footballer)
- Edgar Pacheco
- Carlos Manuel de Oliveira Magalhães
- Jorge Ribeiro
- Milan Milijaš
- Pedro Bazán
- Jesús Garay
- Miguel Ramos Vargas
- Juan Antonio Deusto
- José Díaz Macías
- Paquito
- Esteban Vigo
- Antonio Mata
- Chano
- José Luis Romero
- Juan Gómez González
- Pedro Luis Jaro

- Francisco Rufete
- Javier Sánchez Broto
- Albert Luque
- Josemi
- Koke (footballer)
- Jorge López Marco
- Carlos Alejandro Sierra Fumero
- Vicente Valcarce
- Alexis Ruano Delgado
- Salva Ballesta
- Catanha
- Alexandre Geijo Pazos
- Gustavo Matosas
- Darío Silva
- Gonzalo de los Santos
- Martin Rivas
- Marcelo Romero
- Diego Alonso
- Richard Morales
- Voltaire García
, 1948-49
- Ricardo Zamora, 1949-51
- Antonio Barrios, 1951-52
- Helenio Herrera, 1952
- Luís Casas Pasarín, 1953-54
- Sabino Barinaga, 1961-63
- José María Zárraga Martín, 1964, 1969
- Domènec Balmanya, 1964-65
- Ernesto Pons Forn, 1966-67
- Jenő Kálmár: 1970-72, 1978-80
- Marcel Domingo, 1972-74
- Milorad Pavić (footballer) , 1975-77
- Sebastian Viberti, 1978-80 (unofficial, Jenő Kálmár assisted and figured as official)
- Antonio Benítez Fernández, 1981-85, 1988-90, 1994-95
- Ladislao Kubala, 1987-88
- Abdellah Ben Barek 1990-91
- Joaquín Peiró 1998-2003
- Juan de la Cruz Ramos Cano 2003-2004
- Gregorio Manzano 2004-2005
- Antonio Tapia 2005-2006, 2008-2009
- Marcos Alonso 2006
- Juan Ramón López Muñiz 2006-2008, 2009-

see also

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