Málaga CF
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| Full name | Málaga Club de Fútbol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Boquerones (Anchovies) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1948/1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | La Rosaleda, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain (Capacity 28,900) |
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| Chairman |  Fernando Sanz |
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| Manager | Juan Ramón López Muñiz |
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| League | Segunda División | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | Segunda División, 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Málaga Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Málaga, Andalusia. They currently play in the Segunda División. The club was originally the reserve team of CD Málaga, an earlier football club from the same city. After making their La Liga debut in 1999, they won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002. They then qualified for the following seasons UEFA Cup and reached the quarter-final stages. They were relegated from La Liga in 2006. 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, Málaga CF as club president. The club now has its own reserve team, Málaga CF B.
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[edit] History
[edit] Atlético Malagueño
The club was founded on May 25 1948 when CD Málaga took over a junior club , CD Santo Tomás, with the purpose of establishing a reserve team. The club was renamed Club Atlético Malagueño, reviving the name of one of the two clubs that had merged to form CD Málaga in 1933. During the 1959-60 season CA Malagueño and CD Málaga found themselves together in the Tercera División. As a reserve team CA Malagueño should have been relegated. However to avoid this, they separated from their parent club and registered as an independent club with the Spanish Football Federation. This allowed the club to stay in the Tercera División.
In 1992 when CD Málaga dissolved after financial difficulties, CA Malagueño continued playing. The 1992-93 season saw CA Malagueño playing in Tercera Division Group 9. After a successful campaign, the club was promoted to Segunda División B. However the following season the club was relegated back to the Tercera División and, facing financial difficulties they almost went the same way as CD Málaga. On December 19 1993 in a referendum, the club’s members voted in favour of changing the club name and on June 29 1994 CA Malagueño changed their name to Málaga Club de Fútbol S.A.D..
[edit] A small rise in prominence
In the early 2000's Málaga were a club rich in youth and top quality players. There stadium, becoming more modern and developed. Although they never pushed for a Champions League place, Málaga were always successful under the vastly popular Joaquín Peiró. They shared the sole appearance and only official Trophy, the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002, beating Gent, Willem II and more impressively an improving Villarreal.
There run in the Uefa Cup suprised many, to others it did not. Umfortunatly dumped out in the Quarter Finals by Boavista FC, they had beaten FK Željezničar, (who'd been eliminated form the 3rd round qualifiers of the Champions League by newcastel United) 1-0 on agrregate. Amica Wronki 4-2 on aggregate, impressively winning in Poland too. Then a dream of a tie for the large congregation of English Málaga fans, Leeds United, after the 1st leg of the game it was 0-0, returning to Elland road is a hard task,(Leeds had been in the Semi's of the Champions league a couple of years prior to this), 2 goals from Dely Valdes sealed a 2-1 victory. Another impressive victory over AEK Athens meant that they went on to the Quater fianls, where'd they'd meet Boavista. Tehy would go on to lose 4-1 on Penalties. In 2008 it was revealed Boavista, were part of match fixing duriong that campaign, meaning Málaga may not of even drawn them. After Peiró's retirement, a mas exodus slowly started to occur. Dario Silva, Kiki Musampa, Dely Valdes and Pedro Contreras, all left the club. Juande Ramos took over the helm and posibly brought Malaga their greatest ever result, a resounding 5-1 thrashin of FC Barcelona at La Rosaleda, with a Hat trick of loanee, Salva( who would end up missing out on the pichichi by just 2 goals. Ramos was appointed Sevilla manager and Gregorío manzano took charge.
[edit] The slow decline & the Segunda
Although steering Málaga to their second consecutive 10th placed finish, he couldnt prevent a lacklustre malaga side beating the drop. Although some players like, Ricardo Bovio tried, the squad wasn't good enough, they finished bottom of the league with 24 points to their name.
As the new Segunda season started, Málaga were in high hopes and started off well. However their form dramatically dropped and for 2 of the remaining 6 weeks, were in the relagation zone. Málaga luckily over turned this and survived their first season in segunda, a major let down they couldnt chase their promotion back to Primera.
The new season wasn't one with much confidence, players were brought in and fans looked worried. By winning 10 of their first 11 games, Málaga looked Promoted early into the season, however, with a drop of from and poor tactics, they sacrificed their Lead to CD Numancia and face a battle for promotion with one game remaining, against Sporting Gijon and Real Sociedad, if they beat Tenerife, they will be promoted, if they draw they need either team to not win and Málaga will return to the primera.
[edit] Honours
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1
- 2002
- Segunda División: 1
- 1998-99
- Trofeo Ciudad de Torcal: 5
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005
- Trofeo Costa del Sol: 1
- 2005
- 7 seasons in the La Liga
- 3 season in the Segunda División
- 3 seasons in the Segunda División B
- 1 season in the Tercera División
[edit] 2007/08 Squad
The numbers are established according to the official website:www.malagacf.es and www.lfp.es
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[edit] Recent history
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Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Copa del Rey Europe Notes 1999-00 1D 12 38 11 15 12 55 50 48 2000-01 1D 8 38 16 8 14 60 61 56 2001-02 1D 10 38 13 14 11 44 44 53 2002-03 1D 14 38 11 13 14 44 49 46 UC quarter-final 2003-04 1D 10 38 15 6 17 50 55 51 2004-05 1D 10 38 15 6 17 40 48 51 3rd round 2005-06 1D 20 38 5 9 24 36 68 24 3rd round relegated 2006-07 2D 15 42 14 13 15 49 50 55 2007-08 2D 3 40 19 11 10 56 41 68
[edit] Stadium Information
[edit] Selected former players
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see also Cat:Málaga CF footballers
[edit] Selected former coaches
- Joaquín Peiró
- Juande Ramos
- Gregorio Manzano
- Antonio Tapia
- Manuel Hierro
- José Maria Bakero
see also Cat:Málaga CF managers
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Málaga CF Official Website
- (English) International Supporters' Club site
- (Spanish) History of Football in Málaga
- (English) Trofeo Costa del Sol
- (English) Trofeo Ciudad de Torcal
