Málaga Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Málaga, Andalusia. They currently play in Spain's La Liga.
Málaga CF is generally seen as the successor to CD Málaga, one of the most historical Andalusian football clubs, by being a near-identical looking football club that even shares the same fan base and traditions, although in legal terms it's a different entity with a separate register and another founding date, that of its former reserve team, Atlético Malagueño. As such, after the 20 seasons in La Liga, 29 in Segunda División, and nine in Tercera División played by the now defunct 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 qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup, reaching 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 Qatari investor, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani, bought the club from Sanz.
The club, which has a reserve team, Atlético Malagueño, also has a sizeable British following, mainly down to the large amount of British expats 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.
Players:
1 GK Rubén Martínez
2 DF Jesús Gámez (captain)
3 DF Weligton (2nd captain)
4 DF Kris Stadsgaard
5 DF Martín Demichelis
6 MF Ignacio Camacho
7 MF Joaquín Sánchez
8 MF Jérémy Toulalan
9 FW Ruud van Nistelrooy
10 MF Apoño
11 FW Sebastián Fernández
12 MF Santi Cazorla
13 GK Willy Caballero
14 DF Joris Mathijsen
15 DF Nacho Monreal
No. Position Player
16 MF Enzo Maresca
17 MF Duda
18 MF Eliseu
19 MF Júlio Baptista
20 MF Diego Buonanotte
21 DF Sergio Sánchez
22 MF Isco
23 FW Salomón Rondón
26 FW Juanmi Jiménez
27 MF Francisco Portillo
28 MF Recio
— DF Hélder Rosário
— DF Javier Malagueño
— MF Fernando
— FW Edinho
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