About Málaga CF

Málaga CF is a Spanish football club from Málaga, Andalusia, playing its home matches at La Rosaleda Stadium. The club traces its roots to CD Málaga, founded in 1904, but the current entity was established on 25 May 1948 as Club Atlético Malagueño, originally the reserve team of CD Málaga. After CD Málaga was dissolved in 1992 because of its debts, Atlético Malagueño took over as the city's main club and in 1994 changed its name to Málaga Club de Fútbol.

The renamed club climbed quickly through the divisions and reached La Liga in 1999. In 2002 it won the UEFA Intertoto Cup and went on to reach the quarter-finals of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup. After a spell in the second tier, Málaga returned to the top flight in 2008, and in 2010 the club was bought by Qatari businessman Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani, whose investment brought in well-known players and coach Manuel Pellegrini.

The club's greatest success came in the 2012–13 season, its debut in the UEFA Champions League: Málaga topped a group with Milan and Zenit, knocked out Porto in the round of 16 and were eliminated by Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-finals only by two stoppage-time goals. Financial problems and UEFA sanctions followed, the club was relegated in 2018, and it was later placed under judicial administration, continuing to compete in the Spanish professional leagues.