Málaga CF
Association football club in Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Málaga Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmalaɣa ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol], Málaga Football Club), or simply Málaga is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who will compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system, following their promotion from the Primera Federación in 2023–24 Season.
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Full name | Málaga Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. | |||
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Nickname(s) | Los Albicelestes (The White and Sky-Blues) Los Blanquiazules (The White and Blues) Los Boquerones (The Anchovies) | |||
Founded | 25 May 1948; 76 years ago (1948-05-25) as Club Atlético Malagueño | |||
Ground | La Rosaleda | |||
Capacity | 30,044[1] | |||
Owner | Abdullah Al Thani | |||
President | José María Muñoz | |||
Head coach | Sergio Pellicer | |||
League | Segunda División | |||
2023–24 | Primera Federación – Group 2, 3rd of 20 (promoted via play-offs) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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They won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002 and qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup, reaching the quarter-final stages. They also qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, where they were quarter-finalists. Since June 2010, the owner of the club has been Qatari investor Abdullah ben Nasser Al Thani.