2018–19 Málaga CF season

Málaga CF
2018–19 season
Owner	Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani
Manager	Juan Muñiz; (until 14 April); Víctor Sánchez; (from 15 April)
Stadium	La Rosaleda
Segunda División	3rd
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Adrián (10); All: ; Adrián (10)
Highest home attendance	27,275; (vs Deportivo La Coruña, 15 June 2019)
Lowest home attendance	1,607; (vs Alcorcón, 24 August 2018)
Average home league attendance	17,864
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

During the 2018–19 season, Málaga CF participated in the Segunda División and the Copa del Rey.

Current squad

As of 19 May 2019^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MAR	Munir
2	DF	SRB	Rajko Brežančić
3	DF	ESP	Diego González
4	DF	ESP	Luis Hernández
5	DF	ESP	Pau Torres (on loan from Villarreal)
6	MF	ALG	Mehdi Lacen
7	DF	ESP	Juankar
8	MF	ESP	Adrián
9	FW	ARG	Gustavo Leschuk (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
10	MF	ESP	Iván Alejo (on loan from Getafe)
11	MF	POR	Renato Santos
12	DF	ESP	Cifu
14	MF	MAR	Badr Boulahroud
15	DF	URU	Federico Ricca (captain)
16	FW	UKR	Yevhen Seleznyov (on loan from Akhisar Belediyespor)
17	MF	ESP	Javi Ontiveros


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	ESP	David Lombán
20	MF	ESP	Erik Morán (on loan from AEK Athens)
21	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye (on loan from Villarreal)
22	MF	ESP	Dani Pacheco
23	DF	ESP	Miguel Torres
24	FW	CIV	Mamadou Koné (on loan from Leganés)
25	GK	POL	Paweł Kieszek
28	MF	ESP	Álex Mula
29	DF	ESP	Iván Rodríguez
30	FW	SCO	Jack Harper
31	MF	MAR	Hicham
32	DF	MAR	Abdel Abqar
34	MF	ESP	Iván Jaime
35	MF	ALB	Keidi Bare
36	FW	ESP	Hugo Vallejo
—	GK	TUR	Cenk Gönen

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	Luis Muñoz (at Córdoba until 30 June 2019)
—	DF	VEN	Roberto Rosales (at Espanyol until 30 June 2019)
—	DF	VEN	Mikel Villanueva (at Gimnàstic until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	ARG	Emanuel Cecchini (at Banfield until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	ESP	Jony (at Alavés until 30 June 2019)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	VEN	Juanpi (at Huesca until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	ESP	Keko (at Valladolid until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	ARG	Esteban Rolón (at Genoa until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	MAR	Adnane Tighadouini (at Esbjerg until 30 June 2019)
—	FW	URU	Michael Santos (at Leganés until 30 June 2019)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Final position
Segunda División	3rd
Copa del Rey	Second Round

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Osasuna (C, P)	42	26	9	7	59	35	+24	87	Promotion to La Liga
2	Granada (P)	42	22	13	7	52	28	+24	79	Promotion to La Liga
3	Málaga	42	21	11	10	51	31	+20	74	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Albacete	42	19	14	9	54	38	+16	71
5	Mallorca (O, P)	42	19	12	11	53	37	+16	69

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 August 2018 1	Lugo	1–2	Málaga	Lugo
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Herrera 6' Pita 41'	Report	N'Diaye 68', 89' Juankar 86' Hicham 90+1'	Stadium: Anxo Carro Attendance: 3,233 Referee: Víctor Areces Franco

24 August 2018 2	Málaga	1–0	Alcorcón	Málaga
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hicham 69' Leschuk 82' Ontiveros 90+2'	Report	Dorca 41' Bellvís 44' 90+2'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 9,748 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

3 September 2018 3	Almería	0–1	Málaga	Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ibiza 90'	Report	Harper 24' Boulahroud 88' N'Diaye 90+3'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 9,118 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

8 September 2018 4	Málaga	1–0	Tenerife	Málaga
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Leschuk 35' Ontiveros 39' Lacen 72' Juankar 77' Adrián 90+5'	Report	Suso 53' Pérez 75' Acosta 86'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 15,616 Referee: Vicandi Garrido

15 September 2018 5	Málaga	3–0	Córdoba	Málaga
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adrián 15', 30' Cifu 20' Hicham 39' Ontiveros 47' Torres 62' Ricca 72'	Report	Touré 26' Quintanilla 53'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 19,175 Referee: Santiago Varón Aceitón

23 September 2018 6	Las Palmas	1–0	Málaga	Las Palmas
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cala 70' Mir 74' Lemos 90+3'	Report	Ricca 15' Koné 90'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 21,319 Referee: Ocón Arráiz

30 September 2018 7	Málaga	1–0	Rayo Majadahonda	Málaga
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Harper 10' Rodríguez 22' Ricca 68' Pacheco 85'	Report	Luso 62' Galán 73' Rafa 76'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 18,365 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

7 October 2018 8	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Málaga	A Coruña
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fernández 76' Quique 78'	Report	Juanpi 29' Harper 40' N'Diaye 54' Ontiveros 69' Rodríguez 73' Adrián 80'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 18,374 Referee: Díaz de Mera

16 October 2018 9	Málaga	2–1	Albacete	Málaga
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ontiveros 54' Leschuk 64', 67' Ricca 74' Morales 77' Harper 89'	Report	Caro 16' Bela 58' (pen.)	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 19,031 Referee: Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

19 October 2018 10	Elche	2–0	Málaga	Elche
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Neyder 36' Villar 38' Martínez 63' Manuel 68' Benja 88'	Report	Ricca 62'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 9,084 Referee: Pulido Santana

29 October 2018 11	Málaga	2–0	Numancia	Málaga
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Leschuk 1', 47', 45'	Report	Juan Carlos 37' Viguera 78' Etxeberria 87'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 14,780 Referee: Pizarro Gómez

3 November 2018 12	Osasuna	2–1	Málaga	Pamplona
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Villar 52', 80' Xisco 80' Torres 83'	Report	Neyder 21' Leschuk 30' 74' Rodríguez 65' Ricca 67' Munir 75' Ontiveros 79' N'Diaye 80' Lombán 82' Adrián 87'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 14,143 Referee: de la Fuente Ramos

11 November 2018 13	Sporting Gijón	2–2	Málaga	Gijón
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	P. Pérez 17' Salvador 54' A. Pérez 64' Babin 67' Carmona 76' (pen.), 90+4'	Report	Lombán 26' Diego Gonzalez 56' Juanpi 66' Koné 80' Boulahroud 90'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 18,559 Referee: Sagués Oscoz

17 November 2018 14	Málaga	2–0	Gimnàstic	Málaga
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Leschuk 13' Koné 25' N'Diaye 34' Ontiveros 89' Adrián 90+2'	Report	Tete 53' 75' Dumitru 73'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 17,256 Referee: Moreno Aragón

25 November 2018 15	Extremadura	1–0	Málaga	Almendralejo
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kike 32', 53' López 90+2'	Report	Torres 28' Rodríguez 68' N'Diaye 73' González 78'	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 7,707 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

1 December 2018 16	Málaga	0–1	Granada	Málaga
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	González 78' Hakšabanović 90+1'	Report	Montoro 54', 69' Silva 84'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 22,988 Referee: Soto Grado

8 December 2018 17	Mallorca	1–2	Málaga	Palma
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	López 73' Raíllo 89'	Report	Adrián 9' Pacheco 22' Harper 42' Leschuk 78' Cifu 85' Ricca 90+1' Lombán 90+3' Munir 90+5'	Stadium: Son Moix Attendance: 9,463 Referee: Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

14 December 2018 18	Málaga	1–0	Cádiz	Málaga
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Torres 27' Juanpi 44' N'Diaye 62' Ricca 70'	Report	Mari 41' Sánchez 45+2' Oliván 54'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 17,650 Referee: Trujillo Suárez

22 December 2018 19	Oviedo	0–0	Málaga	Oviedo
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boateng 82' Steven 88'	Report	Harper 90+4'	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 12,825 Referee: Arcediano Monescillo

6 January 2019 20	Málaga	0–3	Reus	Málaga
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	N'Diaye 30' Harper 56' Santos 57' González 62'	Report	Herrera 11' Linares 37' Ledes 63' (pen.) Querol 83'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 16,058 Referee: López Toca

13 January 2019 21	Real Zaragoza	0–2	Málaga	Zaragoza
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guitián 28' Benito 69'	Report	Ricca 30' Lacen 35' Bare 59' Torres 81' Adrián 82'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 24,981 Referee: Pizarro Gómez

19 January 2019 22	Málaga	2–1	Lugo	Málaga
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bare 34' Lombán 37' Adrián 50' Harper 79'	Report	Josete 8', 70' Azeez 63'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 12,758 Referee: Moreno Aragón

26 January 2019 23	Tenerife	0–0	Málaga	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jorge 7'	Report	N'Diaye 47' Harper 80'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 4,466 Referee: Ais Reig

1 February 2019 24	Málaga	1–1	Almería	Málaga
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adrián 12' Morán 25' N'Diaye 72'	Report	Owona 59' Juan Carlos 70' Demirović 86' Rioja 90+1'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 13,313 Referee: Víctor Areces Franco

10 February 2019 25	Málaga	0–0	Las Palmas	Málaga
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alejo 17' Bare 42' 59' Rodríguez 43' Leschuk 79'	Report	Deivid 72' Cala 90+4'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 16,040 Referee: Ocón Arráiz

17 February 2019 26	Rayo Majadahonda	0–1	Málaga	Majadahonda
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Verdés 35'	Report	Morán 13' Adrián 78' Hernández 90+2'	Stadium: Cerro del Espino Attendance: 3,137 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

24 February 2019 27	Málaga	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Málaga
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pacheco 19' Ricca 45' González 61' Bare 62' N'Diaye 78'	Report	Bergantiños 16' Mosquera 33'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 22,414 Referee: Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

2 March 2019 28	Córdoba	1–1	Málaga	Córdoba
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Muñoz 34' De las Cuevas 61', 67' Touré 66' Manzambi 87' Fernández 90+4'	Report	Morán 23' Leschuk 51' Ricca 90' N'Diaye 90+3'	Stadium: El Arcángel Attendance: 13,926 Referee: Vicandi Garrido

11 March 2019 29	Málaga	1–2	Osasuna	Málaga
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adrián 15', 32' Ontiveros 30' Ricca 45+2' Harper 89'	Report	Vidal 27' Oier 34' Herrera 40' Mérida 45+2' García 47' Villar 75'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 22,692 Referee: Díaz de Mera

18 March 2019 30	Numancia	1–1	Málaga	Soria
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diamanka 40' Nacho 45' Escassi 58' Higinio 79'	Report	Ricca 49' Rodríguez 60' Alejo 76' N'Diaye 80' Torres 80'	Stadium: Los Pajaritos Attendance: 2,537 Referee: Sagués Oscoz

24 March 2019 31	Nàstic	0–1	Málaga	Tarragona
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pipa 32'	Report	Alejo 63' Adrián 72' Pacheco 72'	Stadium: Nou Estadi Attendance: 6,212 Referee: Pulido Santana

29 March 2019 32	Málaga	1–1	Sporting Gijón	Málaga
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Morán 18' Adrián 19' Alejo 27' 71' González 55' Leschuk 82' N'Diaye 88'	Report	Đurđević 20' (pen.) Molinero 23' Babin 57' Geraldes 63' Pérez 66' Lod 80' Traver 84' Alegría 89'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 17,055 Referee: Pizarro Gómez

6 April 2019 33	Granada	1–0	Málaga	Granada
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Puertas 5' San Emeterio 27' Montoro 33' Quini 39'	Report	N'Diaye 20' 47' Hernández 27' Alejo 38' Ricca 74'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,211 Referee: Trujillo Suárez

13 April 2019 34	Málaga	1–2	Extremadura	Málaga
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Torres 42' Leschuk 56' Mula 71'	Report	Zarfino 22' Lolo 32' Pardo 75'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 18,910 Referee: Rubén Ávalos

19 April 2019 35	Alcorcón	1–4	Málaga	Alcorcón
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sangalli 35' Muñoz 45' (pen.) Boateng 59' Elgezabal 80'	Report	Ontiveros 12', 71' Adrián 28' N'Diaye 43' Santos 53'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 1,607 Referee: Ais Reig

27 April 2019 36	Málaga	0–1	Mallorca	Málaga
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Sevilla 27' Ruiz 64' Budimir 67' Suárez 86' Junior 90+2'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 23,621 Referee: David Pérez

5 May 2019 37	Cádiz	1–1	Málaga	Cádiz
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aketxe 23' Garrido 35' Barco 60' Machís 72'	Report	N'Diaye 7', 51' Leschuk 18' Bare 22' Lombán 37' Hicham 81'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 14,320 Referee: Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

13 May 2019 38	Málaga	3–0	Oviedo	Málaga
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adrián 16' (pen.) Bare 30' Ontiveros 45+1' Cifu 80'	Report	Jimmy 43' Hernández 53' Joselu 63'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 15,894 Referee: Pulido Santana

19 May 2019 39	Reus	0–1	Málaga	Reus
		Report		Stadium: Municipal
Note: Reus was expelled after the end of the first half of the season due to unpaid wages. Their matches of the second half were given to their opponents by 0–1.^[3]

24 May 2019 40	Málaga	3–1	Real Zaragoza	Málaga
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ontiveros 49' Santos 53' Leschuk 60' Adrián 74'	Report	Papunashvili 2' Biel 9' Vázquez 54' Guti 77' Nieto 83'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 19,284 Referee: Trujillo Suárez

5 June 2019 41	Albacete	1–2	Málaga	Albacete
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Acuña 40' Zozulya 57', 68' Gentiletti 65' Gorosito 81' Barri 83'	Report	Ontiveros 16', 45+1' Leschuk 39' 54' N'Diaye 52', 72' Munir 78'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 11,649

8 June 2019 42	Málaga	3–0	Elche	Málaga
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boulahroud 5' Ricca 55', 66' Hicham 71'	Report	Nino 37' Flores 40' Manuel 60' Tekio 63' Qasmi 90+2' Sánchez 90+2'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 17,906 Referee: Rubén Ávalos

Promotion play-offs

Semifinals

13 June 2019 First leg	Deportivo La Coruña	4–2	Málaga	A Coruña
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pedro 13', 56' Fernández 21' (pen.), 63' Valle 78'	Report	Hernández 18' Rodríguez 25' Bare 30' Ontiveros 37', 90+1'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 24,267 Referee: Soto Grado

15 June 2019 Second leg	Málaga	0–1 (2–5 agg.)	Deportivo La Coruña	Málaga
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hernández 10' Bare 41' Adrián 75' Ontiveros 89'	Report	Bóveda 35' Fernández 38' Giménez 68' Bergantiños 82'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 27,275 Referee: Díaz De Mera

Copa del Rey

Second round

9 November 2018	Málaga	1–2	Almería	Málaga
18:45	Hernández 45+1' (pen.) Lacen 54' Juankar 58' Boulahroud 61'	Report	Corpas 45+1' Martos 53' Gassama 65', 90+3' Montoro 78', 89' Rioja 85' Aguza 90+6'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 13,036 Referee: Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 15 June 2019.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Segunda División		Copa del Rey		Promotion Play-offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	MAR	Munir	38	0	36	0	0	0	2	0
25	GK	POL	Paweł Kieszek	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
–	GK	TUR	Cenk Gönen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	SRB	Rajko Brežančić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ESP	Diego González	24	0	19+3	0	1	0	0+1	0
4	DF	ESP	Luis Hernández	26	1	23+1	0	0	0	2	1
5	DF	ESP	Pau Torres	40	1	38	1	0	0	2	0
12	DF	ESP	Cifu	25	2	23+1	2	0	0	1	0
15	DF	URU	Federico Ricca	37	5	35+1	5	0	0	1	0
18	DF	ESP	David Lombán	11	0	7+4	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ESP	Miguel Torres	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	ESP	Iván Rodríguez	22	0	18+2	0	1	0	1	0
32	DF	MAR	Abdel Abqar	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ALG	Mehdi Lacen	21	0	12+8	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	ESP	Juankar	8	1	3+3	1	1	0	1	0
8	MF	ESP	Adrián	40	10	37+1	10	0	0	2	0
10	MF	ESP	Iván Alejo	12	0	7+5	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	POR	Renato Santos	27	2	16+9	2	0	0	1+1	0
14	MF	MAR	Badr Boulahroud	9	1	2+5	1	1	0	1	0
17	MF	ESP	Javi Ontiveros	34	5	21+10	4	0+1	0	2	1
20	MF	ESP	Erik Morán	8	0	6+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye	34	5	34	5	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ESP	Dani Pacheco	24	1	14+8	1	0	0	0+2	0
28	MF	ESP	Álex Mula	11	0	4+7	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	MAR	Hicham	17	2	2+13	2	1	0	1	0
34	MF	ESP	Iván Jaime	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	MF	ALB	Keidi Bare	18	0	15+1	0	0	0	2	0
36	MF	ESP	Hugo Vallejo	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ARG	Gustavo Leschuk	42	9	36+3	9	0+1	0	2	0
16	FW	UKR	Yevhen Seleznyov	12	0	2+10	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	CIV	Mamadou Koné	10	2	5+3	2	1	0	0+1	0
30	FW	SCO	Jack Harper	26	4	20+5	4	0	0	1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
–	MF	ESP	Recio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	FW	VEN	Roberto Rosales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ESP	Andrés Prieto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ARG	Axel Werner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	VEN	Juanpi	16	1	13+2	1	1	0	0	0
20	MF	MNE	Sead Hakšabanović	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ESP	Héctor Hernández	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0

References

^ "Plantilla". Malaga CF.
^ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ "Spanish club Reus Deportiu expelled for three years due to unpaid wages". Sports Max. 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

[1] "Plantilla". Malaga CF.

[2] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

[3] "Spanish club Reus Deportiu expelled for three years due to unpaid wages". Sports Max. 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

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