2018–19 Málaga CF season

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

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
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Current squad

As of 19 May 2019[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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. 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	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
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: LaLiga
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (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

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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Munir	38	0	36	0	0	0	2	0
25	GK		Paweł Kieszek	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
–	GK		Cenk Gönen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Rajko Brežančić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Diego González	24	0	19+3	0	1	0	0+1	0
4	DF		Luis Hernández	26	1	23+1	0	0	0	2	1
5	DF		Pau Torres	40	1	38	1	0	0	2	0
12	DF		Cifu	25	2	23+1	2	0	0	1	0
15	DF		Federico Ricca	37	5	35+1	5	0	0	1	0
18	DF		David Lombán	11	0	7+4	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Miguel Torres	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Iván Rodríguez	22	0	18+2	0	1	0	1	0
32	DF		Abdel Abqar	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Mehdi Lacen	21	0	12+8	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Juankar	8	1	3+3	1	1	0	1	0
8	MF		Adrián	40	10	37+1	10	0	0	2	0
10	MF		Iván Alejo	12	0	7+5	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Renato Santos	27	2	16+9	2	0	0	1+1	0
14	MF		Badr Boulahroud	9	1	2+5	1	1	0	1	0
17	MF		Javi Ontiveros	34	5	21+10	4	0+1	0	2	1
20	MF		Erik Morán	8	0	6+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	MF		Alfred N'Diaye	34	5	34	5	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Dani Pacheco	24	1	14+8	1	0	0	0+2	0
28	MF		Álex Mula	11	0	4+7	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Hicham	17	2	2+13	2	1	0	1	0
34	MF		Iván Jaime	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	MF		Keidi Bare	18	0	15+1	0	0	0	2	0
36	MF		Hugo Vallejo	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Gustavo Leschuk	42	9	36+3	9	0+1	0	2	0
16	FW		Yevhen Seleznyov	12	0	2+10	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Mamadou Koné	10	2	5+3	2	1	0	0+1	0
30	FW		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		Recio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	FW		Roberto Rosales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Andrés Prieto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Axel Werner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Juanpi	16	1	13+2	1	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Sead Hakšabanović	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Héctor Hernández	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0

References

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.