Gil Manzano will officiate #MálagaFCB. With the referee from Extremadura in charge, Málaga CF have obtained four victories, four draws and five defeats out of 13 First Division matches. In the elite, MCF has faced FC Barcelona 15 times at La Rosaleda, achieving one win and five draws.
Going for victory number 200 | MCF in LaLiga
Following the win against Sporting in Gijón, the Club has accumulated 199 First Division wins since 1999.
- 1 - Málaga CF 1-0 RCD Espanyol (22/08/1999)
- 50 - Deportivo Alavés 0-1 Málaga CF (20/04/2003)
- 100 - Osasuna 2-3 Málaga CF (22/04/2009)
- 150 - Málaga CF 1-0 Athletic Club (16/02/2013)
- 199 - Sporting de Gijón 0-1 Málaga CF (05/04/2017)
Three memorable victories:
- 57 - Málaga CF 5-1 FC Barcelona (03/12/2003) | Historic win against tomorrow’s rival
- 75 - Osasuna 1-6 Málaga CF (27/02/2005) | Biggest First Division away win
- 138 - Málaga CF 1-0 Sporting de Gijón (13/05/2012) | Qualification to the qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League
Players in common Málaga CF-FC Barcelona
Urbano, Arnau, Xavi Torres, Rubén, Saviola and Sandro
Players in common CD Málaga-FC Barcelona
Arana, Colomé, Virgós, Peralta, Garay, Bustillo, Aicart, Fortes and Esteban Vigo
Coahes in common CD Málaga-FC Barcelona
Helenio Herrera, Domingo Balmanya, Lluís Miró and Ladislao Kubala
There were quite a few players who played in Barcelona’s youth ranks (such as España Industrial, CD Condal, Barcelona Atlético and FC Barcelona B) who later played with Málaga:
Stage | CD Málaga: Rosselló, Yeyo, Moix, Dalmau, Luna and Campuzano
Stage | Málaga CF: Almagro, Zúñiga, Altimira, Emilio, Monsalvete, Roteta, Jon Bakero, Rufete, Miguel Ángel, Antonio Hidalgo, Ibán Cuadrado, Toribio, Armando Lozano and Luis Alberto
Links Málaga | FC Barcelona
- Jony was part of Barcelona’s youth ranks in ‘juveniles’ for two seasons (2008/10); Javi Martos, the versatile defender who debuted with FC Barcelona (2005/2006) played for Málaga B in the Third Division (2007/2008); Sergio Magano, Atlético Malagueño defender (1993/1994), who later joined Barça’s reserve team; Manolo Hierro, who signed to Cruyff’s Barcelona (1988/1989) without making a debut; and Mario Husillos, who formed part of a tour with FC Barcelona in the United States in 1984.
- Ex FC Barcelona players who later coached Málaga: Paco Bru, first Spain coach and CD Málaga coach (1943-1945); the aforementioned Manolo Hierro, MCF coach in the First Division in the second half of the 2005/2006 campaign; Marcos Alonso, Málaga CF coach in the Second Division (2006/2007); and José Mari Bakero and ‘Lobo’ Carrasco, Málaga B coaches in the Second Division. David Cabello, a coach in the Club’s youth ranks, was part of FC Barcelona’s youth ranks.
The first MCF-FC Barcelona
On 25th March 2000, the first MCF-Barcelona took place at La Rosaleda in the First Division. The 30th match of the 1999/00 season ended in a 1-2 victory for Barça (Catanha/Abelardo and Kluivert). Joaquín Peiró selected the following Malaguista line-up: Contreras; Rojas, Larrainzar, Fernando Sanz, Valcarce; Ruano, De Los Santos, Movilla, Rufete; Darío Silva (Luque ’75) and Catanha.
