The match will be officiated by José María Sánchez Martínez, who has refereed Málaga CF on three away dates in the First Division, resulting in one victory and two defeats. Taking into account hone games (2) and the Copa del Rey (1), this is a total of six times for this ref, with a balance of two wins and four defeats. This will be the first time the Murcia-born referee will officiate a match between these rivals.
Málaga CF visited the Vicente Calderón 14 times to face Atlético de Madrid, accumulating two victories in two consecutive seasons, 2009/10 (0-2) and 2010/11 (0-3), plus two draws.
Players in common Atlético de Madrid-Málaga CF
Movilla, Cristian Díaz, Ruano, De los Santos, Musampa, Salva Ballesta, Diego Alonso, José Juan Luque, Molinero, Adrián López, Sergio Asenjo, Camacho, Demichelis, Jesús Gámez, Keko, Borja Bastón and Roberto
Coaches in common Atlético de Madrid-Málaga CF
Joaquín Peiró, Gregorio Manzano and Marcos Alonso
(*) Bernd Schuster, former Atlético player, was coach of Málaga CF during the 2013/14 season
Players in common Atlético de Madrid-CD Málaga
Bachiller, Arana, Rafa, Laréu, Jimeno, Saso, Pastor, Quiralte, Lecue, Carbelo, Torres, Arnau, Méndez, Estruch, Tercero, Zamora, Vera, Ares, Chuzo, Rives, Orozco, Laguna, Salcedo, Juanito, Clemente, Ruiz and Jaro
Coaches in common Atlético de Madrid-CD Málaga
Ricardo Zamora, Antonio Barrios, Helenio Herrera, Sabino Barinaga, Domingo Balmanya, Otto Bumbel and Marcel Domingo
To take into account:
- With the debut of Cifu against UD Las Palmas, there are now 204 players who have taken part in at least one First Division game with MCF.
- On matchday 4, over the past 16 seasons in the First Division, Málaga CF has achieved five victories, four draws and seven defeats.
- Including the Wanda Metropolitano, this now totals six stadiums in Madrid where Málaga CF has played a First Division game.
Inauguration of the Wanda Metropolitano stadium
#AtletiMálaga will re-inaugurate the Wanda Metropolitano stadium, previously known as Madrid’s Estadio Olímpico, which housed certain football matches, as well as other sporting disciplines. This will be the first time Málaga CF will take part in an inaugural match at a stadium in the top flight of Spanish football. Coincidentally, since 16th September, in this case it was 2013, a First Division stadium hasn’t been inaugurated (Nuevo San Mamés).
Precedents
The first official match between CD Málaga and Atlético de Madrid (then called Atlético Aviación) was also the first visit to the Metropolitano stadium, which was Atlético de Madrid’s home between 1923 and 1966. This match corresponded to the return leg of the first round of the Copa del Generalísimo.
