Excitement and enthusiasm marked the celebratory day, with the inaugural match kicking off at 5 p.m. This followed a ceremony of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – in the infirmary of the new stadium – by the Club chaplain and priest of San Felipe, Luis Vera, who blessed La Rosaleda stadium. More than half a million pesetas was invested into the home of football in Málaga, replacing the previous ground, Baños del Carmen.
Match stats: CD Málaga 3 – Sevilla FC 2
CD Málaga: Navés, Chales (c), Montoro, Salazar (Junco), Segura, Mesita, Meri (Tomasín), Díaz, Olivares (Fuentes), Felipe (Rufo) and Domenech.
Sevilla FC: Luis, Joaquín (Ricardo), Villalonga, Alconero, Félix, Mateo, Santos, Torrontegui, Campanal (c), Raimundo and Berrocal.
Goals
0-1: Torrontegui, making the most of a false start by Navés.
1-1: Domenech, with a pass from Rufo.
1-2: Campanal, with a great shot following play by Torrontegui.
2-2: Fuentes, with a powerful shot at the target
3-2: Díaz with the help of Sevilla’s Villalonga, who scored an own goal.
Referee
Manolo Ocaña (‘Colegio Sur’), along with linesmen; Ricardo de la Torre and Manolo Fuentes.
Information
La Rosaleda stadium, 8,000 fans. Official inauguration (14/09/1941) of the main Martiricos pitch. Lourdes Alonso, the daughter of Málaga Mayor at the time, Pedro Luis Alonso, took the kick of honour.
