Tenerife-born Trujillo Suárez, who up to now has only officiated Málaga CF once – a 4-0 victory against CD Leganés - will referee #MálagaAtleti. This will be the 14th clash between MCF and Atlético de Madrid, at La Rosaleda, in the First Division. The balance for the Malaguistas is 5 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats, with 16 goals in favour and 14 goals conceded.
Players in common Málaga CF-Atlético de Madrid
Movilla, Cristian Díaz, Ruano, De los Santos, Musampa, Salva Ballesta, Diego Alonso, José Juan Luque, Molinero, Adrián López, Sergio Asenjo, Camacho, Demichelis, Jesús Gámez and Keko
Coaches in common Málaga CF-Atlético de Madrid
Joaquín Peiró, Gregorio Manzano and Marcos Alonso
Players in common CD Málaga-Atlético de Madrid
Corral*, 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
(*) Under the CD Malacitano name
Coaches in common CD Málaga-Atlético de Madrid
Ricardo Zamora, Barrios, Helenio Herrera, Barinaga, Domingo Balmanya, Otto Bumbel and Marcel Domingo
The first Málaga CF-Atlético de Madrid
On 5th December 1999, Atlético de Madrid visited La Rosaleda to face Málaga CF for the first time in an official match, the 14th First Division game of 1999/00. The result, a 2-3 win for the Madrid rival, with goals from José Mari and Hasselbaink (2). Alberto Luque scored the two Malaguista goals.
Joaquín Peiró selected the following Blue and Whites’ line-up: Contreras; Rojas, Bravo, Fernando Sanz, Valcarce; Rufete (Darío Silva ’60), De Los Santos, Movilla (Sandro ’65), Agostinho; Edgar (Basti ’84) and Alberto Luque. In this match, Basti debuted in the elite wearing the Málaga CF shirt.
Historical curiosities
- In Málaga-Atlético (2-2) during the 2014/15 season, Fernando Torres scored the only own goal of his professional career.
- Manu Torres, who made his way up through all Málaga CF’s youth ranks, debuted with the first team, and scored a goal, in the 3-0 victory against Atlético de Madrid (30/08/2009).
- The first footballer to play both for Málaga (Real Málaga FC), as well as Atlético de Madrid was Sevilla-born goalkeeper, Manuel Hucha, who in the 1928/29 season, moved from competing in the regional category to the First Division.
- Within the list of players in common, there are some who formed part of Atlético de Madrid, but who didn’t debut for various reasons. Standout examples are the eternal Juan Gómez “Juanito”, and more recently, Martín Demichelis.
