The match will be officiated by Gil Manzano, who has refereed Málaga CF on 13 occasions in official games, seven of which have been at La Rosaleda (five in the First Division, and two in the Copa del Rey). In the League, the balance is three draws and two defeats for the Malaguistas.
MCF and Sporting have faced each other five times at La Rosaleda in the First Division, resulting in four victories and one draw for the Blue and Whites. The match on 13th May 2012 went down in history, the last League game of 2011/12. With victory against Sporting (1-0, Rondón), Málaga CF sealed their qualification to the UEFA Champions League play-offs.
Players in common Málaga CF-Sporting de Gijón
Emilio, Ismael, Cañizares, Lekovic, Popovic, Rodrigao, Cristian Díaz, Calandria, Diego Castro, Jorge Pina, Xavi Torres and Duje Čop
(*) There were two players in Sporting de Gijón; Iván Hernández and Andreu, who previously played for Málaga B
Coach in common Málaga CF-Sporting de Gijón
José Manuel Díaz Novoa
Players in common CD Málaga-Sporting de Gijón
Bachiller, Gundemaro, García, Comas, López, Vera, Pellicer and Megido
CD Malacitano-Sporting de Gijón
Camilo Liz Salgado, a “Malacitanista” in the 1934/35 and 1935/36 seasons, was with Sporting years later.
Atlético Malagueño-Sporting de Gijón B
Omar, Atlético Malagueño defender for three seasons, was part of the Mareo youth ranks.
To take into account:
- Kameni, Rosales and Camacho have played the 90 minutes of all 10 LaLiga matches this season. Should he be sanctioned, Camacho will miss out on the next match against FC Barcelona, due to an accumulation of yellow cards.
- Top-3 dribblers. Juanpi (45), Jony (41) and Sandro (24) are MCF’s most effective players in this respect. The Canaries-born striker is also the ‘pichichi’ with four goals.
- With three goals, former Malaguista, Duje Čop is Sporting’s top scorer in LaLiga.
Historical curiosities:
- Juan Ramón López Muñiz, Málaga CF coach in two stages (2006/2008 and 2009/2010), as well as sports director of the Entity and assistant coach to the first team (2003/04), was a Sporting de Gijón player between 1991 and 1996.
- Fernando Peralta debuted in a First Division match with CD Málaga against Sporting de Gijón, held at La Rosaleda on 04/09/1982. At 21 years and 20 days old, he became the youngest goalkeeper to defend the CD Málaga shirt in the First Division.
- Gundemaro Paniceres, CD Málaga player in 1946/47, scored the first goal for Sporting de Gijón in the First Division in 1944/45.
- In the 1930/31 season, the player-coach of FC Malagueño, Manuel López Llamosas “Travieso”, was asked by Sporting de Gijón to take part in two Cup games, once the League had finished.
