Málaga CF, 13th in the table (21 points), visit division leaders, Madrid (40 points). This final match of the first round of the competition will be officiated by Gil Manzano, in what will be his 15th official MCF game, 13 of those being in the First Division. Malaguista stats out of 6 away games with this Extremadura-born referee in charge are; 3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Players in common Real Madrid-Málaga CF
Fernando, Sandro, Ismael, Contreras, Fernando Sanz, Rojas, Canabal, Tote, Valdo, Baptista, Isco, Van Nistelrooy, Saviola, Miguel Torres, Juankar and Diego Llorente
Coaches in common Real Madrid-Málaga CF
Juande Ramos, Manuel Pellegrini and Bernardo Schuster
Players in common CD Málaga-Real Madrid
Luciano Crespo*, Huete*, Manuel Olivares, Vicente Olivares, Emilio, Tellado, Cabrera, García, Elzo, Becerril, González, Rodríguez, Pont, Soto, Sobrado, Alonso, Espina, Pipi, Vidal, Ruiz, Velázquez, Pepillo, Fleitas, Guerini, Salguero, Juanito, Heredia, Muñoz Pérez, Paco Pineda, Jaro and Hurtado
(*) Under the denomination of CD Malacitano
Coaches in common Real Madrid-CD Málaga
José Quirante* and Paco Bru
(*) Under the denomination of CD Malacitano
(**) There have been three CD Málaga coaches; Ricardo Zamora, Sabino Barinaga and José María Zárraga, who were Madrid players
List of Málaga CF and CD Málaga players who formed part of the Madrid entity, but didn’t make a debut with the Whites in the First Division:
- Málaga CF: Córcoles, Artero, David Criado, Valcarce, Edgar, Gerardo, Manu Sánchez, César Navas, Ernesto, Calleja and Iván González
- CD Málaga: Bachiller, Ajero, Maciá, Seoane, Gento II, Otiñano, Robles, Macías, Aráez, Búa, Corral, De las Heras and Villar
The first Real Madrid-MCF
On 12th February 2000, Málaga CF visited the Santiago Bernabéu for the first time, under this denomination. It was the 24th First Division match of the season, officiated by Puentes Leira, which ended in a victory for Real Madrid (1-0, Zárate). Joaquín Peiro’s Málaga line-up consisted of: Contreras; Rojas, Fernando Sanz, Larrainzar, Valcarce; Rufete (Genilson ’85), Movilla, De Los Santos, Agostinho (Luque’71); Edgar (Ruano ’80) and Catanha.
Historical review of Chamartín
On 15th May 1946, marking the closure of the old Chamartín stadium, Real Madrid and CD Málaga took part in a friendly, the last match at this ground. The result was 4-5 to the Malaguistas, with the legendary Antonio Iznata ‘Chales’ forming a line-up made up of: Mendaro (Lareu); Jimeno, Soler, Paquirrini (Junco), García, Lecue, Casanova, Teo, Maciá, Lezama and Emilio. The star of the match was Teo, who scored three goals. Macía and Casanova scored the other two Malaguista goals.
