The one-off tie will go to extra time and a penalty shootout if the scores are level at the end of regulation time at the Polideportivo Manuel Delgado Meco in Alcázar de San Juan.
Referee Víctor García will take charge of the match, assisted by Diego Sánchez and Julián Villaseñor. Juan Antonio Campos will be the fourth official. There will be no VAR.
The rival
Sporting de Alcázar CF, a club from Ciudad Real founded in 2015, compete in the Primera Autonómica Preferente de Castilla-La Mancha.
Their predecessor, the now-defunct CF Gimnástico Alcázar, spent 28 seasons in the former Tercera División during its existence from 1973 to 2015.
In the 1992/93 season, the Alcázar de San Juan side last faced a top-flight opponent in a Copa del Rey knockout tie. They were eliminated by Sevilla FC in the fourth round, losing 7-0 on aggregate.
Match info
• 24 Blue and White players have featured in at least one official match so far this 2026/27 season. All are registered with the first team, with the exception of goalkeeper Carlos López, Pastor, Murillo and Aaron Ochoa, who are registered with the reserve team.
• MCF’s biggest-ever Copa del Rey victory, both away from home and overall, came on 16 December 2020. The Blue and Whites beat Galician side Coruxo 4-0, with goals from Orlando Sá, Juan Cruz, Yanis Rahmani and Caye Quintana.
• Sergio Paulo Barbosa ‘Duda’ holds the record for the most Copa del Rey appearances for Málaga CF, with 23. Roque Santa Cruz is the club’s all-time leading goalscorer in the competition, with six goals.
• Since 1994, Málaga CF have competed in 31 editions of the Copa del Rey, progressing to the next round on 19 occasions. Their first successful campaign in this period came in 1996/97, when they beat Realejos 1-0 on aggregate, with Basti scoring Málaga’s goal. Their most recent progression came last season, in 2025/26, with a 1-3 victory away to Estepona, thanks to goals from Lobete (penalty), Dorrio and Aaron Ochoa.
Stats and facts
• A first-ever meeting between Sporting de Alcázar CF and Málaga CF. The Ciudad Real side reached this round after eliminating CP Talayuela, from Cáceres, in the previous round.
• MCF’s best Copa del Rey runs have seen them reach the quarter-finals on two occasions under their current name. In the historic 2012/13 campaign, they were knocked out by FC Barcelona, losing 4-6 on aggregate. In 2014/15, they were eliminated by Athletic Club after a goalless first leg at La Rosaleda and a 1-0 defeat in the return leg at San Mamés.
• Last visits to Ciudad Real. Málaga CF have not played in the province of Ciudad Real since the 1990s. In their most recent league fixture, there was a 0-1 win over Manchego in the 1997/98 season. They also made two visits for promotion play-offs to Segunda B: a 0-3 victory away to Puertollano in 1994/95 as MCF and a 1-1 draw against Manzanares in 1992/93, when the club was known as Atlético Malagueño.
• CD Málaga came within touching distance of the Copa del Rey final during their golden five-year spell in the 1972/73 season. The side featuring Viberti, Migueli, Deusto, Martínez, Vilanova, Macías and others were knocked out in the semi-finals, losing 3-1 on aggregate to Athletic Club, who went on to lift the trophy after beating Castellón in the final.
