The Blue and White squad, currently fourth on the table with 26 points, will take on a rival which occupies the 22ndposition with nine points. The match will be refereed by Granada-born, Madrid-licensed Álvaro Moreno Aragón. It’s his first time presiding over an official MCF match.
Players in common Málaga CF-Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Embela, Cornago, Manolo Herrero, Méndez, Kiko Ramírez, Cañizares, Ismael, Miguel Ángel, Perico, César Navas, Manolo Reina, Antonio López, Peragón, Pablo Barros, Albentosa, Uche, Roberto and Adrián
(*) In Gimnàstic de Tarragona are Javi Jiménez and Abeledo, who played for Atlético Malagueño. Iván Aguilar, a youth player, played in the Tarragona side.
Manager in common Málaga CF-Gimnàstic de Tarragona
None
(*) Kiko Ramírez, MCF player in 1997/98 season, managed Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the 2012/13 season.
Players in common CD Málaga-Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Peralta, Lecue, Seoane, Juanito, Gallastegui, Viberti, Roldán, Palomo, Vilches, Filgueira, Campuzano, Roa and Zapatera
Manager in common CD Málaga-Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Domingo Balmanya
To note
- Pau Torreses the only Málaga CF player who has played every minute of LaLiga 1|2|3 (1170 minutes).
- With Keidi Bare against Sporting de Gijón, there are now 349 players who have played in an official Málaga CF match. Keidi is the first Albanian player in the history of Málaga CF.
- The Club, as ‘MCF’, has notched up 196 goals in the silver category.
- Nàstic has got 2 draws and 4 defeats in the 6 league matches played as visitors, with a balance of 2 goals in their favour and 11 against.
Stats
- A unique clash between Málaga CF and Gimnàstic de Tarragona in an official match in the Second Division.
- In the 37thleague match of the 2007/08 season, Nàstic visited La Rosaleda. After the initial goal from Paulo Jorge, two from Abraham and Mairata awarded victory to the Catalans (1-2).
- In the three previous seasons in the Second Division, in the 14thmatch, MCF got two wins (0-3 against Hércules de Alicante and 1-0 against UD Salamanca) and one defeat (2-0 against Real Sociedad).
Viberti, the legend who played in Tarragona
Sebastián Humberto Viberti Irazokimilitó during his stay in Spain had two teams: CD Málaga and Gimnàstic de Tarragona. Viberti, was a Blue and Whites icon between 1969 and 1974, having played a total of 134 official matches (95 First Division, 22 Second Division and 17 Generalissimo Cup) and achieving important milestones with CD Málaga (7th place in the league, a semi final in the Copa and five years in the elite division, among other achievements).
After finishing his tour Malaguista, he was signed by the Tarragona team, then in the Second Division, staying there only in the 1974/75 season. Viberti played 28 official matches between Liga and Copa with Nàstic, and at the end of that campaign he hung up his boots.
