Founded: 1904
Honors: Segunda winners (4): 1952, 1967, 1988, 1999, Intertoto Cup winners (1): 2000.
2014/15 La Liga position: 10th, 23 matches, 30 points, 8 wins, 6 draws, 9 defeats. Goal difference – 21:20.
Best striker: Charles, striker, 31 years old, Brazil. Signed on July 1 2015. 9 goals in 21 La Liga matches this season.
Best assistant: Roberto Rosales, right back, 27 years old, Venezuela. Joined the team on July 9 2014. 4 assists in 23 La Liga matches this season.
Goalkeeper #1: Idriss Carlos Kameni, 31 years old, Cameroon. Joined the team on January 1 2012. 20 goals conceded in 23 La Liga matches this season.
Team captain: Welington, 36 years old, centre back, Brazil. Signed on July 1 2008. 17 appearances in the La Liga this season.
Internationals (10): Roque Santa Cruz (striker, Paraguay), Arthur Boka (left back, Cote d’Ivoire), Carlos Kameni (goalkeeper, Cameroon), Guillermo Ochoa (goalkeeper, Mexico), Roberto Rosales (right back, Venezuela), Christian Atsu (forward, Ghana), Egor Filipenko (centre back, Belarus), Duje Čop (striker, Croatia), Hachim Mastour (attacking midfielder, Morocco). Juanpi Anor (attacking midfielder, Venezuela).
Average age: 27,8 years
Oldest players: Weligton (36 years old, defender), Duda (35 years old, midfielder), Roque Santa Cruz (34 years old, forward).
Foreign players: 18 out of 25 (72%).
Head coach: Javi Garcia (45 years old, Spain). Took charge of Malaga on May 30 2014.
2015/16 first part of the season top lineup (1-4-4-2): Kameni – Rosales, Weligton, Albentosa, Boka – Duda, Recio, Camacho (Tissone), Juan Carlos – Charles, Čop.
Last match against this team
12.02.2014. Malaga, Estadio Ciudad de Malaga. 50 spectators
FC Dynamo Kyiv – Malaga CF – 3:1 (0:1)
Goals: Kravets (53), Ideye (61, 84) – El Hamdaoui (9).
Interesting peculiarity
Two years ago two FC Dynamo Kyiv players featured for Malaga in the sparring against the White-Blues – Vitorino Antunes and Olexandr Yakovenko.
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