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CD Málaga

CD Málaga

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History

Origins

The first football club in Málaga was established in 1904, with the formation of the Málaga Foot-Ball Club. It was nothing more than a society intended to promote football, a new sport in the city, carried from the United Kingdom. Its first rivals were small teams formed by crews of foreign ships arriving in the local harbor. In 1907, further attempts of popularizing football were performed by Málaga FC. 1912 saw the arrival of a rival club, FC Malagueño, and the establishment of a great rivalry with Málaga FC, which had merged with other minor clubs like Málaga Racing. In 1927, Málaga FC became the Real Málaga FC after they were granted royal patronage by Alfonso XIII. During the 1929–30 season both Real Málaga FC and FC Malagueño clubs became founding members of the Tercera División. In late 1930, Real Málaga FC, were reformed as the Málaga Sport Club.

Club merging in 1933

In 1933 Málaga SC and FC Malagueño merged to become Club Deportivo Malacitano, although it was not a real merging at all, only a name change of FC Malagueño, which had economic wealth and a better squad than Málaga SC. Thanks to this operation, the CD Malacitano was able to use Malagueño's squad, having their contracts canceled in the other way. In 1934 this new club made its debut in the Segunda División when the division was expanded from ten teams to 24, and remained there until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. In 1940, Malacitano participated in the inaugural…

Legacy

Honours

Domestic

Segunda División Champions (3): 1951–52, 1966–67, 1987–88 Tercera División Champions (3): 1943–44, 1945–46, 1959–60

Friendly

Trofeo Costa del Sol Winners (3): 1963, 1971, 1974

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Description

former Spanish football club

Extract from Wikipedia

Club Deportivo Málaga was a Spanish football club based in Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It played twenty seasons in La Liga, before being dissolved in 1992.

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