| Full name | Club Deportivo Málaga | |
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| Founded | 1923 | |
| Dissolved | 1992 | |
| Ground | La Rosaleda (before rebuilding), Málaga, Andalusia, Spain (Capacity: 28,963) |
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| 1991–92 | Segunda División, 18th | |
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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.
Málaga CF, which also played in the top division several years, was originally its reserve team. Both clubs held home matches at Estadio La Rosaleda.
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Club Deportivo Málaga traced its history back to 1904, with the formation of Málaga Foot-Ball Club and 1912 saw the birth of a rival club, Fútbol Club Malagueño. In 1927 the former became Real Málaga Fútbol Club after being granted royal patronage by Alfonso XIII.
In the 1929–30 season, both teams were founding members of the national third division and, in late 1930, Real Málaga was renamed Málaga Sports Club. Three years later, Málaga Sport Club and FC Malagueño merged (although what legally happened was that FC Malagueño absorbed Málaga Sport Club) to become Club Deportivo Malacitano and, in 1934, the latter made its debuts in the second level, when the category was expanded from ten teams to twenty four.
In 1941, Malacitano changed its name to Club Deportivo Málaga. After last competing in division three in 1960, the team fluctuated between both major levels of Spanish football, achieving a best position in La Liga in the 1971–72 season, finishing in seventh position.[1]
CD Málaga folded after the 1991–92 campaign, spent in the second division - being relegated - immerse in overwhelming financial problems.
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Between 1961 and 1983, Málaga organised its own summer tournament, the Trofeo Costa del Sol. The hosts won it on three occasions, successively defeating Real Madrid, Red Star Belgrade and Derby County. In 2003, the competition was revived by Club Deportivo's successor, Málaga CF.[2]
In 1976, CD Málaga won a similar summer trophy, the Trofeo Ciudad de La Línea, played in La Línea de la Concepción, near Gibraltar. The triumph arrived after penalty shootout defeats of FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Valencia CF, after 0–0 draws.[3]
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see also Category:CD Málaga footballers
see also Category:CD Málaga managers