Atlético Malagueño

Atlético Malagueño, S.A.D.

Full name	Málaga Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Boquerones (Anchovies), Chanquetes
Founded	1990
Ground	El Viso, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Ground Capacity	1,300
Chairman	Abdullah Al Thani
Manager	Salva Ballesta
League	3ª – Group 9
2012–13	3ª – Group 9 , 4th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Atlético Malagueño, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation: [atˈletiko malaˈɣeɲo]) is a Spanish football team based in Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1990 it is the reserve team of Málaga CF, and currently plays in Tercera División – Group 9, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva El Viso, which has a capacity of 1,300 spectators.

Reserve teams in the Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore, the team is ineligible for promotion to the division in which the first team competes. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey.

The team is officially known as Atlético Malagueño on the club's official promotion and website, but Professional Football League rules prohibit B teams from having different names to their parent.

History

The club was originally founded in 1990 as Sociedad Deportiva Malacitana, the reserve team of Club Atlético Malagueño. When the latter became Málaga CF in 1994, it changed its name to Málaga CF B the following year.

The B-team followed the first one as it moved up the different divisions and, at the end of 2002–03 was promoted to the second division where it would last three seasons, returning to the fourth level in 2007.

For the 2009–10 season onwards, Málaga B was renamed Atlético Malagueño.^[1][2]

Club names

As farm team

• Sociedad Deportiva Malacitana (1990–94)

As reserve team

• Málaga Club de Fútbol B (1995–2009)
• Atlético Malagueño (2009– )

Season to season

• SD Malacitana merged with Málaga CF

• 3 seasons in Segunda División
• 2 seasons in Segunda División B
• 11 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

• As of 3 April 2015. Málagacf.com

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Aarón Escandell GK Jesús Godino GK Agustín Cousillas DF Diego DF Fernando Calero DF Alejandro Roy DF Alberto DF Cristian Moreno DF Francisco Jurado DF Iván Rodríguez DF Álex Portillo DF Chidiebere Nwakali MF Deco MF Ismael MF Ernesto

No. Position Player MF Pablo MF Alejandro Mula MF Paul Quaye MF Rafa de Vicente MF Juanpi FW Ernesto FW Pedro Mérida FW Rufo FW David Ramos FW Falu Aranda FW Zalea FW Kuki FW Daniel Mauri FW Samu Castillejo

Selected former players

Selected former managers

• José Mari Bakero
• Francisco Carrasco
• Antonio Tapia
• Armando Husillos

References

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)