2017–18 Málaga CF season

Málaga CF
2017–18 season
Owner	Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani
Manager	Míchel
Stadium	La Rosaleda
La Liga	18th
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

During the 2017–18 season, Málaga CF are participating in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

Squad

As of 29 August 2017^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Roberto (on loan from Espanyol)
3	DF	ESP	Diego González
4	DF	ESP	Luis Hernández
5	MF	ARG	Esteban Rolón
6	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović (on loan from Basel)
7	DF	ESP	Juankar
8	MF	ESP	Adrián
9	FW	ESP	Borja (on loan from Swansea City)
10	MF	VEN	Juanpi
11	MF	URU	Chory Castro
12	DF	ESP	Cifu
13	GK	TUR	Cenk Gönen
14	MF	ESP	Recio (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	URU	Federico Ricca
16	FW	VEN	Adalberto Peñaranda (on loan from Watford)
17	MF	ESP	Javi Ontiveros
18	DF	VEN	Roberto Rosales
19	MF	ARG	Emanuel Cecchini
20	MF	ESP	Keko
21	MF	ESP	Jony
22	DF	FRA	Paul Baysse
23	DF	ESP	Miguel Torres
24	FW	URU	Diego Rolán (on loan from Bordeaux)
25	GK	ESP	Andrés Prieto
26	FW	MAR	Youssef En-Nesyri
28	MF	ESP	Álex Mula

Transfers

List of Spanish football transfers summer 2017#Málaga

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
23 May 2017	Adrián	Eibar	Transfer	Free	^[2]
27 June 2017	Paul Baysse	Nice	Transfer	Free	^[3]
30 June 2017	Guillermo Ochoa	Granada	Loan return	Free	^[4]
30 June 2017	Cifu	Girona	Loan return	Free	^[5]
30 June 2017	Ricardo Horta	Braga	Loan return	Free	^[6]
30 June 2017	Adnane Tighadouini	Vitesse	Loan return	Free	^[7]
1 July 2017	Luis Muñoz	Málaga B	Promoted		^[8]
4 July 2017	Andrés Prieto	Espanyol B	Transfer	Free	^[9]
4 July 2017	Borja	Swansea City	Loan	Free	^[10]
5 July 2017	Roberto	Espanyol	Loan	Free	^[11]
19 July 2017	Cenk Gönen	Galatasaray	Transfer	€200,000	^[12]
19 July 2017	Juankar	Braga	Transfer	Free	^[13]
27 July 2017	Emanuel Cecchini	Banfield	Transfer	€4,000,000	^[14]
3 August 2017	Diego González	Sevilla Atlético	Transfer	€500,000	^[15]
25 August 2017	Esteban Rolón	Argentinos Juniors	Transfer	€3,500,000	^[16]
29 August 2017	Diego Rolán	Bordeaux	Loan	Free	^[17]

Total spending: €8,200,000

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
22 May 2017	Martín Demichelis	Retired			^[18]
22 May 2017	Duda	TBD		Free	^[19]
22 May 2017	Weligton	Retired			^[20]
30 June 2017	Diego Llorente	Real Madrid	Loan return	Free	^[21]
30 June 2017	Juankar	Braga	Loan return	Free	^[22]
30 June 2017	José Rodríguez	Mainz 05	Loan return	Free	^[23]
30 June 2017	Denys Boyko	Beşiktaş	Loan return	Free	^[24]
3 July 2017	Sandro	Everton	Transfer	€6,000,000	^[25]
4 July 2017	Charles	Eibar	Transfer	Free	^[26]
5 July 2017	Carlos Kameni	Fenerbahçe	Transfer	Free	^[27]
8 July 2017	Ignacio Camacho	VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	€15,000,000	^[28]
9 July 2017	Guillermo Ochoa	Standard Liège	Transfer	Free	^[29]
18 July 2017	Ricardo Horta	Braga	Transfer	Free	^[30]
24 July 2017	Pablo Fornals	Villarreal	Transfer	€12,000,000	^[31]
10 August 2017	Mikel Villanueva	Cádiz	Loan	Free	^[32]
14 August 2017	Michael Santos	Sporting Gijón	Loan	Free	^[33]
23 August 2017	Adnane Tighadouini	Twente	Loan	Free	^[34]
26 August 2017	Bakary Koné	Strasbourg	Loan	Free	^[35]
29 August 2017	Luis Muñoz	Lugo	Loan	Free	^[36]

Total income: €31,000,000

Net: €22,700,000

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Final position
La Liga	-
Copa del Rey	-

Liga

League table

Template:2017–18 La Liga table

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

21 August 2017 1	Málaga	0–1	Eibar	Málaga
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	González 45' Jony 90'	Report	Charles 3', 57' Kike 32' Alejo 83'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 24,838 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

26 August 2017 2	Girona	1–0	Málaga	Girona
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Granell 22' Alcalá 28' Iraizoz 55' Muniesa 56'	Report	Ontiveros 58' Recio 63' Cecchini 64' Mula 90+4'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 9,748 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

11 September 2017 3	Málaga	1–3	Las Palmas	Málaga
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adrián 23' González 48' Recio 61' Borja 65' Ontiveros 82'	Report	Viera 45' D. Castellano 67' Calleri 69' Michel 80' Rémy 88'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 22,697 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

16 September 2017 4	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Málaga	Madrid
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Griezmann 61' Carrasco 64' Juanfran 76'	Report	Keko 88' Recio 90+3'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 63,114 Referee: José Sánchez Martínez

19 September 2017 5	Valencia	5–0	Málaga	Valencia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mina 17' Zaza 55', 60', 63' Rodrigo 86'	Report	Ricca 83'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 36,215 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

23 September 2017 6	Málaga	3–3	Athletic Bilbao	Málaga
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hernández 3' Rolán 35', 84' Borja 49' Ricca 51' Kuzmanović 52' 52' Recio 53' Rosales 60' Baysse 81'	Report	Aduriz 4' (pen.) Williams 51', 70' Laporte 53' Aketxe 89'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 23,425 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

30 September 2017 7	Sevilla	2–0	Málaga	Seville
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Banega 68' (pen.) Muriel 70' Mercado 79' Kjær 79'	Report	Rolón 45'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 34,430 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

15 October 2017 8	Málaga	0–2	Leganés	Málaga
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baysse 38' Recio 43' 81' Rosales 84'	Report	Zaldúa 22' Siovas 47' Gabriel 56' Szymanowski 78' Pérez 90'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 23,951 Referee: José González González

21 October 2017 9	Barcelona	2–0	Málaga	Barcelona
20:45 CEST	Deulofeu 2' Iniesta 56' Umtiti 74'	Report	Rosales 21' Hernández 26' Adrián 39' Cecchini 82'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 74,397 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

29 October 2017 10	Málaga	2–1	Celta Vigo	Málaga
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hernández 34' Adrián 45' Castro 62' Recio 83' (pen.)	Report	Mallo 15' Aspas 76', 90+1' Cabral 82'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 17,454 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

5 November 2017 11	Villarreal	2–0	Málaga	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chuca 45' Sansone 68', 76' Costa 81'	Report	Castro 32' Peñaranda 38' Adrián 60' Juan Carlos 75' Recio 83'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 17,522 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

19 November 2017 12	Málaga	3–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Málaga
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rosales 15', 42' Peñaranda 33' Juanpi 63' Castro 63' Borja 84' Juan Carlos 88'	Report	Pérez 23' Guilherme 33' Schär 52' Navarro 55' Bakkali 64' Luisinho 87' Çolak 90+1'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 24,563 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

25 November 2017 13	Real Madrid	3–2	Málaga	Madrid
16:15	Benzema 9' Casemiro 21' Marcelo 45' Ronaldo 76'	Report	Rolán 18' Peñaranda 29' Adrián 43' Castro 58'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 75,671 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

1 December 2017 14	Málaga	0–0	Levante	Málaga
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernández 30'	Report	Samu 36' Bardhi 51' Campaña 90+1'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 18,172 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

10 December 2017 15	Real Sociedad	0–2	Málaga	San Sebastián
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zurutuza 36'	Report	Castro 9', 58' Borja 23' (pen.)	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 16,834 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

18 December 2017 16	Málaga	v	Real Betis	Málaga
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

21 December 2017 17	Alavés	v	Málaga	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: Mendizorrotza

7 January 2018 18	Málaga	v	Espanyol	Málaga
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

14 January 2018 19	Getafe	v	Málaga	Getafe
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez

21 January 2018 20	Eibar	v	Málaga	Eibar
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: Ipurua

28 January 2018 21	Málaga	v	Girona	Málaga
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

4 February 2018 22	Las Palmas	v	Málaga	Las Palmas
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: Gran Canaria

11 February 2018 23	Málaga	v	Atlético Madrid	Málaga
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

18 February 2018 24	Málaga	v	Valencia	Málaga
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

25 February 2018 25	Athletic Bilbao	v	Málaga	Bilbao
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: San Mamés

28 February 2018 26	Málaga	v	Sevilla	Málaga
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

4 March 2018 27	Leganés	v	Málaga	Leganés
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: Butarque

11 March 2018 28	Málaga	v	Barcelona	Málaga
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

18 March 2018 29	Celta Vigo	v	Málaga	Vigo
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: Balaídos

1 April 2018 30	Málaga	v	Villarreal	Málaga
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

8 April 2018 31	Deportivo La Coruña	v	Málaga	A Coruña
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: Riazor

15 April 2018 32	Málaga	v	Real Madrid	Málaga
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

18 April 2018 33	Levante	v	Málaga	Valencia
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: Ciutat de València

22 April 2018 34	Málaga	v	Real Sociedad	Málaga
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

29 April 2018 35	Real Betis	v	Málaga	Seville
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: Benito Villamarín

6 May 2018 36	Málaga	v	Alavés	Málaga
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

13 May 2018 37	Espanyol	v	Málaga	Cornellà de Llobregat
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: RCDE Stadium

20 May 2018 38	Málaga	v	Getafe	Málaga
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		[Report]		Stadium: La Rosaleda

--->

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

24 October 2017	Numancia	2–1	Málaga	Soria
19:30	Nacho 90+3' Escassi 90+5'	Report	Recio 21'	Stadium: Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo

28 November 2017	Málaga	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Numancia	Málaga
19:30	Adrián 18'	Report	Elgezabal 53'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 13,326 Referee: Aguilar Rodríguez

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 19 December 2017.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Roberto	15	0	15	0	0	0
13	GK	TUR	Cenk Gönen	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	ESP	Andrés Prieto	3	0	1	0	2	0
Defenders
3	DF	ESP	Diego González	8	0	8	0	0	0
4	DF	ESP	Luis Hernández	17	0	15	0	2	0
7	DF	ESP	Juankar	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
12	DF	ESP	Cifu	4	0	1+1	0	2	0
15	DF	URU	Federico Ricca	5	0	5	0	0	0
18	DF	VEN	Roberto Rosales	16	1	15	1	0+1	0
22	DF	FRA	Paul Baysse	15	1	12+2	1	1	0
23	DF	ESP	Miguel Torres	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	ESP	Alejandro Robles	2	0	0	0	2	0
29	DF	ESP	Ian Pino	1	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ARG	Esteban Rolón	10	0	6+2	0	1+1	0
6	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović	5	0	5	0	0	0
8	MF	ESP	Adrián	16	2	14	1	2	1
10	MF	VEN	Juanpi	14	0	5+8	0	1	0
11	MF	URU	Chory Castro	9	3	9	3	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Recio	15	2	14	1	1	1
17	MF	ESP	Javi Ontiveros	12	0	0+10	0	2	0
19	MF	ARG	Emanuel Cecchini	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
20	MF	ESP	Keko	11	0	9+2	0	0	0
21	MF	ESP	Jony	7	0	1+4	0	2	0
28	MF	ESP	Álex Mula	10	0	7+1	0	0+2	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Borja	14	2	7+5	2	2	0
16	FW	VEN	Adalberto Peñaranda	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
24	FW	URU	Diego Rolán	11	3	8+2	3	0+1	0
26	FW	MAR	Youssef En-Nesyri	8	0	0+7	0	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
2	DF	BRA	Bakary Koné	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	ESP	Luis Muñoz	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cards

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 19 December 2017.

No.	Pos.	Name
3	DF	Diego González	1	0
4	DF	Luis Hernández	5	0
5	MF	Esteban Rolón	1	0
6	MF	Zdravko Kuzmanović	1	1
7	MF	Juankar	2	0
8	MF	Adrián	5	0
9	FW	Borja	2	0
10	MF	Juanpi	1	0
11	MF	Chory Castro	3	0
14	MF	Recio	7	1
15	DF	Federico Ricca	2	0
16	FW	Adalberto Peñaranda	3	0
17	MF	Javi Ontiveros	5	0
18	DF	Roberto Rosales	5	0
19	MF	Emanuel Cecchini	2	0
20	MF	Keko	1	0
21	MF	Jony	2	0
22	DF	Paul Baysse	1	0
27	DF	Alejandro Robles	1	0
28	MF	Álex Mula	1	0

Clean sheets

Last updated on 19 December 2017.

Number	Name	Matches Played	La Liga	Total
1	Roberto	15	2	2
13	Cenk Gönen	0	0	0
25	Andrés Prieto	3	0	0
TOTALS			2	2

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