# 2021–22 Málaga CF season

The 2021–22 season was the 74th season in the existence of Málaga CF and the club's fourth consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Málaga participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 March 2022
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 | Dani Barrio |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Víctor Gómez (on loan from Espanyol) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Javi Jiménez |
| 4 | DF | ESP | David Lombán (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Juande |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Ramón |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Paulino de la Fuente |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Luis Muñoz (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Brandon Thomas |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Jairo Samperio |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Hicham |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Pablo Chavarría |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Dani Martín (on loan from Betis) |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Aleix Febas (on loan from Mallorca) |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Antoñín (on loan from Granada) |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Genaro Rodríguez |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Peybernes |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Vadillo (on loan from Espanyol) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Jozabed |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Ismael (4th captain) |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Adrián López |
| 22 | FW | SEN | Sekou Gassama (on loan from Valladolid) |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Alberto Escassi (3rd captain) |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Braian Cufré (on loan from Mallorca) |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Ismael Gutiérrez (on loan from Atlético de Madrid) |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Benítez |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Loren Zúñiga |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Alberto Quintana |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Andrés |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Julio |
| 33 | MF | ESP | David Larrubia |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Haitam Abaida |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Kevin |
| 39 | MF | ESP | Roberto |
| 41 | DF | MLI | Moussa Diarra |
| 42 | MF | ESP | Dani Lorenzo |
| — | MF | MLI | Issa Fomba |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | GK | SWE | Daniel Strindholm |
| 36 | GK | ESP | Antonio Santos |
| 38 | DF | MAR | Bilal |

### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ARG | Gonzalo (at Badajoz until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Iván Calero (at Alcorcón until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Cristo (at Real Sociedad B until 30 June 2022) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Segunda División | 16 August 2021 | 28 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 026.19 |
| Copa del Rey | 2 December 2021 | 14 December 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 027.27 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Lugo | 42 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 50 | |
| 17 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 46 | |
| 18 | Málaga | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 45 | |
| 19 | Amorebieta (R) | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 63 | −19 | 43 | Relegation to Primera Federación |
| 20 | Real Sociedad B (R) | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 40 | Relegation to Primera Federación |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga SmartBank

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 13 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.