# 2022–23 Málaga CF season

The 2022–23 season was the 75th season in the history of Málaga CF and their fifth consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Segunda División and the Copa del Rey.

## Players

    As of 23 October 2022.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Manolo Reina |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Juanfran |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Javi Jiménez |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Unai Bustinza |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Juande |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Ramón Enríquez |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Luis Muñoz (captain) |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Fran Sol (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Aleix Febas |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Álex Gallar |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Pablo Chavarría |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Rubén Yáñez |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Pablo Hervías |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Lumor Agbenyenu |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Genaro Rodríguez |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Alfred N'Diaye |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Jozabed |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Esteban Burgos |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Fran Villalba (on loan from Sporting Gijón) |
| 22 | DF | ANG | Jonás Ramalho |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Alberto Escassi (vice-captain) |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Rubén Castro |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Dani Lorenzo |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Víctor Olmo |
| 28 | FW | MLI | Issa Fomba |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Loren Zúñiga |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Andrés Caro |
| 32 | DF | MLI | Moussa Diarra |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Haitam Abaida |
| 35 | DF | ESP | Diego Murillo |
| 39 | FW | ESP | Cristian Gutiérrez |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 37 | DF | MAR | Bilal Ouacharaf |

### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | David Larrubia (at Mérida until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ESP | Kevin Villodres (at Gil Vicente until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Roberto Fernández (at Barcelona B until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 2 July 2022 | Unai Bustinza | Leganés | Transfer | Free |
| 15 July 2022 | Jonás Ramalho | Osasuna | Transfer | Free |
| 15 July 2022 | Rubén Yáñez | Getafe | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | Dani Barrio | Burgos | Transfer | Free |
| 3 July 2022 | Iván Calero | Cartagena | Transfer | Free |
| 23 July 2022 | Kevin Villodres | Gil Vicente | Loan | Loan |

## 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 | 14 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 023.81 |
| Copa del Rey | 13 November 2022 | 22 December 2022 | First round | Second round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 022.73 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 18 | Villarreal B | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 50 | Not eligible for promotion |
| 19 | Ponferradina (R) | 42 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 44 | Relegation to Primera Federación |
| 20 | Málaga (R) | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 44 | Relegation to Primera Federación |
| 21 | Ibiza (R) | 42 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 34 | Relegation to Primera Federación |
| 22 | Lugo (R) | 42 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 31 | Relegation to Primera Federación |
* ↑ Overall goal difference: Sporting Gijón −5, Villarreal B −6.
* 1 2 Ponferradina finished ahead of Málaga on head-to-head goal difference: Málaga 1–0 Ponferradina, Ponferradina 2–0 Málaga.
Notes
* ^ Reserve teams are not eligible for promotion to the same league as the first team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LaLiga 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 19 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.