# 2020–21 Málaga CF season

The 2020–21 Málaga CF season was the club's 73rd season in existence and its third 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. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 May 2021
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 | Juan Soriano (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 2 | DF | VEN | Josua Mejías (on loan from Leganés) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | David Lombán (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Juande |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Cristian Rodríguez (on loan from Extremadura) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Luis Muñoz (vice-captain) |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Jairo Samperio |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Joaquín Muñoz (on loan from Huesca) |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Pablo Chavarría |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Dani Barrio |
| 14 | FW | SRB | Stefan Šćepović |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Yanis Rahmani (on loan from Almería) |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Matos (on loan from Cádiz) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Jozabed (on loan from Celta) |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Caye Quintana (on loan from Cádiz) |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Iván Calero |
| 22 | DF | VEN | Alexander González |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Alberto Escassi (3rd captain) |
| 24 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Benkhemassa |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Ismael (4th captain) |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Benítez |
| 29 | GK | ARG | Gonzalo |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Ramón |
| 31 | MF | MAR | Hicham |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Alberto Quintana |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Cristo |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Julio |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Sergio Guerrero |
| 36 | MF | MLI | Issa Fomba |
| 39 | MF | ESP | David Larrubia |
| 43 | MF | ESP | Juan Cruz |
| 45 | FW | ESP | Loren Zúñiga |
| 46 | MF | MAR | Haitam Abaida |
| 47 | DF | ESP | Andrés |

### 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 |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Jesús Hoyos |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Eu |
| 42 | GK | SWE | Daniel Strindholm |
| 44 | MF | ESP | Kevin |
| 49 | GK | ESP | Miguel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 50 | MF | ESP | Roberto |
| 51 | MF | ESP | Christian Delgado |
| 52 | FW | MAR | Bilal |
| 53 | DF | ESP | Ángel Recio |

### Out 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 |
| — | GK | ESP | Kellyan (at UD Ibiza until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Orlando Sá | | Free | 13 August 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Cristian Rodríguez | Extremadura | Loan | 18 August 2020 |
| 13 | GK | Dani Barrio | | Free | 28 August 2020 |
| 21 | DF | Iván Calero | | Free | 28 August 2020 |
| 23 | DF | Alberto Escassi | | Free | 28 August 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Yanis Rahmani | Almería | Loan | 1 September 2020 |
| 20 | FW | Caye Quintana | Cádiz | Loan | 7 September 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Jozabed | Celta de Vigo | Loan | 16 September 2020 |
| 18 | DF | Matos | Cádiz | Loan | 16 September 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Armando Sadiku | Levante | Loan return | 22 July 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Sergio Buenacasa | Mallorca | Loan return | 22 July 2020 |
| – | GK | Munir Mohamedi | Hatayspor | Free | 4 September 2020 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 13 September 2020 | 30 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 033.33 |
| Copa del Rey | 16 December 2020 | 17 January 2021 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 035.56 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Mirandés | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 54 |
| 11 | Fuenlabrada | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 54 |
| 12 | Málaga | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 53 |
| 13 | Oviedo | 42 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 52 |
| 14 | Tenerife | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 52 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Mirandés: 6, Fuenlabrada: 0
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Oviedo: 4, Tenerife: 1

#### 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

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 21 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 30 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Juan Soriano | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Dani Barrio | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | ARG | Gonzalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | VEN | Josua Mejías | 24 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | David Lombán | 30 | 2 | 23+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Juande | 41 | 4 | 36+3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Matos | 31 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Iván Calero | 18 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | VEN | Alexander González | 18 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Alberto Escassi | 37 | 1 | 32+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Ismael | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Benítez | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Alberto Quintana | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Cristo | 18 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | ESP | Andrés | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ESP | Cristian Rodríguez | 38 | 1 | 22+13 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Luis Muñoz | 31 | 5 | 25+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Jairo Samperio | 36 | 1 | 19+14 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Joaquín Muñoz | 31 | 2 | 18+12 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Yanis Rahmani | 42 | 6 | 35+4 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Jozabed | 30 | 2 | 17+12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Benkhemassa | 22 | 0 | 7+13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Ramón | 29 | 2 | 21+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | MAR | Hicham | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Sergio Guerrero | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | MLI | Issa Fomba | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ESP | David Larrubia | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | ESP | Juan Cruz | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 46 | MF | MAR | Haitam Abaida | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 12 | FW | ARG | Pablo Chavarría | 23 | 5 | 16+5 | 4 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | SRB | Stefan Šćepović | 13 | 3 | 3+10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Caye Quintana | 38 | 5 | 28+7 | 3 | 0+3 | 2 |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Julio | 13 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ESP | Loren Zúñiga | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | MAR | Badr Boulahroud | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POR | Orlando Sá | 21 | 1 | 3+15 | 0 | 3 | 1 |