# 2017–18 Málaga CF season

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

## Squad

    As of 29 August 2017
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 Bastón (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 |
| 23 May 2017 | Adrián | Eibar | Transfer | Free |
| 27 June 2017 | Paul Baysse | Nice | Transfer | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Guillermo Ochoa | Granada | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Cifu | Girona | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Ricardo Horta | Braga | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Adnane Tighadouini | Vitesse | Loan return | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | Luis Muñoz | Málaga B | Promoted | Promoted |
| 4 July 2017 | Andrés Prieto | Espanyol B | Transfer | Free |
| 4 July 2017 | Borja Bastón | Swansea City | Loan | Free |
| 5 July 2017 | Roberto | Espanyol | Loan | Free |
| 19 July 2017 | Cenk Gönen | Galatasaray | Transfer | €200,000 |
| 19 July 2017 | Juankar | Braga | Transfer | Free |
| 27 July 2017 | Emanuel Cecchini | Banfield | Transfer | €4,000,000 |
| 3 August 2017 | Diego González | Sevilla Atlético | Transfer | €500,000 |
| 25 August 2017 | Esteban Rolón | Argentinos Juniors | Transfer | €3,500,000 |
| 29 August 2017 | Diego Rolán | Bordeaux | Loan | Free |
Total spending: €8,200,000

#### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 22 May 2017 | Martín Demichelis | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| 22 May 2017 | Duda | TBD | TBD | Free |
| 22 May 2017 | Weligton | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2017 | Diego Llorente | Real Madrid | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Juankar | Braga | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | José Rodríguez | Mainz 05 | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Denys Boyko | Beşiktaş | Loan return | Free |
| 3 July 2017 | Sandro | Everton | Transfer | €6,000,000 |
| 4 July 2017 | Charles | Eibar | Transfer | Free |
| 5 July 2017 | Carlos Kameni | Fenerbahçe | Transfer | Free |
| 8 July 2017 | Ignacio Camacho | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | €15,000,000 |
| 9 July 2017 | Guillermo Ochoa | Standard Liège | Transfer | Free |
| 18 July 2017 | Ricardo Horta | Braga | Transfer | Free |
| 24 July 2017 | Pablo Fornals | Villarreal | Transfer | €12,000,000 |
| 10 August 2017 | Mikel Villanueva | Cádiz | Loan | Free |
| 14 August 2017 | Michael Santos | Sporting Gijón | Loan | Free |
| 23 August 2017 | Adnane Tighadouini | Twente | Loan | Free |
| 26 August 2017 | Bakary Koné | Strasbourg | Loan | Free |
| 29 August 2017 | Luis Muñoz | Lugo | Loan | Free |
Total income: €31,000,000
Net: €22,700,000

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Final position |
| La Liga | 20th |
| Copa del Rey | Round of 32 |

### Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 43 | |
| 17 | Leganés | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 43 | |
| 18 | Deportivo La Coruña (R) | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 76 | −38 | 29 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Las Palmas (R) | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 74 | −50 | 22 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 20 | Málaga (R) | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 61 | −37 | 20 | Relegation to Segunda División |
* 1 2 Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Leganés on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Leganés, Leganés 1–0 Athletic Bilbao.

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Copa del Rey
#### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 19 May 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Roberto | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Andrés Prieto | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | TUR | Cenk Gönen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Ignasi Miquel | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Diego González | 18 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Luis Hernández | 38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | URU | Federico Ricca | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | VEN | Roberto Rosales | 36 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Miguel Torres | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Álex Robles | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Ian Pino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ESP | Iván Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ESP | Alberto López | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ARG | Esteban Rolón | 10 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SRB | Zdravko Kuzmanović | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CHI | Manuel Iturra | 20 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Adrián | 31 | 4 | 27+2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | VEN | Juanpi | 17 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | URU | Chory Castro | 26 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Recio | 23 | 2 | 21+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Keko | 21 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Maxime Lestienne | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Mehdi Lacen | 15 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP | Borja Bastón | 22 | 2 | 8+12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | NGA | Brown Ideye | 13 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | VEN | Adalberto Peñaranda | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Isaac Success | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Alberto Bueno | 11 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | URU | Diego Rolán | 27 | 5 | 21+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | MAR | Youssef En-Nesyri | 26 | 4 | 16+9 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ARG | Juan Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BFA | Bakary Koné | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ESP | Juankar | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Cifu | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Javi Ontiveros | 14 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Emanuel Cecchini | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Jony | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Paul Baysse | 16 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Álex Mula | 13 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 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 Bastón | 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 | Álex Robles | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Álex Mula | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 19 December 2017.
| Number | Nation | Name | Matches Played | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | | Roberto | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | | Cenk Gönen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | Andrés Prieto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 2 | 0 | 2 |