The trajectory of Malaga and of Sports in the last years guard too many similarities. Two teams that not so long ago They went very far in the Champions League League (the Galicians, to the semifinals in 2004; the Andalusians, to the quarterfinals in 2013), but that In 2018 they were relegated to Second together division. The following yearlooking for a return to the elite, They met in the semifinals of the playoffs. The A Coruña team won, but then lost against Mallorca in the final.
Málaga and Dépor faced each other in the Primera playoffs of the 2018-19 season.
And before returning to the place that belongs to history, They were relegated again and had to go through the First Federation. It took Dépor four seasons to get out of hell (they achieved it after being champion of Group I) and Málaga, only one, beating Nàstic in the playoffs with the memorable goal by Antoñito Cordero in added time of extra time. In 2024, and again hand in hand, they celebrated a promotion.
Cover BRAND promotion Málaga CF.
The last coursethat of the return to the silver division, they nailed their numbers: they added the same points53, occupying the 15th and 16th places. A year of transition in which the goal of permanence was achieved. And the best was yet to come. The start of the 2025-2026 It went wrong for those from the Costa del Sol. Sergio Pellicer was dismissed in November when the team was close to the relegation zone. But the arrival of Funes changed everything and the Loja coach put the Boquerones in the playoffs for promotion despite the fact that almost no one was counting on them. And after surpassing Las Palmas and Almería, they went up to First. Deportivo had already done it a month before without having to go through the playoffs.
parallel lives. Two greats of Spanish football who left, but who They have returned, not without sufferingto its natural place.