Editing Málaga CF (section)

===Name change to Málaga CF===
On 19 December 1993, in a referendum, the club's members voted in favour of changing names and, on 29 June 1994, CA Malagueño changed their name to Málaga Club de Fútbol S.A.D.

In the early 2000s, Málaga were a club rich in young and top quality players, and boasted a more modern and developed stadium. Although they never pushed for a [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] place, Málaga were always successful under the popular [[Joaquín Peiró]].

They made a solitary appearance in the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]] in 2002, clinching their only official trophy by beating [[K.A.A. Gent|Gent]], [[Willem II (football club)|Willem II]] and [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]. Málaga's run in the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] was something of an overachievement, and ended in a defeat on penalties in the quarter-finals to [[Boavista F.C.|Boavista]], after beating [[FK Željezničar Sarajevo|Željezničar Sarajevo]] (who had been eliminated from the Champions League by [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]), [[Amica Wronki]], [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] (after a 2–1 win at Elland Road, courtesy of two [[Julio Dely Valdés]] goals) and [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]].

After Peiró's retirement, a mass exodus slowly started. [[Darío Silva]], [[Kiki Musampa]], Dely Valdés and [[Pedro Contreras]] all left the club. [[Juande Ramos]] took over as coach and oversaw a 5–1 home thrashing of [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], the club's biggest victory against the Catalan giants, with a hat-trick from loanee [[Salva Ballesta]], who would end up missing out on the [[Pichichi Trophy]] by just two goals. Ramos, however, left for the [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] and [[Gregorio Manzano]] took charge.