Málaga visits Sporting de Alcázar in the Copa del Rey

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The single-match tie will be played at the Polideportivo Manuel Delgado Meco in Alcázar de San Juan and will be decided by extra time and penalties if there is a draw.

Francisco CG · Published on October 26, 2026 at 22:06

Varios balones de fútbol blancos con dibujos rojos y dorados alineados sobre el césped de un campo. — Photo: Málaga CF

Málaga CF faces a new Copa del Rey match. They play against Sporting de Alcázar CF, a team from Ciudad Real founded in 2015 that plays in the Primera Autonómica Preferente de Castilla-La Mancha. The match is played at the Polideportivo Manuel Delgado Meco in Alcázar de San Juan.

How it is decided

The tie is a single match. If the draw persists at the end of regulation time, there will be extra time and, if the tie remains, a penalty shootout. The referee will be Víctor García, with Diego Sánchez and Julián Villaseñor as assistants and Juan Antonio Campos as fourth official. There is no VAR.

An opponent with history

Sporting de Alcázar arrives after eliminating CP Talayuela, from Cáceres, in the preliminary round. It is the first time it faces Málaga. Its predecessor, the defunct CF Gimnástico Alcázar, accumulated 28 seasons in the former Tercera División between 1973 and 2015. In the 92/93 season it played its last Copa knockout round against a Primera División team, Sevilla FC, which eliminated it by an aggregate of 7-0 in the fourth round.

Málaga's data

Since 1994, Málaga has played 31 editions of the Copa del Rey and has advanced past the round in 19 of its debuts. Its first victorious precedent was in 96/97 against Realejos (1-0, with a goal from Basti). The last, last season 25/26, with a 1-3 win in Estepona. Its best away result in the cup was a 0-4 against Coruxo on December 16, 2020. As for players, Duda is the one who has played the most matches in the competition (23) and Roque Santa Cruz the top scorer (6). So far in the 26/27 season, 24 blue-and-white footballers have played at least one official match, all with first-team licenses except goalkeeper Carlos López, Pastor, Murillo and Aaron Ochoa, with reserve-team registration.