CD Málaga folded after the 1991–92 campaign, spent in the second division - being relegated - immersed in overwhelming financial problems. Málaga Club de Fútbol, the former reserve team of the club which was known as Club Atlético Malagueño, managed to elude the folding through a claim of independent autonomy, and became since then the spiritual continuity of CD Málaga and all its line of heir. Málaga CF is currently working into obtaining a legal link to CD Málaga and being officially recognised by RFEF and LFP as the same club.