CD Union Malacitano

In January 2025, a group of businessmen from Málaga became investors in FC La Unión Atlético, a team from the Region of Murcia that played in the Segunda Federación and which needed money due to a lack of support from the city council and local businesses. However, in order to provide financing, the investment group requested that the team be relocated to Andalusia at the end of the season.

Once the 2024–25 season ended, La Unión Atlético began the relocation process. At the end of June 2025, the request was approved by the RFAF and the FFRM, the governing bodies of football in Andalusia and Murcia. The name and city change was therefore accepted, with Club Deportivo Unión Malacitano becoming the new name of the team.

After the move was approved, the team made its official presentation. The club adopted the purple and green colors as its official colors, as they are the colors of Málaga, although the club crest was adapted from the logo of CD Málaga 1903, a team that competes in regional leagues and which will serve as an affiliate due to the fact that most of the CDU Malacitano investors were already involved in that team.

The team also claims to be the city's second team, after Málaga CF, although it does not seek to compete with them. However, the owners of CDU Malacitano had previously attempted to take over ownership of the city's main team. The project was therefore compared to other attempts to supplant the city's traditional club, such as Granada 74 CF.

In August 2025, the team suffered a setback when the Football Fedeation rejected the change of name and town from La Unión Atlético to CDU Malacitano. This meant the team had to play its home games in Totana, Murcia, and was forced to officially play under the name La Unión Atlético. However, the board determined that the team would continue training and have its official headquarters in Málaga, having to travel to Totana for each home game.