The Trofeo Costa del Sol is a football competition sponsored by the Spanish association RFEF and held in Málaga , Spain . The Andalusian club CD Málaga organized it for the first time in 1961 and played against Spanish and foreign top teams every summer until 1983, with the exception of 1981 and 1982. The tournament did not take place between 1984 and 2002 because the Andalusians were initially in great financial difficulties before the club was dissolved in 1992. The successor club of the CD Málaga, the FC Málaga , has continued the tradition of the Costa del Sol trophy since 2003.
In the first edition of the tournament, in 1961, an Austrian club, the Wiener Sport-Club, was invited. He was third, as was the only German participant, Borussia Dortmund , in 1964. The Borussia, however, were able to secure the trophy on their second participation. They played on January 16, 2008 as a replacement for the postponed tournament against Málaga FC in summer 2007 and won 1-0.