Malaga are confident their appeal against a Uefa ban from future continental competition over delays in payments to creditors will be successful, club director general Vicente Casado has said.
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Uefa said in its ruling published in December that Qatar-owned Malaga had been sanctioned "due to the presence of significant overdue payables balances".
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The governing body also ordered the club to prove by the end of this month "that it has no overdue payables towards football clubs or towards employees and/or social/tax authorities".
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Malaga appealed the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and Casado said the hearing would likely take place on May 14 with a decision expected sometime in June.
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"We are very optimistic," he said on Malaga's website (www.malagacf.com) late on Tuesday. "We have met with our obligations and we will prove it."
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Malaga are through to the quarterfinals of the Champions League on their debut in the competition and are currently sixth in La Liga, which would earn them a place in the Europa League, Europe's second- tier club competition, for next season.
I am also confident it would be successful. Malaga FC would smile at the end i'm sure