2023–24 UD Almería season

UD Almería
2023–24 season
President	Turki Al-Sheikh
Head coach	Vicente Moreno; (until 29 September); Alberto Lasarte; (caretaker, from 29 September to 8 October); Gaizka Garitano; (from 8 October)
Stadium	Power Horse Stadium
La Liga	20th
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sergio Arribas (5); All: ; Sergio Arribas (5)
Highest home attendance	17,561 vs Real Madrid
Lowest home attendance	14,196 vs Celta Vigo
Biggest win	Talavera de la Reina 0–2 Almería
Biggest defeat	Sevilla 5–1 Almería
	All statistics correct as of 6 December 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Unión Deportiva Almería's 35th season in existence and second consecutive season in La Liga, the top flight of association football in Spain. They also competed in the Copa del Rey.

Players

First-team squad

As of 21 August 2023.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Diego Mariño
2	DF	BRA	Kaiky
3	DF	ESP	Edgar González
4	MF	GHA	Iddrisu Baba (on loan from Mallorca)
5	MF	ARG	Lucas Robertone
6	MF	SEN	Dion Lopy
7	MF	BEL	Largie Ramazani
8	MF	ESP	Arnau Puigmal
9	FW	COL	Luis Suárez
10	MF	ESP	Adri Embarba
11	MF	ESP	Gonzalo Melero
12	FW	BRA	Léo Baptistão
13	GK	ESP	Fernando Martínez


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	BRA	Lázaro
15	DF	ESP	Sergio Akieme
16	MF	ESP	Íñigo Eguaras
17	MF	ESP	Alejandro Pozo
18	DF	ESP	Marc Pubill
19	MF	ESP	Sergio Arribas
20	DF	ESP	Álex Centelles
21	DF	ESP	Chumi
23	FW	MLI	Ibrahima Koné
24	DF	GNB	Houboulang Mendes
25	GK	POR	Luís Maximiano (on loan from Lazio)
27	FW	ENG	Arvin Appiah
28	MF	POR	Gui Guedes

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	FW	MAR	Rachad Fettal
29	FW	SRB	Marko Milovanović


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	GK	ESP	Bruno Iribarne

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	Arnau Solà (at Cartagena until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Carlos Rojas (at Murcia until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	URU	Juan Manuel Gutiérrez (at Boston River until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Luis Suárez	Marseille	€8,000,000	1 July 2023	^[2]
DF	Edgar González	Real Betis	€4,500,000	6 July 2023	^[3]
FW	Ibrahima Koné	Lorient	€7,500,000	16 August 2023	^[4]
GK	Luís Maximiano	Lazio	Loan	16 August 2023	^[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	César de la Hoz	Released		1 July 2023	^[6]
MF	Francisco Portillo	Released		1 July 2023	^[7]
DF	Nikola Maraš	Alavés	€1,500,000	1 July 2023	^[8]
DF	Srđan Babić	Spartak Moscow	€5,000,000	21 August 2023	^[9]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 July 2023 Friendly	El Ejido	0–7	Almería	El Ejido
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Suárez 20', 37' Ramazani 39' Lázaro 41' Marciano 48', 54' Embarba 75'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo Referee: José Antonio Villalobos

23 July 2023 Friendly	Almería	0–0	Las Palmas	San Pedro de Alcántara
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center Referee: Pablo Morales Moreno

27 July 2023 Friendly	Almería	0–1	Málaga	San Pedro de Alcántara
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Chumi 25' Costa 71'	Report	Cristian 18'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Referee: Juan Antonio Manrique

31 July 2023 Friendly	Almería	1–1	Antequera	Marbella
09:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Suárez 14'	Report	Topo 82'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Referee: Luis Mario Milla

5 August 2023 Friendly	Almería	1–0	Granada	Almería
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Suárez 44' (pen.)		Gumbau 73'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 7,810 Referee: Sánchez Martínez

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	11 August 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1		19	0	5	14	19	43	−24	000.00
Copa del Rey	31 October 2023	6 December 2023	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Total					21	1	5	15	21	44	−23	004.76

Last updated: 4 January 2024
Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Celta Vigo	20	3	8	9	21	30	−9	17
17	Sevilla	20	3	7	10	25	30	−5	16
18	Cádiz	20	2	9	9	15	30	−15	15	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Granada	20	2	5	13	22	41	−19	11
20	Almería	20	0	6	14	19	43	−24	6

Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024. Source: LaLiga EA Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[10]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	0	5	14	19	43	−24	5	0	4	5	10	18	−8	0	1	9	9	25	−16

Last updated: 4 January 2024.
Source: La Liga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L
Position	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2024. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[11]

11 August 2023 1	Almería	0–2	Rayo Vallecano	Almería
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ramazani 65'	Report	Palazón 20' (pen.) Nteka 28' (pen.) López 40' García 40' Valentín 65'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 14,837 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

19 August 2023 2	Almería	1–3	Real Madrid	Almería
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Arribas 3' Chumi 59'	Report	Bellingham 19', 60' Vinícius 73'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 17,561 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

26 August 2023 3	Cádiz	1–1	Almería	Cádiz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	L. Hernández 59' San Emeterio 90+10'	Report	Puigmal 9' González 27' 50' Suárez 72' Ramazani 90' Kaiky 90+5'	Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla Attendance: 18,653 Referee: Víctor García Verdura

1 September 2023 4	Almería	2–3	Celta Vigo	Almería
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pubill 28' Akieme 54' Arribas 68'	Report	Núñez 24' Larsen 33' Sánchez 55' Swedberg 87'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 14,196 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

17 September 2023 5	Villarreal	2–1	Almería	Villarreal
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Capoue 26' Gerard 45+5' Pino 90+2' Sørloth 90+4'	Report	Akieme 44' Embarba 53' Chumi 84' Puigmal 89'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 18,467 Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

23 September 2023 6	Almería	2–2	Valencia	Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arribas 59', 69' Montes 60' Melero 83' Ramazani 89' Baptistão 90+11'	Report	López 14' Pérez 51' Guerra 63' Diakhaby 86'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 14,266 Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer

26 September 2023 7	Sevilla	5–1	Almería	Seville
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	En-Nesyri 7' Lukebakio 8' Suso 38', 84' Lamela 51', 90+1' Navas 70' Salas 90+2'	Report	Suárez 71' (pen.) Kaiky 77' Baba 86'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,729 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

1 October 2023 8	Almería	3–3	Granada	Almería
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Suárez 21', 44', 45+1' Puigmal 65' Akieme 82'	Report	Puertas 56' Zaragoza 66' Sánchez 70' Uzuni 86' Villar 88'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 14,264 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

6 October 2023 9	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	Almería	Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guruzeta 10' Herrera 52' D. García 63' Sancet 81' De Marcos 84'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,677 Referee: Víctor García Verdura

21 October 2023 10	Girona	5–2	Almería	Girona
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Martín 37' Dovbyk 39', 43' López 45+4' Sávio 71' Stuani 85'	Report	Baptistão 2', 24', 74' Robertone 26' Kébé 90'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 12,884 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

28 October 2023 11	Almería	1–2	Las Palmas	Almería
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baba 18' Robertone 31' Montes 32' Ramazani 73'	Report	Munir 23' S. Cardona 43' Kaba 90+4'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 12,132 Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

5 November 2023 12	Alavés	1–0	Almería	Vitoria-Gasteiz
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gorosabel 25' Hagi 45+1' Sedlar 79' Rioja 81' Omorodion 48'	Report	Melero 14' Maximiano 52' Robertone 59'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 16,380 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

11 November 2023 13	Almería	1–3	Real Sociedad	Almería
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Robertone 27' Embarba 50' Arribas 76'	Report	Sadiq 32' Muñoz 45' Oyarzabal 62' Fernández 90+1' (pen.) Zubimendi 90+5'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 13,016 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

25 November 2023 14	Getafe	2–1	Almería	Getafe
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rico 24' Alderete 28' Greenwood 33' Mayoral 45'	Report	Ramazani 7', 63' González 52' Baptistão 60' Baba 64'	Stadium: Coliseum Attendance: 10,906 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

3 December 2023 15	Almería	0–0	Real Betis	Almería
16:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Bellerín 27' Roca 52' Diao 74' Silva 83'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 14,253 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

10 December 2023 16	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Almería	Madrid
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Morata 17' Correa 22' Koke 90+1'	Report	Baptistão 62'	Stadium: Cívitas Metropolitano Attendance: 55,473 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

17 December 2023 17	Almería	0–0	Mallorca	Almería
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Baba 73' Baptistão 83' Robertone 87'	Report	Nastasić 89'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 11,936 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

20 December 2023 18	Barcelona	3–2	Almería	Barcelona
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Raphinha 15', 33' Christensen 21' Roberto 60', 83' Araújo 90'	Report	Pozo 5' Baptistão 41' Lopy 57' González 71' Baba 85'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 34,471 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

4 January 2024 19	Osasuna	1–0	Almería	Pamplona
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Budimir 27' Catena 89'	Report	Robertone 29' Chumi 75'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 20,391 Referee: César Soto Grado

14 January 2024 20	Almería	v	Girona	Almería
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer

21 January 2024 21	Real Madrid	v	Almería	Madrid
16:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

26 January 2024 22	Almería	v	Alavés	Almería
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Power Horse Stadium

3 February 2024 23	Valencia	v	Almería	Valencia
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Mestalla

11 February 2024 24	Almería	v	Athletic Bilbao	Almería
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Power Horse Stadium

Copa del Rey

31 October 2023 First round	Talavera de la Reina	0–2	Almería	Talavera de la Reina
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tassembedo 32' Dago 55' Fontán 85'	Report	Ramazani 14' Milovanović 45' Mendes 60' Montes 86' 90+2'	Stadium: El Prado Attendance: 3,118 Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer

6 December 2023 Second round	Barbastro	1–0	Almería	Barbastro
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Carbonell 28' Rausell 61' Gonpi 69' García 74' Val 85' Crespo 89' Prat 90' Jaime 90+4'	Report	González 76' Ramazani 90+4'	Stadium: Municipal de Deportes Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Víctor García Verdura

References

↑ "Plantilla Unión Deportiva Almería SAD". UD Almería (in Spanish). Urcisol. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
↑ "OFICIAL: Luis Suárez hasta 2029".
↑ "Edgar González, nuevo jugador del Almería hasta 2028". Marca. 6 July 2023.
↑ "UD Almería bolster frontline by signing Ibrahima Koné". www.udalmeriasad.com.
↑ "Luis Maximiano becomes 7th UD Almería recruit". www.udalmeriasad.com.
↑ "Adiós a César de la Hoz, leyenda rojiblanca". MARCA. 14 June 2023.
↑ "El Almería dice adiós a Portillo". Estadio Deportivo. 14 June 2023.
↑ "Alaves". www.deportivoalaves.com.
↑ "Babic se va traspasado al Spartak de Moscú". Mundo Deportivo. 21 August 2023.
↑ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
↑ "Calendario de Liga 2023-24: primera jornada, fechas clave, los Clásicos, los derbis." Marca (in Spanish). 22 June 2023.

External links

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[1] "Plantilla Unión Deportiva Almería SAD". UD Almería (in Spanish). Urcisol. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

[2] "OFICIAL: Luis Suárez hasta 2029".

[3] "Edgar González, nuevo jugador del Almería hasta 2028". Marca. 6 July 2023.

[4] "UD Almería bolster frontline by signing Ibrahima Koné". www.udalmeriasad.com.

[5] "Luis Maximiano becomes 7th UD Almería recruit". www.udalmeriasad.com.

[6] "Adiós a César de la Hoz, leyenda rojiblanca". MARCA. 14 June 2023.

[7] "El Almería dice adiós a Portillo". Estadio Deportivo. 14 June 2023.

[8] "Alaves". www.deportivoalaves.com.

[9] "Babic se va traspasado al Spartak de Moscú". Mundo Deportivo. 21 August 2023.

[10] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[11] "Calendario de Liga 2023-24: primera jornada, fechas clave, los Clásicos, los derbis." Marca (in Spanish). 22 June 2023.

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Unión Deportiva Almería S.A.D.
History Players Managers Seasons Statistics Honours Current season
Teams	UD Almería UD Almería B UD Almería (women)
History	Athletic Almería UD Almería (1947–1953) / Atlético Almería (1953–1960) CD Hispania / CD Almería (1960–1969) AD Almería (1971–1982)
Home stadium	Power Horse Stadium
Training ground	Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas La Manga Stadium
Seasons	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24