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Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation: [uˈnjon depoɾˈtiβ(a) almeˈɾi.a]) is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as Almería Club de Fútbol until 2001, when it was renamed Unión Deportiva Almería.[2] The club currently plays in the Spanish Primera División after winning the Segunda División title in 2022, and plays their home games at the 15,274-seat capacity Power Horse Stadium.[3][4]

Almería

Full name	Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Rojiblancos La Unión Almeriensistas UDA Indálicos
Founded	26 July 1989; 33 years ago (1989-07-26) as Almería Club de Fútbol
Ground	Power Horse Stadium
Capacity	15,274[1]
Owner	Turki Al-Sheikh
President	Turki Al-Sheikh
Head coach	Rubi
League	La Liga
2021–22	Segunda División, 1st of 22 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

The first football club in Almería was founded in 1909: el Almería Foot-Ball Club.[5] Since then, several Almería football clubs appeared and disappeared. One of them was AD Almería, a team that played in La Liga between 1979–81, but disappeared in 1982, and was arguably UD Almería's predecessor.

In 1989, a club named Almería Club de Fútbol was born, but in 2001 was renamed Unión Deportiva Almería. On 19 January 2001 the mayor of Almería Santiago Martínez Cabrejas announced in the city council that the new club UD Almería had been formed after the merger of two city teams - Polideportivo Almería and Almería CF.[6] But UD Almería was not official until June 28, 2001, when Almería CF approved at the General Meeting of Shareholders the renaming.[6] After playing one season in the second division, it was relegated to the third and the fourth divisions.

After spending several seasons in the second level, Almería side was first promoted to the top flight after finishing runner-up in the 2006–07 season. After some outstanding performances, as the away win against Deportivo de La Coruña 3–0 in the first La Liga match, the team achieved a final 8th league place in 2007–08.[6] At the club's helm was coach Unai Emery, as striker Álvaro Negredo finished team topscorer with 13 goals.

After Emery left for Valencia CF, Gonzalo Arconada stepped in,[7] but was sacked on 21 December 2008, after a string of poor results, albeit without ever reaching the last three.[8] Mexican Hugo Sánchez took the job, and fared slightly better, for a final mid-table position.

In 2010–11, Almería reached the semifinals of the Copa del Rey for the first time ever.[6] In the league, however, the club was finally relegated after a four-year spell in the top flight; in November 2010, coach Juan Manuel Lillo was fired after a 0–8 home loss against FC Barcelona (precisely the team that ousted the Andalusians in the domestic cup's last-four, with the same score, but on aggregate),[9][10] and his successor José Luis Oltra met the same fate,[11] in April 2011.[12] He was replaced by Roberto Olabe.[13]

After two seasons in the second level, Almería returned to the main category of Spanish football on 22 June 2013, after defeating Girona FC in the play-offs. After the departure of manager Javi Gracia, the club appointed their former player and manager of the reserves at the time Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez;[14] the team eventually managed to survive in 2013–14, finishing 16th.[15][16]

Francisco was sacked in December 2014, after only managing two points out of 24,[17] and was later replaced by Juan Ignacio Martínez.[18] "JIM" also only lasted until April of the following year,[19] and even with new manager Sergi Barjuán,[20] the club was relegated after finishing 19th.[21][22]

In the 2018–19 season, Almería finally escaped the tough fight for the permanence in Segunda División until the last matches as during 3 previous seasons. This time they were closer to the promotion play-offs to La Liga, and finished 10th from 22 teams participated.[23]

On 2 August 2019, Turki Al-Sheikh became the owner of the club, replacing Alfonso García Gabarrón.[24] He appointed Mohamed El Assy as general director,[25] Dario Drudi as sporting director, who replaced Miguel Ángel Corona,[26] and manager Óscar Fernández was replaced by Pedro Emanuel.[27] On 5 November 2019, it was announced Guti replaced Emanuel.[28] On 26 June 2020, he was ceased and replaced by Mario Silva,[29][30] who was himself replaced by José Gomes on 27 July.

In August 2021, UD Almería (Mohamed El Assy) and the Ayuntamiento de Almería [es] (Ramón Fernández-Pacheco Monterreal [es]) agreed to a lease on the operation of the municipally-owned Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos for a 25-year period.[31] In June 2022, the club achieved promotion to the first division by sealing a 1st position in the table, respectively, on the very last match day of the season, after spending seven years in the second tier.

Season to season

Season Level Division Place Copa del Rey 1989–90 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1991–92 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1992–93 4 3ª 2nd 1993–94 3 2ª B 11th Fourth round 1994–95 3 2ª B 2nd Second round 1995–96 2 2ª 16th Second round 1996–97 2 2ª 17th Second round 1997–98 3 2ª B 7th First round 1998–99 3 2ª B 18th 1999–2000 4 3ª 4th 2000–01 3 2ª B 11th 2001–02 3 2ª B 3rd 2002–03 2 2ª 18th Round of 32 2003–04 2 2ª 13th Round of 32 2004–05 2 2ª 14th Second round 2005–06 2 2ª 6th First round 2006–07 2 2ª 2nd Third round 2007–08 1 1ª 8th Round of 32 2008–09 1 1ª 11th Round of 16

Season Level Division Place Copa del Rey 2009–10 1 1ª 13th Round of 32 2010–11 1 1ª 20th Semi-finals 2011–12 2 2ª 7th Round of 32 2012–13 2 2ª 3rd Round of 32 2013–14 1 1ª 17th Round of 16 2014–15 1 1ª 19th Round of 16 2015–16 2 2ª 18th Round of 32 2016–17 2 2ª 15th Second round 2017–18 2 2ª 18th Second round 2018–19 2 2ª 10th Round of 32 2019–20 2 2ª 4th First round 2020–21 2 2ª 4th Quarter-finals 2021–22 2 2ª 1st Round of 32 2022–23 1 1ª

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• 7 seasons in La Liga
• 16 seasons in Segunda División
• 6 seasons in Segunda División B
• 2 seasons in Tercera División
• 3 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Current squad

As of 1 September 2022.[32]

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 Fernando Pacheco 2 DF  BRA Kaiky 3 MF  ESP Gonzalo Melero 4 MF  ESP Íñigo Eguaras 5 MF  ARG Lucas Robertone 6 MF  ESP César de la Hoz (captain) 7 MF  BEL Largie Ramazani 8 MF  ESP Francisco Portillo 9 FW  MLI El Bilal Touré 10 MF  ESP Adri Embarba 11 FW  POR Dyego Sousa 12 FW  BRA Léo Baptistão 13 GK  ESP Fernando Martínez

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  BRA Lázaro 15 DF  ESP Sergio Akieme 16 FW  SRB Marko Milovanović 17 MF  ESP Alejandro Pozo 18 MF  ESP Arnau Puigmal 19 DF  BRA Rodrigo Ely 20 DF  ESP Álex Centelles 21 DF  ESP Chumi 22 DF  SRB Srđan Babić (vice-captain) 23 MF  POR Samú Costa 24 DF  GNB Houboulang Mendes 25 GK  ESP Diego Fuoli

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 26 MF  SVK Martin Šviderský 28 MF  POR Gui Guedes

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 FW  ESP Carlos Rojas

Other players under contract

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 Iván Martos — DF  ESP Juanjo Nieto

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  SRB Nikola Maraš (at Alavés until 30 June 2023) — DF  ESP Arnau Solà (at Murcia until 30 June 2023) — MF  ESP Dani Albiar (at Cartagena B until 30 June 2023) — MF  ESP Javi Robles (at Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ENG Arvin Appiah (at Tenerife until 30 June 2023) — FW  URU Cristian Olivera (at Boston River until 30 June 2023) — FW  ESP Jordi Escobar (at Betis Deportivo until 30 June 2023) — FW  URU Juan Manuel Gutiérrez (at Nacional until 30 June 2023)

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Rubi
Assistant coach	Jaume Torras
Fitness coach	Xabi Gil Víctor Fortes
Goalkeeping coach	Diego Tuero Ricardo Molina
Analyst	Manel González
Doctor	Diego Portugal Jesús Dueñas
Nutritionist	José González
Physiotherapist	Cid Andrade Pedro Serrano Pepe Álvarez Edu Antequera
Rehab fitness coach	Álvaro Cano
Team Manager	Mohamed Adel Seddik
Delegate	Jorge Díaz
Kit man	Bernardo Hernández Juan Ventaja Mateo Ruiz
Kit woman	Mari César

Notable players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Sofiane Feghouli Hernán Bernardello Pablo Piatti Óscar Ustari Diego Valeri Diego Alves Paulo Jamelli Felipe Melo Michel Macedo Jonathan Zongo

Modeste M'bami Hans Martínez Lorenzo Reyes Fabián Vargas Thievy Bifouma Mate Bilić Michael Jakobsen Sena Ferenc Horváth Tomer Hemed

Sander Westerveld Ramon Azeez Kalu Uche Diego Barreto Peque Benítez Santiago Acasiete Miguel Rebosio Hélder Barbosa Nélson Marcos Constantin Gâlcă

Veljko Paunović Bruno Álvaro Cervera Juan Cervián Corona Albert Crusat Esteban Esteban Navarro Francisco Carlos García

Julio López Rekarte Luna Mané Álvaro Negredo José Ortiz Juanma Ortiz Juan Portillo Raúl Sánchez Fernando Soriano

Ángel Trujillo Verza Aleix Vidal Henok Goitom Teerasil Dangda Julio Álvarez Ivica Barbarić

World Cup players

The following players have been selected by their country in the World Cup Finals, while playing for Almería.

Uniform

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
2001–07	Cejudo	Obrascampo
2007–08	UDA
2008–10		None1
2010–12	Rasán	Urcisol
2012–19	Nike
2019–20	Adidas	Arabian Centres
2020–22	Puma
2022–	Castore	Khaled Juffali Co.

¹ The shirt contained messages such as Isla del Fraile or Corredor de Vida.

Honours

• Segunda División: 2021–22

See also

• UD Almería B – Almería's B team
• AD Almería
• List of managers
• List of statistics

References

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• BDFutbol team profile
• Almeria on kouragoal site

На других языках

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[de] UD Almería

UD Almería (offiziell: Unión Deportiva Almería SAD) – meist aber nur El Almería genannt – ist ein spanischer Fußballverein aus der gleichnamigen Stadt Almería, Region Andalusien. Derzeit spielt der Verein in der Primera División. In der ewigen Tabelle der Primera División belegt der Verein den 40. Platz.

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- [en] UD Almería

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[es] Unión Deportiva Almería

La Unión Deportiva Almería es un club de fútbol de la ciudad de Almería, en la provincia de Almería, España. Fue fundado el 26 de julio de 1989 bajo la denominación de Almería Club de Fútbol, adoptando la actual denominación en el año 2001, en lo que supuso únicamente un cambio de siglas, pues el club continuó siendo el mismo al mantener su número federativo original desde 1989.[8][9] En la actualidad juega en la Primera División de España.

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[ru] Альмерия (футбольный клуб)

«Альмери́я» (исп. UD Almería) — испанский футбольный клуб из одноимённого города, в одноимённой провинции в автономном сообществе Андалусия.

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