2023–24 UD Almería season

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 are also competing in the Copa del Rey.

UD Almería
2023–24 season
PresidentTurki Al-Sheikh
Head coachVicente Moreno
(until 27 September)
Alberto Lasarte
(caretaker)
StadiumPower Horse Stadium
La Liga20th
Copa del ReyFirst round
Highest home attendance17,561 vs Real Madrid
Lowest home attendance14,196 vs Celta Vigo
Biggest defeatSevilla 5–1 Almería
All statistics correct as of 6 October 2023.

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 Spain ESP Diego Mariño
2 DF Brazil BRA Kaiky
3 DF Spain ESP Edgar González
4 MF Ghana GHA Iddrisu Baba (on loan from Mallorca)
5 MF Argentina ARG Lucas Robertone
6 MF Senegal SEN Dion Lopy
7 MF Belgium BEL Largie Ramazani
8 MF Spain ESP Arnau Puigmal
9 FW Colombia COL Luis Suárez
10 MF Spain ESP Adri Embarba
11 MF Spain ESP Gonzalo Melero
12 FW Brazil BRA Léo Baptistão
13 GK Spain ESP Fernando Martínez
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Brazil BRA Lázaro
15 DF Spain ESP Sergio Akieme
16 MF Spain ESP Íñigo Eguaras
17 MF Spain ESP Alejandro Pozo
18 DF Spain ESP Marc Pubill
19 MF Spain ESP Sergio Arribas
20 DF Spain ESP Álex Centelles
21 DF Spain ESP Chumi
23 FW Mali MLI Ibrahima Koné
24 DF Guinea-Bissau GNB Houboulang Mendes
25 GK Portugal POR Luís Maximiano (on loan from Lazio)
27 FW England ENG Arvin Appiah
28 MF Portugal POR Gui Guedes

Reserve team
Main article: UD Almería B

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW Serbia SRB Marko Milovanović
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 GK Spain 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 Spain ESP Arnau Solà (at Cartagena until 30 June 2024)
— FW Spain ESP Carlos Rojas (at Murcia until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Uruguay URU Juan Manuel Gutiérrez (at Boston River until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

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

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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 July 2023 Friendly El Ejido Spain 0–7 Spain Almería El Ejido
20:30 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo
Referee: José Antonio Villalobos
23 July 2023 Friendly Almería Spain 0–0 Spain Las Palmas San Pedro de Alcántara
18:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Referee: Pablo Morales Moreno
27 July 2023 Friendly Almería Spain 0–1 Spain Málaga San Pedro de Alcántara
19:30 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Referee: Juan Antonio Manrique
31 July 2023 Friendly Almería Spain 1–1 Spain Antequera Marbella
09:30 UTC+2
Report
  • Topo 82'
 Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Referee: Luis Mario Milla
5 August 2023 Friendly Almería Spain 1–0 Spain Granada

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
La Liga 11 August 2023 26 May 2024 Matchday 1 10 0 3 7 13 29 −16 000.00
Copa del Rey 31 October 2023 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 10 0 3 7 13 29 −16 000.00

Last updated: 22 October 2023
Source: Soccerway

La Liga
Main article: 2023–24 La Liga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Cádiz 10 2 3 5 8 14 −6 9
17 Mallorca 10 1 5 4 12 16 −4 8
18 Celta Vigo 10 1 3 6 10 18 −8 6 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Granada 10 1 3 6 15 25 −10 6
20 Almería 10 0 3 7 13 29 −16 3
Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2023. 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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
10 0 3 7 13 29  −16 3 0 2 3 8 13  −5 0 1 4 5 16  −11

Last updated: 22 October 2023.
Source: La Liga

Results by round
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ResultLLDLLDLDLL
Position18191919202020202020
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. 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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
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)
Report
Stadium: Montilivi
Attendance: 12,884
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Copa del Rey
Main article: 2023–24 Copa del Rey
31 October 2023 First round Talavera de la Reina v Almería Talavera de la Reina
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: El Prado

References
  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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