2021–22 UD Almería season

UD Almería
2021–22 season
Owner	Turki Al-Sheikh
President	Turki Al-Sheikh
Head coach	Rubi
Stadium	Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Segunda División	1st
Copa del Rey	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Umar Sadiq (5); All: ; Umar Sadiq (5)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 17 September 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 33rd season in the existence of UD Almería and the club's seventh consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Almería will participate in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

Squad

As of 23 August 2021

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Giorgi Makaridze	GK	Tbilisi	(1990-03-31) 31 March 1990 (age 34)	34	0	15	0	Vitória Setúbal	12 September 2020	Free	30 June 2022
13	Fernando (c)	GK	Murcia	(1990-06-10) 10 June 1990 (age 34)	50	0	–	–	UCAM Murcia	5 July 2017	Free	30 June 2022
33	Diego Fuoli	GK	Zaragoza	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 27)	0	0	–	–	Almería B	15 August 2021	Free	—
39	Lluis Tarrés	GK	Blanes	(2001-03-16) 16 March 2001 (age 23)	1	0	–	–	Almería B	12 August 2020	Free	—
Defenders
2	Aitor Buñuel	RB	Tafalla	(1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26)	21	0	–	–	Racing Santander	15 September 2020	Free	30 June 2022
3	Iván Martos	LB/CB	Manresa	(1997-05-15) 15 May 1997 (age 27)	70	0	–	–	Almería B	7 December 2017	Free	30 June 2022
4	Juan Ibiza	CB	Ibiza	(1995-08-17) 17 August 1995 (age 29)	33	0	–	–	Villarreal	10 July 2019	Undisc.	30 June 2022
12	Juanjo Nieto	RB/RW	Castellón	(1994-10-30) 30 October 1994 (age 30)	1	0	–	–	Oviedo	9 July 2021	Free	30 June 2023
15	Sergio Akieme	LB	Madrid	(1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 (age 27)	42	2	–	–	Barcelona	7 July 2021	€3.5M	30 June 2026
18	Nikola Maraš	CB	Belgrade	(1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 29)	71	4	2	0	Chaves	22 August 2020	Undisc.	30 June 2024
20	Álex Centelles	LB	Valencia	(1999-08-30) 30 August 1999 (age 25)	15	0	–	–	Valencia	2 October 2020	Free	30 June 2022
21	Chumi	CB	A Laracha	(1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 25)	18	1	–	–	Barcelona B	10 September 2020	Free	30 June 2022
23	Daniel Carriço	CB	Cascais	(1988-08-04) 4 August 1988 (age 36)	–	–	1	0	Wuhan Zall	22 August 2021	Free	30 June 2022
Midfielders
5	Lucas Robertone	CM	Concordia	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 27)	33	5	–	–	Vélez Sarsfield	1 October 2020	€3.4M	30 June 2025
6	César de la Hoz	CM	Orejo	(1992-03-30) 30 March 1992 (age 32)	105	3	–	–	Betis	4 July 2018	Free	30 June 2022
8	Francisco Portillo	AM	Málaga	(1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 34)	2	0	–	–	Getafe	22 July 2021	Free	30 June 2023
10	Curro Sánchez	AM	La Palma del Condado	(1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 29)	2	0	–	–	Ponferradina	10 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
16	José Carlos Lazo	LW	Sanlúcar	(1996-02-16) 16 February 1996 (age 28)	81	15	–	–	Getafe	20 August 2019	€ 4M	30 June 2024
26	Arnau Puigmal	CM	Barcelona	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 23)	2	0	–	–	Manchester United	9 July 2021	Free	30 June 2026
27	Dani Albiar	AM/ST	Cartagena	(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 25)	4	0	–	–	Almería B	18 December 2019	Free	30 June 2024
29	Javi Robles	CM	Almería	(2000-10-03) 3 October 2000 (age 24)	1	0	–	–	Almería B	15 August 2021	Free	—
30	Samú Costa	CM	Aveiro	(2000-11-27) 27 November 2000 (age 24)	42	2	–	–	Braga	11 June 2021	€5.25M	30 June 2026
31	Arvin Appiah	RW/LW	Amsterdam	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 24)	34	2	–	–	Nottm' Forest	2 September 2019	£ 8M	30 June 2024
32	Largie Ramazani	LW/RW	Sint-Agatha-Berchem	(2001-07-27) 27 July 2001 (age 23)	31	7	–	–	Manchester United	24 August 2020	Free	30 June 2025
—	Sergio Aguza	CM/AM	Sant Boi	(1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 32)	43	5	–	–	Córdoba	13 July 2018	Free	30 June 2023
—	Valentín Vada	CM/AM	Santa Fe	(1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 28)	34	2	–	–	Bordeaux	23 August 2019	Undisc.	30 June 2024
Forwards
7	Juan Villar	ST/RW	Cortegana	(1988-05-19) 19 May 1988 (age 36)	32	3	–	–	Osasuna	9 July 2019	€400K	30 June 2023
9	Umar Sadiq	ST	Kaduna	(1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 27)	45	23	–	–	Partizan	5 October 2020	€5M	30 June 2025
28	Raúl Caballero	ST	Martos	(2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 (age 23)	0	0	–	–	Almería B	15 August 2021	Free	—
34	Juan Manuel Gutiérrez	ST/LW	Atlántida	(1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 27)	0	0	–	–	Danubio	13 September 2020	€3M	30 June 2025

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

25 July 2021 Friendly	Águilas	0–1	Almería	Águilas, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadio El Rubial

31 July 2021 Friendly	Málaga	1–1	Almería	Marbella, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Marbella Football Center

1 August 2021 Friendly	Cádiz	1–2	Almería	Marbella, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Osmajić 90+2'		Puigmal 15' Lazo 64'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Referee: Juan Peña Varela

4 August 2021 Friendly	Almería	2–1	Real Betis	Algeciras, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sadiq 11', 30'		Rober 17'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador

8 August 2021 Friendly	Almería	1–0	Betis Deportivo	Marbella, Spain
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Marbella Football Center

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División	16 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	6	4	0	2	12	5	+7	066.67
Copa del Rey	TBD			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				6	4	0	2	12	5	+7	066.67

Last updated: 17 September 2021
Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Almería (C, P)	42	24	9	9	68	35	+33	81^[a]	Promotion to La Liga
2	Valladolid (P)	42	24	9	9	71	43	+28	81^[a]	Promotion to La Liga
3	Eibar	42	23	11	8	61	45	+16	80	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Las Palmas	42	19	13	10	57	47	+10	70
5	Tenerife	42	20	9	13	53	37	+16	69

Source: LaLiga SmartBank
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored^[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Almería finished ahead of Valladolid on head-to-head points: Almería 3–1 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–2 Almería.

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
6	4	0	2	12	5	+7	12	2	0	0	4	1	+3	2	0	2	8	4	+4

Last updated: 17 September 2021.
Source: La Liga SmartBank

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	L	W
Position	1	2	5	2	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2021. Source: La Liga SmartBank
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.^[2]^[3]

16 August 2021 1	Cartagena	1–3	Almería	Cartagena
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Andújar 13' Luna 49' Kawaya 90+1'	Report	Buñuel 18' Sadiq 19', 64' Ramazani 35', 61'	Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova Attendance: 4,770 Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

20 August 2021 2	Almería	2–1	Oviedo	Almería
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lazo 5' Samú 19' Robertone 47'	Report	Obeng 15' Calvo 20' Mier 58' Montiel 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

29 August 2021 3	Amorebieta	2–1	Almería	Amorebieta-Etxano
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bilbao 15' Obieta 86'	Report	Sánchez 3'	Stadium: Urritxe Referee: Víctor García Verdura

4 September 2021 4	Almería	2–0	Málaga	Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martos 22' 46' Sadiq 51' Chumi 58'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: Jon Ander González Esteban

12 September 2021 5	Ponferradina	1–0	Almería	Ponferrada
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Adot 69'	Report		Stadium: El Toralín Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

17 September 2021 6	Alcorcón	0–4	Almería	Alcorcón
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Santo Domingo

24 September 2021 7	Almería	v	Tenerife	Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos

Copa del Rey

30 November 2021 First Round	Águilas	1 - 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p)	Almería	Águilas
21:00 CET	Kalu Uche 58' 120+1' Amour Loussoukou 78'	Report	Juan Villar 32' Javi Robles 59'	Stadium: Estadio El Rubial Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

16 December 2021 Second Round	Amorebieta	1 - 2	Almería	Amorebieta-Etxano
19:00 CET	Aitor Aldalur 18' Iñigo Orozco 56' Aitor Arregi 76'	Report	Sadiq 24' Appiah 61' Robertone 68'	Stadium: Urritxe Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

6 January 2022 Round Of 32	Almería	1 - 2	Elche	Almería
20:00 CET	Ramazani 42' Javi Robles 56' Dyego Sousa 65' Appiah 66' Samú Costa 68' Álex Centelles 83'	Report	Barragán 49' Piatti 52' Diego González 64' Gonzalo Verdú 66' Pere Milla 68' Raúl Guti 84' Josema 90'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 17 August 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Segunda División		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Giorgi Makaridze	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ESP	Fernando	2	0	2	0	0	0
33	GK	ESP	Diego Fuoli	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	GK	ESP	Lluis Tarrés	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Aitor Buñuel	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ESP	Iván Martos	2	0	2	0	0	0
4	DF	ESP	Juan Ibiza	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	ESP	Juanjo Nieto	1	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	EQG	Sergio Akieme	2	0	2	0	0	0
18	DF	SRB	Nikola Maraš	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ESP	Álex Centelles	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ESP	Chumi	2	0	2	0	0	0
23	DF	POR	Daniel Carriço	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ARG	Lucas Robertone	2	1	2	1	0	0
6	MF	ESP	César de la Hoz	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
8	MF	ESP	Francisco Portillo	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
10	MF	ESP	Curro Sánchez	2	0	2	0	0	0
16	MF	ESP	José Carlos Lazo	2	1	2	1	0	0
26	MF	ESP	Arnau Puigmal	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
27	MF	ESP	Dani Albiar	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	ESP	Javi Robles	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	MF	POR	Samú Costa	2	0	2	0	0	0
32	MF	BEL	Largie Ramazani	2	2	2	2	0	0
—	MF	ESP	Sergio Aguza	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	ARG	Valentín Vada	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Juan Villar	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	NGA	Umar Sadiq	2	1	2	1	0	0
28	FW	ESP	Raúl Caballero	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	ENG	Arvin Appiah	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
34	FW	URU	Juan Manuel Gutiérrez	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players on loan to other clubs
—	GK	SRB	Dragan Rosić	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	BRA	Jonathan	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	URU	Cristian Olivera	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	ESP	Jordi Escobar	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club midway through the season

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Segunda División	Total
1	FW	9	Umar Sadiq	5	5
2	MF	32	Largie Ramazani	2	2
2	MF	5	Lucas Robertone	2	2
4	MF	10	Curro Sánchez	1	1
	MF	16	José Carlos Lazo	1	1
	DF	21	Chumi	1	1
			TOTALS	12	12

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Segunda División			Copa del Rey			Total
Number	Nation	Position	Name
2		DF	Aitor Buñuel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9		FW	Umar Sadiq	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
30		MF	Samú Costa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
			TOTALS	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

References

^ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Sorteo calendario LaLiga Santander 2021/22: horario y dónde ver en TV". El Correo. 30 June 2021.
^ "Sync the new LaLiga season's fixtures with your personal calendar!". LaLiga. 30 June 2021.

[table_hth_ALM0.62451899313578-1] Almería finished ahead of Valladolid on head-to-head points: Almería 3–1 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–2 Almería.

[2] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[3] "Sorteo calendario LaLiga Santander 2021/22: horario y dónde ver en TV". El Correo. 30 June 2021.

[4] "Sync the new LaLiga season's fixtures with your personal calendar!". LaLiga. 30 June 2021.

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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	UD Almería Stadium
Training ground	Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas La Manga Stadium
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