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	3rd
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Umar Sadiq (15); All: ; Umar Sadiq (16)
	All statistics correct as of 3 April 2022.

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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 March 2022[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	GEO	Giorgi Makaridze
2	DF	ESP	Aitor Buñuel
3	DF	ESP	Iván Martos
4	MF	ESP	Íñigo Eguaras
5	MF	ARG	Lucas Robertone
6	MF	ESP	César de la Hoz (captain)
7	FW	ESP	Juan Villar
8	MF	ESP	Francisco Portillo
9	FW	NGA	Umar Sadiq
10	MF	ESP	Curro Sánchez
11	FW	POR	Dyego Sousa
12	DF	ESP	Juanjo Nieto
13	GK	ESP	Fernando (vice-captain)
14	MF	ESP	Javi Robles
15	DF	ESP	Sergio Akieme


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ESP	José Carlos Lazo
17	MF	ESP	Alejandro Pozo (on loan from Sevilla)
19	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Ely
20	DF	ESP	Álex Centelles
21	DF	ESP	Chumi
22	DF	SRB	Srđan Babić (on loan from Red Star Belgrade)
23	DF	POR	Daniel Carriço
24	DF	POR	Nélson Monte (on loan from SC Dnipro-1)
26	MF	ESP	Arnau Puigmal
28	FW	ESP	Raúl Caballero
30	MF	POR	Samú Costa
31	FW	ENG	Arvin Appiah
32	MF	BEL	Largie Ramazani
33	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
29	DF	ESP	David Cuenca (on loan from Real Madrid)
34	FW	ESP	Carlos Rojas
35	DF	ESP	Aitor Puñal


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
36	MF	ESP	Mamadou Sylla
37	FW	ESP	Carlos Gilbert

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
—	GK	SRB	Dragan Rosić (at Albacete until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	BRA	Jonathan (at Botafogo until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	SRB	Nikola Maraš (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	URU	Cristian Olivera (at Peñarol until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Dani Albiar (at Alcoyano until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ESP	Jordi Escobar (at Barcelona B until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	URU	Juan Manuel Gutiérrez (at Nacional until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

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	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División	16 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		34	19	6	9	52	30	+22	055.88
Copa del Rey	30 November 2021	6 January 2022	First round	Round of 32	3	1	1	1	4	4	+0	033.33
Total					37	20	7	10	56	34	+22	054.05

Last updated: 3 April 2022
Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eibar (X)	38	21	11	6	56	40	+16	74	Promotion to La Liga
2	Almería (X)	38	22	7	9	60	32	+28	73	Promotion to La Liga
3	Valladolid	38	20	9	9	62	42	+20	69	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Tenerife	38	19	9	10	51	31	+20	66
5	Girona	38	19	7	12	54	39	+15	64

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2022. 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[2]
(X) Assured of at least promotion play-offs

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
32	19	5	8	51	28	+23	62	11	3	2	30	13	+17	8	2	6	21	15	+6

Last updated: 21 March 2022.
Source: La Liga SmartBank

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W
Position	1	2	5	2	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2022. Source: La Liga SmartBank
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.[3][4]

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)	Raúl Asencio 29' Carlos Hernández 60' Antonio Moyano 86' Juan Hernández 90+2'	Report	Sadiq 5' 16' Ramazani 36' Dani Jiménez 37' (o.g.) Alejandro Pozo 69' Samú Costa 78'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 1,559 Referee: Raúl Martín González Francés

24 September 2021 7	Almería	3–1	Tenerife	Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ramazani 72' (pen.) Robertone 74' Sadiq 75' Šipčić 87' (o.g.) Juanjo Nieto 90+2'	Report	Šipčić 70' Aitor Sanz 73' Carlos Ruiz 75' Shashoua 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,074 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

4 October 2021 8	Girona	1–2	Almería	Girona
21:00 CET	Espinosa 40' 62' Álex Baena 76'	Report	Sadiq 34' 52' Robertone 68' 87' Álex Centelles 71'	Stadium: Estadi Montilivi Attendance: 4,904 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

9 October 2021 9	Almería	1–1	Las Palmas	Almería
18:15 CET	Chumi 21' Portillo 32' Dyego Sousa 84'	Report	Sergi Cardona 36' Ferigra 56' Eric Curbelo 67' Loiodice 73' Jonathan Viera 90'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 8,734 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

15 October 2021 10	Eibar	1–0	Almería	Eibar
21:00 CET	Stoichkov 39' Álvaro Tejero 58' Javi Muñoz 84' Yoel 90+1'	Report	Álex Centelles 18' Portillo 60' Dyego Sousa 83' Samú Costa 87'	Stadium: Ipurua Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,630 Referee: José Antonio López Toca

21 October 2021 11	Almería	3–1	Real Sociedad B	Almería
18:45 CET	José Carlos Lazo 4' Sadiq 75' Alejandro Pozo 87'	Report	Jon Magunazelaia 20'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,697 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

24 October 2021 12	Mirandés	1–4	Almería	Miranda de Ebro
14:00 CET	Oriol Rey 25' Capellini 29' Iñigo Vicente 72' (pen.)	Report	Dyego Sousa 5' 23' 53' Arnau Puigmal 26' Iván Martos 49' César de la Hoz 60' José Carlos Lazo 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Anduva Attendance: 2,365 Referee: Jon Ander González Esteban

29 October 2021 13	Almería	1–0	Leganés	Almería
21:00 CET	Portillo 30' Sergio Akieme 89'	Report	Ranđelović 5' Sergio González 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 8,867 Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

2 November 2021 14	Sporting Gijón	0–1	Almería	Gijón
19:00 CET	Pablo García 83'	Report	Sadiq 73' José Carlos Lazo 90+3' 90+3'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 11,980 Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

7 November 2021 15	Almería	2–0	Burgos	Almería
18:15 CET	José Carlos Lazo 2' Curro Sánchez 62' César de la Hoz 74' Sadiq 80' Samú Costa 89' Arnau Puigmal 90+5'	Report	Unai Elgezabal 42' Míchel Zabaco 48' Grego 51' Miki Muñoz 63' Caro 82' Juanma 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 9,513 Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández Ortega

14 November 2021 16	Ibiza	0–1	Almería	Ibiza
16:00 CET	Javi Lara 45' Manu Molina 57'	Report	Dyego Sousa 21' 45+1' (pen.) Babić 55' Curro Sánchez 61'	Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Can Misses Attendance: 4,937 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

20 November 2021 17	Almería	3–1	Real Valladolid	Almería
20:30 CET	Samú Costa 45+2' Ramazani 52' Sergio Akieme 70' César de la Hoz 77' Portillo 86' Babić 90+2'	Report	César de la Hoz 8' (o.g.) Luis Pérez 30' Óscar Plano 37' Sergio León 42'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 9,208 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

27 November 2021 18	Almería	0–0	Huesca	Almería
18:15 CET	Sergio Akieme 83'	Report	Gaich 19' Jorge Pulido 23' Rațiu 32' Joaquín Muñoz 33' Miguel 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 9,486 Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

4 December 2021 19	Fuenlabrada	1–1	Almería	Fuenlabrada
18:15 CET	Zozulya 53' Pedro León 65' Cristóbal 67'	Report	Samú Costa 35' Babić 51' Juan Villar 72' 88'	Stadium: Estadio Fernando Torres Attendance: 2,052 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

11 December 2021 20	Almería	3–0	Real Zaragoza	Almería
18:15 CET	Samú Costa 37' Babić 58' Sadiq 61' Alejandro Pozo 86' Ramazani 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 9,258 Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

2 January 2022 22	Almería	0–1	FC Cartagena	Almería
14:00 CET		Report	Boateng 35' Alberto Cayarga 40' Silva 36' 39' Alcalá 50' de Blasis 65' Nacho Gil 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,058 Referee: Raúl Martín González Francés

9 January 2022 23	Las Palmas	1–1	Almería	Las Palmas
21:30 CET	Jonathan Viera 37' 52' Sergi Cardona 54' Pinchi 59' Peñaranda 90+2'	Report	Robertone 18' Appiah 51' César de la Hoz 55' Babić 61'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 9,827 Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

19 January 2022 21	Lugo	2–1	Almería	Lugo
21:00 CET	Manu Barreiro 4' Chris Ramos 23' Juan Antonio Ros 40' José Ángel Carrillo 90' Ricard Sánchez 90+5' Juanpe 90+5'	Report	Juanjo Nieto 40' Babić 86' Carlos Pita 88' (o.g.) Ramazani 90+5' Curro Sánchez 90+7'	Stadium: Estadio Anxo Carro Referee: Gorka Sagues Oscoz

24 January 2022 24	Almeira	0–2	Eibar	Almería
21:00 CET	Samú Costa 46'	Report	Edu Expósito 9' Stoichkov 49' Sergio Álvarez 59' Toño 72' Quique González 81'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,843 Referee: Daniel Trujillio

29 January 2022 25	Real Oviedo	2–0	Almeira	Oviedo
21:00 CET	Luismi 20' Borja Bastón 24' Jimmy Suárez 51' Babić 67' (o.g.)	Report	Robertone 27' Iván Martos 40' Ramazani 59'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 10,543 Referee: Javier Iglesias

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	GEO	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

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

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

[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.

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	Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Training ground	Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas La Manga Stadium
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