2022–23 UD Almería season

UD Almería
2022–23 season
OwnerTurki Al-Sheikh
PresidentTurki Al-Sheikh
Head coachRubi
StadiumPower Horse Stadium
La Liga17th
Copa del ReyFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
El Bilal Touré (7)
All:
El Bilal Touré (7)
Biggest winAlmería 3–0 Mallorca
Biggest defeatAthletic Bilbao 4–0 Almería
Girona 6–2 Almería

The 2022–23 season was the 34th season in the history of UD Almería and their first season back in the top flight since 2015. The club participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

Players

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As of 24 March 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 MF Spain ESP Gonzalo Melero
4 MF Spain ESP Íñigo Eguaras
5 MF Argentina ARG Lucas Robertone
6 MF Spain ESP César de la Hoz (captain)
7 MF Belgium BEL Largie Ramazani
8 MF Spain ESP Francisco Portillo
9 FW Mali MLI El Bilal Touré
10 MF Spain ESP Adri Embarba
11 FW Portugal POR Dyego Sousa
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 FW Colombia COL Luis Suárez (on loan from Marseille)
17 MF Spain ESP Alejandro Pozo
18 MF Spain ESP Arnau Puigmal
19 DF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Ely
20 DF Spain ESP Álex Centelles
21 DF Spain ESP Chumi
22 DF Serbia SRB Srđan Babić (vice-captain)
23 MF Portugal POR Samú Costa
24 DF Guinea-Bissau GNB Houboulang Mendes
25 GK Spain ESP Diego Fuoli

Reserve team

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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
26 MF Slovakia SVK Martin Šviderský
28 MF Portugal POR Gui Guedes
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 FW Spain ESP Carlos Rojas
— FW Serbia SRB Marko Milovanović

Out on loan

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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 Iván Martos (at Cartagena until 30 June 2023)
— DF Serbia SRB Nikola Maraš (at Alavés until 30 June 2023)
— DF Spain ESP Arnau Solà (at Murcia until 30 June 2023)
— MF Spain ESP Dani Albiar (at Cartagena B until 30 June 2023)
— MF Spain ESP Javi Robles (at Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW England ENG Arvin Appiah (at Málaga until 30 June 2023)
— FW Uruguay URU Cristian Olivera (at Boston River until 30 June 2023)
— FW Spain ESP Jordi Escobar (at Betis Deportivo until 30 June 2023)
— FW Uruguay URU Juan Manuel Gutiérrez (at Nacional until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

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In

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Date Player From Type Fee Ref
5 June 2022 Serbia Srđan Babić Serbia Red Star Belgrade Buyout clause Undisclosed [2]
6 June 2022 Spain Alejandro Pozo Sevilla Buyout clause Undisclosed [3]
23 June 2022 Portugal Gui Guedes Portugal Vitória de Guimarães Transfer Undisclosed [4]
30 June 2022 Serbia Dragan Rosić Albacete Loan return [5]
6 July 2022 France Houboulang Mendes France Lorient Transfer Undisclosed [6]
7 July 2022 Slovakia Martin Šviderský England Manchester United Transfer Free [7]
11 July 2022 Brazil Kaiky Brazil Santos Transfer €7m [8]
11 July 2022 Serbia Marko Milovanović Serbia Partizan Transfer Undisclosed [9]
10 August 2022 Spain Fernando Pacheco Alavés Transfer Undisclosed [10]
11 August 2022 Brazil Léo Baptistão Brazil Santos Transfer Undisclosed [11]
24 August 2022 Spain Adri Embarba Espanyol Transfer Undisclosed [12]
1 September 2022 Brazil Lázaro Brazil Flamengo Transfer Undisclosed [13]
1 September 2022 Spain Gonzalo Melero Levante Transfer Undisclosed [14]
1 September 2022 Mali El Bilal Touré France Reims Transfer Undisclosed [15]
5 December 2022 Colombia Luis Suárez France Marseille Loan [16]
30 December 2022 England Arvin Appiah Tenerife Loan return [17]
25 January 2023 Spain Diego Mariño Sporting Gijón Transfer Undisclosed [18]

Out

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Date Player To Type Fee Ref
1 July 2022 Spain Aitor Buñuel Released [19]
1 July 2022 Georgia (country) Giorgi Makaridze Released [19]
1 July 2022 Portugal Nélson Monte Ukraine Dnipro-1 Loan return [19]
17 July 2022 Spain Javi Robles Fuenlabrada Loan [20]
19 July 2022 Portugal Daniel Carriço Released [21]
22 July 2022 Spain Juan Villar Huesca Transfer Free [22][23]
11 August 2022 Serbia Nikola Maraš Alavés Loan [24]
24 August 2022 Spain José Carlos Lazo Espanyol Transfer Undisclosed [25]
30 August 2022 Serbia Dragan Rosić Released [26]
1 September 2022 England Arvin Appiah Tenerife Loan [27]
1 September 2022 Nigeria Umar Sadiq Real Sociedad Transfer Undisclosed [28]
1 September 2022 Spain Curro Sánchez Burgos Transfer Free [29][30]
9 January 2023 England Arvin Appiah Málaga Loan [31]
19 January 2023 Spain Iván Martos Cartagena Loan [32]
31 January 2023 Spain Javi Robles Released [33]
1 February 2023 Spain Fernando Pacheco Espanyol Transfer Undisclosed [34]
3 February 2023 Portugal Gui Guedes Lugo Loan [35]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 July 2022 Friendly Almería Spain 1–0 Spain Vélez Almería, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+1) Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
23 July 2022 Friendly Almería Spain 1–2 Spain Córdoba Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
20:00 CEST (UTC+1) Stadium: Campo Hotel Barceló Montecastillo
24 July 2022 Friendly San Fernando Spain 2–3 Spain Almería San Fernando, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+1) Stadium: Estadio Iberoamericano
30 July 2022 Friendly Granada Spain 3–2 Spain Almería Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+1) Stadium: Campo Hotel Barceló Montecastillo
5 August 2022 Friendly Almería Spain 1–0 Spain Cartagena Almería, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+1) Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
3 December 2022 Friendly Sturm Graz Austria 1–0 Spain Almería Benahavís, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Emegha 60'
 Report Stadium: Campo La Quinta
Referee: Enrique Pareja Nieto
4 December 2022 Friendly Hearts Scotland Abandoned Spain Almería Coín, Spain
12:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Estadio de la Fuensanta
Note: The match was abandoned just before half-time due to an altercation with Almería leading 1–0.[36]
9 December 2022 Friendly Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia 1–1 Spain Almería Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
16 December 2022 Friendly Almería Spain 1–1 Italy Torino San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Pinatar Arena
22 December 2022 Friendly Almería Spain 2–0 Italy Lazio Almería, Spain
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
La Liga 14 August 2022 4 June 2023 Matchday 1 17th 38 11 8 19 49 65 −16 028.95
Copa del Rey 13 November 2022 First round First round 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Total 39 11 8 20 49 67 −18 028.21

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

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Main article: 2022–23 La Liga

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
15 Getafe 38 10 12 16 34 45 −11 42[a]
16 Valencia 38 11 9 18 42 45 −3 42[a]
17 Almería 38 11 8 19 49 65 −16 41
18 Valladolid (R) 38 11 7 20 33 63 −30 40 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Espanyol (R) 38 8 13 17 52 69 −17 37
Source: LaLiga Santander
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)[37]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Cádiz 8, Getafe 5, Valencia 3.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 11 8 19 49 65  −16 41 10 3 6 29 22  +7 1 5 13 20 43  −23

Source: La Liga

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultLDWLLLLWLWLWLWDLDDWLLLWLLDDWLLWLWLWLDD
Position1512101314161815181315131514131413141114151715181919191617171516141514151617
Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.[38][39]

14 August 2022 1 Almería 1–2 Real Madrid Almería
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 6,103
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera
22 August 2022 2 Elche 1–1 Almería Elche
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Martínez Valero
Attendance: 23,361
Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos
27 August 2022 3 Almería 2–1 Sevilla Almería
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 13,788
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano
5 September 2022 4 Valladolid 1–0 Almería Valladolid
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: José Zorrilla
Attendance: 20,260
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
12 September 2022 5 Almería 0–1 Osasuna Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 12,397
Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva
17 September 2022 6 Mallorca 1–0 Almería Palma
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium
Attendance: 12,687
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera
30 September 2022 7 Athletic Bilbao 4–0 Almería Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 42,110
Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana
8 October 2022 8 Almería 3–1 Rayo Vallecano Almería
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 10,783
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
16 October 2022 9 Real Betis 3–1 Almería Seville
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 46,112
Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz
20 October 2022 10 Almería 3–2 Girona Almería
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 11,194
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
23 October 2022 11 Villarreal 2–1 Almería Valencia
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ciutat de València[note 1]
Attendance: 13,816
Referee: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea
29 October 2022 12 Almería 3–1 Celta Vigo Almería
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 11,080
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
5 November 2022 13 Barcelona 2–0 Almería Barcelona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 92,605
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
9 November 2022 14 Almería 1–0 Getafe Almería
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 11,454
Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz
30 December 2022 15 Cádiz 1–1 Almería Cádiz
19:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla
Attendance: 17,345
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera
8 January 2023 16 Almería 0–2 Real Sociedad Almería
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 12,020
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
15 January 2023 17 Almería 1–1 Atlético Madrid Almería
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 14,128
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
23 January 2023 18 Valencia 2–2 Almería Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 33,507
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano
27 January 2023 19 Almería 3–1 Espanyol Almería
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 11,629
Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva
6 February 2023 20 Rayo Vallecano 2–0 Almería Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 11,783
Referee: César Soto Grado
11 February 2023 21 Almería 2–3 Real Betis Almería
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 14,310
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
17 February 2023 22 Girona 6–2 Almería Girona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Montilivi
Attendance: 8,879
Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez
26 February 2023 23 Almería 1–0 Barcelona Almería
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 15,279
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias
4 March 2023 24 Almería 0–2 Villarreal Almería
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 13,311
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
12 March 2023 25 Sevilla 2–1 Almería Seville
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 37,848
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
18 March 2023 26 Almería 1–1 Cádiz Almería
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 12,183
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
2 April 2023 27 Celta Vigo 2–2 Almería Vigo
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos
Attendance: 14,011
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández
9 April 2023 28 Almería 2–1 Valencia Almería
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 14,039
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
16 April 2023 29 Atlético Madrid 2–1 Almería Madrid
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cívitas Metropolitano
Attendance: 59,204
Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos
22 April 2023 30 Almería 1–2 Athletic Bilbao Almería
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 13,271
Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez
26 April 2023 31 Getafe 1–2 Almería Getafe
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
Attendance: 10,260
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
29 April 2023 32 Real Madrid 4–2 Almería Madrid
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 58,036
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
2 May 2023 33 Almería 2–1 Elche Almería
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 13,352
Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández
13 May 2023 34 Osasuna 3–1 Almería Pamplona
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: El Sadar
Attendance: 19,747
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz
20 May 2023 35 Almería 3–0 Mallorca Almería
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 12,791
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
23 May 2023 36 Real Sociedad 1–0 Almería San Sebastián
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Reale Arena
Attendance: 31,574
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
28 May 2023 37 Almería 0–0 Valladolid Almería
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Power Horse Stadium
Attendance: 14,608
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
4 June 2023 38 Espanyol 3–3 Almería Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RCDE Stadium
Attendance: 14,213
Referee: César Soto Grado

Copa del Rey

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Main article: 2022–23 Copa del Rey
13 November 2022 First round Arenteiro 2–0 Almería O Carballiño
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Espiñedo
Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

References

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  1. ^ "Plantilla Unión Deportiva Almería SAD". UD Almería (in Spanish). Urcisol. Archived from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "Babic renueva como jugador rojiblanco hasta junio de 2026" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 5 June 2022.
  3. ^ "LA UD ALMERÍA EJERCE LA OPCIÓN DE COMPRA SOBRE ALEJANDRO POZO" (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 6 June 2022.
  4. ^ @U_D_Almeria (June 23, 2022). "𝗚𝗨𝗜 Rojiblanco" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Los jugadores cedidos regresan a sus respectivos equipos tras lograr el objetivo con el Alba" (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 20 June 2022.
  6. ^ "UD Almeria strengthen back-line with signing of Houboulang Mendes". UD Almería. 6 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Martin Svidersky, another 'Red Devil' who signs for UD Almería". UD Almería. 7 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Santos acerta venda de Kaiky para o Almería, da Espanha" (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 11 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Forward Marko Milovanović agrees long-term deal with UD Almería". UD Almería. 11 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Pacheco, un portero con experiencia en Primera, ficha hasta 2026" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 10 August 2022.
  11. ^ "El Almería refuerza su ataque con Leo Baptistao" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 11 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Adrián Embarba se convierte en nuevo jugador de la UD Almería" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 24 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Lázaro Vinicius, otra perla del fútbol brasileño que llega al Almería" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 1 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Gonzalo Melero, otro fichaje de garantías para reforzar la medular" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 1 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Merci El Bilal !" (in French). Stade de Reims. 1 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Accord de principe pour Luis Suarez" (in French). Olympique de Marseille. 5 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Arvin Appiah finaliza su vinculación contractual con el CD Tenerife" (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 30 December 2022.
  18. ^ "Acuerdo con la UD Almería para el traspaso de Diego Mariño" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 25 January 2023.
  19. ^ a b c "Makaridze, Nelson y Aitor Buñuel se despiden del Almería" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 3 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Javi Robles se marcha al Fuenlabrada en calidad de cedido" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 17 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Daniel Carriço deja de pertenecer a la UD Almería" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 19 July 2022.
  22. ^ "El Almería y Juan Villar llegan a un acuerdo para rescindir el contrato" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 22 July 2022.
  23. ^ "JUAN VILLAR, REFUERZO OFENSIVO PARA LA SD HUESCA" (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 5 August 2022.
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  25. ^ "Lazo se marcha traspasado al Espanyol de Barcelona" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 24 August 2022.
  26. ^ "El club y Rosic alcanzan un acuerdo para la rescisión del contrato" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 30 August 2022.
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  35. ^ "El centrocampista rojiblanco Gui Guedes jugará en la Liga SmartBank con el CD Lugo" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 3 February 2023.
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  1. ^ Villarreal are playing their home matches at Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia, instead of their regular stadium, Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal, due to ongoing stadium renovations.
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