2021–22 UD Almería season

The 2021–22 season was 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 participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

UD Almería
2021–22 season
OwnerTurki Al-Sheikh
PresidentTurki Al-Sheikh
Head coachRubi
StadiumEstadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Segunda División1st (promoted)
Copa del ReyRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Umar Sadiq (18)

All:
Umar Sadiq (19)

Players

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First-team squad

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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

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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
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

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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
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

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  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'
Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Referee: Juan Peña Varela
4 August 2021 Friendly Almería   2–1   Real Betis Algeciras, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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

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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 %
Segunda División 16 August 2021 29 May 2022 Matchday 1 Winners 42 24 9 9 68 35 +33 057.14
Copa del Rey 30 November 2021 6 January 2022 First round Round of 32 3 1 1 1 4 4 +0 033.33
Total 45 25 10 10 72 39 +33 055.56

Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

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League table

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Pos Team 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]
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[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Almería finished ahead of Valladolid on head-to-head points: Almería 3–1 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–2 Almería.

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
42 24 9 9 68 35  +33 81 14 4 3 38 15  +23 10 5 6 30 20  +10

Last updated: 29 May 2022.
Source: La Liga SmartBank

Results by round

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GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWLWLWWWDLWWWWWWWDDWLDLLLWWWWLDWLDWDWWWWDD
Position125243111211111111111111322222222322221121
Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2022. Source: La Liga SmartBank
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Urritxe
Referee: Víctor García Verdura
4 September 2021 4 Almería 2–0 Málaga Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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)
Report Stadium: El Toralín
Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo
17 September 2021 6 Alcorcón 0–4 Almería Alcorcón
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
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)
Report
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
Report
Stadium: Estadi Montilivi
Attendance: 4,904
Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana
9 October 2021 9 Almería 1–1 Las Palmas Almería
18:15 CET
Report
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
Report
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 Report 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
Report
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
Report
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
Report
Stadium: El Molinón
Attendance: 11,980
Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón
7 November 2021 15 Almería 2–0 Burgos Almería
18:15 CET
Report
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
Report
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
Report
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
Report
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
Report
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
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
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
Report
Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria
Attendance: 9,827
Referee: David Gálvez Rascón
19 January 2022 21 Lugo 2–1 Almería Lugo
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Anxo Carro
Referee: Gorka Sagues Oscoz
24 January 2022 24 Almería 0–2 Eibar Almería
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 7,843
Referee: Daniel Trujillio
29 January 2022 25 Real Oviedo 2–0 Almería Oviedo
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere
Attendance: 10,543
Referee: Javier Iglesias
4 February 2022 26 Almería 2–0 Ibiza Almería
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 7,993
Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón
12 February 2022 27 Málaga 0–1 Almería Málaga
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium
Attendance: 17,267
Referee: Jon González Esteban
20 February 2022 28 Almería 2–1 Mirandés Almería
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 8,432
Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández
25 February 2022 29 Almería 3–1 Fuenlabrada Almería
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 8,506
Referee: Víctor García Verdura
4 March 2022 30 Real Zaragoza 2–0 Almería Zaragoza
21:00 CET
Report Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 14,000
Referee:   Daniel Trujillo Suárez
12 March 2022 31 Almería 3–3 Lugo Almería
18:15 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 10,053
Referee:   Juan Pulido Santana
21 March 2022 32 Tenerife 0–1 Almería Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Attendance: 15,007
Referee:   Olivier De La Fuente
27 March 2022 33 Almería 0–1 Girona Almería
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 9,260
Referee:   Gorka Sagués Oscoz
3 April 2022 34 Huesca 1–1 Almería Huesca
18:15 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio El Alcoraz
Attendance: 5,832
Referee:   José López Toca
11 April 2022 35 Almería 3–0 Ponferradina Almería
21:00 CET
Report Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 9,836
Referee:   Daniel Trujillo Suárez
16 April 2022 36 Real Valladolid 2–2 Almería Valladolid
18:15 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla
Attendance: 19,608
Referee:   Francisco Hernández Maeso
25 April 2022 37 Almería 1–0 Sporting Gijón Almería
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 9,897
Referee:   Jon González Esteban
30 April 2022 38 Burgos 0–2 Almería Burgos
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio El Plantío
Attendance: 8,479
Referee:   Juan Pulido Santana
7 May 2022 39 Almería 3–0 Amorebieta Almería
18:15 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 13,478
Referee:   Javier Iglesias Villanueva
13 May 2022 40 Real Sociedad B 0–2 Almería San Sebastián
21:00 CET Report
Stadium: Reale Arena
Attendance: 8,140
Referee:   Iván Caparrós Hernández
21 May 2022 41 Almería 1–1 Alcorcón Almería
22:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 14,759
Referee:   Raúl González Francés
29 May 2022 42 Leganés 2–2 Almería Leganés
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque
Attendance: 8,645
Referee:   Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

Copa del Rey

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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
Stadium: Estadio El Rubial
Referee:   Saúl Ais Reig
16 December 2021 Second Round Amorebieta 1–2 Almería Amorebieta-Etxano
19:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Urritxe
Referee:   Eduardo Prieto Iglesias
6 January 2022 Round Of 32 Almería 1–2 Elche Almería
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Referee:   Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Player statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of 11 July 2022
No. Pos Nat Player Total Segunda División Copa del Rey
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   GEO Giorgi Makaridze 4 0 1 0 3 0
13 GK   ESP Fernando 42 0 41 0 0+1 0
33 GK   ESP Diego Fuoli 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   ESP Aitor Buñuel 14 0 8+5 0 1 0
3 DF   ESP Iván Martos 14 0 8+3 0 2+1 0
12 DF   ESP Juanjo Nieto 19 0 4+12 0 3 0
15 DF   EQG Sergio Akieme 32 1 25+5 1 2 0
19 DF   BRA Rodrigo Ely 12 3 12 3 0 0
20 DF   ESP Álex Centelles 23 0 17+5 0 1 0
21 DF   ESP Chumi 27 1 24+1 1 1+1 0
22 DF   SRB Srđan Babić 40 1 35+2 1 3 0
23 DF   POR Daniel Carriço 6 0 3+3 0 0 0
24 DF   POR Nélson Monte 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF   ESP David Cuenca 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF   ESP Aitor Puñal 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF   ESP Íñigo Eguaras 14 1 6+8 1 0 0
5 MF   ARG Lucas Robertone 27 4 24+2 4 1 0
6 MF   ESP César de la Hoz 43 0 35+5 0 1+2 0
8 MF   ESP Francisco Portillo 40 3 32+7 3 0+1 0
10 MF   ESP Curro Sánchez 37 2 11+24 2 1+1 0
14 MF   ESP Javi Robles 10 0 1+9 0 0 0
16 MF   ESP José Carlos Lazo 33 5 15+17 5 0+1 0
17 MF   ESP Alejandro Pozo 40 3 34+5 3 0+1 0
26 MF   ESP Arnau Puigmal 34 5 13+20 5 1 0
30 MF   POR Samú Costa 40 0 38 0 1+1 0
32 MF   BEL Largie Ramazani 33 9 25+5 8 1+2 1
36 MF   ESP Mamadou Sylla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW   ESP Juan Villar 14 2 1+11 1 2 1
9 FW   NGA Umar Sadiq 38 19 34+2 18 1+1 1
11 FW   POR Dyego Sousa 26 5 4+20 5 1+1 0
28 FW   ESP Raúl Caballero 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0
31 FW   ENG Arvin Appiah 35 2 11+21 1 3 1
34 FW   ESP Carlos Rojas 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW   ESP Carlos Gilbert 2 0 0+1 0 1 0
Players on loan to other clubs
18 DF   SRB Nikola Maraš 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   ESP Dani Albiar 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW   URU Juan Manuel Gutiérrez 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
4 DF   ESP Juan Ibiza 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ESP Sergio Aguza 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ARG Valentín Vada 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers

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Place Position Nation Number Name Segunda División Copa del Rey Total
1 FW   9 Umar Sadiq 18 1 19
2 MF   32 Largie Ramazani 8 1 9
3 FW   11 Dyego Sousa 5 0 5
MF   16 José Carlos Lazo 5 0 5
MF   26 Arnau Puigmal 5 0 5
6 MF   5 Lucas Robertone 4 0 4
7 MF   8 Francisco Portillo 3 0 3
MF   17 Alejandro Pozo 3 0 3
DF   19 Rodrigo Ely 3 0 3
10 MF   10 Curro Sánchez 2 0 2
FW   7 Juan Villar 1 1 2
FW   31 Arvin Appiah 1 1 2
13 MF   4 Íñigo Eguaras 1 0 1
DF   15 Sergio Akieme 1 0 1
DF   21 Chumi 1 0 1
DF   22 Srđan Babić 1 0 1
Own goals 6 0 6
TOTALS 68 4 72

Disciplinary record

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Number Nation Position Name Segunda División Copa del Rey Total
                       
30   MF Samú Costa 12 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 0
22   DF Srđan Babić 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
5   MF Lucas Robertone 7 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 1
6   MF César de la Hoz 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
32   MF Largie Ramazani 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
9   FW Umar Sadiq 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
19   DF Rodrigo Ely 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
11   FW Dyego Sousa 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
15   DF Sergio Akieme 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1
10   MF Curro Sánchez 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
3   DF Iván Martos 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
8   MF Francisco Portillo 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16   MF José Carlos Lazo 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
26   MF Arnau Puigmal 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
20   DF Álex Centelles 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
4   MF Íñigo Eguaras 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
12   DF Juanjo Nieto 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
14   MF Javi Robles 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
31   FW Arvin Appiah 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
7   FW Juan Villar 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1   GK Giorgi Makaridze 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2   DF Aitor Buñuel 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17   MF Alejandro Pozo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21   DF Chumi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 90 1 3 7 0 0 97 1 3

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. ^ "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.