2018–19 UD Almería season

UD Almería
2018–19 season
President	Alfonso García Gabarrón
Manager	Fran Fernández
Stadium	Juegos Mediterráneos
Segunda División	17th
Copa del Rey	3rd round
Top goalscorer	League: Álvaro Giménez; José Corpas; Luis Rioja (1); All: 5 players (1)
Highest home attendance	9,118 vs. Málaga (3 Sep)
Lowest home attendance	6,667 vs. Tenerife (26 Aug)
Average home league attendance	7,679
Home colours	Away colours

The 2018–19 season is UD Almería's twentieth eighth season of existence and the fourth consecutive in Segunda División.

Squad

As of 17 September 2018

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	René Román	GK	El Bosque	(1983-12-15) 15 December 1983	46	0	–	–	Girona	5 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
13	Fernando	GK	Murcia	(1990-06-10) 10 June 1990	3	0	–	–	UCAM Murcia	5 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
30	Guille Lara	GK	San Roque	(1996-07-13) 13 July 1996	–	–	–	–	Valladolid B	11 July 2018	Free	Undisclosed
Defenders
2	Fran Rodríguez	RB/RW	Almuñécar	(1995-05-22) 22 May 1995	22	2	–	–	Zaragoza	12 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
3	Lucien Owona	CB	Douala	(1990-08-09) 9 August 1990	22	0	1	0	Alcorcón	22 July 2017	Free	30 June 2020
4	José Romera	RB	Xirivella	(1987-09-08) 8 September 1987	5	0	–	–	Dinamo București	12 July 2018	Free	30 June 2019
5	Ángel Trujillo	CB	Madrid	(1987-09-08) 8 September 1987	158	1	–	–	Levante	5 August 2016	Free	30 June 2019
11	Samu de los Reyes	LB	Seville	(1992-02-15) 15 February 1992	–	–	–	–	GIF Sundsvall	29 June 2018	Free	30 June 2019
15	Juan Ibiza	CB	Ibiza	(1995-08-17) 17 August 1995	4	0	–	–	Villarreal	16 July 2018	Loan	30 June 2019
18	Andoni López	LB	Barakaldo	(1996-04-05) 5 April 1996	4	0	–	–	Athletic Bilbao	18 August 2018	Loan	30 June 2019
21	Nano	LB	Málaga	(1984-10-27) 27 October 1984	73	0	–	–	Panathinaikos	24 August 2016	Free	30 June 2019
22	Adri Montoro	RB/CB	Terrassa	(1995-01-04) 4 January 1995	1	1	–	–	Sporting B	29 June 2018	Free	30 June 2021
24	Esteban Saveljich	CB	Tandil	(1991-05-20) 20 May 1991	19	1	4	0	Levante	31 August 2018	Loan	30 June 2019
27	Igor Engonga	CB	Santander	(1996-01-04) 4 January 1996	0	0	11	1	Almería B	1 June 2018	Free	Undisclosed
29	Iván Martos	LB/CB	Manresa	(1997-05-15) 15 May 1997	1	0	–	–	Almería B	7 December 2017	Free	Undisclosed
32	Antonio Navas	RB	El Ejido	(1995-02-13) 13 February 1995	3	0	–	–	Almería B	6 September 2016	Free	Undisclosed
Midfielders
6	César de la Hoz	CM	Orejo	(1992-03-30) 30 March 1992	5	0	–	–	Betis	4 July 2018	Free	30 June 2020
7	Gaspar	LW	Tarazona la Mancha	(1997-12-09) 9 December 1997	33	2	–	–	Almería B	11 September 2014	Free	30 June 2021
8	Chema	RW/AM	La Puebla del Río	(1997-09-16) 16 September 1997	5	0	–	–	Almería B	27 June 2018	Free	30 June 2019
10	Juan Carlos	AM/LW/CM	A Coruña	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996	5	0	–	–	Tenerife	27 July 2018	Free	30 June 2019
12	Juanjo Narváez	AM/LW/RW	Pasto	(1995-02-12) 12 February 1995	4	0	–	–	Betis	31 August 2018	Loan	30 June 2019
14	Luis Rioja	LW/RW	Seville	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993	6	1	–	–	Marbella	23 July 2018	Undisc.	30 June 2020
16	Sergio Aguza	CM/AM	Sant Boi de Llobregat	(1992-09-02) 2 September 1992	4	0	–	–	Córdoba	13 July 2018	Free	30 June 2020
17	José Corpas	RW	Baños de la Encina	(1991-07-07) 7 July 1991	5	1	–	–	Marbella	3 July 2018	Free	30 June 2020
23	Joaquín Arzura	DM/CM	Campana	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993	4	0	–	–	River Plate	16 July 2018	Loan	30 June 2019
25	Yan Eteki	DM/CM	Yaoundé	(1997-08-26) 26 August 1997	3	0	–	–	Sevilla B	23 August 2018	Undisc.	30 June 2020
26	Francisco Callejón	CM	Pujaire	(1998-05-15) 15 May 1998	3	0	–	–	Almería B	8 April 2017	Free	Undisclosed
28	Javi Moreno	LW	Almería	(1996-06-14)14 June 1996 (aged 21)	0	0	–	–	Almería B	13 May 2018	Free	Undisclosed
33	Sergio Pérez	RW	Gerena	(1997-06-04) 4 June 1997	1	0	–	–	Almería B	17 May 2018	Free	Undisclosed
36	Mario Abenza	CM	Murcia	(1996-02-19) 19 February 1996	–	–	–	–	Almería B	17 July 2018	Free	Undisclosed
39	Lin Liangming	RW/LW	Shantou	(1997-06-04) 4 June 1997	2	0	–	–	Real Madrid B	29 July 2018	Loan	30 June 2019
Forwards
9	Pablo Caballero	ST	Totoras	(1986-07-21) 21 July 1986	31	3	–	–	Lugo	17 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
19	Sekou Gassama	ST	Granollers	(1995-05-06) 6 May 1995	3	1	–	–	Almería B	14 December 2017	Free	30 June 2020
20	Álvaro Giménez	ST/LW	Elche	(1991-05-19) 19 May 1991	4	1	–	–	Alcorcón	2 July 2018	Free	30 June 2020

Transfers

In

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
19	FW	Sekou Gassama	23	EU	Almería B	Promoted	Summer	2019	Free	Cadena SER
8	MF	Chema	20	EU	Almería B	Promoted	Summer	2019	Free	La Voz de Almería
22	DF	Adri Montoro	23	EU	Sporting Gijón B	Transfer	Summer	2021	Free	UD Almería
11	DF	Samu de los Reyes	26	EU	GIF Sundsvall	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
20	FW	Álvaro Giménez	27	EU	Alcorcón	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	UD Almería
17	MF	José Corpas	26	EU	Marbella	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	UD Almería
6	MF	César de la Hoz	26	EU	Betis	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	UD Almería
4	DF	José Romera	30	EU	Dinamo București	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
16	MF	Sergio Aguza	25	EU	Córdoba	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	UD Almería
15	DF	Juan Ibiza	22	EU	Villarreal	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
23	MF	Joaquín Arzura	25	EU	River Plate	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
—	FW	Dani Suárez	23	EU	Free agent	Trial	Summer	2018	Free	Ideal
14	MF	Luis Rioja	24	EU	Marbella	Transfer	Summer	2020	Undisclosed	UD Almería
10	MF	Juan Carlos	27	EU	Tenerife	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
18	DF	Andoni López	22	EU	Athletic Bilbao	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
25	MF	Yan Eteki	20	EU	Sevilla Atlético	Transfer	Summer	2020	Undisclosed	UD Almería
24	DF	Esteban Saveljich	28	EU	Levante	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
12	MF	Juanjo Narváez	23	EU	Betis	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería

Total spending: €0

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
23	DF	Jorge Morcillo	32	EU	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Contract ended	Summer	Free	UD Almería
6	MF	Mandi	29	EU	Free agent	Contract ended	Summer	Free	UD Almería
8	MF	Tino Costa	33	EU	San Martín de Tucumán	Contract ended	Summer	Free	UD Almería
11	MF	Javi Álamo	29	EU	Free agent	Contract ended	Summer	Free	UD Almería
30	DF	Pervis Estupiñán	20	Non-EU	Watford	Loan return	Summer	Free	UD Almería
4	MF	Verza	31	EU	Levante	Loan return	Summer	Free	UD Almería
18	MF	Sulayman Marreh	22	EU	Watford	Loan return	Summer	Free	UD Almería
14	MF	Rubén Alcaraz	27	EU	Girona	Loan return	Summer	Free	UD Almería
17	MF	Lass Bangoura	26	EU	Rayo Vallecano	Loan return	Summer	Free	UD Almería
9	FW	Juan Muñoz	22	EU	Sevilla	Loan return	Summer	Free	UD Almería
22	FW	Edoardo Soleri	20	EU	Roma	Loan return	Summer	Free	UD Almería
16	MF	Fidel	28	EU	Las Palmas	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	UD Almería
7	DF	Marco Motta	32	EU	Omonia	Contract rescinded	Summer	Free	Marca
19	FW	Hicham Khaloua	23	EU	Castellón	Loan	Summer	Free	CD Castellón
10	MF	José Ángel Pozo	22	EU	Rayo Vallecano	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	UD Almería
24	DF	Joaquín	22	EU	Valladolid	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	UD Almería

Total gaining: €0

Balance

Total: €0

Managers

Name	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Role	G	W	D	L	%	Departure	Manner	Contract End
Fran Fernández		Almería	(1980-03-20) 20 March 1980	Almería B	24 April 2018	Permanent	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	07001400000000000000♠40.00			30 June 2019
Jesús Muñoz		Mota del Cuervo	(1976-01-01) 1 January 1976	Almería	3 September 2018	Interim^{[lower-roman 1]}	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	005000000000000000000♠0.00	3 September 2018	End of spell	30 June 2019

↑ Interim for the match against Málaga (3 September), as Fran Fernández was suspended.

Staff members

Name	Staff role
Jesús Muñoz	Assistant manager
Víctor Fortes	Fitness coach
Edu Frapoli	Fitness coach
Ricardo Molina	Goalkeeping coach
Misael Rivas	Doctor
Fran Simón	Physio
Pedro Serrano	Physio

Source: UD Almería's official website

Player statistics

Squad statistics

As of 17 September 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Segunda División		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		René	4	0	4	0	0	0
2	DF		Fran Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Lucien Owona	1	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF		José Romera	5	0	5	0	0	0
5	DF		Ángel Trujillo	4	0	3	0	1	0
6	MF		César de la Hoz	5	0	3+1	0	1	0
7	MF		Gaspar	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Chema	5	0	1+3	0	1	0
9	FW		Pablo Caballero	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
10	MF		Juan Carlos	5	0	5	0	0	0
11	DF		Samu de los Reyes	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Juanjo Narváez	4	0	0+3	0	1	0
13	GK		Fernando	2	0	1	0	1	0
14	MF		Luis Rioja	6	1	5	1	0+1	0
15	DF		Juan Ibiza	4	0	2+1	0	1	0
16	MF		Sergio Aguza	4	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
17	MF		José Corpas	5	1	4+1	1	0	0
18	DF		Andoni López	4	0	4	0	0	0
19	FW		Sekou Gassama	3	1	1+1	0	0+1	1
20	FW		Álvaro Giménez	4	1	4	1	0	0
21	DF		Nano	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF		Adri Montoro	1	1	0	0	1	1
23	MF		Joaquín Arzura	4	0	4	0	0	0
24	DF		Esteban Saveljich	2	0	2	0	0	0
25	MF		Yan Eteki	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
26	MF		Francisco Callejón	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Igor Engonga	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Javi Moreno	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Iván Martos	1	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK		Guille Lara	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF		Antonio Navas	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Sergio Pérez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
36	MF		Mario Abenza	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Lin Liangming	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players on loan to other clubs:
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
24	DF		Joaquín	2	0	2	0	0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Segunda División	Copa del Rey	Total
1	MF	14	Luis Rioja	1	0	1
	MF	17	José Corpas	1	0	1
	FW	20	Álvaro Giménez	1	0	1
	FW	19	Sekou Gassama	0	1	1
	DF	22	Adri Montoro	0	1	1
Own goals				1	0	1
			TOTALS	4	2	6

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Segunda División			Copa del Rey			Total
5		DF	Ángel Trujillo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14		MF	Luis Rioja	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
19		FW	Sekou Gassama	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6		MF	César de la Hoz	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
—		M	Fran Fernández	—	—	1	—	—	0	—	—	1
3		DF	Lucien Owona	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8		MF	Chema	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15		DF	Juan Ibiza	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18		DF	Andoni López	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25		MF	Yan Eteki	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16		MF	Sergio Aguza	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
17		MF	José Corpas	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
22		DF	Adri Montoro	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
29		DF	Iván Martos	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
			TOTALS	10	1	1	6	0	0	16	1	1

Competitions

Pre-season/Friendlies

18 July 2018	Almería	0 – 0	MK Dons	Murcia
19:00	Arzura 70'	Report	13' Nesbitt 57' Lewington	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

21 July 2018	Águilas	0 – 5	Almería	Águilas
20:00		Report	32' 38' Álvaro 45' Sergio Pérez 61' Sekou 82' (o.g.) Rubén Primo	Stadium: El Rubial

25 July 2018	Almería	0 – 1	Valladolid	Marbella
20:00	Sekou 14'	Report	9' Robles 23' Nacho 87' Moi	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

29 July 2018	Almería	0 – 1	Tenerife	Marbella
20:00	Arzura 46' Sekou 60'	Report	16' 39' Alberto	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

31 July 2018	Almería	1 – 1	Málaga	Marbella
19:00	Sekou 75' (pen.)	Report	9' Harper 59' Ricca	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

4 August 2018	El Ejido	0 – 3	Almería	El Ejido
20:00		Report	46' 67' Chema 90+1' Álvaro	Stadium: Santo Domingo Referee: José Antonio Sánchez

8 August 2018	Melilla	0 – 4	Almería	Motril
20:45	Garrido 59'	Report	25' 42' De la Hoz 32' 53' Corpas 56' 76' Álvaro	Stadium: Escribano Castilla Referee: Luis Alcoba Montes

10 August 2018	Elche	1 – 0	Almería	Elche
20:45	Villar 68'	Report	74' Ibiza 84' Navas	Stadium: Martínez Valero Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera

Segunda División

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Mallorca	9	4	2	3	10	8	+2	14	Qualification to promotion play-offs
7	Albacete	9	3	4	2	14	10	+4	13
8	Almería	9	4	1	4	11	8	+3	13
9	Numancia	9	3	4	2	10	10	0	13
10	Sporting Gijón	9	3	3	3	9	7	+2	12

Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 2018. Source: LaLiga
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]

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
5	1	1	3	4	7	−3	4	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	4	−3

Last updated: 17 September 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	W
Position	20	16	18	20	17

Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2018. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17 August 2018 1	Cádiz	1 – 0	Almería	Cádiz
20:00	Matos 30' Agra 56' José Mari 71' Álex 76' Aketxe 88'	Report	2' Sekou 28' Owona 50' Rioja 52' Chema	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 13,582 Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

26 August 2018 2	Almería	1 – 1	Tenerife	Almería
22:00	Rioja 22' Trujillo 42' de la Hoz 49', 54' Eteki 83' López 88' Fran Fernández 89'		16' Luis Pérez 28' 81' Malbašić 30' Cámara 90+3' Naranjo	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 6,667 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera

3 September 2018 3	Almería	0 – 1	Málaga	Almería
21:00	Ibiza 90'		24' Harper 88' Boulahroud 90+3' N'Diaye	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 9,118 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

8 September 2018 4	Osasuna	3 – 1	Almería	Pamplona
16:00	Villar 14' Aridane 37' Rubén García 65' (pen.) Barja 69'		16' Álvaro 60' Trujillo	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 12,818 Referee: David Pérez Pallas

16 September 2018 5	Almería	2 – 1	Zaragoza	Almería
18:30	Grippo 65' (o.g.) Corpas 88'		67' Lasure	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,251 Referee: Víctor Areces Franco

Copa del Rey

11 September 2018 2nd round	Málaga	1 – 2	Almería	Málaga
18:45	Héctor 45+1' (pen.) Lacen 54' Juankar 58' Boulahroud 61'		45+1' Corpas 53' Martos 65' 65' 90+3' Sekou 78' 89' Montoro 85' Rioja 90+6' Aguza	Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández Ortega

References

↑ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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[1] Interim for the match against Málaga (3 September), as Fran Fernández was suspended.

[2] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

Unión Deportiva Almería S.A.D.
History Players Managers Seasons Statistics Honours Current season
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