2016–17 UD Almería season

UD Almería

2016–17 season

President

Alfonso García Gabarrón

Manager

Stadium

16th

Top goalscorer

League: Quique (7)
All: Quique (7)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2016–17 season is UD Almería's twentieth seventh season of existence and the second consecutive in Segunda División.

Squad

As of 27 November 2016

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	Julián Cuesta	GK	Campotéjar	(1991-03-28) 28 March 1991	31	0	–	–	Sevilla	6 June 2014	Undisc.	30 June 2017
13	Casto	GK	P. del Guadiana	(1982-06-12) 12 June 1982	51	0	–	–	Las Palmas	2 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
42	Albert Batalla	GK	Balaguer	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998	–	–	–	–	Almería B	6 September 2016	Free	30 June 2018
Defenders
2	Isidoro	RB	Pedrera	(1986-08-01) 1 August 1986	1	0	–	–	Elche	30 August 2016	Free	30 June 2017
3	Fran Vélez	CB/LB/DM	Tarragona	(1991-06-13) 13 June 1991	65	2	–	–	Almería B	13 January 2014	Free	30 June 2018
4	Ximo Navarro	RB/CB	Guadahortuna	(1990-01-23) 23 January 1990	72	1	–	–	Mallorca	12 June 2014	Free	30 June 2017
5	Alex Quintanilla	CB	Bilbao	(1990-07-02) 2 July 1990	2	0	–	–	Barakaldo	22 July 2016	Free	30 June 2018
11	Sebastián Dubarbier	LB/LW	La Plata	(1986-02-19) 19 February 1986	95	1	–	–	Córdoba	28 June 2013	Free	30 June 2019
14	Ángel Trujillo	CB	Madrid	(1987-09-08) 8 September 1987	126	1	–	–	Levante	5 August 2016	Free	30 June 2019
21	Nano	LB	Málaga	(1984-10-27) 27 October 1984	14	0	–	–	Panathinaikos	24 August 2016	Free	30 June 2018
23	Jorge Morcillo	CB/LB	Valencia	(1986-03-11) 11 March 1986	50	3	–	–	Rayo Vallecano	4 July 2015	Free	30 June 2018
28	Josema	CB	Lorquí	(1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 19)	1	0	–	–	Almería B	1 December 2015	Free	30 June 2017
35	Javi Pérez	LB	Almería	(1995-10-22) 22 October 1995	–	–	–	–	Almería B	6 September 2016	Free	30 June 2017
46	Antonio Navas	RB	El Ejido	(1995-02-13) 13 February 1995	1	0	–	–	Almería B	6 September 2016	Free	30 June 2017
Midfielders
6	Pape Maly Diamanka	CM	Dakar	(1990-01-10) 10 January 1990	9	0	–	–	Zaragoza	22 July 2016	Free	30 June 2018
7	Iago Díaz	LW/RW/RB	Barcelona	(1993-02-10) 10 February 1993	32	2	–	–	Lugo	12 June 2015	Free	30 June 2018
8	Ramon Azeez	CM/DM	Abuja	(1992-12-12) 12 December 1992	64	4	4	0	Almería B	28 June 2013	Free	30 June 2017
15	Corona (c)	CM/DM/AM	Talavera	(1981-02-12) 12 February 1981	319	22	–	–	Brisbane Roar	15 July 2016	Free	30 June 2017
16	Fidel	LW/RW	Dehesa de Ríotinto	(1989-10-27) 27 October 1989	16	3	–	–	Córdoba	19 July 2016	€500K	30 June 2021
17	Antonio Puertas	RW/LW/ST	Benahadux	(1992-02-21) 21 February 1992	29	5	–	–	Almería B	14 June 2015	Free	30 June 2017
20	José Ángel	CM	Seville	(1992-06-21) 21 June 1992	38	1	–	–	Almería B	14 June 2015	Free	30 June 2019
22	Iván Sánchez	LW/RW	Jaén	(1992-09-23) 23 September 1992	35	0	–	–	Almería B	14 June 2015	Free	30 June 2017
26	Joaquín	CM/DM	Huércal de Almería	(1996-05-31)31 May 1996 (aged 20)	15	0	–	–	Almería B	14 October 2015	Free	30 June 2017
Forwards
9	Quique González	SS/RW/LW	Valladolid	(1990-05-16) 16 May 1990	64	24	–	–	Guadalajara	21 May 2014	Free	30 June 2018
10	José Ángel Pozo	ST	Málaga	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996	46	5	–	–	Manchester City	31 August 2015	€500K	30 June 2020
12	Chuli	ST	Huelva	(1991-01-25) 25 January 1991	45	6	–	–	Betis	9 July 2015	€500K	30 June 2020
18	Juanjo Expósito	ST	Santander	(1985-10-28) 28 October 1985	8	0	–	–	Llagostera	16 August 2016	Free	30 June 2017
19	Jonathan Zongo	ST/RW	Ouagadougou	(1989-04-06) 6 April 1989	106	7	18	2	Almería B	1 August 2011	Free	30 June 2017
40	Jesús Sillero	ST	Seville	(1995-10-28) 28 October 1995	1	0	–	–	Almería B	6 September 2016	Free	30 June 2017

Managers

Name	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Role	Departure	Manner	Contract End
Fernando Soriano		Zaragoza	(1979-09-24) 24 September 1979	Player	17 May 2016	Permanent			30 June 2017

Staff members

Name	Staff role
Juanito	Assistant manager
Jesús Roche	Fitness coach
Ángel Férez	Goalkeeping coach
Pepe Morales	Scout
Antonio Ríos	Doctor
Fran Simón	Physio
Pedro Serrano	Physio

Source: UD Almería's official website

Transfers

Main article: List of Spanish football transfers summer 2016

In

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
—	DF	Carlos Selfa	24	EU	Almería B !Almería B	Promoted	Summer	2018	Free	La Voz de Almería
—	DF	Míchel Zabaco	26	EU	Cultural Leonesa	Loan return	Summer	2017	Free	La Voz de Almería
18	DF	Antonio Marín	20	EU	Almería B !Almería B	Promoted	Summer	2019	Free	La Voz de Almería
—	DF	Charlie Took	23	EU	Almería B !Almería B	Promoted	Summer	2017	Free	La Voz de Almería
15	MF	Corona	35	EU	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	The Courier-Mail
16	MF	Fidel	26	EU	Córdoba !Córdoba	Transfer	Summer	2021	€500K	Almería
5	DF	Alex Quintanilla	26	EU	Barakaldo	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	Almería
6	MF	Pape Maly Diamanka	26	EU	Zaragoza !Zaragoza	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	Almería
14	DF	Ángel Trujillo	28	EU	Levante !Levante	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Almería
18	FW	Juanjo Expósito	30	EU	Llagostera !Llagostera	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	Almería
21	DF	Nano	31	EU	Panathinaikos !Panathinaikos	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	Almería
2	DF	Isidoro	30	EU	Elche !Elche	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	Almería

Total spending: €500,000

Out

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
8	MF	Mohammed Fatau	23	EU	Granada !Granada	Loan return	Summer	Free	La Voz de Almería
25	MF	Lolo Reyes	25	Non-EU	Betis !Betis	Loan return	Summer	Free	La Voz de Almería
6	DF	Esteban Saveljich	25	EU	Racing Club	Loan return	Summer	Free	La Voz de Almería
11	MF	Juan Ramírez	23	EU	Colorado Rapids !Colorado Rapids	Loan return	Summer	Free	La Voz de Almería
5	DF	Carlos Cuéllar	34	EU	Free agent !Free agent	Contract Ended	Summer	Free
16	DF	Ernesto Goñi	31	EU	Free agent !Free agent	Contract ended	Summer	Free	La Voz de Almería
2	DF	Michel Macedo	26	EU	Las Palmas !Las Palmas	Contract ended	Summer	Free	La Voz de Almería
14	FW	Kalu Uche	33	EU	Free agent !Free agent	Contract ended	Summer	Free	La Voz de Almería
—	DF	Michel Zabaco	27	EU	Cartagena	Contract rescinded	Summer	Free	FC Cartagena
—	MF	Carlos Selfa	24	EU	Linense	Loan	Summer	Free	La Voz de Almería
—	DF	Antonio Marín	20	EU	Granada B	Loan	Summer	Free	Almería
—	DF	Charlie Took	23	EU	Arandina	Contract rescinded	Summer	Free	Vavel

Total gaining: €0

Balance

Total: €500,000

Contracts

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source

Last updated:

Player statistics

Squad statistics

As of 27 November 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Segunda División		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Julián Cuesta	2	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF		Isidoro	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Fran Vélez	11	1	10+1	1	0	0
4	DF		Ximo Navarro	16	0	16	0	0	0
5	DF		Alex Quintanilla	2	0	1	0	1	0
6	MF		Pape Maly Diamanka	9	0	5+4	0	0	0
7	MF		Iago Díaz	11	0	3+7	0	1	0
8	MF		Ramon Azeez	8	2	7+1	2	0	0
9	FW		Quique González	17	7	12+4	7	1	0
10	FW		José Ángel Pozo	13	0	10+3	0	0	0
11	DF		Sebastián Dubarbier	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
12	FW		Chuli	9	0	4+4	0	0+1	0
13	GK		Casto	15	0	15	0	0	0
14	DF		Ángel Trujillo	13	0	13	0	0	0
15	MF		Corona	7	0	1+5	0	1	0
16	MF		Fidel	16	3	15+1	3	0	0
17	MF		Antonio Puertas	15	5	14+1	5	0	0
18	FW		Juanjo Expósito	8	0	1+6	0	1	0
19	FW		Jonathan Zongo	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
20	MF		José Ángel	8	0	5+2	0	1	0
21	DF		Nano	14	0	14	0	0	0
22	MF		Iván Sánchez	8	0	1+6	0	1	0
23	DF		Jorge Morcillo	14	0	14	0	0	0
26	MF		Joaquín	13	0	11+1	0	1	0
28	DF		Josema	1	0	0	0	1	0
35	DF		Javi Pérez	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW		Jesús Sillero	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
42	GK		Albert Batalla	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF		Antonio Navas	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players on loan to other clubs:
—	DF		Antonio Marín	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF		Carlos Selfa	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Segunda División	Total
1	FW	9	Quique González	7	7
2	MF	17	Antonio Puertas	5	5
3	MF	16	Fidel	3	3
4	MF	8	Ramon Azeez	2	2
5	DF	3	Fran Vélez	1	1
			TOTALS	18	18

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Segunda División		Copa del Rey		Total
23		DF	Jorge Morcillo	7	0	0	0	7	0
6		MF	Pape Maly Diamanka	5	2	0	0	5	2
3		DF	Fran Vélez	4	1	0	0	4	1
14		DF	Ángel Trujillo	4	0	0	0	4	0
16		MF	Fidel	4	0	0	0	4	0
21		DF	Nano	4	0	0	0	4	0
26		MF	Joaquín	4	0	0	0	4	0
4		DF	Ximo Navarro	2	0	0	0	2	0
12		FW	Chuli	2	0	0	0	2	0
20		MF	José Ángel	1	0	1	0	2	0
5		DF	Alex Quintanilla	1	1	0	0	1	1
8		MF	Ramon Azeez	1	1	0	0	1	1
7		MF	Iago Díaz	1	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Quique González	1	0	0	0	1	0
13		GK	Casto	1	0	0	0	1	0
15		MF	Corona	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Antonio Puertas	1	0	0	0	1	0
18		FW	Juanjo Expósito	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Iván Sánchez	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	46	5	1	0	47	5

Competitions

Pre-season/Friendlies

23 July 2016	Almería	3 – 0	Almería B	Almería
	Ximo Navarro 10' Pozo 14' Chuli 20'	Report		Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos

27 July 2016	Águilas	0 – 4	Almería	Águilas
	Juanjo Manzano	Report	9' Corona 57' Chuli 69' Joaquín 79' Jonathan 87' Iago Díaz	Stadium: El Rubial Referee: Sánchez Navarro

3 August 2016	Almería	1 – 0	UCAM Murcia	Murcia
	Ximo Navarro 25' Pozo 57'	Report	38' Nono	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Jorge Díaz Escudero

6 August 2016	Almería	2 – 2	Levante	Murcia
	Quintanilla 16' Antonio Puertas 21' Fran Vélez 41' Pozo 79' 84'	Report	48' Roger 82' Rafael Martins	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Juan Antonio Campos Salinas

10 August 2016	Almería	2 – 1	Sevilla Atlético	Marbella
	Azeez 28' Chuli 35' José Ángel 58' Diamanka 88'	Report	42' Lasso 55' Schetino 76' Curro	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Referee: José Antonio Martínez Tejada

Segunda División

Main article: 2016–17 Segunda División

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Mirandés	17	4	7	6	17	22	−5	19
19	Alcorcón	17	5	4	8	12	18	−6	19	Relegation to Segunda División B
20	Almería	17	4	6	7	18	21	−3	18
21	UCAM Murcia	17	4	6	7	18	21	−3	18
22	Gimnàstic	17	3	7	7	15	22	−7	16

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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
16	4	6	6	18	20	−2	18	4	3	1	14	6	+8	0	3	5	4	14	−10

Last updated: 27 November 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	D
Position	11	21	9	11	16	20	19	21	21	21	18	21	19	20	16	17

Last updated: 27 November 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

19 August 2016 1	Almería	1 – 1	Cádiz	Almería
22:00	Azeez 69' Fran Vélez 80'	Report	53' Mantecón 61' Ortuño 66' Juanjo	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 8,771 Referee: Francisco Arias López

27 August 2016 2	Oviedo	2 – 0	Almería	Oviedo
19:00	Jonathan Pereira 48' Nando 54' 61' Linares 77' Toché 86'	Report	37' 60' Diamanka 51' Iago Díaz 60' Morcillo 60' Ximo Navarro	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 12,604 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

3 September 2016 3	Almería	3 – 0	Rayo Vallecano	Almería
18:00	Antonio Puertas 42' Azeez 45' Fidel 76'	Report	36' Ebert 38' Zuculini	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,826 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

11 September 2016 4	Girona	3 – 3	Almería	Girona
20:00	Herrera 18' Pons 39' Sandaza 41' 55' Longo 83' Coris 87'	Report	19' Fran Vélez 29' Quique 45' Nano 47' Antonio Puertas 75' Corona 78' Fidel 86' Trujillo	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 4,917 Referee: Víctor Areces Franco

18 September 2016 5	Almería	0 – 1	Tenerife	Almería
12:00	Trujillo 5' Nano 34' Diamanka 86'	Report	34' Lozano 37' Crosas 82' (o.g.) Ximo Navarro 90+2' Camille	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,950 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

21 September 2016 6	UCAM Murcia	4 – 0	Almería	Murcia
22:00	Tito 14' Góngora 56' (pen.) Kitoko 57' Natalio 64' Juanma 90+1'	Report	26' Fidel 32' 60' Quintanilla 44' Joaquín 55' Diamanka	Stadium: La Condomina Attendance: 2,985 Referee: David Pérez Pallas

24 September 2016 7	Almería	0 – 0	Lugo	Almería
18:00	Azeez 38' 65'	Report	51' Seoane 72' Miquel 83' Perea 90+4' Calavera	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 6,882 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

1 October 2016 8	Huesca	2 – 0	Almería	Huesca
16:00	Juanjo 36' Vadillo 51' Vera 90+2'	Report	41' Antonio Puertas 45' Diamanka 50' Joaquín 63' Morcillo	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 2,538 Referee: Oliver de la Fuente Ramos

9 October 2016 9	Almería	2 – 2	Levante	Almería
18:00	Joaquín 4' Quique 16' (pen.) 90' Nano Morcillo 88' Trujillo 90+4'	Report	32' Iván López 47' Roger 55' Jason	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,308 Referee: Juan Pulido Santana

15 October 2016 10	Alcorcón	0 – 0	Almería	Alcorcón
18:00	David Navarro 22' Toribio 52' Manuel 70' Iván González 90+4'	Report	8' 24' Fran Vélez 15' Fidel 34' Joaquín 73' Morcillo 77' Casto 90+4' Juanjo	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 2,276 Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández Ortega

23 October 2016 11	Almería	3 – 0	Gimnàstic	Almería
17:00	Antonio Puertas 28' 68' Quique 70' 90+2' Trujillo 72' Fidel 85'	Report	19' 52' Valentín 32' Molina 85' Muñiz	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,223 Referee: Gorka Saguez Oscoz

29 October 2016 12	Zaragoza	2 – 1	Almería	Zaragoza
19:00	Ros 14' 41' Lanzarote 60' Ángel 68' José Enrique 70' Zapater 78' Silva 80'		31' Morcillo 45' Ximo Navarro 67' Fran Vélez 79' (pen.) Quique 80' Chuli 84' Iván Sánchez	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 15,184 Referee: Isidro Diaz de Mera

6 November 2016 13	Almería	3 – 1	Córdoba	Almería
20:00	Fidel 14' Quique 23' José Ángel 26' Fran Vélez 38'		19' Ramos 45' (o.g.) Trujillo 55' Rodas 82' Rodri	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 8,017 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

13 November 2016 14	Sevilla Atlético	1 – 0	Almería	Seville
18:00	González 13' 48' 72' Cotán 50' Ivil 50' Schetino 90+4'		49' Quique 50' Nano 75' Fidel 81' Chuli	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 7,326 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

18 November 2016 15	Almería	2 – 1	Elche	Almería
22:00	Antonio Puertas 29' Quique 58' Morcillo 85'		14' (o.g.) Ximo Navarro 26' Armando 64' Álex 78' Liberto 89' Guillermo 90+1' Nino	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 6,988 Referee: Jorge Vldés Aller

26 November 2016 16	Valladolid	0 – 0	Almería	Valladolid
20:00	Mata 43' 64'	Report	26' Morcillo 59' 68' Diamanka	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 7,495 Referee: David Medié Jiménez

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2016–17 Copa del Rey

6 September 2016 2	Almería	0 – 2	Rayo Vallecano	Almería
22:00	José Ángel 55'	Report	10' 63' 89' Aguirre 34' Amaya 60' Comesaña 67' Galán 78' Zuculini 89' Mojica	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

References

Unión Deportiva Almería S.A.D.

History Players Managers Seasons Statistics Honours Current season

Teams	UD Almería UD Almería B

History	Athletic Almería UD Almería (1947–1953) * Atlético Almería (1953–1960) CD Hispania (–1964) * CD Almería (1964–1969) AD Almería (1971–1982) Poli. Almería (1983–present)

Home stadium	Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos

Training ground	Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas La Manga Stadium

Seasons	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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Domestic leagues

La Liga
Segunda División (Play-Off 2ª)
2ª División B (Play-Off 2ªB)
3ª División (Play-Off 3ª)

Domestic cups

European competitions

Related to national teams

Men	2018 FIFA World Cup (Qualifying Group G) 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Qualifying Group 6) 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (Qualifying Group TBD) 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Qualifying Group 9) Vicente del Bosque Julen Lopetegui

Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 (Qualification Group 2) 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (Qualifying Group 8) 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (Qualifying Group TBD) Jorge Vilda

Women's football

Primera División
Segunda División
Regional leagues
Copa de la Reina
Champions League

Youth football

Club seasons

La Liga	Alavés Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Betis Celta Vigo Deportivo La Coruña Eibar Espanyol Granada Las Palmas Leganés Málaga Osasuna Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Sporting Gijón Valencia Villarreal

Segunda División	Alcorcón Almería Cádiz Córdoba Elche Getafe Gimnàstic Girona Huesca Levante Lugo Mallorca Mirandés Numancia Oviedo Rayo Vallecano Reus Deportiu Sevilla Atlético Tenerife UCAM Murcia Valladolid Zaragoza

Segunda División B	Barcelona B Burgos Lleida Esportiu Recreativo

Summer transfers
Winter transfers

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