2020–21 UD Almería season

UD Almería
2020–21 season
Owner	Turki Al-Sheikh
President	Turki Al-Sheikh
Head coach	José Manuel Gomes
Stadium	Juegos Mediterráneos
Segunda División	4th
Play-offs	Semi-finals
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Umar Sadiq (20); All: ; Umar Sadiq (22)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 5 June 2021.

The 2020–21 UD Almería season was the club's 31st season in existence and the club's sixth 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. The season covered the period from 17 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Squad[]

As of 6 June 2021

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	Giorgi Makaridze	GK	Tbilisi	(1990-03-31)31 March 1990 (aged 31)	34	0	15	0	Vitória Setúbal	12 September 2020	Free	30 June 2022
13	Fernando (c)	GK	Murcia	(1990-06-10)10 June 1990 (aged 30)	48	0	–	–	UCAM Murcia	5 July 2017	Free	30 June 2021
30		GK	Ronda	(1997-05-05)5 May 1997 (aged 24)	0	0	–	–	Almería B	1 April 2021	Free	30 June 2021
39		GK	Blanes	(2001-03-16)16 March 2001 (aged 20)	1	0	–	–	Almería B	12 August 2020	Free	N/A
Defenders
2	Aitor Buñuel	RB	Tafalla	(1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (aged 23)	20	0	–	–	Racing Santander	15 September 2020	Free	30 June 2022
12	Álex Centelles	LB	Valencia	(1999-08-30)30 August 1999 (aged 21)	15	0	–	–	Valencia	2 October 2020	Free	30 June 2022
15	Sergio Akieme	LB	Madrid	(1997-12-16)16 December 1997 (aged 23)	40	2	–	–	Barcelona	19 September 2020	Loan	30 June 2021
18	Nikola Maraš	CB	Belgrade	(1995-12-19)19 December 1995 (aged 25)	71	4	2	0	Chaves	22 August 2020	Undisc.	30 June 2024
20	Iván Balliu	RB	Caldes	(1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 29)	67	1	2	0	Metz	12 August 2019	Free	30 June 2021
21	Chumi	CB	A Laracha	(1999-03-02)2 March 1999 (aged 22)	16	1	–	–	Barcelona B	10 September 2020	Free	30 June 2022
24	Jorge Cuenca	CB	Madrid	(1999-11-17)17 November 1999 (aged 21)	37	3	–	–	Villarreal	22 September 2020	Loan	30 June 2021
25	Ivanildo Fernandes	CB	Amadora	(1996-03-26)26 March 1996 (aged 25)	17	0	–	–	Sporting	31 December 2020	Loan	30 June 2021
Midfielders
5	Manu Morlanes	CM	Zaragoza	(1999-01-12)12 January 1999 (aged 22)	38	1	–	–	Villarreal	7 September 2020	Loan	30 June 2021
6	César de la Hoz	CM	Orejo	(1992-03-30)30 March 1992 (aged 29)	103	3	–	–	Betis	4 July 2018	Free	30 June 2022
8	Radosav Petrović	CM	Ub	(1989-03-08)8 March 1989 (aged 32)	59	1	44	2	Sporting CP	19 August 2019	Undisc.	30 June 2022
10	Ager Aketxe	AM	Bilbao	(1993-12-30)30 December 1993 (aged 27)	29	6	–	–	Deportivo La Coruña	7 September 2020	Free	30 June 2022
11	Brian Rodríguez	RW	Tranqueras	(2000-05-20)20 May 2000 (aged 21)	16	0	9	3	Los Angeles FC	1 February 2021	Loan	30 June 2021
14	Lucas Robertone	CM	Concordia	(1997-03-18)18 March 1997 (aged 24)	31	4	–	–	Vélez Sarsfield	1 October 2020	€3.4M	30 June 2025
16	José Carlos Lazo	LW	Sanlúcar	(1996-02-16)16 February 1996 (aged 25)	79	14	–	–	Getafe	20 August 2019	€ 4M	30 June 2024
17	José Corpas	RW	Baños de la Encina	(1991-07-07)7 July 1991 (aged 29)	125	19	–	–	Marbella	3 July 2018	Free	30 June 2022
19	João Carvalho	AM/LW	Castanheira de Pera	(1997-03-09)9 March 1997 (aged 24)	36	0	–	–	Nottingham Forest	29 September 2020	Loan	30 June 2021
22	Samú Costa	CM	Aveiro	(2000-11-27)27 November 2000 (aged 20)	40	2	–	–	Braga	25 July 2020	Loan	30 June 2021
23	Fran Villalba	AM	Valencia	(1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 23)	53	5	–	–	Birmingham	27 August 2020	Loan	30 June 2021
27	Dani Albiar	AM/ST	Cartagena	(2000-01-08)8 January 2000 (aged 21)	4	0	–	–	Almería B	18 December 2019	Free	30 June 2021
32	Largie Ramazani	LW/RW	Sint-Agatha-Berchem	(2001-07-27)27 July 2001 (aged 19)	29	5	–	–	Manchester United	24 August 2020	Free	30 June 2025
Forwards
3		ST	Sant Cebrià	(2002-02-10)10 February 2002 (aged 19)	2	0	–	–	Valencia Mestalla	5 October 2020	Undisc.	30 June 2024
4	Guilherme Schettine	ST	Gama	(1995-10-10)10 October 1995 (aged 25)	7	0	–	–	Braga	1 February 2021	Loan	30 June 2021
7	Juan Villar	ST/RW	Cortegana	(1988-05-19)19 May 1988 (aged 33)	32	3	–	–	Osasuna	9 July 2019	€400K	30 June 2023
9	Umar Sadiq	ST	Kaduna	(1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 24)	43	22	–	–	Partizan	5 October 2020	€5M	30 June 2025
34	Juan Manuel Gutiérrez	ST/LW	Atlántida	(1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 24)	0	0	–	–	Danubio	13 September 2020	€3M	30 June 2025

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
—	GK	René Román	36	EU	Ponferradina	Loan return	Summer	2021	Free
—	GK	Dragan Rosić	23	EU	Celta B	Loan return	Summer	2024	Free
—	DF	Mathieu Peybernes	29	EU	Lugo	Loan return	Summer	2022	Free
—	MF	Chema	22	EU	Albacete	Loan return	Summer	2021	Free
—	MF	Mario Abenza	24	EU	Sanluqueño	Loan return	Summer	2021	Free
—	MF	Yanis Rahmani	25	EU	Lugo	Loan return	Summer	2021	Free
18	DF	Nikola Maraš	24	EU	Chaves	Transfer	Summer	2024	Undisclosed	UD Almería
—	MF	Largie Ramazani	19	EU	Manchester United	Transfer	Summer	2025	Free	UD Almería
10	MF	Fran Villalba	22	EU	Birmingham City	Loan	Summer	2021	Free	UD Almería

Total spending: €0

Out[]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK	Antonio Sivera	24	EU	Alavés	Loan return	Summer	Free
2	DF	Francis Guerrero	24	EU	Betis	Loan return	Summer	Free
7	MF	Enzo Fernández	25	EU	Aves	Loan return	Summer	Free
10	MF	Fran Villalba	22	EU	Birmingham City	Loan return	Summer	Free
11	FW	Juan Muñoz	24	EU	Leganés	Loan return	Summer	Free
14	MF	Wilfrid Kaptoum	24	EU	Betis	Loan return	Summer	Free
19	MF	Ante Ćorić	23	EU	Roma	Loan return	Summer	Free
22	DF	Valentine Ozornwafor	21	EU	Galatasaray	Loan return	Summer	Free
24	DF	David Costas	25	EU	Celta	Loan return	Summer	Free
36	FW	Iván Barbero	21	EU	Osasuna	Loan return	Summer	Free
30	GK		25	EU	Logroñés	Loan	Summer	Free	UD Almería

Total gaining: €0

Balance

Total: €1,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 September 2020 Friendly	Real Betis	2–0	Almería	Marbella, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bartra 28' Ruibal 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella Attendance: 0 Referee: Alejandro Ruiz Aguilera

5 September 2020 Friendly	Espanyol	4–0	Almería	San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Tomás 43' Wu Lei 55' Darder 62' Campuzano 67'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Peña Varela

9 September 2020 Friendly	Cádiz	1–1	Almería	San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Negredo 44' (pen.)	Report	Albiar 54'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Alejandro Ruiz Aguilera

Competitions[]

Overview[]

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	13 September 2020	30 May 2021	Matchday 1	4th	42	21	10	11	61	40	+21	050.00
Segunda División promotion play-offs	2 June 2021	5 June 2021	Semi-finals	Semi-finals	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Copa del Rey	16 December 2020	2 February 2021	First round	Quarter-finals	5	3	1	1	11	3	+8	060.00
Total					49	24	12	13	72	46	+26	048.98

Last updated: 5 June 2021
Source: Soccerway

Segunda División[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Mallorca (P)	42	24	10	8	54	28	+26	82^[a]	Promotion to La Liga
3	Leganés	42	21	10	11	51	31	+20	73^[b]	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Almería	42	21	10	11	61	40	+21	73^[b]
5	Girona	42	20	11	11	47	36	+11	71
6	Rayo Vallecano (O, P)	42	19	10	13	52	40	+12	67

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]
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Head-to-head points: Espanyol: 4, Mallorca: 1
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Leganés: 4, Almería: 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
42	21	10	11	61	40	+21	73	10	8	3	34	18	+16	11	2	8	27	22	+5

Last updated: 30 May 2021.
Source: La Liga

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	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W
Position	12	17	12	15	18	21	20	18	14	9	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2021. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.^[2]^[3]

27 September 2020 3	Lugo	0–2	Almería	Lugo
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Akieme 8', 50' 58' Aketxe 12' Costa 26' Lazo 71'	Stadium: Estadio Anxo Carro Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández Ortega

4 October 2020 4	Almería	0–1	Sporting Gijón	Almería
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Pablo García 39' Díaz 49' López 56' Čumić 67' Đurđević 74' Manu García 76' Milovanov 81'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

10 October 2020 5	UD Logroñés	1–0	Almería	Logroño
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Andy 78'	Report	Balliu 31' Villalba 45+3' Costa 62'	Stadium: Estadio Las Gaunas Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Oliver De La Fuente Ramos

17 October 2020 6	Las Palmas	2–0	Almería	Las Palmas
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Araujo 7', 76' Lemos 14' Pejiño 28' Iemello 90+3'	Report	Carvalho 55' Aketxe 62' Balliu 65'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Iñaki Bikandi Garrido

21 October 2020 7	Almería	1–1	Cartagena	Almería
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Maraš 14' De la Hoz 35' Balliu 61' Sadiq 65'	Report	Castro 17' Forniés 62'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

24 October 2020 8	Almería	3–0	Fuenlabrada	Almería
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Morlanes 2' Corpas 42', 64', 76' (pen.)	Report	Ciss 22' 74' Antonio Cristian 54' Diéguez 69' Sotillos 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

28 October 2020 9	Castellón	1–2	Almería	Castellón de la Plana
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jorge Fernández 61' Gálvez 90' Mateu 90'	Report	Corpas 43' Villalba 47' Costa 50' Lazo 81' Sadiq 90+5' Petrović 90+5'	Stadium: Nou Estadi Castàlia Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

1 November 2020 10	Almería	0–0	Girona	Almería
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 35' Ramazani 90+6'	Report	Ramalho 28' Juan Carlos 70' Cristóforo 78' Monchu 82' Bustos 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

5 November 2020 1	Sabadell	1–2	Almería	Sabadell
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Édgar Hernández 17' Undabarrena 34' Stoichkov 39' Grego 53' Coch 60' Pena 85'	Report	Aketxe 13' (pen.) Centelles 22' Peybernes 39' 41' De la Hoz 57' Balliu 65' Ramazani 70' 90+3' Buñuel 73'	Stadium: Nova Creu Alta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

8 November 2020 11	Rayo Vallecano	0–1	Almería	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Advíncula 27' Andrés Martín 55' Velázquez 74' Comesaña 82'	Report	Akieme 50' Villalba 60' Sadiq 61' 79' Cuenca 90+5'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

14 November 2020 12	Almería	2–1	Mirandés	Almería
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Villalba 17' Sadiq 45+1' Petrović 90'	Report	Martínez 42', 66' Gómez 57' Muñoz 80' Vivian 89'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Rafael Sánchez López

23 November 2020 13	Albacete	1–2	Almería	Albacete
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gorosito 15' Boyomo 53' Azamoum 70' Álvaro Jiménez 78' (pen.), 83' Nadal 90+6'	Report	Corpas 16' (pen.) Cuenca 26', 84' Morlanes 34' Makaridze 77' Costa 82' Balliu 87' Akieme 90+1' Ramazani 90+2'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

26 November 2020 14	Almería	2–0	Tenerife	Almería
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Robertone 31' Lazo 51' (pen.) Corpas 71' Sadiq 75' (pen.)	Report	Folch 40' Wilson 48' Santana 49'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

30 November 2020 15	Oviedo	1–2	Almería	Oviedo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Blanco 65' Arribas 74' Nieto 74' Sánchez 86'	Report	Corpas 27' (pen.), 79' Costa 57' Akieme 90+2' Lazo 90+4'	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

3 December 2020 16	Almería	0–1	Mallorca	Almería
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chumi 5' Sadiq 21' De la Hoz 25' Centelles 51' Corpas 90+6'	Report	Sánchez 36' Mohammed 39' De Galarreta 87' Prats 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

6 December 2020 17	Alcorcón	0–1	Almería	Alcorcón
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Corpas 46' Sadiq 59' Costa 72' Makaridze 83'	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José Antonio López Toca

9 December 2020 2	Almería	1–0	Zaragoza	Almería
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sadiq 59' 70' Centelles 64' Buñuel 90+1'	Report	Azón 36' Chavarría 42' Francés 77'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández Ortega

13 December 2020 18	Almería	3–1	Málaga	Almería
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sadiq 11' Aketxe 15' Maraš 22' 78' Corpas 60' Ramazani 70', 90+3' Balliu 85' Petrović 88' Cuenca 90+2'	Report	Muñoz 45+3' Mejías 60' Chavarría 80'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez

20 December 2020 19	Espanyol	2–1	Almería	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Tomás 9', 84' (pen.) Darder 25'	Report	Balliu 43' Corpas 51' (pen.), 83'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

3 January 2021 20	Almería	3–1	Ponferradina	Almería
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sadiq 2', 21', 29' Maraš 45' Akieme 76' Petrović 83'	Report	Morán 58' Sánchez 82'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

24 January 2021 22	Almería	2–2	Sabadell	Almería
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fernandes 23' Costa 38', 90+4' Sadiq 76'	Report	Cornud 36' Rubio 66' Juan Hernández 84'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

30 January 2021 23	Almería	3–1	Castellón	Almería
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Corpas 26' Sadiq 78' Cuenca 80'	Report	Jamelli 61' Gálvez 87'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

6 February 2021 24	Fuenlabrada	1–1	Almería	Fuenlabrada
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pulido 28' Cristóbal 65' Nteka 83'	Report	Balliu 24' Sadiq 30' 53' Costa 87' Villalba 89'	Stadium: Fernando Torres Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Gorka Sagues Oscoz

14 February 2021 25	Almería	3–1	Las Palmas	Almería
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fernandes 20' Costa 26' Juan Villar 28', 45+2' (pen.), 48' Robertone 43' Akieme 54'	Report	Mújica 53' Castellano 72'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jon Ander González Esteban

17 February 2021 21	Leganés	2–1	Almería	Leganés
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bastón 48' Omeruo 90+5'	Report	Sadiq 8' Centelles 35' Ramazani 41' Petrović 52'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

21 February 2021 26	Mallorca	2–0	Almería	Palma de Mallorca
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Galarreta 31' Prats 44' (pen.) Sevilla 69', 80' Oliván 90+2' Mohammed 90+4'	Report	Maraš 43' Makaridze 44' Balliu 45+1' Costa 50' Villar 63'	Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

27 February 2021 27	Almería	4–1	Lugo	Almería
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Sadiq 11' Fernandes 41' Lazo 48' Corpas 69', 75' Balliu 85'	Report	Barreiro 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

7 March 2021 28	Girona	0–1	Almería	Girona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Terrats 49' Espinosa 90+4'	Report	Costa 27' Morlanes 50' Sadiq 72' Villar 90+4' Maraš 90+7'	Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

15 March 2021 29	Almería	0–0	Alcorcón	Almeria
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Balliu 56' Villar 90' Sadiq 90+1'	Report	José León 77' Castro 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Oliver De La Fuente

21 March 2021 30	Ponferradina	2–1	Almería	Ponferrada
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yuri 32' 60' Amo 46' Morán 75' Delgado 90'	Report	Villalba 16' Cuenca 39' Costa 41' Carvalho 48' Makaridze 83' Schettine 84'	Stadium: El Toralín Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguia

27 March 2021 31	Almería	1–1	Leganés	Almeria
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Fernandes 2' Morlanes 90+1', 90+2' Maraš 90+8'	Report	Pérez 16' Sergio González 45+1' Omeruo 73' Riesgo 90+1' Muñoz 90+10' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José Antonio López Toca

30 March 2021 32	Málaga	0–3	Almería	Málaga
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mejías 36'	Report	Robertone 12' Lazo 29' Makaridze 73' Sadiq 77'	Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

2 April 2021 33	Almería	0–1	Rayo Vallecano	Almeria
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Robertone 31' Morlanes 33' Fernandes 54' 70' Corpas 56' Balliu 59'	Report	Catena 26' Antoñín 44' Valentín 49' Á. García 86' Bebé 89'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz

11 April 2021 34	Zaragoza	2–1	Almería	Zaragoza
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adrián 10' Carlos Nieto 18' Azón 80' Chavarría 84'	Report	Costa 17' Robertone 32', 34' Balliu 57' Petrović 59' Corpas 84' 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio La Romareda Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

19 April 2021 35	Almería	1–1	Espanyol	Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sadiq 50' Makaridze 71'	Report	Dimata 58' De Tomás 69' Darder 74'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

25 April 2021 36	Mirandés	1–1	Almería	Miranda de Ebro
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berrocal 12', 48' Martínez 35'	Report	Robertone 21' Corpas 37' (pen.) Costa 41' Fernandes 53' Cuenca 78' Akieme 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Anduva Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

1 May 2021 37	Almería	2–2	Oviedo	Almería
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Corpas 17' Sadiq 22' (pen.), 30'	Report	Obeng 54' Grippo 83'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

7 May 2021 38	Tenerife	0–1	Almería	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alberto 41' Moore 73' Pomares 80' González 84'	Report	Robertone 53' Maraš 59' Ramazani 69'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

15 May 2021 39	Almería	1–1	Albacete	Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lazo 28', 43' Akieme 90'	Report	Ortuño 19' Jiménez 23' Peña 69' Noguerol 70' Kecojević 72' Isaac 90+3' Bernabé 90+5' Torres 90+7'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

18 May 2021 40	Cartagena	3–2	Almería	Cartagena
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delmás 21' José Ángel 25' Castro 41', 47' Navas 66' De Blasis 82' (pen.), 83' Elady 90+3'	Report	Costa 36' Sadiq 45+1' Ramazani 54' (pen.), 76' Makaridze 81'	Stadium: Cartagonova Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

24 May 2021 41	Almería	2–1	UD Logroñés	Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sadiq 2', 45' Chumi 27'	Report	López 44' Acevedo 68' Sierra 70'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso

30 May 2021 42	Sporting Gijón	0–2	Almería	Gijón
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Aketxe 56', 71'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Promotion play-offs[]

2 June 2021 SF First leg	Girona	3–0	Almería	Girona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bárcenas 3' Couto 5' Juanpe 52' Franquesa 54' Sylla 65'	Report	Balliu 27' Ramazani 30' Makaridze 85'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

5 June 2021 SF Second leg	Almería	0–0 (0–3 agg.)	Girona	Almería
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fernandes 39' Buñuel 43' Robertone 52' Costa 56'	Report	Kebe 67' Sylla 89'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Copa del Rey[]

16 December 2020 First round	L'Hospitalet	1–4	Almería	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Carmona 46'	Report	Appiah 26' 39' (o.g.) Ramazani 89' Aketxe 90+2'	Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L'Hospitalet Referee: José Antonio López Toca

6 January 2021 Second round	Numancia	1–2	Almería	Soria
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moha 20' 58' (pen.) San Emeterio 83' Cotán 90+3'	Report	Petrović 38' Robertone 44', 90+1' De la Hoz 45+1' Ramazani 54' Chumi 68'	Stadium: Los Pajaritos Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

16 January 2021 Round of 32	Almería	5–0	Alavés	Almería
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sadiq 8', 45+1', 70' Costa 37' Corpas 42' Aketxe 45' Battaglia 52' (o.g.) Villar 81' (pen.)	Report	Pina 35'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

27 January 2021 Round of 16	Almería	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Osasuna	Almería
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fernandes 116'	Report	D. García 68' Vidal 72' Oier 119'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre
	Penalties
	Akieme Corpas Sadiq Ramazani De la Hoz Carvalho		Torres Moncayola Calleri Sánchez Barja D. García

2 February 2021 Quarter-finals	Almería	0–1	Sevilla	Almería
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Corpas 69' Chumi 81'	Report	Ocampos 67'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Player statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 6 June 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Segunda División		Copa del Rey		Play-offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Giorgi Makaridze	34	0	32	0	1	0	1	0
13	GK	ESP	Fernando	14	0	10+1	0	2	0	1	0
30	GK	ESP		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	GK	ESP		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Aitor Buñuel	19	0	12+3	0	3	0	1	0
12	DF	ESP	Álex Centelles	15	0	11+2	0	1	0	1	0
15	DF	EQG	Sergio Akieme	39	2	31+3	2	3	0	1+1	0
18	DF	SRB	Nikola Maraš	31	1	28+2	1	0	0	1	0
20	DF	ALB	Iván Balliu	35	0	30+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
21	DF	ESP	Chumi	15	1	9+1	1	3	0	2	0
24	DF	ESP	Jorge Cuenca	36	3	30+5	3	1	0	0	0
25	DF	POR	Ivanildo Fernandes	17	0	12+2	0	0+2	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ESP	Manu Morlanes	38	1	30+5	1	1	0	2	0
6	MF	ESP	César de la Hoz	25	0	12+9	0	3	0	1	0
8	MF	SRB	Radosav Petrović	30	0	10+17	0	2+1	0	0	0
10	MF	ESP	Ager Aketxe	29	6	20+5	4	1+1	2	1+1	0
11	MF	URU	Brian Rodríguez	16	0	5+11	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ARG	Lucas Robertone	30	4	14+11	2	3+1	2	0+1	0
16	MF	ESP	José Carlos Lazo	41	4	22+14	4	1+2	0	1+1	0
17	MF	ESP	José Corpas	44	12	24+15	12	1+2	0	0+2	0
19	MF	POR	João Carvalho	35	0	19+13	0	1+1	0	1	0
22	MF	POR	Samu Costa	39	2	32+3	2	1+1	0	1+1	0
23	MF	ESP	Fran Villalba	34	3	17+13	3	2+2	0	0	0
27	MF	ESP	Dani Albiar	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
32	MF	BEL	Largie Ramazani	28	5	7+16	4	2+1	1	2	0
Forwards
3	FW	ESP		2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
4	FW	BRA	Guilherme Schettine	7	0	0+7	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	ESP	Juan Villar	31	3	7+18	2	1+3	1	1+1	0
9	FW	NGA	Umar Sadiq	42	22	33+5	20	1+1	2	2	0
34	FW	URU	Juan Manuel Gutiérrez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players on loan to other clubs
4	DF	FRA	Mathieu Peybernes	6	0	3+1	0	2	0	0	0
25	GK	SRB	Dragan Rosić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ESP	Francisco Callejón	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ESP		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	ENG	Arvin Appiah	4	1	0+1	0	2+1	1	0	0
—	DF	ESP	Iván Martos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	BRA	Jonathan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	ESP	Juan Ibiza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	ESP	Sergio Aguza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	ARG	Valentín Vada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	FRA	Yanis Rahmani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	ESP	Rubén Enri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club midway through the season
11	FW	URU	Cristian Olivera	4	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0
26	FW	POR	Pedro Mendes	10	0	2+8	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers[]

Place	Position	Number	Name	Segunda División	Copa del Rey	Total
1	FW	9	Umar Sadiq	20	2	22
2	MF	17	José Corpas	12	0	9
3	MF	10	Ager Aketxe	4	2	6
4	MF	32	Largie Ramazani	4	1	5
5	MF	16	José Carlos Lazo	4	0	4
5	MF	14	Lucas Robertone	2	2	4
6	DF	24	Jorge Cuenca	3	0	3
	MF	23	Fran Villalba	3	0	3
	FW	7	Juan Villar	2	1	3
7	DF	15	Sergio Akieme	2	0	2
7	MF	22	Samú Costa	2	0	2
8	MF	5	Manu Morlanes	1	0	1
	DF	18	Nikola Maraš	1	0	1
	DF	21	Chumi	1	0	1
	FW	31	Arvin Appiah	0	1	1
			Own goals	0	2	2
			TOTALS	61	11	72

Disciplinary record[]

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Segunda División			Copa del Rey			Play-offs			Total
22		MF	Samú Costa	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	0	0
20		DF	Iván Balliu	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0
9		FW	Umar Sadiq	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0
17		MF	José Corpas	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0
25		DF	Ivanildo Fernandes	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
1		GK	Giorgi Makaridze	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
32		MF	Largie Ramazani	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
18		DF	Nikola Maraš	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
8		MF	Radosav Petrović	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
14		MF	Lucas Robertone	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
15		DF	Sergio Akieme	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1
5		MF	Manu Morlanes	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7		FW	Juan Villar	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
12		DF	Álex Centelles	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
16		MF	José Carlos Lazo	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
24		DF	Jorge Cuenca	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
2		DF	Aitor Buñuel	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
6		MF	César de la Hoz	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
23		MF	Fran Villalba	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10		MF	Ager Aketxe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19		MF	João Carvalho	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21		DF	Chumi	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4		DF	Mathieu Peybernes	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
4		FW	Guilherme Schettine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11		MF	Cristian Olivera	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
			TOTALS	124	6	1	9	0	0	7	0	0	140	6	1

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.^[4]

References[]

^ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Este será el calendario de Segunda División para la temporada 2020/21". rfef.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
^ "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2020/21". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
^ "Bundesliga is welcoming back fans; when will Premier League, La Liga and Serie A follow suit?". ESPN. 15 September 2020.

External links[]

Official website

[table_hth_ESP0.19965235711991-1] Head-to-head points: Espanyol: 4, Mallorca: 1

[table_hth_LEG0.19965235711991-2] Head-to-head points: Leganés: 4, Almería: 1

[Covid-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.^[4]

[3] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[4] "Este será el calendario de Segunda División para la temporada 2020/21". rfef.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

[5] "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2020/21". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

[6] "Bundesliga is welcoming back fans; when will Premier League, La Liga and Serie A follow suit?". ESPN. 15 September 2020.

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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	21	10	11	61	40	+21	73	10	8	3	34	18	+16	11	2	8	27	22	+5

v t Unión Deportiva Almería S.A.D.
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 / CD Almería (1960–1969) AD Almería (1971–1982)
Home stadium	Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Training ground	Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas La Manga Stadium
Seasons	1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	21	10	11	61	40	+21	73	10	8	3	34	18	+16	11	2	8	27	22	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	21	10	11	61	40	+21	73	10	8	3	34	18	+16	11	2	8	27	22	+5