# 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.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 March 2022
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

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

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) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 055.56 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Almería (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 81 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Valladolid (P) | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 71 | 43 | +28 | 81 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 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 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Tenerife | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 69 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
* 1 2 Almería finished ahead of Valladolid on head-to-head points: Almería 3–1 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–2 Almería.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 May 2022. Source: La Liga SmartBank

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

### Copa del Rey
## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 11 July 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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

| 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 |
| 3 | MF | | 16 | José Carlos Lazo | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | | 26 | Arnau Puigmal | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | | 5 | Lucas Robertone | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | 8 | Francisco Portillo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | 17 | Alejandro Pozo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | 19 | Rodrigo Ely | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | 10 | Curro Sánchez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | 7 | Juan Villar | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | 31 | Arvin Appiah | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | | 4 | Íñigo Eguaras | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | 15 | Sergio Akieme | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | 21 | Chumi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | 22 | Srđan Babić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 68 | 4 | 72 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Segunda División | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Total | Total | 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 |