# 2023–24 UD Almería season

The 2023–24 season was Unión Deportiva Almería's 35th season in existence and second consecutive season in La Liga, the top flight of association football in Spain. They also competed in the Copa del Rey.
On 3 February 2024, Almeria lost 2–1 to Valencia, thus reaching 23 matches from the start of the season without a win, putting them in dubious company alongside the infamous 1997–98 Sporting Gijón team, the only other side in La Liga history to fail to win any of their opening 23 matches. Almería then overtook Sporting Gijón's record following a 0–0 draw at home to Athletic Bilbao in their following match. On 18 February, Almería drew 1–1 away at Granada, breaking Levante's previous record of 28 consecutive matches without a win in La Liga. On 27 April, the club was formally relegated to the second division following a 1–3 home defeat against Getafe.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 5 February 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Diego Mariño |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Edgar González |
| 4 | MF | GHA | Iddrisu Baba (on loan from Mallorca) |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Lucas Robertone |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Dion Lopy |
| 7 | MF | BEL | Largie Ramazani |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Jonathan Viera |
| 9 | FW | COL | Luis Suárez |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Adrián Embarba |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Gonzalo Melero |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Léo Baptistão |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Fernando Martínez |
| 15 | FW | HON | Choco Lozano (on loan from Getafe) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Radovanović |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Pozo |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Marc Pubill |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Sergio Arribas |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Álex Centelles |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Chumi |
| 22 | DF | MEX | César Montes |
| 23 | FW | MLI | Ibrahima Koné |
| 24 | DF | MOZ | Bruno Langa (on loan from Chaves) |
| 25 | GK | POR | Luís Maximiano (on loan from Lazio) |
| 29 | FW | SRB | Marko Milovanović |
| 38 | FW | ARG | Luka Romero (on loan from AC Milan) |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Marcos Peña |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Paco Sanz |
| 29 | FW | MAR | Rachad Fettal |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Carlos Ballestero |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Miguel Peña |
| 37 | GK | ESP | Bruno Iribarne |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | Arnau Solà (at Cartagena until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | BRA | Kaiky (at Albacete until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | GNB | Houboulang Mendes (at Mirandés until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | POR | Gui Guedes (at Porto B until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | SVK | Martin Šviderský (at Murcia until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Arnau Puigmal (at Elche until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | BRA | Lázaro (at Palmeiras until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ENG | Arvin Appiah (at Rotherham United until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ESP | Carlos Rojas (at Murcia until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | GNB | Marciano Sanca (at Alcorcón until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Luis Suárez | Marseille | €8,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Edgar González | Real Betis | €4,500,000 | 6 July 2023 |
| FW | Ibrahima Koné | Lorient | €7,500,000 | 16 August 2023 |
| GK | Luís Maximiano | Lazio | Loan | 16 August 2023 |
| DF | César Montes | Espanyol | €14,000,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Aleksandar Radovanović | Kortrijk | Free | 20 January 2024 |
| MF | Luka Romero | AC Milan | Loan | 22 January 2024 |
| FW | Anthony Lozano | Getafe | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| DF | Bruno Langa | Chaves | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| MF | Jonathan Viera | Unattached | Free | 6 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | César de la Hoz | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Francisco Portillo | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Nikola Maraš | Alavés | €1,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Srđan Babić | Spartak Moscow | €5,000,000 | 21 August 2023 |
| MF | Gui Guedes | Porto B | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Sergio Akieme | Reims | €6,000,000 | 1 February 2024 |
| DF | Houboulang Mendes | Mirandés | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| DF | Kaiky | Albacete | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| FW | Lázaro | Palmeiras | Loan | 7 February 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| La Liga | 11 August 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 19th | 38 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 75 | −32 | 007.89 |
| Copa del Rey | 31 October 2023 | 6 December 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 45 | 76 | −31 | 010.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Las Palmas | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 40 | |
| 17 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 38 | |
| 18 | Cádiz (R) | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Almería (R) | 38 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 75 | −32 | 21 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 20 | Granada (R) | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 79 | −41 | 21 | Relegation to Segunda División |
* ↑ Mallorca finished ahead of Las Palmas on head-to-head points: Las Palmas 1–1 Mallorca, Mallorca 1–0 Las Palmas.
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points. Almería finished ahead of Granada on overall goal difference.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Position | Players | LaLiga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| FW | Sergio Arribas | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| MF | Léo Baptistão | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| FW | Luis Suárez | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| MF | Largie Ramazani | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| MF | Adri Embarba | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | Anthony Lozano | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | Luka Romero | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| DF | Edgar González | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| FW | Marko Milovanović | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| DF | Bruno Langa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Gonzalo Melero | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Marc Pubill | 1 | 0 | 1 |