# 2016–17 UD Almería season

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

## Squad

    As of 28 June 2017
| 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 (aged 26) | 31 | 0 | – | – | Sevilla | 6 June 2014 | Undisc. | 30 June 2017 |
| 13 | Casto | GK | P. del Guadiana | (1982-06-12)12 June 1982 (aged 34) | 77 | 0 | – | – | Las Palmas | 2 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 42 | Albert Batalla | GK | Balaguer | (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 19) | – | – | – | – | Almería B | 6 September 2016 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Isidoro | RB | Pedrera | (1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 30) | 10 | 0 | – | – | Elche | 30 August 2016 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 3 | Fran Vélez | CB/LB/DM | Tarragona | (1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 25) | 78 | 2 | – | – | Almería B | 13 January 2014 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 4 | Ximo Navarro | RB/CB | Guadahortuna | (1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 27) | 93 | 3 | – | – | Mallorca | 12 June 2014 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 7 | Marco Motta | RB/RW | Merate | (1986-05-14)14 May 1986 (aged 31) | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Free agent | 31 January 2017 | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| 12 | Henrique Sereno | CB | Elvas | (1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 32) | 1 | 0 | – | – | Atlético Kolkata | 31 January 2017 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 14 | Ángel Trujillo | CB | Madrid | (1987-09-08)8 September 1987 (aged 29) | 134 | 1 | – | – | Levante | 5 August 2016 | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| 21 | Nano | LB | Málaga | (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 32) | 37 | 0 | – | – | Panathinaikos | 24 August 2016 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 23 | Jorge Morcillo | CB/LB | Valencia | (1986-03-11)11 March 1986 (aged 31) | 67 | 5 | – | – | Rayo Vallecano | 4 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 35 | Javi Pérez | LB | Almería | (1995-10-22)22 October 1995 (aged 21) | – | – | – | – | Almería B | 6 September 2016 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 36 | Carlos Garrido | CB/RB | Alcalá la Real | (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 28 January 2017 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 46 | Antonio Navas | RB | El Ejido | (1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 6 September 2016 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Borja Fernández | CM/DM | Ourense | (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 36) | 20 | 2 | – | – | Atlético Kolkata | 17 January 2017 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 6 | Pape Maly Diamanka | CM | Dakar | (1990-01-10)10 January 1990 (aged 27) | 17 | 0 | – | – | Zaragoza | 22 July 2016 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 8 | Ramon Azeez | CM/DM | Abuja | (1992-12-12)12 December 1992 (aged 24) | 78 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Almería B | 28 June 2013 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 11 | Javi Álamo | RW/LW/RB | Gáldar | (1988-08-18)18 August 1988 (aged 28) | 6 | 0 | – | – | Osasuna | 17 January 2017 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 15 | Corona (c) | CM/DM/AM | Talavera | (1981-02-12)12 February 1981 (aged 36) | 333 | 22 | – | – | Brisbane Roar | 15 July 2016 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 16 | Fidel | LW/RW | Dehesa de Ríotinto | (1989-10-27)27 October 1989 (aged 27) | 40 | 8 | – | – | Córdoba | 19 July 2016 | €500K | 30 June 2021 |
| 17 | Antonio Puertas | RW/LW/ST | Benahadux | (1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 25) | 53 | 8 | – | – | Almería B | 14 June 2015 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 24 | Joaquín | DM/CB | Huércal de Almería | (1996-05-31)31 May 1996 (aged 21) | 39 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 14 October 2015 | Free | 30 June 2021 |
| 25 | Karim Yoda | LW/RW | Annemasse | (1988-10-25)25 October 1988 (aged 28) | 3 | 0 | – | – | Getafe | 31 January 2017 | Loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 31 | Gaspar | LW | Tarazona la Mancha | (1997-12-09)9 December 1997 (aged 19) | 8 | 1 | – | – | Almería B | 11 September 2014 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 49 | Francisco Callejón | CM | Almería | (1998-05-15)15 May 1998 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 8 April 2017 | Free | Undisclosed |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Quique González | SS/RW/LW | Valladolid | (1990-05-16)16 May 1990 (aged 27) | 89 | 33 | – | – | Guadalajara | 21 May 2014 | Free | 30 June 2021 |
| 10 | José Ángel Pozo | ST | Málaga | (1996-03-15)15 March 1996 (aged 21) | 69 | 5 | – | – | Manchester City | 31 August 2015 | €500K | 30 June 2020 |
| 18 | Juanjo Expósito | ST | Santander | (1985-10-28)28 October 1985 (aged 31) | 21 | 0 | – | – | Llagostera | 16 August 2016 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 19 | Jonathan Zongo | ST/RW | Ouagadougou | (1989-04-06)6 April 1989 (aged 28) | 106 | 7 | 18 | 2 | Almería B | 1 August 2011 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 20 | Kalu Uche | SS/ST/AM | Aba | (1982-11-15)15 November 1982 (aged 34) | 212 | 45 | 36 | 5 | Pune City | 24 February 2017 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 40 | Jesús Sillero | ST | Seville | (1995-10-28)28 October 1995 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 6 September 2016 | Free | 30 June 2017 |

## Coaches

| Name | 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 (aged 37) | Player | 17 May 2016 | Permanent | 26 February 2017 | Sacked | 30 June 2017 |
| Fran Fernández | Almería | (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 (aged 37) | Almería B | 26 February 2017 | Interim | 14 March 2017 | Ended tenure | 30 June 2017 |
| Luis Miguel Ramis | Tarragona | (1970-07-25)25 July 1970 (aged 46) | Free agent | 14 March 2017 | Permanent | | | 30 June 2017 |

### Staff members

| Name | Staff role |
| José Manuel Gil | Assistant coach |
| De la Torre | Fitness coach |
| Sergio Pardo | Fitness coach |
| Ángel Férez | Goalkeeping coach |
| Pepe Morales | Scout |
| Pablo Berenguel | Doctor |
| Fran Simón | Physio |
| Pedro Serrano | Physio |
Source: UD Almería's official website

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| — | DF | Carlos Selfa | 24 | EU | Almería B | Promoted | Summer | 2018 | Free | La Voz de Almería |
| — | DF | Míchel Zabaco | 26 | EU | Cultural Leonesa | Loan return | Summer | 2017 | Free | |
| 18 | DF | Antonio Marín | 20 | EU | Almería B | Promoted | Summer | 2019 | Free | La Voz de Almería |
| — | DF | Charlie Took | 23 | EU | Almería B | Promoted | Summer | 2017 | Free | La Voz de Almería |
| 15 | MF | Corona | 35 | EU | Brisbane Roar | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free | The Courier-Mail |
| 16 | MF | Fidel | 26 | EU | 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 | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | Almería |
| 14 | DF | Ángel Trujillo | 28 | EU | Levante | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Almería |
| 18 | FW | Juanjo Expósito | 30 | EU | Llagostera | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free | Almería |
| 21 | DF | Nano | 31 | EU | Panathinaikos | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | Almería |
| 2 | DF | Isidoro | 30 | EU | Elche | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free | Almería |
| 5 | MF | Borja Fernández | 36 | EU | Atlético Kolkata | Transfer | Winter | 2017 | Free | Almería |
| 11 | MF | Javi Álamo | 28 | EU | Osasuna | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | Free | Almería |
| 12 | DF | Henrique Sereno | 31 | EU | Atlético Kolkata | Transfer | Winter | 2017 | Free | Almería |
| 7 | DF | Marco Motta | 30 | EU | Free agent | Transfer | Winter | 2019 | Free | Almería |
| 25 | MF | Karim Yoda | 28 | EU | Getafe | Loan | Winter | 2017 | Free | Almería |
| 20 | FW | Kalu Uche | 34 | EU | Free agent | Transfer | Winter | 2017 | Free | Almería |
Total spending: €500,000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 8 | MF | Mohammed Fatau | 23 | EU | Granada | Loan return | Summer | Free | La Voz de Almería |
| 25 | MF | Lolo Reyes | 25 | Non-EU | 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 | Loan return | Summer | Free | La Voz de Almería |
| 5 | DF | Carlos Cuéllar | 34 | EU | Free agent | Contract Ended | Summer | Free | |
| 16 | DF | Ernesto Goñi | 31 | EU | Free agent | Contract ended | Summer | Free | La Voz de Almería |
| 2 | DF | Michel Macedo | 26 | EU | Las Palmas | Contract ended | Summer | Free | La Voz de Almería |
| 14 | FW | Kalu Uche | 33 | EU | Free agent | Contract ended | Summer | Free | 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 |
| 11 | DF | Sebastián Dubarbier | 30 | EU | Estudiantes de La Plata | Contract rescinded | Winter | Free | UD Almería |
| 5 | DF | Alex Quintanilla | 26 | EU | Mirandés | Contract rescinded | Winter | Free | UD Almería |
| 28 | DF | Josema | 20 | EU | Murcia | Loan | Winter | Free | Real Murcia |
| 22 | MF | Iván Sánchez | 24 | EU | Albacete | Loan | Winter | Free | UD Almería |
| 7 | MF | Iago Díaz | 23 | EU | Cultural Leonesa | Loan | Winter | Free | Cultural Leonesa |
| 20 | MF | José Ángel | 24 | EU | Free agent | Contract rescinded | Winter | Free | UD Almería |
| | | Fernando Soriano | 37 | EU | Free agent | Contract rescinded | Winter | Free | UD Almería |
Total gaining: €0

#### Balance

Total: €500,000

### Contracts

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date | Source |
| 26 | MF | | Joaquín | 20 | Signed | 4 years | June 2021 | UD Almería |
| 9 | FW | | Quique González | 26 | Signed | 4 years | June 2021 | UD Almería |

## Player statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 29 June 2017
| 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 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Julián Cuesta | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Isidoro | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Fran Vélez | 24 | 1 | 19+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Ximo Navarro | 37 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Borja Fernández | 20 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Pape Maly Diamanka | 17 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Marco Motta | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Ramon Azeez | 22 | 2 | 17+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Quique González | 42 | 16 | 37+4 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | José Ángel Pozo | 36 | 0 | 29+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Javi Álamo | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | POR | Henrique Sereno | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Casto | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Ángel Trujillo | 21 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Corona | 21 | 0 | 4+16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Fidel | 40 | 8 | 37+3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Antonio Puertas | 39 | 8 | 34+5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Juanjo Expósito | 21 | 0 | 3+17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BFA | Jonathan Zongo | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NGA | Kalu Uche | 13 | 2 | 5+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Nano | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Jorge Morcillo | 31 | 2 | 29+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Joaquín | 37 | 0 | 35+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Karim Yoda | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Gaspar | 7 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ESP | Javi Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Carlos Garrido | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | ESP | Jesús Sillero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | ESP | Albert Batalla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | ESP | Antonio Navas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | ESP | Francisco Callejón | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players on loan to other clubs: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ESP | Iago Díaz | 12 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ESP | Chuli | 12 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Iván Sánchez | 10 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Josema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | DF | ESP | Antonio Marín | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | ESP | Carlos Selfa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ESP | Alex Quintanilla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ARG | Sebastián Dubarbier | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | José Ángel | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Quique González | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | MF | 16 | Fidel | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 17 | Antonio Puertas | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | DF | 4 | Ximo Navarro | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 5 | Borja Fernández | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Ramon Azeez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 20 | Kalu Uche | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | 23 | Jorge Morcillo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | 3 | Fran Vélez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 31 | Gaspar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 44 | 0 | 44 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Total | Total |
| 23 | DF | Jorge Morcillo | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Joaquín | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ximo Navarro | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Nano | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Fidel | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Fran Vélez | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Antonio Puertas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Pape Maly Diamanka | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | Ángel Trujillo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Borja Fernández | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Marco Motta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Corona | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Juanjo Expósito | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | José Ángel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ramon Azeez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | José Ángel Pozo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Chuli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Casto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Alex Quintanilla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Isidoro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Iago Díaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Quique González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Henrique Sereno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Iván Sánchez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Gaspar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 124 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 6 |

## Competitions
### Segunda División

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Sevilla Atlético | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 53 | Ineligible for promotion and the Copa del Rey |
| 14 | Gimnàstic | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 52 | |
| 15 | Almería | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 51 | |
| 16 | Zaragoza | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 50 | |
| 17 | Numancia | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 50 | |
* ↑ Rayo Vallecano finished ahead of Sevilla Atlético on head-to-head points: Rayo Vallecano 1–1 Sevilla Atlético, Sevilla Atlético 1–2 Rayo Vallecano
* 1 2 Zaragoza and Numancia finished ahead of Alcorcón on head-to-head points: Zaragoza 7 pts, Numancia 7 pts, Alcorcón 2 pts. Zaragoza finished ahead of Numancia on head-to-head goal difference: Numancia 2–1 Zaragoza, Zaragoza 3–0 Numancia

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 June 2017. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 15 |