# 2020–21 UD Las Palmas season

The 2020–21 season was the 72nd season in existence of Unión Deportiva Las Palmas and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Las Palmas participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 26 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021.
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 | ESP | Álvaro Valles |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Álex Díez |
| 3 | MF | ESP | Sergio Ruiz (on loan from Charlotte FC) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Álex Suárez |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Tomás Cardona (on loan from Godoy Cruz) |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Eric Curbelo |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Aridai |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Maikel Mesa |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Jesé |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Sergio Araujo |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Benito Ramírez |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Enzo Loiodice |
| 13 | DF | KEN | Ismael Athuman |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Álvaro Lemos |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Fabio González |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Pejiño |
| 17 | MF | URU | Lautaro Sánchez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Javi Castellano (vice-captain) |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Edu Espiau |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Kirian Rodríguez |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Christian Rivera |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Rafa Mújica (on loan from Leeds United) |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Dani Castellano |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Rober (on loan from Betis) |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Aythami Artiles (captain) |
| 26 | FW | GNB | Claudio Mendes |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Pol Salvador |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Alberto Moleiro |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Pau Miguélez |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Álex Domínguez |
| 32 | GK | ESP | Sergi Puig |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Jonathan (on loan from Almería) |
| 35 | DF | EQG | Saúl Coco |
| 36 | MF | ESP | Diego Gutiérrez |

### Other players under contract

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 | ESP | Raúl Fernández |
| — | MF | ESP | Cristian Cedrés |

### 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 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Sato |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Pipo Santana |

### 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 |
| — | DF | ESP | Alberto de la Bella (at Cartagena until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Adrián Flaqué (at Andratx until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 12 September 2020 | 30 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 033.33 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 December 2020 | 6 January 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 034.09 |
Last updated: 30 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 65 |
| 8 | Ponferradina | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 57 |
| 9 | Las Palmas | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 56 |
| 10 | Mirandés | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 54 |
| 11 | Fuenlabrada | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 54 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Mirandés: 6, Fuenlabrada: 0

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.