# 2011–12 UD Almería season

Is the 2011–12 UD Almería season. The club plays in two tournaments: the Segunda División and the Copa del Rey. It is the first season since the club had been relegated from La Liga.

## Squad

Retrieved on 2 September 2011
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 | Esteban |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Michael Jakobsen |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Hernán Bernardello |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Fernando Soriano |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Verza |
| 8 | FW | ESP | Aleix Vidal |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Aarón Ñíguez |
| 10 | MF | ESP | José Ortiz (captain) |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Henok Goitom |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Corona |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Michel |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Juanma Ortiz |
| 18 | DF | PER | Santi Acasiete (vice-captain) |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Rafita |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Carlos García |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Leonardo Ulloa |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Dani Bautista |

### Youth team players

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 |
| 27 | GK | AUT | Pirmin Strasser |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Pedro Alcalá |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Ángel Trujillo |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Alberto |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Cristóbal |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Pallarès |
| 34 | GK | ESP | Lopito |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | MF | ESP | García Márquez |
| 36 | MF | URU | Sebastián Rodríguez |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Rubén Primo |
| 39 | FW | ESP | Abel Molinero |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Lillo |
| 43 | FW | BFA | Jonathan |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Type |
| 20 | DF | Rafita | Recreativo | Transfer |
| 24 | DF | Dani Bautista | Girona | Transfer |
| 6 | MF | Fernando Soriano | Osasuna | Transfer |
| 7 | MF | Verza | Albacete | Transfer |
| 14 | MF | Omar | Tenerife | Loan |
| 9 | FW | Aarón Ñíguez | Valencia | Transfer |
| 8 | FW | Aleix Vidal | Mallorca B | Transfer |
| 17 | MF | Juanma Ortiz | Rangers | Loan |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Type |
| 1 | GK | Diego Alves | Valencia | Transfer |
| 4 | DF | Hernán Pellerano | Newell's Old Boys | Loan |
| 14 | DF | Antonio Luna | Sevilla | Loan Return |
| 7 | MF | Miguel Ángel Nieto | Numancia | Transfer |
| 8 | MF | Albert Crusat | Wigan Athletic | Transfer |
| 17 | MF | Juanma Ortiz | Rangers | Transfer |
| 19 | MF | Modeste M'bami | Changchun Yatai | Transfer |
| 22 | MF | Fabián Vargas | AEK | Transfer |
| 24 | MF | Juanito | Asteras Tripolis | Transfer |
| 26 | MF | Miguel Ángel Luque | Atlético Madrid B | Trandfer |
| 5 | FW | Kalu Uche | Neuchâtel Xamax | Transfer |
| 7 | FW | Sofiane Feghouli | Valencia | Loan Return |
| 11 | FW | Pablo Piatti | Valencia | Transfer |
| 3 | DF | Marcelo Silva | Peñarol | Loan |
| 14 | MF | Omar | Tenerife | Loan Return |

## Player statistics
### Squad stats

Last updated on 5 June 2012.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Liga Adelante | Liga Adelante | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Esteban | 42 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Michael Jakobsen | 40 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Hernán Bernardello | 35 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Fernando Soriano | 38 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Verza | 41 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ESP | Aleix | 42 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Aarón Ñíguez | 33 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | José Ortiz | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Henok Goitom | 34 | 7 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego García | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Corona | 45 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Michel | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Juanma Ortiz | 16 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | PER | Santi Acasiete | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Rafita | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Carlos García | 38 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Leonardo Ulloa | 40 | 29 | 38 | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Dani Bautista | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | AUT | Primin Strasser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Pedro Alcalá | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Trujillo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Alberto M.R. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Cristóbal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Pallarès | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ESP | Lopito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ESP | García Márquez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Rubén Primo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ESP | Abel Molinero | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Lillo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | BFA | Jonathan | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | URU | Marcelo Silva | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Omar | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Updated on 5 June
| Place | Position | Number | Name | Liga Adelante | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | FW | 23 | Leonardo Ulloa | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Henok Goitom | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 6 | Fernando Soriano | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 8 | Aleix | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Juanma Ortiz | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 9 | Aarón Ñíguez | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 15 | Corona | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 43 | Jonathan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 2 | Michael Jakobsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | Marcelo Silva | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 5 | Hernán Bernardello | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Verza | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | José Ortiz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 18 | Santiago Acasiete | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 20 | Rafita | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 24 | Dani Bautista | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 63 | 5 | 68 |

### Disciplinary record

Updated on 27 May
| Number | Position | Name | Liga Adelante | Liga Adelante | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Total | Total |
| 21 | DF | Carlos García | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Fernando Soriano | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Hernán Bernardello | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 20 | DF | Rafita | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Corona | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Verza | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Michael Jakobsen | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Leonardo Ulloa | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Juanma Ortiz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Dani Bautista | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | Aleix | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Michel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Henok Goitom | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Marcelo Silva | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | GK | Esteban | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Aarón Ñíguez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | José Ortiz | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Santi Acasiete | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Omar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Rubén Primo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | Ángel Trujillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Pallarès | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Abel Molinero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | Jonathan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 120 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 132 | 9 |

## Season results
### Segunda División

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Hércules | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 72 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Córdoba | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 71 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 7 | Almería | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 70 | |
| 8 | Barcelona B | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 53 | +10 | 59 | |
| 9 | Las Palmas | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 58 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 June 2012. Source: LFP – Liga Adelante