# 2007–08 UD Almería season

In the 2007-2008 season, Unión Deportiva Almería played in two competitions: La Liga and the Copa del Rey. It was their first season in the top flight since their foundation in 1989, having secured promotion from the 2006–07 Segunda División as runners-up. La Liga football returned to Almería for the first time since their predecessor club, AD Almería, were relegated after the 1980–81 season.

## Squad

Retrieved on 21 December 2020
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 | BRA | Diego Alves |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Bruno |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Aitor López Rekarte |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Felipe Melo |
| 5 | FW | NGA | Kalu Uche |
| 6 | MF | ESP | José Luis Cabrera |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Veljko Paunović |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Albert Crusat |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo |
| 10 | MF | ESP | José Ortiz (captain) |
| 11 | DF | ESP | Domingo Cisma |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Iriney |
| 13 | GK | ESP | David Cobeño (on loan from Sevilla) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Rubén Pulido |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Corona |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Juanma Ortiz |
| 18 | DF | PER | Santiago Acasiete |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Carlos García |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Mané |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Fernando Soriano |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Juanito |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Aitor Alcalde |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Santos |
| — | MF | PAR | Julio dos Santos (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| — | FW | ESP | Natalio |
| — | FW | CHI | Mathías Vidangossy (on loan from Villarreal) |

### 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 |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Mario Bermejo (on loan at Polideportivo Ejido) |

### Almería B players

Retrieved on 21 December 2020
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 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Ángel Trujillo |
| — | DF | ESP | Álex Carmona |
| — | DF | ESP | Javier Devesa |
| — | DF | ESP | Gabi Ramos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | José Galán |
| — | MF | ESP | Javi Lara |
| — | MF | ESP | Sergio Ortiz |
| — | FW | ESP | Hugo López |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Notes |
| Summer |||||
| 1 | GK | Diego Alves | Atlético Mineiro | |
| 3 | DF | Aitor López Rekarte | Real Sociedad | |
| 4 | MF | Felipe Melo | Racing Santander | |
| 9 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | Real Madrid Castilla | |
| 13 | GK | David Cobeño | Sevilla | Loan |
| 14 | DF | Rubén Pulido | Getafe | |
| 17 | MF | Juanma Ortiz | Atlético Madrid | |
| 24 | DF | Juanito | Real Sociedad | |
| 25 | GK | Aitor Alcalde | Athletic Bilbao B | |
| | MF | Julio dos Santos | Bayern Munich | Loan |
| | FW | Natalio | Castellón | |
| | FW | Mathías Vidangossy | Villarreal | Loan |
| Winter |||||
| 7 | FW | Veljko Paunović | Rubin Kazan | |
| 25 | DF | Guilherme Santos | Vasco da Gama | |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | From | Notes |
| Summer |||||
| 1 | GK | Sander Westerveld | Sparta Rotterdam | Free transfer |
| 3 | DF | Rodri | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan return |
| 4 | DF | Pedro Mairata | Gimnàstic de Tarragona | |
| 7 | FW | Míchel | Xerez | |
| 12 | FW | José María Mena | Deportivo Alavés | |
| 14 | DF | David Bermudo | Pontevedra | |
| 16 | FW | Mario Bermejo | Polideportivo Ejido | Loan |
| 17 | MF | Gorka Larrea | Real Sociedad | Loan return |
| 19 | MF | Alberto Hernández | Ceuta | |
| 20 | FW | Francisco | Granada 74 | |
| 24 | DF | Laurent de Palmas | Elche | |
| 25 | GK | Joaquín Valerio | Elche | |
| 26 | GK | Ricardo Molina | Alicante | |
| Winter |||||
| 6 | MF | José Luis Cabrera | Deportivo Alavés | |
| | MF | Julio dos Santos | Bayern Munich | Loan return |
| | FW | Natalio | Cádiz | Loan |
| | FW | Mathías Vidangossy | Villarreal | Loan return |

## Player statistics
### Squad stats

Last updated on 21 December 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Diego Alves | 25 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Bruno | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Aitor López Rekarte | 12 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Felipe Melo | 35 | 7 | 30+4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | NGA | Kalu Uche | 32 | 3 | 10+20 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Veljko Paunović | 7 | 2 | 1+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Albert Crusat | 35 | 3 | 31+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo | 38 | 13 | 34+2 | 13 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | José Ortiz | 26 | 0 | 6+18 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ESP | Domingo Cisma | 13 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Iriney | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | David Cobeño | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Rubén Pulido | 28 | 4 | 25+2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Corona | 34 | 1 | 21+11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Juanma Ortiz | 34 | 2 | 29+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | PER | Santiago Acasiete | 21 | 2 | 17+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Carlos García | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Mané | 37 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Fernando Soriano | 35 | 2 | 26+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Juanito | 33 | 1 | 28+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Aitor Alcalde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Santos | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | José Luis Cabrera | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | PAR | Julio dos Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Natalio | 15 | 1 | 2+11 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | CHI | Mathías Vidangossy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Updated on 21 December 2020
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Álvaro Negredo | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | MF | | 4 | Felipe Melo | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | | 14 | Rubén Pulido | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | | 5 | Kalu Uche | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 8 | Albert Crusat | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | 7 | Veljko Paunović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 17 | Juanma Ortiz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | 18 | Santiago Acasiete | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | 22 | Mané | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 23 | Fernando Soriano | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | 15 | Corona | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 24 | Juanito | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | | Natalio | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| – | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 42 | 2 | 44 |

### Disciplinary record

Updated on 21 December 2020
| Number | Position | Name | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Total | Total |
| 4 | MF | Felipe Melo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Bruno | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Carlos García | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Rubén Pulido | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Juanito | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Fernando Soriano | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Albert Crusat | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Juanma Ortiz | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Mané | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Corona | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Domingo Cisma | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Santiago Acasiete | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | GK | Diego Alves | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | José Ortiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | David Cobeño | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Aitor López Rekarte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | José Luis Cabrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Veljko Paunović | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | Kalu Uche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 108 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 109 | 9 |

## Season Results
### La Liga

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Racing Santander | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Mallorca | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 59 | |
| 8 | Almería | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 52 | |
| 9 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 52 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
| 10 | Valencia | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 51 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP
* ↑ Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 December 2020. Source:

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey
#### Round of 32

Levante won 3–2 on aggregate