# 2014–15 UD Almería season

The 2014–15 season was UD Almería's 25th season of existence and the second consecutive in the top flight of Spanish football, after narrowly avoiding relegation in the last season.

## Squad

    As of 23 May 2015
| 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 24) | 19 | 0 | – | – | Sevilla | 6 June 2014 | Undisc. | 30 June 2017 |
| 25 | Rubén | GK | Coristanco | (1984-06-22)22 June 1984 (aged 30) | 23 | 0 | – | – | Rayo | 28 May 2014 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 30 | Yeray | GK | Selva | (1992-06-10)10 June 1992 (aged 22) | – | – | – | – | Almería B | 19 December 2014 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michel Macedo | RB | Rio de Janeiro | (1990-02-15)15 February 1990 (aged 25) | 113 | 4 | – | – | Flamengo | 23 June 2008 | Undisc. | 30 June 2016 |
| 3 | Fran Vélez | CB/LB/DM | Tarragona | (1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 23) | 22 | 1 | – | – | Almería B | 13 January 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 |
| 4 | Ximo Navarro | RB/CB | Guadahortuna | (1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 25) | 29 | 0 | – | – | Mallorca | 12 June 2014 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 5 | Ángel Trujillo | CB | Madrid | (1987-09-08)8 September 1987 (aged 27) | 113 | 1 | – | – | Almería B | 8 June 2012 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 6 | Mauro dos Santos | CB/RB | Santo Tomé | (1989-07-07)7 July 1989 (aged 25) | 34 | 1 | – | – | Murcia | 22 July 2014 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 14 | José Manuel Casado | LB | Coria del Río | (1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 28) | 8 | 0 | – | – | Málaga | 30 January 2015 | Free | 30 June 2016 |
| 16 | Sebastián Dubarbier | LB/LW | La Plata | (1986-02-19)19 February 1986 (aged 29) | 61 | 1 | – | – | Córdoba | 28 June 2013 | Free | 30 June 2016 |
| 21 | Mané | LB | Tarifa | (1981-12-21)21 December 1981 (aged 33) | 125 | 4 | – | – | M. Tel Aviv | 23 December 2013 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 28 | Antonio Marín | RB/CB | Benalúa | (1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 18) | 6 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 17 December 2013 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 36 | Charlie Took | CB | Douala | (1993-05-25)25 May 1993 (aged 21) | – | – | – | – | Almería B | 17 April 2015 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Verza | DM/CM | Orihuela | (1986-09-26)26 September 1986 (aged 28) | 158 | 16 | – | – | Albacete | 29 June 2011 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 8 | Wellington Silva | RW/LW/SS | Rio de Janeiro | (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 22) | 35 | 0 | – | – | Arsenal | 14 July 2014 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |
| 15 | Corona (c) | CM/DM/AM | Talavera | (1981-02-12)12 February 1981 (aged 34) | 309 | 22 | – | – | Zaragoza | 11 August 2006 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 17 | Édgar Méndez | RW/LW | Arafo | (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 24) | 31 | 5 | – | – | Almería B | 22 June 2014 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 22 | Thomas Partey | CM/DM | Odumase Krobo | (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 21) | 32 | 4 | – | – | Atlético Madrid | 27 July 2014 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |
| 23 | Fernando Soriano | CM/AM | Zaragoza | (1979-09-24)24 September 1979 (aged 35) | 302 | 44 | – | – | Osasuna | 25 July 2011 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 24 | Javier Espinosa | AM/LW | Talavera La Reina | (1992-09-19)19 September 1992 (aged 22) | 16 | 1 | – | – | Villarreal | 9 January 2015 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |
| 26 | Iván | LW/RW | Jaén | (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 22) | 2 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 4 December 2014 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 29 | José Ángel | CM | Seville | (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 22) | 2 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 4 December 2014 | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| 31 | Ramon Azeez | CM/DM | Abuja | (1992-12-12)12 December 1992 (aged 22) | 53 | 2 | 4 | 0 | Almería B | 28 June 2013 | Free | 30 June 2016 |
| 33 | Gaspar | LW | Tarazona La Mancha | (1997-12-09)9 December 1997 (aged 17) | 1 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 11 September 2014 | Free | Undisclosed |
| 35 | Carlos Selfa | CM | Sueca | (1992-04-25)25 April 1992 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 23 November 2014 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Thievy Bifouma | ST/SS | Saint-Denis | (1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 23) | 30 | 4 | 11 | 5 | Espanyol | 13 August 2014 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |
| 10 | Tomer Hemed | ST | Kiryat Tiv'on | (1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 28) | 35 | 8 | 15 | 10 | Mallorca | 2 July 2014 | Free | 30 June 2016 |
| 19 | Jonathan Zongo | ST/RW | Ouagadougou | (1989-04-06)6 April 1989 (aged 26) | 94 | 8 | 15 | 2 | Almería B | 1 August 2011 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 32 | Dani Romera | ST | Almería | (1995-08-23)23 August 1995 (aged 19) | 9 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 29 November 2013 | Free | 30 June 2018 |

## Coaches

| Name | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Date signed | Role | Departure | Manner | Contract End |
| Francisco | Almería | (1978-06-17) 17 June 1978 (age 46) | Almería B | 29 June 2013 | Permanent | 9 December 2014 | Sacked | 30 June 2015 |
| Miguel Rivera | Alhaurín de la Torre | (1961-05-08) 8 May 1961 (age 63) | Almería B | 9 December 2014 | Interim | 13 December 2014 | Ended tenure | 30 June 2015 |
| Juan Ignacio Martínez | Rabasa | (1964-06-23) 23 June 1964 (age 60) | Free agent | 11 December 2014 | Permanent | 5 April 2015 | Sacked | 30 June 2015 |
| Miguel Rivera | Alhaurín de la Torre | (1961-05-08) 8 May 1961 (age 63) | Almería B | 5 April 2015 | Interim | 6 April 2015 | Ended tenure | 30 June 2015 |
| Sergi Barjuán | Les Franqueses | (1971-12-28) 28 December 1971 (age 53) | Free agent | 6 April 2015 | Permanent | | | 30 June 2015 |

### Staff members

| Name | Staff role |
| Ramón de Quintana | Assistant coach |
| Sergio Pardo | Fitness coach |
| Jesús Roche | Fitness coach |
| Ángel Férez | Goalkeeping coach |
| Pepe Morales | Scout |
| Antonio Ríos | Doctor |
| Marcelo Bronzini | Doctor |
Source: UD Almería's official website

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 18 | FW | Teerasil Dangda | 25 | Non-EU | Muangthong United | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 3 | DF | Fran Vélez | 22 | EU | Almería B | Promoted | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 11 | MF | Quique González | 24 | EU | Guadalajara | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 25 | GK | Rubén | 29 | EU | Rayo Vallecano | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 1 | GK | Julián Cuesta | 23 | EU | Sevilla | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 4 | DF | Ximo Navarro | 24 | EU | Mallorca | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| | DF | Raúl García | 25 | EU | Alavés | Loan Return | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 17 | MF | Édgar Méndez | 23 | EU | Tenerife | Loan Return | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 10 | FW | Tomer Hemed | 27 | EU | Mallorca | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 2 | DF | Michel Macedo | 24 | EU | Atlético Mineiro | Loan Return | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Wellington Silva | 21 | EU | Arsenal | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 6 | DF | Mauro dos Santos | 25 | EU | Murcia | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 22 | MF | Thomas Partey | 21 | EU | Atlético Madrid | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Thievy Bifouma | 22 | EU | Espanyol | Loan | Summer | 2015 | €200K |
| | | Juan Ignacio Martínez | 50 | EU | Free agent | Job Offer | During season | 2015 | Free |
| 24 | MF | Javier Espinosa | 22 | EU | Villarreal | Loan | Winter | 2015 | Free |
| 14 | DF | José Manuel Casado | 28 | EU | Málaga | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free |
| | | Sergi Barjuán | 43 | EU | Free agent | Job Offer | During season | 2015 | Free |
Total spending: €200,000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Esteban | 38 | EU | Oviedo | Contract Ended | Summer | Free |
| 6 | MF | Marcos Tébar | 28 | EU | Brentford | Contract Rescinded | Summer | Free |
| 2 | DF | Marco Torsiglieri | 26 | EU | Metalist Kharkiv | Loan Return | Summer | Free |
| 4 | DF | Hans Martínez | 27 | Non-EU | Universidad Católica | Loan Return | Summer | Free |
| 22 | DF | Nélson | 31 | EU | Palermo | Loan Return | Summer | Free |
| 11 | MF | Hélder Barbosa | 27 | EU | Braga | Loan Return | Summer | Free |
| 17 | MF | Suso | 20 | EU | Liverpool | Loan Return | Summer | Free |
| 10 | FW | Rodri | 24 | EU | Barcelona | Loan Return | Summer | Free |
| 25 | GK | Julián Cuesta | 23 | EU | Sevilla | Loan Return | Summer | Free |
| 8 | MF | Aleix Vidal | 24 | EU | Sevilla | Transfer | Summer | €3M |
| | DF | Raúl García | 25 | EU | Alavés | Contract Rescinded | Summer | Free |
| | DF | Marcelo Silva | 25 | EU | Las Palmas | Contract Rescinded | Summer | Free |
| | | Francisco | 36 | EU | Free agent | Contract Rescinded | During season | Free |
| 18 | FW | Teerasil Dangda | 26 | Non-EU | Muangthong United | Loan Ended | Winter | Free |
| 11 | FW | Quique González | 24 | EU | Racing Santander | Loan | Winter | Free |
| | | Juan Ignacio Martínez | 50 | EU | Free agent | Contract Rescinded | During season | Free |
Total gaining: €3,000,000

### Contracts

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date | Source |
| 23 | MF | Fernando Soriano | 34 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 | Marca |
| | | Francisco | 35 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 | UD Almería |
| 15 | MF | Corona | 33 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 | UD Almería |
| 2 | DF | Michel Macedo | 24 | Signed | 2 years | June 2016 | UD Almería |
| 17 | MF | Édgar Méndez | 23 | Signed | 2 years | June 2016 | UD Almería |
| 17 | MF | Édgar Méndez | 23 | Signed | 2 years | June 2018 | UD Almería |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Updated as of 30 May 2015.
| 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 | ESP | Julián Cuesta | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Michel Macedo | 18 | 3 | 13+1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Fran Vélez | 17 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Ximo Navarro | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Ángel Trujillo | 37 | 0 | 35+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Mauro dos Santos | 34 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Verza | 36 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Wellington Silva | 35 | 0 | 23+8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CGO | Thievy Bifouma | 30 | 4 | 21+8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Tomer Hemed | 35 | 8 | 26+9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | José Manuel Casado | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Corona | 33 | 0 | 23+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Sebastián Dubarbier | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Édgar Méndez | 31 | 5 | 21+9 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | BFA | Jonathan Zongo | 28 | 3 | 16+11 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Mané | 9 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Thomas Partey | 32 | 4 | 29+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Fernando Soriano | 31 | 3 | 14+15 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Javier Espinosa | 16 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Rubén | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Iván | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Antonio Marín | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | José Ángel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Yeray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | NGA | Ramon Azeez | 17 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Dani Romera | 8 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Gaspar | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Carlos Selfa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players on loan to other clubs: ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | ESP | Quique González | 6 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||
| 18 | FW | THA | Teerasil Dangda | 10 | 1 | 0+6 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 10 | Tomer Hemed | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | | 7 | Verza | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | MF | | 17 | Édgar Méndez | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Thievy Bifouma | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | | 22 | Thomas Partey | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 23 | Fernando Soriano | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | | 2 | Michel Macedo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 19 | Jonathan Zongo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 6 | Mauro dos Santos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 24 | Javier Espinosa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 11 | Quique González | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | | 18 | Teerasil Dangda | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 21 | Mané | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 34 | 7 | 41 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Total | Total |
| 16 | DF | Sebastián Dubarbier | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | Thomas Partey | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Fernando Soriano | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Verza | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Thievy Bifouma | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Mauro dos Santos | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Wellington Silva | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ximo Navarro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Édgar Méndez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ángel Trujillo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Michel Macedo | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | Corona | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Fran Vélez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Tomer Hemed | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | José Manuel Casado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Ramon Azeez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Jonathan Zongo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Javier Espinosa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Julián Cuesta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Rubén | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Teerasil Dangda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Iván | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Antonio Marín | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 111 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 122 | 10 |

## Competitions
### La Liga

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 35 | |
| 17 | Granada | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 64 | −35 | 35 | |
| 18 | Eibar | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 35 | |
| 19 | Almería (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 29 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 20 | Córdoba (R) | 38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 22 | 68 | −46 | 20 | Relegation to Segunda División |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Deportivo 7 pts, Granada 6 pts, Eibar 2 pts
* ↑ Almería was docked 3 points due to an unpayment of a transfer.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2015. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 8 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 19 |