# 2022–23 UD Almería season

The 2022–23 season was the 34th season in the history of UD Almería and their first season back in the top flight since 2015. The club participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

## Players

    As of 24 March 2023.
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 | Diego Mariño |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Kaiky |
| 3 | MF | ESP | Gonzalo Melero |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Íñigo Eguaras |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Lucas Robertone |
| 6 | MF | ESP | César de la Hoz (captain) |
| 7 | MF | BEL | Largie Ramazani |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Francisco Portillo |
| 9 | FW | MLI | El Bilal Touré |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Adri Embarba |
| 11 | FW | POR | Dyego Sousa |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Léo Baptistão |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Fernando Martínez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Lázaro |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Sergio Akieme |
| 16 | FW | COL | Luis Suárez (on loan from Marseille) |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Alejandro Pozo |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Arnau Puigmal |
| 19 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Ely |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Álex Centelles |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Chumi |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Srđan Babić (vice-captain) |
| 23 | MF | POR | Samú Costa |
| 24 | DF | GNB | Houboulang Mendes |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Diego Fuoli |

### Reserve team

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 |
| 26 | MF | SVK | Martin Šviderský |
| 28 | MF | POR | Gui Guedes |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Carlos Rojas |
| — | FW | SRB | Marko Milovanović |

### 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 |
| — | DF | ESP | Iván Martos (at Cartagena until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | SRB | Nikola Maraš (at Alavés until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ESP | Arnau Solà (at Murcia until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ESP | Dani Albiar (at Cartagena B until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ESP | Javi Robles (at Fuenlabrada until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ENG | Arvin Appiah (at Málaga until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | URU | Cristian Olivera (at Boston River until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ESP | Jordi Escobar (at Betis Deportivo until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | URU | Juan Manuel Gutiérrez (at Nacional until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 5 June 2022 | Srđan Babić | Red Star Belgrade | Buyout clause | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2022 | Alejandro Pozo | Sevilla | Buyout clause | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2022 | Gui Guedes | Vitória de Guimarães | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2022 | Dragan Rosić | Albacete | Loan return | Loan return |
| 6 July 2022 | Houboulang Mendes | Lorient | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2022 | Martin Šviderský | Manchester United | Transfer | Free |
| 11 July 2022 | Kaiky | Santos | Transfer | €7m |
| 11 July 2022 | Marko Milovanović | Partizan | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2022 | Fernando Pacheco | Alavés | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2022 | Léo Baptistão | Santos | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2022 | Adri Embarba | Espanyol | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2022 | Lázaro | Flamengo | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2022 | Gonzalo Melero | Levante | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2022 | El Bilal Touré | Reims | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 5 December 2022 | Luis Suárez | Marseille | Loan | Loan |
| 30 December 2022 | Arvin Appiah | Tenerife | Loan return | Loan return |
| 25 January 2023 | Diego Mariño | Sporting Gijón | Transfer | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | Aitor Buñuel | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2022 | Giorgi Makaridze | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2022 | Nélson Monte | Dnipro-1 | Loan return | Loan return |
| 17 July 2022 | Javi Robles | Fuenlabrada | Loan | Loan |
| 19 July 2022 | Daniel Carriço | Released | Released | Released |
| 22 July 2022 | Juan Villar | Huesca | Transfer | Free |
| 11 August 2022 | Nikola Maraš | Alavés | Loan | Loan |
| 24 August 2022 | José Carlos Lazo | Espanyol | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2022 | Dragan Rosić | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 September 2022 | Arvin Appiah | Tenerife | Loan | Loan |
| 1 September 2022 | Umar Sadiq | Real Sociedad | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2022 | Curro Sánchez | Burgos | Transfer | Free |
| 9 January 2023 | Arvin Appiah | Málaga | Loan | Loan |
| 19 January 2023 | Iván Martos | Cartagena | Loan | Loan |
| 31 January 2023 | Javi Robles | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 February 2023 | Fernando Pacheco | Espanyol | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2023 | Gui Guedes | Lugo | Loan | Loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| La Liga | 14 August 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 028.95 |
| Copa del Rey | 13 November 2022 | 13 November 2022 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 028.21 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Getafe | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 42 | |
| 16 | Valencia | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 42 | |
| 17 | Almería | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 41 | |
| 18 | Valladolid (R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 40 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Espanyol (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 37 | Relegation to Segunda División |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Cádiz 8, Getafe 5, Valencia 3.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 15 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.