# 2013–14 UD Almería season

In the 2013–14 UD Almería season the club played in two tournaments: the La Liga and the Copa del Rey. The club returns to the top flight of Spanish football after two seasons in absence, after defeating Girona in 2013 Segunda División play-offs, on 22 June.

## Players
### Squad

    As of 18 May 2014
| 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 | Esteban | GK | Avilés | (1975-06-27)27 June 1975 (aged 38) | 154 | 0 | – | – | Celta | 4 July 2008 | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 25 | Julián Cuesta | GK | Campotéjar | (1991-03-28)28 March 1991 (aged 23) | – | – | – | – | Sevilla | 21 January 2014 | Loan | 30 June 2014 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Marco Torsiglieri | CB/LB | Castelar | (1988-01-12)12 January 1988 (aged 26) | 28 | 1 | – | – | Metalist | 5 August 2013 | Loan | 30 June 2014 |
| 3 | Marcelo Silva | CB | Mercedes | (1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 25) | 60 | 3 | – | – | Danubio | 23 July 2010 | €1.5M | 30 June 2016 |
| 4 | Hans Martínez | CB/DM | Santiago | (1987-01-04)4 January 1987 (aged 27) | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Univ. Católica | 27 December 2013 | Loan | 30 June 2014 |
| 5 | Ángel Trujillo | CB | Madrid | (1987-09-08)8 September 1987 (aged 26) | 75 | 1 | – | – | Almería B | 8 June 2012 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 16 | Sebastián Dubarbier | LB/LW | La Plata | (1986-02-19)19 February 1986 (aged 28) | 28 | 1 | – | – | Córdoba | 28 June 2013 | Free | 30 June 2016 |
| 20 | Rafita | RB/RW | Palma | (1982-09-18)18 September 1982 (aged 31) | 89 | 1 | – | – | Recreativo | 29 July 2011 | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 21 | Mané | LB | Tarifa | (1981-12-21)21 December 1981 (aged 32) | 116 | 3 | – | – | M. Tel Aviv | 23 December 2013 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 22 | Nélson | RB | Sal | (1983-06-10)10 June 1983 (aged 30) | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Palermo | 2 August 2013 | Loan | 30 June 2014 |
| 41 | Antonio Marín | RB/CB | Benalúa | (1996-06-17)17 June 1996 (aged 17) | 1 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 17 December 2013 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 44 | Fran Vélez | CB/LB | Tarragona | (1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 22) | 5 | 1 | – | – | Almería B | 13 January 2014 | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Marcos Tébar | DM/CM | Madrid | (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 28) | 29 | 0 | – | – | Girona | 10 July 2013 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 7 | Verza | DM/CM | Orihuela | (1986-09-26)26 September 1986 (aged 27) | 122 | 11 | – | – | Albacete | 29 June 2011 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 8 | Aleix Vidal | LW/RW/AM | Valls | (1989-08-21)21 August 1989 (aged 24) | 129 | 19 | – | – | Mallorca B | 15 June 2011 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 11 | Hélder Barbosa | LW/RW | Paredes | (1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 26) | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Braga | 29 August 2013 | Loan | 30 June 2014 |
| 15 | Corona (c) | CM/DM/AM | Talavera | (1981-02-12)12 February 1981 (aged 33) | 276 | 22 | – | – | Zaragoza | 11 August 2006 | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 17 | Suso | LW/RW/AM | Algeciras | (1993-11-19)19 November 1993 (aged 20) | 35 | 3 | – | – | Liverpool | 12 July 2013 | Loan | 30 June 2014 |
| 23 | Fernando Soriano | CM/AM | Zaragoza | (1979-09-24)24 September 1979 (aged 34) | 270 | 41 | – | – | Osasuna | 25 July 2011 | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 29 | Kiu | LW/RW | Yeongju | (1995-01-05)5 January 1995 (aged 19) | 4 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 1 July 2013 | Free | Undisclosed |
| 31 | Ramon Azeez | CM/DM | Abuja | (1992-12-12)12 December 1992 (aged 21) | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Almería B | 28 June 2013 | Free | 30 June 2016 |
| 34 | Cristóbal | AM | Málaga | (1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 22) | 2 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 17 December 2013 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Óscar Díaz | ST/RW | Madrid | (1984-08-24)24 August 1984 (aged 29) | 34 | 6 | – | – | Lugo | 28 June 2013 | €30K | 30 June 2014 |
| 10 | Rodri | ST | Soria | (1990-06-06)6 June 1990 (aged 23) | 27 | 8 | – | – | Barcelona B | 11 July 2013 | Loan | 30 June 2014 |
| 19 | Jonathan | ST/RW | Ouagadougou | (1992-12-02)2 December 1992 (aged 21) | 66 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Almería B | 1 August 2011 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 27 | Hicham | ST | San Javier | (1995-05-07)7 May 1995 (aged 19) | 4 | 1 | – | – | Almería B | 17 December 2013 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 32 | Dani Romera | ST | Almería | (1995-08-23)23 August 1995 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 29 November 2013 | Free | Undisclosed |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| | DF | Michel | 23 | EU | Atlético Mineiro | Loan Return Y | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 16 | MF | Sebastián Dubarbier | 27 | EU | Córdoba | Transfer Y | Summer | 2016 | Undisclosed |
| 9 | FW | Óscar Díaz | 28 | EU | Lugo' | Transfer Y | Summer | 2014 | €30K |
| 14 | DF | Raúl García | 23 | EU | Almería B | Promoted Y | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 12 | MF | Ramon Azeez | 20 | Non-EU | Almería B | Promoted Y | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| | | Francisco | 35 | EU | Almería B | Job Offer Y | Summer | 2014 | Free |
| 6 | MF | Marcos Tébar | 27 | EU | Girona | Transfer Y | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 10 | FW | Rodri | 23 | EU | Barcelona B | Loan Y | Summer | 2014 | Free |
| 17 | MF | Suso | 19 | EU | Liverpool | Loan Y | Summer | 2014 | Free |
| 25 | GK | Oscar Ustari | 27 | Non-EU | Boca Juniors | Transfer Y | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 22 | DF | Nélson | 30 | EU | Palermo | Loan Y | Summer | 2014 | Free |
| 2 | DF | Marco Torsiglieri | 25 | EU | Metalist Kharkiv | Loan Y | Summer | 2014 | Free |
| 11 | MF | Hélder Barbosa | 26 | EU | Braga | Loan Y | Summer | 2014 | Free |
| 19 | FW | Jonathan | 24 | EU | Almería B | Promoted Y | During Season | 2017 | Free |
| 21 | DF | Mané | 32 | EU | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Transfer Y | Winter | 2015 | Free |
| 4 | DF | Hans Martínez | 26 | Non-EU | Universidad Católica | Loan Y | Winter | 2014 | Free |
| 25 | GK | Julián Cuesta | 22 | EU | Sevilla | Loan Y | Winter | 2014 | Free |
Total spending: €30,000

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 9 | FW | Charles | 29 | EU | Celta de Vigo | Transfer Y | Summer | €1M |
| 14 | MF | Iago Falque | 23 | EU | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan Return Y | Summer | Free |
| 21 | DF | Adrián Gunino | 24 | EU | Fénix | Loan Return Y | Summer | Free |
| 22 | MF | Miguel Pallardó | 26 | EU | Levante | Loan Return Y | Summer | Free |
| 25 | GK | Diego García | 23 | EU | Ponferradina | Contract ended Y | Summer | Free |
| 17 | DF | Álvaro Mejía | 31 | EU | Ergotelis | Contract ended Y | Summer | Free |
| 19 | MF | Carlos Calvo | 27 | EU | Skoda Xanthi | Contract ended Y | Summer | Free |
| | | Javi Gracia | 43 | EU | Osasuna | Contract ended Y | Summer | Free |
| 16 | DF | Michel | 23 | EU | Atlético Mineiro | Loan Y | Summer | Free |
| 21 | MF | Rubén Suárez | 34 | EU | Skoda Xanthi | Contract Rescinded Y | Summer | Free |
| 4 | DF | Hernán Pellerano | 29 | EU | Tijuana | Transfer Y | During Season | Undisclosed |
| 18 | DF | Christian | 28 | EU | D.C. United | Contract Rescinded Y | Winter | Free |
| 25 | GK | Oscar Ustari | 27 | Non-EU | Sunderland | Contract Rescinded Y | Winter | Free |
| 14 | DF | Raúl García | 24 | EU | Alavés | Loan Y | Winter | Free |
Total gaining: €970,000

## Player statistics
### Squad Stats

    As of 18 May 2014
| 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 | Esteban | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Marco Torsiglieri | 28 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | URU | Marcelo Silva | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CHI | Hans Martínez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Ángel Trujillo | 39 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Marcos Tébar | 29 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Verza | 34 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Aleix Vidal | 42 | 7 | 36+2 | 6 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Óscar Díaz | 34 | 6 | 13+17 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Rodri | 27 | 8 | 21+6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | POR | Hélder Barbosa | 31 | 1 | 7+21 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Corona | 26 | 2 | 12+11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Sebastián Dubarbier | 28 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Suso | 35 | 3 | 26+7 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BFA | Jonathan | 19 | 1 | 11+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Rafita | 28 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Mané | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | POR | Nélson | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Fernando Soriano | 35 | 4 | 24+11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Julián Cuesta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | MAR | Hicham | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Kiu | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | NGA | Ramon Azeez | 32 | 2 | 21+9 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Dani Romera | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ESP | Cristóbal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ESP | Antonio Marín | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ESP | Fran Vélez | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players on loan to other clubs: ||||||||||
| 14 | DF | ESP | Raúl García | 9 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ARG | Hernán Pellerano | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Christian | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Rubén Suárez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ARG | Oscar Ustari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | MF | 7 | Verza | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Rodri | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Aleix Vidal | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Óscar Díaz | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Fernando Soriano | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | Suso | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 31 | Ramon Azeez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 15 | Corona | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 2 | Marco Torsiglieri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Ángel Trujillo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Hélder Barbosa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 16 | Sebastián Dubarbier | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 19 | Jonathan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 27 | Hicham | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 44 | Fran Vélez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 43 | 4 | 47 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Total | Total |
| 16 | DF | Sebastián Dubarbier | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Verza | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Suso | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Rodri | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Fernando Soriano | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Hernán Pellerano | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ángel Trujillo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Marco Torsiglieri | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Rafita | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Marcos Tébar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Ramon Azeez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Óscar Díaz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Corona | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Christian | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Aleix Vidal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Esteban | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Hélder Barbosa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mané | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Nélson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Jonathan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Marcelo Silva | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Raúl García | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Hicham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Fran Vélez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 94 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 101 | 6 |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Granada | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 41 | |
| 16 | Elche | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 40 | |
| 17 | Almería | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 40 | |
| 18 | Osasuna (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 39 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Valladolid (R) | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 36 | Relegation to Segunda División |
* 1 2 Elche finished ahead of Almería on head-to-head points: Elche 1–0 Almería, Almería 2–2 Elche.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2014. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 17 |