# 2009–10 UD Almería season

In the 2009–10 season, UD Almería played in two competitions: La Liga and the Copa del Rey. It was their third season in the top flight since promotion from the 2006–07 Segunda División.

## Squad

Retrieved on 6 December 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Diego Alves |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Hernán Pellerano |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Santos |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Chico |
| 5 | FW | NGA | Kalu Uche |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Domingo Cisma |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Miguel Ángel Nieto |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Albert Crusat |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Esteban Solari |
| 10 | MF | ESP | José Ortiz (captain) |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Pablo Piatti |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Esteban |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Álex Quillo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Corona |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Michel Macedo |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Juanma Ortiz |
| 18 | DF | PER | Santiago Acasiete |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Modeste M'bami |
| 20 | FW | SWE | Henok Goitom |
| 21 | FW | ESP | David Rodríguez |
| 22 | MF | COL | Fabián Vargas |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Fernando Soriano |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Borzani |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Hernán Bernardello |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Álvaro |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | Carlos García (on loan at Real Betis) |

### Almería B players

Retrieved on 7 December 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Ángel Trujillo |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Alberto |
| — | DF | ESP | Alfonso de la Cruz |
| — | DF | ESP | Baltasar Rigo |
| — | MF | ESP | Fernando Carralero |
| — | MF | ESP | Chico |
| — | MF | ESP | Antonio Cobos |
| — | MF | ESP | José Galán |
| — | MF | ESP | Gonzalo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | WAL | George Higgins |
| — | MF | ESP | David Moreno |
| — | MF | ESP | Prosi |
| — | MF | ESP | Jesús Rubio |
| — | MF | ESP | Sufian |
| — | FW | ESP | Cristian |
| — | FW | ESP | Kike |
| — | FW | ESP | Hugo López |
| — | FW | ESP | José Ramón |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Notes |
| Summer |||||
| 6 | DF | Domingo Cisma | Numancia | Loan return |
| 14 | MF | Álex Quillo | Atlético Madrid B | |
| 19 | MF | Modeste M'bami | Olympique de Marseille | Free transfer |
| 20 | FW | Henok Goitom | Real Murcia | |
| 21 | FW | David Rodríguez | Celta Vigo | Loan return |
| 22 | MF | Fabián Vargas | Boca Juniors | €4 million |
| 25 | MF | Hernán Bernardello | Newell's Old Boys | €3 million |
| Winter |||||
| 24 | MF | Leonardo Borzani | Rosario Central | Free transfer |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Notes |
| Summer |||||
| 2 | DF | Bruno | Valencia | |
| 6 | MF | Iriney | Real Betis | Free transfer |
| 9 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | Real Madrid | €5 million |
| 14 | MF | Julio Álvarez | Real Mallorca | Free transfer |
| 21 | DF | Carlos García | Real Betis | Loan |
| 22 | DF | Mané | Getafe | |
| 24 | DF | Juanito | Málaga | |

## Player statistics
### Squad stats

Last updated on 7 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 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Hernán Pellerano | 21 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Santos | 17 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Chico | 28 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | NGA | Kalu Uche | 29 | 9 | 21+7 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Domingo Cisma | 34 | 3 | 29+4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Miguel Ángel Nieto | 16 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Albert Crusat | 34 | 7 | 31+2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Esteban Solari | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | José Ortiz | 21 | 1 | 0+19 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Pablo Piatti | 36 | 7 | 28+7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Esteban | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Álex Quillo | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Corona | 24 | 1 | 13+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Michel Macedo | 29 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Juanma Ortiz | 34 | 2 | 24+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | PER | Santiago Acasiete | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Modeste M'bami | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SWE | Henok Goitom | 21 | 1 | 11+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | David Rodríguez | 11 | 1 | 2+7 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | COL | Fabián Vargas | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Fernando Soriano | 36 | 7 | 33+2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Borzani | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Hernán Bernardello | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Álvaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Updated on 11 December 2020
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 5 | Kalu Uche | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | | 8 | Albert Crusat | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | | 11 | Pablo Piatti | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | | 23 | Fernando Soriano | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | DF | | 6 | Domingo Cisma | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 17 | Juanma Ortiz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 3 | Guilherme Santos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 4 | Chico | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 10 | José Ortiz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 15 | Corona | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 16 | Michel Macedo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 20 | Henok Goitom | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 21 | David Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| – | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 43 | 1 | 44 |

### Disciplinary record

Updated on 30 November 2020
| Number | Position | Name | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Total | Total |
| 23 | MF | Fernando Soriano | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Albert Crusat | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Domingo Cisma | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Juanma Ortiz | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | Hernán Bernardello | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Chico | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | Modeste M'bami | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Pablo Piatti | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Santiago Acasiete | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Diego Alves | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Hernán Pellerano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Guilherme Santos | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Michel Macedo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Kalu Uche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Corona | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Miguel Ángel Nieto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | José Ortiz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Esteban | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Henok Goitom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Leonardo Borzani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 93 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 97 | 8 |

## Season Results
### La Liga

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Espanyol | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 44 |
| 12 | Osasuna | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 43 |
| 13 | Almería | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 42 |
| 14 | Zaragoza | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 41 |
| 15 | Sporting Gijón | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 40 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 December 2020. Source:

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

Hércules won 3–1 on aggregate