2024–25 UD Almería season

UD Almería
2024–25 season
Head coach	Rubi
Stadium	UD Almería Stadium
Segunda División	6th
Copa del Rey	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nico Melamed (3); All: ; Nico Melamed (3)

The 2024–25 season is the 36th season in the history of the UD Almería, and the club's first season in the Segunda División since 2022. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Copa del Rey.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
FW	Arvin Appiah	Rotherham United	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Kaiky	Albacete	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Arnau Solà	FC Cartagena	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Houboulang Mendes	Mirandés	Loan return	30 June 2024
GK	Luís Maximiano	Lazio	€8,100,000	1 July 2024
DF	Bruno Langa	Chaves	€1,200,000	1 July 2024
MF	Nico Melamed	Espanyol	Free	3 July 2024
MF	Iddrisu Baba	Mallorca		4 July 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Luka Romero	AC Milan	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[1]
DF	Arnau Solà	Villarreal CF B	Loan	11 July 2024	^[2]
MF	Jonathan Viera		Contract termination	15 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Adri Embarba	Rayo Vallecano	Loan	26 July 2024	^[4]
FW	Arvin Appiah	Nacional	Loan	30 July 2024	^[5]
FW	Marciano Tchami	Betis Deportivo Balompié	Loan	14 August 2024	^[6]

Friendlies

Pre-season

20 July 2024 Friendly	Almería	2–1	Granada	Motril
19:30 UTC+2	Suárez 1' Baptistão 23' Kaiky 39' Robertone 70'	Report	Weissman 36' Villar 42'	Stadium: Escribano Castilla Referee: Domínguez Cervantes

21 July 2024 Friendly	Benfica	3–1	Almería	Thonon-les-Bains, France
15:30 UTC+2

27 July 2024 Friendly	Málaga	0–1	Almería
19:30 UTC+2			Centelles 24'

28 July 2024^[7] Friendly	Almería	1–1	Al Sadd SC	Málaga
19:00	Baptistão 40'	Report	Paulo Otávio 65' 73'	Stadium: La Quinta Football Center Referee: Ignacio De Santisteban Adame

1 August 2024 Friendly	Almería	1–1	Algeciras
09:30	Baptistão 49'		Rodri 2'

4 August 2024 Friendly	FC Cartagena	1–1	Almería
20:30 UTC+2

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División	18 August 2024	1 June 2025	Matchday 40	40	18	11	11	70	55	+15	045.00
Copa del Rey			First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				40	18	11	11	70	55	+15	045.00

Last updated: 29 September 2024
Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Mirandés	42	22	9	11	59	40	+19	75^[a]	Qualification for promotion playoffs
5	Racing Santander	42	20	11	11	65	51	+14	71
6	Almería	42	19	12	11	72	55	+17	69
7	Granada	42	18	11	13	65	54	+11	65
8	Huesca	42	18	10	14	58	49	+9	64

Source: LaLiga Hypermotion
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[8]
Notes:

^ Oviedo finished ahead of Mirandés on head-to-head goal difference: Oviedo 4–1 Mirandés, Mirandés 1–0 Oviedo.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	11	6	4	40	29	+11	39	6	3	1	20	12	+8	5	3	3	20	17	+3

Last updated: 22 December 2024.
Source:

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
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D
Position	13	7	8	12	17	17	20	17	19	17	12	13	9	6	5	2	2	3	2	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2024. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 26 June 2024.^[9]

18 August 2024 1	Racing Santander	2–2	Almería	Santander
17:00				Stadium: El Sardinero

24 August 2024 2	Tenerife	0–1	Almería	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
20:30 UTC+1			Melamed 64'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López

31 August 2024 3	Almería	1–1	Sporting Gijón	Almería
21:30				Stadium: UD Almería Stadium

8 September 2024 4	Eldense	1–0	Almería	Elda
18:30	Ortuño 82'			Stadium: Nuevo Pepico Amat

16 September 2024 5	Almería	2–5	Castellón	Almería
20:30				Stadium: UD Almería Stadium

22 September 2024 6	Almería	2–2	Eibar	Almería
21:00	Melamed 57' Fettal 80'		González 25' (o.g.) Alkain 55'	Stadium: UD Almería Stadium

29 September 2024 7	Levante	4–2	Almería	Valencia
14:00	Brugué 2' Morales 15' Kochorashvili 51' Carlos Álvarez 74'		Arribas 17', 45+2'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València

5 October 2024 8	Almería	2–0	Burgos	Almería
18:30 CET	Suárez 29' 53' Sergio Arribas 31' 38' Nico Melamed 51' Alejandro Pozo 89'	Report	David González 56' Aitor Córdoba 57'	Stadium: UD Almería Stadium Attendance: 10,391 Referee: Andrés Fuentes Molina

13 October 2024 9	Real Oviedo	3–2	Almería	Oviedo
16:15 CET	David Costas 12' Jaime Seoane 18' 76' Alemão 70' Paulino de la Fuente 74'	Report	Alejandro Pozo 5' Suárez 24' 67' 90+6' Álex Centelles 43' Radovanović 63' Fettal 79' Arnau Puigmal 80'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 19,426 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza

20 October 2024 10	Real Zaragoza	1–2	Almería	Zaragoza
18:30 CET	Iván Azón 12' Baždar 56' Bernardo Vital 83'	Report	Edgar González 1' Suárez 9' (pen.) 67' Baba 18' Chumi 48' Gonzalo Melero 78' Lopy 78' Fernando Martínez 87'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 20,814 Referee: Sergiu Claudiu Muresan

24 October 2024 11	Almería	3–1	Albacete	Almería
19:00 CET	Léo Baptistão 15' 49' Lopy 45+3' Gonzalo Melero 53' Chumi 55' Suárez 57' Álex Centelles 61'	Report	Rai Marchán 26'	Stadium: UD Almería Stadium Attendance: 10,808 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

27 October 2024 12	Huesca	2–2	Almería	Huesca
18:30 CET	Toni Abad 3' Iker Unzueta 9' Diego González 36' Javi Hernández 45+3' Ignasi Vilarrasa 56' (pen.)	Report	Bruno Langa 43' Álex Centelles 55' 85' Sergio Arribas 82'	Stadium: Estadio El Alcoraz Attendance: 5,223 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

8 November 2024 14	Elche	1–2	Almería	Elche
20:30 CET	José Salinas 4' Fernández 60' Mario Gaspar 66' Raúl Guti 90+1'	Report	Marc Pubill 14' Álex Centelles 34' Lopy 37' 38' Baba 42' Suárez 54' Arnau Puigmal 74' Fernando Martínez 79' Fettal 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 20,689 Referee: Manuel Pérez Hernández

17 November 2024 15	Almería	2–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Almería
18:30 CET	Edgar González 31' Léo Baptistão 45+1'	Report	Pablo Vázquez 35' Dani Barcia 72'	Stadium: UD Almería Stadium Attendance: 12,814 Referee: Sergiu Claudiu Muresan

23 November 2024 16	FC Cartagena	1–2	Almería	Cartagena
14:00 CET	Valles 35' Sergio Guerrero 54' Musto 54'	Report	Edgar González 6' Sergio Arribas 24' Suárez 65'	Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova Attendance: 6,786 Referee: Daniel Palencia Caballero

26 November 2024 13	Almería	4–0	Córdoba	Almería
20:30 CET	Alejandro Pozo 57' Léo Baptistão 61' 82' Suárez 76'	Report	Calderón 59' Carlos Albarrán 68' Álex Sala 69'	Stadium: UD Almería Stadium Attendance: 10,521 Referee: Oliver De la Fuente Ramos

30 November 2024 17	Almería	2–1	Granada	Almería
16:15 CET	Gui Guedes 8' Suárez 83' Gonzalo Melero 85' 87'	Report	Pablo Insua 40' Uzuni 45+1' Ricard Sánchez 90+3'	Stadium: UD Almería Stadium Attendance: 13,667 Referee: Eder Mallo Fernández

8 December 2024 18	Málaga	1–1	Almería	Málaga
16:15 CET	Fernando Martínez 12' (o.g.) Manu Molina 51' Luismi 72'	Report	Marc Pubill 20' Bruno Langa 49' Lopy 51' Chumi 56' Suárez 63' Álex Pastor 90+6' (o.g.)	Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Attendance: 25,481 Referee: Miguel González Díaz

13 December 2024 19	Almería	1–0	Mirandés	Almería
20:30 CET	Léo Baptistão 7' Chumi 13' Marc Pubill 25' Lopy 50' Sergio Arribas 67' Gonzalo Melero 71' Suárez 90+4'	Report	Hugo Rincón 29' Alberto Reina 72'	Stadium: UD Almería Stadium Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

18 December 2024 20	Racing de Ferrol	1–4	Almería	Ferrol
19:00 CET	David Castro 16' Josep Señé 24' Naldo 26' Aitor Gelardo 48'	Report	Suárez 33' 51' (pen.) 63' Sergio Arribas 57' Rubén Quintanilla 77'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal da Malata Attendance: 5,346 Referee: Jon González Esteban

22 December 2024 21	Almería	1–1	Cádiz	Almería
18:30 CET	Suárez 60' (pen.) Alejandro Pozo 78' Gonzalo Melero 89' Perović 90+2'	Report	Javier Ontiveros 43' 55' 73' Brian Ocampo 47' Carlos Fernández 89'	Stadium: UD Almería Stadium Attendance: 13,548 Referee: Germán Cid Camacho

12 January 2025 22	Córdoba	–	Almería	Córdoba
14:00 CET				Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Arcángel

Copa del Rey

30 October 2024 First Round	SS Reyes	1-2	Almería	San Sebastián de los Reyes
21:00 CET	Tito 22' 56'	Report	Gui Guedes 14' Arnau Puigmal 39' 42' Kaiky 50' Lopy 90'	Stadium: Municipal Nuevo Matapiñonera Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

4 December 2024 Second Round	Cultural Leonesa	1-2	Almería	León
20:00 CET	Txus Alba 18' Víctor José Ruiz Ramos 41' Juan Artola 90+3'	Report	Nico Melamed 3' Gonzalo Melero 15' Luís Maximiano 45' Léo Baptistão 84'	Stadium: Estadio Reino de León Referee: Andrés Fuentes Molina

4 January 2025 Round of 32	Almería	4-1	Sevilla	Almería
17:30 CET	Milovanović 17' 49' Nico Melamed 37' Suárez 54' 78' 90+6' (pen.) Rubén Quintanilla 90+2'	Report	Isaac Romero 5' Badé 65'	Stadium: UD Almería Stadium Attendance: 15,067 Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer

15 January 2025 Round of 16	Almería	2-3	Leganés	Almería
19:30 CET	Suárez 38' Lázaro 52'	Report	Altimira 33' Cissé 43' de la Fuente 76' (pen.) Raba 81' García 86' Nastasić 90+5'	Stadium: UD Almería Stadium Attendance: 12,843 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

References

^ ""Queremos darle una alegría a la afición; se lo merece"". www.udalmeriasad.com.
^ Rosal, Antonio del (July 11, 2024). "Arnau Solá se marcha cedido al Villarreal B". Diario AS.
^ "Jonathan Viera's spell at UD Almería comes to an end".
^ "Adrián Embarba joins Rayo Vallecano on season-long deal". www.udalmeriasad.com.
^ "Arvin Appiah loaned out to CD Nacional de Madeira". www.udalmeriasad.com.
^ "Marciano sent out on loan to Betis Deportivo Balompié". www.udalmeriasad.com.
^ "UD Almería will take on Al-Sadd SC in pre-season friendly".
^ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "Consulta el calendario de la Segunda División 2024/2025 | www.rfef.es".

[table_hth_OVI0.072540404308839-8] Oviedo finished ahead of Mirandés on head-to-head goal difference: Oviedo 4–1 Mirandés, Mirandés 1–0 Oviedo.

[1] ""Queremos darle una alegría a la afición; se lo merece"". www.udalmeriasad.com.

[2] Rosal, Antonio del (July 11, 2024). "Arnau Solá se marcha cedido al Villarreal B". Diario AS.

[3] "Jonathan Viera's spell at UD Almería comes to an end".

[4] "Adrián Embarba joins Rayo Vallecano on season-long deal". www.udalmeriasad.com.

[5] "Arvin Appiah loaned out to CD Nacional de Madeira". www.udalmeriasad.com.

[6] "Marciano sent out on loan to Betis Deportivo Balompié". www.udalmeriasad.com.

[7] "UD Almería will take on Al-Sadd SC in pre-season friendly".

[9] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[10] "Consulta el calendario de la Segunda División 2024/2025 | www.rfef.es".

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Unión Deportiva Almería S.A.D.
History Players Managers Seasons Statistics Honours
Teams	UD Almería UD Almería B UD Almería (women)
History	Athletic Almería UD Almería (1947–1953) / Atlético Almería (1953–1960) CD Hispania / CD Almería (1960–1969) AD Almería (1971–1982)
Home stadium	UD Almería Stadium
Training ground	Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas La Manga Stadium
Seasons	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24