Almería

Full name	Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D.
Founded	1989
Ground	Estadio del Mediterráneo, Almería, Andalusia, Spain (Capacity: 22,000)
Chairman	Alfonso García Gabarrón
Manager	Juan Manuel Lillo
League	La Liga
2008-09	La Liga, 11th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. is a Spanish top division football club based in Almería, Province of Almería. The club was founded in 1989, and currently plays in La Liga.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Famous matches in the first division 2 Achievements/milestones 2.1 Season to season 3 Current squad 3.1 Out on loan 3.2 Starting 11 4 External links

[edit] History

AD Almería was a team that played in the first division between 1979-1981, but disappeared in 1982, and was arguably UD Almería's predecessor. In 1989, a club named Almería Club de Fútbol was born, but in 2001 was renamed Unión Deportiva Almería. After playing one season in the second division, they got relegated to the second B and the third divisions.

After spending several seasons in the second division, the side was first promoted to the top flight after finishing runner-up in 2006-07. After some outstanding performances, the team achieved a final 8th league place in 2007-08. At the club's helm was coach Unai Emery, as striker Álvaro Negredo finished team topscorer with 13 goals.

After Emery left for Valencia CF, Gonzalo Arconada stepped in, but was sacked on December 21, 2008, after a string of poor results, without however never reaching the last three. Mexican Hugo Sánchez took the job, and fared slightly better, for a final mid-table position.

[edit] Famous matches in the first division

• Sevilla 1-4 Almería
• Almería 2-0 Real Madrid
• Deportivo La Coruña 0-3 Almería
• Almería 2-2 Barcelona
• Valencia 0-1 Almería
• Almería 3-0 Villareal

[edit] Achievements/milestones

• Promoted to second division in 1994/95
• Relegated to second division B in 1996/97
• Relegated to third division in 1998/99
• Promoted to second division B in 1999/00
• Promoted to second division in 2001/02
• Promoted to first division in 2006/07

[edit] Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1989/90 Regional — 1990/91 Regional — 1991/92 Regional — 1992/93 3ª 2nd 1993/94 2ªB 11th 1994/95 2ªB 2nd 1995/96 2ª 16th 1996/97 2ª 17th 1997/98 2ªB 7th 1998/99 2ªB 18th 1999/00 3ª 4th

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 2000/01 2ªB 11th 2001/02 2ªB 3rd 2002/03 2ª 18th 2003/04 2ª 13th 2004/05 2ª 14th 2005/06 2ª 6th 2006/07 2ª 2nd 2007/08 1ª 8th 2008/09 1ª 11th 2009/10 1ª —

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• 2 seasons in La Liga
• 6 seasons in Segunda División
• 6 seasons in Segunda División B
• 2 seasons in Tercera División
• 3 seasons in Categorías Regionales

[edit] Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website, http://www.udalmeriasad.com and www.lfp.es

No. Position Player 1 GK Diego Alves 2 DF Hernán Pellerano 3 DF Guilherme Oliveira 4 DF Chico 5 FW Kalu Uche 6 DF Domingo Cisma 7 MF Miguel Nieto 8 MF Albert Crusat 9 FW Esteban Solari 10 FW José Ortiz (captain) 11 MF Pablo Piatti 13 GK Esteban Suárez

No. Position Player 14 MF Alex Quillo (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 15 MF Corona 16 DF Michel Macedo 17 FW Juan Ortiz 18 DF Santiago Acasiete (vice-captain) 19 MF Modeste M'Bami 20 FW Henok Goitom 21 FW David Rodríguez 22 MF Fabián Vargas 23 MF Fernando Soriano 24 MF Leonardo Borzani 25 MF Hernán Bernardello

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player DF Carlos García (at Betis) FW Natalio Poquet (at Murcia)

[edit] Starting 11

These charts below depict the most used starters in the most used start formation. The most recent starters/formations are listed when total starts are equal between two players/formations.

N P Nat. Name GS Notes 1 GK BRA Alves 11 Esteban has zero starts 16 RB BRA Michel 9 4 CB ESP Chico 11 Pellerano has two starts 18 CB PER Acasiete 10 6 LB ESP Cisma 7 Guilherme has five starts 5 RW NGR Uche 9 Nieto has three starts 23 CM ESP Soriano 9 M'Bami has five starts 25 CM ARG Bernardello 13 8 LW ESP Crusat 10 11 FW ARG Piatti 7 José Ortiz has zero starts 17 FW ESP Juanma 10 Goitom has zero starts

Last updated: 26 Nov 2009
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

David Moreno

[edit] External links

• Official website

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