2014–15 UD Almería season

UD Almería
2014–15 season
President Alfonso García Gabarrón
Manager Sergi Barjuán
Stadium Juegos Mediterráneos
La Liga 19th (relegated)
Copa del Rey Round of 16
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2014–15 season is UD Almería's 25th season of existence and the second consecutive in the top flight of Spanish football, after avoiding relegation narrowly in the last season.

Squad

As of 23 May 2015
No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Club
caps
Club
goals
Int.
caps
Int.
goals
Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Julián Cuesta GK Spain Andalusia Campotéjar 28 March 1991 (aged 24) 19 0 Sevilla 6 June 2014 Undisc. 30 June 2017
25 Rubén GK Spain Galicia (Spain) Coristanco 22 June 1984 (aged 30) 23 0 Rayo 28 May 2014 Free 30 June 2015
30 Yeray GK Spain Catalonia Selva 10 June 1992 (aged 22) Almería B 19 December 2014 Free 30 June 2017
Defenders
2 Michel Macedo RB Brazil Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) 15 February 1990 (aged 25) 113 4 Flamengo Brazil 23 June 2008 Undisc. 30 June 2016
3 Fran Vélez CB/LB/DM Spain Catalonia Tarragona 13 June 1991 (aged 23) 22 1 Almería B 13 January 2014 Free 30 June 2016
4 Ximo Navarro RB/CB Spain Andalusia Guadahortuna 23 January 1990 (aged 25) 29 0 Mallorca 12 June 2014 Free 30 June 2017
5 Ángel Trujillo CB Spain Community of Madrid Madrid 8 September 1987 (aged 27) 113 1 Almería B 8 June 2012 Free 30 June 2017
6 Mauro dos Santos CB/RB Argentina Santo Tomé 7 July 1989 (aged 25) 34 1 Murcia 22 July 2014 Free 30 June 2015
14 José Manuel Casado LB Spain Andalusia Coria del Río 9 August 1986 (aged 28) 8 0 Málaga 30 January 2015 Free 30 June 2016
16 Sebastián Dubarbier LB/LW Argentina La Plata 19 February 1986 (aged 29) 61 1 Córdoba 28 June 2013 Free 30 June 2016
21 Mané LB Spain Andalusia Tarifa 21 December 1981 (aged 33) 125 4 M. Tel Aviv Israel 23 December 2013 Free 30 June 2015
28 Antonio Marín RB/CB Spain Andalusia Benalúa 17 June 1996 (aged 18) 6 0 Almería B 17 December 2013 Free 30 June 2015
36 Charlie Took CB Cameroon Douala 25 May 1993 (aged 21) Almería B 17 April 2015 Free 30 June 2015
Midfielders
7 Verza DM/CM Spain Valencian Community Orihuela 26 September 1986 (aged 28) 158 16 Albacete 29 June 2011 Free 30 June 2015
8 Wellington Silva RW/LW/SS Brazil Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) 6 January 1993 (aged 22) 35 0 Arsenal England 14 July 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
15 Corona (c) CM/DM/AM Spain Castilla-La Mancha Talavera 12 February 1981 (aged 34) 309 22 Zaragoza 11 August 2006 Free 30 June 2015
17 Édgar Méndez RW/LW Spain Canary Islands Arafo 30 April 1991 (aged 24) 31 5 Almería B 22 June 2014 Free 30 June 2018
22 Thomas Partey CM/DM Ghana Odumase Krobo 13 June 1993 (aged 21) 32 4 Atlético Madrid 27 July 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
23 Fernando Soriano CM/AM Spain Aragon Zaragoza 24 September 1979 (aged 35) 302 44 Osasuna 25 July 2011 Free 30 June 2015
24 Javier Espinosa AM/LW Spain Castilla-La Mancha Talavera La Reina 19 September 1992 (aged 22) 16 1 Villarreal 9 January 2015 Loan 30 June 2015
26 Iván LW/RW SpainAndalusia Jaén 23 September 1992 (aged 22) 2 0 Almería B 4 December 2014 Free 30 June 2017
29 José Ángel CM Spain Andalusia Seville 21 June 1992 (aged 22) 2 0 Almería B 4 December 2014 Free 30 June 2019
31 Ramon Azeez CM/DM Nigeria Abuja 12 December 1992 (aged 22) 53 2 4 0 Almería B 28 June 2013 Free 30 June 2016
33 Gaspar LW Spain Castilla-La Mancha Tarazona La Mancha 9 December 1997 (aged 17) 1 0 Almería B 11 September 2014 Free Undisclosed
35 Carlos Selfa CM Spain Valencian Community Sueca 25 April 1992 (aged 23) 1 0 Almería B 23 November 2014 Free 30 June 2015
Forwards
9 Thievy Bifouma ST/SS Republic of the Congo Saint-Denis France 13 May 1992 (aged 23) 30 4 11 5 Espanyol 13 August 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
10 Tomer Hemed ST Israel Kiryat Tiv'on 2 May 1987 (aged 28) 35 8 15 10 Mallorca 2 July 2014 Free 30 June 2016
19 Jonathan Zongo ST/RW Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 6 April 1989 (aged 26) 94 8 15 2 Almería B 1 August 2011 Free 30 June 2017
32 Dani Romera ST Spain Andalusia Almería 23 August 1995 (aged 19) 9 0 Almería B 29 November 2013 Free 30 June 2018

Managers

Name Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Date signed Role Departure Manner Contract End
Francisco Spain Andalusia Almería 17 June 1978 Almería B 29 June 2013 Permanent 9 December 2014 Sacked 30 June 2015
Miguel Rivera Spain Andalusia Alhaurín de la Torre 8 May 1961 Almería B 9 December 2014 Interim 13 December 2014 Ended tenure 30 June 2015
Juan Ignacio Martínez Spain Valencian Community Rabasa 23 June 1964 Free agent 11 December 2014 Permanent 5 April 2015 Sacked 30 June 2015
Miguel Rivera Spain Andalusia Alhaurín de la Torre 8 May 1961 Almería B 5 April 2015 Interim 6 April 2015 Ended tenure 30 June 2015
Sergi Barjuán Spain Catalonia Les Franqueses 28 December 1971 Free agent 6 April 2015 Permanent 30 June 2015

Staff members

Name Staff role
Ramón de Quintana Assistant manager
Sergio Pardo Fitness coach
Jesús Roche Fitness coach
Ángel Férez Goalkeeping coach
Pepe Morales Scout
Antonio Ríos Doctor
Marcelo Bronzini Doctor

Source: UD Almería's official website

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
18 FW Thailand Teerasil Dangda 25Non-EU Muangthong United Thailand Loan Summer 2015 Free
3 DF Spain Fran Vélez 22EU Almería B Promoted Summer 2016 Free
11 MF Spain Quique González 24EU Guadalajara Transfer Summer 2018 Free
25 GK Spain Rubén 29EU Rayo Vallecano Transfer Summer 2015 Free
1 GK Spain Julián Cuesta 23EU Sevilla Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed
4 DF Spain Ximo Navarro 24EU Mallorca Transfer Summer 2017 Free
DF Spain Raúl García 25EU Alavés Loan Return Summer 2015 Free
17 MF Spain Édgar Méndez 23EU Tenerife Loan Return Summer 2015 Free
10 FW Israel Tomer Hemed 27EU Mallorca Transfer Summer 2016 Free
2 DF Brazil Michel Macedo 24EU Atlético Mineiro Brazil Loan Return Summer 2015 Free
8 MF Brazil Wellington Silva 21EU ArsenalEngland Loan Summer 2015 Free
6 DF Argentina Mauro dos Santos 25EU Murcia Transfer Summer 2015 Free
22 MF Ghana Thomas Partey 21EU Atlético Madrid Loan Summer 2015 Free
9 FW Republic of the Congo Thievy Bifouma 22EU Espanyol Loan Summer 2015 €200K
Spain Juan Ignacio Martínez 50EU Free Agent Job Offer During season 2015 Free
24 MF Spain Javier Espinosa 22EU Villarreal Loan Winter 2015 Free
14 DF Spain José Manuel Casado 28EU Málaga Transfer Winter 2016 Free
Spain Sergi Barjuán 43EU Free Agent Job Offer During season 2015 Free

Total spending: Decrease 200,000

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
1 GK Spain Esteban 38EU Oviedo Contract Ended Summer Free
6 MF Spain Marcos Tébar 28EU BrentfordEngland Contract Rescinded Summer Free
2 DF Argentina Marco Torsiglieri 26EU Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Loan Return Summer Free
4 DF Chile Hans Martínez 27Non-EU Universidad Católica Chile Loan Return Summer Free
22 DF Portugal Nélson 31EU Palermo Italy Loan Return Summer Free
11 MF Portugal Hélder Barbosa 27EU Braga Portugal Loan Return Summer Free
17 MF Spain Suso 20EU Liverpool England Loan Return Summer Free
10 FW Spain Rodri 24EU Barcelona Loan Return Summer Free
25 GK Spain Julián Cuesta 23EU Sevilla Loan Return Summer Free
8 MF Spain Aleix Vidal 24EU Sevilla Transfer Summer €3M
DF Spain Raúl García 25EU Alavés Contract Rescinded Summer Free
DF Uruguay Marcelo Silva 25EU Las Palmas Contract Rescinded Summer Free
Spain Francisco 36EU Free Agent Contract Rescinded During season Free
18 FW Thailand Teerasil Dangda 26Non-EU Muangthong UnitedThailand Loan Ended Winter Free
11 FW Spain Quique González 24EU Racing Santander Loan Winter Free
Spain Juan Ignacio Martínez 50EU Free Agent Contract Rescinded During season Free

Total gaining: Increase 3,000,000

Contracts

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Status
Contract length
Expiry date
Source
23 MF Spain Fernando Soriano 34 Signed 1 year June 2015 Marca
Spain Francisco 35 Signed 1 year June 2015 UD Almería
15 MF Spain Corona 33 Signed 1 year June 2015 UD Almería
2 DF Brazil Michel Macedo 24 Signed 2 years June 2016 UD Almería
17 MF Spain Édgar Méndez 23 Signed 2 years June 2016 UD Almería
17 MF Spain Édgar Méndez 23 Signed 2 years June 2018 UD Almería

Last updated:

Player statistics

Squad Stats

As of 23 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLa Liga Copa del Rey
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain Julián Cuesta 19 0 15 0 4 0
2 DF Brazil Michel Macedo 18 3 13+1 2 4 1
3 DF Spain Fran Vélez 17 0 14+3 0 0 0
4 DF Spain Ximo Navarro 29 0 28 0 1 0
5 DF Spain Ángel Trujillo 37 0 35+1 0 1 0
6 DF Argentina Mauro dos Santos 34 1 28+2 1 4 0
7 MF Spain Verza 36 5 33 4 3 1
8 MF Brazil Wellington Silva 35 0 23+8 0 3+1 0
9 FW Republic of the Congo Thievy Bifouma 30 4 21+8 4 1 0
10 FW Israel Tomer Hemed 35 8 26+9 8 0 0
14 DF Spain José Manuel Casado 8 0 5+3 0 0 0
15 MF Spain Corona 33 0 23+8 0 2 0
16 DF Argentina Sebastián Dubarbier 33 0 32 0 1 0
17 MF Spain Édgar Méndez 31 5 21+9 4 1 1
19 FW Burkina Faso Jonathan Zongo 28 3 16+11 2 1 1
21 DF Spain Mané 9 1 3+2 0 4 1
22 MF Ghana Thomas Partey 32 4 29+2 4 1 0
23 MF Spain Fernando Soriano 31 3 14+15 3 1+1 0
24 MF Spain Javier Espinosa 16 1 8+7 1 1 0
25 GK Spain Rubén 23 0 23 0 0 0
26 MF Spain Iván 2 0 0 0 1+1 0
28 DF Spain Antonio Marín 5 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
29 MF Spain José Ángel 2 0 0 0 0+2 0
30 GK Spain Yeray 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Nigeria Ramon Azeez 17 0 10+4 0 3 0
32 FW Spain Dani Romera 8 0 0+5 0 0+3 0
33 MF Spain Gaspar 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
35 MF Spain Carlos Selfa 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players on loan to other clubs:
11 MF Spain Quique González 6 1 0+3 0 2+1 1
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
18 FW Thailand Teerasil Dangda 10 1 0+6 0 3+1 1

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name La Liga Copa del Rey Total
1 FW Israel 10 Tomer Hemed 8 0 8
2 MF Spain 7 Verza 4 1 5
MF Spain 17 Édgar Méndez 4 1 5
3 FW Republic of the Congo 9 Thievy Bifouma 4 0 4
MF Ghana 22 Thomas Partey 4 0 4
4 MF Spain 23 Fernando Soriano 3 0 3
DF Brazil 2 Michel Macedo 2 1 3
FW Burkina Faso 19 Jonathan Zongo 2 1 3
5 DF Argentina 6 Mauro dos Santos 1 0 1
MF Spain 24 Javier Espinosa 1 0 1
MF Spain 11 Quique González 0 1 1
FW Thailand 18 Teerasil Dangda 0 1 1
DF Spain 21 Mané 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1
TOTALS 34 7 41

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name La Liga Copa del Rey Total
Red card Red card Red card
16 Argentina DF Sebastián Dubarbier 14 2 0 0 14 2
22 Ghana MF Thomas Partey 13 0 1 0 14 0
23 Spain MF Fernando Soriano 11 0 0 0 11 0
7 Spain MF Verza 10 0 0 0 10 0
9 Republic of the Congo FW Thievy Bifouma 7 1 1 0 8 1
6 Argentina DF Mauro dos Santos 7 2 0 0 7 2
8 Brazil MF Wellington Silva 6 0 1 0 7 0
4 Spain DF Ximo Navarro 6 0 0 0 6 0
17 Spain MF Édgar Méndez 6 0 0 0 6 0
5 Spain DF Ángel Trujillo 5 1 1 0 6 1
2 Brazil DF Michel Macedo 3 2 2 0 5 2
15 Spain MF Corona 4 0 1 0 5 0
3 Spain DF Fran Vélez 4 1 0 0 4 1
10 Israel FW Tomer Hemed 4 1 0 0 4 1
14 Spain DF José Manuel Casado 4 0 0 0 4 0
31 Nigeria MF Ramon Azeez 2 1 1 0 3 1
19 Burkina Faso FW Jonathan Zongo 3 0 0 0 3 0
24 Spain MF Javier Espinosa 3 0 0 0 3 0
1 Spain GK Julián Cuesta 2 0 0 0 2 0
25 Spain GK Rubén 2 0 0 0 2 0
18 Thailand FW Teerasil Dangda 0 0 1 0 1 0
26 Spain MF Iván 0 0 1 0 1 0
28 Spain DF Antonio Marín 0 0 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 111 10 11 0 122 10

Competitions

Pre-season/Friendlies

La Liga

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Deportivo La Coruña 38 7 14 17 35 60 25 35[lower-alpha 1]
17 Granada 38 7 14 17 29 64 35 35[lower-alpha 1]
18 Eibar 38 9 8 21 34 55 21 35[lower-alpha 1]
19 Almería (R) 38 8 8 22 35 64 29 32 Relegation to Segunda División
20 Córdoba (R) 38 3 11 24 22 68 46 20
Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair-play points; 7) playoff match[1]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Deportivo 7 pts, Granada 6 pts, Eibar 2 pts

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 8 8 22 35 64 −29 32 3 7 9 20 28 −8 5 1 13 15 36 −21

Last updated: 23 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
Result D L D W L W D L L L L D L L L W W L L L W W D L D L D L L L W L W D D L L L
Position 8 17 17 11 12 10 10 13 13 14 15 15 17 17 18 16 14 16 18 18 16 16 15 15 16 18 16 17 18 19 17 17 17 17 17 16 19 19

Last updated: 23 May 2015.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Copa del Rey

References

  1. "Reglamento General" [General Regulations] (PDF). www.lnfs.es (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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