UD Almería

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UD Almería
Full name	Unión Deportiva Almería
Founded	1989/2001
Ground	Estadio del Mediterráneo, Almería, Andalusia, Spain (Capacity 20,000)
Chairman	Alfonso García Gabarrón
Manager	Vacant
League	La Liga
2007-08	8th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Unión Deportiva Almería is a Spanish top division football club based in Almería, Province of Almería. The club was founded in 1989.

It was first promoted to La Liga after finishing runner-up in 2006-07's Segunda División. After some outstanding performances, the team achieved a final 8th league place in 2007-2008.

Contents 1 History 2 Achievements/milestones 3 Current squad 4 Statistics 2007/08 5 Famous players 6 Famous coaches 7 External links

[edit] History

• AD Almería was a team that played in La Liga 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.

[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.

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• 1 season in La Liga
• 6 seasons in Segunda División
• 6 seasons in Segunda División B
• 2 seasons in Tercera División

[edit] Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Diego Alves 2 DF Bruno 3 DF Aitor López Rekarte 4 MF David Moreno 5 MF Kalu Uche 7 FW Veljko Paunović 8 MF Albert Crusat 9 FW Álvaro Negredo 10 FW José Ortiz (captain) 11 DF Domingo Cisma 12 MF Iriney

No. Position Player 13 GK David Cobeño 14 DF Rubén Pulido 15 MF Corona 17 FW Juan Manuel Ortiz 18 DF Santiago Acasiete (vice-captain) 21 DF Carlos García 22 MF Mané 23 MF Fernando Soriano 24 DF Juanito 25 DF Guilherme 26 GK Aitor Alcalde

[edit] Statistics 2007/08

La Liga	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	F	A
UD Almería	8	52	40	14	10	14	42	45

• Top Scores:
  • Negredo - 13 goals
  • Felipe Melo - 7 goals
  • Pulido - 3 goals
• Top Goalkeepers
  • Diego Alves - 25 goals In 22 Matches
  • Cobeño - 20 goals In 16 Matches

[edit] Famous players

Toni Lima Severiano Pavón Juan Carlos Lago Cristian Díaz Leonel Ríos Roberto Nanni Ricardo Martínez Alfonso Troisi Juan Crespin Nikola Milinković Odair Armindo Marcelinho Paulista Renato Paulo Jamelli Leandro Sena Mate Bilić Ivica Barbaric Jean-Louis Valois Nicolas Sahnoun Stephane Pignol Emmanuel Dorado

Ferenc Horváth Ranko Popović Sander Westerveld Kalu Uche Miguel Ángel Benítez Aldo Adorno Diego Barreto Clemente Rolón Eufemio Cabral Óscar López Santiago Acasiete Constantin Gâlcă Miodrag Anđelković Veljko Paunović Juanlu Julio Iglesias Francisco Roberto Peragón José Ortiz Ricardo Varela Ljubomir Vorkapić

see also Cat:UD Almería footballers

[edit] Famous coaches

• Paco Flores
• Unai Emery

see also Cat:UD Almería managers

[edit] External links

• UD Almería Official website

La Liga • 2008-09 clubs v • d • e

Almería • Athletic Bilbao • Atlético Madrid • Barcelona • Betis • Deportivo • Espanyol Getafe • Málaga • Mallorca • Numancia • Osasuna • Racing Santander • Real Madrid Recreativo • Sevilla • Sporting de Gijón • Valencia • Valladolid • Villarreal

Tercera División - Group 9 • 2008/09 clubs v • d • e

Adra • Alhaurino • Almería B • Antequera • A. Armilla • Baza • C. Vícar • C. de Níjar • Granada Atl. • Granada 74 • Loja • Málaga B • Mengíbar • Motril • Poli Ejido B • Ronda • Roquetas • Santa Fé • Vélez • Vera