2024–25 UD Almería season

UD Almería

2024–25 season
Head coach	Rubi
Stadium	UD Almería Stadium
Segunda División	19th
Copa del Rey	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	League: Nico Melamed (3) All: Nico Melamed (3)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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	Source
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

Almería v Granada

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

Benfica v Almería

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

Málaga v Almería

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

Almería v Al Sadd SC

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

Almería v Algeciras

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

FC Cartagena v Almería

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

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División	18 August 2024	1 June 2025	Matchday 1	7	1	3	3	10	15	−5	014.29
Copa del Rey			First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				7	1	3	3	10	15	−5	014.29

Last updated: 29 September 2024
Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

Main article: 2024–25 Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Castellón	12	6	1	5	20	16	+4	19
9	Granada	13	5	4	4	21	18	+3	19
10	Almería	13	5	4	4	23	23	0	19
11	Huesca	12	5	3	4	18	13	+5	18
12	Eibar	13	5	3	5	12	14	−2	18

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2024. 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]

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
7	1	3	3	10	15	−5	6	0	2	1	5	8	−3	1	1	2	5	7	−2

Last updated: 29 September 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	D	L	L	D	L
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Racing Santander v Almería

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

Tenerife v Almería

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

Almería v Sporting Gijón

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

Eldense v Almería

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

Almería v Castellón

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

Almería v Eibar

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

Levante v Almería

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

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2024–25 Copa del Rey

References

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".
8. "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
9. "Consulta el calendario de la Segunda División 2024/2025 | www.rfef.es".