UD Almería B

Unión Deportiva Almería "B" is a Spanish football team based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2001, it is the reserve team of UD Almería and currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 9, holding home games at Anexo Power Horse Stadium, with a 13,648 seat capacity.

Almería B

Full name	Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. "B"
Founded	1997; 26 years ago (1997)
Ground	Anexo Power Horse Stadium Almería, Spain
Capacity	13,648
President	Turki Al-Sheikh^[1]
Head coach	Alberto Lasarte
League	Tercera Federación – Group 9
2022–23	Tercera Federación – Group 9, 9th of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Club background

• Almería Club de Fútbol "B" (1997–2001)
• Unión Deportiva Almería "B" (2001–present)

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place 1997–98 6 1ª Reg. 1st 1998–99 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 1999–2000 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 2000–01 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2001–02 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2002–03 4 3ª 9th 2003–04 4 3ª 9th 2004–05 4 3ª 15th 2005–06 4 3ª 9th 2006–07 4 3ª 11th 2007–08 4 3ª 8th 2008–09 4 3ª 2nd 2009–10 4 3ª 4th 2010–11 3 2ª B 13th 2011–12 3 2ª B 13th 2012–13 3 2ª B 5th 2013–14 3 2ª B 13th 2014–15 3 2ª B 3rd 2015–16 3 2ª B 20th 2016–17 4 3ª 3rd

Season Tier Division Place 2017–18 4 3ª 2nd 2018–19 3 2ª B 20th 2019–20 4 3ª 5th 2020–21 4 3ª 2nd / 5th 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 4th 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 9th 2023–24 5 3ª Fed.

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• 7 seasons in Segunda División B
• 12 seasons in Tercera División
• 3 seasons in Tercera Federación/Tercera División RFEF

Current squad

As of 24 September 2023.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ESP Manuel Obón 2 DF   ESP Miguel Peña 3 DF   ESP Aarón Romero (vice-captain) 4 DF   ESP Alex Varó 5 DF   ESP Paco Sanz 6 DF   ESP René Pérez 7 FW   ESP Valen Gómez 8 MF   ESP Joan Gázquez 9 FW   ESP Loren Sánchez 10 MF   ESP Abel Mellado (captain) 11 FW   POR Hugo Neves 12 DF   POR Alex Mendes

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK   ESP Bruno Iribarne (4th captain) 14 FW   ESP Luis Lara 15 FW   GNB Marciano Sanca 16 MF   ESP Antonio Jesús 18 FW   SRB Marko Milovanović 19 MF   BRA Keven 20 MF   ESP Marçal Casadevall 21 MF   POR Carlos Avelino 22 DF   ESP Carlos Ballestero 23 MF   ESP Marcos Peña (3rd captain) 24 DF   ESP Alejandro Torres 29 FW   MAR Rachad Fettal

From Youth Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Óscar Fernández
Assistant coach	Iván Gómez
Goalkeeping coach	Ángel Férez
Team Manager	Chico Flores
Fitness coach	Pepe Ruiz
Physiotherapist	Cristian Sánchez   Fran Simón
Delegate	Jesús Padilla Belmonte
Field Delegate	Jorge Peralta
Equipment Manager	Oscar Vargas César

Last updated: September 2022
Source: UD Almería

Notable former players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Jonathan Zongo   Gianfranco Gazzaniga   Gregorio   Kike Boula   Igor Engonga

Michi   Sena   Hicham   Ramon Azeez   Stanley Okoro

John Ogu   Alberto   Cristóbal   Ángel Trujillo   Aleix Vidal

See also: Category:UD Almería B players

Former managers

See UD Almería B managers.

•   Esteban Navarro
•   Fran Fernández
•   Francisco
•   Miguel Rivera

References

1. Pascual, Jose (2020-04-23). "El alcalde agradece a la UD Almería y a su presidente Turki Al-Sheikh su generosidad en la donación de equipo médico". Radio Marca Almeria (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-16.
2. "Plantilla Unión Deportiva Almería SAD B | Almería - Web Oficial".

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)