2017–18 UD Almería season

UD Almería
2017–18 season
President	Alfonso García
Head coach	Fran Fernández
Stadium	Juegos Mediterráneos
Segunda División	18th
Copa del Rey	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Rubén Alcaraz (9); All: Rubén Alcaraz (9)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was UD Almería's twentieth seventh season of existence and the third consecutive in Segunda División.

Squad

As of 18 June 2018

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	René Román	GK	El Bosque	(1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 34)	42	0	–	–	Girona	5 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
13	Fernando	GK	Murcia	(1990-06-10)10 June 1990 (aged 27)	1	0	–	–	UCAM Murcia	5 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
Defenders
2	Fran Rodríguez	RB/RW	Almuñécar	(1995-05-22)22 May 1995 (aged 23)	22	2	–	–	Zaragoza	12 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
3	Lucien Owona	CB	Douala	(1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 27)	21	0	1	0	Alcorcón	22 July 2017	Free	30 June 2020
5	Ángel Trujillo	CB	Madrid	(1987-09-08)8 September 1987 (aged 30)	154	1	–	–	Levante	5 August 2016	Free	30 June 2019
7	Marco Motta	RB/RW	Merate	(1986-05-14)14 May 1986 (aged 32)	46	3	1	0	Free agent	31 January 2017	Free	30 June 2019
21	Nano	LB	Málaga	(1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 33)	72	0	–	–	Panathinaikos	24 August 2016	Free	30 June 2018
23	Jorge Morcillo (c)	CB/LB	Valencia	(1986-03-11)11 March 1986 (aged 32)	93	7	–	–	Rayo Vallecano	4 July 2015	Free	30 June 2018
24	Joaquín	CB/DM	Huércal de Almería	(1996-05-31)31 May 1996 (aged 22)	75	0	–	–	Almería B	14 October 2015	Free	30 June 2021
29	Iván Martos	CB/LB	Manresa	(1997-05-15)15 May 1997 (aged 21)	0	0	–	–	Almería B	7 December 2017	Free	Undisclosed
30	Pervis Estupiñán	LB/LW	Esmeraldas	(1998-01-28)28 January 1998 (aged 20)	9	0	–	–	Watford	17 July 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
34	Antonio Navas	RB	El Ejido	(1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (aged 23)	3	0	–	–	Almería B	6 September 2016	Free	30 June 2018
39	Igor Engonga	CB	Santander	(1996-01-04)4 January 1996 (aged 22)	0	0	–	–	Almería B	1 June 2018	Free	Undisclosed
Midfielders
4	Verza	DM/CM	Orihuela	(1986-09-26)26 September 1986 (aged 31)	181	18	–	–	Levante	31 August 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
6	Mandi	DM/CM	Santa Lucía	(1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 29)	23	0	–	–	Elche	8 July 2017	Free	30 June 2018
8	Tino Costa	CM/AM	Las Flores	(1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 33)	15	2	2	0	San Lorenzo	1 August 2017	Free	30 June 2018
10	José Ángel Pozo	AM/RW/ST	Málaga	(1996-03-15)15 March 1996 (aged 22)	108	7	–	–	Manchester City	31 August 2015	€500K	30 June 2020
11	Javi Álamo	RW/LW/RB	Gáldar	(1988-08-18)18 August 1988 (aged 29)	17	0	–	–	Osasuna	17 January 2017	Free	30 June 2018
14	Rubén Alcaraz	CM/AM	Barcelona	(1991-05-01)1 May 1991 (aged 27)	42	9	–	–	Girona	11 July 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
16	Fidel	LW/RW	Dehesa de Ríotinto	(1989-10-27)27 October 1989 (aged 28)	71	12	–	–	Córdoba	19 July 2016	€500K	30 June 2021
17	Lass Bangoura	RW/LW	Conakry	(1992-03-30)30 March 1992 (aged 26)	10	0	31	4	Rayo Vallecano	1 February 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
18	Sulayman Marreh	CM/DM	Abuko	(1996-01-15)15 January 1996 (aged 22)	12	1	12	0	Watford	26 January 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
26	Francisco Callejón	CM	Almería	(1998-05-15)15 May 1998 (aged 20)	3	0	–	–	Almería B	8 April 2017	Free	Undisclosed
28	Àlex Corredera	AM/CM	Sant Joan	(1996-09-19)19 September 1996 (aged 21)	3	0	–	–	Deportivo B	9 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
31	Gaspar	LW	Tarazona la Mancha	(1997-12-09)9 December 1997 (aged 20)	33	2	–	–	Almería B	11 September 2014	Free	30 June 2021
33	Lin Liangming	RW/LW	Shantou	(1997-06-04)4 June 1997 (aged 20)	1	0	–	–	Real Madrid B	24 August 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
37	Óscar Lozano	RW/LW	Motril	(1996-06-14)14 June 1996 (aged 21)	2	0	–	–	Almería B	14 December 2017	Free	Undisclosed
40	Javi Moreno	RW	Almería	(1996-06-14)14 June 1996 (aged 21)	0	0	–	–	Almería B	13 May 2018	Free	Undisclosed
Forwards
9	Juan Muñoz	ST	Utrera	(1995-11-12)12 November 1995 (aged 22)	25	4	–	–	Sevilla	8 August 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
19	Hicham	ST/LW	San Javier	(1995-05-07)7 May 1995 (aged 23)	29	2	–	–	Almería B	17 December 2013	Free	30 June 2021
20	Pablo Caballero	ST	Totoras	(1986-07-21)21 July 1986 (aged 31)	28	3	–	–	Lugo	17 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
22	Edoardo Soleri	ST	Rome	(1997-10-19)19 October 1997 (aged 20)	11	2	–	–	Roma	20 January 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
36	Sekou Gassama	ST	Granollers	(1995-05-06)6 May 1995 (aged 23)	0	0	–	–	Almería B	14 December 2017	Free	30 June 2018

Coaches

Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Role	Departure	Manner	Contract End
Luis Miguel Ramis	Tarragona	(1970-07-25)25 July 1970 (aged 47)	Free agent	14 March 2017	Permanent	12 November 2017	Sacked	30 June 2018
Fran Fernández	Almería	(1980-03-20)20 March 1980 (aged 38)	Almería B	12 November 2017	Interim	17 November 2017	Ended tenure^[i]	30 June 2018
Lucas Alcaraz	Granada	(1966-06-21)21 June 1966 (aged 51)	Free agent	16 November 2017	Permanent	24 April 2018	Resigned	30 June 2018
Fran Fernández	Almería	(1980-03-20)20 March 1980 (aged 38)	Almería B	24 April 2018	Permanent			30 June 2018

^ Alcaraz was signed on 16 November 2017, but Fernández was in charge of the club in a match against Zaragoza the following day

Staff members

Name	Staff role
Ricardo Molina	Assistant coach Goalkeeping coach
Edu Frapoli	Fitness coach
Javier Fernández	Technical coach
Ángel Férez	Goalkeeping coach
Misael Rivas	Doctor
Fran Simón	Physio
Pedro Serrano	Physio

Source: UD Almería's official website

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
18	DF	Antonio Marín	21	EU	Granada B	Loan return	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
27	MF	Carlos Selfa	25	EU	Linense	Loan return	Summer	2018	Free	UD Almería
19	FW	Hicham Khaloua	22	EU	Celta B	Loan return	Summer	2018	Free	UD Almería
31	MF	Gaspar	19	EU	Almería B	Promoted	Summer	2018	Free	UD Almería
4	DF	Alex Quintanilla	26	EU	Mirandés	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	UD Almería
1	GK	René Román	33	EU	Girona	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
13	GK	Fernando	27	EU	UCAM Murcia	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
6	MF	Mandi	28	EU	Elche	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	UD Almería
14	MF	Rubén Alcaraz	26	EU	Girona	Loan	Summer	2018	Free	UD Almería
2	DF	Fran Rodríguez	22	EU	Zaragoza	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
30	DF	Pervis Estupiñán	19	Non-EU	Watford	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	UD Almería
20	FW	Pablo Caballero	30	EU	Lugo	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	UD Almería
3	DF	Lucien Owona	26	EU	Alcorcón	Transfer	Summer	2020	€70K	UD Almería
8	MF	Tino Costa	32	EU	San Lorenzo	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	UD Almería
15	MF	Nauzet Alemán	32	EU	Free agent	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	UD Almería
29	MF	Javi Pérez	22	EU	Almería B	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	La Voz de Almería
4	MF	Verza	30	EU	Levante	Loan	Summer	2018	Free	UD Almería
22	FW	Edoardo Soleri	20	EU	Roma	Loan	Winter	2018	Free	UD Almería
18	MF	Sulayman Marreh	22	EU	Watford	Loan	Winter	2018	Free	UD Almería
17	MF	Lass Bangoura	25	EU	Rayo Vallecano	Loan	Winter	2018	Free	UD Almería

Total spending: €70,000

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
15	MF	Corona	36	EU	Free agent	Retired	Summer	Free	UD Almería
25	MF	Karim Yoda	28	EU	Getafe	Loan return	Summer	Free	UD Almería
3	DF	Fran Vélez	26	EU	Wisła Kraków	Contract rescinded	Summer	Free	UD Almería
22	MF	Iván Sánchez	24	EU	Albacete	Transfer	Summer	Free	UD Almería
13	GK	Casto	35	EU	Alcorcón	Contract ended	Summer	Free
1	GK	Julián Cuesta	26	EU	Wisła Kraków	Contract ended	Summer	Free
2	DF	Isidoro	30	EU	Free agent	Contract ended	Summer	Free
4	DF	Ximo Navarro	27	EU	Las Palmas	Contract ended	Summer	Free
12	DF	Henrique Sereno	32	EU	Free agent	Contract ended	Summer	Free
5	MF	Borja Fernández	36	EU	Valladolid	Contract ended	Summer	Free
8	MF	Ramon Azeez	24	EU	Lugo	Contract ended	Summer	Free
17	MF	Antonio Puertas	25	EU	Granada	Contract ended	Summer	Free
18	FW	Juanjo Expósito	31	EU	Racing Santander	Contract ended	Summer	Free
22	FW	Kalu Uche	34	EU	Free agent	Contract ended	Summer	Free
9	FW	Quique González	27	EU	Osasuna	Transfer	Summer	€1.5M	UD Almería
12	FW	Chuli	26	EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	€700K	Getafe CF
6	MF	Pape Maly Diamanka	27	EU	Numancia	Contract rescinded	Summer	Free	UD Almería
27	MF	Carlos Selfa	25	EU	Peña Deportiva	Contract rescinded	Summer	Free	UD Almería
17	MF	Iago Díaz	24	EU	Ponferradina	Contract rescinded	Summer	Free	UD Almería
29	MF	Javi Pérez	22	EU	Valladolid B	Contract rescinded	Summer	Free	UD Almería
4	DF	Alex Quintanilla	27	EU	Free agent	Contract rescinded	Summer	Free	UD Almería
18	DF	Antonio Marín	21	EU	Granada B	Contract rescinded	Summer	Free	UD Almería
15	MF	Nauzet Alemán	32	EU	Retired	Contract rescinded	Winter	Free	UD Almería

Total gaining: €2,200,000

Balance

Total: €2,130,000

Contracts

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
31	MF		Gaspar	19	Signed	4 years	June 2021	UD Almería
19	FW		Hicham Khaloua	22	Signed	4 years	June 2021	UD Almería

Player statistics

Squad statistics

As of 18 June 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Segunda División		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	René	42	0	42	0	0	0
2	DF	ESP	Fran Rodríguez	22	2	16+5	2	1	0
3	DF	CMR	Lucien Owona	21	0	15+5	0	1	0
4	MF	ESP	Verza	25	2	15+9	2	1	0
5	DF	ESP	Ángel Trujillo	20	0	16+3	0	0+1	0
6	MF	ESP	Mandi	23	0	20+3	0	0	0
7	DF	ITA	Marco Motta	31	3	29+2	3	0	0
8	MF	ARG	Tino Costa	15	2	5+9	2	1	0
9	FW	ESP	Juan Muñoz	25	4	16+9	4	0	0
10	FW	ESP	José Ángel Pozo	39	2	37+2	2	0	0
11	MF	ESP	Javi Álamo	11	0	2+8	0	1	0
13	GK	ESP	Fernando	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	ESP	Rubén Alcaraz	42	9	39+2	9	0+1	0
16	MF	ESP	Fidel	31	4	24+7	4	0	0
17	MF	GUI	Lass Bangoura	10	0	5+5	0	0	0
18	MF	GAM	Sulayman Marreh	12	1	12	1	0	0
19	FW	MAR	Hicham	24	1	11+12	1	1	0
20	FW	ARG	Pablo Caballero	28	3	11+16	3	1	0
21	DF	ESP	Nano	35	0	32+3	0	0	0
22	FW	ITA	Edoardo Soleri	11	2	9+2	2	0	0
23	DF	ESP	Jorge Morcillo	26	2	26	2	0	0
24	DF	ESP	Joaquín	36	0	34+1	0	1	0
26	MF	ESP	Francisco Callejón	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
28	MF	ESP	Àlex Corredera	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
29	DF	ESP	Iván Martos	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	ECU	Pervis Estupiñán	27	0	19+7	0	1	0
31	MF	ESP	Gaspar	25	1	21+4	1	0	0
33	MF	CHN	Lin Liangming	1	0	0	0	1	0
34	DF	ESP	Antonio Navas	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
36	FW	ESP	Sekou Gassama	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	ESP	Óscar Lozano	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
39	DF	EQG	Igor Engonga	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	ESP	Javi Moreno	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players on loan to other clubs:
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
15	MF	ESP	Nauzet Alemán	8	0	3+4	0	0+1	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Segunda División	Total
1	MF	14	Rubén Alcaraz	9	9
2	FW	9	Juan Muñoz	4	4
2	MF	16	Fidel	4	4
3	DF	7	Marco Motta	3	3
3	FW	20	Pablo Caballero	3	3
4	DF	2	Fran Rodríguez	2	2
	MF	4	Verza	2	2
	MF	8	Tino Costa	2	2
	FW	10	José Ángel Pozo	2	2
	FW	22	Edoardo Soleri	2	2
	DF	23	Jorge Morcillo	2	2
5	MF	18	Sulayman Marreh	1	1
	FW	19	Hicham	1	1
	MF	31	Gaspar	1	1
			TOTALS	38	38

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Segunda División		Copa del Rey		Total
7		DF	Marco Motta	11	1	0	0	11	1
23		DF	Jorge Morcillo	10	2	0	0	10	2
24		DF	Joaquín	9	1	0	0	9	1
14		MF	Rubén Alcaraz	9	0	0	0	9	0
6		MF	Mandi	8	0	0	0	8	0
10		FW	José Ángel Pozo	7	1	0	0	7	1
18		MF	Sulayman Marreh	7	1	0	0	7	1
4		MF	Verza	6	0	0	0	6	0
21		DF	Nano	6	0	0	0	6	0
1		GK	René Román	5	0	0	0	5	0
16		MF	Fidel	4	1	0	0	4	1
2		DF	Fran Rodríguez	4	0	0	0	4	0
3		DF	Lucien Owona	3	0	0	0	3	0
5		DF	Ángel Trujillo	3	0	0	0	3	0
31		MF	Gaspar	3	0	0	0	3	0
17		MF	Lass Bangoura	2	0	0	0	2	0
20		FW	Pablo Caballero	2	0	0	0	2	0
22		FW	Edoardo Soleri	2	0	0	0	2	0
30		DF	Pervis Estupiñán	2	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Tino Costa	0	1	1	0	1	1
9		FW	Juan Muñoz	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		FW	Hicham	1	0	0	0	1	0
34		DF	Antonio Navas	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	106	8	1	0	107	6

Competitions

Pre-season/Friendlies

22 July 2017	Almería	1 – 0	Levante	Murcia
	Pozo 51'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Juan Antonio Campos Salinas

26 July 2017	Almería	2 – 1	Sevilla Atlético	Mijas
	Alcaraz 44' Hicham 84'	Report	38' Curro	Stadium: La Cala Golf Referee: Beatriz Torres

29 July 2017	Almería	0 – 1	Córdoba	Marbella
		Report	86' Quiles	Stadium: Marbella Football Impact Referee: Carlos Vecino Ramírez

5 August 2017	Lorca	1 – 0	Almería	Marbella
	Ojeda 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Artés Carrasco Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

9 August 2017	Águilas	0 – 2	Almería	Águilas
		Report	60' Hicham 71' (pen.) Morcillo	Stadium: El Rubial Referee: Pérez Jurado

12 August 2017	Granada	1 – 1	Almería	Baza
	Joselu 25' Espinosa 44' Baena 57' 60'	Report	60' Fidel 81' Estupiñán	Stadium: Constantino Navarro Attendance: 450 Referee: Patricia Torres

Segunda División

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
16	Córdoba	42	15	6	21	57	65	−8	51
17	Albacete	42	11	16	15	35	46	−11	49
18	Almería	42	12	12	18	38	45	−7	48^[a]
19	Cultural Leonesa (R)	42	11	15	16	54	67	−13	48^[a]	Relegation to Segunda División B
20	Barcelona B (R)	42	10	14	18	46	54	−8	44	Relegation to Segunda División B

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^[1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Almería finished ahead of Cultural Leonesa on head-to head points: Cultural Leonesa 0–0 Amería, Almería 2–1 Cultural Leonesa

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
42	12	12	18	38	45	−7	48	9	6	6	22	18	+4	3	6	12	16	27	−11

Last updated: 18 June 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D
Position	5	5	12	8	11	5	5	11	15	14	16	17	20	20	19	20	15	18	14	16	14	15	17	19	15	18	16	14	14	15	16	17	18	17	17	18	18	17	15	16	19	18

Updated to match(es) played on 18 June 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

20 August 2017 1	Gimnàstic	0 – 1	Almería	Tarragona
20:30	Tejera 82' Maikel 84'		30' Caballero 79' Pozo	Stadium: Nou Estadi Attendance: 4,978 Referee: Óliver de la Fuente Ramos

26 August 2017 2	Almería	1 – 1	Oviedo	Almería
22:00	Joaquín 48' Fidel 56' Pozo 58' Alcaraz 76'		42' Hidi 55' Saúl Berjón 68' Christian 90+2' Viti	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 6,899 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

2 September 2017 3	Numancia	1 – 0	Almería	Numancia
16:00	Milla 67' Pablo Valcarce 74' Mateu 90+2'		36' Motta 38' Mandi 44' Joaquín 47' Morcillo 66' Caballero	Stadium: Los Pajaritos Attendance: 2,327 Referee: Rubén Eiriz Mata

9 September 2017 4	Almería	2 – 1	Lorca	Almería
20:00	Mandi 27' Morcillo 51' René 57' Fran 62' Costa 89'		21' Tropi 78' 84' Javi Muñoz 88' Pomares 90+3' Pina	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,354 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera

16 September 2017 5	Osasuna	2 – 1	Almería	Pamplona
20:00	Torró 54' Quique 70' Oier 71' Xisco 73' Coris 77'	Report	14' Mandi 22' Fidel 68' Morcillo	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 13,843 Referee: Santiago Varón Aceitón

22 September 2017 6	Almería	3 – 0	Sevilla Atlético	Almería
21:00	Morcillo 45+2' (pen.) Nano 59' Verza 69' Costa 76' Pozo 90+3'	Report	41' Carmona 45+1' Yan	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,306 Referee: Jorge Valdés Aller

29 September 2017 7	Cultural Leonesa	0 – 0	Almería	León
20:30	Yeray 54' Yasser 56' 90+6' Viti 81' Zuiverloon 90+1' Ortiz 90+5'	Report	23' 77' Morcillo 33' Mandi 54' Verza 60' Fran 90+5' René	Stadium: Reino de León Attendance: 7,349 Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández Ortega

7 October 2017 8	Almería	0 – 3	Huesca	Almería
18:00		Report	27' 53' Hernández 32' González 43' Melero 82' Vadillo	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,226 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

12 October 2017 9	Rayo Vallecano	1 – 0	Almería	Madrid
21:00	Embarba 44' Comesaña 53' Unai López 68'	Report	43' 84' Pozo 45' Morcillo 62' Nano	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 8,615 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

15 October 2017 10	Almería	1 – 1	Valladolid	Almería
19:00	Verza 2' Muñoz 78' Fidel 90+3'	Report	36' (pen.) Mata 81' Borja 90+3' Toni	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,260 Referee: Iñaki Bikandi Garrido

22 October 2017 11	Almería	0 – 1	Reus	Almería
21:00		Report	38' 58' Borja Fernández 76' Édgar	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 6,931 Referee: Gorka Sagues Oscoz

28 October 2017 12	Sporting Gijón	2 – 0	Almería	Gijón
21:00	Santos 16' Joaquín 37' (o.g.) Sergio Álvarez 69' Isma López 85'	Report	80' Joaquín	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,987 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

5 November 2017 13	Almería	0 – 2	Cádiz	Almería
20:00	Pozo 67' Mandi 78' Alcaraz 90'		23' Garrido 31' José Mari 39' 49' Salvi 63' Carpio 75' Álvaro García	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 6,990 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

11 November 2017 14	Albacete	2 – 0	Almería	Albacete
16:00	Héctor Hernández 19' Dani Rodríguez 36' Erice 47'		31' Morcillo 45+2' 90+2' Joaquín 62' Caballero	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 6,712 Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

17 November 2017 15	Almería	3 – 0	Zaragoza	Almería
21:00	Fran 43' Morcillo 68' Owona 75' Alcaraz 80' 90+3'		46' Grippo 59' Delmás	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 5,260 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

26 November 2017 16	Barcelona B	1 – 1	Almería	Barcelona
12:00	Lozano 20' 55' Busquets 35' Palencia 63' Ortolá 64'		38' Joaquín 64' (pen.) Verza 73' Gaspar 86' Alcaraz 88' Costa	Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 2,124 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

3 December 2017 17	Almería	3 – 1	Tenerife	Almería
20:00	Motta 11' Alcaraz 65' Muñoz 69'		72' 90+1' Juan Carlos 90+3' Longo	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 6,028 Referee: David Pérez Pallas

8 December 2017 18	Granada	3 – 2	Almería	Granada
18:00	Víctor Díaz 43' Machís 48' 90+3' Joselu 80' Pedro 90+3'		26' 63' Alcaraz 90+1' Morcillo	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 12,577 Referee: José Antonio López Toca

16 December 2017 19	Almería	1 – 0	Córdoba	Almería
20:00	Motta 2' 85' Joaquín 37' Mandi 42'	Report	43' Aguza 84' Galán	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 5,211 Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernánedz Ortega

22 December 2017 20	Alcorcón	2 – 0	Almería	Alcorcón
21:00	Dorca 1' 60' Pereira 66'	Report	48' Owona	Stadium: Santo Domingo Attendance: 1,808 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

7 January 2018 21	Almería	1 – 0	Lugo	Almería
20:00	Motta 3' 90+2' Verza 63' René 86' Pozo 87' Alcaraz 90+1'	Report	54' Iriome 89' Bernardo 90+3 Fede Vico	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 4,928 Referee: Víctor Areces Franco

13 January 2018 22	Almería	1 – 1	Gimnàstic	Almería
18:00	Navas 42' Fidel 59' Fran 80' Verza 86' 90+1'	Report	73' Muñiz 79' (o.g.) Joaquín	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 6,154 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

20 January 2018 23	Oviedo	2 – 1	Almería	Oviedo
18:00	Carlos Hernández 43' Toché 66' Aarón 69' René 72' (o.g.) Varela 74'	Report	41' Motta 52' Verza 53' 84' Fidel 58' Mandi 74' Hicham	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 14,829 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

28 January 2018 24	Almería	0 – 0	Numancia	Almería
18:00	Fidel 31' Gaspar 53'	Report	64' Etxeberría 87' Nacho 90+2' Mateu	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 5,219 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

3 February 2018 25	Lorca	1 – 2	Almería	Lorca
20:00	Muñoz 12' (pen.) 67' Pomares 15' Noguera 52' Nasuti 87' Tropi 90'	Report	17' Nano 48' Caballero 73' Motta 76' Alcaraz 90+1' Trujillo	Stadium: Francisco Artés Carrasco Attendance: 4,982 Referee: David Pérez Pallas

10 February 2018 26	Almería	0 – 1	Osasuna	Almería
20:00	Sulayman 45' Joaquín 75'	Report	50' David Rodríguez 53' Lasso 86' Mérida 86' Roberto Torres	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 5,586 Referee: Santiago Varón Aceitón

18 February 2018 27	Sevilla Atlético	0 – 3	Almería	Seville
12:00	Fede 59' Álex Muñoz 67' Matos 73' Carlos Fernández 88'	Report	27' 64' Alcaraz 60' Soleri 79' Muñoz	Stadium: Viejo Nervión Attendance: 993 Referee: Víctor Areces Franco

24 February 2018 28	Almería	2 – 1	Cultural Leonesa	Almería
18:00	Sulayman 13' Gaspar 21' Alcaraz 44' (pen.)		14' Salvador 42' Palatsí 42' Isaac 61' Samu 84' David García	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,056 Referee: Rubén Eiriz Mata

4 March 2018 29	Huesca	2 – 2	Almería	Huesca
20:00	Morcillo 34' (o.g.) Ávila 57' 61' Pulido 72' Iñigo López 79' Melero 86' Luso 90+1'		6' 32' 84' Soleri 16' Fran 29' Sulayman 82' Fidel	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 4,572 Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández Ortega

10 March 2018 30	Almería	0 – 1	Rayo Vallecano	Almería
18:00	Motta 48' Alcaraz 73' Sulayman 79' Pozo 90+1' Morcillo 90+3'		22' 70' Unai López 25' De Tomás 58' Trejo 78' Alberto 53' Embarba 90+2' Comesaña	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,212 Referee: David Pérez Pallas

18 March 2018 31	Valladolid	2 – 1	Almería	Valladolid
12:00	Plano 60' Mata 86' Martínez 88' Gianniotas 90+1'		3' 90+1' Sulayman 54' Fran	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 11,667 Referee: Saul Ais Reig

24 March 2018 32	Reus	1 – 0	Almería	Reus
20:00	Lekić 26' Atienza 45' Campins 47' Olmo 49'		37' Alcaraz 50' Motta	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 3,420 Referee: Jorge Valdés Aller

1 April 2018 33	Almería	1 – 3	Sporting Gijón	Almería
18:00	Alcaraz 30' 90+2' (pen.) Estupiñán 31' Pozo 66' Morcillo 70' Bangoura 80'		10' 36' Santos 23' Canella 79' Hernán 86' Sergio Álvarez 90' Jony 90+2' Álex Pérez	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 7,566 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera

6 April 2018 34	Cádiz	0 – 0	Almería	Cádiz
21:00	Eugeni 18'		23' Gaspar 38' Nano 75' Trujillo	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 13,619 Referee: Gorka Sagues Oscoz

15 April 2018 35	Almería	1 – 1	Albacete	Almería
16:00	Motta 84'		22' Aridane	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 6,969 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

21 April 2018 36	Zaragoza	2 – 1	Almería	Zaragoza
16:00	Papunashvili 56' Febas 80' Zapater 84' Iglesias 85'		70' Motta 81' Joaquín 90+3' Caballero	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 20,820 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

28 April 2018 37	Almería	1 – 0	Barcelona B	Almería
16:00	Estupiñán 50' Joaquín 62' Hicham 66' Bangoura 87'		76' Monchu 76' Rivera 78' Cardona 90+2' Cuenca	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 10,544 Referee: Víctor Areces Franco

5 May 2018 38	Tenerife	0 – 0	Almería	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
20:00	Alberto 25' Casadesús 45+3' Acosta 73' 77'		45+2' Trujillo 89' Verza	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 11,378 Referee: Santiago Varón Aceitón

13 May 2018 39	Almería	2 – 0	Granada	Almería
20:00	Sulayman 39' Muñoz 41' 90+3' Motta 69' Morcillo 90+4'		13' Saunier 46' Baena 83' Montoro	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 9,466 Referee: Gorka Sagues Oscoz

20 May 2018 40	Córdoba	2 – 0	Almería	Córdoba
20:00	Reyes 22' René 25' (o.g.) Aythami 60' Vallejo 85' Ramos 90+1' Araújo 90+3'		16' Alcaraz 28' Motta 51' 73' Sulayman 63' Pozo	Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 18,933 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

27 May 2018 41	Almería	0 – 0	Alcorcón	Almería
20:30	Motta 38'		71' Toribio 90+3' Casto	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 11,789 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

2 June 2018 42	Lugo	1 – 1	Almería	Lugo
20:30	Seoane 37' Pita 65' (pen.)		19' Morcillo 50' Nano 62' Owona 64' René 69' Fidel	Stadium: Anxo Carro Attendance: 2,960 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

Copa del Rey

5 September 2017 1st round	Cádiz	1 – 0	Almería	Cádiz
18:45	Barral 23' 24' Rober 55' Kecojević 79'		58' Costa	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

References

^ "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

[1] Alcaraz was signed on 16 November 2017, but Fernández was in charge of the club in a match against Zaragoza the following day

[table_hth_ALM0.40455761151601-2] Almería finished ahead of Cultural Leonesa on head-to head points: Cultural Leonesa 0–0 Amería, Almería 2–1 Cultural Leonesa

[3] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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