UD Almería B

Almería B

Full name	Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. "B"
Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Ground	Anexo al Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos 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

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 al Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos, with a 13,648 seat capacity.

History

Club background

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

Season to season

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

Current squad

As of 13 February 2024.^[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 Peñalver 3 DF  ESP Aarón Romero (vice-captain) 4 DF  ESP Álex 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 16 MF  ESP Antonio Jesús 18 FW  SRB Marko Milovanović 19 MF  BRA Keven 20 MF  ESP Marçal Casadevall 21 MF  ESP José Manuel Romera 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 25 GK  ESP Jesús Castaño

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SVK Martin Šviderský (at Murcia until 30 June 2024) — FW  URU Juan Gutiérrez (at Boston River until 30 June 2024)

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Alberto Lasarte
Assistant coach	Ramiro García Carlos García
Goalkeeping coach	Ángel Férez
Team Manager	Chico Flores
Fitness coach	Javi Suárez
Physiotherapist	Toni Moreno
Analyst	Guille Jerez
Delegate	Jesús Padilla
Field Delegate	Jorge Peralta
Equipment Manager	Oscar Vargas

Notable former players

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

Former managers

See UD Almería B managers.

• Esteban Navarro
• Fran Fernández
• Francisco
• Miguel Rivera

References

External links

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