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 Segunda Federación – Group 4, holding home games at Anexo al Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos, with a 13,648 seat capacity.

Almería B

Full name	Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. "B"
Founded	1997; 28 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	Segunda Federación – Group 4
2024–25	Segunda Federación – Group 4, 6th of 18
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. 4th 2024–25 4 2ª Fed. 6th 2025–26 4 2ª Fed.

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

Current squad

As of 2 June 2025.^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Bruno Iribarne (captain) 2 DF  ESP Miguel Peñalver 3 DF  ESP Carlos Ballestero 4 DF  ESP Paco Sanz 5 DF  ESP Edu Pla 6 DF  POR Alex Mendes 7 FW  ESP Valen Gómez 8 MF  ESP Joan Gázquez 9 FW  ESP Loren Sánchez 10 MF  ESP Antonio Cantón 11 FW  POR Hugo Neves 12 FW  MAR Rachad Fettal 13 GK  ESP Jesús López

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  SVK Martin Šviderský 15 MF  POR Gui Guedes 16 FW  ESP Yago Paredes 17 FW  ESP Luis Lara 18 FW  ESP Manu Morillo 19 DF  ESP René Pérez 20 MF  ESP Marsu 21 MF  ESP Josema Romera 23 MF  ESP Hugo Martín 24 DF  ESP Nacho Vila 25 GK  ESP Juanmi García 44 FW  MNE Marko Perović

From Youth Academy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW  MAR Hou 27 DF  ESP Pedro Fidel 28 MF  ESP Jesús García

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 FW  ESP Ian Jové 30 DF  ESP Dani Sánchez — DF  ESP Marco Cobo

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Álex Torres (at Motril until 30 June 2025) — FW  ESP Sergio Dacal (at Langreo until 30 June 2025)

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

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