In the 2008–09 season, UD Almería played in two competitions: La Liga and the Copa del Rey. It was their second season in the top flight since promotion from the 2006–07 Segunda División.
Squad Retrieved on 14 December 2020
Out on loan
Almería B players
Retrieved on 15 December 2020
Transfers
In # Pos Player From Notes Summer 7 MF Miguel Ángel Nieto Real Madrid Castilla Free transferNieto se convierte en el cuarto fichaje almeriense (Nieto becomes fourth Almería signing); Marca, 2 July 2008 (in Spanish) 9 FW Esteban Solari U.N.A.M. €3.8 millionMercado: Esteban Solari firma por el Almería (Market: Esteban Solari signs for Almería); Goal, 15 June 2008 (in Spanish) 11 FW Pablo Piatti Estudiantes €7 million 12 DF Chico Cádiz 13 GK Esteban Celta Vigo 14 MF Julio Álvarez CD Numancia Free transfer 16 DF Michel Macedo Flamengo 25 DF Hernán Pellerano Vélez Sarsfield €3 millionLa definición de un pase eterno (Closure to an eternal negotiation) ; Olé, 7 July 2008 FW Natalio Cádiz Loan return FW David Rodríguez Salamanca €400,000
Out # Pos Player To Notes Summer 3 DF Aitor López Rekarte Released López Rekarte se desvincula del Almería (López Rekarte cuts ties with Almería); Marca, 27 August 2008 4 MF Felipe Melo Fiorentina €13 million 7 FW Veljko Paunović Partizan 11 DF Domingo Cisma Numancia Loan 13 GK David Cobeño Sevilla Loan return 14 DF Rubén Pulido Real Zaragoza 16 FW Mario Bermejo Xerez Mario Bermejo ya es oficialmente jugador del Xerez (Mario Bermejo is officially a Xerez player); La Voz Digital, 24 August 2008 (in Spanish) 25 GK Aitor Alcalde Lemona FW David Rodríguez Celta Vigo Loan Winter FW Natalio Córdoba Loan López Rekarte was subsequently signed by Eibar in March 2009.El Eibar ficha a López Rekarte (Eibar sign López Rekarte); Marca, 18 March 2009
Player statistics
Squad stats Last updated on 7 December 2020.
|colspan="14"|Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
Top scorers Updated on 11 December 2020
PlacePositionNationNumberNameLa LigaCopa del ReyTotal 1 FW 9 Álvaro Negredo 19 0 19 2 FW 5 Kalu Uche 8 0 8 3 FW 11 Pablo Piatti 5 1 6 4 MF 17 Juanma Ortiz 4 0 4 5 FW 9 Esteban Solari 1 2 3 MF 10 José Ortiz 0 3 3 7 MF 15 Corona 1 1 2 8 MF 7 Miguel Ángel Nieto 1 0 1 MF 8 Albert Crusat 1 0 1 DF 12 Chico 1 0 1 DF 18 Santiago Acasiete 1 0 1 DF 22 Mané 1 0 1 MF 23 Fernando Soriano 1 0 1 DF 25 Hernán Pellerano 1 0 1TOTALS45752
Disciplinary record Updated on 15 December 2020 NumberNationPositionNameLa LigaCopa del ReyTotal 22 DF Mané 9 1 0 0 9 1 21 DF Carlos García 10 0 0 0 10 0 9 FW Álvaro Negredo 7 2 0 0 7 2 8 MF Albert Crusat 8 1 0 0 8 1 2 DF Bruno 6 1 1 0 7 1 17 MF Juanma Ortiz 7 0 1 0 8 0 25 DF Hernán Pellerano 5 2 0 0 5 2 24 DF Juanito 7 0 0 0 7 0 6 MF Iriney 6 0 0 0 6 0 23 MF Fernando Soriano 6 0 0 0 6 0 3 DF Guilherme Santos 3 1 0 1 3 2 5 FW Kalu Uche 2 2 1 0 3 2 10 MF José Ortiz 2 1 1 0 3 1 12 DF Chico 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 GK Diego Alves 3 0 0 0 3 0 11 FW Pablo Piatti 2 0 1 0 3 0 18 DF Santiago Acasiete 3 0 0 0 3 0 9 FW Esteban Solari 0 0 2 0 2 0 13 GK Esteban 1 0 1 0 2 0 15 MF Corona 2 0 0 0 2 0 FW Natalio 1 0 1 0 2 0 7 MF Miguel Ángel Nieto 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 MF Julio Álvarez 1 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS95129110413
Season Results Preseason
La Liga
Results summary
Matches
Copa del Rey
Round of 32
Almería won 5–1 on aggregate
Round of 16
Real Mallorca won 4–2 on aggregate
References