The 2023–24 Unión Deportiva Las Palmas season was the club's 75th season in existence and their first season in La Liga since the 2017–18 season, following promotion from the Segunda División in their previous campaign. In addition to the domestic league, Las Palmas participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 until 30 June 2024.
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Season overview
Pre-season On 10 June 2023, Las Palmas announced that the pre-season would start with the players' medical examinations on 6 July before training commenced on 10 July in Ciudad Deportiva, Las Palmas.
August On 12 August, Las Palmas played their first La Liga game since the 2017–18 season, being held 1–1 against Mallorca in their opening league match at Estadio Gran Canaria. Jonathan Viera scored the first goal for the club as he opened the score from a penalty before Antonio Raíllo equalised for Mallorca in the second half. On 17 August, Las Palmas announced the signing of Sory Kaba for an initial fee of €1,500,000 with additional payments of another €1,500,000 to be paid to FC Midtjylland. The following day, Las Palmas announced the signing of returning loanee Marvin Park, on loan from Real Madrid; the club refused to pay a reported fee of €2,000,000 to make the signing permanent so instead agreed on a loan signing with an option to buy.
On the same day, Las Palmas fell to defeat in their second league match against Valencia after a 1–0 loss at the Mestalla. Both Mármol and Araujo played their first competitive match for the club. On 23 August, Las Palmas announced the signing of Máximo Perrone on a year-loan from Manchester City. Perrone replaced Fabio González's place as the number 8 for the squad due to González's injury with the right ankle.
On 25 August, Las Palmas played their second home match of the season in a goalless draw against Real Sociedad with Enzo Loiodice hitting the crossbar twice during the game. Kaba made his competitive debut whilst Araujo made his starting debut for the club. Prior to the match, Las Palmas gave a 1-minute silence in respects for former president José de Aguilar after his passing on 24 August 2023. de Aguilar was president of Las Palmas in 1983, having been a board member since 1968, and served two terms for the club.
September On 2 September 2023, Las Palmas suffered a 1–0 defeat to Girona at Montilivi. Perrone made his competitive debut on the day. On 8 September 2023, Las Palmas played a friendly match against Atlético Paso during international break. Las Palmas lost 1–0 to the La Palma side by full-time. On 17 September 2023, Las Palmas fell to a second consecutive loss to Sevilla after succumbing to a 1–0 result at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium. On 24 September 2023, Las Palmas got their first win of the season, winning 1–0 against Granada with the winner coming from Kirian Rodríguez in the 92nd minute of the match. Cristian Herrera made his debut for the club while Mika Mármol was sent off in the second half after accumulating two yellow cards. On 27 September 2023, Las Palmas fell to a 2–0 defeat against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu. Eric Curbelo made his First Division debut for the club, and Daley Sinkgraven returned to the starting line-up from injury.
October On 2 October 2023, Las Palmas completed a late comeback in a 2–1 victory over Celta Vigo. Jonathan Viera equalised from the penalty spot, cancelling out Anastasios Douvikas's 66th-minute goal, before Marc Cardona scored the winner, and his first league goal, in the 7th minute of additional time, giving Las Palmas the lead before full-time. On 8 October 2023, Las Palmas won their first away match of La Liga after a 2–1 victory against Villarreal. A goal each from set pieces by Saúl Coco and Marc Cardona, who scored in his second consecutive game, earned the win for Las Palmas. Going into international break, Saúl Coco was called up to the Equatorial Guinea national team for a friendly on 13 October 2023. On 17 October 2023, manager García Pimienta extended his contract with Las Palmas until June 2025.
On 22 October 2023, Las Palmas fell to their first defeat at home after losing 1–0 to Rayo Vallecano, following a late penalty goal by Bebé. On 28 October 2023, Las Palmas won 2–1 away against Almería. Munir El Haddadi opened the score, assisted by Marvin Park, before Sory Kaba scored the winning goal in additional time. On 31 October 2023, Las Palmas progressed through to the second round of the Copa del Rey after a 3–0 win against Manacor. Aarón Escandell made his debut while Julián Araujo, Alberto Moleiro and Pau Ferrer scored a goal each to seal the match.
November On 3 November 2023, Las Palmas defeated Atlético Madrid in a 2–1 upset in front of a crowd of 30,080 fans. Both Kirian Rodríguez and Benito Ramírez scored a goal each. It was the first time Las Palmas had defeated Atleti since January 1987 with the same scoreline.
Management team {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! style="background:#ffe400; color:#004b9d; " |Position ! style="background:#ffe400; color:#004b9d; " |Name |- |align=center|Head coach |align=left| García Pimienta |- |align=center|Assistant coach |align=left| Álex García |- |align=center|Fitness coach |align=left| David Gómez |- |align=center|Goalkeeping coach |align=left| José Yepes |- |align=center|Technical assistant |align=left| Momo
Players First team
!colspan="12"style="background:#ffe400; color:#004b9d; " | Goalkeepers
!colspan="12"style="background:#ffe400; color:#004b9d; " | Defenders
!colspan="12"style="background:#ffe400; color:#004b9d; " | Midfielders
!colspan="12"style="background:#ffe400; color:#004b9d; " | Forwards
!colspan="12"style="background:#ffe400; color:#004b9d; " | Unregistered players
Transfers In No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource5 Javi Muñoz EibarFree transfer7 Cristian Herrera Ibiza9 Sandro Ramírez Huesca€1,500,00018 Daley Sinkgraven Bayer LeverkusenFree transfer1 Aarón Escandell Cartagena€400,00017 Munir El Haddadi GetafeFree transfer15 Mika Mármol FC Andorra€2,000,00016 Sory Kaba Midtjylland€3,000,000 Total €6,900,000
Out No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource18 Sidnei Ceará End of contract 1 July 202317 Óscar Clemente Levante25 Wilfrid Kaptoum AEK Larnaca Free transfer 6 July 2023– Unai VeigaUnattached Released 8 July 2023– Claudio MendesCornellà Free transfer 19 July 2023 1 Álex Domínguez Toulouse Undisclosed 26 July 2023 16 Florin AndoneEldense Free transfer 30 July 202318 Pinchi Çaykur Rizespor Free transfer 10 August 2023 Total €0,000,000
Loans in No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromFeeDateOn loan untilSource28 Julián Araujo BarcelonaNoneEnd of season2 Marvin Park Real MadridNoneEnd of season8 Máximo Perrone Manchester CityNoneEnd of season Total €0,000,000
Loans out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned toFeeDateOn loan untilSource27 Ale García AntequeraNoneEnd of season20 Joel del Pino Real AvilésNoneEnd of season5 Enrique Clemente Racing FerrolNoneEnd of season26 Alejandro Palanca PonferradinaNoneEnd of season Total €0,000,000
Pre-season and friendlies On 29 June 2023, Las Palmas announced they would play their five friendly matches at the Marbella Football Center in Málaga, against Orlando Pirates on 19 July, Al-Wakrah on 22 July, Almería on 23 July, Espanyol on 26 July and Cádiz on 28 July.
On 22 July, Las Palmas announced they would face RB Leipzig on 5 August, in part of the latter side's presentation game of the season at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig.
Competitions Overall record
La Liga
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2023.
Copa del Rey
Las Palmas entered the tournament in the first round against Manacor, who played in the Tercera Federación.
Statistics
Overall
.PlayerTotalDisciplineNotesAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoalkeepers1GKAarón Escandell0020201013GKÁlvaro Valles1700017000Defenders2DFMarvin Park4+900+1014020On loan3DFSergi Cardona13+3000160504DFÁlex Suárez13010140306DFEric Curbelo1010200014DFÁlvaro Lemos2+1000301015DFMika Mármol150001002118DFDaley Sinkgraven4+1020700023DFSaúl Coco11+310+101512028DFJulián Araujo9+611+1117120On loan31DFJuanma Herzog00202000Midfielders5MFJavi Muñoz13+4000170208MFMáximo Perrone6+801015020On loan10MFAlberto Moleiro5+310+211020012MFEnzo Loiodice11+601+101901020MFKirian Rodríguez16+13001735021MFJonathan Viera7+2200921022MFOmenuke Mfulu1+3020601026MFYadam Santana00101000Forwards7FWCristian Herrera1+512081109FWSandro Ramírez5+1000600011FWBenito Ramírez0+81201010016FWSory Kaba6+51211322017FWMunir El Haddadi16+110+111222019FWMarc Cardona5+52101122024FWPejiño6+311+101111027FWPau Ferrer000+111100
Goalscorers
PlayerTotal121MFJonathan Viera20219FWMarc Cardona20220MFKirian Rodríguez202223DFSaúl Coco10117FWMunir El Haddadi 10116FWSory Kaba 10128DFJulián Araujo 01110MFAlberto Moleiro 01127FWPau Ferrer01111FWBenito Ramírez101Totals10313
Assists
PlayerTotal17FWCristian Herrera022221MFJonathan Viera10116FWSory Kaba1012DFMarvin Park10127FWPau Ferrer01110MFAlberto Moleiro 10117FWMunir El Haddadi 101Totals536
Cleansheets
PlayerTotal113Álvaro Valles 2 0221Aarón Escandell 0 11 Totals 2 1 3
References