UD Almería

UD Almería
	UD Almería
Basic data
Surname	Unión Deportiva Almería
Seat	Almeria , Spain
founding	1989
Colours	Red White
president	Alfonso García Gabarrón
Website	udalmeriasad.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Fran Fernández
Venue	Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Places	22,000
league	Segunda División
2019/20	4th Place

UD Almería (officially: Unión Deportiva Almería SAD ) - but mostly just called El Almería - is a Spanish football club from the city of the same name, Almería , Andalusia region . The club currently plays in the Segunda División . In the all-time table of the Primera División, the club is in 39th place.

history

The club was founded on July 26, 1989 as Almería Club de Fútbol , the predecessor club is AD Almería . The early origins, however, go back to after 1909. In 2001 the name was changed to the current one. In the 2006/07 season , the club rose to the Primera División for the first time and finished the season in 8th place. A year later, Almería achieved one of its greatest successes at national level by reaching the semi-finals in the Copa del Rey . 2011 Almería rose from bottom of the table in the Segunda División . In 2013, after two years, the club was promoted to the Primera División, and since 2014 the club has been back in the Segunda División.