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NICKNAME – Los Rojiblancos (The Red and Whites), Los Indálicos, Los Almeriensistas
FOUNDED – 1989
LOCATED IN – Almería, Andalusia
STADIUM – Power Horse Stadium
BY BUS – 10 minutes from Avenida Federico García Lorca (Line 7)
CAPACITY – 15,274
PROMOTED – 2022
BEST LA LIGA FINISH – 8th (2007/2008)
BEST COPA DEL REY RUN – SF (2010/2011)
RECORD GOALSCORER – Raúl Sánchez (57)
2022/2023 FINISH – 17th

FIVE FACTS ABOUT UD ALMERÍA
1. Although other football clubs have existed in the city since 1909, UD Almería only formed in 1989.
2. Unai Emery took the Rojiblancos to the top flight for the first time in 2007 and helped them secure their best ever finish of eighth the following year.
3. The club was purchased by Turki Al-Sheikh, a prominent figure in Saudi Arabia, in 2019.
4. The “Indalo Man”, an ancient symbol associated with the region, appears on the club crest.
5. Their biggest local rivals are former friends, Poli Ejido, and Real Murcia.

FIVE FACTS ABOUT ALMERÍA
1. The name of the city comes from the Arabic “Al-Mariyya”, meaning “watchtower”.
2. Its heyday came in the Middle Ages as part of the Almoravid Empire, when it played a key role in the silk trade.
3. The Alcazaba fortress watches over the city, a filming location used in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”, “Conan The Barbarian” and “Game of Thrones”.
4. The Tabernas desert just north of Almería served as the backdrop to many European produced “Spaghetti Westerns”.
5. Almería enjoys the warmest winters of any European city and 320 days of sun a year.

INTERESTING VIDEO LINKS
UD Almeria Anthem
Former Anthem (Flamenco)
Celebrating promotion in 2022
A look around Almería

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