| Club: | UD Almería |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Stadium: | Juegos Mediterráneos |
| Manager: | Fran Fernández |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Alfonso García |
| League: | Segunda División |
| League Result: | 18th |
| Cup1: | Copa del Rey |
| Cup1 Result: | First round |
| League Topscorer: | Rubén Alcaraz (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Rubén Alcaraz (9) |
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| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 season was UD Almería's twentieth seventh season of existence and the third consecutive in Segunda División.
| No. | Name | Pos. | Nat. | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Club caps | Club goals | Int. caps | Int. goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Contract End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | René Román | GK |  | El Bosque | June 3, 2018 | 42 | 0 | – | – | Girona | 5 July 2017 | Free | 30 June 2019 | |
| 13 | Fernando | GK | | Murcia | June 3, 2018 | 1 | 0 | – | – | UCAM Murcia | 5 July 2017 | Free | 30 June 2019 | |
| Defenders | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Fran Rodríguez | RB/RW | | Almuñécar | June 3, 2018 | 22 | 2 | – | – | Zaragoza | 12 July 2017 | Free | 30 June 2019 | |
| 3 | Lucien Owona | CB |  | Douala | June 3, 2018 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Alcorcón | 22 July 2017 | Free | 30 June 2020 | |
| 5 | Ángel Trujillo | CB | | Madrid | June 3, 2018 | 154 | 1 | – | – | Levante | 5 August 2016 | Free | 30 June 2019 | |
| 7 | Marco Motta | RB/RW |  | Merate | June 3, 2018 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Free agent | 31 January 2017 | Free | 30 June 2019 | |
| 21 | Nano | LB | | Málaga | June 3, 2018 | 72 | 0 | – | – | 24 August 2016 | Free | 30 June 2018 | ||
| 23 | Jorge Morcillo (c) | CB/LB | | Valencia | June 3, 2018 | 93 | 7 | – | – | Rayo Vallecano | 4 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2018 | |
| 24 | Joaquín | CB/DM | | Huércal de Almería | June 3, 2018 | 75 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 14 October 2015 | Free | 30 June 2021 | |
| 29 | Iván Martos | CB/LB | | Manresa | June 3, 2018 | 0 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 7 December 2017 | Free | Undisclosed | |
| 30 | Pervis Estupiñán | LB/LW |  | Esmeraldas | June 3, 2018 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 17 July 2017 | Loan | 30 June 2018 | ||
| 34 | Antonio Navas | RB | | El Ejido | June 3, 2018 | 3 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 6 September 2016 | Free | 30 June 2018 | |
| 39 | Igor Engonga | CB | Santander | June 3, 2018 | 0 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 1 June 2018 | Free | Undisclosed | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Verza | DM/CM | | Orihuela | June 3, 2018 | 181 | 18 | – | – | Levante | 31 August 2017 | Loan | 30 June 2018 | |
| 6 | Mandi | DM/CM | | Santa Lucía | June 3, 2018 | 23 | 0 | – | – | Elche | 8 July 2017 | Free | 30 June 2018 | |
| 8 | Tino Costa | CM/AM |  | Las Flores | June 3, 2018 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | San Lorenzo | 1 August 2017 | Free | 30 June 2018 | |
| 10 | José Ángel Pozo | AM/RW/ST | | Málaga | June 3, 2018 | 108 | 7 | – | – | 31 August 2015 | €500K | 30 June 2020 | ||
| 11 | Javi Álamo | RW/LW/RB | | Gáldar | June 3, 2018 | 17 | 0 | – | – | Osasuna | 17 January 2017 | Free | 30 June 2018 | |
| 14 | Rubén Alcaraz | CM/AM | | Barcelona | June 3, 2018 | 42 | 9 | – | – | Girona | 11 July 2017 | Loan | 30 June 2018 | |
| 16 | Fidel | LW/RW | | Dehesa de Ríotinto | June 3, 2018 | 71 | 12 | – | – | Córdoba | 19 July 2016 | €500K | 30 June 2021 | |
| 17 | Lass Bangoura | RW/LW | Conakry | June 3, 2018 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 4 | Rayo Vallecano | 1 February 2018 | Loan | 30 June 2018 | ||
| 18 | Sulayman Marreh | CM/DM | Abuko | June 3, 2018 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 26 January 2018 | Loan | 30 June 2018 | |||
| 26 | Francisco Callejón | CM | | Almería | June 3, 2018 | 3 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 8 April 2017 | Free | Undisclosed | |
| 28 | Àlex Corredera | AM/CM | | Sant Joan | June 3, 2018 | 3 | 0 | – | – | Deportivo B | 9 July 2017 | Free | 30 June 2019 | |
| 31 | Gaspar | LW | | Tarazona la Mancha | June 3, 2018 | 33 | 2 | – | – | Almería B | 11 September 2014 | Free | 30 June 2021 | |
| 33 | Lin Liangming | RW/LW |  | Shantou | June 3, 2018 | 1 | 0 | – | – | Real Madrid B | 24 August 2017 | Loan | 30 June 2018 | |
| 37 | Óscar Lozano | RW/LW | | Motril | June 3, 2018 | 2 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 14 December 2017 | Free | Undisclosed | |
| 40 | Javi Moreno | RW | | Almería | June 3, 2018 | 0 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 13 May 2018 | Free | Undisclosed | |
| Forwards | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Juan Muñoz | ST | | Utrera | June 3, 2018 | 25 | 4 | – | – | Sevilla | 8 August 2017 | Loan | 30 June 2018 | |
| 19 | Hicham | ST/LW |  | San Javier | June 3, 2018 | 29 | 2 | – | – | Almería B | 17 December 2013 | Free | 30 June 2021 | |
| 20 | Pablo Caballero | ST | | Totoras | June 3, 2018 | 28 | 3 | – | – | Lugo | 17 July 2017 | Free | 30 June 2019 | |
| 22 | Edoardo Soleri | ST | | Rome | June 3, 2018 | 11 | 2 | – | – | Roma | 20 January 2018 | Loan | 30 June 2018 | |
| 36 | Sekou Gassama | ST | | Granollers | June 3, 2018 | 0 | 0 | – | – | Almería B | 14 December 2017 | Free | 30 June 2018 | |
| Name | Nat. | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Date signed | Role | Departure | Manner | Contract End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Miguel Ramis | | Tarragona | June 3, 2018 | Free agent | 14 March 2017 | Permanent | 12 November 2017 | Sacked | 30 June 2018 | |
| Fran Fernández | | Almería | June 3, 2018 | Almería B | 12 November 2017 | Interim | 17 November 2017 | Ended tenure | 30 June 2018 | |
| Lucas Alcaraz | | Granada | June 3, 2018 | Free agent | 16 November 2017 | Permanent | 24 April 2018 | Resigned | 30 June 2018 | |
| Fran Fernández | | Almería | June 3, 2018 | Almería B | 24 April 2018 | Permanent | 30 June 2018 |
| Name | Staff role | |
|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Molina | Assistant coach Goalkeeping coach | |
| Edu Frapoli | Fitness coach | |
| Javier Fernández | Technical coach | |
| Ángel Férez | Goalkeeping coach | |
| Misael Rivas | Doctor | |
| Fran Simón | Physio | |
| Pedro Serrano | Physio |
See main article: List of Spanish football transfers summer 2017.
See main article: List of Spanish football transfers winter 2017–18.
Total spending: €70,000
Total gaining: €2,200,000
|-|colspan="12"|Players on loan to other clubs:|-|colspan="12"|Players who have left the club after the start of the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Segunda División | width=80 | Copa del Rey | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 14 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2 | | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 38 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Total | ||||
| 7 | | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 23 | | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |||
| 24 | | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 14 | | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 6 | | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 21 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 1 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2 | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 3 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 5 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 31 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 22 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 30 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 9 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 34 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| TOTALS | 106 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 6 | ||||
See main article: 2017–18 Segunda División.
See main article: 2017–18 Copa del Rey.