Almería

Spain · LaLiga 2022/23 – 2023/24 · LaLiga 2 now · Manager: Garcia Pimienta (#223 in the world) since Aug 2026

#80 World rank · club rating

1,910 Club rating

1st in LaLiga 2

Almería played 2 LaLiga seasons (2022/23 – 2023/24) and are in LaLiga 2 now. Jose Manuel Gomes (Aug 2020 – Apr 2021) had the best points per game of them (1.67 in 43 matches) and took the club rating from 1,873 to 1,875. Almería's club rating is the highest in LaLiga 2 this week.

Almería managers

30 spells since 2007 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Garcia Pimienta #223 now Aug 2026 – present · PPG 2.14 current Aug 2026 – present 14 9-3-2 2.14 1,819 → 1,954 +135 +26.3 +0.22

Rubi #265 now Aug 2024 – Jun 2026 · PPG 1.67 Aug 2024 – Jun 2026 94 45-22-27 1.67 1,929 → 1,853 −76 −21.6 +0.08

Jaume Torras (stand-in) 18 May 2025 – 25 May 2025 18 May 2025 – 25 May 2025 2 1-1-0 +8.9

Pepe Mel Mar 2024 – May 2024 · PPG 1.10 caretaker Mar 2024 – May 2024 10 3-2-5 1.10 1,799 → 1,868 +69 +13.1 +0.16

Gaizka Garitano #1,004 now Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 · PPG 0.50 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 20 1-7-12 0.50 1,807 → 1,765 −42 +2.2 +0.01

Patxi Ferreira (stand-in) 26 Jan 2024 26 Jan 2024 1 0-0-1 −7.8

Alberto Lasarte Oct 2023 · PPG 0.50 caretaker Oct 2023 2 0-1-1 0.50 1,755 → 1,802 +47 −2.9 −0.15

Vicente Moreno Aug 2023 – Sep 2023 · PPG 0.29 caretaker Aug 2023 – Sep 2023 7 0-2-5 0.29 1,885 → 1,767 −118 −18.9 −0.16

Rubi #265 now May 2021 – Jun 2023 · PPG 1.50 May 2021 – Jun 2023 92 39-21-32 1.50 1,894 → 1,900 +7 +24.1 +0.01

Jose Manuel Gomes Aug 2020 – Apr 2021 · PPG 1.67 Aug 2020 – Apr 2021 43 21-9-13 1.67 1,873 → 1,875 +2 +7.1 +0.07

Nandinho Jun 2020 – Jul 2020 · PPG 1.14 caretaker Jun 2020 – Jul 2020 7 2-2-3 1.14 1,883 → 1,843 −40 −8.1 −0.06

Guti Nov 2019 – Jun 2020 · PPG 1.52 Nov 2019 – Jun 2020 21 9-5-7 1.52 1,833 → 1,878 +46 +1.1 +0.01

David Badia (stand-in) 22 Feb 2020 22 Feb 2020 1 0-1-0 −2.8

Pedro Emanuel Aug 2019 – Nov 2019 · PPG 1.71 Aug 2019 – Nov 2019 14 6-6-2 1.71 1,754 → 1,846 +92 +18.4 +0.18

Fran Fernández #239 now Sep 2018 – Jun 2019 · PPG 1.54 Sep 2018 – Jun 2019 41 16-15-10 1.54 1,711 → 1,829 +117 +21.4 +0.13

Lucas Alcaraz Nov 2017 – Sep 2018 · PPG 1.10 Nov 2017 – Sep 2018 31 8-10-13 1.10 1,662 → 1,652 −10 −1.7 −0.04

Luis Miguel Ramis #281 now Apr 2017 – Nov 2017 · PPG 1.26 Apr 2017 – Nov 2017 27 10-4-13 1.26 1,745 → 1,648 −97 −18.4 −0.06

Fran Fernández #239 now Mar 2017 · PPG 1.33 caretaker Mar 2017 3 1-1-1 1.33 1,732 → 1,749 +18 +3.6 +0.04

Fernando Soriano Aug 2016 – Mar 2017 · PPG 0.97 Aug 2016 – Mar 2017 29 7-7-15 0.97 1,773 → 1,701 −72 −15.7 −0.18

Nestor Gorosito Jan 2016 – Jun 2016 · PPG 1.35 Jan 2016 – Jun 2016 23 7-10-6 1.35 1,817 → 1,780 −37 −8.1 −0.09

Joan Carrillo Nov 2015 – Jan 2016 · PPG 0.78 caretaker Nov 2015 – Jan 2016 9 1-4-4 0.78 1,789 → 1,732 −57 −17.0 −0.29

Miguel Rivera Mora Oct 2015 – Nov 2015 · PPG 1.00 caretaker Oct 2015 – Nov 2015 5 1-2-2 1.00 1,791 → 1,733 −58 −11.7 −0.31

Sergi Barjuan Apr 2015 – Oct 2015 · PPG 0.88 Apr 2015 – Oct 2015 17 4-3-10 0.88 1,835 → 1,699 −135 −31.4 −0.07

Before 2015/16 · 10 spells, Aug 2007 – Apr 2015

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Juan Ignacio Martinez Dec 2014 – Apr 2015 · PPG 1.00 Dec 2014 – Apr 2015 16 4-4-8 1.00 1,806 → 1,802 −4 −1.4 +0.08

Francisco Rodriguez Aug 2013 – Dec 2014 · PPG 1.02 Aug 2013 – Dec 2014 57 15-13-29 1.02 1,834 → 1,763 −71 −6.2 −0.03

Javi Gracia #833 now Dec 2011 · PPG 1.00 caretaker Dec 2011 1 0-1-0 1.00 1,814 → 1,823 +9 +1.8 +0.34

Lucas Alcaraz Sep 2011 – Dec 2011 · PPG 1.33 caretaker Sep 2011 – Dec 2011 3 1-1-1 1.33 1,852 → 1,743 −108 −2.1 −0.01

Roberto Olabe Apr 2011 – May 2011 · PPG 0.50 caretaker Apr 2011 – May 2011 8 1-1-6 0.50 1,796 → 1,777 −19 −11.3 −0.09

Jose Luis Oltra #921 now Oct 2010 – Apr 2011 · PPG 1.28 Oct 2010 – Apr 2011 25 9-5-11 1.28 1,729 → 1,714 −15 −3.1 +0.10

Edu Pons (stand-in) 20 Nov 2010 20 Nov 2010 1 0-0-1 −3.3

Juanma Lillo Jan 2010 – Nov 2010 · PPG 1.17 Jan 2010 – Nov 2010 35 9-14-12 1.17 1,622 → 1,686 +63 +13.0 +0.01

Hugo Sánchez Jan 2009 – Dec 2009 · PPG 1.07 Jan 2009 – Dec 2009 41 12-8-21 1.07 1,679 → 1,613 −66 −15.0 +0.03

Gonzalo Arconada Aug 2008 – Dec 2008 · PPG 1.22 Aug 2008 – Dec 2008 18 6-4-8 1.22 1,669 → 1,654 −15 −4.7 +0.07

Unai Emery #4 now Aug 2007 – May 2008 · PPG 1.37 Aug 2007 – May 2008 38 14-10-14 1.37 1,522 → 1,729 +207 +39.0

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Rubi is the longest-serving: 94 matches over 22 months (Aug 2024 – Jun 2026). Unai Emery added the most coach rating: +39.0 over 38 matches.

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,910Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

#80World rankof 943 active clubs

#1LaLiga 2of 33 clubs

1,957Peak since 2015/16Nov 2021 · low 1,677, Oct 2017

Colour changes with each manager (17 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Almería's club rating peaked at 1,957 in November 2021, under Rubi, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,677 in October 2017, under Luis Miguel Ramis.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days

Almería play in LaLiga 2 now - our fixture list covers the top 5 leagues and European games with a top-5 club.

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2023/24 38 2.61 2.00 2.51 79% 4.39 5.79 4.67

2022/23 38 2.68 2.58 2.70 68% 3.87 5.97 4.76

Almería won 3.87 corners a game in 2022/23, their fewest in any season since 2022/23 and 19% below LaLiga's average side (4.76).

League matches only (LaLiga), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. LaLiga cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

76 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 1013% 45% 34%

HT drawHT D 23% 1520% 1520%

HT lossHT L 23% 11% 2432%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 27 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 17 matches

1st half · W 17 · D 32 · L 27 GD −14

2nd half · W 10 · D 34 · L 32 GD −34

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Almería

5 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Pablo Gonzalez Fuertes 8 1-2-5 0.63 3.13 2.64 +18%

Javier Alberola Rojas 7 1-2-4 0.71 1.00 2.64 −62%

Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea 6 0-2-4 0.33 1.83 2.64 −31%

Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz 5 1-1-3 0.80 3.60 2.64 +36%

Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez 5 1-0-4 0.60 2.80 2.64 +6%

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (76). Cards = Almería's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Almería's manager?

Garcia Pimienta, #223 in this week's coach world ranking, since August 2026 - 14 matches, 9 won (2.14 points per game).

How many managers has Almería had since 2015?

18, counting 6 caretakers. Plus 3 stand-ins: caretakers for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is Almería's longest-serving manager?

Rubi: 94 matches from August 2024 to June 2026.

How many cards a game do Almería get?

2.61 a game in LaLiga in 2023/24, against 2.51 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.