2020–21 UD Las Palmas season

The 2020–21 season is the 72nd season in existence of Unión Deportiva Las Palmas and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Las Palmas participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

UD Las Palmas

2020–21 season
President	Miguel Ángel Ramírez
Head coach	Pepe Mel
Stadium	Estadio Gran Canaria
Segunda División	15th
Copa del Rey	Second round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 6 January 2021.

Current squad

As of 19 June 2020.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Raúl Fernández 2 DF  URU Mauricio Lemos 3 DF  ESP Alberto de la Bella 4 DF  ESP Álex Suárez 5 DF  ARG Martín Mantovani 6 DF  ESP Eric Curbelo 7 FW  ESP Rubén Castro 8 FW  ESP Aridai 9 FW  CIV Jean-Armel Drolé (on loan from Antalyaspor) 11 FW  ESP Benito Ramírez 12 MF  COL Juanjo Narváez (on loan from Betis) 13 GK  ESP Josep Martínez 14 DF  ESP Álvaro Lemos

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ESP Fabio González 16 MF  ARG Fede Varela (on loan from Leganés) 17 FW  ESP Cristian López 18 MF  ESP Javi Castellano 19 MF  ESP Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (on loan from Mallorca) 20 MF  ESP Kirian Rodríguez 21 MF  ESP Tana 22 MF  ESP Cristian Cedrés 23 DF  ESP Dani Castellano 24 MF  SRB Slavoljub Srnić 25 DF  ESP Aythami Artiles 28 MF  ESP Pedri 32 GK  ESP Álvaro Valles

Returning from loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Deivid

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW  GNB Claudio Mendes 29 MF  ESP Josemi Castañeda 30 GK  ESP Álex Domínguez 31 DF  ESP Jesús Fortes

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 FW  ESP Juan Fernández 36 DF  ESP David Herrera 37 DF  ESP Dani Martín 38 FW  ESP Pablo Haro

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Maikel Mesa (at Albacete until 30 June 2020) — MF  ESP Christian Rivera (at Girona until 30 June 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ESP Edu Espiau (at Villarreal B until 30 June 2020) — FW  ARG Sergio Araujo (at AEK Athens until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

4 September 2020 Friendly	Tenerife	1–3	Las Palmas	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pomares  78'		Rober  46' Rodríguez  59' Maikel  90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexander González González

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División	12 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		20	6	8	6	21	25	−4	030.00
Copa del Rey	17 December 2020	6 January 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	050.00
Total					22	7	8	7	25	26	−1	031.82

Last updated: 6 January 2021

Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Mirandés	23	9	6	8	22	18	+4	33
9	Girona	23	9	6	8	17	18	−1	33
10	Las Palmas	23	8	8	7	24	28	−4	32
11	Lugo	23	8	7	8	23	22	+1	31
12	Málaga	23	8	7	8	21	29	−8	31

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: LaLiga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored[2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	6	8	6	21	25	−4	26	6	2	2	15	11	+4	0	6	4	6	14	−8

Last updated: 3 January 2021.
Source: La Liga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W
Position	17	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 3 January 2021. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.[3][4]

12 September 2020 1	Leganés	1–0	Las Palmas	Leganés
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Muñoz  75'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 0 Referee: José Antonio López Toca

20 September 2020 2	Las Palmas	3–3	Fuenlabrada	Las Palmas
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Edu Espiau  8' Eric Curbelo  36' Álvaro Lemos  45' Pejiño  48'  49' Loiodice  63' Claudio  81'  90' Araujo  90+3'	Report	Antonio Cristian  27' Nteka  64' Iban Salvador  71'  79' (pen.) Pinchi  83' Kanté  84'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 0 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

26 September 2020 3	Real Zaragoza	2–2	Las Palmas	Zaragoza
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Carlos Nieto  10'  85' Javi Ros  16'  49' Claudio  19' (o.g.) Pichu Atienza  37' Jannick Buyla  63' Adrián  90+4'	Report	Álvaro Lemos  23'  57'  70' Edu Espiau  82' Maikel Mesa  89'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 0 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

3 October 2020 4	Las Palmas	2–1	UD Logroñés	Las Palmas
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sergio Ruiz  24' Rober  53' Fabio González  68' Aythami Artiles  70' Araujo  90' Eric Curbelo  90+2'	Report	Jon Errasti  31' Andy  90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 0 Referee: Jon González Esteban

11 October 2020 5	Málaga	0–0	Las Palmas	Málaga
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rahmani  38' Alberto Escassi  60' Juande  83'	Report	Álex Suárez  40' Sergio Ruiz  52' Álvaro Valles  90+4'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

17 October 2020 6	Las Palmas	2–0	Almería	Las Palmas
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Araujo  7'  76' Álvaro Lemos  14' Pejiño  28' Iemmello  90+3'	Report	João Carvalho  55' Ager Aketxe  62' Balliu  65'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 0 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

21 October 2020 7	Las Palmas	2–1	Castellón	Las Palmas
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Araujo  49' Claudio  60' Rober  72' Fabio González  90'	Report	Josep Señé  44' Rafa Gálvez  65'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver De La Fuente

24 October 2020 8	FC Cartagena	3–0	Las Palmas	Cartagena
18:15 CET (UTC+2)	Rubén Castro  25' (pen.) David Andújar  31' Álex Martín  41' Nacho Gil  45+4' de la Bella  52' Sergio Aguza  70' Carrasquilla  88'	Report	Álvaro Lemos  45+3'  90' Loiodice  60' Álex Suárez  89'	Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova Attendance: 0 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

28 October 2020 9	Albacete	1–1	Las Palmas	Albacete
19:00 CET (UTC+2)	Fran Garcia  37' Chema  90+2' Israfilov  90+7'	Report	Javi Castellano  45+3' Fabio González  53' Eric Curbelo  71' Maikel Mesa  83'  90' (pen.) Jonathan  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 0 Referee: David Gálvez Rascón

31 October 2020 10	Las Palmas	1–2	Real Oviedo	Las Palmas
18:15 CET (UTC+2)	Álvaro Lemos  62' Álex Suárez  88'	Report	Christian Fernández  15' Matías Nahuel  19'  21' Edgar González  48' Carlos Hernández  52' Javi Mier  89'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 0 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

9 November 2020 11	Girona	1–1	Las Palmas	Girona
21:00 CET (UTC+2)	Espinosa  67'  85'  90+4' Luna  73' Pablo Moreno  90+1'	Report	Sergio Ruiz  45' Álvaro Lemos  66'	Stadium: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi Attendance: 0 Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvéndiz

15 November 2020 12	Las Palmas	1–0	Tenerife	Las Palmas
22:00 CET (UTC+2)	Jonathan  38' Ortolá  48' (o.g.) Rober  72' Álvaro Lemos  90+4'	Report	Jacobo González  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 0 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

22 November 2020 13	Sabadell	3–1	Las Palmas	Sabadell
14:00 CET (UTC+2)	Adri Cuevas  33'  60'  69' Gorka Guruzeta  45'	Report	Jonathan  57' Sergio Ruiz  63' Aridai Cabrera  90+2'	Stadium: Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta Attendance: 0 Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

25 November 2020 14	Las Palmas	0–2	Mirandés	Las Palmas
19:00 CET (UTC+2)	Claudio  90+1'	Report	Aythami Artiles  18' (o.g.) Juan Berrocal  47' Víctor Meseguer  62' Jirka  79'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 0 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

29 November 2020 15	Las Palmas	3–2	Sporting Gijón	Las Palmas
21:00 CET (UTC+2)	Rober  54'  56' Eric Curbelo  72' Edu Espiau  84'	Report	Javi Fuego  16' Đurđević  24' (pen.)  35'  67' Borja López  38'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 0 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Copa del Rey

17 December 2020 First round	Varea	0–4	Las Palmas	Varea
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Cedrés  7' Lemos  34' Iemmello  35' Curbelo  66'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Aitor Gorostegui Fernández-Ortega

6 January 2021 Second round	Navalcarnero	1–0	Las Palmas	Navalcarnero
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guerreiro  90'	Report	González  41'  59'	Stadium: Mariano González Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Statistics

Notes

References

1. "Top Team". UD Las Palmas. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
2. "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
3. "Este será el calendario de Segunda División para la temporada 2020/21". rfef.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
4. "Calendario de LaLiga Smartbank 2020/21". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

External links

• Official website