2023–24 UD Las Palmas season explained

Club:	Las Palmas
Season:	2023–24
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Miguel Ángel Ramírez
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	García Pimienta
Stadium:	Estadio Gran Canaria
League:	La Liga
League Result:	16th
Cup1:	Copa del Rey
Cup1 Result:	Round of 32
League Topscorer:	Kirian Rodríguez (6)
Season Topscorer:	Kirian Rodríguez (6)
Highest Attendance:	(27 January 2024)
Lowest Attendance:	(27 April 2024)
Largest Win:	(31 October 2023) (13 January 2024)
Largest Loss:	(17 February 2024)
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Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25

The 2023–24 Unión Deportiva Las Palmas season was the club's 75th season in existence and their first season in La Liga since the 2017–18 season, following promotion from the Segunda División in their previous campaign. In addition to the domestic league, Las Palmas participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 until 30 June 2024.

Kits

• Supplier: Hummel
• Sponsors: Gran Canaria (front)

Notes

Season overview

Pre-season

On 10 June 2023, Las Palmas announced that the pre-season would start with the players' medical examinations on 6 July before training commenced on 10 July in Ciudad Deportiva, Las Palmas.^[1]

August

On 12 August, Las Palmas played their first La Liga game since the 2017–18 season, being held 1–1 against Mallorca in their opening league match at Estadio Gran Canaria. Jonathan Viera scored the first goal for the club as he opened the score from a penalty before Antonio Raíllo equalised for Mallorca in the second half.^[2] On 17 August, Las Palmas announced the signing of Sory Kaba for an initial fee of €1,500,000 with additional payments of another €1,500,000 to be paid to FC Midtjylland.^[3] The following day, Las Palmas announced the signing of returning loanee Marvin Park, on loan from Real Madrid; the club refused to pay a reported fee of €2,000,000 to make the signing permanent so instead agreed on a loan signing with an option to buy.^[4]

On the same day, Las Palmas fell to defeat in their second league match against Valencia after a 1–0 loss at the Mestalla. Both Mármol and Araujo played their first competitive match for the club.^[5] On 23 August, Las Palmas announced the signing of Máximo Perrone on a year-loan from Manchester City.^[6] Perrone replaced Fabio González's place as the number 8 for the squad due to González's injury with the right ankle.^[7]

On 25 August, Las Palmas played their second home match of the season in a goalless draw against Real Sociedad with Enzo Loiodice hitting the crossbar twice during the game. Kaba made his competitive debut whilst Araujo made his starting debut for the club.^[8] Prior to the match, Las Palmas gave a 1-minute silence in respects for former president José de Aguilar after his passing on 24 August 2023. de Aguilar was president of Las Palmas in 1983, having been a board member since 1968, and served two terms for the club.^[9]

September

On 2 September 2023, Las Palmas suffered a 1–0 defeat to Girona at Montilivi. Perrone made his competitive debut on the day.^[10] On 8 September 2023, Las Palmas played a friendly match against Atlético Paso during international break. Las Palmas lost 1–0 to the La Palma side by full-time.^[11] On 17 September 2023, Las Palmas fell to a second consecutive loss to Sevilla after succumbing to a 1–0 result at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.^[12] On 24 September 2023, Las Palmas got their first win of the season, winning 1–0 against Granada with the winner coming from Kirian Rodríguez in the 92nd minute of the match. Cristian Herrera made his debut for the club while Mika Mármol was sent off in the second half after accumulating two yellow cards.^{[13] [14]} On 27 September 2023, Las Palmas fell to a 2–0 defeat against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu. Eric Curbelo made his First Division debut for the club, and Daley Sinkgraven returned to the starting line-up from injury.^[15]

October

On 2 October 2023, Las Palmas completed a late comeback in a 2–1 victory over Celta Vigo. Jonathan Viera equalised from the penalty spot, cancelling out Anastasios Douvikas's 66th-minute goal, before Marc Cardona scored the winner, and his first league goal, in the 7th minute of additional time, giving Las Palmas the lead before full-time.^[16] On 8 October 2023, Las Palmas won their first away match of La Liga after a 2–1 victory against Villarreal. A goal each from set pieces by Saúl Coco and Marc Cardona, who scored in his second consecutive game, earned the win for Las Palmas.^[17] Going into international break, Saúl Coco was called up to the Equatorial Guinea national team for a friendly on 13 October 2023.^[18] On 17 October 2023, manager García Pimienta extended his contract with Las Palmas until June 2025.^[19]

On 22 October 2023, Las Palmas fell to their first defeat at home after losing 1–0 to Rayo Vallecano, following a late penalty goal by Bebé.^[20] On 28 October 2023, Las Palmas won 2–1 away against Almería. Munir El Haddadi opened the score, assisted by Marvin Park, before Sory Kaba scored the winning goal in additional time.^[21] On 31 October 2023, Las Palmas progressed through to the second round of the Copa del Rey after a 3–0 win against Manacor. Aarón Escandell made his debut while Julián Araujo, Alberto Moleiro and Pau Ferrer scored a goal each to seal the match.^[22]

November

On 3 November 2023, Las Palmas defeated Atlético Madrid in a 2–1 upset in front of a crowd of 30,080 fans. Both Kirian Rodríguez and Benito Ramírez scored a goal each.^[23] It was the first time Las Palmas had defeated Atleti since January 1987 with the same scoreline.^{[24] [25]}

Management team

Position	Name
Head coach	García Pimienta
Assistant coach	Álex García
Fitness coach	David Gómez
Goalkeeping coach	José Yepes
Technical assistant	Momo Players First team <	----------------------------- READ THIS NOTICE FIRST BEFORE EDITING ---------------------------------- – Do NOT add new players before the club officially announces their signing through their website, including medical and signing the contract. A transfer fee agreed doesn't mean the player will sign. – Do NOT remove players before their exit is officially announced by the club. – Do NOT add or change squad numbers until it is official on the UD Las Palmas website. – Only add numberless players likely to become part of the first team. – Pre-season numbers can be added temporarily with A REFERENCE. – This is Wikipedia, not a football newspaper. Anything unconfirmed and unsourced will be removed on sight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Unregistered players Transfers In No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source 5 Javi Muñoz Eibar Free transfer ^[26] 7 Cristian Herrera Ibiza ^[27] 9 Sandro Ramírez Huesca €1,500,000 ^[28] ^[29] ^[30] 18 Daley Sinkgraven Bayer Leverkusen Free transfer ^[31] 1 Aarón Escandell Cartagena €400,000 ^[32] ^[33] 17 Munir El Haddadi Getafe Free transfer ^[34] 15 Mika Mármol FC Andorra €2,000,000 ^[35] ^[36] ^[37] 16 Sory Kaba Midtjylland €3,000,000 ^[38] ^[39] ^[40] Total €6,900,000 Out No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source 18 Sidnei Ceará End of contract 1 July 2023 ^[41] 17 Óscar Clemente Levante ^[42] 25 Wilfrid Kaptoum AEK Larnaca Free transfer 6 July 2023 ^[43] – Unai Veiga Unattached Released 8 July 2023 ^[44] – Claudio Mendes Cornellà Free transfer 19 July 2023 ^[45] 1 Álex Domínguez Toulouse Undisclosed 26 July 2023 ^[46] ^[47] 16 Florin Andone Eldense Free transfer 30 July 2023 ^[48] 18 Pinchi Çaykur Rizespor Free transfer 10 August 2023 ^[49] ^[50] Total €0,000,000 Loans in No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee Date On loan until Source 28 Julián Araujo Barcelona None End of season ^[51] ^[52] 2 Marvin Park Real Madrid None End of season ^[53] ^[54] 8 Máximo Perrone Manchester City None End of season ^[55] ^[56] Total €0,000,000 Loans out No. Pos. Player Loaned to Fee Date On loan until Source 27 Ale García Antequera None End of season ^[57] 20 Joel del Pino Real Avilés None End of season ^[58] 5 Enrique Clemente Racing Ferrol None End of season ^[59] 26 Alejandro Palanca Ponferradina None End of season ^[60] Total €0,000,000 Pre-season and friendlies On 29 June 2023, Las Palmas announced they would play their five friendly matches at the Marbella Football Center in Málaga, against Orlando Pirates on 19 July, Al-Wakrah on 22 July, Almería on 23 July, Espanyol on 26 July and Cádiz on 28 July.^[61] ^[62] On 22 July, Las Palmas announced they would face RB Leipzig on 5 August, in part of the latter side's presentation game of the season at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig.^[63] Competitions La Liga See main article: 2023–24 La Liga. Matches The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2023.^[64] ^[65] Copa del Rey See main article: 2023–24 Copa del Rey. Las Palmas entered the tournament in the first round against Manacor, who played in the Tercera Federación.^[66] ^[67] Statistics Overall ^[68] ^[69] . Player Total Discipline Notes Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 GK Aarón Escandell 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 13 GK Álvaro Valles 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 Defenders 2 DF Marvin Park 4+9 0 0+1 0 14 0 2 0 On loan 3 DF Sergi Cardona 13+3 0 0 0 16 0 5 0 4 DF Álex Suárez 13 0 1 0 14 0 3 0 6 DF Eric Curbelo 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 DF Álvaro Lemos 2+1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 15 DF Mika Mármol 15 0 0 0 10 0 2 1 18 DF Daley Sinkgraven 4+1 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 23 DF Saúl Coco 11+3 1 0+1 0 15 1 2 0 28 DF Julián Araujo 9+6 1 1+1 1 17 1 2 0 On loan 31 DF Juanma Herzog 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Midfielders 5 MF Javi Muñoz 13+4 0 0 0 17 0 2 0 8 MF Máximo Perrone 6+8 0 1 0 15 0 2 0 On loan 10 MF Alberto Moleiro 5+3 1 0+2 1 10 2 0 0 12 MF Enzo Loiodice 11+6 0 1+1 0 19 0 1 0 20 MF Kirian Rodríguez 16+1 3 0 0 17 3 5 0 21 MF Jonathan Viera 7+2 2 0 0 9 2 1 0 22 MF Omenuke Mfulu 1+3 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 26 MF Yadam Santana 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Forwards 7 FW Cristian Herrera 1+5 1 2 0 8 1 1 0 9 FW Sandro Ramírez 5+1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 11 FW Benito Ramírez 0+8 1 2 0 10 1 0 0 16 FW Sory Kaba 6+5 1 2 1 13 2 2 0 17 FW Munir El Haddadi 16+1 1 0+1 1 12 2 2 0 19 FW Marc Cardona 5+5 2 1 0 11 2 2 0 24 FW Pejiño 6+3 1 1+1 0 11 1 1 0 27 FW Pau Ferrer 0 0 0+1 1 1 1 0 0 Goalscorers ^[70] Player Total 1 21 MF Jonathan Viera 2 0 2 19 FW Marc Cardona 2 0 2 20 MF Kirian Rodríguez 2 0 2 2 23 DF Saúl Coco 1 0 1 17 FW 1 0 1 16 FW 1 0 1 28 DF 0 1 1 10 MF 0 1 1 27 FW Pau Ferrer 0 1 1 11 FW Benito Ramírez 1 0 1 Totals 10 3 13 Assists ^[71] Player Total 1 7 FW Cristian Herrera 0 2 2 2 21 MF Jonathan Viera 1 0 1 16 FW Sory Kaba 1 0 1 2 DF Marvin Park 1 0 1 27 FW Pau Ferrer 0 1 1 10 MF 1 0 1 17 FW 1 0 1 Totals 5 3 6 Cleansheets ^[72] Player Total 1 13 Álvaro Valles 2 0 2 2 1 Aarón Escandell 0 1 1 Totals 2 1 3 References

Notes and References

1. Web site: La UD Las Palmas iniciará la pretemporada el 10 de julio . UD Las Palmas . es . 10 June 2023.
2. Web site: Las Palmas reparte puntos con el Mallorca en el estreno de la Liga (1–1) . UD Las Palmas . es . 13 August 2023.
3. Web site: Cabrera . David Rodríguez, Pablo Fuentes, Paco . La UD cierra los fichajes de Sory Kaba y Marvin Park . La Provincia - Diario de Las Palmas . es . 14 August 2023.
4. Web site: Cebrian . Nestor . Marvin Park regresa al amarillo . Diario AS . es . 18 August 2023.
5. Web site: Las Palmas cae en Mestalla con un penalti de Sala VAR (1–0) . UD Las Palmas . es . 18 August 2023.
6. Web site: Murphy . Daniel . Man City midfielder Maximo Perrone joins Las Palmas on loan . Manchester Evening News . en . 23 August 2023.
7. Web site: Perrone: "El estilo de Las Palmas es el ideal para mí" . UD Las Palmas . es . 24 August 2023.
8. Web site: Las Palmas merece más ante una Real de Champions (0–0) . UD Las Palmas . es . 25 August 2023.
9. Web site: Fallece José de Aguilar, expresidente de la UD Las Palmas . UD Las Palmas . es . 24 August 2023.
10. Web site: El esfuerzo de Las Palmas en Girona se rompe a 3 minutos del final (1–0) . UD Las Palmas . es . 2 September 2023.
11. Web site: Las Palmas no encuentra el gol en el amistoso con el Atlético Paso (1–0) . UD Las Palmas . 10 September 2023 . es . 8 September 2023.
12. Web site: Las Palmas merece más, pero vuelve a caer 1–0 en Sevilla . UD Las Palmas . 23 September 2023 . es . 17 September 2023.
13. Web site: La UD celebra su primera victoria con un gol antológico de Kirian (1-0) . UD Las Palmas . 25 September 2023 . es . 24 September 2023.
14. Web site: Marrero . Javier . CRÓNICA La Unión Deportiva se quita un peso de encima (1–0) . UD Las Palmas.net . 25 September 2023 . es . 24 September 2023.
15. Web site: Las Palmas regresa de vacío del Bernabéu (2–0) . UD Las Palmas . 28 September 2023 . es . 27 September 2023.
16. Web site: Marc Cardona pone la guinda a otra noche épica en el Gran Canaria (2–1) . UD Las Palmas . 2 October 2023 . es . 2 October 2023.
17. Web site: La UD logra su primera gran victoria como visitante (1–2) . UD Las Palmas . 9 October 2023 . es . 8 October 2023.
18. Web site: Saúl Coco, convocado por Guinea Ecuatorial . UD Las Palmas . 19 October 2023 . es . 9 October 2023.
19. Web site: La UD Las Palmas y García Pimienta amplían su vinculación hasta 2025 . UD Las Palmas . 19 October 2023 . es . 17 October 2023.
20. Web site: Las Palmas cede de penalti ante el Rayo Vallecano (0–1) . UD Las Palmas . 29 October 2023 . es . 22 October 2023.
21. Web site: Las Palmas conquista tres puntos de oro en Almería (1–2) . UD Las Palmas . 29 October 2023 . es . 28 October 2023.
22. Web site: La UD sella en la segunda parte de Manacor su pase copero (0–3) . UD Las Palmas . 3 November 2023 . es . 31 October 2023.
23. Web site: Las Palmas firma un memorable triunfo sobre el Atlético de Madrid (2–1) . UD Las Palmas . 3 November 2023 . es . 3 November 2023.
24. Web site: Cabrera . Paco . La noche del llenazo en un Gran Canaria de Armani: 32.400 corazones para tumbar al Cholo . La Provincia - Diario de Las Palmas . 3 November 2023 . es . 3 November 2023.
25. Web site: Fulton . Matthew . Atletico suffer Celtic nightmare dress rehearsal with record smashed . Daily Record . 3 November 2023 . en . 3 November 2023.
26. Web site: Javi Muñoz, the new player of UD Las Palmas . UD Las Palmas . 17 June 2023.
27. Web site: Cristian Herrera, the new signing for UD Las Palmas! . UD Las Palmas . en . 22 June 2023.
28. Web site: UD Las Palmas pulls off the signing of Sandro Ramírez, who will rock the yellow jersey until 2026. . UD Las Palmas . 20 June 2023.
29. Web site: El fichaje de Sandro por Las Palmas deja un millón de euros en el Huesca . Heraldo Espanyol . Heraldo de Aragón . es . 19 June 2023.
30. Web site: Sandro, the dream come true of UD Las Palmas . Spain's News . 19 August 2022.
31. Web site: Daley Sinkgraven, new UD Las Palmas player . UD Las Palmas . 11 July 2023.
32. Web site: Aarón Escandell, the new signing for UD Las Palmas' goalkeeping position . UD Las Palmas . 25 July 2023.
33. Web site: Marrero . Javier . El Cartagena exige 400.000€ por Aarón Escandell . UD Las Palmas.net . es . 13 June 2023.
34. Web site: Munir, the new player for UD Las Palmas . UD Las Palmas . en . 31 July 2023.
35. Web site: Mika Mármol, new player for UD Las Palmas . UD Las Palmas . 11 August 2023.
36. Web site: Marrero . Javier . La UD desembolsaría casi dos millones de euros por Mika Mármol . UD Las Palmas.net . es . 5 August 2023.
37. Web site: Cabrera . Paco . Fórmula Mika Mármol: la UD abona cerca de dos millones al Andorra por el 50% del pase y lo comparte con el Barça . La Provincia - Diario de Las Palmas . https://archive.today/20230812124936/https://www.laprovincia.es/ud-las-palmas/2023/08/05/formula-mika-marmol-ud-abona-90694956.html . 12 August 2023 . es . 5 August 2023.
38. Web site: Sory Kaba, nuevo jugador de la UD Las Palmas . www.udlaspalmas.es . es . 18 August 2023.
39. Web site: Sory Kaba, new player for UD Las Palmas - Today Times Live . Today Times Live . 17 August 2023.
40. Web site: Marrero . Javier . OFICIAL: Sory Kaba, nuevo delantero de la UD Las Palmas . UD Las Palmas.net . es . 17 August 2023.
41. Web site: Zagueiro Sidnei é o novo reforço do Ceará . . Departamento de Comunicação . pt-br . 6 July 2023.
42. Web site: Levante UD sign midfielder Óscar Clemente . . 27 June 2023.
43. Web site: Καταρχήν συμφωνία με τον Wilfrid Jaures Kaptoum . . el . 7 June 2023.
44. Web site: Unai Veiga finishes his contract with UD Las Palmas . UD Las Palmas . 8 July 2023.
45. Web site: Bienvenido, Clau Mendes . Welcome, Clau Mendes . Unió Esportiva Cornellà . es-ES . 19 July 2023.
46. Web site: Le gardien de but Álex Domínguez rejoint le TéFéCé . Goalkeeper Álex Domínguez joins TéFéCé . . fr . 26 July 2023.
47. Web site: UD Las Palmas and Toulouse FC agree on the transfer of Álex Domínguez . UD Las Palmas . 27 July 2023.
48. Web site: Florin Andone, nuevo jugador del CD Eldense . Florin Andone, new CD Eldense player . C.D. Eldense . es . 30 July 2023.
49. Web site: La UD Las Palmas y el Çaykur Rizespor acuerdan el traspaso de Óscar Pinchi . UD Las Palmas . es . 10 August 2023.
50. Web site: Óscar Pinchi vendido al Çaykur Rizespor . OneFootball . en . 16 August 2023.
51. Web site: Julián Araujo to go on loan to Las Palmas . 1 August 2023 . . 2 August 2023.
52. Web site: Julián Araujo, the new player for UD Las Palmas . UD Las Palmas . 2 August 2023.
53. Web site: Marvin Park, nuevo jugador de la UD Las Palmas . UD Las Palmas . es . 18 August 2023.
54. Web site: Comunicado Oficial: Marvin . . es . 18 August 2023.
55. Web site: Perrone, nuevo jugador de la UD Las Palmas . UD Las Palmas . es . 23 August 2023.
56. Web site: Perrone joins UD Las Palmas on loan . . 23 August 2023.
57. Web site: Ale García, cedido al Antequera CF . UD Las Palmas . es . 4 July 2023.
58. Web site: Joel del Pino, cedido al Real Avilés Industrial . Joel del Pino loaned to Real Avil és Industrial . UD Las Palmas . es . 14 July 2023.
59. Web site: Enrique Clemente loaned to Racing Club de Ferrol . UD Las Palmas . 1 August 2023.
60. Web site: Alejandro Rodríguez Palanca, cedido a la SD Ponferradina . UD Las Palmas . es . 23 August 2023.
61. News: UD Las Palmas vs Cádiz CF, primer amistoso de pretemporada . UD Las Palmas . es . 29 June 2023.
62. News: Amistoso ante el Al-Wakrah . UD Las Palmas . es . 7 July 2023.
63. News: La UD Las Palmas se medirá al RB Leipzig el 5 de agosto, en partido amistoso . UD Las Palmas . es . 22 July 2023.
64. News: Este es el calendario de la Primera División 2023–2024. This is the 2023–2024 First Division calendar. Royal Spanish Football Federation. es. 22 June 2023. 22 June 2023.
65. Web site: UD Las Palmas Upcoming Matches . La Liga . 24 August 2023.
66. News: La UD Las Palmas visitará al CD Manacor en la primera eliminatoria de Copa del Rey . UD Las Palmas . 23 October 2023 . es . 17 October 2023.
67. Web site: El CD Manacor, rival de la UD Las Palmas en la primera ronda de la Copa del Rey . Canarias7 . 23 October 2023 . es . 17 October 2023.
68. Web site: League Statistics. LaLiga.com. LaLiga. 11 August 2023.
69. Web site: Cup Statistics. rfef.es. Royal Spanish Football Federation. 11 August 2023.
70. Web site: Las Palmas Leaderboard in Goals. 13 August 2023. La Liga.
71. Web site: Las Palmas Leaderboard in Assists. 13 August 2023. La Liga.
72. Web site: Las Palmas Leaderboard in Cleansheets. 13 August 2023. La Liga.