2016–17 UD Las Palmas season

Las Palmas
2016–17 season
Chairman	Miguel Ángel Ramírez
Manager	Quique Setién
Stadium	Estadio Gran Canaria
La Liga	11th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin-Prince Boateng (10); All: Kevin-Prince Boateng (10)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was UD Las Palmas 49th season in existence . It covered a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Squad

As of 31 August 2016^[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 Lizoain
2	DF	ESP	David Simón
3	DF	URU	Mauricio Lemos
4	MF	ESP	Vicente Gómez
5	DF	ESP	David García (captain)
6	MF	ESP	Ángel Montoro
7	MF	GHA	Kevin-Prince Boateng
8	FW	MAR	Nabil El Zhar
9	FW	CRO	Marko Livaja
10	FW	ARG	Sergio Araujo
11	MF	ESP	Momo
12	DF	BRA	Michel Macedo
13	GK	ESP	Javi Varas
14	MF	ESP	Hernán


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	ESP	Roque Mesa
16	DF	ESP	Aythami Artiles (4th captain)
17	DF	ESP	Pedro Bigas
18	MF	ESP	Javi Castellano
19	MF	ARG	Mateo García
20	MF	CRO	Alen Halilović
21	MF	ESP	Jonathan Viera
22	DF	POR	Hélder Lopes
23	DF	ESP	Dani Castellano
24	MF	ESP	Tana
25	FW	ESP	Asdrúbal
31	GK	ESP	David Ramírez
—	FW	ESP	José Artiles

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From
23	CF	Kevin-Prince	A.C. Milan
		Tyronne del Pino
		Mateo García
		Asdrúbal Padrón
		Marko Livaja
		Hélder Lopes
		Michel Macedo

Loan in

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	From	Start	End	Source
	ATM	Alen Halilović	Hamburger SV
	FW	Jesé	Paris Saint-Germain

Statistics

Squad statistics

	League	Cup	Total Stats
Games played	38	4	0
Games won	10
Games drawn
Games lost
Goals scored
Goals conceded
Goal difference
Clean sheets
Goal by Substitute
Total shots	–	–
Shots on target	–	–	–
Corners	–	–	–
Players used	–	–	–
Offsides	–	–	–
Fouls suffered	–	–	–
Fouls committed	–	–	–
Yellow cards
Red cards

Goalscorers

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
			Kevin-Prince Boateng	0	0	10
			Jonathan Viera	0	0	7
			Mauricio Lemos	0	0	0
			Marko Livaja	0	0	0
			Marko Livaja	0	0	7
			Pedro Bigas	0	0	3
			Pedro Bigas	0	0	0
			Nabil El Zhar	0	0	0
			Momo	0	0	0
			Jesé	0	0	0
			Sergio Araujo	0	0	3
			Mateo García	0	0	0
			Vicente Gómez Umpiérrez	0	0	0
			Tana	0	0	2
			Dominguez Tanausu	0	0	2
			David García	0	0	1
			Roque Mesa	0	0	1

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	Total	Played Games
1	Javi Varas	3	13
1	Raúl Lizoain	2	25
Total		5	38

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	22 August 2016	20 May 2017	Matchday 1	14th	0	0	0	0	!—	!—
Copa del Rey	1 December 2016	10 January 2017	Round of 32	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	050.00
Total					4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	050.00

Last updated: 10 July 2017 (2017-07-10).
Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Valencia	38	13	7	18	56	65	−9	46^[a]
13	Celta Vigo	38	13	6	19	53	69	−16	45
14	Las Palmas	38	10	9	19	53	74	−21	39^[b]
15	Real Betis	38	10	9	19	41	64	−23	39^[b]
16	Deportivo La Coruña	38	8	12	18	43	61	−18	36

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.^[2]
Notes:

^ Málaga ahead of Valencia on head-to-head points: Valencia–Málaga 2–2, Málaga–Valencia 2–0
^ ^a ^b Las Palmas ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head goal difference: Las Palmas–Real Betis 4–1, Real Betis–Las Palmas 2–0

Result round by round

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A																		A	H	H	A													H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	-	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L
Position	4	1	4	3	5	7

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

22 August 2016 1	Valencia	2–4	Las Palmas	Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mina 6', 34', 29' Medrán 71'	Report	Livaja 16', 88', 90' Viera 24' (pen.) Boateng 31', 45'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,144 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

28 August 2016 2	Las Palmas	5–1	Granada	Las Palmas
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Livaja 22' El Zhar 23', 69', 67' Boateng 41', 51' Momo 72' Castellano 77' Mesa 79' Araujo 85'	Report	Boga 45' Gas.Silva 63'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,529 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

10 September 2016 3	Sevilla	2–1	Las Palmas	Seville
18:15 (UTC+02:00)	Vázquez 9' Pareja 54' Sarabia 89' (pen.) Fernández 90+4'	Report	Tana 16' Livaja 45' Mesa 54' Bigas 56' 88' Araujo 81' García 90+4'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 34,112 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

17 September 2016 4	Las Palmas	1–0	Málaga	Las Palmas
20:45 CEST	Momo 10' Gómez 49' Michel 59' Lemos 71'	Report	Recio 9'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,904 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

21 September 2016 (2016-09-21) 5	Real Sociedad	4–1	Las Palmas	San Sebastián
22:00 CEST	Willian José 1', 53' (pen.) Vela 22' (pen.) Zurutuza 35' I. Martínez 61'	Report	Boateng 21' David Simón 52' Tana 56' Araujo 80'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 10,927 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

24 September 2016 6	Las Palmas	2–2	Real Madrid	Las Palmas
20:45	Mesa 23' Tana 38', 90+1' D. García 54' Araujo 85'	Report	Asensio 33' Kroos 58' Benzema 67' Carvajal 77'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 22,364 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

1 October 2016 7	Osasuna	2–2	Las Palmas	Pamplona
18:30 CEST	Torres 7' (pen.) León 45+2' U. García 71' Fausto 78' Nauzet 90'	Report	Aythami 34' Gómez 57' Livaja 71' Michel 74' Tana 83' D. García 90+1'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,208 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

14 October 2016 8	Las Palmas	0–0	Espanyol	Las Palmas
20:45 CEST	Livaja 54' Aythami 85'	Summary	Fuego 35' Sánchez 60' Roca 88'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 20,542 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

23 October 2016 (2016-10-23) 9	Villarreal	2–1	Las Palmas	Vilarreal
18:30 CEST	Bakambu 48', 90+2' Soriano 56' Sansone 64' (pen.)	Report	Boateng 31', 79' Mesa 62' Tyronne 87'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,312 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

30 October 2016 10	Las Palmas	3–3	Celta Vigo	Las Palmas
20:45 CEST	Boateng 50', 68' Bigas 52' Viera 66' (pen.) Momo 88'		Wass 6', 74' Mallo 11' Aspas 14', 21', 43' Radoja 27' Gómez 40' 65' Hernández 60' Díaz 90'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 21,194 Referee: Mario Melero López

5 November 2016 11	Las Palmas	1–0	SD Eibar	Las Palmas
20:45 CEST				Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 19,361 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

18 November 2016 12	Real Betis	2–0	Las Palmas	Las Palmas
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	González 27' Mandi 45+2'	Report	Gómez 88'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 34,114 Referee: José González González

28 November 2016 13	Las Palmas	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Las Palmas
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boateng 40' Momo 50' Mesa 55' Livaja 58' Viera 85' 90'	Report	Laporte 31' Beñat 38' Yeray 65' Aduriz 74' 74' García 79' (pen.) 87'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 20,717 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez (Catalonia)

4 December 2016 14	Alavés	1–1	Las Palmas	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Alexis 4', 76' Hernandez 66' M. García 66'	Report	Lopes 9' Livaja 26', 57' Michel 54'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,724 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 15	Las Palmas	1–1	Leganés	Las Palmas
18:30 CET	Livaja 21', 82' Michel 68' D. García 75'	Report	Bustinza 8' Mantovani 22' Díaz 36' Guerrero 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 19,131 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

7 January 2017 17	Las Palmas	1–0	Sporting Gijón	Las Palmas
18:30	El Zhar 55' Momo 74' Tana 84'	Report	Xavi Torres 60' Meré 85' Lillo 88'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 21,663 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

14 January 2017 18	Barcelona	5–0	Las Palmas	Barcelona
16:15 CET	Suárez 14', 57' Rafinha 25' Mascherano 29' André Gomes 32' Messi 52' Arda 59' Aleix Vidal 80'	Report	Roque Mesa 2' Hélder Lopes 41' Prince 54' Livaja 77'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 81,480 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

20 January 2017 19	Las Palmas	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Las Palmas
20:45 CET	M. García 13' Aythami 72' 77'	Report	Andone 69' Joselu 90+1'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,051 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

29 January 2017 20	Las Palmas	3–1	Valencia	Las Palmas
20:45 CET	Viera 42' Lemos 57' Boateng 61' Mesa 82'	Report	Mina 21' Nani 27' Pérez 44' Munir 48' 51' Parejo 64'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 20,427 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

6 February 2017 21	Granada	1–0	Las Palmas	Granada
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pereira 17', 31' Uche 52' Ramos 73' Saunier 77' Gas.Silva 89'	Report	Boateng 66' Bigas 71' Lemos 90+4'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,001 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

12 February 2017 22	Las Palmas	0–1	Sevilla	Las Palmas
18:30 (UTC+01:00)	Lemos 84' Mesa 87'	Report	Kranevitter 17' Sarabia 28' Iborra 77' Correa 80', 80'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 27,843 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

20 February 2017 23	Málaga	2–1	Las Palmas	Málaga
20:45 CET	Charles 20', 35' Rodríguez 23' 70' Fornals 26' Camacho 56' Keko 69'	Report	Lemos 19' Boateng 60' Jesé 64' Aythami 84'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 20,787 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26) 24	Las Palmas	0–1	Real Sociedad	Las Palmas
20:45 CET	Bigas 11' Aythami 30'	Report	Prieto 32', 74' Illarramendi 69'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 19,085 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

1 March 2017 24	Real Madrid	3–3	Las Palmas	Madrid
21:30	Isco 8' Carvajal 29' Bale 47' 47' Ramos 55' Morata 70' Ronaldo 81', 86' (pen.), 89'	Report	Tana 10' David Simón 44' Viera 56' (pen.) Boateng 53', 59' Halilović 90+2'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 59,575 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

5 March 2017 26	Las Palmas	5–2	Osasuna	Las Palmas
18:30 CET	Jesé 7', 87' Livaja 18', 55' Boateng 19' Mesa 22' 76' Castellano 43' U. García 70' (o.g.)	Report	D. García 11' Kenan Kodro 31', 37', 63' Mérida 75' Loé 82'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

10 March 2017 27	Espanyol	4–3	Las Palmas	Barcelona
20:45 CET	David López 1', 49' Gerard 45+1' Piatti 51', 53' (pen.) Jurado 74'	Report	Lemos 31', 49', 80' Lizoain 51' Bigas 80' M. García 84' Jesé 87'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 17,669 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

19 March 2017 (2017-03-19) 28	Las Palmas	1–0	Villarreal	Las Palmas
20:45 CET	Boateng 10' Viera 70' Lemos 74' Lizoain 90+3'	Report	Ruiz 19' Sansone 23' Costa 76'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,717 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

3 April 2017 29	Celta Vigo	3–1	Las Palmas	Vigo
20:45 CET	Rossi 12', 36', 57' Roncaglia 24' Jonny 45' Cheikh 90+4'	Report	Bigas 17', 80' Jesé 52' Viera 90+4'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 14,212 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

6 April 2017 30	Eibar	3–1	Las Palmas	Ipurua Municipal Stadium
19:30 CET	Bebé 14', Artiles 24' (o.g.), Adrián 66' (pen.)			Attendance: 5,204 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

9 April 2017 31	Las Palmas	4–1	Real Betis	Las Palmas
20:45 CEST	Boateng 29', 49' Lemos 30' Gómez 38', 44' Viera 62' Jesé 83' (pen.)	Report	Toșca 58' Mandi 65' Pezzella 74' Navarro 88', 90+3'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 19,769 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

14 April 2017 32	Athletic Bilbao	5–1	Las Palmas	Bilbao
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	San José 7' 66' Muniain 9', 58' Aduriz 18', 59'	Report	Bigas 12' Viera 60' Livaja 89'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,502 Referee: Javier Estrada (Catalonia)

23 April 2017 33	Las Palmas	1–1	Alavés	Las Palmas
18:30 CEST	Mesa 22' Boateng 44' Michel 73' D. García 77' Livaja 86' Montoro 90+3'	Report	Deyverson 56' Ibai 61'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 16,007 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

26 April 2017 (2017-04-26) 34	Leganés	3–0	Las Palmas	Leganés
	Timor 41' Luciano 55', 61' (pen.) Guerrero 59'	Report		Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,193 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

29 April 2017 35	Las Palmas	0–5	Atlético Madrid	Las Palmas
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boateng 6' 65' Jesé 32' Halilović 56'	Report	Gameiro 2', 18' Saúl 14', 17' Savić 31' Gaitán 61' Thomas 72', 89' Torres 90+1'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 23,523 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea Man of the Match: Saúl

6 May 2017 36	Sporting Gijón	1–0	Las Palmas	Gijón
13:00	Sergio Álvarez 32' Douglas 49' Carmona 67' Čop 71' Canella 80'	Report	Roque Mesa 41' Hernán 90+1' Hélder 90+3'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 20,942 Referee: Jaime Latre

14 May 2017 37	Las Palmas	1–4	Barcelona	Las Palmas
20:00 CEST	Bigas 63'	Report	Digne 6' Neymar Jr 25', 67', 71' Suárez 27'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 22,204 Referee: José Luis González González

20 May 2017 38	Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	Las Palmas	A Coruña
19:00 CEST	Andone 4', 28' Navarro 25' Gil 39', 44' Mosquera 48' Çolak 54'	Summary	Mesa 38' Hernán 51' 79' Momo 54'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 21,764 Referee: Mario Melero López

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

1 December 2016	Huesca	2–2	Las Palmas	Huesca
21:00	Camacho 65' Aguilera 71'	Report	Asdrúbal 11' (pen.) Hernán 53'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 2,246 Referee: I. Iglesias Villanueva

20 December 2016	Las Palmas	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Huesca	Las Palmas
22:00	M. García 14' Asdrúbal 60'	Report	Kilian 90'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 10,195 Referee: Mateu Lahoz

Round of 16

3 January 2017 First leg	Las Palmas	0–2	Atlético Madrid	Las Palmas
21:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boateng 81' D. García 81'	Report	Koke 45', 30' Gabi 47' Griezmann 51' Vrsaljko 47'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 26,032 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

10 January 2017 Second leg	Atlético Madrid	2–3 (4–3 agg.)	Las Palmas	Madrid
21:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Correa 35', 61' Hernandez 45' Griezmann 49' Gabi 81'	Report	Momo 50' Livaja 57', 89' M. García 90+3'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 21,357 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

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	Leo (at Arandina until 30 June 2017)
—	FW	ESP	Jefté Betancor (at Arandina until 30 June 2017)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Héctor Figueroa (at Ponferradina until 30 June 2017)
—	FW	ESP	Alfredo Ortuño (at Cádiz until 30 June 2017)

Player transfers


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	ESP	Nauzet Alemán (to TBD)^[3]
6	DF	ESP	Ángel (to TBD)^[4]
8	FW	BRA	Willian José (loan return to Deportivo Maldonado, later signed by Real Sociedad)^[5]
12	MF	GHA	Wakaso Mubarak (loan return to Rubin Kazan, later signed by Panathinaikos)^[6]
29	DF	ESP	Nili (to Barcelona B)^[7]
21	MF	ESP	Juan Carlos Valerón (to Unión Abrisajac^[8])

Awards

Manager

Manager	Award	Month	Source
Quique Setién	La Liga Manager of the Month	August	^[9]

References

^ "First team". UD Las Palmas. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
^ "Primera División 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "La UD inicia la rescisión de contrato de Nauzet Alemán". 16 May 2016.
^ "Ángel López se desvincula de la UD las Palmas".
^ "Betis: El Betis alcanza un principio de acuerdo para la cesión del brasileño Willian José". 21 June 2016.
^ "Mubarak Wakaso agrees personal terms with Panathinaikos- reports". July 2016.
^ "Acuerdo para la incorporación de Alfaro y Nili en el Barça B".
^ "Valerón se despide entre lágrimas: No podía soñar mejor final". 7 May 2016.
^ "Quique Setien, LaLiga Santander's Coach of the Month for August". LaLiga. 8 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.

External links

Club's official website

[table_hth_MLG0.57961105023493-2] Málaga ahead of Valencia on head-to-head points: Valencia–Málaga 2–2, Málaga–Valencia 2–0

[table_hth_LPA0.57961105023493-3] Las Palmas ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head goal difference: Las Palmas–Real Betis 4–1, Real Betis–Las Palmas 2–0

[1] "First team". UD Las Palmas. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

[4] "Primera División 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[5] "La UD inicia la rescisión de contrato de Nauzet Alemán". 16 May 2016.

[6] "Ángel López se desvincula de la UD las Palmas".

[marca.com-7] "Betis: El Betis alcanza un principio de acuerdo para la cesión del brasileño Willian José". 21 June 2016.

[8] "Mubarak Wakaso agrees personal terms with Panathinaikos- reports". July 2016.

[9] "Acuerdo para la incorporación de Alfaro y Nili en el Barça B".

[10] "Valerón se despide entre lágrimas: No podía soñar mejor final". 7 May 2016.

[11] "Quique Setien, LaLiga Santander's Coach of the Month for August". LaLiga. 8 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.

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