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Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( Valencian : Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D. ), is a spanish football team based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding base matches at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, with a capacity of 33,732 seats. [ 3 ]

Founded in 1923 as the resultant role of a amalgamation between all of the town ‘s clubs, Elche entered the league system in 1929, reaching Segunda División in 1934 and La Liga in 1959, finishing fifth in the latter tournament in 1963–64. The cabaret were runner-up in the Copa del Rey in 1969. Elche became the first and only cabaret in the history of La Liga to be relegated due to unpaid tax debts in the 2014–15 season. Elche returned to La Liga in 2020–21 after being promoted to the Segunda División and then La Liga in only three seasons .

history [edit ]

foundation and early years [edit ]

Elche Club de Fútbol was founded in the summer of 1923, after the fusion of all of the town ‘s football teams. The club ‘s first-ever plot was against Monóvar, where they beat the home team 4–0, and its first official peer was a 2–0 winnings over Crevillente. In its first years Elche, like many teams of the time, played in an all white uniform. [ 4 ] The team played its first league season in 1929–30, in the Tercera División, achieving promotion to the Segunda División in 1934. however, Elche suffered delegating for the first gear time six years belated, but were promoted back the following season. In the late 1950s, Elche achieved two consecutive promotions from the third tied to La Liga, securing the baseball club ‘s first promotion to the latter rival with a 3–0 success against Tenerife in 1959 .

1959–78 : La Liga [edit ]

Elche opened its first season in the top level with a 1–1 draw against Real Oviedo, the first goal being scored by Vicente Pahuet. The club finished one-tenth out of 16 sides, nine points ahead of relegated Osasuna – the crusade included a 2–1 rejoinder home victory over Barcelona, but besides a 2–11 passing at Real Madrid. The follow season saw the team having to compete in the relegation/promotion play-off, where it overcame a 0–1 loss in the away leg against Atlético Ceuta with a 4–0 home victory. [ 5 ] Elche achieved their best-ever league complete in 1963–64, ranking in fifth status. The season besides saw the club ‘s allow team, Elche Ilicitano, promote to Segunda División. [ 6 ] In 1969 the club reached their first and only Copa del Rey final examination, following victories over Pontevedra, Valencia and Real Sociedad. The semi-final against the latter was won 2–0 in a play back in inert Madrid, as the affiliation had finished 4–4 on aggregate ; the final, played on June 15 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in the same city, brought a 0–1 loss to Athletic Bilbao. [ 7 ] After twelve seasons Elche were relegated to division two in 1971, having finished second from bottom. [ 8 ] Two years late the team returned to the main category, as champions. Its moment while in the top flight lasted five seasons, frequently immerse in relegation fights as the best campaign ( 1974–75 ) ended with the club in eighth position ; at the end of 1977–78 the side returned to the second division after finishing 17th out of 18 clubs, the last game being a 4–4 draw with Atlético Madrid, which was led 2–4 with five minutes remaining. [ 9 ]

80s and 90s : hard fiscal crisis [edit ]

After the delegating in 1978 Elche suffered. Although on composition they had a good team they never managed to gain promotion to the top escape – in fact, in the first five years since their return to the second base level, they were fourth on three occasions and fifth on two ( and on a far two, even on points with the third-placed team but with a worse goal difference ), frequently losing the luck of promotion on the last matchday. particularly traumatic was the finish up of the 1980–81 season : with one game remaining, they were second two points ahead of Rayo Vallecano and Racing de Santander, only needing a hook against Cádiz at the Martínez Valero ; the game ended however in a loss, and Elche finished with 45 points aboard Castellón, Cádiz, Racing and Rayo. A promotion finally occurred at the end of 1983–84, even though Elche only finished fifth in the regular season – the first two positions were occupied by Real Madrid Castilla and Athletic Bilbao B, who could not promote as reserve sides. The wholly of the top division political campaign was spent in the delegating zone, and delegating consequently befall as 17th. In 1988 they were promoted again for another cameo appearance, as the side went on to finish dead survive with eighteen points, dropping down a class aboard Real Murcia, who they trailed by nine points ; the last couple for years in the class was a 1–3 away loss against Real Zaragoza, the goal coming courtesy of Alfonso Fernández. After the relegation in 1989, Elche started to suffer heavy in the fiscal department, and relegated to Segunda División B – the new third level created in 1977 – at the end of 1990–91. During the better region of the 1990s the club reached the moment division promotion playoffs, only to consecutively fall short. In 1997 Elche ultimately managed to return to the second base category, being immediately relegated back but gaining another promotion subsequently .

2010s : retort to the circus tent flight [edit ]

Elche police squad and fans celebrating the return to La Liga in 2013 In 2010–11, again in the “ silver category ”, the team finished fourth and therefore qualified for the play-offs : after disposing of Real Valladolid in the first round ( 3–2 on aggregate ) [ 10 ] the dream of top escape promotion ended at the hands of Granada, on the away goals convention. [ 11 ] On May 18, 2013, following Barcelona B and Alcorcón ‘s 1–1 draw, Elche was automatically promoted to the top charge, returning to the contest after 24 years. [ 12 ] In the meanwhile the team coached by Fran Escribá had broken a number of Segunda División records, being the merely team to date able to lead the contest from the first until the death match of the season, setting in the serve a raw record of both matches won and points scored to date a well as the best inaugural round in the history of Segunda ‘s championship. [ 13 ]

During the 2013–14 season, the team managed to keep in the top competition, with an average attendance to home matches estimated at 25,104 people. [ 14 ] In the 2014–15 season, despite managing once again to keep in the top flight ( the team was already dependable from relegation four dates before the end of the contest [ 15 ] ) Elche became the first team always in the history of the spanish Primera División being relegated to Segunda following newly regulations by the spanish football league limiting overindulgence debt and economic mismanagement. [ 15 ] In the 2016–17 season, Elche were relegated to third degree after 18 years in professional league. One year subsequently, Elche promoted back to second charge after defeating Villarreal B in the last play off promotion to irregular level. In the 2018–19 season, Elche finished right in the middle, on 11th stead among 22 teams. [ 16 ] In the 2019–20 season, Elche were promoted to La Liga by beating Girona in the forwarding play-off final 1–0 on aggregate. They were promoted back to La Liga after five years in the second and third divisions. [ 17 ]

Seasons [edit ]

Season to season [edit ]

  • As Elche Football Club
  • As Elche Club de Fútbol

current police squad [edit ]

As of 9 September 2021.[18]

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

Reserve team [edit ]

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Out on lend [edit ]

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Coaching staff [edit ]

final update : November 2021
Source : Elche CF

Honours [edit ]

Segunda División
Copa del Rey

International players [edit ]

Coaches [edit ]

Reserve team [edit ]

Elche ‘s allow team, Elche Ilicitano, was founded in 1932. It managed to spend two seasons in the moment division, when the independent squad was in the top flight .

See besides [edit ]

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