Elche CF Ilicitano

Elche Ilicitano Club de Fútbol, known officially as Elche Ilicitano is a Spanish football team based in Elche, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1932 as Club Deportivo Ilicitano, a farm team, it is the reserve team of Elche CF, and plays in Tercera Federación – Group 6, holding home games at the Estadio José Díez Iborra, with a capacity of 1,500 seats.^[3]

Elche Ilicitano

Full name	Elche Ilicitano Club de Fútbol
Founded	1932
Ground	Estadio José Díez Iborra Elche, Valencian Community, Spain
Capacity	1,500^[1]
President	Joaquín Buitrago Marhuenda^[2]
Head coach	Alberto Gallego
League	3ª Federación – Group 6
2021–22	3ª RFEF – Group 6, 8th of 19
Home colours Away colours

Unlike in nations such as England, reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league.

History

The city of Elche started the 1930s with just over thirty-five thousand inhabitants, who shared interest in football. In April 1932 a new sports initiative arose, when a group of young people founded Club Deportivo Ilicitano (Sportman Club Ilicitano).^[4]

Background

• Sportman Club Ilicitano - (1932–41)
• Club Deportivo Ilicitano - (1941–92)
• Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. "B" - (1992–2005)
• Elche Ilicitano - (2005–present)

Season to season

• As CD Ilicitano, an independent team

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1934–35 5 2ª Reg. 1935–36 5 2ª Reg. 1939–40 5 2ª Reg. 4th 1940–41 5 2ª Reg. 1941–42 4 2ª Reg. 1st 1942–43 3 1ª Reg. 5th 1943–44 DNP 1944–45 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1945–46 4 1ª Reg. 10th 1946–47 4 1ª Reg. 7th 1947–48 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1948–49 4 1ª Reg. 8th 1949–50 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1950–51 4 1ª Reg. 9th 1951–52 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1952–53 DNP 1953–54 DNP 1954–55 DNP 1955–56 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1956–57 4 1ª Reg. 2nd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del rey 1957–58 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1958–59 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1959–60 4 1ª Reg. (R) 1960–61 4 1ª Reg. 17th 1961–62 DNP 1962–63 4 1ª Reg. 2nd 1963–64 3 3ª 12th 1964–65 3 3ª 8th 1965–66 3 3ª 13th 1966–67 3 3ª 9th 1967–68 3 3ª 1st 1968–69 2 2ª 16th 1969–70 2 2ª 16th 1970–71 3 3ª 15th 1971–72 3 3ª 18th 1972–73 4 Reg. Pref. 12th 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 6th 1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 14th 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 6th 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 5th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del rey 1977–78 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 1978–79 5 Reg. Pref. 16th 1979–80 5 Reg. Pref. 14th 1980–81 4 3ª 12th 1981–82 4 3ª 15th 1982–83 4 3ª 13th 1983–84 4 3ª 5th 1984–85 4 3ª 4th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1985–86 4 3ª 4th 1986–87 4 3ª 17th 1987–88 4 3ª 5th 1988–89 4 3ª 17th 1989–90 4 3ª 4th 1990–91 4 3ª 5th 1991–92 4 3ª 9th

• As reserve team of Elche CF

Season Tier Division Place 1992–93 5 Reg. Pref. 15th 1993–94 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1994–95 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1995–96 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1996–97 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1997–98 4 3ª 8th 1998–99 4 3ª 1st 1999–2000 4 3ª 7th 2000–01 4 3ª 14th 2001–02 4 3ª 9th 2002–03 4 3ª 8th 2003–04 4 3ª 13th 2004–05 4 3ª 6th 2005–06 4 3ª 14th 2006–07 4 3ª 17th 2007–08 4 3ª 20th 2008–09 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2009–10 4 3ª 18th 2010–11 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2011–12 5 Reg. Pref. 1st

Season Tier Division Place 2012–13 4 3ª 1st 2013–14 3 2ª B 6th 2014–15 3 2ª B 19th 2015–16 4 3ª 4th 2016–17 4 3ª 8th 2017–18 4 3ª 16th 2018–19 4 3ª 16th 2019–20 4 3ª 15th 2020–21 4 3ª 1st / 4th 2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 8th 2022–23 5 3ª Fed.

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• 2 seasons in Segunda División
• 2 seasons in Segunda División B
• 38 seasons in Tercera División
• 2 seasons in Tercera Federación

Current squad

As of 26 September 2022.^[5]

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 Juanpe Navarro 2 DF   ESP Carles Marco 3 DF   ESP Pablo García (on loan from Alavés B) 4 DF   ESP Javi Pamíes 5 MF   ESP Vicente López 6 FW   ESP Alberto Quintana 7 FW   ESP Ángel Higuera 8 MF   ESP Alejandro Alfaro (captain) 9 FW   ESP Álex Castro 10 MF   ESP Pablo Molina 12 FW   ESP Avelino Sánchez 13 GK   ESP Jesús López

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF   ESP Ferrán Sarsanedas 15 DF   ESP Javi Gómez 19 DF   ESP John Nwankwo 20 DF   ARG Manuel Cocca 21 MF   SRB Branislav Knežević 23 MF   ESP Rodrigo Mendoza 25 GK   ESP Fernando Montoya 27 FW   ESP Sergio Galindo 28 DF   ESP Ale Limón 30 DF   ESP Sergio Caño — MF   ESP Jony Álamo

From Youth Academy

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 DF   ESP Jesús Mollá 27 MF   ESP Sergio Carrasco

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 FW   ESP Nordin 30 DF   ESP Pablo Felipe

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Alberto Gallego
Assistant coach	Nino   Dani Llácer
Goalkeeping coach	Ferran Borrás
Fitness coach	David Rives   Alejandro Martínez
Physiotherapist	Jose Olivares
Sport readaptator	Marcelo
Delegate	Juanfran Burló
Kit man	Olegario   Fran

Last updated: September 2022
Source: Elche CF

References

1. "Estadios de Fútbol en España". estadios4.rssing.com. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
2. "ORGANIGRAMA Elche - Web Oficial". ORGANIGRAMA Elche - Web Oficial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-26.
3. "Datos del campo Estadio Díez Iborra". Siguetuliga (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-26.
4. "ciudad deportiva diez iborra :: La Futbolteca. Enciclopedia del Fútbol Español" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-26.
5. "Plantilla Ilicitano" [Squad] (in Spanish). Elche CF. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

External links

• Elche official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• Club news (in Spanish)