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| Full name | Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Franjiverdes / Els frangiverds (The Green-striped ones) Los Ilicitanos / Els Ilicitans (The Ones from Elche) | ||
| Founded | 10 January 1923 as Elche Foot-ball Club[1] | ||
| Ground | Estadio Martínez Valero, Elche | ||
| Capacity | 33,732[2] | ||
| Owner | Christian Bragarnik | ||
| President | Joaquín Buitrago Marhuenda | ||
| Head coach | Eder Sarabia | ||
| League | Segunda División | ||
| 2023–24 | Segunda División, 11th of 22 | ||
| Website | elchecf.es | ||
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Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (Valencian: Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club competes in LaLiga Hypermotion, holding home matches at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, with a capacity of 33,732 seats.[3]
Founded in 1923 as the result of a merger 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 club were runners-up in the Copa del Rey in 1969. Elche became the first and only club 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.
- ^ "Elche CF – History".
archive.org/web/20230202181438/http://lafutbolteca.com/elche-club-de-futbol-s-a-d/ Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023. - ^ "ESTADIO MARTÍNEZ VALERO | Elche". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.
- ^ "ESTADIO MARTÍNEZ VALERO | Elche". www.elchecf.es. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.