Elche CF Ilicitano

Elche Club de Fútbol 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 División – Group 6, holding home games at the Ciutat Esportiva Juan Ángel Romero, with a capacity of 1,500 seats.[3] Currently the team head coach is Sergio Pelegrín.[4]

Elche Ilicitano

Full name	Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
Founded	1932
Ground	Ciutat Esportiva Juan Ángel Romero, Elche, Valencia, Spain
Capacity	1,500[1]
President	Joaquín Buitrago Marhuenda[2]
Head coach	Sergio Pelegrín
League	3ª – Group 6
2018–19	3ª – Group 6, 16th
Home colours Away colours

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

The team is officially known as Elche CF Ilicitano on the club's official promotion and website, but Professional Football League rules prohibit B teams from having different names to their parent.

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).[5]

Background

• Club Deportivo Ilicitano - (1932–92)
• Elche Club de Fútbol B - (1992–2005)
• Elche Club de Fútbol Ilicitano - (2005–)

Season to season

• As farm team of Elche CF

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1934/35 5 2ª Reg. — 1935/36 5 2ª Reg. — 1939/40 5 2ª Reg. — 1940/41 5 2ª Reg. — 1941/42 4 2ª Reg. 1st 1942/43 3 1ª Reg. 5th 1943/44 4 1ª Reg. — 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. — 1949/50 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1950/51 4 1ª Reg. — 1951/52 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1952/53 DNP 1953/54 DNP 1954/55 DNP 1955/56 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1956/57 4 1ª Reg. 1st

Season Tier Division Place Copa del rey 1957/58 4 1ª Reg. 3rd 1958/59 4 1ª Reg. 6th 1959/60 4 1ª Reg. (R) 1960/61 4 1ª Reg. 17th 1961/62 5 2ª Reg. — 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 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 1992/93 5 Reg. Pref. 15th 1993/94 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1994/95 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1995/96 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1996/97 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd

• As reserve team of Elche CF

Season Tier Division Place 1997/98 4 3ª 8th 1998/99 4 3ª 1st 1999/00 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 2012/13 4 3ª 1st 2013/14 3 2ªB 6th 2014/15 3 2ªB 19th 2015/16 4 3ª 4th 2016/17 4 3ª 8th

Season Tier Division Place 2017/18 4 3ª 16th 2018/19 4 3ª 16th 2019/20 4 3ª 15th 2020/21 4 3ª

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

Current squad

As of 9 September 2016

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ESP Adrián — GK  ESP Álvaro Chaparro — GK  ESP Luis Castillo — DF  GUI Emile Monemou — DF  ESP Fran Martínez — DF  ESP Jero — DF  ESP Juanjo — DF  ESP Luis Maestre — DF  ESP Óscar Gil — MF  EQG Bryan Bonaba

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Francis Roldán — MF  ESP Hugo Rodríguez — MF  ESP Javi López — MF  ESP Josu — MF  ESP Abdelhadi Khalok — MF  CMR Otia Nombo — FW  ESP Cristo — FW  ESP Adrián Molina — FW  ENG Dylan Blessett — FW  ESP Nacho — FW  ESP Pablo Aguilera

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. "PLANTILLA | Elche - Web Oficial". PLANTILLA | Elche - Web Oficial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
5. "ciudad deportiva diez iborra :: La Futbolteca. Enciclopedia del Fútbol Español" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-26.

External links

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