2023–24 Elche CF season

Elche CF
2023–24 season
Owner	Christian Bragarnik
President	Joaquín Buitrago Marhuenda
Head coach	Sebastián Beccacece
Stadium	Estadio Martínez Valero
Segunda División	17th
Copa del Rey	First round
Highest home attendance	16,154 vs Leganés
Lowest home attendance	13,051 vs Racing Santander
Biggest defeat	Burgos 4–0 Elche
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 23 September 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Elche CF's 101st season in existence and first one back in the Segunda División, the second division of association football in Spain. They will also compete in the Copa del Rey.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023^[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	Miguel San Román
2	DF	ESP	Mario Gaspar
3	DF	ARG	Lautaro Blanco
4	DF	ESP	Diego González
5	DF	ESP	John Nwankwo
6	DF	ESP	Pedro Bigas
7	MF	ESP	Óscar Plano
8	MF	ESP	Raúl Guti
9	FW	ESP	Sergio León
11	MF	ESP	Tete Morente
12	DF	ESP	José Salinas
13	GK	ESP	Edgar Badia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	Aleix Febas
15	DF	ESP	Álex Martín
16	MF	ESP	Fidel (captain)
17	MF	ESP	Josan
18	FW	ESP	Borja Garcés (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
19	FW	MAR	Mourad El Ghezouani
20	MF	ESP	Cristian Salvador
21	MF	ARG	Nicolás Castro (on loan from Genk)
22	DF	ARG	Nicolás Fernández Mercau
23	DF	ESP	Carlos Clerc
24	DF	ESP	Sergio Carreira (on loan from Celta)

Reserve team

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	FW	ESP	Nordin
30	MF	ESP	Rodrigo Mendoza


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
34	DF	ESP	Javi Pamíes

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
—	GK	ARG	Axel Werner (at Rosario Central until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Mario Gaspar	Watford	Free	31 July 2023	^[2]
FW	Borja Garcés	Atlético Madrid	Loan	1 September 2023	^[3]
FW	Sergio León	Valladolid	Undisclosed	1 September 2023	^[4]
FW	Manu Nieto	FC Andorra	Loan	7 January 2024	^[5]
GK	Matías Dituro	Fatih Karagümrük	Undisclosed	8 January 2024	^[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Omar Mascarell	Mallorca	€800,000	1 July 2023	^[7]
FW	Ezequiel Ponce	AEK Athens	€3,500,000	5 August 2023	^[8]
FW	Pere Milla	Espanyol	€2,500,000	15 August 2023	^[9]
FW	Lucas Boyé	Granada	€7,000,000	30 August 2023	^[10]
FW	Sergio León	Eibar	Free	25 January 2024	^[11]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

6 August 2023 Friendly	Elche	0–0	Alcorcón	San Pedro del Pinatar
20:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 200 Referee: Campo Salinas

6 August 2023 Festa d'Elx trophy	Elche	1–1 (2–4 p)	Parma	Elche
21:00 UTC+2	Boyé 53'		Man 14'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 12,204 Referee: Mario Melero Lòpez

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División	12 August 2023	May 2024	Matchday 1	13	5	4	4	11	14	−3	038.46
Copa del Rey	1 November 2023		First round	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total				14	6	4	4	13	14	−1	042.86

Last updated: 1 November 2023
Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Burgos	42	16	11	15	52	54	−2	59^[a]
10	Racing Ferrol	42	15	14	13	49	52	−3	59^[a]
11	Elche	42	16	11	15	43	46	−3	59^[a]
12	Tenerife	42	15	11	16	38	41	−3	56
13	Albacete	42	12	15	15	50	56	−6	51^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 2 Jun 2024. Source: LaLiga HyperMotion
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
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[12]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Levante finished ahead of Burgos, Racing Ferrol, and Elche on head-to-head points: Levante 12 pts, Burgos 8 pts, Racing Ferrol 8 pts, Elche 4 pts. Burgos finished ahead of Racing Ferrol on head-to-head points: Racing Ferrol 1–1 Burgos, Burgos 2–0 Racing Ferrol
^ Albacete finished ahead of Cartagena and Zaragoza on head-to-head points: Albacete 6 pts, Cartagena 5 pts, Zaragoza 4 pts

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	16	11	15	43	46	−3	59	10	6	5	25	18	+7	6	5	10	18	28	−10

Source: LALIGA HYPERMOTION

Results by round

Round	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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	W
Position	15	21	15	15	14	11	17	16	17	14	16	12	11	11	9	10	8	7	9	12	12	10	9	8	6	7	8	5	4	2	2	3	5	7	8	5

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: LALIGA HYPERMOTION
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 28 June 2023.^[13]

12 August 2023 1	Elche	0–1	Racing Ferrol	Elche
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bernal 39' Vicente 44' Losada 51'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 14,506 Referee: Germán Cid Camacho

19 August 2023 2	Eibar	2–1	Elche	Eibar
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aketxe 5' Soriano 77' Bautista 83'	Report	Bigas 50' Boyé 66' (pen.), 68'	Stadium: Ipurua Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,938 Referee: Óliver de la Fuente Ramos

26 August 2023 3	Elche	1–0	Villarreal B	Elche
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Chaves 9' (pen.) Josan 84' Clerc 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 13,318 Referee: Rafael Sánchez López

2 September 2023 4	Elche	1–1	Racing Santander	Elche
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Castro 30'	Report	Arana 53'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 13,051 Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

10 September 2023 5	Valladolid	1–1	Elche	Valladolid
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gustavo Henrique 53'	Report	León 53'	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 16,768 Referee: Alejandro Quintero González

17 September 2023 6	Elche	1–0	Leganés	Elche
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	León 33'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 16,154 Referee: José Antonio López Toca

23 September 2023 7	Burgos	4–0	Elche	Burgos
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Caro 16' Espiau 23' Sánchez 38' (pen.), 45+3' Ojeda 66' Appin 81' Bermejo 88'	Report	Fernández 45+2'	Stadium: El Plantío Attendance: 8,753 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

30 September 2023 8	Elche	0–0	Levante	Elche
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedro Bigas 66'	Report	Oriol Rey 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 15,660 Referee: Raúl González Francés

4 October 2023 9	Sporting Gijón	2–0	Elche	Gijón
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gaspar Campos 31' Pașcanu 41'	Report		Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 14,916 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

9 October 2023 10	Elche	2–1	FC Andorra	Elche
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Óscar Plano 23' Borja Garcés 89'	Report	Scheidler 64'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 15,073 Referee: Jon González Esteban

15 October 2023 11	Eldense	1–1	Elche	Elda
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Andone 35' Sergio Ortuño 56' Jesús Clemente 61' Pedro Capó 87' Álex Bernal 90+4'	Report	Borja Garcés 51' David Timor 59' (o.g.) Mario Gaspar 62' Carlos Clerc 90+1'	Stadium: Nuevo Pepico Amat Attendance: 4,906 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

22 October 2023 12	Huesca	0–1	Elche	Huesca
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Hashimoto 67' Rubén Pulido 73' Óscar Sielva 90+8'	Report	Nicolás Fernández 5' Blanco 21' Castro 68' Pedro Bigas 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio El Alcoraz Attendance: 5,363 Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

28 October 2023 13	Elche	2–1	Tenerife	Elche
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Óscar Plano 55' Castro 68' (pen.)	Report	José María Amo 14' Loïc Williams 25' Waldo Rubio 34' Mellot 52' Enric Gallego 71' Jesús Belza 76' Dauda 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 13,745 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

4 November 2023 14	Albacete	1–1	Elche	Albacete
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Riki 37' Lander Olaetxea 61' Dani Escriche 76' Agus Medina 90+1'	Report	Castro 28' 57' Óscar Plano 49' Mario Gaspar 67' Fernández 73' Fidel 88' Raúl Guti 90+7'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 10,203 Referee: Miguel Sesma Espinosa

11 November 2023 15	Elche	2–0	Real Zaragoza	Elche
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Fernández 55' Tete Morente 61' 67' Óscar Plano 64' Mourad 74' Blanco 86'	Report	Lecoeuche 23' Manu Vallejo 76'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 15,681 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

18 November 2023 16	Espanyol	2–0	Elche	Barcelona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fernando Calero 3' Braithwaite 14' 22' Cabrera 35' José Gragera 63'	Report	Josan 63' Carlos Clerc 72'	Stadium: Stage Front Stadium Attendance: 19,617 Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

26 November 2023 17	Elche	2–0	Amorebieta	Elche
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Fernández 68' Fidel 72' Mario Gaspar 84' Tete Morente 90+2'	Report	Manu Hernando 41' Josep Gayá 78'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 14,042 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

3 December 2023 18	Alcorcón	0–2	Elche	Alcorcón
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Pedro Mosquera 44' Óscar Rivas 73' Javi Pérez 77' Xavi Quintillà 77'	Report	Tete Morente 17' Mario Gaspar 21' Óscar Plano 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo Attendance: 3,545 Referee: Oliver De la Fuente Ramos

10 December 2023 19	Elche	1–2	FC Cartagena	Elche
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Óscar Plano 18' Tete Morente 25' Borja Garcés 89' Pedro Bigas 90+9'	Report	Alfredo Ortuño 66' 90+4' Jansson 71' Gonzalo Verdú 78' Luis Muñoz 84' José Fontán 88'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 15,452 Referee: Luis Milla Alvendiz

15 December 2023 20	Real Oviedo	3–2	Elche	Oviedo
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Masca 31' Borja Bastón 68' Colombatto 73' Jimmy Suárez 74' Sebas Moyano 89'	Report	Óscar Plano 4' Fernández 40' 90+2' Rodri Mendoza 59' Aleix Febas 60' Sergio Carreira 69'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 12,252 Referee: Salvador Lax Franco

19 December 2023 21	Elche	0–0	Mirandés	Elche
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aleix Febas 34' Borja Garcés 82'	Report	Tachi 35' Carlos Martín 45' Alberto Reina 52'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 9,792 Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguía

13 January 2024 22	Tenerife	0–1	Elche	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bodiger 21' Aitor Sanz 26' José María Amo 77' Álvaro Jiménez 83'	Report	Rodri Mendoza 3' John Nwankwo 54' Fernández 72'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 17,177 Referee: Jon González Esteban

21 January 2024 23	Elche	0–0	Real Valladolid	Elche
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rodri Mendoza 26' John Nwankwo 52'	Report	Sergio Escudero 63' César de la Hoz 76'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 12,334 Referee: Salvador Lax Franco

28 January 2024 24	FC Andorra	0–1	Elche	Andorra la Vella
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Iker Benito 29' Iván Gil 31' Álex Petxarroman 35'	Report	Mario Gaspar 22' Carlos Clerc 36' Tete Morente 78' Castro 81'	Stadium: Estadi Nacional Attendance: 2,398 Referee: Oliver De la Fuente Ramos

2 February 2024 25	Elche	2–0	Burgos	Elche
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Fernández 18' Pedro Bigas 59' Aleix Febas 86' Mourad 90+9' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 14,942 Referee: Rafael Sánchez López

10 February 2024 26	Amorebieta	1–0	Elche	Lezama
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Josué Dorrio 56'	Report		Stadium: Lezama Facilities Attendance: 747 Referee: Miguel González Díaz

18 February 2024 27	Elche	0–0	Eibar	Elche
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Carlos Clerc 6' Aleix Febas 16' Fernández 21' John Nwankwo 38'	Report	Matheus Pereira 61' Peru Nolaskoain 64' Anaitz Arbilla 74' Zidane 86'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 13,643 Referee: José Luis Guzmán Mansilla

25 February 2024 28	FC Cartagena	0–1	Elche	Cartagena
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Iván Calero 75' Gonzalo Verdú 90+4'	Report	Castro 57'	Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

4 March 2024 29	Elche	3–0	Alcorcón	Elche
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mourad 10' Tete Morente 27' (pen.) Fernández 37' Castro 54'	Report	Juanma Bravo 18' Víctor García 45' Babin 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 14,387 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

10 March 2024 30	Villarreal B	0–1	Elche	Villarreal
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Dani Requena 61' Antonio Espigares 65'	Report	Josan 13' Castro 15' Arnau Puigmal 45' Diego González 62' Fernández 77' Borja Garcés 86'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 3,715 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

Copa del Rey

1 November 2023 First round	CE Europa	0–2	Elche	Barcelona
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Mourad 43' Mendoza 82'	Stadium: Nou Sardenya Referee: Salvador Lax Franco

7 December 2023 Second round	Linares Deportivo	1–3	Elche	Linares
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Samuel Corral 61' Tano Bonnín 90+5'	Report	Borja Garcés 58' Aleix Febas 83' Diego González 86' Sergio León 89'	Stadium: Estadio de Linarejos Referee: Germán Cid Camacho

6 January 2024 Round of 32	Elche	0–2	Girona	Elche
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pedro Bigas 24' Tete Morente 90+1'	Report	Blind 37' Yan Couto 67'	Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero Attendance: 15,518 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

References

^ "Plantilla Elche CF" (in Spanish). Elche CF. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ [1]
^ "Club Atlético de Madrid - Acuerdo con el Elche para la cesión de Borja Garcés". Club Atlético de Madrid. September 1, 2023.
^ "Sergio León, traspasado al Elche CF". www.realvalladolid.es.
^ "Manu Nieto, cedit a l'Elche". www.fcandorra.com.
^ [2]
^ "Omar Mascarel joins RCD Mallorca on a permanent transfer". www.rcdmallorca.es.
^ "Ezequiel Ponce deja el Elche por el AEK Atenas de Almeyda". ESPN.com.ar. August 5, 2023.
^ "RCD Espanyol sign Pere Milla". www.rcdespanyol.com.
^ "Lucas Boyé deja el Elche y ya es nuevo jugador del Granada". MARCA. 30 August 2023.
^ [3]
^ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "Este es el calendario completo de Segunda división 2023-24". sport. June 28, 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_LEV0.39877389622795-12] Levante finished ahead of Burgos, Racing Ferrol, and Elche on head-to-head points: Levante 12 pts, Burgos 8 pts, Racing Ferrol 8 pts, Elche 4 pts. Burgos finished ahead of Racing Ferrol on head-to-head points: Racing Ferrol 1–1 Burgos, Burgos 2–0 Racing Ferrol

[table_hth_ALB0.39877389622795-13] Albacete finished ahead of Cartagena and Zaragoza on head-to-head points: Albacete 6 pts, Cartagena 5 pts, Zaragoza 4 pts

[1] "Plantilla Elche CF" (in Spanish). Elche CF. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

[2] [1]

[3] "Club Atlético de Madrid - Acuerdo con el Elche para la cesión de Borja Garcés". Club Atlético de Madrid. September 1, 2023.

[4] "Sergio León, traspasado al Elche CF". www.realvalladolid.es.

[5] "Manu Nieto, cedit a l'Elche". www.fcandorra.com.

[6] [2]

[7] "Omar Mascarel joins RCD Mallorca on a permanent transfer". www.rcdmallorca.es.

[8] "Ezequiel Ponce deja el Elche por el AEK Atenas de Almeyda". ESPN.com.ar. August 5, 2023.

[9] "RCD Espanyol sign Pere Milla". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[10] "Lucas Boyé deja el Elche y ya es nuevo jugador del Granada". MARCA. 30 August 2023.

[11] [3]

[14] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[15] "Este es el calendario completo de Segunda división 2023-24". sport. June 28, 2023.

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