Club de Fútbol Independiente Alicante is a Spanish football club based in

Alicante Alicante (, , ; ; ; officially: ''/'' ) is a city and municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean port. The population ...

in the

Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...

. Founded in 2014, it plays in , holding home games at ', with a capacity of 4,000 seats.

History

Founded in 2014 as an heir to

Alicante CF Alicante Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1918, it played its home matches at ''Estadio Alicante CF'', with a 4,000-seat capacity. History ''Alicante Club de Fútbol'', under t ...

, adopting their colors and logo, CFI Alicante began to play in the ''Segunda Regional'', the lowest tier of the Valencian regional divisions. After achieving promotion to ''Primera Regional'' in 2016, the club first reached the Regional Preferente in 2018. In 2021, after having economic problems, the club reached a collaboration agreement with

CF Intercity Club de Fútbol Intercity is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. The club plays in , holding home matches at the ''Estadio Antonio Solana'', with a capacity of 2,000 spectators. ...

. The club played in the

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, being knocked out by

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. On 14 July 2022, CFI Alicante reached another agreement with Intercity, to act as their

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for the 2022–23 season.

Season to season

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alicante 2014 establishments in Spain Association football clubs established in 2014 Football clubs in the Valencian Community Sport in Alicante