Elche Ilicitano Club de Fútbol, known officially as Elche Ilicitano is a

Spanish football team The Spain national football team ( es, Selección Española de Fútbol) has represented Spain in international men's football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football i ...

based in Elche, in the autonomous community of

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. 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. Unlike in nations such as

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, reserve teams in

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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).

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 *As reserve team of Elche CF ---- *2 seasons in Segunda División *2 seasons in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Fo ...

*38 seasons in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

*2 seasons in Tercera Federación

Current squad

From Youth Academy

Coaching staff

Dani Llácer
Alejandro Martínez
Fran

References

External links

Elche official website

Futbolme team profile

Club news
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