2021–22 Elche CF season

Elche CF
2021–22 season
Owner	Christian Bragarnik
President	Joaquín Buitrago Marhuenda
Head coach	Fran Escribá; (until 21 November); Francisco; (from 28 November)
Stadium	Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero
La Liga	16th
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lucas Boyé (4); All: ; Lucas Boyé (4)
Highest home attendance	23,010 vs Real Madrid; (30 October 2021)
Lowest home attendance	9,145 vs Athletic Bilbao; (16 August 2021)
Biggest win	Elche 1–0 Celta Vigo; Getafe 0–1 Elche
Biggest defeat	Villarreal 4–1 Elche; Elche 0–3 Real Betis
	All statistics correct as of 5 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 99th season in the existence of Elche CF and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Elche CF are participating in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 July 2021.[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	Kiko Casilla (on loan from Leeds United)
2	DF	ESP	Diego González
5	DF	ESP	Gonzalo Verdú (3rd captain)
6	DF	ESP	Pedro Bigas
7	FW	ARG	Guido Carrillo
9	FW	ARG	Lucas Boyé
10	MF	ESP	Pere Milla
11	FW	ESP	Tete Morente
13	GK	ESP	Édgar Badía
14	MF	ESP	Raúl Guti


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	ARG	Javier Pastore
16	MF	ESP	Fidel
17	MF	ESP	Josan
18	DF	COL	Helibelton Palacios
20	MF	ARG	Pablo Piatti
22	MF	ARG	Iván Marcone
23	DF	ESP	Cifu
24	DF	ESP	Josema
—	DF	CHI	Enzo Roco
—	DF	COL	Johan Mojica

Other players under contract

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Manu Justo
—	FW	MAR	Mourad El Ghezouani

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
26	MF	ESP	John Nwankwo
27	DF	ESP	José Salinas
29	DF	ESP	Nacho Pastor
32	DF	ESP	Gerard Barri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	MF	ESP	Jony Álamo
40	FW	ESP	Diego Bri
45	GK	ESP	Lluis Andreu

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2021	Ramón Folch	Tenerife	Loan return		[2]
1 July 2021	Lucas Boyé	Torino	Buyout clause	€2M	[3]
1 July 2021	Iván Marcone	Boca Juniors	Buyout clause	€3.8M	[4]
7 July 2021	Pedro Bigas	Eibar	Transfer	Undisclosed	[5]
9 July 2021	Enzo Roco	Fatih Karagümrük	Transfer	Undisclosed	[6]
12 July 2021	Kiko Casilla	Leeds United	Loan		[7]
20 August 2021	Darío Benedetto	Marseille	Loan		[8]
31 August 2021	Lucas Pérez	Alavés	Transfer	Free	[9][10]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
9 June 2021	Nino	Retired		[11]
30 June 2021	Paulo Gazzaniga	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan return	[12]
30 June 2021	Johan Mojica	Girona	Loan return	[13]
30 June 2021	Emiliano Rigoni	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Loan return	[14]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 July 2021 Friendly	Elche	6–1	Atromitos	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Carrillo 8' (pen.) Kivrakidis 48' (o.g.) Boyé 60', 84' Tomašević 66' (o.g.) Piatti 89'	Report	Kotsopoulos 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 0

24 July 2021 Friendly	Elche	0–2	Zaragoza	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Narváez 24' Adrián 78'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 0

28 July 2021 Friendly	Elche	2–2	Tenerife	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Morente 59' Justo 85'	Report	Barry 74' Corredera 81'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 0

31 July 2021 Friendly	Alavés	0–1	Elche	Murcia, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	García 28'	Report	Carrillo 33'	Stadium: La Manga Club Football Center

3 August 2021 Friendly	Elche	1–1	Cartagena	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boyé 63'	Report	Castro 76'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center

7 August 2021 Friendly	Elche	1–2	Levante	Elche, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boyé 65'	Report	Melero 53' Morales 80'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero

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 %
La Liga	16 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	17	3	6	8	16	24	−8	017.65
Copa del Rey	2 December 2021		First round	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Total				19	5	6	8	19	24	−5	026.32

Last updated: 15 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Celta Vigo	17	4	5	8	17	21	−4	17
15	Granada	16	3	7	6	17	24	−7	16
16	Elche	17	3	6	8	16	24	−8	15
17	Alavés	16	4	3	9	13	22	−9	15
18	Cádiz	17	2	7	8	15	31	−16	13	Relegation to the Segunda División

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. Source: LaLiga Santander
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)[15]

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
17	3	6	8	16	24	−8	15	2	4	2	9	10	−1	1	2	6	7	14	−7

Last updated: 11 December 2021.
Source: La Liga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	D
Position	14	17	15	11	12	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	18	18	17	16

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.[16][17]

16 August 2021 1	Elche	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Elche
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Verdú 6' Guti 78'	Report	De Marcos 20' D. García 63'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 9,145 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

22 August 2021 2	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Elche	Madrid
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Correa 39' Suárez 90' Kondogbia 90+6'	Report	Verdú 65' Benedetto 88'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 24,926 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

28 August 2021 3	Elche	1–1	Sevilla	Elche
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Roco 11' Verdú 41' Fidel 42'	Report	En-Nesyri 40'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

13 September 2021 4	Getafe	0–1	Elche	Getafe
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Suárez 52' Sandro 85'	Report	Verdú 19' Mascarell 24' Palacios 63' Pérez 69'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 6,856 Referee: Mario Melero López

18 September 2021 5	Elche	1–1	Levante	Elche
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Roco 29' Pérez 33' Verdú 55'	Report	Martínez 53' Morales 55' Vezo 82'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

22 September 2021 6	Villarreal	4–1	Elche	Villarreal
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pino 5' Pedraza 27' Trigueros 39' Danjuma 60' Moreno 90+4'	Report	Mojica 19' Fidel 40' González 73'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 8,234 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

26 September 2021 7	Real Sociedad	1–0	Elche	San Sebastián
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Portu 78' Oyarzabal 81'	Report	Casilla 57' Mojica 63' Mascarell 64'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,941 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

3 October 2021 8	Elche	1–0	Celta Vigo	Elche
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Josan 35' Benedetto 49' Barragán 58' Mascarell 89' Casilla 90+8'	Report	Araujo 72' Mallo 82' Mina 90+9'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 11,299 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

17 October 2021 9	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Elche	Madrid
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hernández 26' Nteka 65' López 81' Á. García 90+1'	Report	Boyé 14' Gumbau 28' Casilla 90+4'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

23 October 2021 10	Elche	2–2	Espanyol	Elche
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boyé 23' Verdú 34' Benedetto 84' Palacios 86' Bigas 90+4'	Report	Morlanes 51' De Tomás 52' Di. López 74'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

26 October 2021 11	Alavés	1–0	Elche	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Navarro 18' Loum 47'	Report	Roco 42'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 10,206 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

30 October 2021 12	Elche	1–2	Real Madrid	Elche
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guti 8' 63' Milla 86'	Report	Vinícius 22', 73'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 23,010 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

7 November 2021 13	Mallorca	2–2	Elche	Palma
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Russo 17' Baba 59' Sevilla 72' (pen.) Maffeo 90+5'	Report	Boyé 33', 68', 75' Barragán 38' Bigas 88'	Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium Attendance: 12,933 Referee: Mario Melero López

21 November 2021 14	Elche	0–3	Real Betis	Elche
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boyé 53'	Report	Juanmi 12', 18' Willian José 24' (pen.) Fekir 27' Bellerín 68' Moreno 90'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 16,127 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

29 November 2021 15	Osasuna	1–1	Elche	Pamplona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Budimir 7' (pen.) Sánchez 90+1'	Report	Fidel 6', 19' Marcone 50' Mascarell 56'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 16,485 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

5 December 2021 16	Elche	3–1	Cádiz	Elche
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Palacios 2' Fidel 13' (pen.), 26' Roco 22' Marcone 28' González 70' Morente 75', 83' Gumbau 80' Josan 90+3'	Report	Fernández 25', 90+1' Haroyan 58' Lozano 70' Akapo 78'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

11 December 2021 17	Valencia	2–1	Elche	Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guedes 23' Piccini 86'	Report	Boyé 75'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

18 December 2021 18	Barcelona	v	Elche	Barcelona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Copa del Rey

2 December 2021 First round	Leioa	0–2	Elche	Leioa
21:00 CET (UTC+1)			Carrillo 43', 56'	Stadium: Sarriena Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

15 December 2021 Second round	Unionistas	0–1	Elche	Salamanca
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Pistas Del Helmantico

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 21 November 2021

Rank	Player	La Liga	Total
1	Lucas Boyé	4	4
2	Lucas Pérez	2	2
2	Darío Benedetto	2	2
4	Johan Mojica	1	1
	Enzo Roco	1	1
	Pere Milla	1	1
Own goals		0	0
Total		11	11

References

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"KIKO CASILLA MAKES ELCHE LOAN MOVE". Leeds United F.C. 12 July 2021.
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"Sync the new LaLiga season's fixtures with your personal calendar!". LaLiga. 30 June 2021.

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[2] "Ramón Folch, cedido al CD Tenerife" [Ramón Folch, loaned to CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

[3] "El Elche adquiere en propiedad a Lucas Boyé" (in Spanish). Marca. 13 May 2021.

[4] "Iván Marcone: duodécimo fichaje del Elche CF" [Iván Marcone: twelfth signing of Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[5] "OFICIAL: Pedro Bigas, primer fichaje del Elche CF". Elche CF. 7 July 2021.

[6] "OFICIAL: Enzo Roco, segundo fichaje del Elche CF". Elche CF. 9 July 2021.

[7] "KIKO CASILLA MAKES ELCHE LOAN MOVE". Leeds United F.C. 12 July 2021.

[8] "Dario Benedetto prêté à Elche". Olympique de Marseille. 20 August 2021.

[9] "Lucas Pérez finaliza su etapa en el Deportivo Alavés". Deportivo Alavés. 18 August 2021.

[10] "Lucas Pérez firma por una temporada con el Elche CF" [Lucas Pérez signs for a season with Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 31 August 2021.

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[12] "Gazzaniga loaned to Elche". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[13] "Johan Mojica, nuevo fichaje del Elche CF" (in Spanish). Elche – Web Oficial. 15 January 2021.

[14] "Emiliano Rigoni, undécimo fichaje del Elche CF" [Emiliano Rigoni, eleventh signing of Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

[15] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[16] "Calendario LaLiga: el sorteo de Primera División 2021/2022 será el miércoles 30 de junio a las 17.30 horas". El Correo. 28 June 2021.

[17] "Sync the new LaLiga season's fixtures with your personal calendar!". LaLiga. 30 June 2021.

Elche Club de Fútbol S.A.D.
History Players Managers Seasons Statistics Honours
Teams	Elche CF Elche Ilicitano Ilicitana Elche CF Femenino Elche CFS
History	Illice FC CD Ilicitano 1969 Copa del Generalísimo Final
Home stadium	Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Campo del Cementerio (1922) Campo de El Clot (1923) Stadium de Elche / Campo de Don Jeremías (1923-1926) Campo de Altabix (1926-1976)
Training ground	Ciutat Esportiva Juan Ángel Romero
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