2020–21 Elche CF season

The 2020–21 season is the 53rd season in the existence of Elche CF and the club's first season back in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Elche participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covers the period from 24 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Elche

2020–21 season
President	Joaquín Buitrago Marhuenda
Head coach	Jorge Almirón
Stadium	Manuel Martínez Valero
La Liga	19th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Fidel Josan (4 each) All: Lucas Boyé Fidel Josan (4 each)
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 30 January 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 15 January 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  ARG Diego Rodríguez (on loan from Defensa y Justicia) 2 DF  ESP Diego González 3 DF  ARG Juan Sánchez Miño 4 MF  ARG Iván Marcone (on loan from Boca Juniors) 5 DF  ESP Gonzalo Verdú (3rd captain) 6 MF  COD Omenuke Mfulu 7 FW  ESP Nino (captain) 8 MF  ESP Víctor Rodríguez 9 FW  ARG Lucas Boyé (on loan from Torino) 10 MF  ESP Pere Milla 11 MF  ESP Tete Morente 12 DF  ESP Dani Calvo 13 GK  ESP Édgar Badía (vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ESP Raúl Guti 15 MF  ESP Luismi 16 MF  ESP Fidel 17 MF  ESP Josan 18 DF  MLI Youssouf Koné (on loan from Lyon) 19 DF  ESP Antonio Barragán 20 FW  COL Jeison Lucumí 21 FW  ARG Guido Carrillo 22 FW  ARG Emiliano Rigoni (on loan from Zenit) 23 DF  ESP Cifu 24 DF  ESP Josema 25 DF  COL Johan Mojica (on loan from Girona)

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 28 GK  ESP Luis Castillo 29 FW  ESP Nacho Ramón 30 MF  ESP César Moreno 32 DF  ESP Gerard Barri

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 DF  ESP José Salinas 37 MF  ESP Jony Álamo 40 FW  ESP Diego Bri 45 GK  ESP Lluis Andreu

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 — DF  ESP Nacho Pastor (at Lorca Deportiva until 30 June 2021) — MF  ESP Jony Ñíguez (at Alcoyano until 30 June 2021) — MF  ESP Ramón Folch (at Tenerife until 30 June 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ESP Manu Justo (at Celta B until 30 June 2021) — FW  MAR Mourad El Ghezouani (at Alcoyano until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
15 September 2020	Jeison Lucumí	Tigres UANL	Transfer	Free	[2]
15 September 2020	Juan Sánchez Miño	Independiente	Transfer	Free	[3]
16 September 2020	Tete Morente	Málaga	Transfer	€500K	[4]
20 September 2020	Raúl Guti	Zaragoza	Transfer	€5M	[5]
21 September 2020	Lucas Boyé	Torino	Loan		[6]
22 September 2020	Cifu	Málaga	Transfer	Free	[7]
25 September 2020	Luismi	Valladolid	Transfer	Free	[8]
30 September 2020	Youssouf Koné	Lyon	Loan		[9]
4 October 2020	Antonio Barragán	Real Betis	Transfer	Free	[10]
5 October 2020	Guido Carrillo	Southampton	Transfer	Free	[11]
5 October 2020	Iván Marcone	Boca Juniors	Loan		[12]
5 October 2020	Emiliano Rigoni	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Transfer	Undisclosed	[13]
5 October 2020	Diego Rodríguez	Defensa y Justicia	Loan		[14]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
24 August 2020	Andoni López	Athletic Bilbao	Loan return		[15]
24 August 2020	Miguel San Román	Atlético Madrid B	Loan return		[16]
26 August 2020	Tekio	Volos	Transfer	Free	[17]
27 August 2020	Iván Sánchez	Birmingham City	Transfer	Free	[18]
29 August 2020	Jonathas	Sharjah	Transfer	Free	[19]
30 August 2020	Juan Cruz	Osasuna	Transfer	€2.75M	[20]
7 September 2020	Óscar Gil	Espanyol	Transfer	€500K	[21]
21 September 2020	Manuel Sánchez	Real Ávila	Transfer	Free	[22]
2 October 2020	Claudio Medina	Burgos	Transfer	Free	[23]
5 October 2020	Ramón Folch	Tenerife	Loan		[24]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

19 September 2020 Joan Gamper Trophy	Barcelona	1–0	Elche	Barcelona, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Griezmann  2'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	26 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		20	3	9	8	18	28	−10	015.00
Copa del Rey	16 December 2020	16 January 2021	First round	Round of 32	3	2	0	1	3	3	+0	066.67
Total					23	5	9	9	21	31	−10	021.74

Last updated: 6 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Eibar	21	4	8	9	17	23	−6	20
17	Valladolid	22	4	8	10	21	33	−12	20
18	Osasuna	21	4	7	10	19	30	−11	19	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Elche	20	3	9	8	18	28	−10	18
20	Huesca	22	2	10	10	18	32	−14	16

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: La Liga
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)[25]

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
20	3	9	8	18	28	−10	18	1	6	4	10	17	−7	2	3	4	8	11	−3

Last updated: 6 February 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	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	P	P	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	D
Position	13	16	20	17	16	12	8	10	11	10	10	10	14	16	16	15	18	18	18	19	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.[26][27]

26 September 2020 3	Elche	0–3	Real Sociedad	Elche
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mfulu  35' Verdú  70' Guti  87'	Report	Silva  43' Portu  55' Januzaj  77' (pen.) López  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos

30 September 2020 4	Eibar	0–1	Elche	Eibar
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tejero  10' Burgos  47' Expósito 52'	Report	Morente  28' Boyé  37' Josan  39'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

3 October 2020 5	Elche	0–0	Huesca	Elche
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Insua  43' Pulido  59'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mario Melero López

18 October 2020 6	Alavés	0–2	Elche	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lejeune  30' Ely  67'	Report	Marcone  26' Calvo  33' Milla  39' Morente  47',  86' Josan  61' Rigoni  78'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

23 October 2020 7	Elche	2–1	Valencia	Elche
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Josan  19' Fidel  37',  86' Guti  77' Barragán  90+3'	Report	Gabriel  45' Lato  74',  90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: César Soto Grado

1 November 2020 8	Real Betis	3–1	Elche	Seville
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sanabria  7',  64' Tello  29', 56' Fekir 45+1',  51'	Report	Sánchez  41' Josan  60'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: David Medié Jiménez

6 November 2020 9	Elche	1–1	Celta Vigo	Elche
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fidel  4' (pen.) González  13' Boyé  58' Barragán  90+4'	Report	Suárez  5' Mina  41' Olaza  72' Aspas  81' Rodríguez  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

21 November 2020 10	Levante	1–1	Elche	Valencia
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Melero  12' Clerc  40'	Report	Boyé  39' Morente  64',  67' González  80' Mfulu  88'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

28 November 2020 11	Elche	1–1	Cádiz	Elche
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gonzalo  12' Boyé  12'  45+4',  38' Milla  60' Marcone  64' Morente  90+4'	Report	Fernández  54' Giménez  55' Jønsson  68'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

6 December 2020 12	Villarreal	0–0	Elche	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Parejo  64' Albiol  75' Coquelin  81'	Report	Milla  23' Fidel  67'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

13 December 2020 13	Elche	0–1	Granada	Elche
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Josema  10' Sánchez  48' González  73' Barragán  90+3'	Report	Suárez  42' Gonalons  86' Puertas  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

19 December 2020 14	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Elche	Madrid
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hermoso  40' Suárez  41', 58' Costa  80' (pen.)	Report	Gonzalo  14' Boyé  64' Marcone  79'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

22 December 2020 15	Elche	2–2	Osasuna	Elche
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Fidel  46' Carrillo  78',  84'	Report	R. García  10' Brašanac  64' Pérez  73'  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

30 December 2020 16	Elche	1–1	Real Madrid	Elche
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Fidel  52' (pen.) Gonzalo  73'	Report	Modrić  20' Ramos  21' Casemiro  60' Carvajal  66' Kroos  71'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

3 January 2021 17	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Elche	Bilbao
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Muniain  25' Vencedor  36' Berchiche  50'	Report	Barragán  44'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mario Melero López

11 January 2021 18	Elche	1–3	Getafe	Elche
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guti  4' Marcone  44'  52' Nino  78' Rigoni  82'	Report	Suárez  31' Cucurella  39' Mata  69' Aleñá  74' Ángel  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero
Note: Match originally scheduled for 10 January 2021, but postponed due to a storm.[29]

19 January 2021 19	Valladolid	2–2	Elche	Valladolid
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fede  39' Míchel  71' Joaquín  89' Mesa  90+1'	Report	Josan  9', 43' Josema  51' Cifu  85' Milla  90+4'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

24 January 2021 20	Elche	0–2	Barcelona	Elche
16:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	De Jong  39' Busquets  68' Griezmann  84' Puig  89'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

30 January 2021 21	Valencia	1–0	Elche	Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wass  22',  70' Soler 34'	Report	Gonzalo  3' Barragán  33' Morente  42' Marcone  48' González  65' Rigoni  74' Rodríguez  90+1'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

6 February 2021 22	Elche	2–2	Villarreal	Elche
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boyé  22',  64' Carrillo  49'	Report	Gerard  16', 35' Pedraza  62' Trigueros  70'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mario Melero López

13 February 2021 23	Celta Vigo	v	Elche	Vigo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Balaídos

Copa del Rey

16 December 2020 First round	Buñol	1–2	Elche	Buñol[lower-alpha 1]
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Calvo  12' (o.g.) Valero  36' Paco  56'	Report	Nino  66' Rigoni  72'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Levante UD Referee: Mario Melero López

6 January 2021 Second round	La Nucía	0–1	Elche	La Nucía
12:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Luismi  31' Boyé  46'	Stadium: Camilo Cano Referee: David Medié Jiménez

16 January 2021 Round of 32	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	Elche	Las Rozas[lower-alpha 2]
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bebé  36' Isi  75' Catena  78'	Report	Nino  39' Lucumí  71'	Stadium: La Ciudad del Fútbol Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 30 December 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
1	16	MF		Fidel	4	0	4
2	9	FW		Lucas Boyé	3	0	3
3	11	MF		Tete Morente	2	0	2
	17	MF		Josan	2	0	2
5	7	FW		Nino	0	1	1
	10	MF		Pere Milla	1	0	1
	21	FW		Guido Carrillo	1	0	1
	22	FW		Emiliano Rigoni	0	1	1
Totals					13	2	15

Notes

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[28]

1. Buñol did not play its game in its main stadium Beltrán Báguena, in Buñol, as it does not meet the requirements to broadcast the match.
2. Given the impossibility of being able to play the match at the Vallecas stadium in Madrid due to the consequences of the “Filomena” storm.

References

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External links

• Official website