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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	13th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Pere Milla (8) All: Pere Milla (8)
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 3–1 Cádiz
Biggest defeat	Villarreal 4–1 Elche Elche 0–3 Real Betis
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2021–22 season was 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 participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2022.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Kiko Casilla (on loan from Leeds United) 2 MF  ESP Gerard Gumbau 3 DF  CHI Enzo Roco 4 DF  ESP Diego González 5 DF  ESP Gonzalo Verdú (captain) 6 DF  ESP Pedro Bigas 7 FW  ARG Guido Carrillo 8 MF  ESP Raúl Guti 9 FW  ARG Lucas Boyé 10 FW  ESP Pere Milla 11 MF  ESP Tete Morente 12 DF  URU Lucas Olaza (on loan from Valladolid)

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Édgar Badía 14 DF  COL Helibelton Palacios 15 MF  ARG Javier Pastore 16 MF  ESP Fidel 17 MF  ESP Josan 18 FW  ARG Ezequiel Ponce (on loan from Spartak Moscow) 19 DF  ESP Antonio Barragán 20 MF  ARG Pablo Piatti 21 MF  ESP Omar Mascarell 22 DF  COL Johan Mojica 23 MF  ARG Iván Marcone 24 MF  ESP Kike Pérez (on loan from Valladolid)

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  ESP John Nwankwo 27 DF  ESP Carles Marco 28 GK  ESP Lluis Andreu 29 FW  ESP Diego Bri

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 DF  ESP Sergio Bono 31 DF  ESP Lilian 32 FW  ESP Cheikh Diamanka 34 MF  ESP José Luis Friaza

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ARG Axel Werner (at Arsenal de Sarandí until 30 June 2022) — DF  ESP José Salinas (at Unionistas de Salamanca until 30 June 2022) — DF  ESP Josema (at Valladolid until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Jony Álamo (at Cultural Leonesa until 30 June 2022) — FW  ESP Manu Justo (at Racing Santander until 30 June 2022) — FW  MAR Mourad El Ghezouani (at Alcoyano until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

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

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
9 June 2021	Nino	Retired
30 June 2021	Paulo Gazzaniga	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan return
30 June 2021	Johan Mojica	Girona	Loan return
30 June 2021	Emiliano Rigoni	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Loan return

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

1. ^ Head-to-head points: Rayo Vallecano 9, Elche 7, Espanyol 1.
2. Head-to-head points: Getafe 8, Mallorca 5, Cádiz 2.

Results summary

Source: La Liga

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

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

Copa del Rey

Statistics

Goalscorers

Position	Players	LaLiga	Copa del Rey	Total
MF	Pere Milla	8	0	8
FW	Lucas Boyé	7	0	7
FW	Fidel	5	0	5
FW	Guido Carrillo	2	2	4
MF	Tete Morente	3	0	3
FW	Darío Benedetto	2	0	2
MF	Josan	2	0	2
DF	Johan Mojica	2	0	2
MF	Kike Pérez	2	0	2
FW	Lucas Pérez	2	0	2
DF	Pedro Bigas	1	0	1
MF	Raúl Guti	0	1	1
DF	Lucas Olaza	1	0	1
MF	Pablo Piatti	0	1	1
FW	Ezequiel Ponce	1	0	1
DF	Enzo Roco	1	0	1
DF	Gonzalo Verdú	0	1	1

References

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3. "El Elche adquiere en propiedad a Lucas Boyé" (in Spanish). Marca. 13 May 2021.
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7. "KIKO CASILLA MAKES ELCHE LOAN MOVE". Leeds United F.C. 12 July 2021.
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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. Archived from the original on 2021-08-31.
11. Díaz, Adrián (9 June 2021). "Nino: "Me retiro de lo que más quiero, la ilusión se ha acabado"" [Nino: "I retire from what I love the most, the hunger has gone"] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
12. "Gazzaniga loaned to Elche". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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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 (in Spanish). 28 June 2021.
17. "Sync the new LaLiga season's fixtures with your personal calendar!". La Liga. 30 June 2021.

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