2022–23 Elche CF season

Elche CF
2022–23 season
Owner	Christian Bragarnik
President	Joaquín Buitrago Marhuenda
Head coach	Francisco; (until 4 October); Alberto Gallego; (caretaker, from 4 to 12 October); Jorge Almirón; (from 12 October to 7 November); Sergio Mantecón; (caretaker, from 8 to 17 November); Pablo Machín; (from 17 November to 20 March); Sebastián Beccacece; (from 21 March)
Stadium	Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero
La Liga	20th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lucas Boyé (7); All: ; Lucas Boyé; Pere Milla; (7 each)
Biggest win	L'Alcora 0–3 Elche; Guadalajara 0–3 Elche
Biggest defeat	Villarreal 4–0 Elche; Real Madrid 4–0 Elche; Elche 0–4 Barcelona
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Elche CF season was the club's 100th season in existence and the third 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. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2023.^[1]

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	ARG	Axel Werner
2	DF	ARG	Lautaro Blanco
3	DF	CHI	Enzo Roco
4	DF	ESP	Diego González
5	DF	ESP	Gonzalo Verdú (captain)
6	DF	ESP	Pedro Bigas
7	DF	ARG	Lisandro Magallán
8	MF	ESP	Raúl Guti
9	FW	ARG	Lucas Boyé
10	FW	ESP	Pere Milla
11	MF	ESP	Tete Morente
13	GK	ESP	Edgar Badia
14	DF	COL	Helibelton Palacios


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	ESP	Álex Collado (on loan from Barcelona)
16	MF	ESP	Fidel
17	MF	ESP	Josan
19	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Ponce
20	MF	ESP	Gerard Gumbau
21	MF	ESP	Omar Mascarell
22	DF	ARG	Nicolás Fernández
23	DF	ESP	Carlos Clerc
24	DF	ESP	Pol Lirola (on loan from Marseille)
26	DF	ESP	John Nwankwo
40	DF	ESP	José Ángel Carmona (on loan from Sevilla)
—	MF	FRA	Randy Nteka (on loan from Rayo Vallecano)

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
—	DF	ESP	José Salinas (at Mirandés until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ESP	Roger Martí (at Cádiz until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	MAR	Mourad Daoudi (at Burgos until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
1 June 2022	Ezequiel Ponce	Spartak Moscow	Buyout clause	Undisclosed	^[2]
21 July 2022	Carlos Clerc	Levante	Transfer	Free	^[3]
4 August 2022	Roger Martí	Levante	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[4]
8 August 2022	Lautaro Blanco	Rosario Central	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[5]
12 August 2022	Pol Lirola	Marseille	Loan		^[6]
15 August 2022	Álex Collado	Barcelona	Loan		^[7]
16 August 2022	Domingos Quina	Watford	Loan		^[8]
1 September 2022	Federico Fernández	Newcastle United	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[9]
1 September 2022	Nicolás Fernández	San Lorenzo	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[10]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
1 July 2022	Iván Marcone	Independiente	Transfer	€1,9M	^[11]
30 July 2022	José Salinas	Mirandés	Loan		^[12]
8 August 2022	Lautaro Blanco	Rosario Central	Loan		^[5]
12 August 2022	Josema	Leganés	Transfer	Free	^[13]^[14]
1 September 2022	Mourad Daoudi	Burgos	Loan		^[15]
1 September 2022	Johan Mojica	Villarreal	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[16]
11 January 2023	Javier Pastore	Qatar SC	Transfer	Free	^[17]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

16 July 2022 Friendly	Elche	1–2	Newcastle United Under-21	Algorfa
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: La Finca Golf & Spa Resort

20 July 2022 Friendly	Elche	1–3	Villarreal B	San Pedro del Pinatar
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena

23 July 2022 Friendly	Elche	2–1	Leganés	San Pedro del Pinatar
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Jorge Díaz Escudero

27 July 2022 Friendly	Getafe	0–1	Elche	Algorfa
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Mourad 17'	Stadium: La Finca Golf & Spa Resort

30 July 2022 Friendly	Cartagena	2–0	Elche	Cartagena
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vázquez 20' Ortuño 35'			Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sánchez López

2 August 2022 Friendly	Elche	0–1	Ibiza	Algorfa
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gumbau 37'		Poveda 41'	Stadium: La Finca Golf & Spa Resort

2 December 2022 Friendly	Elche	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Oliva
11:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ponce 61'	Report		Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

8 December 2022 Friendly	Elche	1–2	Leeds United	Elche
20:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero

10 December 2022 Friendly	Elche	2–3	Genk	Elche, Spain
10:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ponce 16' Milla 56'		Preciado 20' Onuachu 76', 87'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	15 August 2022	4 June 2023	Matchday 1	20th	38	5	10	23	30	67	−37	013.16
Copa del Rey	12 November 2022	3 January 2023	First round	Round of 32	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	066.67
Total					41	7	10	24	36	68	−32	017.07

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Valencia	38	11	9	18	42	45	−3	42^[a]
17	Almería	38	11	8	19	49	65	−16	41
18	Valladolid (R)	38	11	7	20	33	63	−30	40	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Espanyol (R)	38	8	13	17	52	69	−17	37
20	Elche (R)	38	5	10	23	30	67	−37	25

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)^[18]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Head-to-head points: Cádiz 8, Getafe 5, Valencia 3.

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
38	5	10	23	30	67	−37	25	3	6	10	18	29	−11	2	4	13	12	38	−26

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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D
Position	18	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Points	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	9	9	9	9	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	19	20	21	24	25

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.^[19]^[20]

15 August 2022 1	Real Betis	3–0	Elche	Seville
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fekir 4' Ruibal 22' Iglesias 28' Juanmi 39', 60', 78'	Report	John 16' Milla 16' Gumbau 30' Fidel 45+3' Roger 64' Josan 81' Mojica 89'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 50,622 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

22 August 2022 2	Elche	1–1	Almería	Elche
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Collado 30' Gumbau 52'	Report	Sadiq 23' Centelles 32' Eguaras 54' Akieme 55' Baptistão 86' Kaiky 86'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 23,361 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

27 August 2022 3	Elche	0–1	Real Sociedad	Elche
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gumbau 10' Morente 30' Mojica 79'	Report	Méndez 20' Merino 34', 45+2' Zubeldia 49' Karrikaburu 86'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 22,656 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

4 September 2022 4	Villarreal	4–0	Elche	Valencia
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerard 26' Lo Celso 36' Jackson 42' Coquelin 88' Morales 90+3'	Report	Guti 43' Milla 59' Roco 81'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 13,915 Referee: Miguel Ortiz Arias

11 September 2022 5	Elche	1–4	Athletic Bilbao	Elche
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mascarell 30' Roco 44' Ponce 59' Bigas 69'	Report	N. Fernández 9' (o.g.) Sancet 14' (pen.) N. Williams 22' Berenguer 44'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 24,176 Referee: Mario Melero López

17 September 2022 6	Barcelona	3–0	Elche	Barcelona
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Kessié 5' Lewandowski 34', 48' Depay 41' Torres 73'	Report	Verdú 14' Bigas 29' N. Fernández 70'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 85,073 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

3 October 2022 7	Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Elche	Madrid
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trejo 34' Camello 40' U. López 90+5'	Report	González 23' Boyé 32', 69' Quina 47' Badía 65' Lirola 81' Ponce 83' Morente 89' Clerc 90+1'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 11,662 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

10 October 2022 8	Elche	1–1	Mallorca	Elche
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponce 15', 15' Boyé 61' Verdú 70' Mascarell 73' Bigas 80'	Report	Muriqi 12', 71' (pen.), 85' Grenier 73' Raíllo 78' Rajković 87' Battaglia 90+9'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

15 October 2022 9	Valencia	2–2	Elche	Valencia
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mamardashvili 26' Cömert 37' Cavani 41' (pen.), 45+7' Musah 73'	Report	Milla 29' (pen.), 65', 78' Palacios 36' Josan 39' N. Fernández 69' Badía 88' Morente 90+6'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 41,805 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

19 October 2022 10	Elche	0–3	Real Madrid	Elche
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gumbau 71'	Report	Valverde 11' Benzema 75' Asensio 89' Rüdiger 90+2'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 30,236 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

23 October 2022 11	Espanyol	2–2	Elche	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vinícius 4' Puado 24' Braithwaite 67' Vidal 82'	Report	Milla 11' Palacios 45' Boyé 49' Mascarell 78' Verdú 82'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 17,560 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

31 October 2022 12	Elche	0–1	Getafe	Elche
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boyé 87'	Report	Ünal 54' Amavi 72' 78' Duarte 77'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 19,588 Referee: César Soto Grado

5 November 2022 13	Valladolid	2–1	Elche	Valladolid
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	J. Sánchez 40', 45' Mesa 46' Joaquín 64'	Report	Josan 63'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 20,176 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

8 November 2022 14	Elche	1–2	Girona	Elche
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lirola 16' Josan 28' Gumbau 70' González 88'	Report	Toni 22' Martín 39' Castellanos 66' Stuani 88'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 17,339 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

29 December 2022 15	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Elche	Madrid
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hermoso 50' 53' Félix 56' Morata 74' Barrios 76'	Report	Verdú 45+1' Rogelio 48' Collado 80' Quina 86' 90'	Stadium: Cívitas Metropolitano Attendance: 38,119 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

6 January 2023 16	Elche	0–1	Celta Vigo	Elche
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	González 53' Boyé 64' Milla 81' Bigas 90+1'	Report	Aspas 5' Paciência 30'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 20,121 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

16 January 2023 17	Cádiz	1–1	Elche	Cádiz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ocampo 7' San Emeterio 72' Alejo 90+2' Diarra 90+5'	Report	González 43' Palacios 62' Ponce 81'	Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla Attendance: 17,389 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

22 January 2023 18	Elche	1–1	Osasuna	Elche
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Carmona 13', 67' Blanco 45'	Report	Ávila 20', 55'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 17,589 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

28 January 2023 19	Sevilla	3–0	Elche	Seville
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	En-Nesyri 29', 45+4' Acuña 43' Ocampos 80'	Report	Bigas 41' Fidel 44' Mascarell 79' Gumbau 79'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,616 Referee: César Soto Grado

4 February 2023 20	Elche	3–1	Villarreal	Elche
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Milla 3', 48' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Palacios 20' Carmona 25' Mascarell 37' Fidel 85'	Report	Gerard 22' Baena 59' Cuenca 74'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 18,421 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

15 February 2023 21	Real Madrid	4–0	Elche	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Asensio 8' Benzema 31' (pen.), 45+2' (pen.) Modrić 80' Mariano 83'	Report	Roco 30' Gumbau 53' González 72'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 44,319 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
Note: The match date was pushed back due to Real Madrid's involvement in the FIFA Club World Cup.

19 February 2023 22	Elche	0–1	Espanyol	Elche
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Carmona 71' 81'	Report	Gil 43' Oliván 44' Darder 90+2' Expósito 90+6'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 18,963 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

24 February 2023 23	Elche	2–3	Real Betis	Elche
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fidel 7' Boyé 9' Roco 34' 90+4' Gumbau 45' Magallán 57' Diop 58' Palacios 90+3'	Report	Abner 6' Iglesias 65' (pen.), 88' Miranda 68' Willian José 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 20,643 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva
Note: Diop was sent off for dissent while a substitute.

4 March 2023 24	Mallorca	0–1	Elche	Palma
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Raíllo 49' Copete 65' Muriqi 77' Costa 90+11'	Report	Nteka 11' Carmona 39' Boyé 65', 88'	Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium Attendance: 14,065 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

11 March 2023 25	Elche	1–1	Valladolid	Elche
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Gumbau 20' Morente 71', 90+6' Milla 90+6' Mascarell 90+11'	Report	Larin 4', 90+11' Plano 72' Mesa 90+5' 90+10' Hongla 90+11' 90+12'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 18,972 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

19 March 2023 26	Real Sociedad	2–0	Elche	San Sebastián
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Méndez 31' Kubo 48' Zubimendi 76' Barrenetxea 90'	Report	Boyé 83'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 28,496 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

1 April 2023 27	Elche	0–4	Barcelona	Elche
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lewandowski 20', 66', 87' Fati 56' Gavi 60' Torres 70' Araújo 74'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 28,142 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

8 April 2023 28	Osasuna	2–1	Elche	Pamplona
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ezzalzouli 71', 84' Oroz 90+4'	Report	Morente 44' Boyé 45+3' Fidel 50' Palacios 54'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 16,925 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

16 April 2023 29	Girona	2–0	Elche	Girona
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Castellanos 17', 45' Bueno 42' Romeu 47', 70'	Report	Milla 22' Boyé 57' Gumbau 73' Ponce 90+2'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 11,114 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

23 April 2023 30	Elche	0–2	Valencia	Elche
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Donald 47' Roco 62' Clerc 84'	Report	Musah 14' Lino 19' Verdú 42' (o.g.)	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 22,129 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

26 April 2023 31	Celta Vigo	1–0	Elche	Vigo
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aidoo 90'	Report		Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos Attendance: 11,344 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

29 April 2023 32	Elche	4–0	Rayo Vallecano	Elche
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Clerc 40' Morente 45+1' Boyé 52' Fidel 53' Gumbau 72'	Report	Lejeune 27' García 45+4' Saveljich 71'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 11,259 Referee: Mario Melero López

2 May 2023 33	Almería	2–1	Elche	Almería
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Baptistão 35' Embarba 52' Ely 59' De la Hoz 77'	Report	John 20' Clerc 50' Ponce 90'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 13,352 Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

14 May 2023 34	Elche	1–0	Atlético Madrid	Elche
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Fidel 30', 41' Blanco 36'	Report		Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 22,174 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

20 May 2023 35	Getafe	1–1	Elche	Getafe
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Munir 8' Ünal 45+2' Suárez 50' Djené 90+3' Soria 90+3'	Report	Boyé 45+1' Bigas 49'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 13,927 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

24 May 2023 36	Elche	1–1	Sevilla	Elche
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Morente 25' Milla 78'	Report	Lamela 10' Gueye 18' Fernando 60' Navas 63' Badé 73' Gil 90+3'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 13,263 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

28 May 2023 37	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Elche	Bilbao
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vivian 17'	Report	Clerc 60' Boyé 90+2'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,807 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

4 June 2023 38	Elche	1–1	Cádiz	Elche
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Morente 9' Boyé 71' Gumbau 82' John 87' Diop 90+1'	Report	Escalante 10' San Emeterio 18' Carcelén 68' Fali 87'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 16,585 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Copa del Rey

12 November 2022 First round	L'Alcora	0–3	Elche	Villarreal^[a]
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Albalat 37' Van de Bovenkamp 58' Navalon 85'	Report	Ponce 2' Roger 13', 66' Collado 85'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Attendance: 2,500 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

20 December 2022 Second round	Guadalajara	0–3	Elche	Guadalajara
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sergi 45+1'	Report	Milla 5', 44' Roger 37' Ponce 82' Morente 90+2' Collado 90+4'	Stadium: Pedro Escartín Attendance: 3,000 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

3 January 2023 Round of 32	Ceuta	1–0	Elche	Ceuta
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rodri 44' (pen.), 77' Cuevas 76'	Report	Ponce 27' 61' Roco 43' Morente 43' Gumbau 44' Blanco 58'	Stadium: Alfonso Murube Attendance: 2,483 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez