2025–26 Elche CF season

Elche
2025–26 season
OwnerChristian Bragarnik
ManagerEder Sarabia
StadiumEstadio Martínez Valero
La LigaPre-season
Copa del ReyFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Germán Valera (1)
All: Germán Valera (1)
Highest home attendance28,585
(v. Real Betis, La Liga, 18 August 2025)
Average home league attendance28,585

The 2025–26 season is the 103rd season in the history of Elche Club de Fútbol and their first season back in La Liga since the 2022–23 season following promotion from the Segunda División in the previous season. In addition to La Liga, the club also participates in the Copa del Rey.

On 10 June 2025, manager Eder Sarabia extended his contract with Elche until 2027.[1]

Squad

As of pre-season[2]
No. Player Position Nationality Date of birth (age) Signed from Since
Goalkeepers
1 Matías Dituro GK Argentina (1987-05-08) 8 May 1987 Turkey Fatih Karagümrük 2024
13 Alejandro Iturbe GK Spain (2003-09-02) 2 September 2003 Spain Atlético Madrid B 2025
Defenders
3 Jairo Izquierdo LB Spain (1993-10-22) 22 October 1993 Spain Cartagena 2025
4 Bambo Diaby CB Senegal (1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 England Sheffield Wednesday 2024
5 John Donald CB Spain (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 Spain Villarreal C 2020
6 Pedro Bigas (captain) CB Spain (1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 Spain Eibar 2021
15 Álvaro Núñez RB Spain (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 Spain Amorebieta 2024
21 Léo Pétrot LB France (1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 France Saint-Étienne 2025
22 David Affengruber CB Spain (2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 Austria Sturm Graz 2024
23 Víctor Chust CB Spain (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 Spain Cádiz (on loan) 2025
Midfielders
5 Federico Redondo DM Argentina (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 United States Inter Miami 2025
7 Yago Santiago LM Spain (2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 England Tottenham Hotspur 2024
8 Marc Aguado DM Spain (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 Spain Zaragoza 2025
11 Germán Valera RM Spain (2002-03-16) 16 March 2002 Spain Valencia 2025
14 Aleix Febas CM Spain (1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 Spain Málaga 2023
16 Martim Neto CM Portugal (2003-01-14) 14 January 2003 Portugal Benfica 2025
17 Josan RM Spain (1989-12-03) 3 December 1989 Spain Albacete 2018
30 Rodri Mendoza CM Spain (2005-03-15) 15 March 2005 Spain Elche Ilicitano 2022
32 Adam Boayar AM Morocco (2005-10-13) 13 October 2005 Spain Elche Ilicitano 2023
Forwards
9 André Silva CF Portugal (1995-11-06) 6 November 1995 Germany RB Leipzig 2025
10 Rafa Mir CF Spain (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 Spain Sevilla (on loan) 2025
19 Mourad Daoudi CF Morocco (1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 Spain Orihuela 2019
20 Álvaro Rodríguez CF Uruguay (2004-07-14) 14 July 2004 Spain Real Madrid 2025
– Rafael Núñez LW Dominican Republic (2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 Spain Almería B 2023

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. No. Player From Fee Ref.
3 July 2025 RM 11 Spain Germán Valera Spain Valencia Free transfer [3]
11 July 2025 LB 21 France Léo Pétrot France Saint-Étienne Free transfer [4]
16 July 2025 GK 13 Spain Alejandro Iturbe Spain Atlético Madrid B Undisclosed [5]
22 July 2025 CF 20 Uruguay Álvaro Rodríguez Spain Real Madrid €2,000,000 [6]
30 July 2025 CM 16 Portugal Martim Neto Portugal Benfica €1,500,000 [7]
14 August 2025 DM 5 Argentina Federico Redondo United States Inter Miami €2,150,000 [8]
18 August 2025 CF 9 Portugal André Silva Germany RB Leipzig €1,000,000 [9]
Decrease Spending: €6,650,000

Out

Date Pos. No. Player To Fee Ref.
24 June 2025 AM – England Daniel Fitzgerald Spain Atlético Madrid Juvenil €150,000 [10]
26 June 2025 AM 21 Argentina Nicolás Castro Mexico Toluca €5,000,000 [11]
30 June 2025 GK 1 Spain Miguel San Román Spain Leganés Free transfer [12]
30 June 2025 CB 2 Spain Mario Gaspar Free agent Free transfer
30 June 2025 AM 7 Spain Óscar Plano Spain Leganés Free transfer [13]
30 June 2025 LW 11 Kosovo Elbasan Rashani Free agent Free transfer
30 June 2025 LB 12 Spain José Salinas Spain Espanyol Free transfer [14]
30 June 2025 CB 16 Spain Álex Martín Spain Córdoba Free transfer [15]
11 July 2025 AM 10 Argentina Nicolás Fernández United States New York City €8,000,000 [16]
Increase Income: €13,150,000

Loans in

Date Pos. No. Player From Date until Ref.
7 August 2025 CB 23 Spain Víctor Chust Spain Cádiz End of season [17]
17 August 2025 CF – Spain Rafa Mir Spain Sevilla End of season [18]

Loans out

Date Pos. No. Player To Date until Ref.
6 August 2025 LW 33 Senegal Bakary Traoré Spain Tarazona End of season [19]
15 August 2025 CB 26 Croatia Matía Barzic Spain Cultural Leonesa End of season [20]
18 August 2025 CM 29 Spain Luis Roldán Spain Unionistas End of season [21]

New contracts

Date Pos. No. Player Until Ref.
4 July 2025 GK 1 Argentina Matías Dituro 2026 [22]
4 July 2025 RM 17 Spain Josan 2026 [23]
6 August 2025 LW 33 Senegal Bakary Traoré 2027 [19]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 2 July 2025, Elche announced they will be playing against Getafe in Torre-Pacheco as their pre-season programme.[24] Five days later, a second friendly was confirmed against Blackburn Rovers in San Pedro del Pinatar.[25] Two extra friendlies against Millwall and Almería were later announced on 8 July 2025.[26][27] A week later, another friendly match and the 64th edition of the Festa d'Elx Trophy were confirmed to be both against Hércules.[28] On 24 July 2025, the final two friendly matches against Al-Ahli and Al Ain were added to their pre-season fixtures.[29]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 July 2025 Friendly Elche Spain 2–1 England Millwall San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
10:30 CEST
  • Trialist Yellow card 19'
  • Houary 67'
  • Trialist Yellow card 75'
  • Traoré 87'
 Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
23 July 2025 Friendly Hércules Spain 2–0 Spain Elche Alicante, Spain
20:30 CEST
Report
  • Trialist Yellow card 28'
 Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez
25 July 2025 Friendly Blackburn Rovers England 1–0 Spain Elche San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
Referee: Charles Guilleve (Scotland)
30 July 2025 Friendly Elche Spain 2–1 Spain Getafe Torre-Pacheco, Spain
10:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: La Torre Golf Resort
1 August 2025 Friendly Elche Spain 0–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
10:30 CEST
  • Trialist Yellow card 66'
 Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
2 August 2025 Friendly Elche Spain 3–4 United Arab Emirates Al Ain San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
10:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
8 August 2025 Friendly Almería Spain 0–1 Spain Elche Lorca, Spain
19:30 CEST Report
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco
9 August 2025 Festa d'Elx Trophy Elche Spain 1–0 Spain Hércules Elche, Spain
20:30 CEST
Report
  • Trialist Yellow card 12'
  • Trialist Yellow card 24'
  • Trialist Yellow card 45'
  • Trialist Yellow card 53'
 Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
La Liga 18 August 2025 24 May 2026 Matchday 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Copa del Rey October 2025 TBD First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00

Last updated: 18 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

La Liga

Main article: 2025–26 La Liga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Alavés 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7 Espanyol 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
8 Elche 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Real Betis 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Real Sociedad 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. Source: LaLiga EA Sports
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)[30]

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
1 0 1 0 1 1  0 1 0 1 0 1 1  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 18 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultD
Position
Points1
Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 1 July 2025.[31][32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 August 2025 1 Elche 1–1 Real Betis Elche
21:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
Attendance: 28,585
Referee: Víctor García Verdura
23 August 2025 2 Atlético Madrid v Elche Madrid
19:30 CEST Report Stadium: Metropolitano Stadium
29 August 2025 3 Elche v Levante Elche
19:30 CEST Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
12 September 2025 4 Sevilla v Elche Seville
21:00 CEST Report Stadium: Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium
21 September 2025 5 Elche v Oviedo Elche
TBC CEST Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
24 September 2025 6 Osasuna v Elche Pamplona
TBC CEST Report Stadium: El Sadar Stadium
28 September 2025 7 Elche v Celta Vigo Elche
TBC CEST Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
5 October 2025 8 Alavés v Elche Vitoria-Gasteiz
TBC CEST Report Stadium: Mendizorrotza Stadium
19 October 2025 9 Elche v Athletic Bilbao Elche
TBC CEST Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
26 October 2025 10 Espanyol v Elche Cornellà de Llobregat
TBC CEST Report Stadium: RCDE Stadium
2 November 2025 11 Barcelona v Elche Barcelona
TBC CET Report Stadium: Camp Nou
9 November 2025 12 Elche v Real Sociedad Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
23 November 2025 13 Elche v Real Madrid Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
30 November 2025 14 Getafe v Elche Getafe
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Coliseum
7 December 2025 15 Elche v Girona Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
14 December 2025 16 Mallorca v Elche Palma de Mallorca
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadi Mallorca Son Moix
21 December 2025 17 Elche v Rayo Vallecano Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
4 January 2026 18 Elche v Villarreal Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
11 January 2026 19 Valencia v Elche Valencia
TBC CET Report Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
18 January 2026 20 Elche v Sevilla Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
25 January 2026 21 Levante v Elche Valencia
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València
1 February 2026 22 Elche v Barcelona Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
8 February 2026 23 Real Sociedad v Elche San Sebastián
TBC CET Report Stadium: Anoeta Stadium
15 February 2026 24 Elche v Osasuna Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
22 February 2026 25 Athletic Bilbao v Elche Bilbao
TBC CET Report Stadium: San Mamés Stadium
1 March 2026 26 Elche v Espanyol Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
8 March 2026 27 Villarreal v Elche Villarreal
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica
15 March 2026 28 Real Madrid v Elche Madrid
TBC CET Report Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
22 March 2026 29 Elche v Mallorca Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
5 April 2026 30 Rayo Vallecano v Elche Madrid
TBC CET Report Stadium: Vallecas Stadium
12 April 2026 31 Elche v Valencia Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
19 April 2026 32 Oviedo v Elche Oviedo
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere
22 April 2026 33 Elche v Atlético Madrid Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
3 May 2026 34 Celta Vigo v Elche Vigo
TBC CET Report Stadium: Balaídos Stadium
10 May 2026 35 Elche v Alavés Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
13 May 2026 36 Real Betis v Elche Seville
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja
17 May 2026 37 Elche v Getafe Elche
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero
24 May 2026 38 Girona v Elche Girona
TBC CET Report Stadium: Estadi Montilivi

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2025–26 Copa del Rey

As a La Liga side not competing in the Supercopa de España, Elche will enter the Copa del Rey in the first round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

October 2025 First round TBC v TBC TBC
TBC CET Report Stadium: TBC

Statistics

As of match played 18 August 2025

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Argentina ARG Matías Dituro 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Spain ESP Jairo Izquierdo 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
5 DF Spain ESP John Donald 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
6 DF Spain ESP Pedro Bigas 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Spain ESP Marc Aguado 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Spain ESP Rafa Mir 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
11 FW Spain ESP Germán Valera 1 1 1+0 1 0+0 0
14 MF Spain ESP Aleix Febas 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Spain ESP Álvaro Núñez 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Portugal POR Martim Neto 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
19 FW Morocco MAR Mourad Daoudi 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
20 FW Uruguay URU Álvaro Rodríguez 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF France FRA Léo Pétrot 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Austria AUT David Affengruber 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF Uruguay URU Rodri Mendoza 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF Morocco MAR Ali Houary 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Goals

Rank Pos. No. Player La Liga Copa del Rey Total
1 FW 11 Spain Germán Valera 1 0 1
Total 1 0 1

Clean sheets

Rank No. Player La Liga Copa del Rey Total
Total 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Player La Liga Copa del Rey Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

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