Full name | Elche Ilicitano Club de Fútbol | ||
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Founded | 1932 | ||
Ground | Estadio José Díez Iborra Elche, Valencian Community, Spain | ||
Capacity | 1,500[1] | ||
President | Joaquín Buitrago Marhuenda[2] | ||
Head coach | Ángel Donato | ||
League | Segunda Federación – Group 3 | ||
2023–24 | Tercera Federación – Group 6, 1st of 18 (champions) | ||
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Elche Ilicitano Club de Fútbol, known officially as Elche Ilicitano is a Spanish football team based in Elche, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1932 as Club Deportivo Ilicitano, a farm team, it is the reserve team of Elche CF, and plays in Segunda Federación – Group 3, holding home games at the Estadio José Díez Iborra, with a capacity of 1,500 seats.[3]
Unlike in nations such as England, reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league.