Elche Club de Futbol, S.A.D. (Valencian: Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football club located within Elche, Province of Alicante and is part of the Valencian Community. The club was founded in 1923. club plays with the league La Liga, holding home games at the Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero, which can accommodate 33,732 seats.
In 1923, the club was founded in the aftermath of the merger of all the clubs in town, Elche joined to the league in the year 1929, and reached Segunda Division in 1934 and La Liga in 1959, finishing fifth in the latter event during 1963-64. Elche finished runners-up in the Copa del Rey in 1969. Elche was the first football club from the history of La Liga to be relegated due to tax debts not paid during this season. Elche came back into La Liga in 2020-21 after being elevated up to Segunda Division and then La Liga within just three seasons.
