Elche CF
| Full name | Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. | |||
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| Nicknames | Los Franjiverdes / Els frangiverds (The Green-striped ones) Los Ilicitanos / Els Ilicitans (The Ones from Elche) | |||
| Founded | 10 January 1923 as Elche Foot-ball Club | |||
| Ground | Estadio Martínez Valero | |||
| Capacity | 33,732 | |||
| Owner | Christian Bragarnik | |||
| President | Joaquín Buitrago Marhuenda | |||
| Head coach | Eder Sarabia | |||
| League | La Liga | |||
| 2024–25 | Segunda División, 2nd of 22 (promoted) | |||
| Website | elchecf.es | |||
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Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (Valencian: Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at the Estadio Martínez Valero, with a capacity of 33,732 seats.
Founded in 1923 as the result of a merger between all of the town's clubs, Elche entered the league system in 1929, reaching Segunda División in 1934 and La Liga in 1959, finishing fifth in the latter tournament in 1963–64. The club were runners-up in the Copa del Rey in 1969.