# 2018–19 Elche CF season

The 2018–19 season was Elche Club de Fútbol's 96th season in existence. 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 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 14 February 2019.
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 | ESP | José Juan |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tekio |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Manu |
| 4 | DF | COL | Neyder Lozano |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Gonzalo Verdú |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Manuel Sánchez |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Nino |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Alfred Planas (on loan from Alcorcón) |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Gonzalo Villar |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Iván Sánchez |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Dani Calvo (on loan from Numancia) |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Édgar Badía |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Xavi Torres |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Karim Azamoum (on loan from Cádiz) |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Nacho Gil (on loan from Valencia) |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Josan |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Jesús Olmo |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Carlos Castro (on loan from Mallorca) |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Jony Ñíguez |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Javi Flores |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Borja Martínez |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Juan Cruz |
| 24 | DF | VEN | Alexander González |
| 25 | FW | MAR | Yacine Qasmi |

### Reserve team

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 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Óscar Gil |
| 28 | GK | ESP | Luis Castillo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Nacho Ramón |
| 30 | MF | ESP | César Moreno |

### 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 | Primi (at Alcoyano until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | UKR | Ivan Zotko (at Lleida Esportiu until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | ESP | Iván Calero (at Salmantino until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | ESP | Juanjo Collantes (at UCAM Murcia until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | ESP | Daniel Provencio (at Ibiza until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Nando Quesada (at Sanluqueño until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | ESP | Alberto Rubio (at Alcoyano until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | ESP | Benja (at Hércules until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | ESP | Lolo Plá (at Recreativo until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | ESP | Claudio Medina (at Mirandés until 30 June 2019) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 26 June 2018 | Iván Sánchez | Albacete | Transfer | €150K |
| 5 August 2018 | Alexander González | Huesca | Transfer | Free |
| 24 August 2018 | Francis Uzoho | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan | Loan |
| 27 December 2018 | Nacho Gil | Valencia | Loan | Loan |
| 5 January 2019 | Édgar Badía | Reus | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee | Ref |
| 26 June 2018 | Iván Sánchez | Albacete | Loan return | Loan return | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Segunda División | 17 August 2018 | 8 June 2019 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 030.95 |
| Copa del Rey | 13 September 2018 | 16 October 2018 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 031.82 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 61 |
| 10 | Almería | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 60 |
| 11 | Elche | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 55 |
| 12 | Las Palmas | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 54 |
| 13 | Extremadura | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 53 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga SmartBank

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 16 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2018.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Ran | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Sory Kaba | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Nino | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Iván Sánchez | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 14 | FW | | Xavi Torres | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 19 | FW | | Carlos Castro | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 17 | MF | | Josan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | | Nacho Gil | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | DF | | Gonzalo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | MF | | Manuel | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 25 | FW | | Yacine Qasmi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 12 | DF | | Dani Calvo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 21 | MF | | Javi Flores | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 24 | DF | | Alexander David González | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 20 | MF | | Jony | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | DF | | Neyder Lozano | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | MF | | Borja Martínez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 8 | MF | | Provencio | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | MF | | Gonzalo Villar | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 3 | 51 |

### Clean sheets

| Ran | No. | Nat | Name | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | 13 | | Édgar Badía | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | | José Juan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 28 | | Francis Uzoho | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 12 |