# 2021–22 Elche CF season

The 2021–22 season was the 99th season in the existence of Elche CF and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Elche participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2022.
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 | Kiko Casilla (on loan from Leeds United) |
| 2 | MF | ESP | Gerard Gumbau |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Enzo Roco |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Diego González |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Gonzalo Verdú (captain) |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Pedro Bigas |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Guido Carrillo |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Raúl Guti |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Lucas Boyé |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Pere Milla |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Tete Morente |
| 12 | DF | URU | Lucas Olaza (on loan from Valladolid) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Édgar Badía |
| 14 | DF | COL | Helibelton Palacios |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Javier Pastore |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Fidel |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Josan |
| 18 | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Ponce (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Antonio Barragán |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Pablo Piatti |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Omar Mascarell |
| 22 | DF | COL | Johan Mojica |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Iván Marcone |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Kike Pérez (on loan from Valladolid) |

### 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 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | John Nwankwo |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Carles Marco |
| 28 | GK | ESP | Lluis Andreu |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Diego Bri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Sergio Bono |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Lilian |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Cheikh Diamanka |
| 34 | MF | ESP | José Luis Friaza |

### 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 |
| — | GK | ARG | Axel Werner (at Arsenal de Sarandí until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | José Salinas (at Unionistas de Salamanca until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Josema (at Valladolid until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Jony Álamo (at Cultural Leonesa until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ESP | Manu Justo (at Racing Santander until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | MAR | Mourad El Ghezouani (at Alcoyano until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | Ramón Folch | Tenerife | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2021 | Lucas Boyé | Torino | Buyout clause | €2M |
| 1 July 2021 | Iván Marcone | Boca Juniors | Buyout clause | €3.8M |
| 7 July 2021 | Pedro Bigas | Eibar | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2021 | Enzo Roco | Fatih Karagümrük | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2021 | Kiko Casilla | Leeds United | Loan | Loan |
| 20 August 2021 | Darío Benedetto | Marseille | Loan | Loan |
| 31 August 2021 | Lucas Pérez | Alavés | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 9 June 2021 | Nino | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2021 | Paulo Gazzaniga | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Johan Mojica | Girona | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Emiliano Rigoni | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Loan return | Loan return |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| La Liga | 16 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 028.95 |
| Copa del Rey | 2 December 2021 | 20 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 033.33 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 46 |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 42 |
| 13 | Elche | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 42 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 42 |
| 15 | Getafe | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 39 |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Rayo Vallecano 9, Elche 7, Espanyol 1.
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Getafe 8, Mallorca 5, Cádiz 2.

#### 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

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

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

| Position | Players | LaLiga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| MF | Pere Milla | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| FW | Lucas Boyé | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| FW | Fidel | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| FW | Guido Carrillo | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| MF | Tete Morente | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | Darío Benedetto | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Josan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | Johan Mojica | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Kike Pérez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| FW | Lucas Pérez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | Pedro Bigas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Raúl Guti | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DF | Lucas Olaza | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Pablo Piatti | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FW | Ezequiel Ponce | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Enzo Roco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Gonzalo Verdú | 0 | 1 | 1 |