# 2020–21 Elche CF season

The 2020–21 season was the 53rd season in the existence of Elche CF and the club's first season back 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. The season covered the period from 24 August 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 7 March 2021.
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 | ARG | Paulo Gazzaniga (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Diego González |
| 4 | MF | ARG | Iván Marcone (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Gonzalo Verdú (3rd captain) |
| 6 | MF | COD | Omenuke Mfulu |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Nino (captain) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Víctor Rodríguez |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Lucas Boyé (on loan from Torino) |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Pere Milla |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Tete Morente |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Dani Calvo |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Édgar Badía (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Raúl Guti |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Luismi |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Fidel |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Josan |
| 18 | DF | COL | Helibelton Palacios |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Antonio Barragán |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Pablo Piatti |
| 21 | FW | ARG | Guido Carrillo |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Emiliano Rigoni (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Cifu |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Josema |
| 25 | DF | COL | Johan Mojica (on loan from Girona) |

### 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 |
| 28 | GK | ESP | Luis Castillo |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Nacho Ramón |
| 30 | MF | ESP | César Moreno |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Gerard Barri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | DF | ESP | José Salinas |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Jony Álamo |
| 40 | FW | ESP | Diego Bri |
| 45 | GK | ESP | Lluis Andreu |

### 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 | Nacho Pastor (at Lorca Deportiva until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | Jony Ñíguez (at Alcoyano until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | Ramón Folch (at Tenerife until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Manu Justo (at Celta Vigo B until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | MAR | Mourad El Ghezouani (at Alcoyano until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 15 September 2020 | Jeison Lucumí | UANL | Transfer | Free |
| 15 September 2020 | Juan Sánchez Miño | Independiente | Transfer | Free |
| 16 September 2020 | Tete Morente | Málaga | Transfer | €500K |
| 20 September 2020 | Raúl Guti | Zaragoza | Transfer | €5M |
| 21 September 2020 | Lucas Boyé | Torino | Loan | Loan |
| 22 September 2020 | Cifu | Málaga | Transfer | Free |
| 25 September 2020 | Luismi | Valladolid | Transfer | Free |
| 30 September 2020 | Youssouf Koné | Lyon | Loan | Loan |
| 4 October 2020 | Antonio Barragán | Real Betis | Transfer | Free |
| 5 October 2020 | Guido Carrillo | Southampton | Transfer | Free |
| 5 October 2020 | Iván Marcone | Boca Juniors | Loan | Loan |
| 5 October 2020 | Emiliano Rigoni | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2020 | Diego Rodríguez | Defensa y Justicia | Loan | Loan |
| 9 October 2020 | Diego González | Málaga | Transfer | Free |
| 15 January 2021 | Johan Mojica | Girona | Loan | Loan |
| 1 February 2021 | Paulo Gazzaniga | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | Loan |
| 4 February 2021 | Helibelton Palacios | Atlético Nacional | Transfer | Free |
| 6 March 2021 | Pablo Piatti | Toronto FC | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 24 August 2020 | Andoni López | Athletic Bilbao | Loan return | Loan return |
| 24 August 2020 | Miguel San Román | Atlético Madrid B | Loan return | Loan return |
| 26 August 2020 | Tekio | Volos | Transfer | Free |
| 27 August 2020 | Iván Sánchez | Birmingham City | Transfer | Free |
| 29 August 2020 | Jonathas | Sharjah | Transfer | Free |
| 30 August 2020 | Juan Cruz | Osasuna | Transfer | €2.75M |
| 7 September 2020 | Óscar Gil | Espanyol | Transfer | €500K |
| 21 September 2020 | Manuel Sánchez | Real Ávila | Transfer | Free |
| 2 October 2020 | Claudio Medina | Burgos | Transfer | Free |
| 5 October 2020 | Ramón Folch | Tenerife | Loan | Loan |
| 1 February 2021 | Jeison Lucumí | América de Cali | Transfer | Free |
| 1 February 2021 | Juan Sánchez Miño | Estudiantes | Transfer | Free |
| 1 February 2021 | Youssouf Koné | Lyon | Loan terminated | Loan terminated |
| 1 February 2021 | Diego Rodríguez | Defensa y Justicia | Loan terminated | Loan terminated |

## 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 | 26 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 021.05 |
| Copa del Rey | 16 December 2020 | 16 January 2021 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 024.39 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Getafe | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 38 | |
| 16 | Alavés | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 38 | |
| 17 | Elche | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 36 | |
| 18 | Huesca (R) | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 34 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Valladolid (R) | 38 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 31 | Relegation to Segunda División |

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

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

    As of 12 February 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Lucas Boyé | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 16 | MF | | Fidel | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | Josan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | | Tete Morente | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 21 | FW | | Guido Carrillo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | | Emiliano Rigoni | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | FW | | Nino | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 10 | MF | | Pere Milla | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | MF | | Raúl Guti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 19 | 3 | 22 |