# 2023–24 Elche CF season

The 2023–24 season was Elche CF's 101st season in existence and first one back in the Segunda División, the second division of association football in Spain. They also competed in the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 September 2023
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 | Miguel San Román |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario Gaspar |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Lautaro Blanco |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Diego González |
| 5 | DF | ESP | John Nwankwo |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Pedro Bigas |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Óscar Plano |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Raúl Guti |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Sergio León |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Tete Morente |
| 12 | DF | ESP | José Salinas |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Edgar Badia |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Aleix Febas |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Álex Martín |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Fidel (captain) |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Josan |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Borja Garcés (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Mourad El Ghezouani |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Cristian Salvador |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Castro (on loan from Genk) |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Fernández Mercau |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Carlos Clerc |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Sergio Carreira (on loan from Celta) |

### 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 |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Nordin |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Rodrigo Mendoza |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Javi Pamíes |

### 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 Rosario Central until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Mario Gaspar | Watford | Free | 31 July 2023 |
| FW | Borja Garcés | Atlético Madrid | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Sergio León | Valladolid | Undisclosed | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Manu Nieto | FC Andorra | Loan | 7 January 2024 |
| GK | Matías Dituro | Fatih Karagümrük | Undisclosed | 8 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Omar Mascarell | Mallorca | €800,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Ezequiel Ponce | AEK Athens | €3,500,000 | 5 August 2023 |
| FW | Pere Milla | Espanyol | €2,500,000 | 15 August 2023 |
| FW | Lucas Boyé | Granada | €7,000,000 | 30 August 2023 |
| FW | Sergio León | Eibar | Free | 25 January 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Segunda División | 12 August 2023 | May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 038.46 |
| Copa del Rey | 1 November 2023 | | First round | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 042.86 |
Last updated: 1 November 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Burgos | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 59 |
| 10 | Racing Ferrol | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 59 |
| 11 | Elche | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 59 |
| 12 | Tenerife | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 56 |
| 13 | Albacete | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 51 |
* 1 2 3 Levante finished ahead of Burgos, Racing Ferrol, and Elche on head-to-head points: Levante 12 pts, Burgos 8 pts, Racing Ferrol 8 pts, Elche 4 pts. Burgos finished ahead of Racing Ferrol on head-to-head points: Racing Ferrol 1–1 Burgos, Burgos 2–0 Racing Ferrol
* ↑ Albacete finished ahead of Cartagena and Zaragoza on head-to-head points: Albacete 6 pts, Cartagena 5 pts, Zaragoza 4 pts

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LALIGA HYPERMOTION

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | |
| Position | 15 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 28 June 2023.