2025–26 Elche CF season

Elche
2025–26 season
Owner	Christian Bragarnik
Manager	Eder Sarabia
Stadium	Estadio Martínez Valero
La Liga	Pre-season
Copa del Rey	First round

The 2025–26 season is the 103rd season in the history of Elche Club de Fútbol and their first season back in La Liga since the 2022–23 season following promotion from the Segunda División in the previous season. In addition to La Liga, the club also participates in the Copa del Rey.

On 10 June 2025, manager Eder Sarabia extended his contract with Elche until 2027.^[1]

Squad

As of pre-season^[2]

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	ESP	Jairo Izquierdo
4	DF	SEN	Bambo Diaby
5	DF	ESP	John Nwankwo
6	DF	ESP	Pedro Bigas (captain)
7	FW	ESP	Óscar Plano
8	MF	ESP	Marc Aguado
10	MF	ARG	Nicolás Fernández
11	MF	KOS	Elbasan Rashani


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ARG	Matías Dituro
14	MF	ESP	Aleix Febas
15	DF	ESP	Álvaro Núñez
17	MF	ESP	Josan
19	FW	MAR	Mourad Daoudi
20	MF	ESP	Germán Valera
22	DF	AUT	David Affengruber
24	MF	ESP	Yago Santiago
30	MF	ESP	Rodri Mendoza

Transfers and contracts

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
3 July 2025	RM	20	Germán Valera	Valencia	Free transfer	^[3]

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2025	AM	–	Daniel Fitzgerald	Atlético Madrid	€150,000	^[4]
26 June 2025	AM	21	Nicolás Castro	Toluca	€5,500,000^[a]	^[5]
30 June 2025	LB	12	José Salinas	Espanyol	Free transfer	^[6]
30 June 2025	CB	16	Álex Martín	Córdoba	Free transfer	^[7]

^ Fee may eventually rise to €7,000,000.

Loans in

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.

Loans out

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.

New contracts

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	Until	Ref.
4 July 2025	GK	13	Matías Dituro	2026	^[8]
4 July 2025	RM	17	Josan	2026	^[9]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 2 July 2025, Elche announced they will be playing against Getafe in Torre-Pacheco as their pre-season programme.^[10] Five days later, a second friendly was confirmed against Blackburn Rovers in San Pedro del Pinatar.^[11]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

25 July 2025 Friendly	Elche	v	Blackburn Rovers	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena

30 July 2025 Friendly	Elche	v	Getafe	Torre-Pacheco, Spain
10:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: La Torre Golf Resort

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	17 August 2025	24 May 2026	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Copa del Rey	October 2025	TBD	First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
4	Barcelona	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
5	Celta Vigo	Qualification for the Europa League league phase^[a]
6	Elche	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Espanyol
8	Getafe

First match(es) will be played: 17 August 2025. Source: LaLiga EA Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[12]
Notes:

^ The 2025–26 Copa del Rey winners also qualify for the Europa League league phase. If the Copa del Rey winners finish in the top five of the La Liga, the Europa League spot will be passed to the sixth-placed team. If the Copa del Rey winners finish in the top six of the La Liga, the Conference League spot will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result
Position
Points

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 1 July 2025.^[13]^[14]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 August 2025 1	Elche	v	Real Betis	Elche
TBC CEST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

24 August 2025 2	Atlético Madrid	v	Elche	Madrid
TBC CEST		Report		Stadium: Metropolitano Stadium

31 August 2025 3	Elche	v	Levante	Elche
TBC CEST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

14 September 2025 4	Sevilla	v	Elche	Seville
TBC CEST		Report		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium

21 September 2025 5	Elche	v	Real Oviedo	Elche
TBC CEST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

24 September 2025 6	Osasuna	v	Elche	Pamplona
TBC CEST		Report		Stadium: El Sadar Stadium

28 September 2025 7	Elche	v	Celta Vigo	Elche
TBC CEST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

5 October 2025 8	Alavés	v	Elche	Vitoria-Gasteiz
TBC CEST		Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Stadium

19 October 2025 9	Elche	v	Athletic Bilbao	Elche
TBC CEST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

26 October 2025 10	Espanyol	v	Elche	Cornellà de Llobregat
TBC CEST		Report		Stadium: RCDE Stadium

2 November 2025 11	Barcelona	v	Elche	Barcelona
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

9 November 2025 12	Elche	v	Real Sociedad	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

23 November 2025 13	Elche	v	Real Madrid	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

30 November 2025 14	Getafe	v	Elche	Getafe
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Coliseum

7 December 2025 15	Elche	v	Girona	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

14 December 2025 16	Mallorca	v	Elche	Palma de Mallorca
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadi Mallorca Son Moix

21 December 2025 17	Elche	v	Rayo Vallecano	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

4 January 2026 18	Elche	v	Villarreal	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

11 January 2026 19	Valencia	v	Elche	Valencia
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium

18 January 2026 20	Elche	v	Sevilla	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

25 January 2026 21	Levante	v	Elche	Valencia
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València

1 February 2026 22	Elche	v	Barcelona	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

8 February 2026 23	Real Sociedad	v	Elche	San Sebastián
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Anoeta Stadium

15 February 2026 24	Elche	v	Osasuna	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

22 February 2026 25	Athletic Bilbao	v	Elche	Bilbao
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: San Mamés Stadium

1 March 2026 26	Elche	v	Espanyol	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

8 March 2026 27	Villarreal	v	Elche	Villarreal
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

15 March 2026 28	Real Madrid	v	Elche	Madrid
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

22 March 2026 29	Elche	v	Mallorca	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

5 April 2026 30	Rayo Vallecano	v	Elche	Madrid
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Vallecas Stadium

12 April 2026 31	Elche	v	Valencia	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

19 April 2026 32	Real Oviedo	v	Elche	Oviedo
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere

22 April 2026 33	Elche	v	Atlético Madrid	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

3 May 2026 34	Celta Vigo	v	Elche	Vigo
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Balaídos Stadium

10 May 2026 35	Elche	v	Alavés	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

13 May 2026 36	Real Betis	v	Elche	Seville
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja

17 May 2026 37	Elche	v	Getafe	Elche
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Martínez Valero

24 May 2026 38	Girona	v	Elche	Girona
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: Estadi Montilivi

Copa del Rey

As a La Liga side not competing in the Supercopa de España, Elche will enter the Copa del Rey in the first round.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

October 2025 First round	TBC	v	TBC	TBC
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: TBC

Statistics

As of pre-season

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Goals

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
Total				0	0	0

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Player	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
Total			0	0	0

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	La Liga			Copa del Rey			Total
No.	Pos.	Player
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Eder Sarabia renueva con el Elche CF hasta 2027" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 10 June 2025.
^ "Plantilla - Jugadores" (in Spanish). Elche CF. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
^ "Germán Valera se incorpora al Elche CF hasta 2027" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 3 July 2025.
^ "Comunicado oficial | Daniel Fitzgerald" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 24 June 2025.
^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Nico Castro" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 26 June 2025.
^ "Salinas, nou jugador del RCD Espanyol" (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. 25 June 2025.
^ "Álex Martín, nuevo jugador del Córdoba CF" (in Spanish). Córdoba CF. 2 July 2025.
^ "El Elche CF y Matías Dituro amplían su vinculación hasta 2026" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 4 July 2025.
^ "El Elche CF renueva a Josan Ferrández hasta 2026" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 4 July 2025.
^ "El Elche CF se medirá ante el Getafe CF en pretemporada" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 2 July 2025.
^ "El Elche CF se enfrentará al Blackburn Rovers en su segundo amistoso confirmado de la pretemporada" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 7 July 2025.
^ "Reglamento General de LaLiga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional" (PDF) (in Spanish). La Liga. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
^ "Consulta el calendario completo de LALIGA EA SPORTS 2025/26" (in Spanish). La Liga. 1 July 2025.
^ "El Elche CF ya conoce su calendario oficial en LaLiga EA SPORTS 2025/26" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 1 July 2025.

[5] Fee may eventually rise to €7,000,000.

[table_note_res_ELLS0.38718949183225-13] The 2025–26 Copa del Rey winners also qualify for the Europa League league phase. If the Copa del Rey winners finish in the top five of the La Liga, the Europa League spot will be passed to the sixth-placed team. If the Copa del Rey winners finish in the top six of the La Liga, the Conference League spot will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

[1] "Eder Sarabia renueva con el Elche CF hasta 2027" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 10 June 2025.

[2] "Plantilla - Jugadores" (in Spanish). Elche CF. Retrieved 1 June 2025.

[3] "Germán Valera se incorpora al Elche CF hasta 2027" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 3 July 2025.

[4] "Comunicado oficial | Daniel Fitzgerald" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 24 June 2025.

[6] "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Nico Castro" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 26 June 2025.

[7] "Salinas, nou jugador del RCD Espanyol" (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. 25 June 2025.

[8] "Álex Martín, nuevo jugador del Córdoba CF" (in Spanish). Córdoba CF. 2 July 2025.

[9] "El Elche CF y Matías Dituro amplían su vinculación hasta 2026" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 4 July 2025.

[10] "El Elche CF renueva a Josan Ferrández hasta 2026" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 4 July 2025.

[11] "El Elche CF se medirá ante el Getafe CF en pretemporada" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 2 July 2025.

[12] "El Elche CF se enfrentará al Blackburn Rovers en su segundo amistoso confirmado de la pretemporada" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 7 July 2025.

[14] "Reglamento General de LaLiga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional" (PDF) (in Spanish). La Liga. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

[15] "Consulta el calendario completo de LALIGA EA SPORTS 2025/26" (in Spanish). La Liga. 1 July 2025.

[16] "El Elche CF ya conoce su calendario oficial en LaLiga EA SPORTS 2025/26" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 1 July 2025.

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Elche Club de Fútbol S.A.D.
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