100 years of history goes a long way, but In 2023, Elche will face the option of achieving the greatest success in its hundred-year history.If the green-greens, who went down to the last place without a win in the 14-day competition, manage to reverse the situation after the disastrous start of the season.
Now led by Pablo Machín, the men will have to perform what now seems little less than a miracle. At 8 points from persistence after adding only 4 out of 42 possible, his main ally is the time remaining for the tournament to conclude. numerically: 24 games and 72 points at stake.
No achievement of this scale is known in Elche’s centennial history. What would be sought from day 29 when the league turned against Atlético would be ahead of other cases where the presence from Elche managed to straighten course while everything else pointed to failure. A series of successes that began in the 1960s and whose last episode was only two years ago.
A completed reaction at the promotion
Elche, who was promoted to the elite squad of Spanish football for the first time in 1959, took his second step to the First Division in 1961. To be shoulder to shoulder with the greatest of Chapter Three. And it was noticed.
After matchday 20, Antonio Barrios was sacked with the lower team, with five points remaining and only three wins in his locker. Miguel Beltral came in and leveled the pitch with four wins (including 4-1 against Atletic) and a draw after returning from 2-0 at the Camp Nou. On the final day, Elche had to beat a Valencia playing for third place. Made it big: 4-1. The promotion was waiting for Atlético Ceuta, who won 1-0 on North African soil. The defeat of the second match (4-0) was rounded off by the terrific performances of Romero, Cayetano Ré and Iborra, but the green-franchiverdes were not penalized until the end.
From spending 13 days without winning to making history
At the end of this decade, Elche had a heroic season finale in 1968/69. Led by Roque Máspoli, the team went through a deep crisis that left them without a 13-game win, but the fact that the season’s draws meant the sum of half the trophies in question helped alleviate this qualifier-level drought. In the preview for matchday 28 (second to last), the French Greens took Real Madrid by two points without being relegated. Madrid were already champions and had never lost a game.
The alarms in Altabix were ready to go off, but Elche rang the bell. They beat the meringues with Curro’s goal and confirmed their permanence with a draw on the Espanyol field the following week.. At its worst, he revealed a pride that led him to become a Cup finalist a month later.
Win or descend against Barça and Athletic
In the 1969/70 and 1975/76 seasons, Elche once again wrote the pages that are still remembered half a century later. In the first case, the green-greens stood up to the last day with the obligation to beat Barcelona if they wanted to continue in the First League. They succeeded in an unforgettable match decided by Asensi.in his last service as a franchise, against the team that would sign him that same summer.
Five years later, the people of Elche had to face another extremely complex situation, as they occupied the red light on matchday 30, with only four matches left and found themselves 5 points away from the rest. Led by Marcel Domingo, the team heroically reached the final match day alive: they beat Sporting and Sevilla at home and drew Salamanca 2-0. Athletic was expected as a possible hangman as in the 1969 final, but this time Elche won 3-1 with heroes Rubén Cano and Félix Palomares..
Miracles in the pandemic
There are not only black and white, but also franjiverdes achievements. The latest signatures were signed amid a pandemic that began with the indescribable rise of 2020, the outcome of which lasted until August due to the postponement of Depor-Fuenla.
Elche made another epic in 2020/21. Fran Escribá is back at a club that hasn’t won 16 games. The Franjiverdes have arrived more dead than alive on the last two dates. They beat Cádiz and Athletic and Huesca’s outbursts made this feat possible.. Will there be another one in the centennial?
100 years of history goes a long way, but In 2023, Elche will face the option of achieving the greatest success in its hundred-year history.If the green-greens, who went down to the last place without a win in the 14-day competition, manage to reverse the situation after the disastrous start of the season.
Now led by Pablo Machín, the men will have to perform what now seems little less than a miracle. At 8 points from persistence after adding only 4 out of 42 possible, his main ally is still time left for the tournament to conclude. numerically: 24 games and 72 points at stake.
No achievement of this scale is known in Elche’s centennial history. What would be sought from day 29 when the league turned against Atlético would be ahead of other cases where the presence from Elche managed to straighten course while everything else pointed to failure. A series of successes that began in the 1960s and whose last episode was only two years ago.
A completed reaction at the promotion
Elche, who was promoted to the elite squad of Spanish football for the first time in 1959, took his second step to the First Division in 1961. To be shoulder to shoulder with the greatest of Chapter Three. And it was noticed.
After matchday 20, Antonio Barrios was sacked with the lower team, with five points remaining and only three wins in his locker. Miguel Beltral came in and leveled the pitch with four wins (including 4-1 Athletic) and a draw after returning from 2-0 at Camp Nou. On the final day, Elche had to beat a Valencia playing for third place. Made it big: 4-1. The promotion was waiting for Atlético Ceuta, who won 1-0 on North African soil. The defeat of the second match (4-0) was rounded off by the terrific performances of Romero, Cayetano Ré and Iborra, but the green-franchiverdes did not give a penalty until the end.
From spending 13 days without winning to making history
At the end of this decade, Elche had a heroic season finale in 1968/69. Led by Roque Máspoli, the team went through a deep crisis that left them without a 13-game win, but the fact that the season’s draws meant the sum of half the trophies in question helped alleviate this qualifier-level drought. In the preview of matchday 28 (second to last), the French Greens scored two points against Real Madrid without being relegated. Madrid were already champions and had never lost a game.
The alarms in Altabix were ready to go off, but Elche rang the bell. They beat the meringues with Curro’s goal and confirmed their permanence with a draw on the Espanyol field the following week.. At its worst, he revealed a pride that led him to become a Cup finalist a month later.
Win or descend against Barça and Athletic
In the 1969/70 and 1975/76 seasons, Elche once again wrote the pages that are still remembered half a century later. In the first case, the green-greens stood up to the last day with the obligation to beat Barcelona if they wanted to continue in the First League. They succeeded in an unforgettable match decided by Asensi.in his last service as a franchise, against the team that would sign him that same summer.
Five years later, the people of Elche had to face another extremely complex situation, as they occupied the red light on matchday 30, with only four matches left and found themselves 5 points away from the rest. Led by Marcel Domingo, the team heroically reached the final match day alive: they beat Sporting and Sevilla at home and drew Salamanca 2-0. Athletic was expected as a possible hangman as in the 1969 final, but this time Elche won 3-1 with heroes Rubén Cano and Félix Palomares..
Miracles in the pandemic
There are not only black and white, but also franjiverdes achievements. The latest signatures were signed amid a pandemic that began with the indescribable rise of 2020, the outcome of which lasted until August due to the postponement of Depor-Fuenla.
Elche made another epic in 2020/21. Fran Escribá is back at a club that hasn’t won 16 games. The Franjiverdes have arrived more dead than alive on the last two dates. They beat Cádiz and Athletic and Huesca’s outbursts made this feat possible.. Will there be another one in the centennial?