new coachElche CF, sebastian beccacecewill continue the sweeping saga of Argentine coaches sitting on the green-and-green bench throughout its hundred-year history. in total Elche coaches from Argentina led Elche team with mixed luck.
some, mostly Felipe Mesones and Roque Olsen, who were the biggest parties; They achieved victory and received two promotions to the First Division. others, especially Jorge Almiron, Lately; And Gustavo Silva They went through more pain than victory.
He was the first Argentine legend to lead Elche Alfredo Di Stefano. It was his first experience on the bench after a brilliant playing career at Real Madrid. Di Stéfano spent just one season with Elche. 1967-1968 season.
Next Roque Olsen, taking place in six campaigns and four different stages. came to the course 1971-1972, after relegation to the Second Division. He was about to be promoted to the team in his first year. On the last day, he was left in the gates after failing to beat Oviedo in Altabix.
next season (1972-1973) Yes, he did it three days in advance.. The next course became permanent, but not renewed. He returned in the 1977-1978 campaign. Later, in 1983-1984, Diego Quiles replaced it instead Cayetano Re. And in the 1985-1986 campaign, Quiles called him back. Roque Olsen is the second most played coach in Elche with 206 games in total.
Another Argentinian who leads the Franjiverde team Nestor “Pipe” Rossi. Despite having only two seasons: 1974-1975 and 1975-1976, he left a good mark and achieved one of the best scores in the history of the green-and-green team with a team including Argentinian players. Ruben cano anyone Gomez Voglino.
Elche became the fourth coach of the South American country to sit on the bench. felipe mesonesholds the record for most games (213) and most wins (95). He also has two promotions to the First Division.
inns five seasons in five different stages. After debuting in 1976-1977, he returned four years later in the 1981-1882 campaign, finishing fourth in the Second Division and not rising on goal difference with Málaga. Yes, he did in the 1987-1988 season. Robi’s historic goal at Los Cármenes stadium in Granada. He led the Second B team in the 1995-1996 academic year and returned to the team in 2000-2001. Francisco Borgia in the presidency. It started very well but the team was watered down.
in season 1980-1981, Jose Hector Rial He was only three months old as a coach. Something similar happened to Gustavo Silva in the 1990-1991 season and he couldn’t avoid being relegated to Second B.
Although not promoted, Jorge D’Alessandro Another of the Argentine coaches with fond memories of the fans. After replacing Mesones, he took part in 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 courses. He managed to stay in the Second Division after a very difficult season in the first round.
Oscar Ruggeri reached Elche in the campaign 2003-2004 As the captain of the Argentina team, he is supported by the title of world champion. Accompanied by Ricardo Gareca Carlos Garcia Cantarero, but his team failed to turn it around and he was sacked a little over five months later. He was replaced by César Ferrando, tasked with finishing a top-secret route in the Second Division.
Jose Luis Acciari While coaching the subsidiary, after hanging his boots as a player, he took charge of the first team as interim coach in a match against Mallorca in Segunda B. The dismissal of Vicente Mir. then he came Josico and Acciari remained second. He finished the course flower, Achieving second place.
And before Beccacece, the last Argentine coach to manage Elche Jorge Almiron. In the 2020-2021 season, after a brilliant promotion to Primera in owner Girona, Christian BragarnikSurprisingly, he decided to give up on Pacheta and bet on a technician from his representative company that he saw fit to lead the team in the highest category, despite his zero experience in Spain.
The experiment couldn’t have gone any worse. Although Almirón lasted until exhaustion, he left the team after 16 matches without winning.
The failed experiment is dissatisfied, Bragarnik brings back Argentinian coach this season after knocking out Francisco On the seventh day, Elche’s maximum shareholder was wrong again, and his friend and representation lasted only five days.
Now, The Argentine investor once again made a bet on a coach from his country, like Sebastián Beccacece, who had no experience in Spain.. The new coach has 12 games ahead of him to finish the season with dignity and prepare the squad for the next campaign, with the sole aim of promotion to the Premier League. It remains to be seen whether the citizens of Beccacece will make it to the list of Mesones or Roque Olsen or, on the contrary, to remain on the list of fiascos like Almirón or Gustavo Silva..
ARGENTINE COACHES IN ELCHE HISTORY
Alfredo Di Stefano 1967-1968
Roque Olsen 1971-1972, 1972-1973, 1973-1974, 1977-1978, 1983-1984 and 1985-1986
Nestor “Pipe” Rossi 1974-1975 and 1975-1976
felipe mesones 1976-1977, 1981-1982, 1987-1988, 1995-1996 and 2000-2001
Jose Hector Rial 1980-1981
Gustavo Silva 1990-1991
Jorge D’Alessandro 1999-2000 and 2000-2001
Oscar Ruggeri 2003-2004
Jose Luis Acciari 2017-2018
Jorge Almiron 2020-2021 and 2022-2023
sebastian beccacece 2022-2023