HE old make the dream come true. He took his place in professional football, leaving the First Federation behind in a season where he was unstoppable, making a great breakthrough that he has managed to lead many times. The illusion and enthusiasm of the new Pepico Amat has been concealed all these years through a fan base who has devoted themselves to their club and shared the same dream: to return to the silver category, the Smartbank League. Openly, The last time we saw Estévez’s men in the Second Division was 59 years ago. in the 63-64 season.

Business season after season Ivan ForteThe captain of CD Eldense managed the ship by getting three promotions in a row with the club of his heart that raised him. In the midst of the pandemic, the Barça team has already drawn its claws and chastity to earn a spot in the Third Division in 2020-2021. Success continued the following year, reaching the First RFEF. Club president Pascual Pérez and Barça coach Fernando Estévez played a key role in this win. Your perseverance and desire for continuous improvement It was forwarded to the players by Pérez. Likewise, Mr. Estévez instilled a philosophy. Unity, friendship and work creates the perfect climate for all players to have more joy and more success in the Barça dressing room.


The Barça club has been promoted three times in a row in recent seasons. AXEL ALVAREZ

A combined wardrobe and retained the calm and winning spirit during these seasonsmakes coexistence possible. The arrivals and departures in the transfer markets did not change, continuing to convey the essence and values ​​of the deeply rooted club to all new transfers.

This year they proved to be more than just a team from a municipality of 52,000 inhabitants, with a high level every season in 2022-2023.

The new Pepico Amat maintains the same winning and development gene. Estévez’s have the hunger and desire to keep making dreams come true. No one would have said that at the start of the season when they lost to Real Sociedad or drew with Numancia. This turning point, After these two unfortunate encounters, the Elda club would leave. connecting a few winning league days this would have thrown him into the deserved second position at the table and they would have tied the points with the leader of the standings, Amorebieta.

They managed to put an end to Celta B’s illusions in a heart-stopping playoff. They eventually succumbed to an unstoppable Eldense and scored a home win in the second match, one of many scored throughout the year. proving to be one of the safest and most solvent groups locally.


Eldense fans have supported their team all these years and carried the common dream of reaching professional football on their wings. AXEL ALVAREZ

There have been some qualifying matches led by Manu Nieto, one of Gerard Pique’s students, on loan from Andorra FC. advance and strengthen your team when the opponents put the most pressure. The Cordoba man held the Catalans in the silver category challenge in four games played.

With an exciting playoff result, Estévez’s team would occasionally be seen against an opponent. Real Madrid – Castile It wouldn’t make things any easier. Deportivo Eldense, served by the draw, would score once again. Final touch to a very good season with his promotion To the Second Division, which is their fifth promotion since the club was founded 100 years ago. emotion and the frenzy of a whole heart-expanding hobbyIt is a reflection of a great job before an unimaginable success 6 years ago.

A good job by the sports management of the whole shoe town cleared the accounts, brought up a new project and managed to put Deportivo Eldense back on the national football scene.

Now with one hangover of celebrations and joyThe fans, players, technical team and management continue their preparations. facing a new stage in professional football, with the determination not to give up this privileged position. A battle to the teeth against big and well-known opponents who share the same goal. Making its permanence a reality and who knows is another surprise we’re already used to.

Deportivo Eldense knew that dreaming alone is not helpful, and that dreams must be followed to the end to make them come true.


Eldense starting line-up in the final playoff game.

This was the decisive match to return to the greats: CD Eldense-Real Madrid Castilla

A commendable success against Real Madrid Castilla has positioned CD Eldense in professional football. Not an easy encounter, where both clubs were fighting for a place in the Second Division. put the applicants for the next season against the ropes at the Nuevo Pepico Amat stadium. At times the match tended to end in a draw, with the two teams keeping their strengths intact. Despite this situation, the local team had already finished, so a draw was not a problem thanks to the position they had marked in the standings: the minimum required to move up was to finish in a draw.

Despite Low Toni Abad, due to the accumulation of yellow cards; Álex Martínez has been added to Alicante’s top scorer in the playoffs, Manu Nieto, due to his injury.

The match was sometimes not seen on the side of Elda’s team, who saw how Real Madrid-Castilla twice pushed the ball back with Rafa Marín and Dotor. 0-2 tied the local team to the ropes in the first half of the match. The Catalans would not lower their weapons. Again, as he did throughout the whole process. playoffsNieto would emerge, finding a lateral middle into the small area with a magnificent head that sent the ball behind the goal inaccessible to the Whites goalkeeper. That’s how Estévez’s rest with 1-2 keeping the dream of second place and the options to continue in the promotion struggle alive.

The second episode began with a big push from Estévez’s men.It was seen that the team from the capital was cornered in a small area from time to time due to the great pressure of the locals. With a crowd supporting their team to step up a bit on the scoreboard that would give them the long-awaited direct promotion draw, Eldense scored his second goal. As a result of the hard work in this second half, a magnificent Álex Bernal appears from the right flank and finds Carlos Hernández in the void, so the latter finishes as he wishes against the white goalkeeper Luis López.

The 2-2 game was going into overtime, The only alternative for the Whites was to find a goal that would position them as the second team. Elda’s would have to suffer a little more.

And it was, because in An extension not for the weakest hearts, azulgranas saw for the white team in a few minutes how far they were from the promotion after the goal in the second half of extra time: Arribas did not hesitate to get the Madrid team back into professional football by passing through the centre. But in 114 Just 6 minutes after the Madrid team’s goal, Eldense would counter with another goal that would draw the counter once again.. Once again, a fantastic and dazzling Álex Bernal appeared, saving the ball and connecting with Carlos Ortuño to make the score 3-3.

at discount timeWith 5 minutes left in the game, local fans carried their teams on their wings.Despite the nerves and obvious tension, Eldense endured the draw and became a Second Division team.

Centuries old and originating in Barcelona

  • When the club was founded, its first name was Club Deportivo. It was then decided to leave the name as we know it today: Club Deportivo Eldense.

  • The club played in the Second Division in the seasons 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1962/63 and 1963/64. It has been 59 years since his last promotion. Next season, the club will compete for the fifth time in the silver category.

  • It was founded in 1921 by the Barcelona Football Club supporters club. Its first president was Joaquín Seguí Hernández.

  • Club Deportivo Eldense and Elche CF became the oldest teams in the state of Alicante following the disappearance of Alicante CF.

  • The Nuevo Pepico Amat stadium is named after football player José Amat Cerdán, better known as Pepico Amat. Born in Elda, he reached the First Division playing for Hércules and Español in the 1940s. Before starting his sports career, he worked in the local shoe industry. At the end of his football career, he was a football and handball coach.

  • Curiously, when the club managed to advance to the silver category for the first time in the 1956/57 season, it faced Plus Ultra Madrid in its final match, which is today’s Real Madrid Castilla. He won a heart-stopping promotion and reached a historic milestone for the club. History repeats itself.