Elche Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club from Elche. The club was founded on January 10, 1923 as "El sharing" and changed its name to EDF when it was promoted to the Tercera División six years later, in 1934. This was one of the promotions up until 1939 where conflict arose because the club won promotion just two points clear of Ontinyent CF, leading to them changing their name again after the end of World War II but not before becoming a "o" added, which at least symbolizes how much things have changed since then!

FC Elche was on the rise in 1957 when it made its debut in the Primera División. And as if that wasn't enough to capture the attention of the fans and break records across Spain for decades, Elche secured a coveted fifth place finish after just three seasons! In the 1964 season, Vavá became the club's only top scorer, which says a lot about how great the side really were back then - even without modern players like Fernando Morientes or Raul Bravo being able to achieve such feats in La Liga.

The club has spent five seasons in the 1st division and seven more in the Segunda División. Despite making almost 200 appearances in all of these competitions, they never managed to climb out of Spain's top flight - their best result being runners-up three times - before finally achieving their goal last year when they won a historic one after 29 years Making a comeback...After two seasons of relegation, the club slipped down to the professional bottom division, La Liga, in 1991, which is now known around the world, largely because there are many big-name players playing there.

League. In the 2012/13 season the club returned to the Primera División after 24 long years and finished 13th in the middle of the table! Due to financial issues that couldn't be resolved before the promotion criteria for next year's tournament were met, PSV Eindhoven will spend another season below the Spanish top flight - but this time it won't feel so disappointing because until then there are many more games...This passage about football contains some important points: 1) Liga means "the facility where professionals play" 2) In 2012 + 2013.