Eldense has chained three consecutive climbs!

The climb to LaLigaSmartBank of Eldense Sports Club confirmed the return to professional football of the dean club of the province of Alicante after being established in 1921, before Elche either Herculesthe Alicante clubs with the greatest number of seasons in First division.

Eldense returned to a category in which they had not played since the 1963-64 season, sixty years ago. Since then, the Barça team has gone through divisions such as First RFEF, Second B, Second RFEF and Third division.

In Pascual Perez as president, Eldense also chained three consecutive promotions. In the 2020-2021 season he managed to get out of the Third in the middle of the pandemic. A year ago he was also promoted to the First RFEF after losing Royal Society C and Sestao River.

And on June 15, 2023, he arrived in professional football after a great campaign in which he was the leader for many days and in which he recovered, after overcoming the promotion. Celtic B and in Real Madrid Castilla.

Surprisingly, the Alicante team’s first promotion to the Second Division was achieved after defeating the Real Madrid subsidiary, then called plus ultrain 1956.

In that promotion, the first leg was also played in Madrid and the second leg in Elda. In the first match, played in the stadium Santiago BernabeuPlus Ultra and Eldense tied (3-3) in a quick clash.

The decisive second leg, played on May 20, 1956, was decided in favor of ancient who defeated the Madrid subsidiary with a resounding 3-0, thus achieving their first promotion to the second category of Spanish football.

Sixty-seven years later, Eldense achieved their final promotion to Segunda after again losing the promotion final in subsidiary of Real Madrid, currently called Castilla.

The Barcelona team played five seasons in the Second Division (56-57, 57-58, 58-59, 62-63 and 63-64) so ​​that Eldense did not play in this category for six decades, their best ranking was seventh place in 62- 63 campaigns.