UD Rayo Ibense

Rayo Ibense

Full name	Unión Deportiva Rayo Ibense
Founded	1930[1]
Ground	Francisco Vilaplana Mariel, Ibi, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Capacity	3,000
President	Juan Cortés[2]
Manager	Rubén Sanz[3]
League	Tercera Federación – Group 6
2023–24	Tercera Federación – Group 6, 15th of 18
Home colours Away colours

Unión Deportiva Rayo Ibense is a football team based in Ibi, Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community. Founded in 1930, they play in Tercera Federación – Group 6, holding home matches at the Francisco Vilaplana Mariel, which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators.

History

Founded in 1930 as Unión Deportiva Ibense, the club merged with another Rayo in the city in 1956 to form Rayo Ibense Club de Fútbol. They first achieved promotion to Tercera División three years later, and spent nine consecutive seasons in the third tier before suffering relegation.

In 1987, after another four-year spell in Tercera, Rayo Ibense were renamed to Sociedad Deportiva Ibi. The club ceased activities in 1996, five years after being renamed to Unión Deportiva Rayo Ibense, but returned to action in the following year under the same name.

Rayo Ibense returned to the fourth tier in 2017, after a 32-year absence. In 2019 they suffered relegation, and achieved promotion to the Tercera Federación in June 2022.[4]

Season to season

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Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1956–57 4 1ª Reg. 4th 1957–58 4 1ª Reg. 5th 1958–59 4 1ª Reg. 1st 1959–60 3 3ª 11th 1960–61 3 3ª 11th 1961–62 3 3ª 12th 1962–63 3 3ª 10th 1963–64 3 3ª 7th 1964–65 3 3ª 7th 1965–66 3 3ª 7th 1966–67 3 3ª 13th 1967–68 3 3ª 12th 1968–69 4 1ª Reg. 13th 1969–70 4 1ª Reg. 10th 1970–71 4 1ª Reg. 18th 1971–72 4 Reg. Pref. 20th 1972–73 5 1ª Reg. 3rd 1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 18th 1974–75 5 1ª Reg. 1st 1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 19th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1976–77 4 Reg. Pref. 14th 1977–78 5 Reg. Pref. 12th 1978–79 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 1979–80 6 1ª Reg. 1st 1980–81 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 1981–82 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 1982–83 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 1983–84 4 3ª 14th 1984–85 4 3ª 11th 1985–86 4 3ª 16th 1986–87 4 3ª 19th 1987–88 5 Reg. Pref. 20th 1988–89 6 1ª Reg. 1st 1989–90 5 Reg. Pref. 11th 1990–91 5 Reg. Pref. 18th 1991–92 6 1ª Reg. 4th 1992–93 6 1ª Reg. 4th 1993–94 6 1ª Reg. 4th 1994–95 6 1ª Reg. 16th 1995–96 6 1ª Reg. 17th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1996–97 DNP 1997–98 7 2ª Reg. 2nd 1998–99 6 1ª Reg. 10th 1999–2000 6 1ª Reg. 15th 2000–01 7 2ª Reg. 4th 2001–02 7 2ª Reg. 18th 2002–03 7 2ª Reg. 3rd 2003–04 6 1ª Reg. 13th 2004–05 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 2005–06 6 1ª Reg. 6th 2006–07 6 1ª Reg. 13th 2007–08 6 1ª Reg. 10th 2008–09 6 1ª Reg. 9th 2009–10 6 1ª Reg. 6th 2010–11 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 2011–12 5 Reg. Pref. 16th 2012–13 6 1ª Reg. 1st 2013–14 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 2014–15 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2015–16 4 3ª 10th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2016–17 4 3ª 12th 2017–18 4 3ª 15th 2018–19 4 3ª 18th 2019–20 5 Reg. Pref. 3rd 2020–21 5 Reg. Pref. 4th 2021–22 6 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 13th 2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 15th 2024–25 5 3ª Fed.

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• 17 seasons in Tercera División
• 3 seasons in Tercera Federación

References

1. UD Rayo Ibense on Instagram (in Spanish)
2. "Juan Cortés: "Aquí lo que se ha hecho es darle el mismo trato a todos los jugadores"" [Juan Cortés: "What we have done here is give the same treatment to all players"] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
3. "Rubén Sanz: "Estoy supercontento por el trabajo de todos, han formado una piña"" [Rubén Sanz: "I am very happy for the work of everyone, they really united"] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
4. "Dani, héroe del ascenso de la UD Rayo Ibense a Tercera RFEF – UD Rayo Ibense vs CF La Nucía B (1–1 / 3–1)" [Dani, hero of UD Rayo Ibense's promotion to Tercera RFEF – UD Rayo Ibense vs CF La Nucía B (1–1 / 3–1)] (in Spanish). Valencian Community Football Federation. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
5. "Unión Deportiva Rayo Ibense" (in Spanish). Fútbol Regional. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
6. "Unión Deportiva Rayo Ibense" (in Spanish). Fútbol Regional. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

External links

• Soccerway team profile