Club de Fútbol Independiente Alicante is a Spanish football club based in

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in th ...

in the Valencian Community. Founded in 2014, it plays in Regional Preferente – Group 4, holding home games at ', with a capacity of 4,000 seats.

History

Founded in 2014 as an heir to

Alicante CF Alicante Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1918, it played its home matches at ''Estadio Alicante CF'', with a 4,000-seat capacity. History ''Alicante Club de Fútbol'', under t ...

, adopting their colors and logo, CFI Alicante began to play in the ''Segunda Regional'', the lowest tier of the Valencian regional divisions. After achieving promotion to ''Primera Regional'' in 2016, the club first reached the Regional Preferente in 2018. In 2021, after having economic problems, the club reached a collaboration agreement with

CF Intercity Club de Fútbol Intercity is a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. The club plays in the Primera División RFEF – Group 2, the third tier of Spanish football. They hold home games at the ''Estadio Antonio So ...

. The club played in the

2021–22 Copa del Rey The 2021–22 Copa del Rey is the 120th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The winners are assured a place in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League#Group stage, 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group s ...

, being knocked out by Real Betis. On 14 July 2022, CFI Alicante reached another agreement with Intercity, to act as their reserve team for the 2022–23 season.

Season to season

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alicante 2014 establishments in Spain Association football clubs established in 2014 Football clubs in the Valencian Community Sport in Alicante