Formation: 1935
Stadium: Campo de Fútbol Quatre Camins
Ground Capacity: 3,000
Shirt Colours: Plain White with Black Sleeves
Major Honours: Champions – Regional Preferente: 1988-89, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01; Champions – Primera Regional: 1961-62, 2010-11, 2015-16; Champions – Primera FFCV: 2023-24.
Position 2024/25: 9th in Lliga Comunitat – Sur
UD Carcaixent was founded in 1935 and first competed in the Primera Regional of the Valencian region after the Spanish Civil War. The club achieved promotion to the Tercera División, then the third tier of Spanish football, at the end of the 1942/43 season. After a brief return to the Primera Regional, UD Carcaixent regained Tercera División status at the end of 1944/45, playing two seasons before dropping back. The club remained in the Primera Regional until winning promotion again at the end of 1955/56.
Apart from a two-season spell in the early 1960s in the Primera Regional, UD Carcaixent stayed in the national league system until relegation in 1967/68, falling to the Primera Regional, then the second tier of regional football, within three years. A third-place finish in 1976/77 earned promotion to the Regional Preferente, and a runner-up finish two years later returned the club to the Tercera División, now the fourth tier. In the 1979/80 Copa del Rey, the club reached the second round, defeating CD Eldense before losing 4-2 on aggregate to Terrassa FC. A second-place league finish in 1980/81 remains the club’s highest to date.
A brief return to Regional Preferente in the late 1980s saw the club win its second championship, securing promotion to the Tercera División for four seasons before relegation in 1992/93. The 1990/91 Copa del Rey saw UD Carcaixent reach the second round again, beating CD Olímpic before losing 6-1 on aggregate to CF Gandía.
The club’s third Regional Preferente championship in 1997/98 gave it a playoff opportunity for promotion, but UD Carcaixent finished third in Group B behind Foyos CD and Alicante CF. Another runner-up finish the following season again failed in the playoffs, losing 5-2 on aggregate in the semi-finals to CD Acero. A second-place finish in 2000/01 finally secured promotion to the Tercera División for two seasons before relegation back to Regional Preferente, and by 2009, the club had dropped to the Primera Regional, the second tier of regional football.
The 2010/11 season brought UD Carcaixent its fourth championship and promotion to Regional Preferente, but by 2014, the club was back in Primera Regional. Playoff success in 2015/16, a 4-3 aggregate win over El Puig CE, returned the team to the top tier of regional football, where it remained until 2022/23. A 10th-place finish meant UD Carcaixent did not join the newly formed Lliga Comunitat, returning instead to the second tier.
In 2023/24, the club reached the semi-finals of the Copa Comunitat Mediterrànea – La Nostra Copa, losing 2-1 to eventual winners Manises CF. A dominant league campaign that same season – just one defeat in 30 games -saw UD Carcaixent win Group 3 of the Primera FFCV and secure promotion back to the Lliga Comunitat, where it finished 9th last season.
This season, UD Carcaixent have won once and lost two in their first three matches and currently sit 12th in the table. Last weekend, they were crushed 0-3 at home to CD Thader and will surely be looking to getting their season back on track in Jávea.
Getting There
We’ve Met Before
CD Jávea and CD Olímpic have met competitively 39 times since their first meeting in October 1966 in the Tercera División – then the third tier in the Spanish football pyramid – when the two sides drew 1-1 in Jávea; UD Carcaixent won 2-0 in the return fixture in late-January 1967. CD Jávea finished 16th in the table at the end of the season on 28 points, the same total as UD Carcaixent who were placed higher on the strength of the better head-to-head record.
CD Jávea have won ten of the 20 meetings at home, losing three, the last time during the 2016-17 season when UD Carcaixent completed their second “double” against the rojiblancos, two of only eight defeats for the Jávea side that season. The rojiblancos have won just six times in 19 games in Carcaixent and haven’t lost since that 2017-18 season. (The odd number of games is due to the away game during the 2020-21 season being cancelled due to the pandemic.)
Victories: CD Jávea, 16; UD Carcaixent 14.
Goals Scored: CD Jávea 54; UD Carcaixent 46
Biggest Victory: 5-1 (12/04/1970 and 07/03/1993, both in Xàbia)
Biggest Defeat: 0-4 (16/11/1975) in Carcaixent.
Season 2025/26
04/10/2025, 17:00 – CD Jávea v UD Carcaixent
01/02/2026, tbc – UD Carcaixent v CD Jávea