{{Short description|Association football club in Spain}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Poli El Ejido | image = Polideportivo Ejido.png | upright = 0.7 | fullname = Club Polideportivo El Ejido 1969, S.A.D. | nickname = ''Poli'', ''El Ejido'', ''Los Celestes'', ''Los Pitufos'' | founded = {{start date and age|2012}} | ground = Santo Domingo<br> El Ejido, Andalusia, Spain | capacity = 7,870<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-08|title=El Ejido – Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo|url=https://espanaestadios.com/2018/10/08/el-ejido-estadio-municipal-de-santo-domingo/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Estadios de España|language=en}}</ref> | owner = Rubén Alejandro Bouza | chrtitle = President | chairman = Rubén Alejandro Bouza | manager = José Francisco | mgrtitle = Head coach | league = {{Spanish football updater|El Ejido}} | season = {{Spanish football updater|El Ejido2}} | position = {{Spanish football updater|El Ejido3}} | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1= | leftarm1=66CCFF|body1=66CCFF|rightarm1=66CCFF|shorts1=00008B|socks1=66CCFF | pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2= | leftarm2=CC0000|body2=CC0000|rightarm2=CC0000|shorts2=CC0000|socks2=CC0000 }} '''Club Polideportivo El Ejido 1969''' is a Spanish football club based in El Ejido, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1989 under the name of El Ejido Fútbol Sala (was only a futsal club until 2012), it currently plays in {{Spanish football updater|El Ejido}}.

==History== thumb|left|180px|Logo used until 2024 In 2013, the club absorbed CP Berja and name changed to CD El Ejido 2012.

On 25 June 2016, El Ejido were promoted to Segunda División B after overcoming CD Laredo in the last round of the promotion play-offs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavozdealmeria.es/vernoticia.php?IdNoticia=109198&IdSeccion=8|publisher=La Voz de Almería|language=es|title=El CD El Ejido asciende a Segunda División B|date=25 May 2016|access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref> The season in the new category was complicated, but the club managed to remain its place in Segunda División B by finishing 14th among 20 teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.resultados-futbol.com/historico/Cd-El-Ejido/2017|title=Histórico CD El Ejido 2012 - Segunda División B G 4 2016/2017|website=www.resultados-futbol.com|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref>

In the 2018–19 season, the club was relegated to Tercera División by finishing 17th in the Segunda División B, Group 4.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.resultados-futbol.com/historico/Cd-El-Ejido/2020|title=Histórico CD El Ejido 2012 - Tercera División G 9|website=www.resultados-futbol.com|access-date=2019-11-25}}</ref> In November 2021, the club changed name to ''Club Polideportivo El Ejido 1969'', as an honour to Polideportivo Ejido.

In 2025, Poli El Ejido suffered relegation from Tercera Federación, returning to the regional leagues after 11 years. Initially excluded from the División de Honor,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/andalucia/2025/09/26/sentencia-de-muerte-el-poli-el-ejido-excluido-y-descendido-de-la-competicion-ser-almeria/|title=Sentencia de muerte: el Poli El Ejido, excluido y descendido de la competición|trans-title=Death sentence: Poli El Ejido, excluded and relegated from the competition|publisher=Cadena SER|language=es|date=26 September 2025|accessdate=22 April 2026}}</ref> the club was readmitted in the category due to a court order on 30 January 2026,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/mas-futbol/2026/02/02/insolito-poli-ejido-1969-tendra-jugar-30-jornadas-cuatro-meses.html|title=Insólito: ¡el Poli Ejido 1969 tendrá que jugar 30 jornadas en cuatro meses!|trans-title=Unbelievable: Poli Ejido 1969 will have to play 30 matches in four months!|publisher=Marca|language=es|date=2 February 2026|accessdate=22 April 2026}}</ref> but deemed "impossible" to play all 30 matches of the competition within four months.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/deportes/poli-ejido-inviable-reintegracion-division_0_2005866755.html|title=El Poli El Ejido ve inviable el proceder en su reintegración en División de Honor|trans-title=Poli El Ejido consider their reintegration into the División de Honor unfeasible|publisher=Diario de Almería|language=es|date=10 February 2026|accessdate=22 April 2026}}</ref> In February, the Administrative Court of Sport of Andalusia (TADA) – which also granted the club's reintegration earlier – ruled in favor of Poli Ejido for the suspension of their fixture calendar, stating that the Royal Andalusian Football Federation would need to seek a "viable" alternative to comply with the previous resolution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.101tv.es/el-tada-da-la-razon-al-poli-el-ejido-y-la-rfaf-debera-hacer-viable-la-ejecucion-de-la-resolucion/|title=El TADA da la razón al Poli El Ejido y la RFAF deberá buscar una alternativa «viable» a la resolución|trans-title=The TADA rules in favor of Poli El Ejido and the RFAF will have to find a "viable" alternative to the resolution|publisher=101 TV|language=es|date=24 February 2026|accessdate=22 April 2026}}</ref>

==Season to season== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !Season !Tier !Division !Place !Copa del Rey |- |style="background:#BBD7EC;"|2012–13 |style="background:#BBD7EC;"|6 |style="background:#BBD7EC;"|Reg. Pref. |style="background:#BBD7EC;"|{{tooltip|3rd|promoted}} !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#EFEF99;"|2013–14 |style="background:#EFEF99;"|5 |style="background:#EFEF99;"|1ª And. |style="background:#EFEF99;"|{{tooltip|1st|promoted}} |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|2014–15 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"| |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|13th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|2015–16 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"| |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|{{tooltip|4th|promoted}} |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2016–17 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2ª B |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|14th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2017–18 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2ª B |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|10th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2018–19 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2ª B |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|{{tooltip|17th|relegated}} !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|2019–20 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|4 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"| |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|{{tooltip|2nd|promoted}} |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2020–21 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|3 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2ª B |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|{{Abbr|8th|Group 4 – Subgroup B (first phase)}} / {{Abbr|2nd|Group 4 – Subgroup E (second phase)}} !style="background:#efefef;"|First round |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2021–22 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|4 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2ª RFEF |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|11th !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2022–23 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|4 |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|2ª Fed. |style="background:#DEC5AB;"|{{tooltip|15th|relegated}} !style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|2023–24 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|5 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3ª Fed. |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|13th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|2024–25 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|5 |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|3ª Fed. |style="background:#FFD3BD;"|16th |style="background:#efefef;"| |- |style="background:#EFEF99;"|2025–26 |style="background:#EFEF99;"|6 |style="background:#EFEF99;"|Div. Hon. |style="background:#EFEF99;"|{{Abbr|(R)|Retired}} |style="background:#efefef;"| |} ---- *'''4''' seasons in Segunda División B *'''2''' seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF *'''3''' seasons in Tercera División *'''2''' seasons in Tercera Federación

==Current squad== {{updated|9 March 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=treze|title=Primer Equipo » Club Deportivo El Ejido|url=https://www.clubdeportivoelejido.com/primer-equipo/|access-date=5 April 2021|website=Club Deportivo El Ejido|language=es}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=ESP|pos=GK|name=Jesús Godino}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=VEN|pos=DF|name=Adrián Cova}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=Jonxa Vidal}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Isaiah|other= on loan from Atlético Madrid B}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=Cristian Moreno|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=Rubén Palomeque}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Juanje}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Víctor Pérez}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Jon Etxaniz}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Toni Dovale}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Boris Garrós}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=Fred Conte|other= on loan from Valladolid B}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=Sana N'Diaye}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Miguel Olavide}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Lucas Ferraz|other= on loan from Argentinos Juniors}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Sergio Pérez}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=Iñigo Zubiri}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Tiago Portuga}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=UKR|pos=FW|name=Danylo Honcharuk|other= on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Toni Arranz}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Mauro dos Santos}} {{Fs end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.clubdeportivoelejido.com/}} {{in lang|es}} *[https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/e/e386.html CD El Ejido] at BDFutbol

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