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 Lliga Comunitat – South, 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.

Season to season

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
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. 19thSeason 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
1956–5741ª Reg.4th
1957–5841ª Reg.5th
1958–5941ª Reg.1st
1959–6033ª11th
1960–6133ª11th
1961–6233ª12th
1962–6333ª10th
1963–6433ª7th
1964–6533ª7th
1965–6633ª7th
1966–6733ª13th
1967–6833ª12th
1968–6941ª Reg.13th
1969–7041ª Reg.10th
1970–7141ª Reg.18th
1971–724Reg. Pref.20th
1972–7351ª Reg.3rd
1973–744Reg. Pref.18th
1974–7551ª Reg.1st
1975–764Reg. Pref.19th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
1976–774Reg. Pref.14th
1977–785Reg. Pref.12th
1978–7961ª Reg.2nd
1979–8061ª Reg.1st
1980–815Reg. Pref.4th
1981–825Reg. Pref.7th
1982–835Reg. Pref.3rd
1983–8443ª14th
1984–8543ª11th
1985–8643ª16th
1986–8743ª19th
1987–885Reg. Pref.20th
1988–8961ª Reg.1st
1989–905Reg. Pref.11th
1990–915Reg. Pref.18th
1991–9261ª Reg.4th
1992–9361ª Reg.4th
1993–9461ª Reg.4th
1994–9561ª Reg.16th
1995–9661ª Reg.17th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
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 10thSeason 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. 18th 2025–26 6 Lliga Com.
1996–97DNP
1997–9872ª Reg.2nd
1998–9961ª Reg.10th
1999–200061ª Reg.15th
2000–0172ª Reg.4th
2001–0272ª Reg.18th
2002–0372ª Reg.3rd
2003–0461ª Reg.13th
2004–0561ª Reg.2nd
2005–0661ª Reg.6th
2006–0761ª Reg.13th
2007–0861ª Reg.10th
2008–0961ª Reg.9th
2009–1061ª Reg.6th
2010–1161ª Reg.2nd
2011–125Reg. Pref.16th
2012–1361ª Reg.1st
2013–145Reg. Pref.4th
2014–155Reg. Pref.1st
2015–1643ª10th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey
2016–1743ª12th
2017–1843ª15th
2018–1943ª18th
2019–205Reg. Pref.3rd
2020–215Reg. Pref.4th
2021–226Reg. Pref.2nd
2022–2353ª Fed.13th
2023–2453ª Fed.15th
2024–2553ª Fed.18th
2025–266Lliga Com.

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