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Jove Elx

Jove Elx, the Elche CF ultra group born in 1982 and based in the Fondo Sur of the Martínez Valero: clashes in 2010 and 2011, the club's restrictions, the Fondo Sur 1923 stand, the Antiviolencia commission and attributed ideology.

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Jove Elx is the ultra group of Elche CF, born in 1982 and located in the Fondo Sur of the Martínez Valero stadium. 20minutos (2014) and a Miguel Hernández University paper (2023) attribute a far-right ideology to it. In 2017 the Anti-Violence Commission proposed penalising the club for favouring it, and in December 2018 it kept it on its list of risk groups, according to Alicante Plaza.

Club
Elche CF
City
Elche
Stadium
Martínez Valero
Stand
Fondo Sur of the Martínez Valero (2023 reference)
Founded
1982
Relationship with the authorities
On the Anti-Violence Commission's list of risk groups (December 2018)

Documented history

Jove Elx: the Elche ultra group since 1982

Jove Elx was born in 1982. In February 2012 it celebrated its thirtieth anniversary with a video that covers material, chants and away trips since its foundation; Elche's Memoria digital added it to its catalogue in November 2014. Its relationship with Elche CF has gone through different stages, from the limits on collaboration communicated by the club in 2013 to its participation in campaigns supporting the team.

2010–2011: clashes with Bukaneros and with the police

In April 2010, members of Bukaneros, of Rayo Vallecano, burst into a Jove Elx gathering in Elche and left three people injured, according to Marca. The final degree project by Baltasar Barceló Sánchez (UMH, 2023) records that brawl and another with the police inside the Martínez Valero during the match against Xerez in 2011; the author states that he was part of the police operation that intervened.

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2013–2014: restrictions and club campaigns

On 21 August 2013, Elche CF reported National Police instructions not to organise or facilitate Jove Elx's away trips, citing precedents in earlier campaigns, and limited institutional collaboration with the group. In April 2014, during the #YoConfío survival campaign, the club published a statement by a representative identified with Jove Elx alongside those of other supporters' groups, with a call to unite the fans.

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Friendships and rivalries described in 2014

20minutos' December 2014 overview cited Ultra Yomus, of Valencia, and Frente Bokerón, of Málaga, as allies of Jove Elx, and Herculigans, of Hércules, as an enemy. Ultra Yomus listed Jove Elx among its allies, and Sección Kolokón, of Granada, included it among its enemies. The group then claimed that it did not consider itself violent and only wanted to cheer on Elche.

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2017: Antiviolencia and the Grada Fondo Sur 1923

In 2017 Elche CF created the Grada de Animación Fondo Sur 1923, in the Fondo Sur of the Martínez Valero, presented by the club as apolitical and open to any supporter. That year the Anti-Violence Commission proposed two fines of 15,000 euros on the club: in April, for a promotion it understood to be aimed at Jove Elx, and in October, for the creation of the new stand, in which 25 of its 185 members were linked to the group, according to Alicante Plaza. In January 2017 the National Police had prevented the group from attending Elche's match in Oviedo.

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2018: on the list of risk groups

In its December 2018 update, the State Commission against Violence kept Jove Elx on its list of risk groups in Segunda, alongside Symmachiarii, according to Alicante Plaza. No source located records a later update of that list referring to the group. In 2023 the UMH paper placed it in the Fondo Sur of the Martínez Valero.

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Key dates

Timeline of Jove Elx

  1. 1982 · Founded

    The Elche CF animation group is born.

  2. 2010 · Brawl with Bukaneros

    Members of Bukaneros burst into a gathering of the group in Elche.

  3. 2012 · Thirty years

    Commemorative anniversary video, recorded in February.

  4. 2013 · Club limits

    Elche communicates police instructions not to facilitate its away trips.

  5. 2017 · Antiviolencia proposals

    Two proposed fines on the club for favouring the group; the Grada de Animación Fondo Sur 1923 is born.

  6. 2018 · Risk list

    The Anti-Violence Commission keeps it among the risk groups in Segunda.

Ideology and identity · Jove Elx

Jove Elx is classified as a far-right group in the final degree project by Baltasar Barceló Sánchez (Miguel Hernández University, 2023), which adds that its activities were then limited to cheering. 20minutos attributed the same ideology to it in December 2014, when the group said it did not consider itself violent. The Grada de Animación Fondo Sur 1923, created by the club in 2017, presents itself as apolitical; that definition belongs to the club's stand, not to the group.

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Frequently asked questions

Getting to know Jove Elx

What are the Elche ultras called?

Jove Elx, a group born in 1982 and associated with the Fondo Sur of the Martínez Valero.

In what year was Jove Elx founded?

In 1982, according to 20minutos and the video of its thirtieth anniversary, recorded in February 2012.

What is Jove Elx's ideology?

Far right, according to 20minutos (2014) and a final degree project from Miguel Hernández University (2023), which adds that its activities were then limited to cheering.

Where do the Elche ultras stand?

In the Fondo Sur of the Martínez Valero, where the UMH paper (2023) places Jove Elx and where the club has located the Grada de Animación Fondo Sur 1923 since 2017.

Which groups is Jove Elx friendly or rival with?

In 2014 20minutos cited Ultra Yomus and Frente Bokerón as allies and Herculigans as an enemy; Sección Kolokón counted it among its enemies. In 2010 it was attacked by Bukaneros in Elche.

Is Jove Elx a risk group?

The Anti-Violence Commission kept it on its list of risk groups in December 2018, according to Alicante Plaza. No later update has been located.

What is its relationship with the Grada Fondo Sur 1923?

It is the animation stand that Elche created in 2017 in the same end; Antiviolencia then reported that 25 of its 185 members were linked to Jove Elx.

Sources

The documents behind this history

Each source keeps its date and scope. Titles appear in their original language. An insider account, an announcement and an official decision document different facts.

Documentary review: 18 October 2026. English edition: 21 October 2026. Editorial team: Mundo Ultras.

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