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In spite of guiding Elche back to the Spanish La Liga after a five-year absence, Juan Jose Rojo Martin, known as “Pacheta”, will not lead the team into the Spanish top-flight.
“The coach and the club are going their separate ways, ending a glorious and triumphant cycle which will go down in the memory of our fans forever,” Elche said in a statement on Tuesday.
Pacheta’s contract with the club expired at the end of the season, although it was not clear why it was not renewed.
He took over a club in financial ruin and in Spain’s third tier in February 2018 and earned promotion from the Segunda Division B in his first campaign.
The side, who had the fifth-lowest budget in Spain’s second tier, then won the most unlikely of promotions to the top-flight.
They beat Girona 1-0 in Sunday’s play-off final second leg with a goal deep in stoppage time.
Elche had sneaked into the play-offs on the last day of the season at the expense of Fuenlabrada.
Fuenlabrada’s preparations were torpedoed by 28 players and staff testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
- “In almost three seasons the team went from Segunda B to Primera, a meteoric rise achieved by a coach who is now part of a golden age in the club’s history,” Elche said in its statement.