points adrift on the top three. 2018–2019 Coach Antonio Villaescusa was staying on for a third season and, once his position had been confirmed, he set about building a strong squad to offer a real challenge to the top of the table. Roberto, Lucas Bou, Rubén Ortolá, Rafa del Castillo and Paulo all signed on for another year whilst Vicente Palau, Adrián Salom and Vicente Sellens joined from UD Beniganim, a side which finished 4th the previous season, narrowly missing out on the play-offs, whils Favio Orosio arrived from CD Polop. The pre-season warm up games resulted in a clean sweep with five wins from five and just one goal conceded. The season proper opened with a 2–1 win at newly promoted CF L'Olleria and followed by a 2–0 home win over CD Enguera. But whilst the side remained unbeaten for the opening 16 games and conceded just eight goals in the process, ten of those games were draws and in mid-December the board decided that the senior side needed a change at the helm; Villaescusa was relieved on his duties on 17 December. He was in charge for 84 games, winning 36 giving a win percentage of 43%, but it wasn't enough for an ambitious club. On 18 December former CD Dénia coach Juan Carlos Signes was named as successor; he arrived with a decent pedigree having guided the Dénia to the promotion play-offs in 2016–2017 and 2017–2018. However, in his first game in charge at home to Muro CF, Jávea lost its unbeaten run and conceded two goals for the first time since the beginning of May 2018. The second half of the season saw Jávea battle to keep in touch with the top three, a strong trio of eventual champions CD Dénia, UD Castellonense and UD Beniganim. Two more defeats followed (against the latter two) and a few draws – a total of 15 in the season – but Jávea found their shooting boots, putting six past Montse Sion, and five past Racing Rafelcofer and Muro CF as they fought to claim a top three spot, eventually missing out by just two points, finishing 4th, their highest position for 16 years. 2019–2020 Coach Juan Carlos Signes was able to build his own team over the summer but had a mixed pre-season, winning four and losing three. The opening game of the season was a 0–1 home reverse