2019–20 RCD Espanyol season

Espanyol
2019–20 season
President	Chen Yansheng
Head coach	David Gallego; (until 7 October); Pablo Machín; (from 7 October to 23 December); Abelardo; (from 27 December to 27 June)
Stadium	RCDE Stadium
La Liga	20th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Raúl de Tomás; Wu Lei; David López; (4 each); All: ; Facundo Ferreyra; Wu Lei; (8 each)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 RCD Espanyol season was the club's 85th season in existence and the club's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Espanyol participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Europa League. The season originally covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

Players

Current squad

As of 7 January 2020^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Andrés Prieto
2	DF	ESP	Pipa
3	DF	ESP	Adrià Pedrosa
4	MF	ESP	Víctor Sánchez (vice-captain)
5	DF	BRA	Naldo
7	FW	CHN	Wu Lei
8	MF	ESP	Ander Iturraspe
9	FW	ARG	Facundo Ferreyra (on loan from Benfica)
10	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder
11	FW	ESP	Raúl de Tomás
12	FW	ARG	Jonathan Calleri (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado)
13	GK	ESP	Diego López
14	MF	ESP	Óscar Melendo
15	MF	ESP	David López (3rd captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ESP	Javi López (captain)
17	DF	ESP	Dídac Vilà
18	DF	URU	Leandro Cabrera
20	DF	COL	Bernardo Espinosa (on loan from Girona)
21	MF	ESP	Marc Roca
22	MF	ARG	Matías Vargas
23	FW	ESP	Adri Embarba
24	DF	ESP	Fernando Calero
25	GK	ESP	Oier Olazábal
26	MF	ESP	Pol Lozano
31	FW	ESP	Víctor Campuzano
34	DF	ESP	Víctor Gómez
—	DF	FRA	Sébastien Corchia (on loan from Sevilla)

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Adrián López
2	DF	ESP	Carles Soria
3	DF	ESP	Nil Jiménez
4	DF	ESP	Iago Indias (vice-captain)
5	DF	ESP	Nacho González
6	MF	ESP	Marc Manchón (captain)
7	FW	ESP	Salvans
8	MF	ESP	Dami
9	FW	ESP	Alberto Fernández
11	MF	MAR	Moha
12	FW	CMR	Kévin Soni (loan from Girona)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Adri Rojas
14	MF	ESP	Ferri
15	MF	ECU	Josimar Quintero
16	DF	RUS	Roman Tugarinov
17	FW	ESP	Pau Martínez
18	MF	ESP	Iván Gil
19	DF	ESP	Ricard Pujol
22	DF	ESP	Víctor Gómez
23	MF	ESP	Nico Melamed
25	GK	ESP	Joan García

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	Lluís López (at Tenerife until 30 June 2020)
—	MF	ESP	Álex López (at Lugo until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	ESP	Javi Puado (at Real Zaragoza until 30 June 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	–		Reserve team players on loan:
—	DF	ESP	Guillem Corominas (at Horta until 30 June 2020)
—	DF	ESP	Genar Fornés (at L'Hospitalet until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	ESP	Ferran Brugué (at Sant Andreu until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	ESP	Óscar Gómez (at Pobla Mafumet until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	ESP	Dani Ribelles (at Horta until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2019	Pipa	Gimnàstic	Loan return		^[3]
30 June 2019	Álvaro Vázquez	Zaragoza	Loan return		^[4]
6 July 2019	Bernardo Espinosa	Girona	Loan		^[5]
8 July 2019	Ander Iturraspe	Athletic Bilbao	Transfer	Free	^[6]
14 July 2019	Matías Vargas	Vélez Sarsfield	Transfer	€10.5M	^[7]
19 July 2019	Andrés Prieto	Leganés	Transfer	Free	^[8]
9 August 2019	Fernando Calero	Valladolid	Transfer	€8M	^[9]
9 January 2020	Raúl de Tomás	Benfica	Transfer	€20M	^[10]
20 January 2020	Leandro Cabrera	Getafe	Transfer	€9M	^[11]
23 January 2020	Adri Embarba	Rayo Vallecano	Transfer	€10M	^[12]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2019	Roberto Rosales	Málaga	Loan return		^[13]
30 June 2019	Alfa Semedo	Benfica	Loan return		^[14]
1 July 2019	Aarón Martín	Mainz 05	Buyout clause	€6M	^[15]
1 July 2019	Roberto	West Ham United	Transfer	Free	^[16]
10 July 2019	Álvaro Vázquez	Sporting Gijón	Transfer	Free	^[17]
18 July 2019	Mario Hermoso	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	€25M	^[18]
23 July 2019	Hernán Pérez	Al Ahli	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[19]
1 August 2019	Óscar Duarte	Levante	Transfer	Free	^[20]
14 August 2019	Borja Iglesias	Real Betis	Transfer	€28M	^[21]
16 November 2019	Javi Puado	Zaragoza	Loan		^[22]
7 January 2020	Pablo Piatti	Toronto FC	Transfer	Undisclosed	^[23]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

16 July 2019 Friendly	Peralada	0–6	Espanyol	Peralada, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadi Municipal De Peralada

20 July 2019 Friendly	Lens	1–3	Espanyol	Lens, France
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

28 July 2019 Friendly	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Espanyol	Owlerton, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Fletcher 24' Forestieri 79' (pen.)		Puado 29' Wu Lei 86'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	18 August 2019	19 July 2020	Matchday 1	20th	38	5	10	23	27	58	−31	013.16
Copa del Rey	19 December 2019	22 January 2020	First round	Round of 32	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	066.67
Europa League	25 July 2019	27 February 2020	Second qualifying round	Round of 32	14	9	3	2	32	13	+19	064.29
Total					55	16	13	26	63	73	−10	029.09

Last updated: 19 July 2020
Source: Soccerway

La Liga

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Alavés	38	10	9	19	34	59	−25	39
17	Celta Vigo	38	7	16	15	37	49	−12	37
18	Leganés (R)	38	8	12	18	30	51	−21	36	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Mallorca (R)	38	9	6	23	40	65	−25	33
20	Espanyol (R)	38	5	10	23	27	58	−31	25

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[24]
(R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	5	10	23	27	58	−31	25	2	6	11	15	31	−16	3	4	12	12	27	−15

Last updated: 19 July 2020.
Source: LaLiga.es

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D
Position	20	18	19	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2020. Source: LaLiga.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The La Liga schedule was announced on 4 July 2019.^[25]

18 August 2019 1	Espanyol	0–2	Sevilla	Cornellà de Llobregat
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sánchez 52' Vargas 59'	Report	Reguilón 39', 44' Ocampos 50' Nolito 86'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,832 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

25 August 2019 2	Alavés	0–0	Espanyol	Vitoria-Gasteiz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pina 7' Wakaso 40' Vidal 83'	Report	Vilà 55'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Stadium Attendance: 14,567 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

1 September 2019 3	Espanyol	0–3	Granada	Cornellà de Llobregat
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Corchia 2' Naldo 40'	Report	Puertas 13' Herrera 31' Fernández 68', 84' Azeez 74' Montoro 80'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,870 Referee: César Soto Grado

15 September 2019 4	Eibar	1–2	Espanyol	Eibar
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	José Ángel 25' Ramis 58' Expósito 69'	Report	Naldo 48' 90+1' Roca 61' Ferreyra 76' Granero 79' Pedrosa 90+6'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,410 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

22 September 2019 5	Espanyol	1–3	Real Sociedad	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Granero 27' Zaldúa 71' (o.g.)	Report	Willian José 18', 34' Isak 75'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,173 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

26 September 2019 6	Celta Vigo	1–1	Espanyol	Vigo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lobotka 44' Aspas 90+2' Mina 90+5'	Report	Calero 32' Pedrosa 48' Naldo 70' Pipa 73' Sánchez 80' Calleri 87'	Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos Attendance: 16,361 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

29 September 2019 7	Espanyol	0–2	Valladolid	Cornellà de Llobregat
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sánchez 23' J. López 35' Calero 65'	Report	Míchel 25' (pen.) Plano 90+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,911 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

6 October 2019 8	Mallorca	2–0	Espanyol	Palma
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Budimir 37' Sevilla 64', 73'	Report	Sánchez 4' L. López 61' Naldo 62'	Stadium: Estadi de Son Moix Attendance: 15,052 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

20 October 2019 9	Espanyol	0–1	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Espinosa 90+3' Di. López 90+6'	Report	Toko Ekambi 17' Iborra 51'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,653 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

27 October 2019 10	Levante	0–1	Espanyol	Valencia
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Clerc 78' Miramón 90+1'	Report	Espinosa 38' Naldo 42' Víctor 65' Campuzano 90+4'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,934 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

30 October 2019 11	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	Espanyol	Bilbao
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Muniain 4', 17' Gómez 79' (o.g.)	Report	Espinosa 53'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,094 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

2 November 2019 12	Espanyol	1–2	Valencia	Cornellà de Llobregat
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roca 31' (pen.)	Report	Kondogbia 30' Parejo 69' (pen.) Gómez 80'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 18,428 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

10 November 2019 13	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Espanyol	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Correa 45+1' Morata 58' Saúl 60' Partey 85' Koke 90+2'	Report	Darder 38' Naldo 45+4' Campuzano 65'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 53,069 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

24 November 2019 14	Espanyol	1–1	Getafe	Cornellà de Llobregat
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wu Lei 45', 56' Roca 71' Granero 80'	Report	Mata 3', 29' Arambarri 54' Cucurella 56' Molina 90+1'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 21,059 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

1 December 2019 15	Espanyol	2–4	Osasuna	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roca 20' (pen.) Sánchez 27' Calleri 90+3'	Report	Roncaglia 19' 52' R. García 46', 80' Ávila 49' Moncayola 84', 90' Torres 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 21,238 Referee: Mario Melero López

7 December 2019 16	Real Madrid	2–0	Espanyol	Madrid
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vinícius 17' Varane 37' Mendy 63' 83' Valverde 74' Benzema 79'	Report	Granero 15' Calero 61' Darder 90+1'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 64,125 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

15 December 2019 17	Espanyol	2–2	Real Betis	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Granero 15' Darder 19' Calero 31' Espinosa 41', 85' Ferreyra 90+3'	Report	Iglesias 4' Bartra 68' Feddal 80'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 22,248 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

22 December 2019 18	Leganés	2–0	Espanyol	Leganés
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Braithwaite 11' En-Nesyri 54' Awaziem 68'	Report	Calero 25' Granero 45+1' Roca 74' Vilà 76' Ferreyra 90+3' Da. López 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 10,183 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

4 January 2020 19	Espanyol	2–2	Barcelona	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Da. López 23' J. López 35' Roca 62' Wu Lei 88'	Report	Suárez 50' Vidal 59' De Jong 66' 75'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 33,562 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

19 January 2020 20	Villarreal	1–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Trigueros 41' Cazorla 62' (pen.)	Report	Da. López 5' Vilà 24' J. López 32' 59' De Tomás 47', 76'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,053 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

25 January 2020 21	Espanyol	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sánchez 17' Roca 56' Espinosa 59' De Tomás 63'	Report	Vesga 9' Villalibre 12'	Stadium: RCDE Attendance: 27,542 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

1 February 2020 22	Granada	2–1	Espanyol	Granada
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Soldado 29' Machís 38' Fernández 46' Sánchez 48' Gonalons 49'	Report	De Tomás 27' (pen.) Iturraspe 55' Da. López 88' Vilà 90+3'	Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,226 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

9 February 2020 23	Espanyol	1–0	Mallorca	Cornellà de Llobregat
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Prieto 6' Vilà 39' Di. López 54' De Tomás 58' Cabrera 70' Sánchez 80' Gómez 90+4'	Report	Sevilla 61' Lumor 87'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 32,084 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

16 February 2020 24	Sevilla	2–2	Espanyol	Seville
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ocampos 15' Gómez 33' Gudelj 58' Suso 80'	Report	Embarba 35' Wu Lei 38', 50' Sánchez 49' 69' Roca 84'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,661 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

23 February 2020 25	Valladolid	2–1	Espanyol	Valladolid
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sandro 77' Guardiola 83' García 88'	Report	Da. López 16' 25' Roca 36' Embarba 79', 90+3' (pen.) Darder 88'	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 19,645 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

1 March 2020 26	Espanyol	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Savić 24' (o.g.) Embarba 38' Sánchez 90' López 90+2'	Report	Felipe 6' Partey 42' Saúl 46' Koke 86' Lodi 90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 28,872 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

8 March 2020 27	Osasuna	1–0	Espanyol	Pamplona
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Torres 51' (pen.) R. García 77' Oier 88' Pérez 90+4'	Report	Di. López 60' 83' Calleri 73'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,737 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

13 June 2020 28	Espanyol	2–0	Alavés	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Embarba 4' Wu Lei 26', 47' Espinosa 45+3' De Tomás 73' Calleri 86'	Report	Pacheco 19' Laguardia 52' Rioja 65' Burke 78'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 15 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[26] and rescheduled to 13 June.^[27] It was played behind closed doors.

16 June 2020 29	Getafe	0–0	Espanyol	Getafe
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Olivera 12' Cucurella 63' Chema 78'	Report	Calleri 3' Espinosa 16' Di. López 86'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 0 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 22 March, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[26] and rescheduled to 16 June.^[27] It was played behind closed doors.

20 June 2020 30	Espanyol	1–3	Levante	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabrera 16' Da. López 28' Vilà 37'	Report	Mayoral 14' Bardhi 67' Pedrosa 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 5 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[28] and rescheduled to 20 June.^[27] It was played behind closed doors.

25 June 2020 31	Real Betis	1–0	Espanyol	Seville
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodríguez 28' Bartra 48' Pedraza 69' Iglesias 76' Emerson 82'	Report	Pipa 10' Pedrosa 35' Naldo 73' Darder 79'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 12 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[28] and rescheduled to 25 June.^[27] It was played behind closed doors.

28 June 2020 32	Espanyol	0–1	Real Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedrosa 68'	Report	Casemiro 45' Vinícius 87'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 22 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[28] and rescheduled to 28 June.^[27] It was played behind closed doors.

2 July 2020 33	Real Sociedad	2–1	Espanyol	San Sebastián
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zubeldia 37' Zubimendi 50' Willian José 56' Isak 84'	Report	Da. López 10' Nico 34'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 26 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[28] and rescheduled to 2 July.^[27] It was played behind closed doors.

5 July 2020 34	Espanyol	0–1	Leganés	Cornellà de Llobregat
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Tomás 51' Darder 86' Calleri 88' 88'	Report	Silva 53' Assalé 67' Siovas 84' Avilés 90+1'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 3 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[28] and rescheduled to 5 July.^[27] It was played behind closed doors.

8 July 2020 35	Barcelona	1–0	Espanyol	Barcelona
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fati 50' Suárez 56'	Report	De Tomás 45' Lozano 53' Da. López 90+4'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 0 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 10 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[28] and rescheduled to 8 July.^[27] It was played behind closed doors.

12 July 2020 36	Espanyol	0–2	Eibar	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilà 52' Roca 58'	Report	Expósito 25' (pen.), 36' Tejero 65' Enrich 76'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 13 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[28] and rescheduled to 12 July.^[27] It was played behind closed doors.

16 July 2020 37	Valencia	1–0	Espanyol	Valencia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gameiro 17' Diakhaby 59' Coquelin 80' Costa 90+2'	Report	Pipa 39' De Tomás 65' Vilà 69' Espinosa 81'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 0 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 17 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[28] and rescheduled to 16 July.^[27] It was played behind closed doors.

19 July 2020 38	Espanyol	0–0	Celta Vigo	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilà 89' Embarba 90+2'	Report	Bradarić 26' Olaza 65' Jacobo 90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 24 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,^[28] and rescheduled to 19 July.^[27] It was played behind closed doors.

Copa del Rey

19 December 2019 First round	Lleida Esportiu	0–2	Espanyol	Lleida
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Wu Lei 53', 90+1'	Stadium: Camp d'Esports Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

12 January 2020 Second round	San Sebastián de los Reyes	0–2	Espanyol	San Sebastián de los Reyes
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sáez 18' 50' Estellés 77'	Report	Calleri 45+1' Calero 64' Espinosa 83' De Tomás 85'	Stadium: Nuevo Matapiñonera Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

22 January 2020 Round of 32	Real Sociedad	2–0	Espanyol	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Merino 25' Guevara 40' Barrenetxea 45+1' Muñoz 54' Isak 62'	Report	Wu Lei 20' Lozano 37' J. López 68'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,647 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

25 July 2019 First leg	Espanyol	4–0	Stjarnan	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferreyra 49', 57' Iglesias 60', 68'	Report		Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,122 Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

1 August 2019 Second leg	Stjarnan	1–3 (1–7 agg.)	Espanyol	Garðabær, Iceland
21:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Héðinsson 78' Sigurðsson 87'	Report	Pedrosa 5' Iglesias 52' Sánchez 60' Ferreyra 79'	Stadium: Stjörnuvöllur Attendance: 1,020 Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)

Third qualifying round

8 August 2019 First leg	Luzern	0–3	Espanyol	Lucerne, Switzerland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ndenge 12' Eleke 27'	Report	Pedrosa 14' Ferreyra 28' Vilà 59', 74' Sánchez 63' Vargas 89'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 9,191 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

15 August 2019 Second leg	Espanyol	3–0 (6–0 agg.)	Luzern	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wu Lei 3' Campuzano 27', 38'	Report	Arnold 33'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,214 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Play-off round

22 August 2019 First leg	Espanyol	3–1	Zorya Luhansk	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferreyra 21', 58' J. López 79' Vargas 81'	Report	Abu Hanna 24' Kocherhin 38' Hromov 45+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,686 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

29 August 2019 Second leg	Zorya Luhansk	2–2 (3–5 agg.)	Espanyol	Zaporizhia, Ukraine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lyednyev 54' Rusyn 78'	Report	Ferreyra 34' Vargas 62'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 10,181 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Espanyol	6	3	2	1	12	4	+8	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8	Advance to knockout phase
3	Ferencváros	6	1	4	1	5	7	−2	7
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	2	3	3	9	−6	5

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2019 1	Espanyol	1–1	Ferencváros	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vargas 60'	Report	J. López 10' (o.g.) Ihnatenko 41'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 18,125 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

3 October 2019 2	CSKA Moscow	0–2	Espanyol	Moscow, Russia
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Fernandes 37' Oblyakov 87' Bijol 90+2'	Report	Piatti 31' Wu Lei 64', 70' Granero 66' Campuzano 90+5'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 22,288 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

24 October 2019 3	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	Espanyol	Razgrad, Bulgaria
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Cicinho 15' Moți 25' Anicet 60'	Report	Campuzano 13' J. López 85' 88' Iturraspe 87' L. López 90+2'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 10,334 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

7 November 2019 4	Espanyol	6–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Melendo 4' L. López 19' Vargas 36' (pen.) Campuzano 52' Pedrosa 73' Ferreyra 76'	Report	Forster 12' Góralski 25' 35' Badji 90' Lukoki 90+1'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,963 Referee: François Letexier (France)

28 November 2019 5	Ferencváros	2–2	Espanyol	Budapest, Hungary
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Ćivić 12' 90+4' Sigér 23' Boli 25' Frimpong 35' Škvarka 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Melendo 31' L. López 43' Calero 76' Vilà 76' Ezzarfani 78' Iturraspe 90' Darder 90+6'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 19,111 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

12 December 2019 6	Espanyol	0–1	CSKA Moscow	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Oblyakov 71' Magnússon 72' Karpov 76' Diveyev 77' Vlašić 84'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 10,615 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

20 February 2020 First leg	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	Espanyol	Wolverhampton, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jota 15', 67', 81' Moutinho 43' Neves 52'	Report	Iturraspe 43' Gómez 67' Sánchez 78'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 30,435 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

27 February 2020 Second leg	Espanyol	3–2 (3–6 agg.)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Calleri 16', 57' (pen.), 90+1', 67' Sánchez 40' Vargas 67'	Report	Traoré 6', 22' Kilman 57' Gibbs-White 63' Doherty 80'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 14,525 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on the end of the season.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Andrés Prieto	6	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
13	GK	ESP	Diego López	47	0	36	0	0	0	11	0
25	GK	ESP	Oier	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Pipa	13	0	5+2	0	2	0	3+1	0
3	DF	ESP	Adrià Pedrosa	31	3	11+9	1	3	0	6+2	2
5	DF	BRA	Naldo	26	0	15+3	0	1	0	7	0
16	DF	ESP	Javi López	28	1	16+1	0	3	0	8	1
17	DF	ESP	Dídac Vilà	41	1	28+2	0	0	0	10+1	1
18	DF	URU	Leandro Cabrera	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	COL	Bernardo Espinosa	32	3	26	3	1	0	5	0
24	DF	ESP	Fernando Calero	24	0	12+3	0	2	0	7	0
34	DF	ESP	Víctor Gómez	21	0	14+4	0	0+1	0	2	0
37	DF	ESP	Ricard Pujol	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ESP	Víctor Sánchez	34	0	20+5	0	0+1	0	6+2	0
8	MF	ESP	Ander Iturraspe	18	0	3+5	0	3	0	6+1	0
10	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder	44	3	29+7	2	0	0	5+3	1
14	MF	ESP	Óscar Melendo	35	2	12+12	0	1	0	10	2
15	MF	ESP	David López	36	4	29+3	4	0+1	0	2+1	0
21	MF	ESP	Marc Roca	44	2	35	2	1	0	5+3	0
26	MF	ESP	Pol Lozano	14	0	2+3	0	2	0	4+3	0
29	MF	MAR	Mohamed Ezzarfani	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
33	MF	ESP	Nico Melamed	7	0	2+4	0	0	0	0+1	0
36	MF	CMR	Kévin Soni	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	CHN	Wu Lei	49	8	21+12	4	3	2	6+7	2
9	FW	ARG	Facundo Ferreyra	27	8	5+11	1	2	0	7+2	7
11	FW	ESP	Raúl de Tomás	15	5	11+3	4	0+1	1	0	0
12	FW	ARG	Jonathan Calleri	34	5	20+7	1	1	1	2+4	3
22	FW	ARG	Matías Vargas	33	5	10+11	0	2	0	7+3	5
23	FW	ESP	Adri Embarba	18	2	17+1	2	0	0	0	0
31	FW	ESP	Víctor Campuzano	29	5	9+11	0	0+1	0	5+3	5
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
6	DF	ESP	Lluís López	15	1	3+1	0	2	0	9	1
7	FW	ESP	Borja Iglesias	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	3
11	FW	ESP	Javi Puado	3	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0
18	MF	ESP	Álex Lopez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ARG	Pablo Piatti	7	0	0+3	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
23	MF	ESP	Esteban Granero	21	1	5+6	1	0	0	9+1	0
	DF	FRA	Sébastien Corchia	7	0	3	0	0	0	4	0

Goalscorers

Last updated on 2 July 2020.

No.	Pos.	Name	La Liga	Europa League	Copa del Rey	Total
9	FW	Facundo Ferreyra	1	7	0	8
7	FW	Wu Lei	4	2	2	8
12	FW	Jonathan Calleri	1	3	1	5
31	FW	Víctor Campuzano	0	5	0	5
11	FW	Raúl de Tomás	4	0	1	5
22	FW	Matías Vargas	0	5	0	5
15	MF	David López	4	0	0	4
10	MF	Sergi Darder	2	1	0	3
20	DF	Bernardo Espinosa	3	0	0	3
7	FW	Borja Iglesias	0	3	0	3
3	DF	Adrià Pedrosa	1	2	0	3
23	FW	Adri Embarba	2	0	0	2
14	MF	Óscar Melendo	0	2	0	2
21	MF	Marc Roca	2	0	0	2
23	MF	Esteban Granero	1	0	0	1
16	DF	Javi López	0	1	0	1
6	DF	Lluís López	0	1	0	1
17	DF	Dídac Vilà	0	1	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	1
TOTAL			27	33	4	64

References

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[1] Sid Lowe (9 July 2020). "Espanyol slip away to Barcelona's tune but the silence will sting too". The Guardian.

[2] www.rcdespanyol.com, RCD Espanyol -. "First Team - RCD Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[3] "Pipa arriba cedit pel RCD Espanyol" [Pipa arrives on loan from RCD Espanyol] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 2 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[4] "Álvaro Vázquez, nuevo jugador del Real Zaragoza" [Álvaro Vázquez, new player of Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

[5] "Bernardo, primera incorporación" [Bernardo, first addition] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

[Ander_Iturraspe-6] "Espanyol sign Iturraspe". BeSoccer. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

[7] "Official: Matias Vargas completes transfer to Espanyol". RCD Espanyol. 14 July 2019. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

[Andrés_Prieto_(footballer,_born_1993)-8] "Official: Goalkeeper Andrés Prieto, fourth signing" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[9] "Official: Espanyol complete Calero signing". MARCA in English. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[10] "Official: Official: Raul de Tomas joins Espanyol from Benfica". MARCA in English. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

[11] "Cabrera, segundo fichaje de invierno". RCD Espanyol (in Spanish). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[12] "Adrián Embarba, tercer refuerzo invernal". RCD Espanyol (in Spanish). 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[13] "Roberto Rosales ya es uno más en el Espanyol" (in Spanish). Marca. 31 August 2018.

[14] "Semedo, nuevo jugador del RCD Espanyol" [Semedo, new player of RCD Espanyol] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[15] "Mainz announce the permanent signing of Aaron". Marca. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

[16] "West Ham United to sign experienced goalkeeper Roberto | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.

[17] "Rescissió de contracte d'Álvaro Vázquez" [Álvaro Vázquez's contract rescision] (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[Mario_Hermoso-18] "Agreement with RCD Espanyol over the transfer of Mario Hermoso". Atlético Madrid. 18 July 2019.

[19] "Hernán Pérez está pasando la revisión médica con el Al-Ahli de Catar" [Hernán Pérez is going through the medical review with Al-Ahli from Qatar] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[Óscar_Duarte_(footballer,_born_1989)-20] "OFFICIAL - Levante sign Oscar DUARTE from Espanyol". Ghana Soccernet. 1 August 2019.

[Borja_Iglesias-21] "Borja Iglesias llega al Betis tras el pago de su cláusula al Espanyol" [Borja Iglesias arrives at Betis after Espanyol release clause was met] (in Spanish). Cadena COPE. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[22] "Javi Puado, cedido al R. Zaragoza". RCD Espanyol. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

[23] "Toronto FC signs Pablo Piatti as Designated Player". Toronto FC. 7 February 2020. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[24] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

[25] "Barcelona at Bilbao on opening day as La Liga fixtures announced". www.iol.co.za. 4 July 2019.

[Postponed-26] "LaLiga acuerda el aplazamiento de la competición". laliga.com (in Spanish). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

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[Suspended-28] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Acuerdo de la Comisión de Seguimiento del Convenio de Coordinación RFEF-LaLiga". laliga.com. 23 March 2020.

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2019–20 RCD Espanyol season

Contents

Players

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

La Liga

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Copa del Rey

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

References

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