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RCD Espanyol

2021–22 season
Owner	Rastar Group
President	Chen Yansheng
Head coach	Vicente Moreno (until 13 May) Luis Blanco (caretaker, from 13 May)
Stadium	RCDE Stadium
La Liga	14th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Raúl de Tomás (17) All: Raúl de Tomás (17)
Highest home attendance	23,377 vs Real Madrid (3 October 2021)
Lowest home attendance	11,095 vs Villarreal (21 August 2021)
Biggest win	Espanyol 2–0 Granada Espanyol 2–0 Cádiz
Biggest defeat	Espanyol 1–4 Real Betis
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2021–22 season was the 87th season in the existence of RCD Espanyol and the club's first season back 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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 18 January 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Oier 2 DF  ESP Miguelón 3 DF  ESP Adrià Pedrosa 4 DF  URU Leandro Cabrera 5 DF  ESP Fernando Calero 6 MF  ESP Manu Morlanes (on loan from Villarreal) 7 FW  CHN Wu Lei 8 MF  ESP Fran Mérida 9 FW  ESP Javi Puado 10 MF  ESP Sergi Darder 11 FW  ESP Raúl de Tomás 12 DF  ESP Óscar Gil 13 GK  ESP Diego López (vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ESP Óscar Melendo 15 MF  ESP David López (captain) 16 FW  ESP Loren Morón (on loan from Betis) 17 DF  ESP Dídac Vilà 18 FW  BEL Landry Dimata 20 MF  ALB Keidi Bare 21 MF  ESP Nico Melamed 22 MF  ESP Aleix Vidal 23 MF  ESP Adri Embarba 24 DF  ESP Sergi Gómez 25 MF  VEN Yangel Herrera (on loan from Manchester City) — MF  NED Tonny Vilhena (on loan from Krasnodar)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Víctor Gómez (at Málaga until 30 June 2022) — DF  RUS Roman Tugarinov (at Telstar until 30 June 2023) — MF  ESP Pol Lozano (at Girona until 30 June 2022) — MF  ESP Álvaro Vadillo (at Málaga until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ESP Josema Raigal (at UCAM Murcia until 30 June 2022) — FW  COL Juan Camilo Becerra (at Ponferradina until 30 June 2022) — FW  ARG Matías Vargas (at Adana Demirspor until 30 June 2022)

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW  ESP Max Svensson 31 DF  ESP Lluís Recasens 32 MF  ESP Gori 33 DF  ESP Álvaro García

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 GK  ESP Joan García 37 MF  ESP Roger Martínez 39 DF  ESP Rubén Sánchez

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2021	Víctor Gómez	Mirandés	Loan return
30 June 2021	Moha	Mirandés	Loan return

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

21 July 2021 Friendly	Espanyol	0–1	Las Palmas	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Mújica 80'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Referee: Juan Antonio Manrique Antequera

24 July 2021 Friendly	Espanyol	0–2	Rayo Vallecano	Marbella, Spain
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Marbella Football Center

27 July 2021 Friendly	Granada	1–1	Espanyol	Marbella, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Duarte 9'		De Tomás 69'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

30 July 2021 Friendly	Cádiz	0–2	Espanyol	Marbella, Spain
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Osmajić  42' Negredo  58' Haroyan  66'		Darder 50' Melamed 85'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

7 August 2021 Unbeatables Cup	Fiorentina	0–0 (4–2 p)	Espanyol	Florence, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

1. ^ Head-to-head points: Rayo Vallecano 9, Elche 7, Espanyol 1.
2. ^ Head-to-head points: Getafe 8, Mallorca 5, Cádiz 2.

Results summary

Source: La Liga

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

Copa del Rey

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated 22 May 2022

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Oier	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
13	GK	ESP	Diego López	38	0	36	0	2	0
34	GK	ESP	Joan García	4	0	1+1	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Miguelón	4	0	1+1	0	2	0
3	DF	ESP	Adrià Pedrosa	33	2	31	1	2	1
4	DF	URU	Leandro Cabrera	40	2	37	2	3	0
5	DF	ESP	Fernando Calero	18	0	13+3	0	2	0
12	DF	ESP	Óscar Gil	24	0	20+2	0	1+1	0
17	DF	ESP	Dídac Vilà	11	0	1+8	0	2	0
24	DF	ESP	Sergi Gómez	35	2	31	1	3+1	1
31	DF	ESP	Lluís Recasens	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
39	DF	ESP	Rubén Sánchez	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ESP	Manu Morlanes	30	2	11+16	2	2+1	0
8	MF	ESP	Fran Mérida	13	0	3+7	0	2+1	0
10	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder	39	3	36	3	2+1	0
14	MF	ESP	Óscar Melendo	24	0	14+7	0	2+1	0
15	MF	ESP	David López	18	0	8+10	0	0	0
19	MF	NED	Tonny Vilhena	17	1	13+4	1	0	0
20	MF	ALB	Keidi Bare	28	1	18+7	1	2+1	0
21	MF	ESP	Nico Melamed	33	2	7+24	2	2	0
22	MF	ESP	Aleix Vidal	34	2	21+10	2	2+1	0
23	MF	ESP	Adri Embarba	34	0	24+8	0	1+1	0
25	MF	VEN	Yangel Herrera	23	1	19+4	1	0	0
32	MF	ESP	Gori	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	MF	ESP	Álvaro García	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
40	MF	ESP	Dani Villahermosa	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
41	MF	CAN	Luca Koleosho	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	CHN	Wu Lei	27	2	4+19	1	2+2	1
9	FW	ESP	Javi Puado	33	5	26+4	4	2+1	1
11	FW	ESP	Raúl de Tomás	36	17	33+1	17	2	0
16	FW	ESP	Loren Morón	25	4	4+17	1	3+1	3
18	FW	BEL	Landry Dimata	19	0	4+13	0	1+1	0
26	FW	ESP	Max Svensson	2	0	0	0	0+2	0
29	FW	ESP	Jofre Carreras	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
31	DF	ESP	Víctor Gómez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	MF	ESP	Álvaro Vadillo	3	0	0+3	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 20 November 2021

Rank	Player	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
1	Raúl de Tomás	7	0	7
2	Aleix Vidal	2	0	2
3	Leandro Cabrera	1	0	1
	Nico Melamed	1	0	1
	Manu Morlanes	1	0	1
	Sergi Gómez	1	0	1
	Adrià Pedrosa	1	0	1
Own goals		0	0	0
Total		14	0	14

References

1. www.rcdespanyol.com, RCD Espanyol -. "First Team - RCD Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.
2. "Víctor Gómez, cedido al CD Mirandés" [Víctor Gómez, loaned to CD Mirandés] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
3. "Moha, cedido al CD Mirandés" [Moha, loaned to CD Mirandés] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
4. "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
5. "Calendario LaLiga: el sorteo de Primera División 2021/2022 será el miércoles 30 de junio a las 17.30 horas". El Correo (in Spanish). 28 June 2021.
6. "Sync the new LaLiga season's fixtures with your personal calendar!". La Liga. 30 June 2021.

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