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RCD Espanyol

2022–23 season
Owner	Rastar Group
President	Chen Yansheng
Head coach	Diego Martínez (until 3 April) Luis García (from 3 April)
Stadium	RCDE Stadium
La Liga	19th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Joselu (16) All: Joselu (17)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2022–23 season was the 88th season in the history of RCD Espanyol and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

First team

As of 27 January 2023.

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 Joan García 2 DF  ESP Óscar Gil 3 DF  ESP Adrià Pedrosa 4 DF  URU Leandro Cabrera (captain) 5 DF  ESP Fernando Calero 6 MF  ESP Pol Lozano 7 FW  ESP Javi Puado 8 MF  ALB Keidi Bare 9 FW  ESP Joselu 10 MF  ESP Sergi Darder (vice-captain) 12 MF  BRA Vinícius Souza (on loan from Lommel)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  ESP Brian Oliván 16 MF  ESP José Carlos Lazo 17 FW  DEN Martin Braithwaite 19 FW  ESP Dani Gómez (on loan from Levante) 20 MF  ESP Edu Expósito 21 MF  ESP Nico Melamed 22 DF  ESP Aleix Vidal 23 DF  MEX César Montes 24 DF  ESP Sergi Gómez 25 GK  ESP Álvaro Fernández (on loan from Huesca) — DF  FRA Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (on loan from Mainz)

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 DF  MAR Omar El Hilali 27 DF  ESP Rubén Sánchez 28 DF  ESP Simo Keddari 30 FW  ITA Luca Koleosho 31 MF  ESP Dani Villahermosa

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 FW  MAR Nabil Touaizi 33 FW  ESP Kenneth Soler 34 GK  ESP Ángel Fortuño 35 MF  ESP Roger Martínez

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 Álvaro García (at Ibiza until 30 June 2023) — DF  ESP Miguelón (at Cartagena until 30 June 2023) — DF  ESP Víctor Gómez (at Braga until 30 June 2023) — MF  NED Tonny Vilhena (at Salernitana until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ESP Álvaro Vadillo (at Eibar until 30 June 2023) — FW  ESP Jofre Carreras (at Mirandés until 30 June 2023) — FW  BEL Landry Dimata (at NEC Nijmegen until 30 June 2023) — FW  ESP Max Svensson (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
–	DF	Brian Oliván	Mallorca	Free transfer	21 June 2022
–	FW	Joselu	Alavés	Free transfer	27 June 2022
–	MF	Pol Lozano	Girona	Loan Return	30 June 2022
–	FW	Juan Camilo Becerra	Gimnàstic	Loan Return	30 June 2022
–	FW	Matías Vargas	Adana Demirspor	Loan Return	30 June 2022
–	FW	Álvaro Vadillo	Málaga	Loan Return	30 June 2022
31	DF	Victor Gómez	Málaga	Loan Return	30 June 2022
19	MF	Tonny Vilhena	Krasnodar	€2.6m	12 July 2022

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
1 July 2022	Diego López	Rayo Vallecano	End of contract
1 July 2022	Víctor Gómez	Braga	Loan
1 July 2022	Óscar Melendo	Released
1 July 2022	Fran Mérida	Released
1 July 2022	Oier Olazábal	Released
1 July 2022	Dídac Vilà	Released
12 August 2022	Wu Lei	Shanghai Port	Undisclosed

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16 July 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	2–0	Montpellier	Sant Adrià de Besòs
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Melamed 44' Vinícius  63' Villahermosa 83'	Report	Mendes  15' Chotard  42' Khazri  63' Ferri  87'	Stadium: Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque

22 July 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	0–0	Las Palmas	Marbella
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Gil  15'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center

24 July 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	2–0	Lille	Marbella
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Darder  21' Joselu 59' Puado 65'		Fonte  22' Ribeiro  28'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

28 July 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	0–1	Linense	Marbella
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Oliva 89'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

30 July 2022 Friendly	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–1	Espanyol	Falmer, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Webster 17' Dunk 47' Trossard 54', 63', 69'		Joselu 77'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Referee: Stuart Attwell

6 August 2022 Friendly	Napoli	0–0	Espanyol	Castel di Sangro
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen  44' Juan Jesus  82' Demme  88'		Gómez  44' Vinícius  45' Cabrera  45' Oliván  79' Villahermosa  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Referee: Gabriele Scatena (Italy)

10 December 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	0–1	Torino	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center

14 December 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	1–1	Mechelen	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
12:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

1. Head-to-head points: Cádiz 8, Getafe 5, Valencia 3.

Results summary

Source: La Liga

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.

Copa del Rey

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated 5 March 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Joan García	3	0	0	0	3	0
13	GK	ESP	Fernando Pacheco	3	0	3	0	0	0
25	GK	ESP	Álvaro Fernández	12	0	11	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Óscar Gil	23	0	19+1	0	1+2	0
3	DF	ESP	Adrià Pedrosa	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	URU	Leandro Cabrera	25	0	20+1	0	4	0
5	DF	ESP	Fernando Calero	20	0	15+3	0	1+1	0
14	MF	ESP	Brian Oliván	26	1	23	1	3	0
18	FW	FRA	Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
22	DF	ESP	Aleix Vidal	21	0	10+8	0	1+2	0
23	MF	MEX	César Montes	9	0	6+1	0	2	0
24	DF	ESP	Sergi Gómez	19	0	15+3	0	1	0
26	DF	MAR	Omar El Hilali	6	0	1+4	0	1	0
27	DF	ESP	Rubén Sánchez	14	0	4+8	0	2	0
28	DF	ESP	Simo	7	0	0+5	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ESP	Denis Suárez	7	0	3+2	0	1+1	0
8	MF	ALB	Keidi Bare	13	0	3+8	0	1+1	0
10	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder	27	5	24	4	1+2	1
12	MF	BRA	Vinícius Souza	25	0	22	0	2+1	0
15	MF	ESP	José Gragera	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
16	MF	ESP	José Carlos Lazo	14	1	0+10	1	3+1	0
20	MF	ESP	Edu Expósito	24	3	11+9	2	3+1	1
21	MF	ESP	Nico Melamed	22	2	7+11	0	2+2	2
30	MF	ITA	Luca Koleosho	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
31	MF	ESP	Dani Villahermosa	1	0	0	0	1	0
35	MF	ESP	Roger Martínez	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Joselu	27	12	16+7	11	3+1	1
7	FW	ESP	Javi Puado	25	5	20+1	3	2+2	2
17	FW	DEN	Martin Braithwaite	21	8	19	8	1+1	0
19	FW	ESP	Dani Gómez	8	0	0+7	0	1	0
32	FW	MAR	Nabil Touaizi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	FW	ESP	Kenneth Soler	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
13	GK	FRA	Benjamin Lecomte	10	0	10	0	0	0
6	MF	ESP	Pol Lozano	6	0	0+4	0	1+1	0

References

1. "Brian Oliván signs for RCD Espanyol". RCD Espanyol. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
2. "Joselu joins RCD Espanyol". RCD Espanyol. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
3. "Cesión de Pol Lozano al Girona" [Loan of Pol Lozano to Girona] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
4. "Becerra, cedido al Nàstic de Tarragona" [Becerra, loaned to Nàstic de Tarragona] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
5. "Matías Vargas, cedido al Adana Demirspor" [Matías Vargas, loaned to Adana Demirspor] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
6. "Vadillo, cedido al Málaga CF" [Vadillo, loaned to Málaga CF] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
7. "Víctor Gómez, cedido al Málaga CF" [Víctor Gómez, loaned to Málaga CF] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
8. "ТОННИ ВИЛЬЕНА ПЕРЕШЁЛ В "ЭСПАНЬОЛ"" (in Russian). Krasnodar. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
9. "Diego López bids farewell to RCD Espanyol". RCD Espanyol. 13 June 2022.
10. "Diego López nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 2 July 2022.
11. "VÍCTOR GÓMEZ ASSINA PELO SC BRAGA" (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 29 June 2022.
12. "Óscar Melendo finaliza su etapa en el RCD Espanyol" (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 30 June 2022.
13. "Fran Mérida se despide del Espanyol" (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 1 July 2022.
14. "Oier se despide del RCD Espanyol" (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 29 June 2022.
15. "Dídac Vilà finalitza la seva etapa al RCD Espanyol" (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. 16 June 2022.
16. "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
17. "OFICIAL: Este es el CALENDARIO oficial de Primera División para la temporada 2022/2023". rfef.es (in Spanish). 23 June 2022.
18. "These are the fixtures for the first Matchday of LaLiga Santander 2022/23". La Liga. 23 June 2022.

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