2021–22 RCD Espanyol season

RCD Espanyol
2021–22 season
Owner	Rastar Group
President	Chen Yansheng
Head coach	Vicente Moreno
Stadium	RCDE Stadium
La Liga	12th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Raúl de Tomás (14); All: ; Raúl de Tomás (14)
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
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 20 March 2022.

The 2021–22 season is 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^[1]

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	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. 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	(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. 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


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

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2021	Víctor Gómez	Mirandés	Loan return		^[2]
30 June 2021	Moha	Mirandés	Loan return		^[3]

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[]

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	14 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		29	9	9	11	35	41	−6	031.03
Copa del Rey	1 December 2021	15 January 2022	First round	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	050.00
Total					33	11	10	12	42	47	−5	033.33

Last updated: 20 March 2022
Source: Soccerway

La Liga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Osasuna	29	10	8	11	29	36	−7	38
11	Celta Vigo	29	9	9	11	33	32	+1	36
12	Espanyol	29	9	9	11	35	41	−6	36
13	Rayo Vallecano	28	9	5	14	29	34	−5	32
14	Elche	29	8	8	13	30	40	−10	32

Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2022. Source: LaLiga Santander
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)^[4]

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
29	9	9	11	35	41	−6	36	8	5	3	23	17	+6	1	4	8	12	24	−12

Last updated: 20 March 2022.
Source: La Liga

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W
Position	11	13	16	16	16	13	16	13	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	11	9	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2022. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.^[5]^[6]

14 August 2021 1	Osasuna	0–0	Espanyol	Pamplona
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Moncayola 41' U. García 49' Barja 51'	Report	Melamed 13' Gómez 51' Gori 90'	Stadium: El Sadar Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

21 August 2021 2	Espanyol	0–0	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Tomás 41' Gil 60' Bare 90+2'	Report	Capoue 23' Gómez 30' Moreno 36' Mandi 54'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 11,095 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

27 August 2021 3	Mallorca	1–0	Espanyol	Palma
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Niño 19' Rodríguez 27' Kubo 37' Oliván 70' Sedlar 80'	Report	Cabrera 31' Morlanes 56' Gómez 90+4' Vadillo 90+8'	Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium Attendance: 7,529 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

12 September 2021 4	Espanyol	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Tomás 40' Melamed 90+11'	Report	Hermoso 31' Carrasco 79', 90+8' Kondogbia 82' Lemar 90+9' Félix 90+11'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,321 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

19 September 2021 5	Real Betis	2–2	Espanyol	Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	González 9' Pedrosa 41' (o.g.) Fekir 45+4', 90+7' Pezzella 78' Guardado 88' Bravo 90+4'	Report	Vidal 16', 75' Morlanes 37' Pedrosa 74' De Tomás 90' Cabrera 90+7'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,189 Referee: César Soto Grado

22 September 2021 6	Espanyol	1–0	Alavés	Cornellà de Llobregat
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Tomás 54' (pen.) Cabrera 90+3'	Report	Duarte 53'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 14,254 Referee: Mario Melero López

25 September 2021 7	Sevilla	2–0	Espanyol	Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	En-Nesyri 13' Rakitić 56' Delaney 65' 66' Lamela 81' Mir 87'	Report		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 23,956 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

3 October 2021 8	Espanyol	2–1	Real Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Embarba 11' De Tomás 17' Vidal 60' Gil 79'	Report	Camavinga 29' Benzema 71'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 23,377 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

18 October 2021 9	Espanyol	2–0	Cádiz	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Tomás 45+1' Melamed 65' Gil 68'	Report		Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,678 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

23 October 2021 10	Elche	2–2	Espanyol	Elche
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boyé 23' Verdú 34' Benedetto 84' Palacios 86' Bigas 90+4'	Report	Morlanes 51' De Tomás 52' Di. López 74'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

26 October 2021 11	Espanyol	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Tomás 33' (pen.), 90+3' Herrera 73'	Report	I. Williams 52' Berenguer 75' Yeray 90+3'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

31 October 2021 12	Getafe	2–1	Espanyol	Getafe
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mitrović 13' Ünal 21', 31', 56' Djené 62' Maksimović 66' Silva 70' Suárez 90+2' Mata 90+7'	Report	Darder 27' Gómez 38' Puado 69' Pedrosa 88' Bare 90+4'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 4,721 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

6 November 2021 13	Espanyol	2–0	Granada	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pedrosa 30' De Tomás 42' Bare 62'	Report	Díaz 64'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,050 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

20 November 2021 14	Barcelona	1–0	Espanyol	Barcelona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depay 48' (pen.) Ezzalzouli 59' Mingueza 64' F. de Jong 83' Ter Stegen 90'	Report	Pedrosa 59' Cabrera 90+3'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 74,418 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

28 November 2021 15	Espanyol	1–0	Real Sociedad	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Vidal 47' Herrera 77'	Report	Sørloth 43'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,935 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

5 December 2021 16	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Espanyol	Madrid
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Trejo 40' Cabrera 54' (o.g.) Nteka 90' Valentín 90+3'	Report	Puado 9' Vidal 70' Cabrera 90+1' Mérida 90+3'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 11,879 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

11 December 2021 17	Espanyol	4–3	Levante	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Darder 6' Herrera 9' Embarba 36' De Tomás 49' Vidal 57' Puado 60', 76' Bare 81'	Report	De Frutos 11' Son 26', 78' Morales 57' Campaña 66' Malsa 80' Soldado 86'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,193 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

17 December 2021 18	Celta Vigo	3–1	Espanyol	Vigo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mina 3', 89' Aspas 47' Suárez 82' Mallo 90+1'	Report	Didac 90+1' Loren 90+2'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 9,526 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

31 December 2021 19	Valencia	1–2	Espanyol	Valencia
16:15 CEST (UTC+1)	Correia 12' Guedes 19' Alderete 51' Wass 63' Iranzo 78' Duro 79' 83' Cillessen 90+6'	Report	Melamed 30' Gil 79' De Tomás 83' (pen.) Puado 88'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 29,566 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

10 January 2022 20	Espanyol	1–2	Elche	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bare 22' Pedrosa 30' De Tomás 45+3' (pen.), 88' Mérida 90+1'	Report	Milla 6', 14', 83' Palacios 36' Verdú 45+1' Mojica 49' Gumbau 77' Roco 90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 11,870 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

18 January 2022 21	Cádiz	2–2	Espanyol	Cádiz
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Fali 46' Negredo 55' Espino 58' Alejo 74', 90+1' Ledesma 81'	Report	Morlanes 10' Cabrera 80' De Tomás 90+6'	Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla Attendance: 10,755 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

21 January 2022 22	Espanyol	1–4	Real Betis	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Tomás 14', 79' 82' Morlanes 60'	Report	Iglesias 31' (pen.), 53', 65' Pezzella 33' Rodríguez 36' Juanmi 43' Willian José 76' Carvalho 79'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 17,637 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

7 February 2022 23	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sancet 5' Martínez 16', 90+3' Vesga 62' Petxarroman 87'	Report	Vilhena 3' Morlanes 15' Gil 75'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 30,753 Referee: César Soto Grado

13 February 2022 24	Espanyol	2–2	Barcelona	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bare 23' Darder 40' Vilhena 60' De Tomás 64' Puado 76' Melamed 90+2' 90+3' Morlanes 90+6'	Report	Pedri 2' Piqué 74' 90+2' García 78' Nico 83' L. de Jong 90+6'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 25,049 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

20 February 2022 25	Espanyol	1–1	Sevilla	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Tomás 30' Darder 50' Puado 76' Bare 81' Vidal 90'	Report	Mir 36' Augustinsson 44' Corona 47' Koundé 69' 76' Ocampos 85'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 24,897 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

27 February 2022 26	Villarreal	5–1	Espanyol	Villarreal
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yeremi 14', 20', 45', 53' Aurier 31' Dia 86' Albiol 90+3'	Report	Pedrosa 40' Bare 65'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

5 March 2022 27	Espanyol	2–0	Getafe	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Cabrera 17', 64' Cabaco 27' (o.g.) Gil 40' Vilhena 42' Di. López 43' Herrera 56' Darder 72'	Report	Mitrović 2' Ünal 32' Óscar 56' Djené 72' Cabaco 78'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 18,519 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

12 March 2022 28	Levante	1–1	Espanyol	Valencia
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Duarte 35' Melero 40' Gómez 80' Pier 90' Campaña 90+4'	Report	Pedrosa 18' Puado 50', 55' Calero 71' Embarba 90+3'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 13,407 Referee: Isidro Díaz De Mera Escuderos

20 March 2022 29	Espanyol	1–0	Mallorca	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bare 23' De Tomás 42' Morlanes 81' Vidal 81'	Report	Costa 9' Muriqi 37' Raíllo 62'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

4 April 2022 30	Real Sociedad	v	Espanyol	San Sebastián
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Anoeta

Copa del Rey[]

1 December 2021 First round	Solares	2–3	Espanyol	Solares
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	14' 17' 75' 83'	Report	Loren 15', 23', 50' (pen.) Vilà 82'	Stadium: Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

14 December 2021 Second round	Cristo Atlético	1–2	Espanyol	Palencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	6' 42' 85'	Report	Wu Lei 46' Calero 62' Darder 75' Gómez 88' Vilà 90+4' Morlanes 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Nueva Balastera Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

4 January 2022 Round of 32	Ponferradina	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Espanyol	Ponferrada
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yuri 88' (pen.), 90' Pujol 115'	Report	Pedrosa 4' Embarba 101' Gil 116'	Stadium: El Toralín Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
	Penalties
	Medina Zalazar Crespo Saverio		Embarba Bare Mérida

15 January 2022 Round of 16	Mallorca	2–1	Espanyol	Palma
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 9' Kubo 32' Abdón 60' Ruiz de Galarreta 75' Battaglia 81'	Report	Pedrosa 17' 90+6' Gómez 31' Puado 62', 70' Vidal 80'	Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

As of 20 November 2021

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

References[]

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

[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. 28 June 2021.

[6] "Sync the new LaLiga season's fixtures with your personal calendar!". LaLiga. 30 June 2021.

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