RCD Espanyol in European football

RCD Espanyol in European football is an article about RCD Espanyol and their record in Europe football competitions. They have played the UEFA Cup/Europa League eight times, reaching the final twice and losing both on penalties. They also competed in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice.

Overall record[]

As of 11 July 2020

UEFA Competitions[]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1973–74	UEFA Cup	First Round	RWD Molenbeek	0–3	2–1	2–4
1976–77	UEFA Cup	First Round	Nice	3–1	1–2	4–3
		Second Round	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	1–2	3–2
		Third round	Feyenoord	0–1	0–2	0–3
1987–88	UEFA Cup	First Round	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–1	1–0	5–1
		Second Round	Milan	0–0	2–0	2–0
		Third round	Inter Milan	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Quarter-finals	Vítkovice	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Semi-finals	Club Brugge	3–0 (a.e.t.)	0–2	3–2
		Final	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3–0	0–3	3–3, 2–3 (p)
1996–97	UEFA Cup	First Round	APOEL	1–0	2–2	3–2
		Second Round	Feyenoord	0–3	1–0	1–3
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second Round	Zbrojovka Brno	2–0	3–5	5–5 (a)
		Third round	Auxerre	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Semi–finals	Valencia	0–1	0–2	0–3
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Third round	Montpellier	0–2	1–2	1–4
2000–01	UEFA Cup	First Round	Olimpija Ljubljana	2–0	1–2	3–2
		Second Round	Grazer AK	4–0	0–1	4–1
		Third Round	Porto	0–2	0–0	0–2
2005–06	UEFA Cup	First Round	Teplice	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Group B	Lokomotiv Moscow	N/A	1–0	2nd
			Palermo	1–1	N/A
			Brøndby	N/A	1–1
			Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–0	N/A
		Round of 32	Schalke 04	0–3	1–2	1–5
2006–07	UEFA Cup	First Round	Petržalka	3–1	2–2	5–3
		Group F	Sparta Prague	N/A	2–0	1st
			Zulte Waregem	6–2	N/A
			Ajax	N/A	2–0
			Austria Wien	1–0	N/A
		Round of 32	Livorno	2–0	2–1	4–1
		Round of 16	Maccabi Haifa	4–0	0–0	4–0
		Quarter-finals	Benfica	3–2	0–0	3–2
		Semi-finals	Werder Bremen	3–0	2–1	5–1
		Final	Sevilla	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p.)
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	QR2	Stjarnan	4–0	3–1	7–1
		QR3	Luzern	3–0	3–0	6–0
		PO	Zorya Luhansk	3–1	2–2	5–3
		Group H	CSKA Moscow	0–1	2–0	1st
			Ludogorets Razgrad	6–0	1–0
			Ferencváros	1–1	2–2
		Round of 32	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	0–4	3–6

Non-UEFA Competitions[]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Play-off	Aggregate
1961–62	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Hannover 96	2–0	1–0		3–0
		Second Round	Birmingham City	5–2	0–1		5–3
		Quarter-finals	Red Star	2–1	0–5		2–6
1965–66	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Sporting CP	4–3	1–2	2–1	7–6
		Second Round	Steagul Roșu	3–1	2–4	1–0	6–5
		Quarter-finals	Barcelona	0–1	0–1		0–2
1968	Intertoto Cup	Group A5	1860 Munich	2–0	1–2		1st
			Austria Wien	1–0	3–1

Year by Year Performance[]

Below is a table of the performance of RCD Espanyol in European competitions.

Season	Competition	Round	Against	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	Goals for	Goals against
1961–62	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Quarter final	Red Star Belgrade	6	4	0	2	10	9
1962–63 to 1964–65	Did Not Qualify For UEFA Competitions
1965–66	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Quarter final	Barcelona	8	4	0	4	13	13
1966–67 and 1967–68	Did Not Qualify For UEFA Competitions
1968–69	Intertoto Cup	Winner (Group A5)	1860 Munich Austria Wien	4	3	0	1	7	3
1969–70 to 1972–73	Did Not Qualify For UEFA Competitions
1973–74	UEFA Cup	Last 64	Molenbeek	2	1	0	1	2	4
1974–75 and 1975–76	Did Not Qualify For UEFA Competitions
1976–77	UEFA Cup	Last 16	Feyenoord	6	2	0	4	7	8
1977–78 to 1986–87	Did Not Qualify For UEFA Competitions
1987–88	UEFA Cup	Final	Bayer Leverkusen	12	7	3	2	17	7
1988–89 to 1995–96	Did Not Qualify For UEFA Competitions
1996–97	UEFA Cup	Last 32	Feyenoord	4	2	1	1	4	5
1997–98	Did Not Qualify For UEFA Competitions
1998–99	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Semi-finals	Valencia	6	2	1	3	7	9
1999–00	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Third round	Montpellier	2	0	0	2	1	4
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Last 32	Porto	6	2	1	3	7	5
2001–02 to 2004–05	Did Not Qualify For UEFA Competitions
2005–06	UEFA Cup	Last 32	Schalke 04	8	3	3	2	8	8
2006–07	UEFA Cup	Final	Sevilla	15	11	4	0	34	11
2007–08 to 2018–19	Did Not Qualify For UEFA Competitions
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	Last 32	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	9	3	2	33	15

External links[]

• Official website