2023–24 RCD Espanyol season

RCD Espanyol
2023–24 season
President	Chen Yansheng
Head coach	Luis García
Stadium	Stage Front Stadium
Segunda División	2nd
Copa del Rey	Pre-season
Highest home attendance	20,773 vs Eldense
Lowest home attendance	19,520 vs Amorebieta
Biggest win	Levante 1–4 Espanyol
	All statistics correct as of 17 September 2023.

The 2023–24 season is RCD Espanyol's 123rd season in existence and first one back in the Segunda División, the second division of association football in Spain. They will also compete in the Copa del Rey.

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 September 2023

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	Joan García
2	DF	ESP	Óscar Gil
3	DF	ESP	Sergi Gómez
5	DF	ESP	Fernando Calero
6	DF	URU	Leandro Cabrera (captain)
7	MF	ESP	Javi Puado
8	MF	ALB	Keidi Bare
9	FW	SEN	Keita Baldé (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
10	MF	ESP	Pol Lozano
11	FW	ESP	Pere Milla
12	DF	BRA	Ramon (on loan from Olympiacos)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Fernando Pacheco
14	DF	ESP	Brian Oliván
15	MF	ESP	José Gragera
16	MF	ESP	José Carlos Lazo
17	FW	ESP	Jofre Carreras
18	MF	ESP	Álvaro Aguado
19	MF	ESP	Salvi Sánchez
20	MF	ESP	Edu Expósito
21	MF	ESP	Nico Melamed
22	FW	DEN	Martin Braithwaite

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	DF	ESP	Joan Puig
27	MF	ESP	Roger Martínez
28	MF	ESP	Javier Hernández


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	FW	ESP	Antoniu Roca
31	DF	MAR	Omar El Hilali
33	GK	ESP	Ángel Fortuño

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	Rubén Sánchez (at Mirandés until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Joselu (at Real Madrid until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SWE	Max Svensson (at Osasuna B until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Pere Milla	Elche	€2,500,000	15 August 2023	[1]
MF	Salvi	Rayo Vallecano	€700,000	19 August 2023	[2]
DF	Ramon	Olympiacos	Loan	26 August 2023	[3]
DF	Marc Jurado	Manchester United	Undisclosed	1 September 2023	[4]
FW	Keita Baldé	Spartak Moscow	Loan	1 September 2023	[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Víctor Gómez	Sporting Braga	€2,000,000	1 July 2023	[6]
FW	Joselu	Real Madrid	Loan	1 July 2023	[7]
DF	Álvaro García	Fuenlabrada	Free	20 July 2023	[8]
MF	Álvaro Vadillo	Racing Ferrol	Free	9 August 2023	[9]
DF	Wassim Keddari	Al-Arabi	€4,300,000	10 August 2023	[10]
MF	Sergi Darder	Mallorca	€8,000,000	11 August 2023	[11]
DF	Miguelón	Eldense	Free	14 August 2023	[12]
FW	Max Svensson	Osasuna B	Loan	15 August 2023	[13]
DF	Rubén Sánchez	Mirandés	Loan	18 August 2023	[14]
FW	Landry Dimata	Samsunspor	Undisclosed	1 September 2023	[15]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

26 July 2023 Friendly	Las Palmas	1–2	Espanyol	San Pedro de Alcántara
19:00 UTC+2	Muñoz 81'		Lozano 63' Sánchez 90'	Stadium: Banús Football Center

29 July 2023 Friendly	Espanyol	1–0	Al-Wakrah	San Pedro de Alcántara
10:30 UTC+2	Sánchez 48'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center

5 August 2023 Friendly	Utrecht	3–0	Espanyol	Utrecht, Netherlands
17:00 UTC+2	Douvikas 2', 34' (pen.) Labyad 65'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División	13 August 2023	May 2024	Matchday 1	12	7	2	3	22	12	+10	058.33
Copa del Rey	31 October 2023		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				12	7	2	3	22	12	+10	058.33

Last updated: 20 October 2023
Source: Soccerway

Segunda División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leganés	12	8	1	3	19	5	+14	25	Promotion to La Liga
2	Eibar	13	8	1	4	24	16	+8	25	Promotion to La Liga
3	Espanyol	12	7	2	3	22	12	+10	23	Qualification to Promotion play-off
4	Levante	12	6	5	1	15	9	+6	23
5	Tenerife	12	7	2	3	13	8	+5	23

Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2023. Source: LaLiga HyperMotion
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored[16]

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
12	7	2	3	22	12	+10	23	4	1	1	13	6	+7	3	1	2	9	6	+3

Last updated: 20 October 2023.
Source: LaLiga.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L
Position	9	4	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2023. Source: LaLiga.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 28 June 2023.[17]

13 August 2023 1	Albacete	1–1	Espanyol	Albacete
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fuster 26', 43' Olaetxea 61' Glauder 63' Quiles 90+3' Ros 90+7'	Report	Calero 40', 64' Gil 72' Lozano 90+8'	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 11,618 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

19 August 2023 2	Espanyol	2–0	Racing Santander	Barcelona
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Milla 6', 55' Braithwaite 68'	Report	Zenitagoia 2' Aldasoro 47'	Stadium: Stage Front Stadium Referee: Raúl Martín González Francés

27 August 2023 3	Mirandés	0–1	Espanyol	Miranda de Ebro
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Juan María Alcedo 27' Ramón 68' Moreno 69' Rodríguez 84'	Report	Lozano 47' Jofre 58' Bare 68'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Anduva Attendance: 3,452 Referee: Saúl Ais Reig

3 September 2023 4	Espanyol	3–2	Amorebieta	Barcelona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Calero 51', 81' Salvi 78'	Report	Eraso 43' Núñez 45+4'	Stadium: Stage Front Stadium Attendance: 19,520 Referee: Manuel Jesús Orellana Cid

8 September 2023 5	Levante	1–4	Espanyol	Valencia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bouldini 34'	Report	Melamed 13', 56' Puado 45+1', 84'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 15,548 Referee: Jon Ander González Esteban

17 September 2023 6	Espanyol	3–3	Eldense	Barcelona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Braithwaite 50' Puado 59', 90+14' (pen.)	Report	Soberón 10' Chapela 15' Andone 51'	Stadium: Stage Front Stadium Attendance: 20,773 Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón

25 September 2023 7	Tenerife	1–0	Espanyol	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Gallego 16'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 18,161 Referee: Dámaso Arcediano Monescillo

2 October 2023 8	Espanyol	3–0	Racing Ferrol	Barcelona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stage Front Stadium Referee: Alejandro Quintero González

5 October 2023 9	Cartagena	0–2	Espanyol	Cartagena
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Cartagonova Referee: Luis Mario Milla Alvendiz

9 October 2023 10	Villarreal B	3–1	Espanyol	Villarreal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 4,132 Referee: Óliver de la Fuente Ramos

14 October 2023 11	Espanyol	2–0	Valladolid	Barcelona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stage Front Stadium Referee: Iván Caparrós Hernández

20 October 2023 12	Espanyol	0–1	Leganés	Barcelona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stage Front Stadium Referee: Miguel Sesma Espinosa

3 November 2023 14	Espanyol	v	Eibar	Barcelona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stage Front Stadium

Copa del Rey

31 October 2023 First round	Mensajero	v	Espanyol	TBD
20:00 CET (UTC+1)

References

"RCD Espanyol sign Pere Milla". www.rcdespanyol.com.
"Salvi Sánchez signs for RCD Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.
"Ramon Ramos joins on loan". www.rcdespanyol.com.
"Marc Jurado completes permanent move to Espanyol from Man Utd". www.manutd.com.
"Keita Baldé, nou jugador de l'Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.
"Víctor Gómez, traspasado al Sporting Clube de Braga". www.rcdespanyol.com.
"Joselu is a new Real Madrid player | Real Madrid CF". Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial.
"Fin de la etapa de Álvaro García en el Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.
"Álvaro Vadillo finalitza la seva etapa a l'Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.
"Simo moves to Al-Arabi". www.rcdespanyol.com.
"Sergi Darder ficha por el RCD Mallorca". www.rcdmallorca.es.
"Miguelón leaves RCD Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.
"Max Svensson, cedit al CA Osasuna B". www.rcdespanyol.com.
"Rubén Sánchez, cedit al CD Mirandés". www.rcdespanyol.com.
"HOŞ GELDİN LANDRY DIMATA - Samsunspor Resmi İnternet Sitesi". www.samsunspor.org.tr.
"Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
"Este es el calendario completo de Segunda división 2023-24". sport. 28 June 2023.

External links

Official website

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[1] "RCD Espanyol sign Pere Milla". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[2] "Salvi Sánchez signs for RCD Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[3] "Ramon Ramos joins on loan". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[4] "Marc Jurado completes permanent move to Espanyol from Man Utd". www.manutd.com.

[5] "Keita Baldé, nou jugador de l'Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[6] "Víctor Gómez, traspasado al Sporting Clube de Braga". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[7] "Joselu is a new Real Madrid player | Real Madrid CF". Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial.

[8] "Fin de la etapa de Álvaro García en el Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[9] "Álvaro Vadillo finalitza la seva etapa a l'Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[10] "Simo moves to Al-Arabi". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[11] "Sergi Darder ficha por el RCD Mallorca". www.rcdmallorca.es.

[12] "Miguelón leaves RCD Espanyol". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[13] "Max Svensson, cedit al CA Osasuna B". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[14] "Rubén Sánchez, cedit al CD Mirandés". www.rcdespanyol.com.

[15] "HOŞ GELDİN LANDRY DIMATA - Samsunspor Resmi İnternet Sitesi". www.samsunspor.org.tr.

[16] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF). RFEF. 1 May 2015. p. 104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[17] "Este es el calendario completo de Segunda división 2023-24". sport. 28 June 2023.

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