# 2019–20 RCD Espanyol season

The 2019–20 RCD Espanyol season was the club's 85th season in existence and the club's 25th consecutive season 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, and the UEFA Europa League. The season originally covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 7 January 2020
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 | Andrés Prieto |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Pipa |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Adrià Pedrosa |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Víctor Sánchez (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Naldo |
| 7 | FW | CHN | Wu Lei |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Ander Iturraspe |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Facundo Ferreyra (on loan from Benfica) |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Jonathan Calleri (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado) |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego López |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Óscar Melendo |
| 15 | MF | ESP | David López (3rd captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Javi López (captain) |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Dídac Vilà |
| 18 | DF | URU | Leandro Cabrera |
| 20 | DF | COL | Bernardo Espinosa (on loan from Girona) |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Marc Roca |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Matías Vargas |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Adri Embarba |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Fernando Calero |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Oier Olazábal |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Pol Lozano |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Víctor Campuzano |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Víctor Gómez |
| — | DF | FRA | Sébastien Corchia (on loan from Sevilla) |

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Adrián López |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carles Soria |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Nil Jiménez |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Iago Indias (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Nacho González |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Marc Manchón (captain) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Salvans |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Dami |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Alberto Fernández |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Moha |
| 12 | FW | CMR | Kévin Soni (loan from Girona) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Adri Rojas |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Ferri |
| 15 | MF | ECU | Josimar Quintero |
| 16 | DF | RUS | Roman Tugarinov |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Pau Martínez |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Iván Gil |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Ricard Pujol |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Víctor Gómez |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Nico Melamed |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Joan García |

### 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 | Lluís López (at Tenerife until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | ESP | Álex López (at Lugo until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ESP | Javi Puado (at Real Zaragoza until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | – | | Reserve team players on loan: |
| — | DF | ESP | Guillem Corominas (at Horta until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Genar Fornés (at L'Hospitalet until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ESP | Ferran Brugué (at Sant Andreu until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ESP | Óscar Gómez (at Pobla Mafumet until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ESP | Dani Ribelles (at Horta until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | Pipa | Gimnàstic | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Álvaro Vázquez | Zaragoza | Loan return | Loan return |
| 6 July 2019 | Bernardo Espinosa | Girona | Loan | Loan |
| 8 July 2019 | Ander Iturraspe | Athletic Bilbao | Transfer | Free |
| 14 July 2019 | Matías Vargas | Vélez Sarsfield | Transfer | €10.5M |
| 19 July 2019 | Andrés Prieto | Leganés | Transfer | Free |
| 9 August 2019 | Fernando Calero | Valladolid | Transfer | €8M |
| 9 January 2020 | Raúl de Tomás | Benfica | Transfer | €20M |
| 20 January 2020 | Leandro Cabrera | Getafe | Transfer | €9M |
| 23 January 2020 | Adri Embarba | Rayo Vallecano | Transfer | €10M |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | Roberto Rosales | Málaga | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Alfa Semedo | Benfica | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2019 | Aarón Martín | Mainz 05 | Buyout clause | €6M |
| 1 July 2019 | Roberto | West Ham United | Transfer | Free |
| 10 July 2019 | Álvaro Vázquez | Sporting Gijón | Transfer | Free |
| 18 July 2019 | Mario Hermoso | Atlético Madrid | Transfer | €25M |
| 23 July 2019 | Hernán Pérez | Al Ahli | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2019 | Óscar Duarte | Levante | Transfer | Free |
| 14 August 2019 | Borja Iglesias | Real Betis | Transfer | €28M |
| 16 November 2019 | Javi Puado | Zaragoza | Loan | Loan |
| 7 January 2020 | Pablo Piatti | Toronto FC | Transfer | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 18 August 2019 | 19 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 013.16 |
| Copa del Rey | 19 December 2019 | 22 January 2020 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 25 July 2019 | 27 February 2020 | Second qualifying round | Round of 32 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 064.29 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 63 | 73 | −10 | 029.09 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020 Source: Soccerway

### La Liga

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Alavés | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 39 | |
| 17 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 37 | |
| 18 | Leganés (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 36 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Mallorca (R) | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 20 | Espanyol (R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 25 | Relegation to Segunda División |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 July 2020. Source: LaLiga.es

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches

The La Liga schedule was announced on 4 July 2019.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Espanyol | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Ferencváros | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 5 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on the end of the season.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Andrés Prieto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego López | 47 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Oier | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Pipa | 13 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Adrià Pedrosa | 31 | 3 | 11+9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Naldo | 26 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Javi López | 28 | 1 | 16+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Dídac Vilà | 41 | 1 | 28+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | URU | Leandro Cabrera | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | COL | Bernardo Espinosa | 32 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Fernando Calero | 24 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Víctor Gómez | 21 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ESP | Ricard Pujol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ESP | Víctor Sánchez | 34 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Ander Iturraspe | 18 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder | 44 | 3 | 29+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Óscar Melendo | 35 | 2 | 12+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | David López | 36 | 4 | 29+3 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Marc Roca | 44 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Pol Lozano | 14 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | MAR | Mohamed Ezzarfani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Nico Melamed | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | CMR | Kévin Soni | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CHN | Wu Lei | 49 | 8 | 21+12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6+7 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Facundo Ferreyra | 27 | 8 | 5+11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7+2 | 7 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás | 15 | 5 | 11+3 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Jonathan Calleri | 34 | 5 | 20+7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2+4 | 3 |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Matías Vargas | 33 | 5 | 10+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7+3 | 5 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Adri Embarba | 18 | 2 | 17+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Víctor Campuzano | 29 | 5 | 9+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 5 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | ESP | Lluís López | 15 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Borja Iglesias | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Javi Puado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álex Lopez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Pablo Piatti | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Esteban Granero | 21 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Sébastien Corchia | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    Last updated on 2 July 2020.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | La Liga | Europa League | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 9 | FW | | Facundo Ferreyra | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | FW | | Wu Lei | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | FW | | Jonathan Calleri | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | FW | | Víctor Campuzano | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | FW | | Raúl de Tomás | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 22 | FW | | Matías Vargas | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | MF | | David López | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | | Sergi Darder | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | DF | | Bernardo Espinosa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | Borja Iglesias | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | | Adrià Pedrosa | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | FW | | Adri Embarba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | | Óscar Melendo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | | Marc Roca | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | | Esteban Granero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | Javi López | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Lluís López | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | | Dídac Vilà | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 27 | 33 | 4 | 64 |