# 2023–24 RCD Espanyol season

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

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
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 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Fernando Calero |
| 6 | DF | URU | Leandro Cabrera (captain) |
| 7 | FW | 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 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Fernando Pacheco |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 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 |
| 23 | DF | MAR | Omar El Hilali |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Rubén Sánchez |

### 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 | FW | ESP | Javier Hernández |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Antoniu Roca |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Sergio Rivarés |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Marc Jurado |
| 33 | GK | ESP | Ángel Fortuño |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Omar Sadik |
| 35 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Pérez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | DF | ESP | José Luis Català |
| 37 | DF | ESP | Pau Casadesús (on loan from Andorra) |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Ian Forns |
| 39 | FW | URU | Gastón Valles |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Ángel Gómez |
| 41 | GK | ESP | Llorenç Serred |
| 42 | GK | ESP | Iker Venteo |
| 43 | FW | ESP | Kenneth Soler |
| 44 | MF | ESP | Rafel Bauzà |

### 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 |
| — | FW | ESP | Joselu (at Real Madrid until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | SWE | Max Svensson (at Osasuna B until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Víctor Gómez | Braga | Loan return | 30 June 2023 |
| MF | Tonny Vilhena | Salernitana | Loan return | 30 June 2023 |
| FW | Pere Milla | Elche | €2,500,000 | 15 August 2023 |
| MF | Salvi | Rayo Vallecano | €700,000 | 19 August 2023 |
| DF | Ramon | Olympiacos | Loan | 26 August 2023 |
| DF | Marc Jurado | Manchester United | Undisclosed | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Keita Baldé | Spartak Moscow | Loan | 1 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Víctor Gómez | Sporting Braga | €2,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Joselu | Real Madrid | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Tonny Vilhena | Panathinaikos | €3,000,000 | 7 July 2023 |
| DF | Álvaro García | Fuenlabrada | Free | 20 July 2023 |
| MF | Álvaro Vadillo | Racing Ferrol | Free | 9 August 2023 |
| DF | Wassim Keddari | Al-Arabi | €4,300,000 | 10 August 2023 |
| MF | Sergi Darder | Mallorca | €8,000,000 | 11 August 2023 |
| DF | Miguelón | Eldense | Free | 14 August 2023 |
| FW | Max Svensson | Osasuna B | Loan | 15 August 2023 |
| DF | Rubén Sánchez | Mirandés | Loan | 18 August 2023 |
| FW | Landry Dimata | Samsunspor | Undisclosed | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | César Montes | Almería | €14,000,000 | 1 September 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| Segunda División | 13 August 2023 | 2 June 2024 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 42 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 040.48 |
| Promotion play-offs | 9 June 2024 | 23 June 2024 | Semi-finals | Winners | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Copa del Rey | 31 October 2023 | 6 January 2024 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 042.86 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Valladolid (P) | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 72 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Eibar | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 72 | 48 | +24 | 71 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Espanyol (O, P) | 42 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 69 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 65 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Oviedo | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 64 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
* ↑ Oviedo finished ahead of Racing Santander on overall goal difference

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LaLiga.com

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | | | | | | |
| Position | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 28 June 2023.

#### Promotion play-offs
### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Position | Players | Segunda División | Play-offs | Copa del Rey | Total |
| FW | Martin Braithwaite | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| MF | Javi Puado | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| MF | Jofre Carreras | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| MF | Nico Melamed | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MF | Pere Milla | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MF | Salvi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| DF | Fernando Calero | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |