# 1995–96 RCD Espanyol season

The 1995–96 season was the 61st season in the existence of RCD Espanyol and the club's second 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.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Toni |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Cristóbal |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Torres Mestre |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Sebastián Herrera |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Pochettino |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Jaime Molina |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Alberto Toril |
| 8 | DF | ESP | Fernando Muñoz |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Florin Răducioiu |
| 10 | FW | PAR | Miguel Ángel Benítez |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Jordi Lardín |
| 12 | MF | YUG | Goran Bogdanović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Raúl Arribas |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Àlex Fernández |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Miguel |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Javi García |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Pacheta |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Francisco |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Arteaga |
| 20 | MF | YUG | Branko Brnović |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Ismael Urzaiz |
| 22 | GK | ESP | José Antonio Peraile |
| — | MF | ESP | Luis Cembranos |

## 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 % |
| La Liga | 3 September 1995 | 25 May 1996 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 047.62 |
| Copa del Rey | 25 October 1995 | 28 February 1996 | First round | Round of 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 81 | 49 | +32 | 046.15 |
Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Valencia | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 83 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Barcelona | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 80 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Espanyol | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 74 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Tenerife | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 72 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Real Madrid | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 70 | |
* ↑ Since Atlético Madrid, winners of 1995–96 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Barcelona earned a spot in the first round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

Source:

### Copa del Rey
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | Jordi Lardín | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Ismael Urzaiz | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Miguel Ángel Benítez | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 63 | 18 | 81 |