# 2022–23 RCD Espanyol season

The 2022–23 season was the 88th season in the history of RCD Espanyol and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

## First team

    As of 27 January 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 | Adrià Pedrosa |
| 4 | DF | URU | Leandro Cabrera (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Fernando Calero |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Pol Lozano |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Javi Puado |
| 8 | MF | ALB | Keidi Bare |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Joselu |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder (vice-captain) |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Vinícius Souza (on loan from Lommel) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Brian Oliván |
| 16 | MF | ESP | José Carlos Lazo |
| 17 | FW | DEN | Martin Braithwaite |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Dani Gómez (on loan from Levante) |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Edu Expósito |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Nico Melamed |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Aleix Vidal |
| 23 | DF | MEX | César Montes |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Sergi Gómez |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Álvaro Fernández (on loan from Huesca) |
| — | DF | FRA | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (on loan from Mainz) |

### 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 | MAR | Omar El Hilali |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Rubén Sánchez |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Simo Keddari |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Luca Koleosho |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Dani Villahermosa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | FW | MAR | Nabil Touaizi |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Kenneth Soler |
| 34 | GK | ESP | Ángel Fortuño |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Roger Martínez |

### 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 | Álvaro García (at Ibiza until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ESP | Miguelón (at Cartagena until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ESP | Víctor Gómez (at Braga until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | NED | Tonny Vilhena (at Salernitana until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Álvaro Vadillo (at Eibar until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ESP | Jofre Carreras (at Mirandés until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | BEL | Landry Dimata (at NEC Nijmegen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ESP | Max Svensson (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| – | DF | Brian Oliván | Mallorca | Free transfer | 21 June 2022 |
| – | FW | Joselu | Alavés | Free transfer | 27 June 2022 |
| – | MF | Pol Lozano | Girona | Loan Return | 30 June 2022 |
| – | FW | Juan Camilo Becerra | Gimnàstic | Loan Return | 30 June 2022 |
| – | FW | Matías Vargas | Adana Demirspor | Loan Return | 30 June 2022 |
| – | FW | Álvaro Vadillo | Málaga | Loan Return | 30 June 2022 |
| 31 | DF | Victor Gómez | Málaga | Loan Return | 30 June 2022 |
| 19 | MF | Tonny Vilhena | Krasnodar | €2.6m | 12 July 2022 |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | Diego López | Rayo Vallecano | End of contract | End of contract |
| 1 July 2022 | Víctor Gómez | Braga | Loan | Loan |
| 1 July 2022 | Óscar Melendo | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2022 | Fran Mérida | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2022 | Oier Olazábal | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2022 | Dídac Vilà | Released | Released | Released |
| 12 August 2022 | Wu Lei | Shanghai Port | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |

## 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 % |
| La Liga | 13 August 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 19th | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 021.05 |
| Copa del Rey | 12 November 2022 | 18 January 2023 | First round | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 59 | 71 | −12 | 026.19 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Valencia | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 42 | |
| 17 | Almería | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 41 | |
| 18 | Valladolid (R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 40 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Espanyol (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 37 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 20 | Elche (R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 67 | −37 | 25 | Relegation to Segunda División |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Cádiz 8, Getafe 5, Valencia 3.

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 9 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated 5 March 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Joan García | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Fernando Pacheco | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Álvaro Fernández | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Óscar Gil | 23 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Adrià Pedrosa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Leandro Cabrera | 25 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Fernando Calero | 20 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Brian Oliván | 26 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Aleix Vidal | 21 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MEX | César Montes | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Sergi Gómez | 19 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | MAR | Omar El Hilali | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Rubén Sánchez | 14 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Simo | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Denis Suárez | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALB | Keidi Bare | 13 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder | 27 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Vinícius Souza | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | José Gragera | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | José Carlos Lazo | 14 | 1 | 0+10 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Edu Expósito | 24 | 3 | 11+9 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Nico Melamed | 22 | 2 | 7+11 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Luca Koleosho | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Dani Villahermosa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Roger Martínez | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP | Joselu | 27 | 12 | 16+7 | 11 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Javi Puado | 25 | 5 | 20+1 | 3 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | DEN | Martin Braithwaite | 21 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Dani Gómez | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | MAR | Nabil Touaizi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Kenneth Soler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 13 | GK | FRA | Benjamin Lecomte | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Pol Lozano | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |