# 2021–22 RCD Espanyol season

The 2021–22 season was the 87th season in the existence of RCD Espanyol and the club's first season back 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

    As of 18 January 2022
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 | Oier |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Miguelón |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Adrià Pedrosa |
| 4 | DF | URU | Leandro Cabrera |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Fernando Calero |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Manu Morlanes (on loan from Villarreal) |
| 7 | FW | CHN | Wu Lei |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Mérida |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Javi Puado |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Óscar Gil |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego López (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Óscar Melendo |
| 15 | MF | ESP | David López (captain) |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Loren Morón (on loan from Betis) |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Dídac Vilà |
| 18 | FW | BEL | Landry Dimata |
| 20 | MF | ALB | Keidi Bare |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Nico Melamed |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Aleix Vidal |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Adri Embarba |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Sergi Gómez |
| 25 | MF | VEN | Yangel Herrera (on loan from Manchester City) |
| — | MF | NED | Tonny Vilhena (on loan from Krasnodar) |

### 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 | Víctor Gómez (at Málaga until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | RUS | Roman Tugarinov (at Telstar until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ESP | Pol Lozano (at Girona until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Álvaro Vadillo (at Málaga until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Josema Raigal (at UCAM Murcia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | COL | Juan Camilo Becerra (at Ponferradina until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ARG | Matías Vargas (at Adana Demirspor until 30 June 2022) |

### 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 | FW | ESP | Max Svensson |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Lluís Recasens |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Gori |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Álvaro García |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | GK | ESP | Joan García |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Roger Martínez |
| 39 | DF | ESP | Rubén Sánchez |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee | Ref |
| 30 June 2021 | Víctor Gómez | Mirandés | Loan return | Loan return | |
| 30 June 2021 | Moha | Mirandés | Loan return | Loan return | |

### Out
## 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 | 14 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 026.32 |
| Copa del Rey | 1 December 2021 | 15 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 028.57 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 42 |
| 13 | Elche | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 42 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 42 |
| 15 | Getafe | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 39 |
| 16 | Mallorca | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 39 |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Rayo Vallecano 9, Elche 7, Espanyol 1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Getafe 8, Mallorca 5, Cádiz 2.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | D |
| Position | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

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

    Last updated 22 May 2022
| 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 | Oier | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego López | 38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ESP | Joan García | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Miguelón | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Adrià Pedrosa | 33 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Leandro Cabrera | 40 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Fernando Calero | 18 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Óscar Gil | 24 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Dídac Vilà | 11 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Sergi Gómez | 35 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Lluís Recasens | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ESP | Rubén Sánchez | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Manu Morlanes | 30 | 2 | 11+16 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Mérida | 13 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder | 39 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Óscar Melendo | 24 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | David López | 18 | 0 | 8+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NED | Tonny Vilhena | 17 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ALB | Keidi Bare | 28 | 1 | 18+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Nico Melamed | 33 | 2 | 7+24 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Aleix Vidal | 34 | 2 | 21+10 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Adri Embarba | 34 | 0 | 24+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | VEN | Yangel Herrera | 23 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Gori | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Álvaro García | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ESP | Dani Villahermosa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | CAN | Luca Koleosho | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CHN | Wu Lei | 27 | 2 | 4+19 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Javi Puado | 33 | 5 | 26+4 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás | 36 | 17 | 33+1 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Loren Morón | 25 | 4 | 4+17 | 1 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 18 | FW | BEL | Landry Dimata | 19 | 0 | 4+13 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ESP | Max Svensson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Jofre Carreras | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 31 | DF | ESP | Víctor Gómez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Vadillo | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 20 November 2021
| Rank | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | Raúl de Tomás | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Aleix Vidal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Leandro Cabrera | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Nico Melamed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Manu Morlanes | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sergi Gómez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Adrià Pedrosa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 14 | 0 | 14 |