# 2020–21 RCD Espanyol season

The 2020–21 Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol season was the club's 86th season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Espanyol participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
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 (on loan from Villarreal) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Adrià Pedrosa |
| 4 | DF | URU | Leandro Cabrera |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Fernando Calero |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Lluís López |
| 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 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego López |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Óscar Melendo |
| 15 | MF | ESP | David López (Captain) |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Dídac Vilà (Vice-captain) |
| 18 | FW | BEL | Landry Dimata (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Vadillo (on loan from Celta) |
| 20 | MF | ALB | Keidi Bare |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Matías Vargas |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Adri Embarba |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Pol Lozano |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Óscar Gil |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Nico Melamed |

### 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 |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Jofre Carreras |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Ángel Fortuño |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Ricard Pujol |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | GK | ESP | Joan García |
| 39 | FW | ESP | Max Svensson |

### 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 |
| — | GK | ESP | Adrián López (at Hércules until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ESP | Víctor Gómez (at Mirandés until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | MAR | Moha (at Mirandés until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### 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 % |
| Segunda División | 12 September 2020 | 30 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 057.14 |
| Copa del Rey | 16 December 2020 | 17 January 2021 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 74 | 30 | +44 | 057.78 |
Last updated: 30 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Espanyol (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 82 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Mallorca (P) | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 82 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Leganés | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 73 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Almería | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 73 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Girona | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 71 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Espanyol: 4, Mallorca: 1
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Leganés: 4, Almería: 1

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 2021. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

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

    Last updated 30 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Segunda División | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Oier | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego López | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Miguelón | 21 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Adrià Pedrosa | 33 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Leandro Cabrera | 39 | 0 | 36+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Fernando Calero | 31 | 1 | 23+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Lluís López | 20 | 0 | 12+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Dídac Vilà | 14 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Óscar Gil | 33 | 1 | 22+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Ricard Pujol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | MAR | Omar El Hilali | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Mérida | 39 | 1 | 13+23 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Sergi Darder | 41 | 6 | 35+5 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Óscar Melendo | 29 | 2 | 22+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | David López | 38 | 1 | 36+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Vadillo | 14 | 0 | 0+12 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ALB | Keidi Bare | 29 | 0 | 20+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Matías Vargas | 24 | 0 | 8+13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Pol Lozano | 26 | 0 | 1+23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Nico Melamed | 36 | 6 | 12+21 | 6 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CHN | Wu Lei | 34 | 3 | 8+23 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Javi Puado | 39 | 13 | 28+9 | 12 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás | 38 | 23 | 33+4 | 23 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | BEL | Landry Dimata | 20 | 5 | 14+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Adri Embarba | 40 | 9 | 37+1 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Jofre Carreras | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ESP | Max Svensson | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álex Lopez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Marc Roca | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Víctor Campuzano | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 5 March 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Segunda División | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Raúl de Tomás | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Javi Puado | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 23 | MF | | Adri Embarba | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | | Wu Lei | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Sergi Darder | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 33 | MF | | Nico Melamed | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 14 | MF | | Óscar Melendo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Fran Mérida | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 18 | FW | | Landry Dimata | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 27 | DF | | Óscar Gil | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 39 | FW | | Max Svensson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 40 | 3 | 43 |