2018–19 RCD Espanyol season

RCD Espanyol
2018–19 season
President	Chen Yansheng
Head coach	Rubi
Stadium	Cornellà-El Prat
La Liga	7th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Borja Iglesias (17); All: ; Borja Iglesias (20)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was the 84th season in La Liga played by RCD Espanyol, a Spanish football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

First team squad

As of 10 February 2018 ^[1]

No.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Joined	Signed From	Transfer Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Roberto	Madrid	(1986-02-10) 10 February 1986 (age 38)	2016	Olympiacos	€3,000,000	2019
13	Diego López	Paradela	(1981-11-03) 3 November 1981 (age 43)	2016	Milan	Free	2020
Defenders
5	Naldo	Santo André	(1988-01-10) 10 January 1988 (age 36)	2017	Querétaro	€2,500,000	2020
6	Óscar Duarte	Catarina	(1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 (age 35)	2016	Club Brugge	€1,150,000	2019
8	Roberto Rosales	Caracas	(1988-11-20) 20 November 1988 (age 35)	2018	Málaga	Loan	2019
12	Dídac Vilà	Mataró	(1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 35)	2017	AEK Athens	€250,000	2020
16	Javi López	Osuna	(1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 (age 38)	2006	Espanyol B	Free	2019
22	Mario Hermoso	Madrid	(1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 29)	2017	Real Madrid Castilla	€400,000	2020
Midfielders
4	Víctor Sánchez	Terrassa	(1987-09-08) 8 September 1987 (age 37)	2012	Neuchâtel Xamax	Free	2021
10	Sergi Darder	Artà	(1993-12-22) 22 December 1993 (age 30)	2017	Lyon	€8,000,000	2023
14	Óscar Melendo	Barcelona	(1997-08-23) 23 August 1997 (age 27)	2003	Espanyol B	Free	2022
15	David López	Barcelona	(1989-10-09) 9 October 1989 (age 35)	2016	Napoli	€4,000,000	2023
18	Álex Lopez	Terrassa	(1997-06-02) 2 June 1997 (age 27)		Espanyol B	Free	2022
21	Marc Roca	Vilafranca del Penedès	(1996-11-26) 26 November 1996 (age 27)	2008	Espanyol B	Free	2022
23	Esteban Granero	Madrid	(1987-07-02) 2 July 1987 (age 37)	2017	Real Sociedad	Free	2020
Forwards
7	Borja Iglesias	Compostela	(1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 (age 31)	2018	Celta	€10,000,000	2022
9	Sergio García	Barcelona	(1983-06-09) 9 June 1983 (age 41)	2017	Al-Rayyan	Free	2019
11	Facundo Ferreyra	Lomas de Zamora	(1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 33)	2019	Benfica	loan	2019
17	Hernán Pérez	Fernando de la Mora	(1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 35)	2015	Villarreal	Undisclosed	2020
19	Pablo Piatti	Ucacha	(1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 35)	2016	Valencia	€1,300,000	2020
20	Javi Puado	Barcelona	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 26)	2014	Espanyol B	Free	2022
24	Wu Lei	Nanjing	(1991-11-19) 19 November 1991 (age 32)	2019	Shanghai SIPG	€2,000,000	2022

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
17	FW	Hernán Pérez	29	EU	Alavés	Loan Return	Summer	2020
1	GK	Roberto	32	EU	Málaga	Loan Return	Summer	2019
8	FW	Álvaro Vázquez	27	EU	Gimnàstic	Loan Return	Summer	2020
24	DF	Sergio Sánchez	32	EU	Rubin Kazan	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Marca
10	MF	Sergi Darder	24	EU	Lyon	Transfer	Summer	2023	€8,000,000	Marca
18	MF	Álex López	21	EU	Espanyol B	Promoted	Summer	2022	Youth system	Marca
2	DF	Pipa	20	EU	Espanyol B	Promoted	Summer	2022	Youth system	Marca
20	FW	Javi Puado	20	EU	Espanyol B	Promoted	Summer	2022	Youth system	Marca
7	FW	Borja Iglesias	25	EU	Celta Vigo	Transfer	Summer	2022	€10,000,000	RCDEspanyol.com
8	DF	Roberto Rosales	29	Non-EU	Málaga	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	RCDEspanyol.com
24	FW	Wu Lei	27	Non-EU	Shanghai SIPG	Transfer	Summer	2022	€2 million	RCDEspanyol.com

Total Spending: €18,000,000

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
25	MF	Sergi Darder	24	EU	Lyon	Loan Return	Summer
8	MF	Carlos Sánchez	32	Non-EU	Fiorentina	Loan return	Summer
24	DF	Sergio Sánchez	32	EU	Rubin Kazan	Loan Return	Summer
7	FW	Gerard	26	EU	Villarreal	Transfer	Summer	€20,000,000	VillarrealCF.es
2	DF	Marc Navarro	22	EU	Watford	Transfer	Summer	€2,000,000	WatfordFC.com
10	MF	José Manuel Jurado	32	EU	Al-Ahli	Transfer	Summer	Free	Al-Ahli FC Twitter
1	GK	Pau López	23	EU	Real Betis	Transfer	Summer	Free	RealBetisBalompie.es
	FW	Jairo Morillas	25	EU	V-Varen Nagasaki	Transfer	Summer	Free	V-Varen.com
3	DF	Aarón Martín	21	EU	Mainz 05	Loan	Summer	€3,000,000	Mainz05.de
8	FW	Álvaro Vázquez	27	EU	Real Zaragoza	Loan	Summer	Free	RealZaragoza.com
24	DF	Sergio Sánchez	32	EU	Unattached	Contract Termination	Summer		RCDEspanyol.com

Total Income: €25,000,000

Net Income: €7,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 July 2018 Friendly	Olot	1–2	Espanyol	Olot
19:30 CEST	Aspar 9'	Report	Melendo 24' Baptistão 47'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,171 Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

25 July 2018 Friendly	Richmond Kickers	2–4	Espanyol	Richmond, United States
19:00 EDT	Shanosky 9' Troyer 42'	Report	Iglesias 37' Puado 83', 90+1' Darder 86'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 7,356 Referee: JC Griggs

28 July 2018 Friendly	FC Cincinnati	2–3	Espanyol	Cincinnati, United States
19:30 EDT	Cicerone 5' Ledesma 76'	Report	Sánchez 30' García 70' Darder 78'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 16,135 Referee: Brandon Artis

5 August 2018 Friendly	Burnley	0–2	Espanyol	Burnley, England
13:30 WEST		Report	Vilà 49' Darder 86'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Lee Mason

8 August 2018 Friendly	Gimnàstic	0–2	Espanyol	Tarragona
20:30 CEST		Report	Baptistão 41' Iglesias 74'	Stadium: Nou Estadi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

11 August 2018 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	Espanyol	Wegberg
15:30 CEST	Drmić 74'	Report	Piatti 45' Iglesias 63' Roca 81'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Competitions

La Liga

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Getafe	38	15	14	9	48	35	+13	59^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
6	Sevilla	38	17	8	13	62	47	+15	59^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
7	Espanyol	38	14	11	13	48	50	−2	53^[c]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]
8	Athletic Bilbao	38	13	14	11	41	45	−4	53^[c]
9	Real Sociedad	38	13	11	14	45	46	−1	50^[d]

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Getafe finished ahead of Sevilla on head-to-head points: Sevilla 0–2 Getafe, Getafe 3–0 Sevilla.
^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2018–19 Copa del Rey, Valencia, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
^ ^a ^b Espanyol finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head points: Espanyol 1–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–1 Espanyol.
^ Real Sociedad finished ahead of Real Betis and Alavés on head-to-head points: Real Sociedad 6, Real Betis 5, Alavés 5. Real Betis finished ahead of Alavés on goal difference: Real Betis –8, Alavés –11.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	14	11	13	48	50	−2	53	11	3	5	28	22	+6	3	8	8	20	28	−8

Last updated: 18 May 2019.
Source: LaLiga.es

Result round 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	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W
Position	10	4	7	4	8	6	7	5	2	5	2	5	5	7	10	11	14	9	10	13	15	15	12	14	14	13	11	13	14	13	13	12	10	10	10	9	9	7

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2019. Source: LaLiga.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 August 2018 1	Celta Vigo	1–1	Espanyol	Vigo
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Méndez 43' Da. López 52' (o.g.) Aspas 70' Alonso 90+1'	Report	Hermoso 45' Roca 73' Vilà 90+5'	Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos Attendance: 16,362 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

26 August 2018 2	Espanyol	2–0	Valencia	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hermoso 48' Granero 62' Iglesias 68'	Report	Diakhaby 30'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 18,391 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

2 September 2018 3	Alavés	2–1	Espanyol	Vitoria-Gasteiz
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wakaso 17' García 19' Laguardia 39' Pacheco 40' Borja Bastón 57' Sobrino 59'	Report	Baptistão 42' (pen.), 90+3' Darder 44' Iglesias 45'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

16 September 2018 4	Espanyol	1–0	Levante	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 52' Vilà 90+4'	Report	Chema 61' Luna 90+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 18,172 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

22 September 2018 5	Real Madrid	1–0	Espanyol	Madrid
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nacho 6' Asensio 41' Casemiro 77'	Report	Roca 26' J. López 45'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,034 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

25 September 2018 6	Espanyol	1–0	Eibar	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 25' Baptistão 60' Hermoso 68'	Report	Jordán 66' Bigas 74'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,547 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

28 September 2018 7	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Espanyol	Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Tomás 6' Kakuta 47' (pen.) Bebé 58' Comesaña 64'	Report	Iglesias 19' Granero 45'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,102 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

7 October 2018 8	Espanyol	3–1	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Da. López 5' Pérez 7' Hermoso 45' Darder 79', 90' Piatti 90+2'	Report	Miguelón 33' Toko Ekambi 45' Funes Mori 47'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,032 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

21 October 2018 9	Huesca	0–2	Espanyol	Huesca
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Musto 58' Ávila 67' Miramón 90+9'	Report	Granero 39' Iglesias 41', 64' Hermoso 68' Vilà 73'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 6,964 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

28 October 2018 10	Valladolid	1–1	Espanyol	Valladolid
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kiko 45' Alcaraz 61' Míchel 63' Verde 90+1' Plano 90+3'	Report	Iglesias 20' J. López 73' Vilà 75'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 18,262 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

5 November 2018 11	Espanyol	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iglesias 41' Granero 66'	Report	San José 20' D. García 48' Núñez 76'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 14,328 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

11 November 2018 12	Sevilla	2–1	Espanyol	Seville
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vázquez 8' Carriço 18' Mercado 61', 70' Escudero 88' Ben Yedder 89'	Report	Iglesias 38' Granero 54' Di. López 83'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 38,809 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

25 November 2018 13	Espanyol	1–3	Girona	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di. López 41' Iglesias 74', 75' Hermoso 89'	Report	Stuani 4', 6', 41' Ramalho 26' Planas 28' Pons 89' Doumbia 90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 22,816 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

2 December 2018 14	Getafe	3–0	Espanyol	Getafe
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Amath 18' Maksimović 21' Molina 55' Mata 58', 65' Antunes 80'	Report	Pérez 14' Da. López 77'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 9,287 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

8 December 2018 15	Espanyol	0–4	Barcelona	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vila 79'	Report	Messi 17', 65' Dembélé 26' Suárez 45'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 24,037 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

16 December 2018 16	Espanyol	1–3	Betis	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	García 24' Iglesias 45' Da. López 56' Sánchez 84'	Report	Joaquín 18' Carvalho 23' Lo Celso 43' Mandi 53' Sidnei 65' Tello 85' Duarte 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,275 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

22 December 2018 17	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Espanyol	Madrid
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Griezmann 56' (pen.) Oblak 85'	Report	Granero 88'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 58,069 Referee: Mario Melero López

4 January 2019 18	Espanyol	1–0	Leganés	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iglesias 9' Vilà 35' Roca 68'	Report	Bustinza 20' Recio 67' Gumbau 70' 90+1' Omeruo 72'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,085 Referee: José Luis González González

14 January 2019 19	Real Sociedad	3–2	Espanyol	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Merino 3', 43' 75' Willian José 8' (pen.), 63', 64' Elustondo 33' Moreno 58' Illarramendi 61' Rulli 90+4'	Report	Da. López 7' Darder 22' Naldo 32', 69' Llorente 45' (o.g.) Vilà 65'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 17,301 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

21 January 2019 20	Eibar	3–0	Espanyol	Eibar
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Enrich 24', 86' Jordán 28' De Blasis 52' Charles 84'	Report	Sánchez 18' Vilà 40' Baptistão 69' Iglesias 85' Granero 90+1'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 3,592 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

27 January 2019 21	Espanyol	2–4	Real Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Roca 7' Baptistão 25' García 34' Rosales 81' Á. López 85'	Report	Benzema 4', 45' Ramos 15', 27' Bale 67' Varane 72' Carvajal 81' Nacho 88' Courtois 90+1'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 21,215 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

3 February 2019 22	Villarreal	2–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bonera 4' Iborra 37', 86' Fornals 40' Funes Mori 53' Cazorla 65' (pen.)	Report	Sánchez 39' Vilà 60' Hermoso 64' Bonera 75' (o.g.) Rosales 81', 82' Darder 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,476 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

9 February 2019 23	Espanyol	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iglesias 72' (pen.) Darder 90+5'	Report	Ba 33' Velázquez 71' Amat 77'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 22,104 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

17 February 2019 24	Valencia	0–0	Espanyol	Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Coquelin 66' Roncaglia 84'	Report	J. López 28' 90+5' Granero 75' Roca 87'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 39,564 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

22 February 2019 25	Espanyol	1–1	Huesca	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Granero 20', 31' Semedo 80'	Report	Etxeita 25', 47' Ávila 28' Juanpi 69' Galán 76'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,078 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

2 March 2019 26	Espanyol	3–1	Valladolid	Cornellà de Llobregat
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iglesias 1', 90+1' Darder 52' Hermoso 55' Wu 65'	Report	Alcaraz 17', 90+1' Nacho 68'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,467 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

8 March 2019 27	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	D. García 36' Berchiche 45+1' Martínez 78' R. García 80'	Report	Ferreyra 9', 21' Hermoso 24' Melendo 45' Granero 73' Sánchez 87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,453 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

17 March 2019 28	Espanyol	0–1	Sevilla	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Darder 65' 90+4' Vilà 90+4'	Report	Ben Yedder 53' (pen.) Wöber 63' Carriço 75' Soriano 90' 90+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,219 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

30 March 2019 29	Barcelona	2–0	Espanyol	Barcelona
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Messi 71', 89'	Report	Sánchez 69' Granero 73' Pedrosa 87' Rosales 90+3'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 92,795 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

2 April 2019 30	Espanyol	1–1	Getafe	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vilà 33' Melendo 54' Iglesias 56' Naldo 81' Hermoso 85'	Report	Suárez 23' Ángel 72' Cristóforo 78' Djené 83'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 16,322 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

6 April 2019 31	Girona	1–2	Espanyol	Girona
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stuani 35', 80' (pen.) Granell 43' Pons 58' Douglas Luiz 73' Ramalho 90+1'	Report	López 24' Darder 59' Sánchez 62' Bono 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 11,393 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

13 April 2019 32	Espanyol	2–1	Alavés	Cornellà de Llobregat
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pedrosa 19' Naldo 21' Laguardia 47' (o.g.) Darder 53' Roca 84'	Report	Duarte 39' Calleri 56' Laguardia 79'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 17,522 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

21 April 2019 33	Levante	2–2	Espanyol	Valencia
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rochina 30' 74', 72' Chema 43' Vezo 62' Morales 82'	Report	Iglesias 16' Roca 65' Sánchez 70'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,876 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

24 April 2019 34	Espanyol	1–1	Celta Vigo	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wu 33' Granero 39' Roca 81'	Report	Yokuşlu 41' Gómez 72'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,680 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

29 April 2019 35	Betis	1–1	Espanyol	Seville
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mandi 58' Feddal 66', 90+4' Junior 78' Bartra 90+6'	Report	Darder 37' Melendo 68'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,561 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

4 May 2019 36	Espanyol	3–0	Atlético Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Roca 38' Godín 45' (o.g.) Iglesias 52', 89' (pen.)	Report	Saúl 18' Morata 59'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,207 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

12 May 2019 37	Leganés	0–2	Espanyol	Leganés
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bustinza 29' 45' Recio 38' En-Nesyri 90+3'	Report	Iglesias 35', 71' (pen.) Ferreyra 90+4'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 10,597 Referee: Mario Melero López

18 May 2019 38	Espanyol	2–0	Real Sociedad	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rosales 58' Sánchez 62' Wu 65', 66'	Report	Llorente 37' Elustondo 82'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 26,586 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

1 November 2018 First leg	Cádiz	2–1	Espanyol	Cádiz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lekić 1' Azamoum 22', 41' José Mari 51'	Report	Puado 36' Rosales 65' Melendo 84'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 11,830 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

4 December 2018 Second leg	Espanyol	1–0 (2–2 (a) agg.)	Cádiz	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pérez 76' Sánchez 85'	Report	Matos 19' Kecojević 88'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 12,560 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Round of 16

9 January 2019 First leg	Villarreal	2–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Costa 9' Cáseres 41' Raba 64' Toko Ekambi 85' Bacca 89'	Report	Darder 15' A. López 71' Roca 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,207 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

17 January 2019 Second leg	Espanyol	3–1 (5–3 agg.)	Villarreal	Barcelona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Da. López 34' Piatti 34' (pen.) Iglesias 37' (pen.), 74' Vilà 58'	Report	Cáseres 29' Bacca 34' Layún 40' Chukwueze 42' Fuego 90+2'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 11,171 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Quarter-finals

24 January 2019 First leg	Espanyol	1–1	Real Betis	Barcelona
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hermoso 6' Iglesias 27'	Report	Feddal 8' Sanabria 81'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,381 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

30 January 2019 Second leg	Real Betis	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 agg.)	Espanyol	Seville
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lainez 35' Lo Celso 51', 76' Mandi 72', 99' Canales 90+1' León 90+2', 95' Francis 115'	Report	Hermoso 13' Baptistão 33', 90' Roca 58' 90+4' Rosales 85' Granero 87' García 92'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 40,028 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 18 May 2019.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Roberto	6	0	0	0	6	0
13	GK	ESP	Diego López	38	0	38	0	0	0
Defenders
5	DF	BRA	Naldo	18	1	16	1	2	0
6	DF	CRC	Óscar Duarte	13	1	7+4	1	2	0
8	DF	VEN	Roberto Rosales	26	3	20+1	3	5	0
12	DF	ESP	Dídac Vilà	29	0	27	0	1+1	0
16	DF	ESP	Javi López	25	0	21+2	0	2	0
22	DF	ESP	Mario Hermoso	35	3	31+1	3	3	0
27	DF	ESP	Lluís López	10	0	5+1	0	2+2	0
28	DF	ESP	Adrià Pedrosa	16	1	8+4	1	4	0
Midfielders
2	MF	GNB	Alfa Semedo	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
4	MF	ESP	Víctor Sánchez	28	0	13+11	0	2+2	0
10	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder	40	5	32+2	4	4+2	1
14	MF	ESP	Óscar Melendo	37	0	22+10	0	4+1	0
15	MF	ESP	David López	24	0	21	0	3	0
18	MF	ESP	Álex Lopez	8	1	1+3	0	3+1	1
21	MF	ESP	Marc Roca	40	1	35	1	4+1	0
23	MF	ESP	Esteban Granero	21	3	9+10	3	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Borja Iglesias	43	20	35+2	17	4+2	3
9	FW	ESP	Sergio García	31	2	17+12	2	0+2	0
11	FW	ARG	Facundo Ferreyra	9	1	1+8	1	0	0
17	FW	PAR	Hernán Pérez	21	2	10+9	1	1+1	1
19	FW	ARG	Pablo Piatti	26	2	6+14	1	6	1
20	FW	ESP	Javi Puado	20	1	2+13	0	3+2	1
24	FW	CHN	Wu Lei	16	3	12+4	3	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
2	DF	ESP	Pipa	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	BRA	Léo Baptistão	24	3	14+6	2	4	1

References

^ Plantilla 2018-2019 RCD Espanyol official website (in Spanish)
^ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_GET0.98534416639495-2] Getafe finished ahead of Sevilla on head-to-head points: Sevilla 0–2 Getafe, Getafe 3–0 Sevilla.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.98534416639495-3] Since the winners of the 2018–19 Copa del Rey, Valencia, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

[table_hth_ESP0.98534416639495-4] Espanyol finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head points: Espanyol 1–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–1 Espanyol.

[table_hth_RSO0.98534416639495-5] Real Sociedad finished ahead of Real Betis and Alavés on head-to-head points: Real Sociedad 6, Real Betis 5, Alavés 5. Real Betis finished ahead of Alavés on goal difference: Real Betis –8, Alavés –11.

[1] Plantilla 2018-2019 RCD Espanyol official website (in Spanish)

[6] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

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