2015–16 RCD Espanyol season

RCD Espanyol
2015–16 season
President	Joan Collet i Diví
Head coach	Constantin Gâlcă
Stadium	Cornellà-El Prat
La Liga	13th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Home colours	Away colours

The 2015–16 RCD Espanyol season was the club's 114th season in its history and its 81st in the La Liga, the top-flight Spanish football.[1]

Current squad

As of 28 January 2016[2]

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	LTU	Giedrius Arlauskis (on loan from Watford)
2	DF	ESP	Rober
3	DF	ESP	Rubén Duarte
4	MF	ESP	Víctor Sánchez (vice-captain)
5	MF	ESP	Víctor Álvarez (3rd captain)
6	DF	CHI	Enzo Roco
7	FW	ESP	Gerard
8	MF	ESP	Salva Sevilla
9	MF	ESP	Burgui (on loan from Real Madrid)
10	MF	ESP	Abraham
11	MF	ESP	Paco Montañés
12	MF	SEN	Pape Diop
13	GK	ESP	Pau


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	José Cañas
15	DF	FRA	Michaël Ciani
16	MF	ESP	Javi López (captain)
17	MF	PAR	Hernán Pérez
18	DF	ESP	Juan Fuentes
19	MF	ESP	Joan Jordán
20	FW	ECU	Felipe Caicedo
22	DF	ESP	Álvaro
23	DF	ESP	Anaitz Arbilla
24	DF	CRC	Óscar Duarte
25	MF	ESP	Marco Asensio (on loan from Real Madrid)
28	FW	SEN	Mamadou Sylla

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	Germán Parreño (on loan at Girona)
—	DF	ESP	Antonio Raillo (on loan at Ponferradina)
—	DF	ESP	Carlos Clerc (on loan at Girona)
—	MF	ESP	Álex Fernández (on loan at Reading)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Marc Caballé (on loan at Lugo)
—	FW	ESP	Jairo Morillas (on loan at Girona)
—	FW	ESP	Lauren Egea (on loan at Cornellà)
—	FW	CGO	Thievy Bifouma (on loan at Reims)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	–		22 August 2015	15 May 2016
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Round of 16	15 December 2015	13 January 2016

Updated to match played 30 January 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	38	11	7	20	39	74	−35	028.95
Copa del Rey	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	025.00
Total	42	12	8	22	43	81	−38	028.57

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Las Palmas	38	12	8	18	45	53	−8	44[lower-alpha 1]
12	Valencia	38	11	11	16	46	48	−2	44[lower-alpha 1]
13	Espanyol	38	12	7	19	40	74	−34	43[lower-alpha 2]
14	Eibar	38	11	10	17	49	61	−12	43[lower-alpha 2]
15	Deportivo La Coruña	38	8	18	12	45	61	−16	42

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; 7) Play-off.
Notes:

Las Palmas ahead of Valencia on head-to-head record; Valencia–Las Palmas 1–1, Las Palmas–Valencia 2–1.
Espanyol ahead of Eibar on head-to-head goal difference; Eibar–Espanyol 2–1, Espanyol–Eibar 4–2.

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	12	7	19	40	74	−34	43	9	5	5	22	28	−6	3	2	14	18	46	−28

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source:

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	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
Result	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W
Position	4	8	12	8	6	9	10	9	11	10	13	10	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	13	15	17	17	16	14	14	13	14	12	13	15	15	15	15	14	15	13

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2016. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 1	Espanyol	1–0	Getafe	Barcelona
18:30 (UTC+2)	Sevilla 3' Arbilla 56' Sánchez 63'	Report	Vergini 47' 82' Sarabia 48' Pedro León 52' Medrán 79'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 14,575 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 2	Villarreal	3–1	Espanyol	Villarreal
20:30 (UTC+2)	Soldado 67' Bailly 85' Bakambu 87', 90+3'	Report	Caicedo 5' 35' Pau 19' López 27' Montañés 30' Raillo 48' Arbilla 55'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,722 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 3	Espanyol	0–6	Real Madrid	Barcelona
16:00 (UTC+2)	González 16' Cañas 66'	Report	Ronaldo 7', 17' (pen.), 20', 61', 81' Benzema 28', 36' Kovačić 69'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 32,155 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 4	Real Sociedad	2–3	Espanyol	San Sebastián
22:00 (UTC+2)	Agirretxe 20' Granero 27' Rulli 42' Jonathas 86' Illarramendi 87'	Report	Roco 32', 71' Gerard 44' (pen.), 68' Álvarez 61' Pérez 90'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 17,481 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 5	Espanyol	1–0	Valencia	Barcelona
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Álvarez 18' Álvaro 23' Sánchez 26' Pérez 41' R. Duarte 53' Cañas 86'	Report	Rodrigo 38' Mina 39' Bakkali 50' Gayà 60' Danilo 70' Piatti 86' Pérez 86'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 18,231 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27) 6	Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	Espanyol	A Coruña
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Álvaro 14' (pen.) Lopo 24' Lucas 26', 27', 47' Laure 64' Bergantiños 76'	Report	Asensio 13' Diop 33' 79' Roco 73' R. Duarte 77'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 20,750 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 7	Espanyol	1–2	Sporting de Gijón	Barcelona
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sánchez 3' Cañas 60' Caicedo 62' R. Duarte 30'	Report	Canella 6' Halilović 10' Bernardo 29' Lora 90+2' Menéndez 90+2'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,519 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 8	Real Betis	1–3	Espanyol	Seville
22:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ceballos 54' Portillo 58' Rennella 89'	Report	Roco 4' Pérez 20' Arbilla 30' Caicedo 51', 61' Sánchez 55', 70'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,187 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

23 October 2015 (2015-10-23) 9	Rayo Vallecano	3–0	Espanyol	Madrid
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Castro 30' Trashorras 36' (pen.) Ebert 54' Tito 72' 90+2' Guerra 76', 78'	Report	Roco 35' Sánchez 41' 66'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 10,431 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) 10	Espanyol	1–1	Granada	Barcelona
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rober 57' 68' Roco 83' Caicedo 90+4'	Report	Márquez 35' Lombán 36' Babin 58', 87' Biraghi 62' Rochina 70' Pérez 84'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,684 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 11	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Williams 8' Gurpegui 56' García 64' Beñat 73'	Report	Sánchez 10' Pérez 51' Diop 56' Caicedo 56' Fuentes 60' López 86' Sylla 90+3'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,204 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 12	Espanyol	2–0	Málaga	Barcelona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pérez 6', 20' Diop 40' Álvaro 42' Pau 76' Asensio 79' Sánchez 90+1'	Report	Amrabat 15' Duda 35'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 12,461 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 13	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Espanyol	Madrid
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Griezmann 3'	Report	Álvaro 39' Diop 43' López 84' Fuentes 90+4'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 44,893 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

7 December 2015 (2015-12-07) 14	Espanyol	1–1	Levante	Barcelona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diop 42' Roco 49' Caicedo 60' Gerard 87'	Report	Lerma 6', 15' P. López 75' Víctor 82' Toño 86' Xumetra 88'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 14,875 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 15	Celta Vigo	1–0	Espanyol	Vigo
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernández 22' 47' Fernández 34' Aspas 42' Orellana 76' Nolito 87'	Report	Pérez 15' Sánchez 25'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 16,498 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 16	Espanyol	1–0	Las Palmas	Barcelona
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diop 19' Gerard 51' Caicedo 67' Pérez 78' Sevilla 90+1'	Report	Hernán 34' Aythami 56' Mesa 60' Willian José 90+4'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 17,121 Referee: Mario Melero López

30 December 2015 (2015-12-30) 17	Sevilla	2–0	Espanyol	Seville
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Immobile 16' Banega 41', 44' Cristóforo 59' Reyes 75'	Report	Sevilla 25' Roco 42' Jordán 68'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,544 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 18	Espanyol	0–0	Barcelona	Barcelona
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Álvaro 22' López 31' Jordán 42' Álvarez 60' Diop 88'	Report	Mascherano 22' Neymar 86' Piqué 90+3'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 28,975 Referee: José González González

10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) 19	Eibar	2–1	Espanyol	Eibar
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Inui 15' Pantić 67' Borja 68', 74' Verdi 90+3'	Report	Jordán 22' Álvarez 58' López 73'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,587 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

17 January 2016 (2016-01-17) 20	Getafe	3–1	Espanyol	Getafe
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pedro León 29' Sarabia 37' Cala 55' Vázquez 61' Gómez 90+4'	Report	Pérez 26', 74' Roco 65'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 6,540 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 21	Espanyol	2–2	Villarreal	Barcelona
18:15	Caicedo 4' Jordán 35' Gerard 40', 56' 89' Sevilla 79' Álvarez 89'	Report	Trigueros 24' Costa 56' Musacchio 88'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,251 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31) 22	Real Madrid	6–0	Espanyol	Madrid
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benzema 7' Ronaldo 12' (pen.), 45', 82' Rodríguez 16' Ó. Duarte 86' (o.g.)	Report	Pérez 11' Diop 37' López 42' Sylla 42' Álvaro 77'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 65,678 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 23	Espanyol	0–5	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
20:30 (UTC+1)	Diop 19'	Report	Jonathas 5', 90', 90+1' Vela 8' Oyarzabal 52' Reyes 55' Zaldúa 79'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 14,155 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

14 February 2016 24	Valencia	2–1	Espanyol	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pérez 33' Negredo 71' Cheryshev 76'	Report	Álvaro 13' Diop 43' Ó. Duarte 52' Abraham 58'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 34,689 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) 25	Espanyol	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Asensio 19', 52' Sánchez 57' Caicedo 90+3'	Report	Arribas 47'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 28,455 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

27 February 2016 26	Sporting de Gijón	2–4	Espanyol	Gijón
18:15	Mascarell 15' Castro 20', 62', 66' Meré 35' I. López 77' Sanabria 82' Cases 83'	Report	J. López 17' Burgui 41' Gerard 48', 58' Hernández 80' (o.g.) Ó. Duarte 90+1'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 22,555 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 27	Espanyol	0–3	Real Betis	Barcelona
20:30	Caicedo 41' Pérez 70' Ó. Duarte 81' Sánchez 82'	Report	Castro 10' Bruno 18' Pezzella 20' Molinero 69' Vargas 71'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 23,714 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 28	Espanyol	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Abraham 12' Sánchez 24' 89' Pérez 77' López 81' Diop 89' Álvaro 90+1'	Report	Crespo 15' Embarba 31' Bebé 67' Baena 70' Guerra 89'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 22,638 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 29	Granada	1–1	Espanyol	Granada
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Barral 5' 28' Rochina 40', 79' Biraghi 45' Lombán 54' Fernández 80' Pérez 89'	Report	Ó. Duarte 50' R. Duarte 58' Pérez 68' Lopes 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,213 Referee: José González González

20 March 2016 30	Espanyol	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diop 54' Caicedo 57' Álvaro 60' Pérez 86' Pau 90+3'	Report	Eraso 20' Rico 47' Lekue 84' Beñat 90+6'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 20,753 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) 31	Málaga	1–1	Espanyol	Málaga
CET (UTC+01:00)	Charles 25' Čop 45' (pen.) Camacho 62'	Report	Diop 11' R. Duarte 25' López 48' Ó. Duarte 63' Pérez 83'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 25,368 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

9 April 2016 32	Espanyol	1–3	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sánchez 4' Diop 29', 45'	Report	Torres 35' Griezmann 58' Filipe Luís 70' Correa 78' Koke 89'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 26,338 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 33	Levante	2–1	Espanyol	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deyverson 13' Rossi 23' Lerma 39' Medjani 66' Juanfran 72' Verza 78' Cuero 83'	Report	Pérez 7'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,192 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20) 34	Espanyol	1–1	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sánchez 10' Asensio 39'	Report	Aspas 28' Hernández 89'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 14,227 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

22 April 2016 (2016-04-22) 35	Las Palmas	4–0	Espanyol	Las Palmas
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	David Simón 11' Gómez 28' El Zhar 45+1', 90+2' Viera 49' Bigas 56' Mubarak 75' Castellano 85'	Report	Diop 9' López 55' Sylla 58' Roco 69'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 19,358 Referee: Mario Melero López

1 May 2016 (2016-05-01) 36	Espanyol	1–0	Sevilla	Barcelona
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Caicedo 52' Cañas 77' Ó. Duarte 87' González 90+2'	Report	Figueiras 78' Iborra 90+2'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 27,654 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

8 May 2016 37	Barcelona	5–0	Espanyol	Barcelona
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Messi 8', 12' Suárez 52', 61' Rafinha 74' Neymar 83' Mascherano 90'	Report	Diop 18' Pérez 27' Álvarez 36' Cañas 39' López 63' Pau 69' Rober 69'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 91,610 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) 38	Espanyol	4–2	Eibar	Barcelona
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Moreno 13', 76' Asensio 32', 66' Sánchez 43' Roco 57' Pérez 60' Rober 85'	Report	Borja 20', 57' (pen.) Mauro 30' Enrich 90' Escalante 90+2'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 13,501 Referee: Mario Melero López

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References

"Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona". Liga BBVA. 10 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
"Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

External links

Club's official website

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[table_hth_VAL0.76524473948648-3] Las Palmas ahead of Valencia on head-to-head record; Valencia–Las Palmas 1–1, Las Palmas–Valencia 2–1.

[table_hth_ESP0.76524473948648-4] Espanyol ahead of Eibar on head-to-head goal difference; Eibar–Espanyol 2–1, Espanyol–Eibar 4–2.

[1] "Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona". Liga BBVA. 10 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[2] "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

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