2019–20 RCD Espanyol season

The 2019–20 RCD Espanyol season was the club's 85th season in existence and the club's 25th consecutive season 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, and the UEFA Europa League. The season originally covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

Espanyol

2019–20 season
President	Chen Yansheng
Head coach	David Gallego (until 7 October) Pablo Machín (from 7 October to 23 December) Abelardo (from 27 December to 27 June)
Stadium	RCDE Stadium
La Liga	20th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Raúl de Tomás Wu Lei David López (4 goals each) All: Facundo Ferreyra Wu Lei (8 goals each)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Current squad

As of 7 January 2020[1]

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 Andrés Prieto 2 DF  ESP Pipa 3 DF  ESP Adrià Pedrosa 4 MF  ESP Víctor Sánchez (vice-captain) 5 DF  BRA Naldo 7 FW  CHN Wu Lei 8 MF  ESP Ander Iturraspe 9 FW  ARG Facundo Ferreyra (on loan from Benfica) 10 MF  ESP Sergi Darder 11 FW  ESP Raúl de Tomás 12 FW  ARG Jonathan Calleri (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado) 13 GK  ESP Diego López 14 MF  ESP Óscar Melendo 15 MF  ESP David López (3rd captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  ESP Javi López (captain) 17 DF  ESP Dídac Vilà 18 DF  URU Leandro Cabrera 20 DF  COL Bernardo Espinosa (on loan from Girona) 21 MF  ESP Marc Roca 22 MF  ARG Matías Vargas 23 FW  ESP Adri Embarba 24 DF  ESP Fernando Calero 25 GK  ESP Oier Olazábal 26 MF  ESP Pol Lozano 31 FW  ESP Víctor Campuzano 34 DF  ESP Víctor Gómez — DF  FRA Sébastien Corchia (on loan from Sevilla)

Reserve team

Main article: RCD Espanyol B

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 Adrián López 2 DF  ESP Carles Soria 3 DF  ESP Nil Jiménez 4 DF  ESP Iago Indias (vice-captain) 5 DF  ESP Nacho González 6 MF  ESP Marc Manchón (captain) 7 FW  ESP Salvans 8 MF  ESP Dami 9 FW  ESP Alberto Fernández 11 MF  MAR Moha 12 FW  CMR Kévin Soni (loan from Girona)

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Adri Rojas 14 MF  ESP Ferri 15 MF  ECU Josimar Quintero 16 DF  RUS Roman Tugarinov 17 FW  ESP Pau Martínez 18 MF  ESP Iván Gil 19 DF  ESP Ricard Pujol 22 DF  ESP Víctor Gómez 23 MF  ESP Nico Melamed 25 GK  ESP Joan García

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 Lluís López (at Tenerife until 30 June 2020) — MF  ESP Álex López (at Lugo until 30 June 2020) — FW  ESP Javi Puado (at Real Zaragoza until 30 June 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player — –   Reserve team players on loan: — DF  ESP Guillem Corominas (at Horta until 30 June 2020) — DF  ESP Genar Fornés (at L'Hospitalet until 30 June 2020) — FW  ESP Ferran Brugué (at Sant Andreu until 30 June 2020) — FW  ESP Óscar Gómez (at Pobla Mafumet until 30 June 2020) — FW  ESP Dani Ribelles (at Horta until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

Main article: List of Spanish football transfers summer 2019 § Espanyol

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2019	Pipa	Gimnàstic	Loan return		[2]
30 June 2019	Álvaro Vázquez	Zaragoza	Loan return		[3]
6 July 2019	Bernardo Espinosa	Girona	Loan		[4]
8 July 2019	Ander Iturraspe	Athletic Bilbao	Transfer	Free	[5]
14 July 2019	Matías Vargas	Vélez Sarsfield	Transfer	€10.5M	[6]
19 July 2019	Andrés Prieto	Leganés	Transfer	Free	[7]
9 August 2019	Fernando Calero	Valladolid	Transfer	€8M	[8]
9 January 2020	Raúl de Tomás	Benfica	Transfer	€20M	[9]
20 January 2020	Leandro Cabrera	Getafe	Transfer	€9M	[10]
23 January 2020	Adri Embarba	Rayo Vallecano	Transfer	€10M	[11]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2019	Roberto Rosales	Málaga	Loan return		[12]
30 June 2019	Alfa Semedo	Benfica	Loan return		[13]
1 July 2019	Aarón Martín	Mainz 05	Buyout clause	€6M	[14]
1 July 2019	Roberto	West Ham United	Transfer	Free	[15]
10 July 2019	Álvaro Vázquez	Sporting Gijón	Transfer	Free	[16]
18 July 2019	Mario Hermoso	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	€25M	[17]
23 July 2019	Hernán Pérez	Al Ahli	Transfer	Undisclosed	[18]
1 August 2019	Óscar Duarte	Levante	Transfer	Free	[19]
14 August 2019	Borja Iglesias	Real Betis	Transfer	€28M	[20]
16 November 2019	Javi Puado	Zaragoza	Loan		[21]
7 January 2020	Pablo Piatti	Toronto FC	Transfer	Undisclosed	[22]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Peralada v Espanyol

16 July 2019 Friendly	Peralada	0–6	Espanyol	Peralada, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadi Municipal De Peralada

Lens v Espanyol

20 July 2019 Friendly	Lens	1–3	Espanyol	Lens, France
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Sheffield Wednesday v Espanyol

28 July 2019 Friendly	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Espanyol	Owlerton, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Fletcher  24' Forestieri  79' (pen.)		Puado  29' Wu Lei  86'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	18 August 2019	19 July 2020	Matchday 1	20th	38	5	10	23	27	58	−31	013.16
Copa del Rey	19 December 2019	22 January 2020	First round	Round of 32	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	066.67
Europa League	25 July 2019	27 February 2020	Second qualifying round	Round of 32	15	9	4	2	32	13	+19	060.00
Total					56	16	14	26	63	73	−10	028.57

Last updated: 19 July 2020

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

Main article: 2019–20 La Liga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Alavés	38	10	9	19	34	59	−25	39
17	Celta Vigo	38	7	16	15	37	49	−12	37
18	Leganés (R)	38	8	12	18	30	51	−21	36	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Mallorca (R)	38	9	6	23	40	65	−25	33
20	Espanyol (R)	38	5	10	23	27	58	−31	25

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)[23]
(R) Relegated.

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	5	10	23	27	58	−31	25	2	6	11	15	31	−16	3	4	12	12	27	−15

Last updated: 19 July 2020.
Source: LaLiga.es

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D
Position	20	18	19	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2020. Source: LaLiga.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The La Liga schedule was announced on 4 July 2019.[24]

Espanyol v Sevilla

18 August 2019 1	Espanyol	0–2	Sevilla	Cornellà de Llobregat
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sánchez  52' Vargas  59'	Report	Reguilón  39',  44' Ocampos  50' Nolito  86'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,832 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Alavés v Espanyol

25 August 2019 2	Alavés	0–0	Espanyol	Vitoria-Gasteiz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pina  7' Wakaso  40' Vidal  83'	Report	Vilà  55'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Stadium Attendance: 14,567 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Espanyol v Granada

1 September 2019 3	Espanyol	0–3	Granada	Cornellà de Llobregat
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Corchia  2' Naldo  40'	Report	Puertas  13' Herrera  31' Fernández  68',  84' Azeez  74' Montoro  80'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,870 Referee: César Soto Grado

Eibar v Espanyol

15 September 2019 4	Eibar	1–2	Espanyol	Eibar
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	José Ángel  25' Ramis  58' Expósito  69'	Report	Naldo  48'  90+1' Roca  61' Ferreyra  76' Granero  79' Pedrosa  90+6'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,410 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

Espanyol v Real Sociedad

22 September 2019 5	Espanyol	1–3	Real Sociedad	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Granero  27' Zaldúa  71' (o.g.)	Report	Willian José  18', 34' Isak  75'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,173 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

Celta Vigo v Espanyol

26 September 2019 6	Celta Vigo	1–1	Espanyol	Vigo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lobotka  44' Aspas  90+2' Mina  90+5'	Report	Calero  32' Pedrosa  48' Naldo  70' Pipa  73' Sánchez  80' Calleri  87'	Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos Attendance: 16,361 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Espanyol v Valladolid

29 September 2019 7	Espanyol	0–2	Valladolid	Cornellà de Llobregat
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sánchez  23' J. López  35' Calero  65'	Report	Míchel  25' (pen.) Plano  90+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,911 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Mallorca v Espanyol

6 October 2019 8	Mallorca	2–0	Espanyol	Palma
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Budimir  37' Sevilla  64',  73'	Report	Sánchez  4' L. López  61' Naldo  62'	Stadium: Estadi de Son Moix Attendance: 15,052 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Espanyol v Villarreal

20 October 2019 9	Espanyol	0–1	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Espinosa  90+3' Di. López  90+6'	Report	Toko Ekambi  17' Iborra  51'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,653 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Levante v Espanyol

27 October 2019 10	Levante	0–1	Espanyol	Valencia
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Clerc  78' Miramón  90+1'	Report	Espinosa  38' Naldo  42' Víctor  65' Campuzano  90+4'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,934 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Athletic Bilbao v Espanyol

30 October 2019 11	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	Espanyol	Bilbao
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Muniain  4', 17' Gómez  79' (o.g.)	Report	Espinosa  53'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,094 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Espanyol v Valencia

2 November 2019 12	Espanyol	1–2	Valencia	Cornellà de Llobregat
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roca  31' (pen.)	Report	Kondogbia  30' Parejo  69' (pen.) Gómez  80'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 18,428 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

Atlético Madrid v Espanyol

10 November 2019 13	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Espanyol	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Correa  45+1' Morata  58' Saúl  60' Partey  85' Koke  90+2'	Report	Darder  38' Naldo  45+4' Campuzano  65'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 53,069 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Espanyol v Getafe

24 November 2019 14	Espanyol	1–1	Getafe	Cornellà de Llobregat
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wu Lei  45',  56' Roca  71' Granero  80'	Report	Mata  3',  29' Arambarri  54' Cucurella  56' Molina  90+1'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 21,059 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Espanyol v Osasuna

1 December 2019 15	Espanyol	2–4	Osasuna	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roca  20' (pen.) Sánchez  27' Calleri  90+3'	Report	Roncaglia  19'  52' R. García  46',  80' Ávila  49' Moncayola  84',  90' Torres  90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 21,238 Referee: Mario Melero López

Real Madrid v Espanyol

7 December 2019 16	Real Madrid	2–0	Espanyol	Madrid
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vinícius  17' Varane  37' Mendy  63'  83' Valverde  74' Benzema  79'	Report	Granero  15' Calero  61' Darder  90+1'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 64,125 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Espanyol v Real Betis

15 December 2019 17	Espanyol	2–2	Real Betis	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Granero  15' Darder  19' Calero  31' Espinosa  41',  85' Ferreyra  90+3'	Report	Iglesias  4' Bartra  68' Feddal  80'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 22,248 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Leganés v Espanyol

22 December 2019 18	Leganés	2–0	Espanyol	Leganés
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Braithwaite  11' En-Nesyri  54' Awaziem  68'	Report	Calero  25' Granero  45+1' Roca  74' Vilà  76' Ferreyra  90+3' Da. López  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque Attendance: 10,183 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Espanyol v Barcelona

4 January 2020 19	Espanyol	2–2	Barcelona	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Da. López  23' J. López  35' Roca  62' Wu Lei  88'	Report	Suárez  50' Vidal  59' De Jong  66'  75'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 33,562 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Villarreal v Espanyol

19 January 2020 20	Villarreal	1–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Trigueros  41' Cazorla  62' (pen.)	Report	Da. López  5' Vilà  24' J. López  32'  59' De Tomás  47',  76'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,053 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Espanyol v Athletic Bilbao

25 January 2020 21	Espanyol	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sánchez  17' Roca  56' Espinosa  59' De Tomás  63'	Report	Vesga  9' Villalibre  12'	Stadium: RCDE Attendance: 27,542 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Granada v Espanyol

1 February 2020 22	Granada	2–1	Espanyol	Granada
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Soldado  29' Machís  38' Fernández  46' Sánchez  48' Gonalons  49'	Report	De Tomás  27' (pen.) Iturraspe  55' Da. López  88' Vilà  90+3'	Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,226 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Espanyol v Mallorca

9 February 2020 23	Espanyol	1–0	Mallorca	Cornellà de Llobregat
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Prieto  6' Vilà  39' Di. López  54' De Tomás  58' Cabrera  70' Sánchez  80' Gómez  90+4'	Report	Sevilla  61' Lumor  87'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 32,084 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Sevilla v Espanyol

16 February 2020 24	Sevilla	2–2	Espanyol	Seville
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ocampos  15' Gómez  33' Gudelj  58' Suso  80'	Report	Embarba  35' Wu Lei  38',  50' Sánchez  49'  69' Roca  84'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,661 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

Valladolid v Espanyol

23 February 2020 25	Valladolid	2–1	Espanyol	Valladolid
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sandro  77' Guardiola  83' García  88'	Report	Da. López  16'  25' Roca  36' Embarba  79',  90+3' (pen.) Darder  88'	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 19,645 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Espanyol v Atlético Madrid

1 March 2020 26	Espanyol	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Savić  24' (o.g.) Embarba  38' Sánchez  90' López  90+2'	Report	Felipe  6' Partey  42' Saúl  46' Koke  86' Lodi  90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 28,872 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Osasuna v Espanyol

8 March 2020 27	Osasuna	1–0	Espanyol	Pamplona
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Torres  51' (pen.) R. García  77' Oier  88' Pérez  90+4'	Report	Di. López  60'  83' Calleri  73'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,737 Referee: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Espanyol v Alavés

13 June 2020 28	Espanyol	2–0	Alavés	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Embarba  4' Wu Lei  26',  47' Espinosa  45+3' De Tomás  73' Calleri  86'	Report	Pacheco  19' Laguardia  52' Rioja  65' Burke  78'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 15 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[25] and rescheduled to 13 June.[26] It was played behind closed doors.

Getafe v Espanyol

16 June 2020 29	Getafe	0–0	Espanyol	Getafe
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Olivera  12' Cucurella  63' Chema  78'	Report	Calleri  3' Espinosa  16' Di. López  86'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 0 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 22 March, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,[25] and rescheduled to 16 June.[26] It was played behind closed doors.

Espanyol v Levante

20 June 2020 30	Espanyol	1–3	Levante	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabrera  16' Da. López  28' Vilà  37'	Report	Mayoral  14' Bardhi  67' Pedrosa  87' (o.g.)	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 5 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,[27] and rescheduled to 20 June.[26] It was played behind closed doors.

Real Betis v Espanyol

25 June 2020 31	Real Betis	1–0	Espanyol	Seville
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodríguez  28' Bartra  48' Pedraza  69' Iglesias  76' Emerson  82'	Report	Pipa  10' Pedrosa  35' Naldo  73' Darder  79'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 12 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,[27] and rescheduled to 25 June.[26] It was played behind closed doors.

Espanyol v Real Madrid

28 June 2020 32	Espanyol	0–1	Real Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedrosa  68'	Report	Casemiro  45' Vinícius  87'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 22 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,[27] and rescheduled to 28 June.[26] It was played behind closed doors.

Real Sociedad v Espanyol

2 July 2020 33	Real Sociedad	2–1	Espanyol	San Sebastián
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zubeldia  37' Zubimendi  50' Willian José  56' Isak  84'	Report	Da. López  10' Nico  34'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 26 April, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,[27] and rescheduled to 2 July.[26] It was played behind closed doors.

Espanyol v Leganés

5 July 2020 34	Espanyol	0–1	Leganés	Cornellà de Llobregat
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Tomás  51' Darder  86' Calleri  88'  88'	Report	Silva  53' Assalé  67' Siovas  84' Avilés  90+1'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 3 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,[27] and rescheduled to 5 July.[26] It was played behind closed doors.

Barcelona v Espanyol

8 July 2020 35	Barcelona	1–0	Espanyol	Barcelona
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fati  50' Suárez  56'	Report	De Tomás  45' Lozano  53' Da. López  90+4'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 0 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 10 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,[27] and rescheduled to 8 July.[26] It was played behind closed doors.

Espanyol v Eibar

12 July 2020 36	Espanyol	0–2	Eibar	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilà  52' Roca  58'	Report	Expósito  25' (pen.), 36' Tejero  65' Enrich  76'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 13 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,[27] and rescheduled to 12 July.[26] It was played behind closed doors.

Valencia v Espanyol

16 July 2020 37	Valencia	1–0	Espanyol	Valencia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gameiro  17' Diakhaby  59' Coquelin  80' Costa  90+2'	Report	Pipa  39' De Tomás  65' Vilà  69' Espinosa  81'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 0 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 17 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,[27] and rescheduled to 16 July.[26] It was played behind closed doors.

Espanyol v Celta Vigo

19 July 2020 38	Espanyol	0–0	Celta Vigo	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilà  89' Embarba  90+2'	Report	Bradarić  26' Olaza  65' Jacobo  90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 24 May, but was postponed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,[27] and rescheduled to 19 July.[26] It was played behind closed doors.

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2019–20 Copa del Rey

Lleida Esportiu v Espanyol

19 December 2019 First round	Lleida Esportiu	0–2	Espanyol	Lleida
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Wu Lei  53', 90+1'	Stadium: Camp d'Esports Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

San Sebastián de los Reyes v Espanyol

12 January 2020 Second round	San Sebastián de los Reyes	0–2	Espanyol	San Sebastián de los Reyes
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sáez  18'  50' Estellés  77'	Report	Calleri  45+1' Calero  64' Espinosa  83' De Tomás  85'	Stadium: Nuevo Matapiñonera Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Real Sociedad v Espanyol

22 January 2020 Round of 32	Real Sociedad	2–0	Espanyol	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Merino  25' Guevara  40' Barrenetxea  45+1' Muñoz  54' Isak  62'	Report	Wu Lei  20' Lozano  37' J. López  68'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,647 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Second qualifying round

Espanyol v Stjarnan

25 July 2019 First leg	Espanyol	4–0	Stjarnan	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferreyra  49', 57' Iglesias  60', 68'	Report		Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,122 Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Stjarnan v Espanyol

1 August 2019 Second leg	Stjarnan	1–3 (1–7 agg.)	Espanyol	Garðabær, Iceland
21:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Héðinsson  78' Sigurðsson  87'	Report	Pedrosa  5' Iglesias  52' Sánchez  60' Ferreyra  79'	Stadium: Stjörnuvöllur Attendance: 1,020 Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Third qualifying round

Luzern v Espanyol

8 August 2019 First leg	Luzern	0–3	Espanyol	Lucerne, Switzerland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ndenge  12' Eleke  27'	Report	Pedrosa  14' Ferreyra  28' Vilà  59',  74' Sánchez  63' Vargas  89'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 9,191 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Espanyol v Luzern

15 August 2019 Second leg	Espanyol	3–0 (6–0 agg.)	Luzern	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wu Lei  3' Campuzano  27', 38'	Report	Arnold  33'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,214 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Play-off round

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

Espanyol v Zorya Luhansk

22 August 2019 First leg	Espanyol	3–1	Zorya Luhansk	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferreyra  21',  58' J. López  79' Vargas  81'	Report	Abu Hanna  24' Kocherhin  38' Hromov  45+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,686 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Zorya Luhansk v Espanyol

29 August 2019 Second leg	Zorya Luhansk	2–2 (3–5 agg.)	Espanyol	Zaporizhia, Ukraine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lyednyev  54' Rusyn  78'	Report	Ferreyra  34' Vargas  62'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Attendance: 10,181 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Espanyol	6	3	2	1	12	4	+8	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
3	Ferencváros	6	1	4	1	5	7	−2	7
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	2	3	3	9	−6	5

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Espanyol v Ferencváros

19 September 2019 1	Espanyol	1–1	Ferencváros	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vargas  60'	Report	J. López  10' (o.g.) Ihnatenko  41'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 18,125 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

CSKA Moscow v Espanyol

3 October 2019 2	CSKA Moscow	0–2	Espanyol	Moscow, Russia
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Fernandes  37' Oblyakov  87' Bijol  90+2'	Report	Piatti  31' Wu Lei  64',  70' Granero  66' Campuzano  90+5'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 22,288 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Ludogorets Razgrad v Espanyol

24 October 2019 3	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	Espanyol	Razgrad, Bulgaria
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Cicinho  15' Moți  25' Anicet  60'	Report	Campuzano  13' J. López  85'  88' Iturraspe  87' L. López  90+2'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 10,334 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Espanyol v Ludogorets Razgrad

7 November 2019 4	Espanyol	6–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Melendo  4' L. López  19' Vargas  36' (pen.) Campuzano  52' Pedrosa  73' Ferreyra  76'	Report	Forster  12' Góralski  25'  35' Badji  90' Lukoki  90+1'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,963 Referee: François Letexier (France)

Ferencváros v Espanyol

28 November 2019 5	Ferencváros	2–2	Espanyol	Budapest, Hungary
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Ćivić  12'  90+4' Sigér  23' Boli  25' Frimpong  35' Škvarka  90+1' (pen.)	Report	Melendo  31' L. López  43' Calero  76' Vilà  76' Ezzarfani  78' Iturraspe  90' Darder  90+6'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 19,111 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Espanyol v CSKA Moscow

12 December 2019 6	Espanyol	0–1	CSKA Moscow	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Oblyakov  71' Magnússon  72' Karpov  76' Diveyev  77' Vlašić  84'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 10,615 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase § Round of 32

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Espanyol

20 February 2020 First leg	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	Espanyol	Wolverhampton, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jota  15', 67', 81' Moutinho  43' Neves  52'	Report	Iturraspe  43' Gómez  67' Sánchez  78'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 30,435 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Espanyol v Wolverhampton Wanderers

27 February 2020 Second leg	Espanyol	3–2 (3–6 agg.)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Calleri  16', 57' (pen.), 90+1',  67' Sánchez  40' Vargas  67'	Report	Traoré  6',  22' Kilman  57' Gibbs-White  63' Doherty  80'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 14,525 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on the end of the season.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Andrés Prieto	6	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
13	GK		Diego López	47	0	36	0	0	0	11	0
25	GK		Oier Olazábal	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Pipa	13	0	5+2	0	2	0	3+1	0
3	DF		Adrià Pedrosa	31	3	11+9	1	3	0	6+2	2
5	DF		Naldo	26	0	15+3	0	1	0	7	0
16	DF		Javi López	28	1	16+1	0	3	0	8	1
17	DF		Dídac Vilà	41	1	28+2	0	0	0	10+1	1
18	DF		Leandro Cabrera	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Bernardo Espinosa	32	3	26	3	1	0	5	0
24	DF		Fernando Calero	24	0	12+3	0	2	0	7	0
34	DF		Víctor Gómez	21	0	14+4	0	0+1	0	2	0
37	DF		Ricard Pujol	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Víctor Sánchez	34	0	20+5	0	0+1	0	6+2	0
8	MF		Ander Iturraspe	18	0	3+5	0	3	0	6+1	0
10	MF		Sergi Darder	44	3	29+7	2	0	0	5+3	1
14	MF		Óscar Melendo	35	2	12+12	0	1	0	10	2
15	MF		David López	36	4	29+3	4	0+1	0	2+1	0
21	MF		Marc Roca	44	2	35	2	1	0	5+3	0
26	MF		Pol Lozano	14	0	2+3	0	2	0	4+3	0
29	MF		Mohamed Ezzarfani	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
33	MF		Nico Melamed	7	0	2+4	0	0	0	0+1	0
36	MF		Kévin Soni	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Wu Lei	49	8	21+12	4	3	2	6+7	2
9	FW		Facundo Ferreyra	27	8	5+11	1	2	0	7+2	7
11	FW		Raúl de Tomás	15	5	11+3	4	0+1	1	0	0
12	FW		Jonathan Calleri	34	5	20+7	1	1	1	2+4	3
22	FW		Matías Vargas	33	5	10+11	0	2	0	7+3	5
23	FW		Adri Embarba	18	2	17+1	2	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Víctor Campuzano	29	5	9+11	0	0+1	0	5+3	5
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
6	DF		Lluís López	15	1	3+1	0	2	0	9	1
7	FW		Borja Iglesias	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	3
11	FW		Javi Puado	3	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0
18	MF		Álex Lopez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Pablo Piatti	7	0	0+3	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
23	MF		Esteban Granero	21	1	5+6	1	0	0	9+1	0
	DF		Sebastien Corchia	7	0	3	0	0	0	4	0

Goalscorers

Last updated on 2 July 2020.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	La Liga	Europa League	Copa del Rey	Total
9	FW		Facundo Ferreyra	1	7	0	8
7	FW		Wu Lei	4	2	2	8
12	FW		Jonathan Calleri	1	3	1	5
31	FW		Víctor Campuzano	0	5	0	5
11	FW		Raúl de Tomás	4	0	1	5
22	FW		Matías Vargas	0	5	0	5
15	MF		David López	4	0	0	4
10	MF		Sergi Darder	2	1	0	3
20	DF		Bernardo Espinosa	3	0	0	3
7	FW		Borja Iglesias	0	3	0	3
3	DF		Adrià Pedrosa	1	2	0	3
23	FW		Adri Embarba	2	0	0	2
14	MF		Óscar Melendo	0	2	0	2
21	MF		Marc Roca	2	0	0	2
23	MF		Esteban Granero	1	0	0	1
16	DF		Javi López	0	1	0	1
6	DF		Lluís López	0	1	0	1
17	DF		Dídac Vilà	0	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
TOTAL				27	33	4	64

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