2017–18 RCD Espanyol season

RCD Espanyol
2017–18 season
President	Chen Yansheng
Head coach	Quique Sánchez Flores
Stadium	Cornellà-El Prat
La Liga	11th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Gerard (16); All: Gerard (19)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

During the 2017–18 season, RCD Espanyol participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

Squad

As of 17 August 2017^[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
14	MF	ESP	Óscar Melendo
15	MF	ESP	David López (3rd captain)
16	DF	ESP	Javi López (captain)
17	MF	PAR	Hernán Pérez
18	MF	ESP	Javi Fuego
19	MF	ARG	Pablo Piatti
20	MF	SEN	Pape Diop
22	DF	ESP	Mario Hermoso
23	MF	ESP	Esteban Granero
24	MF	ESP	Marc Roca
—	FW	ESP	Jairo Morillas

Transfers

List of Spanish football transfers summer 2017 § Espanyol

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
23 May 2017	Diego López	Milan	Transfer	€1,000,000	^[2]
24 May 2017	Pablo Piatti	Valencia	Transfer	€1,500,000	^[3]
30 June 2017	Pau	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan return	Free	^[4]
30 June 2017	Paco Montañés	Levante	Loan return	Free	^[5]
30 June 2017	Jairo Morillas	Numancia	Loan return	Free	^[6]
30 June 2017	Joan Jordán	Valladolid	Loan return	Free	^[7]
30 June 2017	Rober	Elche	Loan return	Free	^[8]
1 July 2017	Óscar Melendo	Espanyol B	Promoted
7 July 2017	Esteban Granero	Real Sociedad	Transfer	Free	^[9]
12 July 2017	Mario Hermoso	Real Madrid B	Transfer	€300,000	^[10]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
22 May 2017	Mamadou Sylla	Eupen	Transfer	€2,300,000	^[11]
22 May 2017	José Antonio Reyes	Unattached		Free	^[11]
29 May 2017	Rubén Duarte	Alavés	Transfer	€400,000	^[12]
30 June 2017	Diego Reyes	Porto	Loan return	Free	^[13]
5 July 2017	Roberto	Málaga	Loan	Free	^[14]
13 July 2017	Joan Jordán	Eibar	Transfer	€100,000	^[15]
20 July 2017	Víctor Álvarez	Arsenal Tula	Transfer	Free	^[16]
2 August 2017	Felipe Caicedo	Lazio	transfer	€2,500,000	^[17]
17 August 2017	Paco Montañés	Tenerife	Transfer	Free	^[18]
28 August 2017	Salva Sevilla	Mallorca	Transfer	Free	^[19]

Pre-season and friendlies

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Persija Jakarta	0–7	Espanyol
Olot	0–4	Espanyol
Borussia Dortmund	0–1	Espanyol
Twente	0–0	Espanyol
Hamburger SV	1–1	Espanyol
Napoli	2–0	Espanyol

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Final position
La Liga	11th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Eibar	38	14	9	15	44	50	−6	51^[a]
10	Girona	38	14	9	15	50	59	−9	51^[a]
11	Espanyol	38	12	13	13	36	42	−6	49^[b]
12	Real Sociedad	38	14	7	17	66	59	+7	49^[b]
13	Celta Vigo	38	13	10	15	59	60	−1	49^[b]

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)^[20]
Notes:

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 August 2017 1	Sevilla	1–1	Espanyol	Seville
22:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lenglet 26' Banega 84' 84' Nolito 90'	Report	Diop 16' Baptistão 35', 55' Martín 76' Da. López 90+1'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 30,506 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

27 August 2017 2	Espanyol	0–1	Leganés	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Naldo 49' Granero 52' Pérez 59'	Report	Mantovani 28' Eraso 73' Rico 79' Gumbau 90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 18,383 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

9 September 2017 3	Barcelona	5–0	Espanyol	Barcelona
20:45 CEST	Busquets 21' Messi 26', 35', 67' Piqué 87' L. Suárez 90'	Report	Da. López 29' V. Sánchez 60' Darder 71' Martín 74' Diop 84'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 72,857 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

18 September 2017 4	Espanyol	2–1	Celta Vigo	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gerard 10' Piatti 24' Fuego 64'	Report	Aspas 48' Mallo 55' Sisto 69' M. Gómez 76' Cabral 77'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,026 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

21 September 2017 5	Villarreal	0–0	Espanyol	Villarreal
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bacca 31' Bakambu 41' Trigueros 71' Álvaro 74' Fornals 85'	Report	V. Sánchez 77' Fuego 86'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 17,071 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

24 September 2017 6	Espanyol	4–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Cornellà de Llobregat
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baptistão 5' Arribas 22' (o.g.) Gerard 72' (pen.), 90' V. Sánchez 75'	Report	Luisinho 19' Borges 53' Gama 90+3'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,585 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

1 October 2017 7	Real Madrid	2–0	Espanyol	Madrid
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Isco 30', 71' Nacho 36' Casemiro 77'	Report	S. Sánchez 65' Martín 90'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 71,205 Referee: José González González

13 October 2017 8	Espanyol	0–0	Levante	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hermoso 57' Fuego 68'	Report	Nano 24' Postigo 39' Morales 60'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,365 Referee: Alberto Mallenco

23 October 2017 9	Real Sociedad	1–1	Espanyol	San Sebastián
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Illarramendi 69', 87' 90+2' Rodrigues 74' Oyarzabal 86' Rulli 90+3'	Report	Baptistão 9' Jurado 44' Darder 64' Da. López 64' Martín 81'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 18,434 Referee: Mario Melero López

30 October 2017 10	Espanyol	1–0	Real Betis	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gerard 55' V. Sánchez 69' Da. López 72'	Report	Barragán 3' Amat 51' Matías Nahuel 76' Joaquín 82' Guardado 88'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 17,545 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

4 November 2017 11	Alavés	1–0	Espanyol	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Santos 1', 79' Diéguez 15' Pedraza 26' Pina 51' Ely 58' Medrán 74' M. García 77'	Report	Hermoso 21' 39'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 14,785 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

19 November 2017 12	Espanyol	0–2	Valencia	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Murillo 29' Lato 49' Montoya 49' Kondogbia 67' Pereira 78' Mina 83'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 24,836 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

27 November 2017 13	Espanyol	1–0	Getafe	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fuego 45' Gerard 55' García 65' Darder 90+2'	Report	Djené 21' Cala 42' Bergara 59' Suárez 82' Molina 89' Antunes 89'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 11,659 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

3 December 2017 14	Eibar	3–1	Espanyol	Eibar
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kike 9', 81' Arbilla 31' Inui 35' Alejo 38' Jordán 69' (pen.)	Report	Gerard 15' D. López 67' Enrich 79' (o.g.) Hermoso 89'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,724 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

11 December 2017 15	Espanyol	0–1	Girona	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Granero 65'	Report	Timor 45+1', 58' Stuani 59' Pons 79'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,846 Referee: José González González

17 December 2017 16	Las Palmas	2–2	Espanyol	Las Palmas
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lemos 20' Tana 39' Castellano 58' Rémy 80' Calleri 89'	Report	Gerard 19', 41', 34' Sánchez 37' Granero 78'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 13,976 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

22 December 2017 17	Espanyol	1–0	Atlético Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	J. López 82' García 88' Pau 90+3'	Report	Saúl 51' Koke 73' Gabi 83' Vrsaljko 89' Fernández 90+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,327 Referee: Mario Melero López

8 January 2018 18	Málaga	0–1	Espanyol	Málaga
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Recio 7' González 78'	Report	D. López 3' Darder 6' Hermoso 32' Fuego 81'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 12,357 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

14 January 2018 19	Espanyol	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gerard 29' Hermoso 60' Martín 78'	Report	Williams 35' Iturraspe 68' Saborit 76' García 80' Merino 88'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,827 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

20 January 2018 20	Espanyol	0–3	Sevilla	Cornellà de Llobregat
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fuego 32' Baptistão 41' J. López 54' Sánchez 85'	Report	Vázquez 15' Sarabia 34' Mercado 71' Escudero 83' Muriel 90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,110 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

28 January 2018 21	Leganés	3–2	Espanyol	Leganés
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hermoso 11' (o.g.), 82' (o.g.) Guerrero 62', 69' Bustinza 90+3'	Report	Granero 40' Navarro 49' Duarte 74' Darder 86' Hermoso 88' Baptistão 90+3'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,467 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

4 February 2018 22	Espanyol	1–1	Barcelona	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Naldo 40' Gerard 66', 84' Navarro 70' García 79' Granero 85'	Report	Busquets 29' Umtiti 52' Piqué 82' Alba 86'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 23,287 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

11 February 2018 23	Celta Vigo	2–2	Espanyol	Vigo
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maxi Gómez 32', 80', 90+2' P. Hernández 78' Hugo Mallo 85'	Report	Baptistão 10' Víctor S. 45' Diego López 54' M. Navarro 83' Gerard 87' S. García 90'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 15,750 Referee: José Luis González González

18 February 2018 24	Espanyol	1–1	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	S. García 35' Granero 85'	Report	Víctor Ruiz 7' Rodri 25' Mario Gaspar 44' Álvaro 63' Javi Fuego 65' Rodri 76' Bacca 85' Rukavina 86'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,308 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

23 February 2018 25	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	Espanyol	A Coruña
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Andone 17' P. Mosquera 33' Fabian Schär 60' Fede Cartabia 62' Bóveda 83'	Report	Víctor S. 42'	Stadium: Riazor

27 February 2018 26	Espanyol	1–0	Real Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aarón Martín 81' Gerard 90+3'	Report	Bale 37'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,805 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

4 March 2018 27	Levante	1–1	Espanyol	Valencia
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	José Luis Morales 55'	Report	Gerard 13' Darder 30' M. Navarro 54' Léo Baptistão 90+1'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,854 Referee: Alberola Rojas

11 March 2018 28	Espanyol	2–1	Real Sociedad	Cornellà de Llobregat
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)	Léo Baptistão 51' Gerard 72'	Report	Llorente R. 14' Willian José 41' de la Bella 87'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,932 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

18 March 2018 29	Real Betis	3–0	Espanyol	Seville
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)	Junior Firpo 34' Ryad Boudebouz 56' Francis 69', 81'	Report	Víctor S. 36' Darder 89' Dídac 90+3'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 31,311 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

1 April 2018 30	Espanyol	0–0	Alavés	Cornellà de Llobregat
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)	Víctor S. 23' Carlos Sánchez 77' Pau López 90+3'	Report	Guidetti 69' Hernán Pérez 88'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,100 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva

8 April 2018 31	Valencia	1–0	Espanyol	Valencia
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodrigo 7' Carlos Soler 53' Ezequiel Garay 54' Kondogbia 90+2'	Report	Carlos Sánchez 15' Léo Baptistão 68'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 36,370 Referee: Gil Manzano

15 April 2018 32	Getafe	1–0	Espanyol	Getafe
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ángel 40' Damián Suárez 53' Mathieu Flamini 58' 61' Amath 86' Jorge Molina 90+1' Sergio Mora 90+2'	Report	Darder 52' David López 56'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 10,363 Referee: Melero López

18 April 2018 33	Espanyol	0–1	Eibar	Cornellà de Llobregat
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hermoso 33' Javi López 51' Víctor S. 56'	Report	David Lombán 32' Capa 57' Diop 90+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 11,862 Referee: Hernández Hernández

22 April 2018 34	Girona	0–2	Espanyol	Girona
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aday 73'	Report	Carlos Sánchez 38' Gerard 43', 55' Víctor S. 48'	Stadium: Montilivi

29 April 2018 35	Espanyol	1–1	Las Palmas	Cornellà de Llobregat
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)	Víctor S. 22' Dídac 25' Gerard 76'	Report	Calleri 27', 29' (pen.) Etebo 35' Vicente Gómez 79' Dani Castellano 90+2'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,375 Referee: González Fuertes

6 May 2018 36	Atlético Madrid	0–2	Espanyol	Madrid
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)	Giménez 90+1'	Report	Melendo 53', 74' Pau López 61' Dídac 61' Léo Baptistão 77'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 49,834 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

13 May 2018 37	Espanyol	4–1	Málaga	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gerard 8' S. García 27' Léo Baptistão 30' Piatti 79' (pen.)	Report	Adrián 39' (pen.) Miquel 67'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,004 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

20 May 2018 38	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	David López 9' Javi López 81'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 28,492 Referee: Fernández Borbalán

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

26 October 2017	Tenerife	0–0	Espanyol	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 13,925 Referee: José González González

30 November 2017	Espanyol	3–2 (3–2 agg.)	Tenerife	Cornellà de Llobregat
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gerard 35', 36' (pen.) D. López 40' Granero 56' Vilà 79' García 90+1'	Report	Acosta 9' Juan Carlos 90+3'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 8,130 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Round of 16

4 January 2018	Espanyol	1–2	Levante	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gerard 28' Piatti 53' Darder 85'	Report	Cabaco 29' Morales 38' (pen.) Bardhi 53' Lerma 70' Ivi 74'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 12,602 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

9 January 2018	Levante	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	Espanyol	Valencia
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lukić 42' Boateng 61'	Report	Baptistão 14' Hermoso 21' Gerard 34'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 9,978 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Quarter-finals

17 January 2018 First leg	Espanyol	1–0	Barcelona	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Martín 43' Gerard 61' Sánchez 86' Melendo 88' D. López 90'	Report	Aleñá 45+1' Alba 55' Rakitić 82' Vermaelen 84' L. Suárez 90+1'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 23,323 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

25 January 2018 Second leg	Barcelona	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Espanyol	Barcelona
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	L. Suárez 8', 9' Messi 25', 27' Alba 38' Paulinho 82'	Report	Hermoso 19' Granero 60' García 72' Naldo 77'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 79,774 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 20 May 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Pau	30	0	28+1	0	1	0
13	GK	ESP	Diego López	15	0	10	0	5	0
35	GK	ESP	Adrián López	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Marc Navarro	24	1	10+9	1	4+1	0
3	DF	ESP	Aarón Martín	35	0	31+1	0	2+1	0
5	DF	BRA	Naldo	17	0	10+1	0	6	0
6	DF	CRC	Óscar Duarte	13	0	11	0	2	0
12	DF	ESP	Dídac Vilà	19	0	7+7	0	4+1	0
16	DF	ESP	Javi López	15	0	12+2	0	1	0
22	DF	ESP	Mario Hermoso	24	1	22	1	2	0
24	DF	ESP	Sergio Sánchez	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ESP	Víctor Sánchez	33	0	29+1	0	3	0
8	MF	COL	Carlos Sánchez	14	0	13+1	0	0	0
10	MF	ESP	José Manuel Jurado	31	0	20+9	0	2	0
14	MF	ESP	Óscar Melendo	23	2	6+12	1	1+4	1
15	MF	ESP	David López	43	1	37	1	6	0
19	MF	ARG	Pablo Piatti	31	2	22+8	2	1	0
21	MF	ESP	Marc Roca	9	0	2+6	0	1	0
23	MF	ESP	Esteban Granero	31	2	11+14	1	6	1
25	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder	40	1	32+3	1	2+3	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Gerard	44	19	38	16	5+1	3
9	FW	ESP	Sergio García	38	3	14+19	2	2+3	1
11	FW	BRA	Léo Baptistão	40	9	31+5	8	1+3	1
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
8	FW	ESP	Álvaro Vázquez	2	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	PAR	Hernán Pérez	5	0	1+3	0	1	0
18	MF	ESP	Javi Fuego	20	0	17	0	3	0
20	MF	CMR	Pape Diop	7	0	3+2	0	2	0

Cards

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 19 December 2017.

No.	Pos.	Name
3	DF	Aarón Martín	4	0
4	MF	Víctor Sánchez	5	0
5	DF	Naldo	1	0
7	FW	Gerard	2	0
9	FW	Sergio García	1	0
10	MF	José Manuel Jurado	1	0
11	FW	Léo Baptistão	1	0
12	DF	Dídac Vilà	1	0
15	MF	David López	6	0
17	MF	Hernán Pérez	1	0
18	MF	Javi Fuego	4	0
20	MF	Pape Diop	3	0
22	DF	Mario Hermoso	3	1
23	MF	Esteban Granero	3	0
24	DF	Sergio Sánchez	1	0
25	MF	Sergi Darder	3	0

Clean sheets

Last updated on 19 December 2017.

Number	Name	Matches Played	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
1	Pau	16	4	0	4
13	Diego López	2	0	1	1
35	Adrià López Garrote	0	0	0	0
TOTALS			4	1	5

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