2022–23 RCD Espanyol season

RCD Espanyol
2022–23 season
Owner	Rastar Group
President	Chen Yansheng
Head coach	Diego Martínez; (until 3 April); Luis García; (from 3 April)
Stadium	RCDE Stadium
La Liga	19th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Joselu (16); All: ; Joselu (17)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 88th season in the history of RCD Espanyol and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

First team

As of 27 January 2023.

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	Joan García
2	DF	ESP	Óscar Gil
3	DF	ESP	Adrià Pedrosa
4	DF	URU	Leandro Cabrera (captain)
5	DF	ESP	Fernando Calero
6	MF	ESP	Pol Lozano
7	FW	ESP	Javi Puado
8	MF	ALB	Keidi Bare
9	FW	ESP	Joselu
10	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder (vice-captain)
12	MF	BRA	Vinícius Souza (on loan from Lommel)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	ESP	Brian Oliván
16	MF	ESP	José Carlos Lazo
17	FW	DEN	Martin Braithwaite
19	FW	ESP	Dani Gómez (on loan from Levante)
20	MF	ESP	Edu Expósito
21	MF	ESP	Nico Melamed
22	DF	ESP	Aleix Vidal
23	DF	MEX	César Montes
24	DF	ESP	Sergi Gómez
25	GK	ESP	Álvaro Fernández (on loan from Huesca)
—	DF	FRA	Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (on loan from Mainz)

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
26	DF	MAR	Omar El Hilali
27	DF	ESP	Rubén Sánchez
28	DF	ESP	Simo Keddari
30	FW	ITA	Luca Koleosho
31	MF	ESP	Dani Villahermosa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	FW	MAR	Nabil Touaizi
33	FW	ESP	Kenneth Soler
34	GK	ESP	Ángel Fortuño
35	MF	ESP	Roger Martínez

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	Álvaro García (at Ibiza until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ESP	Miguelón (at Cartagena until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ESP	Víctor Gómez (at Braga until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	NED	Tonny Vilhena (at Salernitana until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Álvaro Vadillo (at Eibar until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ESP	Jofre Carreras (at Mirandés until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	BEL	Landry Dimata (at NEC Nijmegen until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ESP	Max Svensson (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
–	DF	Brian Oliván	Mallorca	Free transfer	21 June 2022	^[1]
–	FW	Joselu	Alavés	Free transfer	27 June 2022	^[2]
–	MF	Pol Lozano	Girona	Loan Return	30 June 2022	^[3]
–	FW	Juan Camilo Becerra	Gimnàstic	Loan Return	30 June 2022	^[4]
–	FW	Matías Vargas	Adana Demirspor	Loan Return	30 June 2022	^[5]
–	FW	Álvaro Vadillo	Málaga	Loan Return	30 June 2022	^[6]
31	DF	Victor Gómez	Málaga	Loan Return	30 June 2022	^[7]
19	MF	Tonny Vilhena	Krasnodar	€2.6m	12 July 2022	^[8]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Ref
1 July 2022	Diego López	Rayo Vallecano	End of contract	^[9]^[10]
1 July 2022	Víctor Gómez	Braga	Loan	^[11]
1 July 2022	Óscar Melendo	Released		^[12]
1 July 2022	Fran Mérida	Released		^[13]
1 July 2022	Oier Olazábal	Released		^[14]
1 July 2022	Dídac Vilà	Released		^[15]
12 August 2022	Wu Lei	Shanghai Port	Undisclosed	^{[citation needed]}

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

16 July 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	2–0	Montpellier	Sant Adrià de Besòs
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Melamed 44' Vinícius 63' Villahermosa 83'	Report	Mendes 15' Chotard 42' Khazri 63' Ferri 87'	Stadium: Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque

22 July 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	0–0	Las Palmas	Marbella
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Gil 15'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center

24 July 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	2–0	Lille	Marbella
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Darder 21' Joselu 59' Puado 65'		Fonte 22' Ribeiro 28'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

28 July 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	0–1	Linense	Marbella
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Oliva 89'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

30 July 2022 Friendly	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–1	Espanyol	Falmer, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Webster 17' Dunk 47' Trossard 54', 63', 69'		Joselu 77'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Referee: Stuart Attwell

6 August 2022 Friendly	Napoli	0–0	Espanyol	Castel di Sangro
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen 44' Juan Jesus 82' Demme 88'		Gómez 44' Vinícius 45' Cabrera 45' Oliván 79' Villahermosa 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Referee: Gabriele Scatena (Italy)

10 December 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	0–1	Torino	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center

14 December 2022 Friendly	Espanyol	1–1	Mechelen	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
12:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	13 August 2022	4 June 2023	Matchday 1	19th	38	8	13	17	52	69	−17	021.05
Copa del Rey	12 November 2022	18 January 2023	First round	Round of 16	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	075.00
Total					42	11	13	18	59	71	−12	026.19

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Valencia	38	11	9	18	42	45	−3	42^[a]
17	Almería	38	11	8	19	49	65	−16	41
18	Valladolid (R)	38	11	7	20	33	63	−30	40	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Espanyol (R)	38	8	13	17	52	69	−17	37
20	Elche (R)	38	5	10	23	30	67	−37	25

Source: LaLiga Santander
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)^[16]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Head-to-head points: Cádiz 8, Getafe 5, Valencia 3.

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	8	13	17	52	69	−17	37	4	7	8	27	35	−8	4	6	9	25	34	−9

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	D
Position	9	15	16	15	15	17	16	17	13	16	14	15	16	16	16	19	14	13	15	15	17	13	12	13	15	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.^[17]^[18]

13 August 2022 1	Celta Vigo	2–2	Espanyol	Vigo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mallo 15' Aidoo 37' Aspas 45+2', 80' Paciência 63' Galán 90+2' Marchesín 90+7'	Report	Vinícius 60' Expósito 72' Gil 90+1' Joselu 90+8'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 13,859 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

19 August 2022 2	Espanyol	0–2	Rayo Vallecano	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gil 7' S. Gómez 30' Oliván 45+3'	Report	Lejeune 14' 16' Dimitrievski 24' Trejo 36' Palazón 40' Ciss 59' Valentín 76'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 16,071 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

28 August 2022 3	Espanyol	1–3	Real Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Joselu 43' Lecomte 90+6'	Report	Vinícius 12' Benzema 88', 90+10'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 25,778 Referee: Mario Melero López

4 September 2022 4	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Sancet 54' De Marcos 90' Vencedor 90+3'	Report	Cabrera 45+3' Braithwaite 83' D. Gómez 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,574 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

10 September 2022 5	Espanyol	2–3	Sevilla	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Gil 13' Joselu 42', 45+4' (pen.) Vinícius 58' Braithwaite 62' D. Gómez 90+6'	Report	Lamela 1', 29' 84' Carmona 26', 45' Acuña 45+2' Fernando 90+4' En-Nesyri 90+6'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,135 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

18 September 2022 6	Real Sociedad	2–1	Espanyol	San Sebastián
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Méndez 17', 82' Sørloth 29', 88' Elustondo 83'	Report	Expósito 19'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 31,511 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

2 October 2022 7	Espanyol	2–2	Valencia	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Joselu 56' Darder 58', 83' Oliván 76' Braithwaite 90+2'	Report	Gabriel 53' Marcos André 85' Cömert 90+6' Diakhaby 90+8'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,766 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

9 October 2022 8	Cádiz	2–2	Espanyol	Cádiz
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	San Emeterio 32' Chust 36', 41' Zaldúa 47' Ocampo 69' Pérez 78'	Report	Joselu 51', 67' Vidal 68' Gil 90+2' Lozano 90+3'	Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla Attendance: 16,572 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

16 October 2022 9	Espanyol	1–0	Valladolid	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vinícius 63' Joselu 78'	Report	Feddal 15' Escudero 31' Monchu 52' Mesa 59'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 17,770 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

20 October 2022 10	Osasuna	1–0	Espanyol	Pamplona
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Braithwaite 53' Budimir 55'	Report	D. García 27' Calero 73'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 17,832 Referee: Mario Melero López

23 October 2022 11	Espanyol	2–2	Elche	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vinícius 4' Puado 24' Braithwaite 67' Vidal 82'	Report	Milla 11' Palacios 45' Boyé 49' Mascarell 78' Verdú 82'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 17,560 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

28 October 2022 12	Mallorca	1–1	Espanyol	Palma
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ruiz de Galarreta 45+1' Muriqi 48' González 76' Raíllo 89' Valjent 90+4'	Report	Lazo 70' Darder 78'	Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium Attendance: 13,982 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

6 November 2022 13	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Espanyol	Madrid
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kondogbia 59' Félix 78', 88' Giménez 83'	Report	Cabrera 28' Oliván 34' Braithwaite 53' Darder 62' Lecomte 74' Vidal 85' Omar 90+5'	Stadium: Cívitas Metropolitano Attendance: 50,007 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

9 November 2022 14	Espanyol	0–1	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Melamed 89'	Report	Capoue 38' Lecomte 64' (o.g.) Pino 79' Albiol 90+2'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

31 December 2022 15	Barcelona	1–1	Espanyol	Barcelona
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alonso 7' Fati 25' Gavi 30' Alba 74' 78' Torres 75' Pedri 76' Raphinha 90+5'	Report	Oliván 30' Cabrera 31' Calero 55' Joselu 73' (pen.) Vinícius 74' 80' Expósito 74' Puado 90+6'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 88,095 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

7 January 2023 16	Espanyol	2–2	Girona	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Expósito 4' Oliván 21' Puado 51' Joselu 76' Montes 87'	Report	Castellanos 9' Toni 32' Herrera 85', 88'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 21,429 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

15 January 2023 17	Getafe	1–2	Espanyol	Getafe
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ünal 7' Duarte 16' Álvarez 90'	Report	Joselu 6' Calero 30' Cabrera 33' Montes 51' Puado 62'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 10,286 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

21 January 2023 18	Espanyol	1–0	Real Betis	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Puado 27' Braithwaite 43' Montes 56' Sánchez 89'	Report	Rodríguez 24' Ruibal 90+1'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,811 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

27 January 2023 19	Almería	3–1	Espanyol	Almería
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Suárez 21' Robertone 41' Baptistão 61' Portillo 77', 78' Eguaras 90+7'	Report	Gil 44' Vinícius 55' Puado 57' Joselu 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 11,629 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

4 February 2023 20	Espanyol	1–1	Osasuna	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pierre-Gabriel 45+4' 45+4' Vidal 45+4' Braithwaite 59'	Report	Ezzalzouli 16' 45+4' Gómez 29' Budimir 45' U. García 61' Moncayola 78'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 22,313 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

13 February 2023 21	Espanyol	2–3	Real Sociedad	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gil 18' Braithwaite 57' Darder 74' Cabrera 80' 90+4' Oliván 87'	Report	Kubo 23' Sørloth 51' Cabrera 63' (o.g.) Fernández 90+7'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,732 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

19 February 2023 22	Elche	0–1	Espanyol	Elche
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Carmona 71' 81'	Report	Gil 43' Oliván 44' Darder 90+2' Expósito 90+6'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 18,963 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

25 February 2023 23	Espanyol	2–1	Mallorca	Cornellà de Llobregat
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Braithwaite 22', 51' Gragera 74' Melamed 83'	Report	Muriqi 41' Ruiz de Galarreta 62' Rajković 83'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 21,403 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

5 March 2023 24	Valladolid	2–1	Espanyol	Valladolid
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	I. Sánchez 25' Mesa 29' Escudero 40' Hongla 45+1' Aguado 62'	Report	Gil 24' Joselu 75' Braithwaite 87'	Stadium: José Zorilla Attendance: 19,212 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

11 March 2023 25	Real Madrid	3–1	Espanyol	Madrid
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vinícius 22', 32' Militão 39' Ceballos 86' Carvajal 88' Asensio 90+3'	Report	Joselu 8' Cabrera 19' Gil 56'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 59,872 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

18 March 2023 26	Espanyol	1–3	Celta Vigo	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Darder 31' Cabrera 44' Gragera 86'	Report	Veiga 26' Aspas 45' (pen.) Galán 62' Pérez 82' Larsen 90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 26,231 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

1 April 2023 27	Girona	2–1	Espanyol	Girona
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Romeu 24' Martín 35' Martínez 53', 90+3' Castellanos 71' Reinier 71' Stuani 88' (pen.)	Report	Braithwaite 74' S. Gómez 83' Suárez 83' Calero 87'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 12,841 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias
Note: Reinier was sent off for dissent while a substitute.

8 April 2023 28	Espanyol	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Braithwaite 21' Gragera 53' Gil 59' Calero 78' Darder 90' Vidal 90+1' 90+1'	Report	De Marcos 21' I. Williams 22' D. García 30' Sancet 44' N. Williams 75' Simón 90+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 24,903 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

15 April 2023 29	Real Betis	3–1	Espanyol	Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Luiz Felipe 15' Montoya 17' Pérez 27' Miranda 34' Carvalho 69'	Report	Vinícius 38' Montes 48' Cabrera 64'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 45,313 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

21 April 2023 30	Espanyol	0–0	Cádiz	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gil 10' Cabrera 26' Montes 30' Vidal 67'	Report	San Emeterio 39' Carcelén 68'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 28,512 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

27 April 2023 31	Villarreal	4–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jackson 16', 80' Capoue 53', 90+2' Pino 58' Parejo 63', 63'	Report	Calero 40' Puado 45', 58' Montes 62' Joselu 73' Gil 77' Expósito 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 16,134 Referee: César Soto Grado

30 April 2023 32	Espanyol	1–0	Getafe	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Joselu 38' Braithwaite 42' Fernández 47' Melamed 71' Vidal 90+1'	Report	Aleñá 37' Duarte 51' Maksimović 57' Villar 73' Latasa 81'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 26,953 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

4 May 2023 33	Sevilla	3–2	Espanyol	Seville
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gil 22', 45+2' Ocampos 69' (pen.) Gueye 88'	Report	Rekik 29' (o.g.) Puado 43' Suárez 62' Vinícius 90+1'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,391 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

14 May 2023 34	Espanyol	2–4	Barcelona	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Darder 39' Puado 73' Joselu 90+2'	Report	Koundé 2', 53' Lewandowski 11', 40' Balde 20' Gavi 39' Alba 82'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 27,360 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

21 May 2023 35	Rayo Vallecano	1–2	Espanyol	Madrid
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trejo 40' De Tomás 42' Catena 70'	Report	Darder 23' Cabrera 39' Melamed 59' Gil 85'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,142 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

24 May 2023 36	Espanyol	3–3	Atlético Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Montes 64' Vidal 66' Joselu 76' (pen.) Vinícius 79', 80'	Report	Saúl 21' Griezmann 44' Carrasco 46' Grbić 75' Martín 89' Giménez 90+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 25,822 Referee: Mario Melero López

28 May 2023 37	Valencia	2–2	Espanyol	Valencia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	López 38' Lino 90+3'	Report	Montes 12', 40' Gil 37' Braithwaite 50' Vidal 90'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 44,141 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

4 June 2023 38	Espanyol	3–3	Almería	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Puado 13' Oliván 30' Montes 41' Pierre-Gabriel 49' Koleosho 73'	Report	Touré 10' Pozo 30' Costa 45' Embarba 58', 87' (pen.) Ramazani 83' Melero 90+3'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 14,213 Referee: César Soto Grado

Copa del Rey

12 November 2022 First round	Rincón	0–3	Espanyol	Málaga
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Enri 28' Conejo 50' Chechu 61'	Report	Melamed 24' D. Gómez 44' Puado 60' Gil 61' Expósito 70' Lazo 71' Soler 80' Joselu 83'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

20 December 2022 Second round	Atlético Paso	0–1	Espanyol	El Paso
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	González 61'	Report	Bare 61' Melamed 80' Gil 84'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 5,000 Referee: César Soto Grado

3 January 2023 Round of 32	Espanyol	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Celta Vigo	Cornellà de Llobregat
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martínez 25' Vinícius 32' Puado 53' Vidal 69' Cabrera 79' Darder 97' Melamed 100', 118'	Report	Vázquez 12' Paciência 15' Tapia 27' Beltrán 51' Aidoo 64' Larsen 73' Marchesín 97' 112' Rodriguez 120'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,050 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

18 January 2023 Round of 16	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Espanyol	Bilbao
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Marcos 27' Yeray 45'	Report	Puado 36' Sánchez 44' S. Gómez 45+3' Vinícius 90+3'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,564 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated 5 March 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Joan García	3	0	0	0	3	0
13	GK	ESP	Fernando Pacheco	3	0	3	0	0	0
25	GK	ESP	Álvaro Fernández	12	0	11	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Óscar Gil	23	0	19+1	0	1+2	0
3	DF	ESP	Adrià Pedrosa	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	URU	Leandro Cabrera	25	0	20+1	0	4	0
5	DF	ESP	Fernando Calero	20	0	15+3	0	1+1	0
14	MF	ESP	Brian Oliván	26	1	23	1	3	0
18	FW	FRA	Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
22	DF	ESP	Aleix Vidal	21	0	10+8	0	1+2	0
23	MF	MEX	César Montes	9	0	6+1	0	2	0
24	DF	ESP	Sergi Gómez	19	0	15+3	0	1	0
26	DF	MAR	Omar El Hilali	6	0	1+4	0	1	0
27	DF	ESP	Rubén Sánchez	14	0	4+8	0	2	0
28	DF	ESP	Simo	7	0	0+5	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ESP	Denis Suárez	7	0	3+2	0	1+1	0
8	MF	ALB	Keidi Bare	13	0	3+8	0	1+1	0
10	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder	27	5	24	4	1+2	1
12	MF	BRA	Vinícius Souza	25	0	22	0	2+1	0
15	MF	ESP	José Gragera	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
16	MF	ESP	José Carlos Lazo	14	1	0+10	1	3+1	0
20	MF	ESP	Edu Expósito	24	3	11+9	2	3+1	1
21	MF	ESP	Nico Melamed	22	2	7+11	0	2+2	2
30	MF	ITA	Luca Koleosho	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
31	MF	ESP	Dani Villahermosa	1	0	0	0	1	0
35	MF	ESP	Roger Martínez	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Joselu	27	12	16+7	11	3+1	1
7	FW	ESP	Javi Puado	25	5	20+1	3	2+2	2
17	FW	DEN	Martin Braithwaite	21	8	19	8	1+1	0
19	FW	ESP	Dani Gómez	8	0	0+7	0	1	0
32	FW	MAR	Nabil Touaizi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	FW	ESP	Kenneth Soler	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
13	GK	FRA	Benjamin Lecomte	10	0	10	0	0	0
6	MF	ESP	Pol Lozano	6	0	0+4	0	1+1	0

References

^ "Brian Oliván signs for RCD Espanyol". RCD Espanyol. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Joselu joins RCD Espanyol". RCD Espanyol. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Cesión de Pol Lozano al Girona" [Loan of Pol Lozano to Girona] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Becerra, cedido al Nàstic de Tarragona" [Becerra, loaned to Nàstic de Tarragona] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Matías Vargas, cedido al Adana Demirspor" [Matías Vargas, loaned to Adana Demirspor] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Vadillo, cedido al Málaga CF" [Vadillo, loaned to Málaga CF] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Víctor Gómez, cedido al Málaga CF" [Víctor Gómez, loaned to Málaga CF] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "ТОННИ ВИЛЬЕНА ПЕРЕШЁЛ В "ЭСПАНЬОЛ"" (in Russian). Krasnodar. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Diego López bids farewell to RCD Espanyol". RCD Espanyol. 13 June 2022.
^ "Diego López nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 2 July 2022.
^ "VÍCTOR GÓMEZ ASSINA PELO SC BRAGA" (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 29 June 2022.
^ "Óscar Melendo finaliza su etapa en el RCD Espanyol" (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 30 June 2022.
^ "Fran Mérida se despide del Espanyol" (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 1 July 2022.
^ "Oier se despide del RCD Espanyol" (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 29 June 2022.
^ "Dídac Vilà finalitza la seva etapa al RCD Espanyol" (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. 16 June 2022.
^ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "OFICIAL: Este es el CALENDARIO oficial de Primera División para la temporada 2022/2023". rfef.es (in Spanish). 23 June 2022.
^ "These are the fixtures for the first Matchday of LaLiga Santander 2022/23". La Liga. 23 June 2022.

[table_hth_CAD0.85640651632864-16] Head-to-head points: Cádiz 8, Getafe 5, Valencia 3.

[Olivan-1] "Brian Oliván signs for RCD Espanyol". RCD Espanyol. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[Joselu-2] "Joselu joins RCD Espanyol". RCD Espanyol. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[Lozano-3] "Cesión de Pol Lozano al Girona" [Loan of Pol Lozano to Girona] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[Becerra-4] "Becerra, cedido al Nàstic de Tarragona" [Becerra, loaned to Nàstic de Tarragona] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[Vargas-5] "Matías Vargas, cedido al Adana Demirspor" [Matías Vargas, loaned to Adana Demirspor] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[Vadillo-6] "Vadillo, cedido al Málaga CF" [Vadillo, loaned to Málaga CF] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[Gomez-7] "Víctor Gómez, cedido al Málaga CF" [Víctor Gómez, loaned to Málaga CF] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[Vilhena-8] "ТОННИ ВИЛЬЕНА ПЕРЕШЁЛ В "ЭСПАНЬОЛ"" (in Russian). Krasnodar. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[9] "Diego López bids farewell to RCD Espanyol". RCD Espanyol. 13 June 2022.

[Diego_López-10] "Diego López nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 2 July 2022.

[11] "VÍCTOR GÓMEZ ASSINA PELO SC BRAGA" (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 29 June 2022.

[12] "Óscar Melendo finaliza su etapa en el RCD Espanyol" (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 30 June 2022.

[13] "Fran Mérida se despide del Espanyol" (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 1 July 2022.

[14] "Oier se despide del RCD Espanyol" (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 29 June 2022.

[15] "Dídac Vilà finalitza la seva etapa al RCD Espanyol" (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. 16 June 2022.

[17] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[18] "OFICIAL: Este es el CALENDARIO oficial de Primera División para la temporada 2022/2023". rfef.es (in Spanish). 23 June 2022.

[19] "These are the fixtures for the first Matchday of LaLiga Santander 2022/23". La Liga. 23 June 2022.

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