2014–15 RCD Espanyol season

RCD Espanyol
2014–15 season
President	Joan Collet
Head coach	Sergio
Stadium	Cornellà-El Prat
La Liga	10th
Copa del Rey	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Cristhian Stuani (12); All: Cristhian Stuani (15)

The 2014–15 RCD Espanyol season was the club's 113th season in its history and its 80th in the top-tier.

Transfers

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	ESP	Anaitz Arbilla (from Rayo Vallecano)[1]
20	FW	ECU	Felipe Caicedo (from Al-Jazira)[2]
22	DF	ESP	Álvaro (from Zaragoza)[3]
24	MF	ESP	Paco Montañés (from Zaragoza)[3]
6	MF	ESP	Salva Sevilla (from Betis)[4]
—	MF	ESP	Lucas Vázquez (on loan from Real Madrid Castilla)[5]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	Joan Capdevila (to North East United)[6]
—	FW	POR	Simão (unattached)[7]

Current squad

As of 1 September 2014[8]

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	Germán Parreño
2	DF	BRA	Felipe Mattioni
3	DF	ESP	Raúl Rodríguez
4	MF	ESP	Víctor Sánchez
5	DF	ESP	Víctor Álvarez
6	MF	ESP	Salva Sevilla
7	MF	ESP	Álex Fernández
8	FW	URU	Cristhian Stuani
9	FW	ESP	Sergio García (captain)
10	MF	ESP	Abraham
11	MF	ESP	Manuel Lanzarote
12	DF	ESP	Carlos Clerc
13	GK	ESP	Kiko Casilla (4th captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	José Cañas
15	DF	MEX	Héctor Moreno
16	DF	ESP	Javi López (vice-captain)
17	MF	ESP	Lucas Vázquez (on loan from Real Madrid)
18	DF	ESP	Juan Fuentes
19	DF	ARG	Diego Colotto (3rd captain)
20	FW	ECU	Felipe Caicedo
22	DF	ESP	Álvaro
23	DF	ESP	Anaitz Arbilla
24	MF	ESP	Paco Montañés
25	GK	ESP	Pau
28	MF	ESP	Joan Jordán
29	FW	ESP	Jairo Morillas

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
—	MF	ESP	Christian Alfonso (at Girona until 30 June 2015)
—	MF	ESP	Cristian Gómez (at Girona until 30 June 2015)
—	MF	ESP	Sergio Tejera (at Alavés until 30 June 2015)
—	FW	CGO	Thievy Bifouma (at Almería until 30 June 2015)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	—		August 2014	May 2015
Copa del Rey	Round of 32		December 2014

Updated to match played June 2014
Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Celta Vigo	38	13	12	13	47	44	+3	51
9	Málaga	38	14	8	16	42	48	−6	50
10	Espanyol	38	13	10	15	47	51	−4	49[lower-alpha 1]
11	Rayo Vallecano	38	15	4	19	46	68	−22	49[lower-alpha 1]
12	Real Sociedad	38	11	13	14	44	51	−7	46

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair-play points; 7) playoff match[9]
Notes:

Espanyol ahead on head-to-head record; Rayo Vallecano–Espanyol 1–3, Espanyol–Rayo Vallecano 1–1.

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET. Win Draw Loss

23 August 2014 1	Almería	1–1	Espanyol	Almería
23:00	Soriano 52'	Report	Arbilla 17' 32' García 63', 90+4' Sánchez 84'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

30 August 2014 2	Espanyol	1–2	Sevilla	Barcelona
23:00	Colotto 30' Casilla 56' Stuani 61' Sánchez 64' Vázquez 90'	Report	Bacca 34' Iborra 54'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

14 September 2014 3	Valencia	3–1	Espanyol	Valencia
17:00	Piatti 7' Parejo 63' Alcácer 73' Barragán 82'	Report	Álvaro 75' García 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 38,500 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

20 September 2014 4	Espanyol	2–2	Málaga	Málaga
20:00	Caicedo 16' López 39' Stuani 88', 90+1' Sevilla 90+3'	Report	Camacho 53', 70' Sánchez 60' Darder 75' Duda 89' Kameni 89' Duda 90+3'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

25 September 2014 5	Espanyol	2–0	Getafe	Barcelona
19:00	Álvarez 62' García 66' Stuani 83'		Arroyo 75' Míchel 82'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

28 September 2014 6	Córdoba	0-0	Espanyol	Córdoba
21:00	Crespo 25' Ekeng 55'		Cañas 12' Fuentes 36' Álvaro 68' Vázquez 81' Mattioni 86' Sánchez 89'	Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 24,000

5 October 2014 7	Espanyol	2–0	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
19:00 CEST	Vázquez 7' Cañas 28' López 33' Fuentes 47' Sánchez 65' Álvaro 69' Colotto 86' Stuani 90+2'	Summary	Gaztañaga 51' González 56'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 18,326 Referee: Mario Melero López

19 October 2014 8	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Espanyol	Madrid
12:00	Tiago 43' Suárez 72'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 54,069 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

26 October 2014 9	Espanyol	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
17:00	Sánchez 52' Álvaro 79'		Luisinho 37' Medunjanin 53' Postiga 69' Insua 80'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 21,000

2 November 2014 10	Elche	2–1	Espanyol	Elche
21:00	Pašalić 14' Jonathan 19', 52', 84' Cisma 31' 85' Rodrigues 61' 75'		Cañas 26' Álvaro 46' Stuani 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 21,472

9 November 2014 11	Espanyol	1–1	Villarreal	Barcelona
17:00	Álvarez 16' García 83' Stuani 83' Colotto 90'		Mario 26' Trigueros 36' Cheryshev 43' Costa 51'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 22,000

21 November 2014 12	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
19:45	Aduriz 29', 61' Viguera 44' Iturraspe 78'		Vázquez 52' Caicedo 61' López 62' Sevilla 75' García 76' Sánchez 84'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Mario Melero López

29 November 2014 13	Espanyol	2–1	Levante	Barcelona
17:00	Caicedo 19' García 34' Cañas 85' Arbilla 90'		Morales 12' Ivanschitz 24' Navarro 50' Barral 81'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 12,723 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

7 December 2014 14	Barcelona	5–1	Espanyol	Barcelona
16:00	Lionel Messi 45', 50', 81' Piqué 53' Pedro 77'		García 13' Sevilla 29' Vázquez 52' Álvaro 69' Arbilla 79'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 76,057 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

14 December 2014 15	Espanyol	2–1	Granada	Barcelona
11:00	Cañas 19' Caicedo 34' Sánchez 71' Stuani 90'		Juan Carlos 41' 82' Murillo 59' El-Arabi 61' Yuste 83' Piti 88' Mainz 89'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 18,405 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

20 December 2014 16	Rayo Vallecano	1–3	Espanyol	Madrid
21:00	Baena 34' Insúa 40' Baptistão 45' Quini 90'		García 9', 90+5' Sevilla 17' Bailly 29' Álvaro 67]' Stuani 72' 81' Vázquez 76', 79'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 7,776 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

4 January 2015 17	Espanyol	1–2	Eibar	Barcelona
18:00	Caicedo 80' Arbilla 83'		Manu 34' Bóveda 38' Ekiza 50'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 19,136 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

10 January 2015 18	Real Madrid	3–0	Espanyol	Madrid
15:00	Rodríguez 12' Bale 28' Coentrão 51' Ronaldo 52' Nacho 77'		Fuentes 27' Sánchez 58' Arbilla 70' Montañés 76'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 74,896 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

17 January 2015 19	Espanyol	1–0	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
21:00	Arbilla 54' Cañas 58' Álvaro 73' Caicedo 90'		Fontàs 61' Hernández 82' Nolito 85'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 12,710 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

25 January 2015 20	Espanyol	3–0	Almería	Barcelona
18:00	Stuani 37', 40' Abraham 51' Cañas 58' Caicedo 74'		Thomas 39'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,792 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

1 February 2015 21	Sevilla	3–2	Espanyol	Seville
18:00	Vidal 12' Beto 15' Figueiras 27', 56' Vitolo 35' Iborra 38' Arribas 45' Banega 66' Bacca 81' Aspas 89', 89'		Cañas 13' Stuani 15' Sánchez 21', 77' Casilla 40' Vázquez 45+2'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 27,955 Referee: José González González

8 February 2015 22	Espanyol	1–2	Valencia	Barcelona
18:00	Álvarez 56' Sánchez 61' Moreno 82' Montañés 84' García 89', 90+2'		Pérez 34' Piatti 62' Gomes 82' Pau 85' (o.g.) Orbán 90+1' Negredo 90+2'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 18,752 Referee: Mario Melero López

14 February 2015 23	Málaga	0–2	Espanyol	Málaga
21:00	Darder 47' Amrabat 51' Camacho 54'		Abraham 7' Sánchez 23' Álvaro 40' Arbilla 61' Stuani 76' López 81' Colotto 81' Casilla 82' García 90+1', 90+3'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 16,181 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

20 February 2015 24	Getafe	2–1	Espanyol	Getafe
19:45	J. Rodríguez 29' Sarabia 33' Lacen 47' Vázquez 57' Alexis 71'		López 30' Duarte 60' Cañas 62' Arbilla 89'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 9,614 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

27 February 2015 25	Espanyol	1–0	Córdoba	Barcelona
19:45	Moreno 11' Fuentes 19' Abraham 43' Cañas 59' Sánchez 83' S. García 86'		Pantić 54' Zuculini 65' Andone 75' B. García 86'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 17,128 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

8 March 2015 26	Real Sociedad	1–0	Espanyol	San Sebastián
16:00	Canales 38' Bergara 84' Pardo 90+2'		Sánchez 50' Moreno 77' Colotto 84'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,329 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

14 March 2015 27	Espanyol	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
15:00	Álvaro 8' Sánchez 38' López 60'		Gabi 42' Miranda 45' Tiago 57' García 78'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 22,538 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

22 March 2015 28	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	Espanyol	A Coruña
11:00	Lopo 34' Sidnei 39' Borges 50' Bergantiños 70'		Sánchez 8' López 30' Duarte 43' Álvaro 88'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 19,957 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

6 April 2015 29	Espanyol	1–1	Elche	Barcelona
19:00	García 17' Sevilla 26' Moreno 46' Fuentes 65'		Adrián 33' Mosquera 73' José Ángel 75' Herrera 77'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 13,892 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

9 April 2015 30	Villarreal	0–3	Espanyol	Villarreal
21:00	Pina 34'		Caicedo 24', 68' Álvaro 33' Sánchez 79'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 11,830 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

12 April 2015 31	Espanyol	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
16:00	Stuani 33' García 40' Álvarez 88'		Laporte 38' De Marcos 86'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 19,054 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

17 April 2015 32	Levante	2–2	Espanyol	Valencia
19:45	Simão Mate 21' José Mari 64' Víctor 87'		Vázquez 18' Caicedo 45+1' Sánchez 73' López 75' Duarte 89'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 17,062 Referee: Mario Melero López

25 April 2015 33	Espanyol	0–2	Barcelona	Barcelona
15:00	García 23' Álvaro 59' Arbilla 62' Vázquez 73' Cañas 80' Moreno 90+1' 90+1'		Neymar 17' Messi 25' Alba 54' 55' Alves 58' Busquets 83'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 30,253 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

30 April 2015 34	Granada	1–2	Espanyol	Granada
21:00	Candeias 62' Mainz 73' Martins 77'		Fuentes 32' García 38', 45' Casilla 79'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,097 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

3 May 2015 35	Espanyol	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
11:00	Arbilla 57' Sánchez 64' Moreno 80' Duarte 87' Cañas 90+4' 90+4'		Insúa 29' Toño 64'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,479 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

8 May 2015 36	Eibar	0–2	Espanyol	Eibar
19:45	D. García 37' Añibarro 56'		S. García 29', 56' Casilla 49' Stuani 60' Arbilla 65' Sánchez 86'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,648 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

17 May 2015 37	Espanyol	1–4	Real Madrid	Barcelona
18:00	Caicedo 18' Sánchez 55' Stuani 73'		Pepe 23' Ronaldo 59', 83', 90+1' Carvajal 68' Marcelo 74', 79'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 30,180 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

23 May 2015 38	Celta Vigo	3–2	Espanyol	Vigo
17:30	Sergio 20' Fernández 28' Mallo 38' Mina 45+3' Cabral 58' Nolito 77'		García 23' Stuani 48' Álvaro 89'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 18,385 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

2 December 2014 First leg	Alavés	0–2	Espanyol	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:00			Fernández 23' Stuani 36', 90'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 7,313 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

17 December 2014 Second leg	Espanyol	1–0	Alavés	Barcelona
19:00	Mattioni 32' Morillas 64'		Manu 78'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat

Round of 16

7 January 2015 First leg	Valencia	2–1	Espanyol	Valencia
21:00	Gayà 11' Negredo 86' (pen.) Vezo 89'		Abraham 53' Stuani 60' Álvaro 85' García 90'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

13 January 2015 Second leg	Espanyol	2–0	Valencia	Barcelona
19:00	Cañas 5' Álvarez 45' Caicedo 79', 89', 80'		Mustafi 14' Vezo 37' De Paul 51' Barragán 79'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,950 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Quarter-finals

22 January 2015 First leg	Espanyol	3–1	Sevilla	Barcelona
21:00	Montañés 12' Caicedo 18', 38' Álvaro 56' Arbilla 60' García 74', 85' Sánchez 75' Vázquez 81' Stuani 83'		Arribas 62' Pareja 73' Bacca 90+1'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

29 January 2015 Second leg	Sevilla	1–0	Espanyol	Seville
21:00	Bacca 27' Pareja 38' Carriço 57' Figueiras 88'		Arbilla 12' Álvaro 54' Álvarez 57'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Semi-finals

11 February 2015 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
21:00	Aduriz 11' Gurpegui 41' Aurtenetxe 77' Herrerín 85'		Sánchez 35' Montañés 90+1'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

24 March 2015 Second leg	Espanyol	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
21:00	Cañas 9' Moreno 37' Stuani 44' Arbilla 66' Álvaro 87'		De Marcos 8' Aduriz 13' Etxeita 41'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat

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
2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0	1	0	1	1	0

Last updated: 12 September 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W
Position	8	16	19	18	11	12	8	11	10	13	12	14	12	13	11	10	10	10	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2014. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

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"Principi d'acord amb el Zaragoza per Álvaro i Montañés". rcdespanyol.com. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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[table_hth_ESP0.49130820273017-9] Espanyol ahead on head-to-head record; Rayo Vallecano–Espanyol 1–3, Espanyol–Rayo Vallecano 1–1.

[Arbilla-1] "Arbilla, first signing for the season 2014-2015". rcdespanyol.com. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

[2] "Felipe Caicedo, nou fitxatge". rcdespanyol.com. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

[Alvaro,_Montañes-3] "Principi d'acord amb el Zaragoza per Álvaro i Montañés". rcdespanyol.com. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[Sevilla-4] "Salva Sevilla, nuevo jugador del Espanyol". rcdespanyol.com. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[5] "El Espanyol obtiene la cesión de Lucas Vázquez". radiointereconomia.com. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[6] "Capdevila: 'It's a privilege to popularise football in India". Goal. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

[Espanyol-7] "Capdevila and Simao leave Espanyol". rcdespanyol.com. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

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

[10] "Reglamento General" (PDF). www.[[LNFS|publisher=Royal Spanish Football Federation|trans-title=General Regulations|access-date=26 March 2015|lnfs]].es (in Spanish).