2018–19 RCD Espanyol season

The 2018–19 season was the 84th season in La Liga played by RCD Espanyol, a Spanish football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

RCD Espanyol

2018–19 season
President	Chen Yansheng
Head coach	Rubi
Stadium	Cornellà-El Prat
La Liga	7th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Borja Iglesias (17) All: Borja Iglesias (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

First team squad

As of 10 February 2018 [1]

No.	Name	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Joined	Signed From	Transfer Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Roberto		Madrid	10 February 1986	2016	Olympiacos	€3,000,000	2019
13	Diego López		Paradela	3 November 1981	2016	Milan	Free	2020
Defenders
5	Naldo		Santo André	10 January 1988	2017	Querétaro	€2,500,000	2020
6	Óscar Duarte		Catarina	3 June 1989	2016	Club Brugge	€1,150,000	2019
8	Roberto Rosales		Caracas	20 November 1988	2018	Málaga	Loan	2019
12	Dídac Vilà		Mataró	9 June 1989	2017	AEK Athens	€250,000	2020
16	Javi López		Osuna	21 January 1986	2006	Espanyol B	Free	2019
22	Mario Hermoso		Madrid	18 June 1995	2017	Real Madrid Castilla	€400,000	2020
Midfielders
4	Víctor Sánchez		Terrassa	8 September 1987	2012	Neuchâtel Xamax	Free	2021
10	Sergi Darder		Artà	22 December 1993	2017	Lyon	€8,000,000	2023
14	Óscar Melendo		Barcelona	23 August 1997	2003	Espanyol B	Free	2022
15	David López		Barcelona	9 October 1989	2016	Napoli	€4,000,000	2023
18	Álex Lopez		Terrassa	2 June 1997		Espanyol B	Free	2022
21	Marc Roca		Vilafranca del Penedès	26 November 1996	2008	Espanyol B	Free	2022
23	Esteban Granero		Madrid	2 July 1987	2017	Real Sociedad	Free	2020
Forwards
7	Borja Iglesias		Compostela	17 January 1993	2018	Celta	€10,000,000	2022
9	Sergio García		Barcelona	9 June 1983	2017	Al-Rayyan	Free	2019
11	Facundo Ferreyra		Lomas de Zamora	14 March 1991	2019	Benfica	loan	2019
17	Hernán Pérez		Fernando de la Mora	25 February 1989	2015	Villarreal	Undisclosed	2020
19	Pablo Piatti		Ucacha	31 March 1989	2016	Valencia	€1,300,000	2020
20	Javi Puado		Barcelona	25 May 1998	2014	Espanyol B	Free	2022
24	Wu Lei		Nanjing	19 November 1991	2019	Shanghai SIPG	€2,000,000	2022

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
17	FW		Hernán Pérez	29	EU	Alavés	Loan Return	Summer	2020
1	GK		Roberto	32	EU	Málaga	Loan Return	Summer	2019
8	FW		Álvaro Vázquez	27	EU	Gimnàstic	Loan Return	Summer	2020
24	DF		Sergio Sánchez	32	EU	Rubin Kazan	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Marca
10	MF		Sergi Darder	24	EU	Lyon	Transfer	Summer	2023	€8,000,000	Marca
18	MF		Álex López	21	EU	Espanyol B	Promoted	Summer	2022	Youth system	Marca
2	DF		Pipa	20	EU	Espanyol B	Promoted	Summer	2022	Youth system	Marca
20	FW		Javi Puado	20	EU	Espanyol B	Promoted	Summer	2022	Youth system	Marca
7	FW		Borja Iglesias	25	EU	Celta Vigo	Transfer	Summer	2022	€10,000,000	RCDEspanyol.com
8	DF		Roberto Rosales	29	Non-EU	Málaga	Loan	Summer	2019	Free	RCDEspanyol.com
24	FW		Wu Lei	27	Non-EU	Shanghai SIPG	Transfer	Summer	2022	€2 million	RCDEspanyol.com

Total Spending: €18,000,000

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
25	MF		Sergi Darder	24	EU	Lyon	Loan Return	Summer
8	MF		Carlos Sánchez	32	Non-EU	Fiorentina	Loan return	Summer
24	DF		Sergio Sánchez	32	EU	Rubin Kazan	Loan Return	Summer
7	FW		Gerard	26	EU	Villarreal	Transfer	Summer	€20,000,000	VillarrealCF.es
2	DF		Marc Navarro	22	EU	Watford	Transfer	Summer	€2,000,000	WatfordFC.com
10	MF		José Manuel Jurado	32	EU	Al-Ahli	Transfer	Summer	Free	Al-Ahli FC Twitter
1	GK		Pau López	23	EU	Real Betis	Transfer	Summer	Free	RealBetisBalompie.es
	FW		Jairo Morillas	25	EU	V-Varen Nagasaki	Transfer	Summer	Free	V-Varen.com
3	DF		Aarón Martín	21	EU	Mainz 05	Loan	Summer	€3,000,000	Mainz05.de
8	FW		Álvaro Vázquez	27	EU	Real Zaragoza	Loan	Summer	Free	RealZaragoza.com
24	DF		Sergio Sánchez	32	EU	Unattached	Contract Termination	Summer		RCDEspanyol.com

Total Income: €25,000,000

Net Income: €7,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

19 July 2018 Friendly	Olot	1–2	Espanyol	Olot
19:30 CEST	Aspar  9'	Report	Melendo  24' Baptistão  47'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,171 Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

25 July 2018 Friendly	Richmond Kickers	2–4	Espanyol	Richmond, United States
19:00 EDT	Shanosky  9' Troyer  42'	Report	Iglesias  37' Puado  83', 90+1' Darder  86'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 7,356 Referee: JC Griggs

28 July 2018 Friendly	FC Cincinnati	2–3	Espanyol	Cincinnati, United States
19:30 EDT	Cicerone  5' Ledesma  76'	Report	Sánchez  30' García  70' Darder  78'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 16,135 Referee: Brandon Artis

5 August 2018 Friendly	Burnley	0–2	Espanyol	Burnley, England
13:30 WEST		Report	Vilà  49' Darder  86'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Lee Mason

8 August 2018 Friendly	Gimnàstic	0–2	Espanyol	Tarragona
20:30 CEST		Report	Baptistão  41' Iglesias  74'	Stadium: Nou Estadi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rubén Ávalos Barrera

11 August 2018 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	Espanyol	Wegberg
15:30 CEST	Drmić  74'	Report	Piatti  45' Iglesias  63' Roca  81'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Competitions

La Liga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Getafe	38	15	14	9	48	35	+13	59[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
6	Sevilla	38	17	8	13	62	47	+15	59[lower-alpha 1]
7	Espanyol	38	14	11	13	48	50	−2	53[lower-alpha 3]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
8	Athletic Bilbao	38	13	14	11	41	45	−4	53[lower-alpha 3]
9	Real Sociedad	38	13	11	14	45	46	−1	50[lower-alpha 4]

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)[2]
Notes:

1. Getafe finished ahead of Sevilla on head-to-head points: Sevilla 0–2 Getafe, Getafe 3–0 Sevilla.
2. Since the winners of the 2018–19 Copa del Rey, Valencia, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
3. Espanyol finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head points: Espanyol 1–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–1 Espanyol.
4. Real Sociedad finished ahead of Real Betis and Alavés on head-to-head points: Real Sociedad 6, Real Betis 5, Alavés 5. Real Betis finished ahead of Alavés on goal difference: Real Betis –8, Alavés –11.

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	14	11	13	48	50	−2	53	11	3	5	28	22	+6	3	8	8	20	28	−8

Last updated: 18 May 2019.
Source: LaLiga.es

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W
Position	10	4	7	4	8	6	7	5	2	5	2	5	5	7	10	11	14	9	10	13	15	15	12	14	14	13	11	13	14	13	13	12	10	10	10	9	9	7

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2019. Source: LaLiga.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 August 2018 1	Celta Vigo	1–1	Espanyol	Vigo
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Méndez  43' Da. López  52' (o.g.) Aspas  70' Alonso  90+1'	Report	Hermoso  45' Roca  73' Vilà  90+5'	Stadium: Abanca-Balaídos Attendance: 16,362 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

26 August 2018 2	Espanyol	2–0	Valencia	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hermoso  48' Granero  62' Iglesias  68'	Report	Diakhaby  30'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 18,391 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

2 September 2018 3	Alavés	2–1	Espanyol	Vitoria-Gasteiz
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wakaso  17' García  19' Laguardia  39' Pacheco  40' Borja Bastón  57' Sobrino  59'	Report	Baptistão  42' (pen.),  90+3' Darder  44' Iglesias  45'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

16 September 2018 4	Espanyol	1–0	Levante	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García  52' Vilà  90+4'	Report	Chema  61' Luna  90+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 18,172 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

22 September 2018 5	Real Madrid	1–0	Espanyol	Madrid
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nacho  6' Asensio  41' Casemiro  77'	Report	Roca  26' J. López  45'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,034 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

25 September 2018 6	Espanyol	1–0	Eibar	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García  25' Baptistão  60' Hermoso  68'	Report	Jordán  66' Bigas  74'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,547 Referee: José Munuera Montero

28 September 2018 7	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Espanyol	Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Tomás  6' Kakuta  47' (pen.) Bebé  58' Comesaña  64'	Report	Iglesias  19' Granero  45'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,102 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

7 October 2018 8	Espanyol	3–1	Villarreal	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Da. López  5' Pérez  7' Hermoso  45' Darder  79',  90' Piatti  90+2'	Report	Miguelón  33' Toko Ekambi  45' Funes Mori  47'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,032 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

21 October 2018 9	Huesca	0–2	Espanyol	Huesca
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Musto  58' Ávila  67' Miramón  90+9'	Report	Granero  39' Iglesias  41', 64' Hermoso  68' Vilà  73'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 6,964 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

28 October 2018 10	Valladolid	1–1	Espanyol	Valladolid
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kiko  45' Alcaraz  61' Míchel  63' Verde  90+1' Plano  90+3'	Report	Iglesias  20' J. López  73' Vilà  75'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 18,262 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

5 November 2018 11	Espanyol	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Cornellà
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iglesias  41' Granero  66'	Report	San José  20' D. García  48' Núñez  76'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 14,328 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

11 November 2018 12	Sevilla	2–1	Espanyol	Seville
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vázquez  8' Carriço  18' Mercado  61',  70' Escudero  88' Ben Yedder  89'	Report	Iglesias  38' Granero  54' Di. López  83'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 38,809 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

25 November 2018 13	Espanyol	1–3	Girona	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di. López  41' Iglesias  74',  75' Hermoso  89'	Report	Stuani  4', 6',  41' Ramalho  26' Planas  28' Pons  89' Doumbia  90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 22,816 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

2 December 2018 14	Getafe	3–0	Espanyol	Getafe
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Amath  18' Maksimović  21' Molina  55' Mata  58',  65' Antunes  80'	Report	Pérez  14' Da. López  77'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 9,287 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

8 December 2018 15	Espanyol	0–4	Barcelona	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vila  79'	Report	Messi  17', 65' Dembélé  26' Suárez  45'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 24,037 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

16 December 2018 16	Espanyol	1–3	Betis	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	García  24' Iglesias  45' Da. López  56' Sánchez  84'	Report	Joaquín  18' Carvalho  23' Lo Celso  43' Mandi  53' Sidnei  65' Tello  85' Duarte  90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,275 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

22 December 2018 17	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Espanyol	Madrid
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Griezmann  56' (pen.) Oblak  85'	Report	Granero  88'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 58,069 Referee: Mario Melero López

4 January 2019 18	Espanyol	1–0	Leganés	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iglesias  9' Vilà  35' Roca  68'	Report	Bustinza  20' Recio  67' Gumbau  70'  90+1' Omeruo  72'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,085 Referee: José Luis González González

14 January 2019 19	Real Sociedad	3–2	Espanyol	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Merino  3',  43'  75' Willian José  8' (pen.), 63',  64' Elustondo  33' Moreno  58' Illarramendi  61' Rulli  90+4'	Report	Da. López  7' Darder  22' Naldo  32',  69' Llorente  45' (o.g.) Vilà  65'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 17,301 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

21 January 2019 20	Eibar	3–0	Espanyol	Eibar
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Enrich  24',  86' Jordán  28' De Blasis  52' Charles  84'	Report	Sánchez  18' Vilà  40' Baptistão  69' Iglesias  85' Granero  90+1'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 3,592 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

27 January 2019 21	Espanyol	2–4	Real Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Roca  7' Baptistão  25' García  34' Rosales  81' Á. López  85'	Report	Benzema  4', 45' Ramos  15',  27' Bale  67' Varane  72' Carvajal  81' Nacho  88' Courtois  90+1'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 21,215 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

3 February 2019 22	Villarreal	2–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bonera  4' Iborra  37',  86' Fornals  40' Funes Mori  53' Cazorla  65' (pen.)	Report	Sánchez  39' Vilà  60' Hermoso  64' Bonera  75' (o.g.) Rosales  81',  82' Darder  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,476 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

9 February 2019 23	Espanyol	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iglesias  72' (pen.) Darder  90+5'	Report	Ba  33' Velázquez  71' Amat  77'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 22,104 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

17 February 2019 24	Valencia	0–0	Espanyol	Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Coquelin  66' Roncaglia  84'	Report	J. López  28'  90+5' Granero  75' Roca  87'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 39,564 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

22 February 2019 25	Espanyol	1–1	Huesca	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Granero  20',  31' Semedo  80'	Report	Etxeita  25',  47' Ávila  28' Juanpi  69' Galán  76'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,078 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

2 March 2019 26	Espanyol	3–1	Valladolid	Cornellà de Llobregat
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iglesias  1',  90+1' Darder  52' Hermoso  55' Wu  65'	Report	Alcaraz  17',  90+1' Nacho  68'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,467 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

8 March 2019 27	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Espanyol	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	D. García  36' Berchiche  45+1' Martínez  78' R. García  80'	Report	Ferreyra  9',  21' Hermoso  24' Melendo  45' Granero  73' Sánchez  87'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,453 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

17 March 2019 28	Espanyol	0–1	Sevilla	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Darder  65'  90+4' Vilà  90+4'	Report	Ben Yedder  53' (pen.) Wöber  63' Carriço  75' Soriano  90'  90+4'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,219 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

30 March 2019 29	Barcelona	2–0	Espanyol	Barcelona
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Messi  71', 89'	Report	Sánchez  69' Granero  73' Pedrosa  87' Rosales  90+3'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 92,795 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

2 April 2019 30	Espanyol	1–1	Getafe	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vilà  33' Melendo  54' Iglesias  56' Naldo  81' Hermoso  85'	Report	Suárez  23' Ángel  72' Cristóforo  78' Djené  83'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 16,322 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

6 April 2019 31	Girona	1–2	Espanyol	Girona
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stuani  35',  80' (pen.) Granell  43' Pons  58' Douglas Luiz  73' Ramalho  90+1'	Report	López  24' Darder  59' Sánchez  62' Bono  89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 11,393 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

13 April 2019 32	Espanyol	2–1	Alavés	Cornellà de Llobregat
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pedrosa  19' Naldo  21' Laguardia  47' (o.g.) Darder  53' Roca  84'	Report	Duarte  39' Calleri  56' Laguardia  79'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 17,522 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

21 April 2019 33	Levante	2–2	Espanyol	Valencia
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rochina  30'  74',  72' Chema  43' Vezo  62' Morales  82'	Report	Iglesias  16' Roca  65' Sánchez  70'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 16,876 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

24 April 2019 34	Espanyol	1–1	Celta Vigo	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wu  33' Granero  39' Roca  81'	Report	Yokuşlu  41' Gómez  72'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,680 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

29 April 2019 35	Betis	1–1	Espanyol	Seville
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mandi  58' Feddal  66',  90+4' Junior  78' Bartra  90+6'	Report	Darder  37' Melendo  68'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,561 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

4 May 2019 36	Espanyol	3–0	Atlético Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Roca  38' Godín  45' (o.g.) Iglesias  52', 89' (pen.)	Report	Saúl  18' Morata  59'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 20,207 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

12 May 2019 37	Leganés	0–2	Espanyol	Leganés
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bustinza  29'  45' Recio  38' En-Nesyri  90+3'	Report	Iglesias  35', 71' (pen.) Ferreyra  90+4'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 10,597 Referee: Mario Melero López

18 May 2019 38	Espanyol	2–0	Real Sociedad	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rosales  58' Sánchez  62' Wu  65',  66'	Report	Llorente  37' Elustondo  82'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 26,586 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

1 November 2018 First leg	Cádiz	2–1	Espanyol	Cádiz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lekić  1' Azamoum  22',  41' José Mari  51'	Report	Puado  36' Rosales  65' Melendo  84'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 11,830 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

4 December 2018 Second leg	Espanyol	1–0 (2–2 (a) agg.)	Cádiz	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pérez  76' Sánchez  85'	Report	Matos  19' Kecojević  88'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 12,560 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Round of 16

9 January 2019 First leg	Villarreal	2–2	Espanyol	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Costa  9' Cáseres  41' Raba  64' Toko Ekambi  85' Bacca  89'	Report	Darder  15' A. López  71' Roca  90+4'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 12,207 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

17 January 2019 Second leg	Espanyol	3–1 (5–3 agg.)	Villarreal	Barcelona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Da. López  34' Piatti  34' (pen.) Iglesias  37' (pen.), 74' Vilà  58'	Report	Cáseres  29' Bacca  34' Layún  40' Chukwueze  42' Fuego  90+2'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 11,171 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Quarter-finals

24 January 2019 First leg	Espanyol	1–1	Real Betis	Barcelona
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hermoso  6' Iglesias  27'	Report	Feddal  8' Sanabria  81'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 13,381 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

30 January 2019 Second leg	Real Betis	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 agg.)	Espanyol	Seville
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lainez  35' Lo Celso  51',  76' Mandi  72',  99' Canales  90+1' León  90+2',  95' Francis  115'	Report	Hermoso  13' Baptistão  33',  90' Roca  58'  90+4' Rosales  85' Granero  87' García  92'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 40,028 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 18 May 2019.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Roberto	6	0	0	0	6	0
13	GK		Diego López	38	0	38	0	0	0
Defenders
5	DF		Naldo	18	1	16	1	2	0
6	DF		Óscar Duarte	13	1	7+4	1	2	0
8	DF		Roberto Rosales	26	3	20+1	3	5	0
12	DF		Dídac Vilà	29	0	27	0	1+1	0
16	DF		Javi López	25	0	21+2	0	2	0
22	DF		Mario Hermoso	35	3	31+1	3	3	0
27	DF		Lluís López	10	0	5+1	0	2+2	0
28	DF		Adrià Pedrosa	16	1	8+4	1	4	0
Midfielders
2	MF		Alfa Semedo	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
4	MF		Víctor Sánchez	28	0	13+11	0	2+2	0
10	MF		Sergi Darder	40	5	32+2	4	4+2	1
14	MF		Óscar Melendo	37	0	22+10	0	4+1	0
15	MF		David López	24	0	21	0	3	0
18	MF		Álex Lopez	8	1	1+3	0	3+1	1
21	MF		Marc Roca	40	1	35	1	4+1	0
23	MF		Esteban Granero	21	3	9+10	3	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW		Borja Iglesias	43	20	35+2	17	4+2	3
9	FW		Sergio García	31	2	17+12	2	0+2	0
11	FW		Facundo Ferreyra	9	1	1+8	1	0	0
17	FW		Hernán Pérez	21	2	10+9	1	1+1	1
19	FW		Pablo Piatti	26	2	6+14	1	6	1
20	FW		Javi Puado	20	1	2+13	0	3+2	1
24	FW		Wu Lei	16	3	12+4	3	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
2	DF		Pipa	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Léo Baptistão	24	3	14+6	2	4	1

References

1. Plantilla 2018-2019 RCD Espanyol official website (in Spanish)
2. "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

External links

• Official website