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'RCD Espanyol de Barcelona' (Catalan: ''Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona'') is a Spanish sports club based in Barcelona. It is best known for its football team. Espanyol currently play in the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, which also hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics. The stadium, which seats 55,926 spectators, is also known as Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc. Despite being overshadowed by FC Barcelona, they are the sixth most successful football team in Spain.[1] On 13th January 2007, Espanyol recorded their first derby win over neighbours FC Barcelona since 2001. The score was 3-1 to Espanyol.
Espanyol were founded on 28 October 1900 by Angel Rodriguez, an engineering student at the Universitat de Barcelona. The club's original home was in the well-off district of Sarrià and was initially known as the Sociedad Española de Football. Espanyol were the first club in Spain to be formed exclusively by Spanish and Catalonian fans of the game as opposed to expatriates who formed other clubs such as FC Barcelona.
The club originally played in bright yellow shirts, with the colour of the shorts being left to the individual player. A friend of the club founder owned a textile business and happened to have an abundance of yellow material left over from a job. In 1910, the club changed it's name to ''Club Español de Futbol'' and chose blue and white stripes as shirt colours and as the central colours of the club badge. Blue and white was chosen in homage to the colours appearing on the shield of the great Catalan Admiral Roger de Lluria, who sailed the Mediterranean protecting Catalonia’s interests in the Middle Ages. The club were successful from the very beginning, winning the Campionat de Catalunya in 1903 and subsequently playing in the Copa del Rey.
With their win in the Spanish Cup Final the previous season, Espanyol entered the UEFA Cup. Following a 5-3 aggregate success against Artmedia they were drawn in Group F, along with Dutch giants Ajax, Belgian minnows Zulte Waregem, Czech side Sparta Prague, and Austrian side Austria Vienna. Espanyol were group winners, victorious in all four of their ties. Their opponents in the Round of 32 were Italian side Livorno, who had just scraped into the knockout stages. Espanyol were 4-1 victors on aggregate, recording a 1-2 win in Tuscany and finishing the job 2-0 in Barcelona. Next up was Israeli side Maccabi Haifa, and after a dour 0-0 draw in the away leg, Espanyol thrashed their Israeli counterparts 4-0 in the second leg. Many were starting to see Espanyol as favourites to go all the way to the final in Glasgow's Hampden Park. However, if that were to be the case, Espanyol would have to defeat Portuguese giants Benfica, two-time European Cup winners. Espanyol did not seem phased by this, as they raced into a 3-0 lead in Spain. However, Benfica fought back and scored two away goals to leave the tie firmly in the balance. Nevertheless, Espanyol survived a daunting trip to Lisbon, coming away with a 0-0 draw, which was enough to book them a place in the semi-finals. Germans Werder Bremen lay in wait for the Catalán side in the last four, but once again, Espanyol produced a brilliant home performance to virtually seal the tie on the night. A 3-0 rout of the Germans put the Spanish firmly in control, and any real doubts about their passage to the Final disappeared, with a 1-2 win in Germany. In the final, held on May 16 in Glasgow, Espanyol fell to fellow La Liga side Sevilla, losing 3-1 in a shootout following a 2-2 draw.
Espanyol became the only football team in the UEFA history that never lost a match. And Walter Pandiani became the top goal scorer of the UEFA Cup
In 1906 the club folded due to financial reasons and most of the players joined the ''X Sporting Club''. This club won the Campionat de Catalunya three times between 1906 and 1908. In 1909 this club was effectively relaunched as ''Club Deportivo Español'' and in 1910 they adopted the present day colours in honour of Admiral Roger de Llúria, a Catalan naval hero.
Espanyol are one of several Spanish football clubs granted patronage by the Spanish crown and thus entitled to use ''Real'' in their names and the royal crown on their badge. This right was granted to Espanyol in 1912 by Alfonso XIII and the club subsequently became known as ''Real Club Deportivo Español''.
Following the abdication of Alfonso XIII in 1931 and the declaration of the Second Spanish Republic, the club adopted the more Catalan/republican friendly name ''Club Esportiu Espanyol''. After the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent prohibition of the Catalan language, the name reverted to Real Club Deportivo Español.
Finally, took the Catalan spelling for its name in February 1995. The word "Deportiu" in Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona means sport for fun; while "Esportiu" is reserved to professional sport. The correct word would have been "Esportiu"; because of tradition, "Deportiu" has been kept.
In 1928 the club became a founding member of La Liga and in 1929 won their first Copa del Rey. Ricardo Saprissa, a player from this era, later emigrated to Costa Rica where he helped form Deportivo Saprissa.
Espanyol has qualified nine times for the UEFA Cup (including the 2006-07 qualification following the 2006 Copa del Rey win) and reached the final in 1988, losing to Bayer Leverkusen of then-West Germany on penalty kicks (2-3) after a memorable home-and-away final (3-0 in Barcelona, 0-3 in Leverkusen).
In 1994, RCD Espanyol created its reserve team, RCD Espanyol B that currently plays in the Segunda B.
Espanyol play at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium, the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.
A new stadium for the club is currently under construction between the cities of Cornellà de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat, west of Barcelona.
★ ' Copa del Rey'
★
★ 1928/29, 1939/40, 1999/00, 2005/06: '4'
★ ' Campionats de Catalunya'
★
★ 1903 , 1903-04, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1911-12, 1914-15, 1917-18, 1928-29, 1932-33, 1936-37, 1939-40: '12'
★ 'Copa Catalunya'
★
★ 1994-95, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2005-2006: '4'
★ 'Liga España'
★
★ 2005/06
★ 'Copa de la Reina'
★
★ 2005/06
★ 'Copa de España'
★
★ 1941: '1'
★ 'Copa De España '
★
★ 1943: '1'
★ 'Lliga Catalana EBA'
★
★ 1981: '1'
★ ' Copas de España'
★
★ 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962: '11'
★ 'Liga España'
★
★ 1985, 1988, 1991: '3'
★ 'Copas de España'
★
★ 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992: '4'
----
★ '7' ''Participations'' on ''UEFA Cup''
★ '2' ''Participations'' on ''Intertoto Cup''
★ '70' ''seasons'' on ''La Liga''
★ '4' ''seasons'' on ''Segunda División''
''The numbers are established according to the official website: www.rcdespanyol.com and www.lfp.es
''(loan return from São Paulo)''
★ Pablo Zabaleta
★ Jônatas
★ Carlos Kameni
★ Moha
★ Milan Smiljanić
★ Clemente Rodríguez
★ Frédson
★ 'Top Scorers':
★
★ Raúl Tamudo - 15 'goals'
★
★ Luis García - 10 'goals'
★
★ Walter Pandiani - 7 'goals'
★ 'Top Goalkeepers'
★
★ Carlos Kameni - '50 goals' In '36 Matches'
★
★ Gorka Iraizoz - '3 goals' In '2 Matches'
:
★ 'Name' - Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
★ 'City' - Barcelona
★ 'Capacity' - 55,000
★ 'Inauguration' - 1944
★ 'Pitch size' - 105 x 67 mts.
★ 'Other Facilities:' - CD Sant Adrià
''see also ''
★ Francisco Bru
★ Jack Greenwell
★ Fernando Daucik
★ Joan Josep Nogués
★ Jenő Kálmár
★ José Santamaría
★ Luis Aragonés
★ Javier Clemente
★ José Antonio Camacho
★ Marcelo Bielsa
★ Paco Flores
★ Juande Ramos
★ Luis Fernández
★ Miguel Ángel Lotina
''see also ''
★ RCD Espanyol's Official Website /
★ RCD Espanyol femenino's Official Website
★ RCD Espanyol youthful goalkeaper Official Website
1. http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/clasificaciones/clasificacion_historica.asp
'RCD Espanyol de Barcelona' (Catalan: ''Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona'') is a Spanish sports club based in Barcelona. It is best known for its football team. Espanyol currently play in the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, which also hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics. The stadium, which seats 55,926 spectators, is also known as Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc. Despite being overshadowed by FC Barcelona, they are the sixth most successful football team in Spain.[1] On 13th January 2007, Espanyol recorded their first derby win over neighbours FC Barcelona since 2001. The score was 3-1 to Espanyol.
History
Foundation and club culture
Espanyol were founded on 28 October 1900 by Angel Rodriguez, an engineering student at the Universitat de Barcelona. The club's original home was in the well-off district of Sarrià and was initially known as the Sociedad Española de Football. Espanyol were the first club in Spain to be formed exclusively by Spanish and Catalonian fans of the game as opposed to expatriates who formed other clubs such as FC Barcelona.
The club originally played in bright yellow shirts, with the colour of the shorts being left to the individual player. A friend of the club founder owned a textile business and happened to have an abundance of yellow material left over from a job. In 1910, the club changed it's name to ''Club Español de Futbol'' and chose blue and white stripes as shirt colours and as the central colours of the club badge. Blue and white was chosen in homage to the colours appearing on the shield of the great Catalan Admiral Roger de Lluria, who sailed the Mediterranean protecting Catalonia’s interests in the Middle Ages. The club were successful from the very beginning, winning the Campionat de Catalunya in 1903 and subsequently playing in the Copa del Rey.
UEFA Cup 2006/2007
With their win in the Spanish Cup Final the previous season, Espanyol entered the UEFA Cup. Following a 5-3 aggregate success against Artmedia they were drawn in Group F, along with Dutch giants Ajax, Belgian minnows Zulte Waregem, Czech side Sparta Prague, and Austrian side Austria Vienna. Espanyol were group winners, victorious in all four of their ties. Their opponents in the Round of 32 were Italian side Livorno, who had just scraped into the knockout stages. Espanyol were 4-1 victors on aggregate, recording a 1-2 win in Tuscany and finishing the job 2-0 in Barcelona. Next up was Israeli side Maccabi Haifa, and after a dour 0-0 draw in the away leg, Espanyol thrashed their Israeli counterparts 4-0 in the second leg. Many were starting to see Espanyol as favourites to go all the way to the final in Glasgow's Hampden Park. However, if that were to be the case, Espanyol would have to defeat Portuguese giants Benfica, two-time European Cup winners. Espanyol did not seem phased by this, as they raced into a 3-0 lead in Spain. However, Benfica fought back and scored two away goals to leave the tie firmly in the balance. Nevertheless, Espanyol survived a daunting trip to Lisbon, coming away with a 0-0 draw, which was enough to book them a place in the semi-finals. Germans Werder Bremen lay in wait for the Catalán side in the last four, but once again, Espanyol produced a brilliant home performance to virtually seal the tie on the night. A 3-0 rout of the Germans put the Spanish firmly in control, and any real doubts about their passage to the Final disappeared, with a 1-2 win in Germany. In the final, held on May 16 in Glasgow, Espanyol fell to fellow La Liga side Sevilla, losing 3-1 in a shootout following a 2-2 draw.
Espanyol became the only football team in the UEFA history that never lost a match. And Walter Pandiani became the top goal scorer of the UEFA Cup
Development of the Club Name
In 1906 the club folded due to financial reasons and most of the players joined the ''X Sporting Club''. This club won the Campionat de Catalunya three times between 1906 and 1908. In 1909 this club was effectively relaunched as ''Club Deportivo Español'' and in 1910 they adopted the present day colours in honour of Admiral Roger de Llúria, a Catalan naval hero.
Espanyol are one of several Spanish football clubs granted patronage by the Spanish crown and thus entitled to use ''Real'' in their names and the royal crown on their badge. This right was granted to Espanyol in 1912 by Alfonso XIII and the club subsequently became known as ''Real Club Deportivo Español''.
Following the abdication of Alfonso XIII in 1931 and the declaration of the Second Spanish Republic, the club adopted the more Catalan/republican friendly name ''Club Esportiu Espanyol''. After the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent prohibition of the Catalan language, the name reverted to Real Club Deportivo Español.
Finally, took the Catalan spelling for its name in February 1995. The word "Deportiu" in Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona means sport for fun; while "Esportiu" is reserved to professional sport. The correct word would have been "Esportiu"; because of tradition, "Deportiu" has been kept.
Evolution of the uniform
Other Information
In 1928 the club became a founding member of La Liga and in 1929 won their first Copa del Rey. Ricardo Saprissa, a player from this era, later emigrated to Costa Rica where he helped form Deportivo Saprissa.
Espanyol has qualified nine times for the UEFA Cup (including the 2006-07 qualification following the 2006 Copa del Rey win) and reached the final in 1988, losing to Bayer Leverkusen of then-West Germany on penalty kicks (2-3) after a memorable home-and-away final (3-0 in Barcelona, 0-3 in Leverkusen).
In 1994, RCD Espanyol created its reserve team, RCD Espanyol B that currently plays in the Segunda B.
Espanyol play at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium, the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.
A new stadium for the club is currently under construction between the cities of Cornellà de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat, west of Barcelona.
The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Trophies
Football
★ ' Copa del Rey'
★
★ 1928/29, 1939/40, 1999/00, 2005/06: '4'
★ ' Campionats de Catalunya'
★
★ 1903 , 1903-04, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1911-12, 1914-15, 1917-18, 1928-29, 1932-33, 1936-37, 1939-40: '12'
★ 'Copa Catalunya'
★
★ 1994-95, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2005-2006: '4'
Women’s Football
★ 'Liga España'
★
★ 2005/06
★ 'Copa de la Reina'
★
★ 2005/06
Men’s Basketball
★ 'Copa de España'
★
★ 1941: '1'
Women’s Basketball
★ 'Copa De España '
★
★ 1943: '1'
★ 'Lliga Catalana EBA'
★
★ 1981: '1'
Hockey
★ ' Copas de España'
★
★ 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962: '11'
Women’s Volleyball
★ 'Liga España'
★
★ 1985, 1988, 1991: '3'
★ 'Copas de España'
★
★ 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992: '4'
----
★ '7' ''Participations'' on ''UEFA Cup''
★ '2' ''Participations'' on ''Intertoto Cup''
★ '70' ''seasons'' on ''La Liga''
★ '4' ''seasons'' on ''Segunda División''
Current squad 2007/08
''The numbers are established according to the official website: www.rcdespanyol.com and www.lfp.es
Transfers for 2007/2008
In
''(loan return from São Paulo)''
Out
Foreign players 2007/2008
★ Pablo Zabaleta
★ Jônatas
★ Carlos Kameni
★ Moha
★ Milan Smiljanić
★ Clemente Rodríguez
★ Frédson
Statistics 2006/07
★ 'Top Scorers':
★
★ Raúl Tamudo - 15 'goals'
★
★ Luis García - 10 'goals'
★
★ Walter Pandiani - 7 'goals'
★ 'Top Goalkeepers'
★
★ Carlos Kameni - '50 goals' In '36 Matches'
★
★ Gorka Iraizoz - '3 goals' In '2 Matches'
Recent history
:
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Europe | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997/1998 | 1D | '10' | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 44 | 31 | '53' | ||||
| 1998/1999 | 1D | '7' | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 38 | '61' | UC | preliminary round | ||
| 1999/2000 | 1D | '14' | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 48 | '47' | winner | |||
| 2000/2001 | 1D | '9' | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 44 | '50' | UC | 3rd round | ||
| 2001/2002 | 1D | '14' | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 56 | '47' | ||||
| 2002/2003 | 1D | '17' | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 48 | 54 | '43' | ||||
| 2003/2004 | 1D | '16' | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 48 | 64 | '43' | ||||
| 2004/2005 | 1D | '5' | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 46 | '61' | 2nd round | |||
| 2005/2006 | 1D | '15' | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 56 | '41' | winner | UC | 3rd round | |
| 2006/2007 | 1D | '11' | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 53 | '49' | UC | final | ||
Stadium Information
★ 'Name' - Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
★ 'City' - Barcelona
★ 'Capacity' - 55,000
★ 'Inauguration' - 1944
★ 'Pitch size' - 105 x 67 mts.
★ 'Other Facilities:' - CD Sant Adrià
Selected Former Players
''see also ''
Raúl Tamudo
Famous Coaches
★ Francisco Bru
★ Jack Greenwell
★ Fernando Daucik
★ Joan Josep Nogués
★ Jenő Kálmár
★ José Santamaría
★ Luis Aragonés
★ Javier Clemente
★ José Antonio Camacho
★ Marcelo Bielsa
★ Paco Flores
★ Juande Ramos
★ Luis Fernández
★ Miguel Ángel Lotina
''see also ''
External links
★ RCD Espanyol's Official Website /
★ RCD Espanyol femenino's Official Website
★ RCD Espanyol youthful goalkeaper Official Website
References
1. http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/clasificaciones/clasificacion_historica.asp
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