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
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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	(1986-02-10) 10 February 1986 (age 39)	2016	Olympiacos	€3,000,000	2019
13	Diego López		Paradela	(1981-11-03) 3 November 1981 (age 43)	2016	Milan	Free	2020
Defenders
5	Naldo		Santo André	(1988-01-10) 10 January 1988 (age 37)	2017	Querétaro	€2,500,000	2020
6	Óscar Duarte		Catarina	(1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 (age 36)	2016	Club Brugge	€1,150,000	2019
8	Roberto Rosales		Caracas	(1988-11-20) 20 November 1988 (age 36)	2018	Málaga	Loan	2019
12	Dídac Vilà		Mataró	(1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 36)	2017	AEK Athens	€250,000	2020
16	Javi López		Osuna	(1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 (age 39)	2006	Espanyol B	Free	2019
22	Mario Hermoso		Madrid	(1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 30)	2017	Real Madrid Castilla	€400,000	2020
Midfielders
4	Víctor Sánchez		Terrassa	(1987-09-08) 8 September 1987 (age 37)	2012	Neuchâtel Xamax	Free	2021
10	Sergi Darder		Artà	(1993-12-22) 22 December 1993 (age 31)	2017	Lyon	€8,000,000	2023
14	Óscar Melendo		Barcelona	(1997-08-23) 23 August 1997 (age 27)	2003	Espanyol B	Free	2022
15	David López		Barcelona	(1989-10-09) 9 October 1989 (age 35)	2016	Napoli	€4,000,000	2023
18	Álex Lopez		Terrassa	(1997-06-02) 2 June 1997 (age 28)		Espanyol B	Free	2022
21	Marc Roca		Vilafranca del Penedès	(1996-11-26) 26 November 1996 (age 28)	2008	Espanyol B	Free	2022
23	Esteban Granero		Madrid	(1987-07-02) 2 July 1987 (age 38)	2017	Real Sociedad	Free	2020
Forwards
7	Borja Iglesias		Compostela	(1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 (age 32)	2018	Celta	€10,000,000	2022
9	Sergio García		Barcelona	(1983-06-09) 9 June 1983 (age 42)	2017	Al-Rayyan	Free	2019
11	Facundo Ferreyra		Lomas de Zamora	(1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 34)	2019	Benfica	loan	2019
17	Hernán Pérez		Fernando de la Mora	(1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 36)	2015	Villarreal	Undisclosed	2020
19	Pablo Piatti		Ucacha	(1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 36)	2016	Valencia	€1,300,000	2020
20	Javi Puado		Barcelona	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 27)	2014	Espanyol B	Free	2022
24	Wu Lei		Nanjing	(1991-11-19) 19 November 1991 (age 33)	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

No.	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

Olot v Espanyol

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

Richmond Kickers v Espanyol

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

FC Cincinnati v Espanyol

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

Burnley v Espanyol

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

Gimnàstic v Espanyol

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Espanyol

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

Main article: 2018–19 La Liga

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

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

Celta Vigo v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Valencia

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

Alavés v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Levante

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

Real Madrid v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Eibar

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 Luis Munuera Montero

Rayo Vallecano v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Villarreal

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

Huesca v Espanyol

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

Valladolid v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Athletic Bilbao

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

Sevilla v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Girona

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

Getafe v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Barcelona

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

Espanyol v Betis

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

Atlético Madrid v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Leganés

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

Real Sociedad v Espanyol

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

Eibar v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Real Madrid

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

Villarreal v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Rayo Vallecano

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

Valencia v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Huesca

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

Espanyol v Valladolid

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

Athletic Bilbao v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Sevilla

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

Barcelona v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Getafe

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

Girona v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Alavés

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

Levante v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Celta Vigo

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

Betis v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Atlético Madrid

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

Leganés v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Real Sociedad

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

Main article: 2018–19 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Cádiz v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Cádiz

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

Villarreal v Espanyol

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

Espanyol v Villarreal

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

Espanyol v Real Betis

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

Real Betis v Espanyol

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	ESP	Roberto	6	0	0	0	6	0
13	GK	ESP	Diego López	38	0	38	0	0	0
Defenders
5	DF	BRA	Naldo	18	1	16	1	2	0
6	DF	CRC	Óscar Duarte	13	1	7+4	1	2	0
8	DF	VEN	Roberto Rosales	26	3	20+1	3	5	0
12	DF	ESP	Dídac Vilà	29	0	27	0	1+1	0
16	DF	ESP	Javi López	25	0	21+2	0	2	0
22	DF	ESP	Mario Hermoso	35	3	31+1	3	3	0
27	DF	ESP	Lluís López	10	0	5+1	0	2+2	0
28	DF	ESP	Adrià Pedrosa	16	1	8+4	1	4	0
Midfielders
2	MF	GNB	Alfa Semedo	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
4	MF	ESP	Víctor Sánchez	28	0	13+11	0	2+2	0
10	MF	ESP	Sergi Darder	40	5	32+2	4	4+2	1
14	MF	ESP	Óscar Melendo	37	0	22+10	0	4+1	0
15	MF	ESP	David López	24	0	21	0	3	0
18	MF	ESP	Álex Lopez	8	1	1+3	0	3+1	1
21	MF	ESP	Marc Roca	40	1	35	1	4+1	0
23	MF	ESP	Esteban Granero	21	3	9+10	3	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Borja Iglesias	43	20	35+2	17	4+2	3
9	FW	ESP	Sergio García	31	2	17+12	2	0+2	0
11	FW	ARG	Facundo Ferreyra	9	1	1+8	1	0	0
17	FW	PAR	Hernán Pérez	21	2	10+9	1	1+1	1
19	FW	ARG	Pablo Piatti	26	2	6+14	1	6	1
20	FW	ESP	Javi Puado	20	1	2+13	0	3+2	1
24	FW	CHN	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	ESP	Pipa	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	BRA	Léo Baptistão	24	3	14+6	2	4	1