2014–15 RCD Espanyol season

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

RCD Espanyol
2014–15 season
PresidentJoan Collet
Head coachSergio
StadiumCornellà-El Prat
La Liga10th
Copa del ReySemi-final

Transfers

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. Position Player
1 GK Germán Parreño
2 DF Felipe Mattioni
3 DF Raúl Rodríguez
4 MF Víctor Sánchez
5 DF Víctor Álvarez
6 MF Salva Sevilla
7 MF Álex Fernández
8 FW Cristhian Stuani
9 FW Sergio García (captain)
10 MF Abraham
11 MF Manuel Lanzarote
12 DF Carlos Clerc
13 GK Kiko Casilla (4th captain)
No. Position Player
14 MF José Cañas
15 DF Héctor Moreno
16 DF Javi López (vice-captain)
17 MF Lucas Vázquez (on loan from Real Madrid)
18 DF Juan Fuentes
19 DF Diego Colotto (3rd captain)
20 FW Felipe Caicedo
22 DF Álvaro
23 DF Anaitz Arbilla
24 MF Paco Montañés
25 GK Pau
28 MF Joan Jordán
29 FW 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. Position Player
— MF Christian Alfonso (at Girona until 30 June 2015)
— MF Cristian Gómez (at Girona until 30 June 2015)
— MF Sergio Tejera (at Alavés until 30 June 2015)
— FW Thievy Bifouma (at Almería until 30 June 2015)


Competitions

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

Updated to match played June 2014
Source: Competitions

La Liga
Main article: 2014–15 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:
  1. 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 1Almería1 – 1EspanyolAlmería
23:00 Soriano  52' Report Arbilla  17'  32'
García  63',  90+4'
Sánchez  84'		 Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández
30 August 2014 2Espanyol1 – 2SevillaBarcelona
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 3Valencia3–1EspanyolValencia
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 4Espanyol2–2MálagaMálaga
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 5Espanyol2–0GetafeBarcelona
19:00 Álvarez  62'
García  66'
Stuani  83'		 Arroyo  75'
Míchel  82'		 Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán
28 September 2014 6Córdoba0-0EspanyolCórdoba
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 7Espanyol2–0Real SociedadBarcelona
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 8Atlético Madrid 2–0EspanyolMadrid
12:00 Tiago  43'
Suárez  72'		 Report Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 54,069
Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido
26 October 2014 9Espanyol0–0Deportivo La CoruñaBarcelona
17:00 Sánchez  52'
Álvaro  79'		 Luisinho  37'
Medunjanin  53'
Postiga  69'
Insua  80'		 Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat
Attendance: 21,000
2 November 2014 10Elche2–1EspanyolElche
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 11Espanyol1–1VillarrealBarcelona
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 12Athletic Bilbao3–1EspanyolBilbao
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 13Espanyol2–1LevanteBarcelona
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 14Barcelona5–1EspanyolBarcelona
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 15Espanyol2–1GranadaBarcelona
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 16Rayo Vallecano1–3EspanyolMadrid
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 17Espanyol1–2EibarBarcelona
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 18Real Madrid3–0EspanyolMadrid
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 19Espanyol1–0Celta VigoBarcelona
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 20Espanyol3–0AlmeríaBarcelona
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 21Sevilla3–2EspanyolSeville
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 22Espanyol1–2ValenciaBarcelona
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 23Málaga0–2EspanyolMálaga
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 24Getafe2–1EspanyolGetafe
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 25Espanyol1–0CórdobaBarcelona
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 26Real Sociedad1–0EspanyolSan 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 27Espanyol0–0Atlético MadridBarcelona
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 28Deportivo La Coruña0–0EspanyolA 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 29Espanyol1–1ElcheBarcelona
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 30Villarreal0–3EspanyolVillarreal
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 31Espanyol1–0Athletic BilbaoBarcelona
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 32Levante2–2EspanyolValencia
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 33Espanyol0–2BarcelonaBarcelona
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 34Granada1–2EspanyolGranada
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 35Espanyol1–1Rayo VallecanoBarcelona
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 36Eibar0–2EspanyolEibar
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 37Espanyol1–4Real MadridBarcelona
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 38Celta Vigo3–2EspanyolVigo
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
Main article: 2014–15 Copa del Rey

Round of 32
2 December 2014 First legAlavés0–2EspanyolVitoria-Gasteiz
19:00 Fernández  23'
Stuani  36', 90'		 Stadium: Mendizorrotza
Attendance: 7,313
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
17 December 2014 Second legEspanyol1–0AlavésBarcelona
19:00 Mattioni  32'
Morillas  64'		 Manu  78' Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat

Round of 16
7 January 2015 First legValencia2–1EspanyolValencia
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 legEspanyol2–0ValenciaBarcelona
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 legEspanyol3–1SevillaBarcelona
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 legSevilla1–0EspanyolSeville
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 legAthletic Bilbao1–1EspanyolBilbao
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 legEspanyol0–2Athletic BilbaoBarcelona
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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultDLLDWDWLDLDLWLWWLLWW
Position816191811128111013121412131110101099
Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2014. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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