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Espanyol

Full name

Reial Club Deportiu
Espanyol de Barcelona

Nickname(s)

Periquitos (Parakeets)
Blanquiblaus (white and blues)

Founded

1900 as Club Español de Fútbol

Ground

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys,
Barcelona, Catalonia,
Spain

Capacity

56,000

Chairman

Image:Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Sánchez Llibre

Manager

Image:Flag of Spain.svg Ernesto Valverde

League

La Liga

2005-06

La Liga, 15th

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Home colours





Away colours

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 play in the Estadi Lluís Companys, site of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. The stadium, which seats 56,000 spectators, is also known as Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc. They won the Copa del Rey in 1929, 1940, 2000 and 2006. Despite being overshadowed by FC Barcelona, they are around the sixth most successful football team in La Liga.<ref>http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/clasificaciones/clasificacion_historica.asp</ref>

[edit] History

[edit] Foundation

The team was founded on 28 October, 1900 by Angel Rodriguez, an engineering student at Universitat de Barcelona. Its original home was in the district of Sarrià, the same as their local rivals, FC Barcelona. The club was initially known as the Sociedad Española de Football. It was the first in Spain to be formed by Spanish fans of the game as opposed to foreigners who formed other clubs such as FC Barcelona.

The club originally played in bright yellow shirts, the colour of the shorts been 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. By 1901, however they were playing in white shirts and blue shorts and were known as Club Español de Futbol. The club did well from the start, winning the Campionat de Catalunya in 1903 and subsequently playing in the Copa del Rey.

[edit] 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 naval hero for Catalonia.

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 King 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 a republic, clubs dropped the Real from their name. During the time 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.

The club finally adopted its current Catalan language name in February 1995, although the word "Deportiu" in Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona does not actually exist in Catalan and was invented in order to maintain the acronym RCD. The correct word would have been "Esportiu".

[edit] 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 never qualified for the Champions League or the now-defunct Cup Winners Cup in its history. It 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.

[edit] Trophies

[edit] 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

[edit] Women’s Football

Liga España
- 2005/06
Copa de la Reina
- 2005/06

[edit] Men’s Basketball

Copa de España
- 1941: 1

[edit] Women’s Basketball

Copa De España
- 1943: 1
Lliga Catalana EBA
- 1981: 1

[edit] Hockey

Copas de España
- 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962: 11

[edit] 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

[edit] Current squad 2006/07

The numbers are established according to the official website: www.rcdespanyol.com and www.lfp.es

No.		Position	Player
1	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	GK	Gorka
2	Image:Flag of Mozambique.svg	DF	Armando Sá
3	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	David García
4	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Lacruz
5	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Sergio Sánchez
6	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	MF	Eduardo Costa
7	Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg	FW	Walter Pandiani
8	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg	MF	Pablo Zabaleta
9	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Iván de la Peña
10	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	FW	Luis García
11	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Riera
12	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Velasco
13	Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg	GK	Carlos Kameni
14	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Ito

No.		Position	Player
15	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	MF	Fredson
16	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	MF	Jônatas
17	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Moha
18	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Rufete
19	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Torrejón
20	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	FW	Corominas
21	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Daniel Jarque
22	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Moisés Hurtado
23	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	FW	Raúl Tamudo
24	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	FW	Jonathan Soriano
25	Image:Flag of Portugal.svg	DF	Peixoto
27	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Julián
30	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Chica

[edit] Captains

[edit] Statistics 2005/06

La Liga	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	F	A
RCD Espanyol	15	41	38	10	11	17	36	56

Top Scorers:
- Luis Garcia - 10 goals
- Tamudo - 10 goals
- Fredson - 4 goals
Top Goalkeepers
- Iraizoz - 34 goals In 21 Matchs
- Kameni - 22 goals In 17 Matchs

[edit] 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

[edit] Famous players

Image:Raul Tamudo.jpg

see also Cat:RCD Espanyol footballers

[edit] Famous Coaches

see also Cat:RCD Espanyol managers

[edit] Manufacturer of Clothing

link Uhlsport

[edit] External links

RCD Espanyol's Official Website (Catalan)/(Spanish)
RCD Espanyol femenino's Official Website (Spanish)

[edit] References

UEFA Cup 2006/07

Eight teams form UCL Steaua Bucureşti | Bordeaux

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La Liga • 2006/07 clubs

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La Liga seasons

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1999/00 | 2000/01 | 2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07

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