List of RCD Espanyol seasons explained

This is a list of seasons played by RCD Espanyol in Spanish and European football. Established in 1900, the seasons from the beginning of La Liga in 1928 to the most recent completed season are mentioned. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

The club has never won the Liga but won the Spanish Cup four times.

Key

Key to league record:

• Pos = Final position
• P = Played
• W = Games won
• D = Games drawn
• L = Games lost
• GF = Goals for
• GA = Goals against
• GD = Goal difference
• Pts = Points

Key to rounds:

• W = Winner
• F = Final
• SF = Semi-finals
• QF = Quarter-finals
• R16 = Round of 16
• R32 = Round of 32
• R64 = Round of 64
• R5 = Fifth round
• R4 = Fourth round
• R3 = Third round
• R2 = Second round
• R1 = First round
• GS = Group stage

Key to competitions

• Cup = Copa Del Rey
• Sup = Supercopa / Copa Eva Duarte
• CL = UEFA Champions League / European Cup
• UC = UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup
• CW = UEFA Cup Winners Cup
• SC = UEFA Supercup
• CWC = FIFA Club World Cup

Champions

Runners-up

Pichichi

CL

EL

Seasons

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League	Cup^[1]	Other competitions	Top scorer(s)^[2]
Division		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Player(s)	Goals^[3]
1929	La Liga	7th	18	7	4	7	32	38	18	bgcolor=gold	W			Rafael Oramas	8
1929–30	La Liga	4th	18	9	2	7	40	33	20	SF			Martín Ventolrá	12
1930–31	La Liga	9th	18	6	2	10	32	45	14				Edelmiro	11
1931–32	La Liga	6th	18	7	1	10	34	39	15	SF			Edelmiro	10
1932–33	La Liga	3rd	18	10	2	6	33	30	22	SF			Redó José Garreta	7
1933–34	La Liga	8th	18	7	3	8	41	42	17	QF			Francisco Iriondo	18
1934–35	La Liga	8th	22	9	2	11	47	59	20	R6			Francisco Iriondo	15
1935–36	La Liga	9th	22	8	1	13	36	53	17	QF			José Prat	7
1936–39	Spanish Civil War
1939–40	La Liga	5th	22	11	2	9	43	43	24	bgcolor=gold	W			Gabriel Jorge Martínez Català	11
1940–41	La Liga	7th	22	10	2	10	50	54	22	bgcolor=silver	RU		bgcolor=silver	RU	Martínez Català	21
1941–42	La Liga	9th	26	10	6	10	49	42	26	QF			Gabriel Jorge Antonio Chas	12
1942–43	La Liga	11th	26	9	6	11	45	51	24	R16			José Juncosa	22
1943–44	La Liga	11th	26	9	5	12	42	50	23	QF			José Juncosa	12
1944–45	La Liga	9th	26	10	3	13	44	39	23	SF			Ángel Calvo	11
1945–46	La Liga	12th	26	6	7	13	41	53	19	R16			Ángel Calvo	16
1946–47	La Liga	11th	26	9	1	16	46	59	19	bgcolor=silver	RU			Ángel Calvo	25
1947–48	La Liga	8th	26	9	6	11	39	47	24	SF			Rosendo Hernández	13
1948–49	La Liga	7th	26	10	4	12	51	46	24	SF			Josep Artigas	14
1949–50	La Liga	11th	26	8	6	12	42	64	22	R16			Rosendo Hernández	14
1950–51	La Liga	12th	30	13	4	13	82	72	30	R1			Francisco Marcet Julián Arcas	18
1951–52	La Liga	7th	30	14	4	12	69	62	32	R1			José Egea	15
1952–53	La Liga	4th	30	16	4	10	64	40	36	QF			Julián Arcas	23
1953–54	La Liga	4th	30	14	6	10	50	36	34	QF			Antonio Cruellas	14
1954–55	La Liga	13th	30	8	10	12	42	46	26				Julián Arcas	8
1955–56	La Liga	7th	30	14	3	13	50	56	31	SF			Julián Arcas	20
1956–57	La Liga	7th	30	11	8	11	39	48	30	bgcolor=silver	RU			Juan Benavídez Julián Arcas	8
1957–58	La Liga	8th	30	11	6	13	48	46	28	R16			Carlos Torres	12
1958–59	La Liga	7th	30	11	7	12	42	45	29	R32			Óscar Coll	11
1959–60	La Liga	8th	30	11	8	11	33	29	30	R32			Índio	9
1960–61	La Liga	10th	30	12	3	15	46	46	27	QF			Antonio Camps	11
1961–62	La Liga	13th	30	8	10	12	45	55	26	QF			Antonio Camps	15
1962–63	Segunda División	2nd	30	17	5	8	40	24	39	R1			José Paredes	10
1963–64	La Liga	13th	30	10	5	15	34	47	25	QF			Manuel Idígoras	9
1964–65	La Liga	11th	30	12	1	17	37	39	25	R32			Alfredo Di Stéfano	9
1965–66	La Liga	12th	30	7	10	13	31	48	24	R16			José Rodilla	14
1966–67	La Liga	3rd	30	15	7	8	50	40	37	R32			José María	12
1967–68	La Liga	9th	30	12	5	13	48	44	29	R16			José María	12
1968–69	La Liga	15th	30	8	8	14	29	36	24	R16			Cayetano Ré	6
1969–70	Segunda División	3rd	38	19	11	8	64	35	49	R32			Cayetano Ré	17
1970–71	La Liga	11th	30	8	9	13	18	25	27	R32			Cayetano Ré Daniel Solsona	3
1971–72	La Liga	12th	34	12	8	14	43	43	32	QF			Juan Amiano	19
1972–73	La Liga	3rd	34	17	11	6	48	27	45	R16			Roberto Martínez	15
1973–74	La Liga	9th	34	13	8	13	34	38	34	QF		R1	Rafael De Diego	15
1974–75	La Liga	11th	34	14	5	15	38	47	33	R32			Daniel Solsona	14
1975–76	La Liga	4th	34	18	4	12	48	45	40	QF			Carlos Caszely	8
1976–77	La Liga	6th	34	14	8	12	61	59	36	SF		R16	Marañón	24
1977–78	La Liga	14th	34	12	6	16	48	60	30	R4			Marañón	18
1978–79	La Liga	8th	34	15	5	14	37	46	35	R3			Marañón	11
1979–80	La Liga	14th	34	9	12	13	28	37	30	R4			Marañón	17
1980–81	La Liga	10th	34	14	6	14	37	42	34	R2			Marañón	14
1981–82	La Liga	13th	34	13	6	15	48	55	32	R3			Orlando Giménez	11
1982–83	La Liga	9th	34	13	6	15	45	47	32	QF		R2	Marañón	15
1983–84	La Liga	10th	34	10	13	11	42	44	33	R1		QF	Orlando Giménez	12
1984–85	La Liga	8th	34	11	12	11	40	44	34	R4		SF	Michel Pineda	19
1985–86	La Liga	11th	34	11	9	14	43	40	31	R4		R2	Bartolomé Márquez	13
1986–87	La Liga	3rd	34	17	9	8	52	30	43	R2			Pichi Alonso	17
1987–88	La Liga	15th	38	11	11	16	44	55	33	R16		bgcolor=silver	RU	Sebastián Losada	11
1988–89	La Liga	17th	38	7	16	15	29	44	30	R16			Michel Pineda	5
1989–90	Segunda División	5th	38	15	12	11	50	33	42	R1			Gabino	13
1990–91	La Liga	16th	38	12	10	16	39	47	34	R16			Wolfram Wuttke	9
1991–92	La Liga	16th	38	12	8	18	43	60	32	R5			Xavier Escaich	10
1992–93	La Liga	18th	38	9	11	18	40	56	29	R4			Xavier Escaich	12
1993–94	Segunda División	1st	38	20	12	6	59	25	52	R16			Velko Yotov	13
1994–95	La Liga	6th	38	14	15	9	51	35	43	R3			Jordi Lardín	12
1995–96	La Liga	4th	42	20	14	8	63	36	74	SF			Jordi Lardín	21
1996–97	La Liga	12th	42	14	9	19	51	57	51	QF		R2	Nicolas Ouédec	11
1997–98	La Liga	10th	38	12	17	9	44	31	53	R2			Juan Esnáider	13
1998–99	La Liga	7th	38	16	13	9	49	38	61	QF			Raúl Tamudo	10
1999–2000	La Liga	14th	38	12	11	15	51	48	47	bgcolor=gold	W			Raúl Tamudo	11
2000–01	La Liga	9th	38	14	8	16	46	44	50	QF		bgcolor=silver	RU	Raúl Tamudo	13
												R32
2001–02	La Liga	14th	38	13	8	17	47	56	47	R1			Raúl Tamudo	17
2002–03	La Liga	17th	38	10	13	15	48	54	43	R1			Savo Milošević	12
2003–04	La Liga	16th	38	13	4	21	48	64	43	R32			Raúl Tamudo	19
2004–05	La Liga	5th	38	17	10	11	54	46	61	R2			Maxi Rodríguez	15
2005–06	La Liga	15th	38	10	11	17	36	56	41	bgcolor=gold	W		R32	Luis García Raúl Tamudo	10
2006–07	La Liga	11th	38	12	13	13	46	53	49	R32		bgcolor=silver	RU	Walter Pandiani	18
												bgcolor=silver	RU
2007–08	La Liga	12th	38	13	9	16	43	53	48	R16			Luis García	15
2008–09	La Liga	10th	38	12	11	15	46	49	47	QF			Román	7
2009–10	La Liga	11th	38	11	11	16	29	46	44	R32			Pablo Osvaldo	7
2010–11	La Liga	8th	38	15	4	19	46	55	49	R16			Pablo Osvaldo	14
2011–12 Details	La Liga	14th	38	12	10	16	46	56	46	QF			Álvaro	10
2012–13 Details	La Liga	13th	38	11	11	16	43	52	44	R32			Joan Verdú	9
2013–14 Details	La Liga	14th	38	11	9	18	41	51	42	QF			Sergio García	13
2014–15 Details	La Liga	10th	38	13	10	15	47	51	49	SF			Sergio García	14
2015–16 Details	La Liga	13th	38	12	7	19	40	74	43	R16			Felipe Caicedo	10
2016–17 Details	La Liga	8th	38	15	11	12	49	50	56	R32			Gerard Moreno	13
2017–18 Details	La Liga	11th	38	12	13	13	36	42	49	QF			Gerard Moreno	16
2018–19 Details	La Liga	7th	38	14	11	13	48	50	53	QF			Borja Iglesias	20
2019–20 Details	La Liga	20th	38	5	10	23	27	58	25	R32	Europa League	R32	Facundo Ferreyra Wu Lei	8
2020–21 Details	Segunda División	1st	42	24	10	8	71	28	82	R32			Raúl de Tomás	23
2021–22 Details	La Liga	14th	38	10	12	16	40	53	42	R16			Raúl de Tomás	17
2022–23 Details	La Liga	19th	38	8	13	17	52	69	37	R16			Joselu	17
2023–24 Details	Segunda División	4th	42	17	18	7	59	40	69	R32			Martin Braithwaite	22

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancuphist.html Spanish Cup Winner's
2. All goals scored in official matches
3. http://www.bdfutbol.com bdfutbol