FC Espanyol :: Fudbal ~ Kladionica ~ Fantasy ~ Navijaci

RCD Espanyol

RCD 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.

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

Trophies

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

Current squad 2007/08

1      GK   Carlos Kameni
2      DF   Javier Chica
3      DF   David García
4      DF   Jesús María Lacruz
6      DF   Clemente Rodríguez
7      MF   Valdo
8      MF   Pablo Zabaleta
9      MF   Iván de la Peña
10      FW   Luis García
11      MF   Albert Riera
12      GK   Kiko Casilla
13      GK   Iñaki Lafuente
14      MF   Ángel Martínez
15      MF   Frédson
16      MF   Jônatas
17      MF   Moha
18      MF   Francisco Rufete
19      DF   Marc Torrejón
20      FW   Ferran Corominas
21      DF   Daniel Jarque (vice-captain)
22      MF   Moisés Hurtado
23      FW   Raúl Tamudo (captain)
24      FW   Jonathan Soriano
25      MF   Milan Smiljanić

Iz nowije istorije izdwaja se proshlosezonski uspeh u Uefa kupu i dolazak do finala. Espanjol ostaje jedina ekipa u istoriji, koja je proshla kroz Uefa kup takmichenje i zawrshila ga bez i jednog poraza.

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.

Poslednji rezultat je pobeda nad Valensijom u gostima rezultatom 2:1.