2012–13 RCD Espanyol season

RCD Espanyol
2012–13 season
President	Joan Collet
Head coach	Mauricio Pochettino (until 26 November 2012) ; Javier Aguirre (from 28 November)
Stadium	Cornellà-El Prat
La Liga	12th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sergio García ; Cristhian Stuani ; (7 each); All: ; Sergio García ; Cristhian Stuani ; (7 each)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 RCD Espanyol season was the 112th season in the club's history.

Squad

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

As of 30 January 2013.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Cristian Álvarez (captain)
2	DF	BRA	Felipe Mattioni
3	DF	ESP	Raúl Rodríguez
4	MF	ESP	Víctor Sánchez
5	MF	ESP	Sergio Tejera
6	DF	ARG	Juan Forlín
7	MF	ESP	Raúl Baena
8	FW	URU	Christian Stuani
9	FW	ESP	Sergio García (3rd captain)
10	MF	ESP	Joan Verdú (vice-captain)
12	FW	ITA	Samuele Longo (on loan from Inter Milan)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Kiko Casilla
15	DF	MEX	Héctor Moreno
16	DF	ESP	Javi López
17	MF	BUL	Martin Petrov
18	DF	ESP	Joan Capdevila
19	DF	ARG	Diego Colotto
20	MF	POR	Simão Sabrosa
22	MF	GHA	Mubarak Wakaso
23	MF	ESP	Cristian Gómez
24	MF	ESP	Christian Alfonso
27	DF	ESP	Víctor Álvarez

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	Jordi Amat (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2013)
—	MF	ESP	Isaías (at Ponferradina until 30 June 2013)
—	MF	URU	Adrián Luna (at Nacional until 30 June 2013)
—	MF	URU	Juan Albín (at Nacional until 30 June 2013)
—	FW	FRA	Thievy Bifouma (at Las Palmas until 30 June 2013)

Foreign players

Competitions

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Levante	38	12	10	16	40	57	−17	46
12	Athletic Bilbao	38	12	9	17	44	65	−21	45
13	Espanyol	38	11	11	16	43	52	−9	44
14	Valladolid	38	11	10	17	49	58	−9	43
15	Granada	38	11	9	18	37	54	−17	42

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points

Matches

18 August 2012 1	Mallorca	2–1	Espanyol	Palma
23:00 CEST	Hemed 2', 85' Nunes 33' Nsue 38' Martí 90+1'	Summary	Wakaso 6', 63' Sánchez 59'	Stadium: Iberostar Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

25 August 2012 2	Espanyol	1–2	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona
21:00 CEST	Albín 24' 50' Wakaso 39' Stuani 43' Sánchez 79' Rodríguez 85' Gómez 90+3'	Summary	Apoño 51' (pen.) Goni 59' Pintér 66' Montañes 85' Postiga 89'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,923 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

2 September 2012 3	Levante	3–2	Espanyol	Valencia
18:00 CEST	Diop 16' Juanlu 55' Lell 56' Juanfran 58' Iborra 67' 81' Munúa 86' Rodríguez 90+3' (o.g.)	Summary	Wakaso 2' Longo 21' Tejera 25', 67' Sánchez 29' Capdevila 32' Fonte 39' C. Álvarez 42'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,500 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

16 September 2012 4	Espanyol	3–3	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
12:00 CEST	López 18' Longo 26' 81', 80' Rodríguez 29' Verdú 44', 61' Forlín 53'	Summary	Muniain 26' Pérez 35' Gurpegui 48' Aduriz 56', 83' Llorente 71' San José 84' Amorebieta 90+1'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 23,123 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

22 September 2012 5	Real Betis	1–0	Espanyol	Seville
20:00 CEST	Paulão 18' Beñat 29' Pérez 46' Nélson 57' Nono 71' Agra 90' Casto 90+1'	Summary	Tejera 26' Wakaso 45' 67' López 52' Stuani 78' C. Álvarez 90+2'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

30 September 2012 6	Espanyol	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
21:30 CEST	Moreno 43' Stuani 47' Forlín 60'	Summary	García 30', 66' Turan 59' Gabi 60' Costa 66'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 21,888 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

6 October 2012 7	Real Valladolid	1–1	Espanyol	Valladolid
20:00 CEST	Rukavina 69' Sereno 75' Óscar 82'	Summary	V. Álvarez 41' 45' C. Álvarez 45' Sánchez 57' Verdú 70' (pen.), 90+2' Forlín 72' Fonte 90'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 14,499 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

21 October 2012 8	Espanyol	3–2	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
16:00 CEST	Verdú 12', 37', 48' Forlín 15' Colotto 43' 81' Stuani 90+2'	Summary	Baptistão 12', 63' Gálvez 14' Rubén 15' Labaka 68' Rodri 74'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 21,497 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

27 October 2012 9	Espanyol	0–0	Málaga	Barcelona
16:00 CEST	Wakaso 23' Sánchez 34' Stuani 48' Forlín 81'	Summary	Fernández 26' Iturra 32' Duda 51' Demichelis 67' Camacho 83'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

4 November 2012 10	Real Sociedad	0–1	Espanyol	San Sebastián
12:00	González 29'	Report	Wakaso 33' Gómez 42' Longo 75' Colotto 77' Baena 83' C. Álvarez 90+1' Stuani 90+2'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 22,150 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

10 November 2012 11	Espanyol	0–3	Osasuna	Barcelona
18:00	Stuani 29' Moreno 88'	Report	Timor 17' Cejudo 22' Armenteros 32' Damià 48' Sola 63' Arribas 72' Onwu 77'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 20,523 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

17 November 2012 12	Valencia	2–1	Espanyol	Valencia
	Viera 16' Albelda 25' Jonas 30' Soldado 38', 90' (pen.) Ruiz 43' T. Costa 57' Guardado 60' Barragán 78'		Longo 31' C. Álvarez 66' Rodríguez 66' Forlín 70' Moreno 87' 87' Tejera 87' Verdú 87' Wakaso 87' García 88'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

25 November 2012 13	Espanyol	0–2	Getafe	Barcelona
	Forlín 50' López 72'		Pedro León 17', 64' Míchel 64' Mané 90+1'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 19,053 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

2 December 2012 14	Granada	0–0	Espanyol	Granada
			Simão 48' López 66' Wakaso 71' Longo 75'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Miguel Ayza Gámez

7 December 2012 15	Espanyol	2–2	Sevilla	Barcelona
	Verdú 13' (pen.) Stuani 23' Colotto 37' Sánchez 45' Simão 60' Wakaso 80' Moreno 88'		Rakitić 24' (pen.) Reyes 33' 39' Perotti 43' Navarro 79' Negredo 90', 90+1'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 16,712 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

16 December 2012 16	Real Madrid	2–2	Espanyol	Madrid
	Ronaldo 45+1', 80' Coentrão 48' Alonso 70'		Wakaso 13' García 31' Alfonso 61' Sánchez 79' Albín 88', 89'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

20 December 2012 17	Espanyol	2–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
	Sánchez 26' Simão 30' Baena 84' Stuani 88'		Aythami 36' Pizzi 90+4'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

6 January 2013 18	Barcelona	4–0	Espanyol	Barcelona
	Xavi 10' Pedro 15', 27' Messi 29' (pen.)		Casilla 28' Baena 53' Stuani 73' Moreno 85'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 73,760 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

12 January 2013 19	Espanyol	1–0	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
	Forlín 14' García J. López 30' Sánchez 48' Simão 65' Baena 67' Colotto 84'		Á. López 32'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 20,723 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

18 January 2013 20	Espanyol	3–2	Mallorca	Barcelona
	Simão 16' Verdú 27', 68' (pen.) Forlín 39' Baena 83' Tejera 90+4' Casilla 90+5'		Dos Santos 35' Márquez 42' Luna 45+1' 81' Hemed 80'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 17,169 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

26 January 2013 21	Real Zaragoza	0–0	Espanyol	Zaragoza
	Abraham 20' Săpunaru 51' 82'		López 23' 79' Sánchez 33' Stuani 59' Gómez 74'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

2 February 2013 22	Espanyol	3–2	Levante	Barcelona
	Baena 37' Iborra 42' (o.g.) Stuani 67' S. García 69'		R. García 47' Diop 53' Rodas 60' Martins 87'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 20,121 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

10 February 2013 23	Athletic Bilbao	0–4	Espanyol	Bilbao
	San José 37' Laporte 74'		Simão 18' Moreno 28' Stuani 33', 58' García 38' Casilla 43' Capdevila 45+1' Sánchez 45+3', 57' Verdú 75' Forlín 83'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

17 February 2013 24	Espanyol	1–0	Real Betis	Barcelona
	García 7' Sánchez 36' Mattioni 51' Capdevila 65' Simão 77'		Paulão 61' Juan Carlos 79' Perquis 88'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 20,410 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

24 February 2013 25	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Espanyol	Madrid
	Gabi 34' 45+4' Tiago 34' Falcao 38' (pen.) Turan 56' Courtois 90+2'		Forlín 6' Casilla 14' Stuani 34' Moreno 37' Colotto 58' Longo 79' Sánchez 90+2'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

3 March 2013 26	Espanyol	0–0	Real Valladolid	Barcelona
			Larsson 48'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 20,423 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

9 March 2013 27	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	Espanyol	Madrid
	Casado 6' Domínguez 9', 25' Piti 77' Fuego 83' Baptistão 90+1'		Stuani 16' Simão 25' Sánchez 39' López 51' García 64'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 8,292 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

17 March 2013 28	Málaga	0–2	Espanyol	Málaga
	Duda 75' Camacho 86'		Wakaso 43' Colotto 49' Forlín 55' Verdú 60' García 66'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

31 March 2013 29	Espanyol	2–2	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
	García 9' Forlín 25' Stuani 39' Sánchez 68'		Zurutuza 24' I. Martínez 51' Agirretxe 75' López 76' (o.g.) González 78' De la Bella 88'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 22,323 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

7 April 2013 30	Osasuna	0–2	Espanyol	Pamplona
	Arribas 18' Oier 69' Bertrán 77' Silva 81'		Stuani 12' Moreno 36', 51' Colotto 54' López 71' Wakaso 90+1'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 17,501 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

13 April 2013 31	Espanyol	3–3	Valencia	Barcelona
	Wakaso 45+1' Sánchez 62' Verdú 82' García 90+3' Rodríguez 90+3' Moreno 90+4'		R. Costa 23' Canales 53' Jonas 87' Soldado 90+1' Albelda 90+2'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 24,054 Referee: José González González

21 April 2013 32	Getafe	0–2	Espanyol	Getafe
	Borja 19' 52' Fernández 26' 73' Castro 45' Torres 68'		Sánchez 3' Colotto 6' Stuani 39', 72' García 53' Forlín 63' C. Álvarez 73' Wakaso 75'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

28 April 2013 33	Espanyol	0–1	Granada	Barcelona
	Capdevila 84'		Nolito 37' Roberto 45+2'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 18,506 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

5 May 2013 34	Sevilla	3–0	Espanyol	Seville
	Capdevila 12' (o.g.) Negredo 16', 23' Coke 19'		López 45' Wakaso 72'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

11 May 2013 35	Espanyol	1–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Stuani 23', 30' Verdú 51' Wakaso 61' Forlín 80' Capdevila 90+1' Sánchez 90+1'		Essien 42' Higuaín 58' Alonso 65' Modrić 69' Albiol 76' Ronaldo 80'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 30,023 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

19 May 2013 36	Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	Espanyol	A Coruña
	Pablo 30' Aguilar 34' Gama 50' Valerón 66' Oliveira 90+1'		Tejera 13' Baena 41' López 56' Colotto 86'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 34,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

26 May 2013 37	Espanyol	0–2	Barcelona	Barcelona
	Rodríguez 45' Wakaso 80' 80' Capdevila 81' Forlín 88'		Sánchez 14' Iniesta 67' Pedro 86' Fàbregas 88'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 27,578 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

1 June 2013 38	Celta Vigo	1–0	Espanyol	Vigo
21:00	Insa 16' Oubiña 65'		García 18' Forlín 29' 90+2' Mattioni 77' Colotto 88'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

1 November 2012 First leg	Sevilla	3–1	Espanyol	Seville
19:00	Fazio 4' Cicinho 59' Cala 83' Negredo 89' (pen.)	Report	Baena 39' Alfonso 69' Simão 71' Capdevila 82' Galán 85' 89' Forlín 88' Sánchez 88'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

27 November 2012 Second Leg	Espanyol	0–3	Sevilla	Barcelona
	Wakaso 7' López 25'	Report	Perotti 26' (pen.) Botía 38' Rakitić 45' Diawara 49' Cala 81'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 7,463 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez