RCD Espanyol B

Espanyol B

Full name	Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona S.A.D. "B"
Nickname(s)	Los Periquitos (The Parakeets)
Founded	1991 as Cristenc-Español
Ground	Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque
Capacity	3,000
President	Chen Yasheng
Head coach	Javi Chica
League	Segunda Federación – Group 3
2022–23	Segunda Federación – Group 3, 5th of 18
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Departments of RCD Espanyol
Football (Men's) Football (Men's B Team) Football (Women's) Football (Youth Team) Basketball (defunct) Roller hockey (defunct) Volleyball (defunct) Baseball (defunct)

Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona "B" is the reserve team of the RCD Espanyol, club based in Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The team was founded in 1991 and plays in the Segunda Federación – Group 3, holding home matches at the 3,000-seat capacity Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque.

Unlike the English League, reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team and are no longer able to compete in the Copa del Rey.

History

In 1981, the Futbol Club Cristinenc was created in Santa Cristina d'Aro, Province of Girona. The club had a speedy progression through the lower divisions until it reached the fourth division. It had also become a feeder club for the RCD Español.^[1]

In 1991 the team changed its denomination to the Cristinenc-Espanyol, being renamed the Real Club Deportivo Espanyol B three years later, while also gaining reserve team status for Espanyol.^[1] It fluctuated between the fourth and the third levels in the following decades, the longest spell being five years, with a second position in the 2001–02 season. The Catalan outfit failed to promote during the team's three visits to the playoffs.

In the 2009–10 Espanyol B finished in 16th position, above the relegation zone, and dropped down a division in the relegation playoffs.

Season to season

• As FC Cristinenc

• As RCD Espanyol's reserve team

• 20 seasons in Segunda División B
• 3 seasons in Segunda Federación
• 12 seasons in Tercera División
• 7 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Honours

• Tercera División: 1994–95, 2008–09, 2017–18

Players

Current squad

As of 12 September 2023.^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Ángel Fortuño 2 DF  ESP Pau Casadesús (on loan from Andorra) 3 DF  ESP Aleix Gorjón 4 DF  ESP Alejandro Pérez 6 MF  ESP Roger Martínez 7 MF  ESP Antoniu Roca 8 MF  BRA Miguel Carvalho 9 FW  URU Gastón Valles 10 MF  ESP Gori 11 FW  ESP Kenneth Soler 12 FW  GHA Bashiru Mohammed (on loan from Talavera de la Reina) 13 GK  ESP Iker Venteo

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  ESP Javier Hernández 15 DF  ESP José Luis Catalá 16 DF  ESP Ángel Gómez 17 DF  ESP Marc Jurado 18 FW  ESP Nene 19 FW  MAR Omar Sadik 20 FW  ESP David Pecellín 21 DF  ESP Ian Forns 22 GK  LTU Rimvydas Kiriejevas 26 MF  ESP Rafael Bauzà — DF  ESP Joan Puig

From Youth Academy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  ESP Carlos Sánchez 25 FW  ESP David Momoh 27 MF  ESP Marc Delgado 28 FW  ESP Sergio Rivarés 29 DF  ESP Roger Hinojo

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 MF  ESP Izan Sarmiento 31 FW  ESP Lluc Castell 32 MF  ESP Ferrán Gómez 35 GK  ESP Álvaro Pacheco

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Manager	Javi Chica
Assistant manager	Julián López
Fitness coach	Borja Esteve
Goalkeeping coach	Juan Antonio Cañadas
Analyst	César del Pozo
Club doctor	Tiago García
Physiotherapist	Marc Aristoy Rubén Cabanillas
Kit man	Javi Peña
Delegate	Rafa Alba

Notable players

Note: This list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 top league games and/or have reached international status.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to RCD Espanyol B.

• Espanyol official website
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)

This page was last edited on 28 March 2024, at 17:47