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 currently play in the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, which also hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics; having previously played at Estadi de Sarrià. 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 and are looking to move into a new stadium next year.Espanyol were founded on 28 October 1900 by Ángel Rodríguez, an engineering student at the Universitat de Barcelona. The club's original home was in the well-off district of Sarrià and was initially known as the Sociedad Española de Football. Espanyol were the first club in Spain to be formed exclusively by Spanish fans of the game as opposed to expatriates who formed other clubs such as FC Barcelona. Unfortunately for years, for most of the Barcelonans, Espanyol stood for 'Spanish Catalonia' that is to say a kind of compliance to centralism.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
RCD Espanyol (Spain) 2008 Home kit
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 currently play in the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, which also hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics; having previously played at Estadi de Sarrià. 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 and are looking to move into a new stadium next year.Espanyol were founded on 28 October 1900 by Ángel Rodríguez, an engineering student at the Universitat de Barcelona. The club's original home was in the well-off district of Sarrià and was initially known as the Sociedad Española de Football. Espanyol were the first club in Spain to be formed exclusively by Spanish fans of the game as opposed to expatriates who formed other clubs such as FC Barcelona. Unfortunately for years, for most of the Barcelonans, Espanyol stood for 'Spanish Catalonia' that is to say a kind of compliance to centralism.
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