Espanyol

Real Club Deportivo Español, or Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona in Catalan, is a football club based in the Spanish city of Barcelona. The club spent the majority of its existence playing its games at the Estadi de Sarrià, moving briefly to the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys before making the RCDE Stadium its home. Sometimes called the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat owing to its location in the Barcelona suburb of Cornellà de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat, building work began in 2003 and it opened six years later. As a football club, Espanyol have always suffered in the shadow of their more famous neighbour. The Periquitos haven’t had even an inkling of the success of Barcelona, yet they’ve achieved enough over the years to maintain the interest of their fervent support base. Something else of note when it comes to the Catalan club is that they have numerous associate sports clubs that take their name. As well as the men’s football team there is also a basketball team and women’s equivalent of both. On top of that the men also play hockey and baseball, whilst the women have a volleyball team.