- Address: Cornellà de Llobregat
- Country: Spain
- Capacity: 40,000
- Opened: 2 August 2009
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Espanyol (football)
Extra stadium info – RCDE Stadium
The construction costs of the RCDE Stadium, which opened as one of the largest stadiums by capacity in Spain, were €60 million. The venue was renamed several times. Several world-famous artists performed at the RCDE Stadium. It opened with a football match between RCD Espanyol and Liverpool FC. Espanyol won the game against the English football giants 3-0. Liverpool Football Club were crowned European football champions several times. In 2019, they won their first-ever world championship title.
RCD Espanyol
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona use the stadium for home matches. The club was founded in 1900 under a different name. Espanyol became one of the first Spanish sports clubs with 1 million followers on its main social media page. They drew an average home attendance of 27,000 in their first domestic league season at the RCDE Stadium. RCDE finished 11th place in the Spanish top-flight football league in that league season. They gathered 44 points in 38 league matches. RCD Espanyol won 11 league games during that league season. 11 matches ended in a draw and 16 matches ended in a defeat for Espanyol.
The Spanish cup tournament
Espanyol won the Spanish cup tournament several times. On 3 February 1929, they won the Spanish cup tournament for the first time in their history. RCDE won the title after beating Real Madrid, the first sports club with 100 million followers on its main social media page, in the city of Valencia. They won the game 2-1. Francisco Tena Guimerà and Crisant Bosch Espín both scored for Espanyol in the cup final. Jaime Lazcano Escolá scored the only goal for Real Madrid in the final. Crisant Bosch Espín and Jaime Lazcano Escolá both played several matches for the national football team of Spain.
