Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (Catalan: Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol, Spanish: Real Club Deportivo Espanyol) is a football club based in Barcelona, Spain. Founded by university students in 1900 in response to the foreigners that founded FC Barcelona, Espanyol has long been overshadowed by its more famous local rival. The name Espanyol ("Spanish" in Catalan) was chosen to emphasize the club's Spanish origins.Espanyol are one of several Spanish football clubs granted patronage by the Spanish crown and thus entitled to use "Real" (Royal) in their names and the royal crown in their logo. This privilege was granted to Espanyol in 1912 by King Alfonso XIII.
Espanyol play in the Estadi Lluis Companys, site of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. They won the Copa del Rey in 1929, 1940, and 2000.