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Overview | Seating Guide | Tickets | Food Guide | Cheer Culture | Directions | Insider Tips

Club Overview

RCD Espanyol, founded in 1900, was the first football club in Spain to field a squad made up entirely of Spanish-national players.

RCD Espanyol is a La Liga club based in Cornellà, near Barcelona. Their home ground is the RCDE Stadium, with a capacity of around 40,500.

Seating Guide

The RCDE Stadium is made up of Gol Prat (North), Tribuna Presidencial (East), Gol Cornellà (South), and Tribuna (West), with the “Grada d’Animació” as the main singing section.

Tickets

The safest way to buy tickets is directly through the club’s official website. Popular matches are often prioritized for season-ticket (abono) holders before general sale, so check availability as soon as your travel dates are set.

This site is mainly in Spanish — here's how to get through it

  1. On the ticket site, click your desired match date.
  2. Choose a seating zone — pricing for each zone is shown directly on the site.
  3. Sign up or log in, then pick your seat and complete the payment.
  4. Some clubs check ID against the buyer's name at entry, so bring your passport along with the ticket.

Tip: in Chrome, right-click the page and choose "Translate to English" to read button labels instantly.

Food Guide

Around the stadium you’ll find bars and restaurants that are popular before and after matches. Check the button below for a real, location-based list.

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Cheer Culture

Nicknamed ‘Periquitos’ (Parakeets), Espanyol fans take pride in offering a more intimate, authentically Catalan football experience at the RCDE Stadium — a contrast to the glossier Camp Nou across town. Waving white and blue flags through every rise and fall in form, their loyalty represents Barcelona’s other football face.

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📍 Getting There

RCDE Stadium · Avinguda del Baix Llobregat, 100, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat

Tap the button below to see transit, walking, and driving directions from your current location to the stadium, via Google Maps.

💡 Insider Tips

🚌 Getting Around

Metro Line 5’s Cornellà Centre station is a 12-minute walk, while the FGC Cornellà Riera station is closest at 5 minutes. The T1/T2 tram’s Les Aigües-Eroski stop is also a 10-minute walk, and buses 67 and 68 work too. On matchdays, TMB runs special shuttle buses from Plaça Espanya and Sants stations.

🏨 Lodging

Walkable hotels include the Novotel Barcelona Cornellà (4-star, about a 10-minute walk) and Hotel Campanile Barcelona Sud (5–10 minutes), though most tourists stay downtown (near Sants) and travel 30–40 minutes instead.

🎟️ Tickets

Socios get a priority purchase window, but regular matches are also available at face value through general sale (only the Barcelona derby is close to being members-only). Foreigners can buy with just a passport — no Spanish DNI/NIE required.

🎁 Club Perks

Official overseas supporters clubs exist in Australia (FNQ Espanyol), Japan (Perico Nippon), and the UK (ESCE), with the club supporting them through representative visits and discounts, and the website is available in English too.

💡 Insider Tips

The stadium’s official name is “RCDE Stadium” (reverted from “Stage Front Stadium” in July 2024 following a sponsorship dispute). Stadium tours run Tue–Fri at 4:30pm and Sat at 12:30pm (not available on matchdays, Sundays, Mondays, or the day before a match), €15 adult. Enjoying the pre-match atmosphere at the Splau shopping center right next to the stadium (35+ restaurants) is the common approach.