Did you know? RCD Espanyol is not the oldest club in La Liga. However, in 1900 it was the first club currently in the top-flight to have actually been founded by Spaniards. Fun fact? After undergoing various name changes, Espanyol finally changed its full name to “Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona” in 1995. However, the word “deportiu” is made up. It is simply the Catalanized version of “deportivo” in Castilian. The proper word should be “esportiu”, but Espanyol wanted to keep the initials RCD the same.

Did you know?

RCD Espanyol is not the oldest club in La Liga. However, in 1900 it was the first club currently in the top-flight to have actually been founded by Spaniards.

Fun fact? After undergoing various name changes, Espanyol finally changed its full name to “Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona” in 1995. However, the word “deportiu” is made up. It is simply the Catalanized version of “deportivo” in Castilian. The proper word should be “esportiu”, but Espanyol wanted to keep the initials RCD the same.

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