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RCD Espanyol

Tier 1LaLigaCornellà de Llobregat, Cataluña, SpainOn the globe

Founded
1900
Ground
RCDE Stadium40,500 seats · opened 2009
Full name
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
Website
rcdespanyol.com
Reserve side
RCD Espanyol B

Who owns RCD Espanyol

RCD Espanyol is controlled by ALK Capital LLC, which holds 99.7%.

Owned by a multi-club groupOwner based abroad: United States

From the pitch to the top

The company that fields the team, then each holder above it.

Fields the first teamReial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona, S.A.D.Sociedad anónima, Spain, NIF A08357139
  • 99.7%controls
    ALK Capital LLCInvestment firm, United StatesSince 8 October 2025, figure as of 8 October 2025Through through Velocity Sport Limited, the Velocity Sports Partners holding that also owns Burnley, in which Rastar Group received 16.45%99.66% is the block Velocity Sport Limited bought, not ALK Capital's look-through interest: Rastar Group holds 16.45% of Velocity.High confidenceSources: ALK Capital, 2Playbook
Part of a multi-club groupALK Capital / Velocity Sports Partners3 clubs

Changes of control

  1. 8 October 2025

    ALK Capital LLC took control (99.7%) from Rastar Group.

    Price reported as €130m (€65m in cash plus a 16.45% stake in the buyer's holding valued at €65m (2Playbook).).

    • Paid for the shares€65.0mreported
    • Paid for the shares€65.0mreported
    • Valuation (100%)€130.0mreported

    High confidenceSources: ALK Capital, 2Playbook, Sport

Espanyol’s finances

From its published accounts and league records. Figures compare only with clubs at the tier it played that season.

Against its tier

Espanyol's revenue of €68.6m is the 11th highest of the 20 LaLiga clubs with published accounts

In 2024-25 it spent €0.75 on staff for every €1 of revenue; the typical LaLiga club spent €0.73.

  • Espanyol
  • Other LaLiga clubs
Revenue20 clubs
Staff per €1 of revenue20 clubs

Each club's newest recorded accounts since 2021–22, at the tier it played that season. If that year's revenue cannot be separated from player trading, the club is omitted rather than using an older year. Coverage counts comparable accounts, not every club with financial data. Revenue excludes player-sale income. Where that income is included in the published total, we subtract the statement's separately reported player-trading figure. Some statements group loan fees and other player income with sale gains; those are removed together. Otherwise loan fees remain included. These are comparisons across accounting formats, not identical revenue definitions. Espanyol: Reported revenue €68.6m; player-sale gains already excluded. The scales are logarithmic.

Revenue€68.6m2024-25
Staff costs€51.5m2024-25
Net result€2.30m2024-25
TV money from the league€43.4m2024-25
Equity
€104.7m
accounts, 2024-25
Squad cost limit
€56.6m
maximum, 2025-26
Public money
€109k
awarded, 2025, 2 records

The accounts

Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona, S.A.D., the entity that fields the team · 2020-21 to 2024-25

2024-25Tier 1 · audited2023-24Tier 2 · audited2022-23Tier 1 · audited2021-22Tier 1 · audited2020-21Tier 2 · audited
Profit and loss
Revenue€68.6m€23.7m€76.8m€78.3m€17.0m
TV money€44.0m1€10.6m1€51.3m1€54.9m1€10.6m1
League and federation distributions€490k2€72.4k2€344k2€442k2€371k2
UEFA money————€831k3
Matchday€11.5m4€5.91m5€10.6m6€9.02m7€163k8
Sponsorship€11.0m9€5.78m9€13.3m9€13.0m9€4.39m9
Commercial€1.59m10€1.41m10€1.28m10€940k10€568k10
Subsidies€1.22m€444k€412k€686k€188k
Other revenue€2.21m11€18.8m11€4.13m11€4.04m11€32.6m12
Player sales€22.6m13€17.9m14−€2.34m15€1.57m16€9.63m17
Staff costs€51.5m€44.5m€62.2m€64.6m€48.0m
Wage bill€47.7m18€41.6m18€59.2m18€61.8m18€45.1m18
Players' wages€38.8m19€28.9m20€50.0m21€51.5m22€31.5m20
Other operating costs€24.0m€16.9m€24.4m€21.9m23€5.93m24
Travel€2.11m25€2.41m25€3.02m25€2.45m25€1.34m25
Player amortisation€7.25m26€10.4m€13.4m€18.6m26€16.0m26
Other depreciation€3.88m€3.54m€3.11m€2.82m€2.68m
Operating result€5.46m−€16.8m−€26.8m−€24.9m−€13.2m
Financial result−€2.91m−€1.68m−€2.43m−€1.66m−€2.01m
Result before tax€2.55m−€18.4m−€29.3m−€26.5m−€15.2m
Income tax€253k−€4.67m27−€7.04m27−€6.61m27−€3.79m27
Net result€2.30m−€13.8m−€22.2m−€19.9m−€11.4m
Balance sheet
Total assets€191.0m€210.5m€209.7m€219.4m€205.8m
Non-current assets€155.8m€175.0m€186.1m€180.3m€183.4m
Player registrations (book value)€7.23m€19.8m€40.0m€45.9m€58.3m
Property and equipment€115.7m€116.8m€115.9m€115.0m€112.3m
Current assets€35.2m€35.5m€23.6m€39.2m€22.3m
Transfer fees receivable€7.71m28€22.1m29€9.46m30€1.57m31€2.61m32
Cash€14.0m€3.17m€2.45m€10.5m€6.62m
Equity€104.7m€70.4m€84.5m€106.8m€126.7m
Share capital€197.6m€165.6m€165.6m€165.6m€165.5m
Liabilities€86.3m€140.2m€125.2m€112.7m€79.1m
Non-current liabilities€42.2m€91.7m€47.5m€45.5m€6.73m
Current liabilities€44.1m€48.4m€77.7m€67.2m€72.4m
Provisions€181k33€519k33€199k33€299k33€399k33
Financial debt€41.4m34€44.0m35€57.9m36€48.2m37€6.25m38
Tax and social security debt€2.87m39€1.67m40€2.02m40€4.58m40€1.66m40
Transfer fees payable€1.24m41€8.46m42€16.7m43€6.83m44€22.7m45
Shareholder loans€7.00m46€46.1m47€4.04m48——
Cash flow
Cash from operations−€3.83m−€25.1m−€11.4m−€21.5m−€23.6m
Cash from investing€24.9m€1.59m−€10.3m−€16.6m−€2.52m
Cash from financing−€10.3m€24.3m€13.7m€42.0m€25.2m
Net change in cash€10.8m€723k−€8.04m€3.87m−€985k
Money from owners
Capital increase€32.0m49——€34.2k50€37.8m51
Transfers and people
Transfer fees received————€9.68m52
Transfer fees paid€211k53——€7.37m53€10.5m53
Employees419.8554399.2655412.6955397.556382.7557
Players23.6758235826.55827.425823.5858
Notes on 58 figures, in the accounts’ own words
  1. TV money: Derechos de retransmisión.
  2. League and federation distributions: Ingresos procedentes de la LNFP.
  3. UEFA money: Ingresos UEFA Europa League (note 16.7).
  4. Matchday: Season tickets €7,679,116.82, gate receipts €3,671,892.44 and friendlies €135,601.47; no international competition income.
  5. Matchday: Season tickets €4,232,360.77, gate receipts €1,374,531.11, friendlies €165,702.35 and international competitions €138,352.14.
  6. Matchday: Season tickets €7,683,967.13, gate receipts €2,661,533.99, friendlies €222,950 and international competitions €23,954.
  7. Matchday: Season tickets €7,784,432.62, gate receipts €1,151,646.37 and friendlies €84,427.28; no international competition income.
  8. Matchday: Season tickets €163,209.24 and friendlies €148.76; no gate receipts (matches behind closed doors).
  9. Sponsorship: Publicidad.
  10. Commercial: Merchandising sales.
  11. Other revenue: Ingresos accesorios y otros de gestión corriente.
  12. Other revenue: Ingresos accesorios y otros de gestión corriente; the management report attributes the year's €29m increase mainly to LaLiga's relegation aid.
  13. Player sales: Gains on sale of player registrations €28,359,331.68 less losses on derecognition €5,739,330.28, plus €527.61 on other intangible assets (resultados por enajenaciones, note 16.10).
  14. Player sales: Gains on sale of player registrations €19,867,004.87 less losses on derecognition €1,975,523.72 and €35,455.77 on other assets (resultados por enajenaciones, note 16.10).
  15. Player sales: Gains on sale of player registrations €5,712,410.79 less losses on derecognition €8,053,924.86 (resultados por enajenaciones, note 16.10).
  16. Player sales: Gains on sale of player registrations €2,775,439.83 less losses on derecognition €1,200,112.94 and €6,313.41 on tangible assets (resultados por enajenaciones, note 16.10).
  17. Player sales: Result on disposals as printed in the income statement (resultados por enajenaciones); note 16.10's breakdown (gains on player sales €10,587,519.60 less losses on derecognition €813,754.68 and €141,876.49 on tangible assets) totals €9,631,888.43. The heading, with a €1,672,766 impairment reversal, is €11,298,654.43.
  18. Wage bill: Sueldos, salarios y asimilados, including severance.
  19. Players' wages: Registrable sporting staff wages (note 16.8): players, coaches and support staff €21,983,193.68, fichas €10,355,487.67, bonuses €1,255,000, collective bonuses €1,850,433.19, severance €3,296,000 and other €42,685; non-registrable staff (€4,689,334.75) and social security excluded. These notes print no LaLiga squad-cost indicator, the basis used for earlier years.
  20. Players' wages: First-team sporting staff costs (players and coaches) in the LaLiga squad-cost indicator, in thousands.
  21. Players' wages: First-team sporting staff costs (players and coaches) in the LaLiga squad-cost indicator, in thousands, as printed in the 2023-24 accounts' comparatives; the 2022-23 accounts reprint the 2021-22 indicator table under 2022-23 headings.
  22. Players' wages: First-team sporting staff costs (players and coaches) in the LaLiga squad-cost indicator, in thousands. The 2022-23 accounts print this table under 30/6/2023 headings, but its reconciliation totals the 2021-22 staff costs (€64,599k).
  23. Other operating costs: Includes €1,297,283.75 of impairment and losses on trade receivables.
  24. Other operating costs: After a €5,797,569.83 net release of trade receivable impairments.
  25. Travel: Desplazamientos, stages y concentraciones.
  26. Player amortisation: Note 5.
  27. Income tax: Tax income.
  28. Transfer fees receivable: Entidades deportivas deudoras: long-term €1,245,111.83, short-term €6,465,138.28.
  29. Transfer fees receivable: Entidades deportivas deudoras: long-term €6,403,199.61, short-term €15,692,198.69.
  30. Transfer fees receivable: Entidades deportivas deudoras: long-term €4,491,406.60, short-term €4,972,737.66.
  31. Transfer fees receivable: Entidades deportivas deudoras: long-term €582,686.01, short-term €983,371.86.
  32. Transfer fees receivable: Entidades deportivas deudoras: long-term €348,747.34, short-term €2,263,517.97.
  33. Provisions: Long-term.
  34. Financial debt: LaLiga Impulso (CVC) participating financing €41,347,624.89 (deudas con características especiales: long-term €39,371,538.19, short-term €1,976,086.70) and deposits received €41,700; no bank debt.
  35. Financial debt: LaLiga Impulso (CVC) participating financing €43,609,620.63 (deudas con características especiales), bank debt €364,015.67 and other financial liabilities €61,700.
  36. Financial debt: LaLiga Impulso (CVC) participating financing €37,151,110.22 (deudas con características especiales), bank debt €20,704,299.42 and other financial liabilities €61,700.
  37. Financial debt: LaLiga Impulso (CVC) participating financing €26,173,133.49 (deudas con características especiales), bank debt €22,003,809.44 and deposits received €61,700.
  38. Financial debt: Bank loans €6,183,605.80 (short-term €5,939,528.48, long-term €244,077.32) and deposits received €66,700.
  39. Tax and social security debt: Otras deudas con las administraciones públicas; the current income-tax payable (€1,049,618.17) is not included.
  40. Tax and social security debt: Otras deudas con las administraciones públicas.
  41. Transfer fees payable: Entidades deportivas acreedoras (short-term).
  42. Transfer fees payable: Entidades deportivas acreedoras: short-term €7,895,591.32, long-term €568,552.96.
  43. Transfer fees payable: Entidades deportivas acreedoras: short-term €12,236,847.58, long-term €4,424,024.19.
  44. Transfer fees payable: Entidades deportivas acreedoras: short-term €5,355,110.30, long-term €1,478,440.10.
  45. Transfer fees payable: Entidades deportivas acreedoras: short-term €20,591,285.43, long-term €2,148,900.69.
  46. Shareholder loans: Short-term loans from group companies (the majority shareholder's group); the 2023-24 participating loan was repaid or converted into capital in the year.
  47. Shareholder loans: Debts to group companies (long-term €42,775,821.95, short-term €3,297,415.73): a participating loan of up to €40m due June 2027 and a €12m loan from the majority shareholder.
  48. Shareholder loans: Short-term debts to group companies.
  49. Capital increase: 5,333,333 new shares subscribed by Rastar Games (HK) by offsetting loans (statement of changes in equity, operations with shareholders; approved 27 June 2025). The cash-flow statement shows it as an equity issue alongside €47,298,633.37 of group loan repayments.
  50. Capital increase: Second tranche of the June 2021 increase, paid in cash (statement of changes in equity and cash-flow statement).
  51. Capital increase: 6,307,798 new shares subscribed by Rastar Sports (HK) by offsetting loans (statement of changes in equity, operations with shareholders); the cash-flow statement shows it as an equity issue.
  52. Transfer fees received: Income from the transfer of two players' registrations (note 5.1, in thousands).
  53. Transfer fees paid: Additions to players' registration rights (note 5).
  54. Employees: Average headcount (327.34 men, 92.51 women), including the women's and second teams, stewards, kit and maintenance staff and the football school.
  55. Employees: Average headcount, including the women's and second teams, stewards, kit and maintenance staff and the football school.
  56. Employees: Average headcount (322.34 men, 75.16 women).
  57. Employees: Average headcount (312.25 men, 70.5 women).
  58. Players: Average first-team players.

2024-25: Source: RCD Espanyol2023-24: Source: RCD Espanyol2022-23: Sources: RCD Espanyol, RCD Espanyol2021-22: Source: RCD Espanyol2020-21: Source: RCD Espanyol

League figures, wage bills, budgets and public money 13 records
SeasonTV moneySquad cost limitSource
2025-26€56.6mmaximumSource: LaLiga (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional)
2024-25€43.4mpaid€8.79mmaximumSources: LaLiga (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional), LaLiga
2023-24€10.2mpaid€10.1mmaximumSources: LaLiga (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional), LaLiga
2022-23€50.6mpaid€72.7mmaximumSources: LaLiga (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional), LaLiga (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional)
2021-22€54.5mpaid€77.9mmaximumSources: LaLiga (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional), LaLiga (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional)
Public money, season or yearTotalRecords
2025€109kawarded2
2024€77.4kawarded1
2022€3,000awarded1
  • 1 December 2025€21.8kawarded from INSTITUT CATALÀ D'ENERGIA (ICAEN): Programa para actuaciones de autoconsumo y almacenamiento con fuentes de energía renovable así como implantación de sistemas térmicos renovables en el sector residencial.. Source: Base de Datos Nacional de Subvenciones (IGAE)
  • 31 July 2025€87.2kawarded from CONSELL CATALÀ DE L'ESPORT: Subvenciones para la participación de clubs deportivos federados en competiciones oficiales en la temporada 2024-2025. Source: Base de Datos Nacional de Subvenciones (IGAE)
  • 31 May 2024€77.4kawarded from CONSELL CATALÀ DE L'ESPORT: Subvenciones para la participación de clubs deportivos federados en competiciones oficiales en la temporada 2023-2024. Source: Base de Datos Nacional de Subvenciones (IGAE)
  • 31 December 2022€3,000awarded from CONSELL CATALÀ DE L'ESPORT: Ayudas para para entidades gestoras de instalaciones deportivas cuya apertura al público se haya visto suspendida o limitada, entre los dias 8 de febrero y 31 de diciembre de 2021. Source: Base de Datos Nacional de Subvenciones (IGAE)

Where Espanyol has played

12ALK Capital LLC16-1718-1920-2122-2324-2526-27
Season by season
  1. 2026-271LaLiga
  2. 2025-261LaLiga
  3. 2024-251LaLiga
  4. 2023-242Segunda División, promoted
  5. 2022-231LaLiga, relegated
  6. 2021-221LaLiga
  7. 2020-212Segunda División, champions
  8. 2019-201LaLiga, relegated
  9. 2018-191LaLiga
  10. 2017-181LaLiga
  11. 2016-171LaLiga
Sources9

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