Seccions Deportives Espanyol () is a
multisport club
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based in
Barcelona,
Spain. It was founded in 2017 by supporters of football club
RCD Espanyol.
History
During several years, football club
RCD Espanyol had sections of different sports, being specially notable the sections of
rink hockey, 11 times winner of the
Copa del Rey,
basketball, one-time winner of the
Copa del Rey and played ten times in the top-tier, and
women's volleyball, three times
league
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* Sports league
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champions and five times
cup
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champions. Sections were being disbanded during years and finally Espanyol dedicated only to football.
In March 2017, the Association of Supporters and Shareholders of RCD Espanyol boosted a project for recovering the sporting sections of the club, but this time without any economic link with the football team. The new multisports club was created with the name of Seccions Deportives Espanyol (''Sporting sections Espanyol'').
Two months later, the Association confirmed that Espanyol would start competing with a
rink hockey team in the 2017–18 fifth tier. The club also would launch a
women's volleyball team.
For its second season, after the promotion of the rink hockey club to the fourth tier, the club would expand its sections to
handball
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and
basketball.
Basketball
Season by season
Roller hockey
Season by season
References
External links
Official website
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RCD Espanyol
Roller hockey clubs in Catalonia
Basketball teams in Catalonia
Volleyball clubs in Catalonia
Handball clubs in Spain
Multi-sport clubs in Spain
2017 establishments in Catalonia
Sports clubs and teams in Barcelona
Sports clubs and teams established in 2017