Deportivo de La Coruña

Deportivo
Full name	Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Depor, Super Depor, Herculinos, Blanquiazules
Founded	1906
Ground	Estadio Municipal de Riazor (Capacity 34,600)
Chairman	Augusto César Lendoiro
Head Coach	Miguel Ángel Lotina
League	La Liga
2006-07	La Liga, 13th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club. The club was founded in 1906. Its home stadium in A Coruña (Galicia) is Estadio Municipal de Riazor with a capacity of 34,600 spectators.^[1]

Contents 1 History 1.1 The very beginning 1.2 The start of Deportivo 1.3 Deportivo turns professional 2 Trophies 2.1 Men’s section 2.1.1 Winners 2.1.2 Runners-up 2.2 Women's section (disbanded) 2.2.1 Winners 2.2.2 Runners-up 3 Current squad 2007/08 3.1 Important reserve players 4 Statistics 5 Lastest seasons 6 Historic matches in European tornaments 7 Stadium Information 8 Famous players 9 Famous coaches 10 Trivia 11 Statistics 12 Deportivo de La Coruña B 12.1 Seasons 12.2 Trophies 12.2.1 Winners 12.2.2 Runners-up 13 References 14 See also 15 External links

History

Main article: History of Deportivo de La Coruña

The very beginning

In 1902 José María Abalo, a Coruña local who returned to his hometown after studying in England, introduced football to La Coruña. It started when he introduced the game to his group of friends who practiced it in the Bullring; little did they know this sport would turn into a phenomenon. In 1904 Abalo and his group of friends formed a football team called Coruna the game reached to a new popularity as members of a prestigious gymnasium called Sala Calvet took notice and began to practice this new sport considered “exotic” by the young people of the city. This was the start of football’s passage of time in Coruña.

The start of Deportivo

In December 1906 these young men of Sala Calvet gymnasium created their own team called Club Deportivo de la Sala Calvet, that with time would become the Deportivo de Coruña. In about two and half years the club would be given the mark of royalty by King Alfonso XIII and be called Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña. At this time things were looking up as Deportivo would move into a new stadium called the Riazor (now called the Viejo Riazor).

Deportivo turns professional

Deportivo would continue to play in various leagues in Galicia and outside for two decades until 1928, when the Spanish league was formed. Deportivo would fail to achieve qualification for the “Primera División” and so would begin playing in the Segunda División. Deportivo remained in the Segunda División, their greatest achievement eliminating Real Madrid from the Copa Del Rey till finally achieving promotion to the Primera División in 1928. During a century, Coruña has lived through moments of sadness and joy, ups and downs, hope and disillusionment. Through uncertain periods immersed in strong debts and forgotten; through resounding defeats and epic triumphs, till the greatest moment in Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña's history- the first League title of its history to obtained in the season of 1999-2000- through the Champions League nights at Riazor.

Trophies

Men’s section

Winners

• La Liga:
  • 1 – 1999-2000
• Copa del Rey:
  • 2 – 1995, 2002
• Supercopa de España:
  • 3 – 1995, 2000, 2002
• Segunda División:
  • 4 – 1961-62, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1967-68
• Tercera División:
  • 1 – 1974-75
• Galician Championship:^[2]
  • 6 – 1926-27, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1936-37, 1939-40

Runners-up

• La Liga:
  • 5 – 1949-50, 1993-94, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2001-02
• Segunda División:
  • 4 – 1940-41, 1945-46, 1947-48, 1990-91
• Segunda División B:
  • 1 – 1980-81
• Copa de la Liga de Segunda División:^[3]
  • 1 – 1982-83
• Galician Championship:^[4]
  • 6 – 1924-25, 1925-26, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1938-39

Women's section (disbanded)

Winners

• Women's First Division:
  • 1 – 1984-85

Runners-up

• Women's First Division:
  • 1 – 1983-84

Current squad 2007/08

The numbers are established according to the official website:www.canaldeportivo.com and www.lfp.es As of 1 September 2007

No. Position Player 1 GK Dudu Aouate 2 DF Manuel Pablo (captain) 3 DF Filipe 4 DF Alberto Lopo 5 MF Fabricio Coloccini 6 MF Julian de Guzmán 7 FW Rodolfo Bodipo 8 MF Sergio 9 FW Sebastián Taborda 10 MF Joan Verdú 11 FW Riki 12 FW Adrián

No. Position Player 13 GK Gustavo Munúa 15 FW Rubén Castro 17 MF Ángel Lafita (on loan from Real Zaragoza) 18 MF Andrés Guardado 19 DF Antonio Barragán 20 FW Cristian Hidalgo 21 MF Juan Carlos Valerón 22 MF Juan Rodríguez 23 FW Xisco 24 DF Pablo Amo 25 DF Aythami MF Márcio Sousa

Important reserve players

No. Position Player 26 MF Antonio Tomás 27 GK Manu 28 DF Piscu 29 DF Chapi — MF Iván Carril — MF Jairo — MF Geri Malaj

Statistics

• Seasons on Primera División: 37
• Seasons on Segunda División: 37
• Seasons on Segunda División B: 1
• Seasons on Tercera División: 1
• Participations on UEFA Champions League: 5
• Participations on UEFA Cup: 4
• Participations on UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
• Participations on Intertoto Cup: 1

Lastest seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Notes	Manager
1987-88	2D	16	38	8	15	15	35	47	31	3rd round				Eusebio Ríos & Arsenio Iglesias
1988-89	2D	10	38	16	8	14	43	35	40	semi-final				Arsenio Iglesias
1989-90	2D	4	38	19	6	13	45	38	44	1st round				Marco Antonio Boronat
1990-91	2D	2	38	8	15	15	60	32	48	last 16			promoted	Arsenio Iglesias
1991-92	1D	17	38	8	15	15	37	48	31	semi-final				Marco Antonio Boronat & Arsenio Iglesias
1992-93	1D	3	38	22	10	6	67	33	54	4th round				Arsenio Iglesias
1993-94	1D	2	38	22	12	4	54	18	56	last 16	UC	last 16		Arsenio Iglesias
1994-95	1D	2	38	20	11	7	68	42	51	winner	UC	last 16		Arsenio Iglesias
1995-96	1D	9	42	16	13	13	63	44	61	last 16	CWC	semi-final		John Toshack
1996-97	1D	3	42	21	14	7	57	30	77	last 16				John Toshack & Carlos Alberto Silva
1997-98	1D	12	38	12	13	13	44	46	49	quarter-final	UC	1st round		Carlos Alberto Silva & José Manuel Corral
1998-99	1D	6	38	17	12	9	55	43	63	semi-final				Javier Irureta
1999-2000	1D	1	38	21	6	11	66	44	69	last 16	UC	last 16		Javier Irureta
2000-01	1D	2	38	22	7	9	73	44	73	last 32	ECL	quarter-final		Javier Irureta
2001-02	1D	2	38	20	8	10	65	41	68	winner	ECL	quarter-final		Javier Irureta
2002-03	1D	3	38	22	6	10	67	47	72	semi-final	ECL	2nd group stage		Javier Irureta
2003-04	1D	3	38	21	8	9	60	34	71	last 16	ECL	semi-final		Javier Irureta
2004-05	1D	8	38	12	15	11	46	50	51	last 32	ECL	group stage		Javier Irureta
2005-06	1D	8	38	15	10	13	47	45	55	semi-final	IT	final		Joaquín Caparrós
2006-07	1D	13	38	12	11	15	32	45	47	semi-final				Joaquín Caparrós
2007-08	1D									last 32				Miguel Ángel Lotina

Color:

Gold	Winner
Silver	Runners-Up
Bronze	3rd place (Semi-final)

Historic matches in European tornaments

UEFA Cup 1993-94 Aston Villa F.C. 0-1 Deportivo de La Coruña

UEFA Cup 1994-95 Deportivo de La Coruña 1-0 Borussia Dortmund UEFA Cup 1999-00 Deportivo de La Coruña 4-2 Panathinaikos Deportivo de La Coruña 2-1 Arsenal UEFA Champions League 2000-01 Deportivo de La Coruña 2–1 Hamburger Deportivo de La Coruña 1–0 Panathinaikos Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 Deportivo de La Coruña Deportivo de La Coruña 2–0 Galatasaray Deportivo de La Coruña 4–3 Paris Saint-Germain UEFA Champions League 2001-02 Deportivo de La Coruña 2–1 Manchester United Manchester United 2–3 Deportivo de La Coruña Deportivo de La Coruña 2–0 Arsenal Deportivo de La Coruña 2–0 Juventus Arsenal 0–2 Deportivo de La Coruña UEFA Champions League 2002-03 Bayern Munich 2–3 Deportivo de la Coruña Deportivo de la Coruña 2–1 Bayern Munich AC Milan 1–2 Deportivo de la Coruña Deportivo de la Coruña 2–0 Manchester United UEFA Champions League 2003-04 Deportivo de La Coruña 2–0 PSV Eindhoven Deportivo de La Coruña 1–0 AS Monaco Deportivo de La Coruña 3–0 AEK Athens Deportivo de La Coruña 1–0 Juventus Juventus 0-1 Deportivo de La Coruña Deportivo de La Coruña 1–0 Juventus Deportivo de La Coruña 4–0 AC Milan UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005 Deportivo de La Coruña 2-1 Newcastle United Newcastle United 1-2 Deportivo de La Coruña

Deportivo de La Coruña 2-0 Olympique Marsellaise

Stadium Information

• Name - Riazor Stadium
• City - A Coruña
• Capacity - 34,600
• Inauguration - 1944
• Pitch size - 105 x 68 m
• Other Facilities: - Ciudad Deportiva Abegondo

Famous players

Fabricio Coloccini Aldo Duscher Victorio Cocco Turu Flores Lionel Scaloni Gabriel Schürrer Bebeto César Sampaio Djalminha Donato Emerson Flávio Conceição Luizão Mauro Silva Rivaldo Ilian Kiriakov Emil Kostadinov Jacques Songo'o

Julian de Guzmán Petr Kouba Louie Donowa Dudu Aouate José Luis Borbolla Andres Guardado Noureddine Naybet Salaheddine Bassir Mustapha Hadji Roy Makaay Peter Rufai Roberto Acuña Oscar Montalvo Jorge Andrade Pauleta Nuno Espírito Santo Hélder Cristóvão Dmitri Radchenko

Miroslav Đukić Goran Đorović Slaviša Jokanović Luis Otero Fran José Francisco Molina Amancio Amaro Pahiño Cheché Martín Juan Carlos Valerón Luis Suárez Txiki Beguiristáin Alfredo Santaelena Francisco Liaño Julio Salinas Diego Tristán Pedro Uralde Voro

Albert Luque Alvaro Arbeloa Víctor Sánchez Sergio González Joan Capdevila Manuel Pablo José Luis Ribera Enrique Romero José Emilio Amavisca Francisco Buyo Javier Manjarín Rafael Martín Vázquez Walter Pandiani Martín Lasarte Sebastián Abreu Sergio Martínez Gustavo Munúa Carlos

see also Cat:Deportivo de La Coruña players

Famous coaches

• Alejandro Scopelli, 1949-1950
• Helenio Herrera, 1952-53
• Luis Carniglia, 1964-1965
• Carlos Alberto Silva, 1996-1998
• Luis Suárez, 1978-1979
• Arsenio Iglesias, 1970-1973, 1982-1985, 1987-1989, 1990-1995.
• Javier Irureta, 1998-2005
• Joaquín Caparrós, 2005-2007
• Miguel Ángel Lotina, 2007-
• Woggenhuber, 1928-1929
• John Toshack, 1995-1997

see also Cat:Deportivo de La Coruña managers

Trivia

The club still keeps the city name "La Coruña", no longer official for the city, but still widely used by the population.

Statistics

Pichichi:(3) 1992/93- Bebeto 29 goals 2001/02- Diego Tristán 21 goals 2002/03- Roy Makaay 29 goals Zamora:(8) 1996/97- Jacques Songo'o 1993/94- Francisco Liaño 1992/93- Francisco Liaño 1953/54- Juan Ignacio Otero 1950/51- Juan Acuña 1949/50- Juan Acuña 1942/43- Juan Acuña 1941/42- Juan Acuña In 1992/93, Francisco Liaño Drew with Santiago Cañizares Golden Boot:(1) 2002/03- Roy Makaay 29 goals

Deportivo de La Coruña B

Deportivo de La Coruña B is the filial team of Deportivo de La Coruña based in La Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1914 with the name of Fabril Sociedad Deportiva, it plays in Segunda División B. Their stadium is called Estadio Cidade Deportiva de Abegondo with a capacity of 1,500 seats. In 1993 the team takes the Deportivo B name.

Seasons

• 6 seasons in Segunda División B
• 41 seasons in Tercera División

Trophies

Winners

• Tercera División:
  • 2 – 2005-06, 2006-07

Runners-up

• Tercera División:
  • 5 – 1963-64, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2002-03

References

See also

• Richest football clubs

External links

• (Spanish) Deportivo de La Coruña Official Website
• The Official International Depor Website
• The Official International Depor Forum
• Polish Depor Site
• Unofficial Spanish Fan Site

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