Club Overview

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, S.A.D. is a Spanish Football club.

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (abbreviated "Depor") was founded in 1906. Its home stadium in A Coruña (Galicia) is called Estadio Municipal de Riazor and holds around 35,000 spectators.

Club History

In 1902 José María Abalo, a Coruña local who returned to his hometown after studying in England, introduced football to A 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.

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 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.

Club Rivalries

Current Squad

SQUAD DEPORTIVO LA CORUÑA - 2007/2008

GOALKEEPERS: [ARANZUBIA, 1] [AOUATE, 1] [MUNÚA, 13]

DEFENDERS: [FILIPE, 3] [LOPO, 4] [COLOCCINI, 5] [PABLO AMO, 24] [ZE CASTRO, ?] [ADRIÁN LÓPEZ, 28] [MANUEL PABLO, 2] [BARRAGÁN, 19]

MIDFIELDERS: [GUARDADO, 18] [WILHELMSSON, 14] [DE GUZMÁN, 6] [SERGIO, 8] [ANTONIO TOMAS, 16] [JUAN RODRÍGUEZ, 22] [LAFITA, 17] [CRISTIÁN, 20] [VERDÚ, 10] [VALERÓN, 21]

ATTACKERS: [BODIPO, 7] [TABORDA, 9] [BRAVO, ?] [MISTA, ?] [RIKI, 11] [RUBÉN, 15] [XISCO, 23]

COACH: [LOTINA]

LOANED OUT: [AYTHAMI - (loaned to Xerez)] [ALCÁNTARA - (loaned to Cartagena)] [RODRI- (loaned to Poli Ejido)] [PABLO ÁLVAREZ - (loaned to Racing Santander)] [JAIRO - (loaned to Alavés)] [ADRIÁN - (loaned to Alavés)] [MOMO - (loaned to Xerez)]

Club Legends

Fran, Juan Carlos Valerón, Albert Luque, Mauro Silva, Jorge Andrade, Walter Pandiani, and Diego Tristán. Deportivo have won the Spanish league (La Liga) once (2000), the Copa del Rey twice (1995, 2002), and the Supercopa de España three times (1995, 2000, 2002).

Most Appearances

Most Goals

Player Recognition & Awards

Team Honours

2003/2004: FINAL FOUR IN EUROPE

Club Management

Uniforms

Deportivo la Coruña have always played in their famous blue and white stripes, but it was not until 1912 that the club made these colours official for matches. Deportivo continue to wear blue and white striped shirts with blue shorts and socks, yet their second and third kits change annually according to comerical interests.Men's section

[edit] Regional titles

   * Galician Championship:[2]
         o Winners (6): 1926-27, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1936-37, 1939-40
         o Runners-up (6): 1924-25, 1925-26, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1938-39
   * Copa Galiza:
         o Runners-up (1): 2007-08

[edit] National titles

   * La Liga:
         o Winners (1): 1999-2000
         o Runners-up (5): 1949-50, 1993-94, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2001-02
   * Copa del Rey:
         o Winners (2): 1995, 2002
   * Supercopa de España:
         o Winners (3): 1995, 2000, 2002

[edit] Other national titles

   * Segunda División:
         o Winners (4): 1961-62, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1967-68
         o Runners-up (4): 1940-41, 1945-46, 1947-48, 1990-91
   * Segunda División Grupo I [2]:
         o Winners (1): 1939-40[3]
   * Liga del Ascenso a Primera División:[4]
         o Winners (1): 1952-53
   * Copa de la Liga de Segunda División:[5]
         o Runners-up (1): 1982-83
   * Segunda División B:
         o Runners-up (1): 1980-81
   * Tercera División:
         o Winners (1): 1974-75
   * Copa de Campeones Juvenil:
         o Winners (1): 1995-96

[edit] International titles

   * UEFA Intertoto Cup:
         o Runners-up (1): 2005

Stadium

Sponsors

Important Links

http://www.canaldeportivo.com/

References