Deportivo La Coruna Champions League

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Deportivo la coruna champions league. Squad squad at end of season. When the 21st century started deportivo la coruña had never played in the champions league. Deportivo won the spanish league title finishing in first place of the league table for the first time. Players may hold more than one non fifa nationality.

Six years after their agonising title near miss deportivo la coruña could finally celebrate getting over the line in 2000 to land their first ever la liga crown. Deportivo reached the semi finals of the uefa champions league being knocked out by eventual champions porto 1 0 on aggregate porto s goal coming from a derlei penalty in the second leg at estadio riazor. Flags indicate national team as defined under fifa eligibility rules players may hold more than one non fifa nationality. Live messi fires barça to.

The numbers would suggest that irureta s team ought to have been nowhere near being champions. Deportivo la coruna 4 pandiani 5 valeron 34 luque 44 fran 76 milan 0 deportivo win 5 4 on aggregate. In two seasons at the club manager javier irureta had taken them from relegation candidates to champions of spain which brought with it a debut outing in the uefa champions league. Founded in 1906 deportivo have won the league title once in the 1999 2000 season and finished as runner up on five occasions.

It is the latest blow in the decline of. Valencia cf took their place in the 2015 16 uefa champions league play offs while rc deportivo la coruña produced a brilliant comeback at fc barcelona to stay up. The ghosts of 1994 had been laid to rest and for the first time in the club s history deportivo la coruña were champions of spain breaking up the real madrid barcelona duopoly just as atlético madrid had done four years earlier. By the summer of 2003 they were preparing for a fourth successive season in the competition having twice reached the quarter finals and made it to the last 16 on the other occasion.

The club have also won the spanish cup twice 1994 95 and 2001 02 and has also won three spanish super cups. Deportivo de la coruña in european football. Deportivo de la coruña.