Deportivo La Coruna
Semi-finalists in 2003-04, beaten 1-0 by eventual winners Porto.
Deportivo La Coruna are a Spanish club from A Coruna, Galicia.
Quick Facts
- Club
- Deportivo A Coruña
- Full name
- Real Club Deportivo de A Coruña, S.A.D.
- Nickname
- Os Branquiazuis (The Blue and Whites)
- Os Hercúleos
- Los Herculinos (The Herculeans)
- Short name
- Deportivo; Dépor
- Founded
- 8 December 1906; as Club Deportivo de la Sala Calvet
- Stadium
- Riazor
- Capacity
- 32,490
- Chairman
- Juan Carlos Escotet
Lore & Background
As league champions Deportivo first qualified for the Champions League and then played in it five seasons running, from 2000-01 to 2004-05, reaching two quarter-finals. Their best run was 2003-04, ended 1-0 on aggregate by eventual winners Porto in the semi-finals, in the same campaign as an 8-3 group defeat at Monaco. The last of the five seasons was their worst: bottom of the group without a win or a goal.
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