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Full name - Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, S.A.D.
Nickname(s) - Depor, Super Depor
Founded - 1906
Ground - Estadio Municipal de Riazor
Capacity - 34,600
Chairman - Augusto Cesar Lendoiro
Head Coach - Miguel Ángel Lotina
League - La Liga 2006-07 - La Liga, 13th
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Current squad 2006/07 : The numbers are established according to the official website:www.canaldeportivo.com and www.lfp.es
As of 19 June 2007
No. Position Player
1 GK Dudu Aouate
2 DF Manuel Pablo (captain)
3 MF Pablo Álvarez
4 DF Aldo Duscher
5 DF Fabricio Coloccini
6 MF Julián de Guzmán
7 FW Rodolfo Bodipo
8 MF Sergio
9 FW Sebastián Taborda
11 FW Riki
12 FW Adrián
13 GK Gustavo Munúa
No. Position Player
16 MF Juan Rodriguez
18 DF Alberto Lopo
19 DF Antonio Barragán
20 FW Cristian
21 MF Juan Carlos Valerón
23 MF Fabián Estoyanoff
24 MF Joan Verdú
25 DF Filipe Luís
26 MF Iago
35 FW Rivera
— GK Fabricio Ramírez (3rd GK)
Future transfers for 2007/2008
In
No. Position Player
— MF Ángel Lafita (from Real Zaragoza)
— DF Rodri (Return from UD Almería)
— FW Rubén Castro (Return from Gimnàstic de Tarragona)
— MF Momo (Return from Racing de Santander)
— FW Xisco (Return from UD Vecindario)
— MF Iván Carril (Return from CF Palencia)
— MF Andres Guardado (Transfered from CF Atlas) :mexican:
Out
No. Position Player
— DF Joan Capdevila (to Villarreal CF)
— DF Arizmendi (to Valencia CF)
— FW Juanma (to CD Tenerife)
— DF Andrade (to Juventus)
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History
The very beginning
In 1902 José María Abalo, a Coruña local who returned to his hometown after studying in England, introduced soccer 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 thing s 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
Spanish first division:1
1999-00.
King's Cup:2
1995 and 2002.
Supercopa de España:3
1995, 2000 and 2002.
Spanish second division:4
1961-62, 1963-64, 1965-66 and 1967-68.
Galician Championship[2]:6
1926-27, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1936-37 and 1939-40
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5 Participations on UEFA Champions League
4 Participations on UEFA Cup
1 Participations on UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1 Participation on Intertoto Cup
