2003–04 Deportivo de La Coruña season

During the 2003–04 Spanish football season, Deportivo de La Coruña competed in La Liga.

Deportivo de La Coruña
2003–04 season
ManagerJavier Irureta
StadiumEstadio Riazor
La Liga3rd
Champions LeagueSemi-finals
Copa del ReyRound of 16

Season summary

edit

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.

Squad

edit
Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ESP José Molina
2 DF   ESP Manuel Pablo
3 DF   ESP Enrique Romero
4 DF   MAR Noureddine Naybet
5 DF   ESP César
6 MF   BRA Mauro Silva
7 FW   URU Walter Pandiani
8 MF   ESP Sergio
9 FW   ESP Diego Tristán
10 MF   ESP Fran
11 MF   ESP José Amavisca
12 MF   ARG Lionel Scaloni
13 GK   URU Gustavo Munúa
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   POR Jorge Andrade
15 DF   ESP Joan Capdevila
16 MF   BRA Djalminha
17 FW   ESP Pedro Munitis
18 FW   ESP Víctor
19 FW   ESP Albert Luque
20 DF   ESP Pablo Amo
21 MF   ESP Juan Carlos Valerón
22 FW   ESP Iván Pérez
23 MF   ARG Aldo Duscher
24 DF   ESP Héctor
25 GK   CMR Jacques Songo'o

Left club during season

edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   ESP Jaime (on loan to Hannover 96)
FW   ESP Changui (on loan to Las Palmas)
No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ESP Dani Mallo (on loan to Elche)
FW   URU Sebastian Abreu (on loan at Club America)
FW   URU Sebastian Abreu (on loan at Tecos UAG) (January)

Competitions

edit

La Liga

edit

League table

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Valencia (C) 38 23 8 7 71 27 +44 77 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 21 9 8 63 39 +24 72
3 Deportivo La Coruña 38 21 8 9 60 34 +26 71 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Real Madrid 38 21 7 10 72 54 +18 70
5 Athletic Bilbao 38 15 11 12 53 49 +4 56 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions

Round 6

Deportivo-Atlético Madrid 5-1

1-0 Fran 6'

1-1 Matías Lequi 11'

2-1 Enrique Romero 31'

3-1 Sergio 50'

4-1 Walter Pandiani 55'

5-1 Lionel Scaloni 90'

Copa del Rey

edit

Round of 16

edit

UEFA Champions League

edit

Third qualifying round

edit
  • Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 Rosenborg
  • Rosenborg 0–1 Deportivo La Coruña

Group stage

edit
17 September 2003 AEK Athens   1–1   Deportivo La Coruña Athens, Greece
20:45 Tsiartas   86' Pandiani   12' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
5 November 2003 AS Monaco   8–3   Deportivo La Coruña Monaco
20:45 Rothen   2'
Giuly   11'
Pršo   26', 30', 45+2', 49'
Plašil   47'
Cissé   67'
Tristán   39', 52'
Scaloni   45'
Stadium: Stade Louis II

First knockout round

edit
25 February 2004 Deportivo La Coruña   1–0   Juventus A Coruña, Spain
20:45 Luque   37' Report Stadium: Estadio Riazor
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)

Quarter-final

edit
23 March 2004 Milan   4–1   Deportivo La Coruña Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Kaká   45', 49'
Shevchenko   46'
Pirlo   53'
Report Pandiani   11' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60,335
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
7 April 2004 Deportivo La Coruña   4–0   Milan A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Pandiani   5'
Valerón   35'
Luque   44'
Fran   76'
Report Stadium: Estadio Riazor
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Semi-final

edit
21 April 2004 Porto   0–0   Deportivo La Coruña Porto, Portugal
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 50,818
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
4 May 2004 Deportivo La Coruña   0–1   Porto A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Derlei   60' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Riazor
Attendance: 34,600
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

References

edit
  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Deportivo la Coruña - 2003/04".