2008–09 Deportivo de La Coruña season

Deportivo de La Coruña
2008–09 season
President	Augusto César Lendoiro
Manager	Miguel Ángel Lotina
Stadium	Estadio Riazor
La Liga	7th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Ángel Lafita (8); All: Riki; Ángel Lafita; (9 each)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Deportivo de La Coruña's 38th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The season covered the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

Players

Squad

Retrieved on 25 March 2021^[2]

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	Dani Aranzubia
2	DF	ESP	Manuel Pablo
3	DF	BRA	Filipe Luís
4	DF	ESP	Piscu
5	DF	POR	Zé Castro (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
6	MF	CAN	Julian de Guzman
7	DF	ESP	Alberto Lopo
8	MF	ESP	Sergio
9	FW	URU	Sebastián Taborda
10	MF	ESP	Joan Verdú
11	FW	ESP	Riki
12	FW	ESP	Mista
13	GK	URU	Gustavo Munúa
14	MF	ESP	Pablo Álvarez
15	DF	ESP	Laure
16	MF	ESP	Antonio Tomás


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ESP	Ángel Lafita
18	MF	MEX	Andrés Guardado
19	DF	ARG	Diego Colotto
20	FW	ESP	Cristian
21	MF	ESP	Juan Carlos Valerón
22	MF	ESP	Juan Rodríguez
23	FW	EQG	Rodolfo Bodipo
24	DF	ESP	Pablo Amo
25	DF	ESP	Antonio Barragán
30	GK	ESP	Fabri
32	DF	ESP	Juanan
36	FW	TUN	Lassad Nouioui
—	GK	ISR	Dudu Aouate
—	GK	ESP	Manu
—	MF	ESP	Iván Carril
—	FW	MEX	Omar Bravo

Out on loan

^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	Aythami (on loan at Xerez)
—	DF	ESP	Rodri (on loan at Marítimo/Salamanca)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ESP	Adrián (on loan at Málaga)
—	FW	ESP	Rubén Castro (on loan at Huesca)

Transfers

^[3]^[4]

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Notes
Summer
1	GK	Dani Aranzubia	Athletic Bilbao
5	DF	Zé Castro	Atlético Madrid	Loan^[5]
12	FW	Mista	Atlético Madrid	Free^[6]
14	MF	Pablo Álvarez	Racing Santander	Loan return^[7]
17	MF	Ángel Lafita	Real Zaragoza	€2 million^[8]
19	DF	Diego Colotto	Atlas	€2.5 million^[9]
26	MF	Iago Iglesias	Elche	Loan return^[10]
	DF	Rodri	Polideportivo Ejido	Loan return^[11]
	FW	Adrián	Deportivo Alavés	Loan return^[12]
	FW	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara	Free
Winter
	DF	Rodri	Marítimo	Loan return

Out

#	Pos	Player	From	Notes
Summer
5	DF	Fabricio Coloccini	Newcastle United	£10.3 million^[13]
14	MF	Christian Wilhelmsson	Nantes	Loan return
15	FW	Rubén Castro	Huesca	Loan^[14]
23	FW	Xisco	Newcastle United	£5.7–7 million^[15]
26	MF	Iago Iglesias	Valencia Mestalla	Free^[16]
29	DF	Chapi	Zulte Waregem	Free^[17]
35	FW	Rubén Rivera	Montañeros
	DF	Rodri	Marítimo	Loan
	MF	Momo	Xerez	Free
	FW	Adrián	Málaga	Loan^[18]
Winter
9	FW	Sebastián Taborda	Hércules	Loan
	GK	Dudu Aouate	Real Mallorca	€1 million^[19]
	DF	Rodri	Salamanca	Loan^[20]
	FW	Omar Bravo	Tigres UANL	Loan

Squad stats

Last updated on 26 March 2021.^[1]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Intertoto Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Dani Aranzubia	47	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2	DF	ESP	Manuel Pablo	32	0	23	0	3	0	2	0	4	0
3	DF	BRA	Filipe Luís	52	2	38	2	2	0	2	0	9+1	0
4	DF	ESP	Piscu	18	1	7+1	1	3	0	0	0	6+1	0
5	DF	POR	Zé Castro	37	1	29	1	1+1	0	0+1	0	4+1	0
6	MF	CAN	Julian de Guzman	28	0	17+3	0	3	0	0	0	4+1	0
7	DF	ESP	Alberto Lopo	46	3	32	2	1+2	0	2	0	9	1
8	MF	ESP	Sergio	39	5	22+6	4	0+1	0	1	0	8+1	1
10	MF	ESP	Joan Verdú	41	8	29+5	7	2	0	0+1	0	0+4	1
11	FW	ESP	Riki	37	9	7+21	6	2	1	2	1	3+2	1
12	FW	ESP	Mista	22	1	7+6	1	1+1	0	0+1	0	3+3	0
13	GK	URU	Gustavo Munúa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Pablo Álvarez	27	3	14+7	2	3	1	0+1	0	1+1	0
15	DF	ESP	Laure	19	0	13+1	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF	ESP	Antonio Tomás	23	0	11+1	0	3	0	1	0	6+1	0
17	MF	ESP	Ángel Lafita	43	9	25+7	8	1+1	0	2	1	4+3	0
18	MF	MEX	Andrés Guardado	38	3	29	2	1	0	0	0	7+1	1
19	DF	ARG	Diego Colotto	20	3	9+2	0	3	0	0	0	6	3
20	FW	ESP	Cristian	20	0	3+10	0	3	0	0	0	3+1	0
21	MF	ESP	Juan Carlos Valerón	37	1	6+16	0	3	0	2	1	10	0
22	MF	ESP	Juan Rodríguez	48	2	31+6	2	1+2	0	2	0	5+1	0
23	FW	EQG	Rodolfo Bodipo	25	7	14+7	5	1+1	1	0	0	1+1	1
24	DF	ESP	Pablo Amo	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ESP	Antonio Barragán	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ESP	Fabri	6	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
32	DF	ESP	Juanan	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0+1	0
36	FW	TUN	Lassad Nouioui	14	3	10+4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ESP	Manu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ESP	Iván Carril	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
5	DF	ARG	Fabricio Coloccini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	URU	Sebastián Taborda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ESP	Xisco	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
	GK	ISR	Dudu Aouate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ESP	Adrián	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	MEX	Omar Bravo	21	3	2+7	1	0+3	2	0+1	0	4+4	0

Season results

Pre-season

17 August 2008 Teresa Herrera Trophy Semi-final	Deportivo La Coruña	2 – 1	Cruz Azul	A Coruña, Spain
	Juanan 80' Sergio 85' (pen.) Laure 84'	Report	38' Vigneri	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 4,000 Referee: José Luis González González

19 August 2008 Teresa Herrera Trophy Final	Deportivo La Coruña	2 – 1	Atlético Madrid	A Coruña, Spain
	Sergio 8', 37' Tomás 77'	Report	46' Abreu 63' Sinama Pongolle 74' Assunção 77' Costa	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Villarreal	38	18	11	9	61	54	+7	65	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
6	Valencia	38	18	8	12	68	54	+14	62	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
7	Deportivo La Coruña	38	16	10	12	48	47	+1	58
8	Málaga	38	15	10	13	55	59	−4	55
9	Mallorca	38	14	9	15	53	60	−7	51

Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Deportivo La Coruña	4	10	11	12	13	10	11	12	9	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	7

	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

Source: kicker.de (in German)

Matches

31 August 2008 1	Deportivo La Coruña	2 – 1	Real Madrid	A Coruña, Spain
20:00	Mista 27' 35' Lopo 51' 31' Álvarez 75' Aranzubia 78'	Report	48' van Nistelrooy 54' Guti 69' Ramos 85' Marcelo	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 33,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

14 September 2008 2	Villarreal	1 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Villarreal, Spain
16:00	Cazorla 27' Franco 9' Senna 12' Fuentes 67'	Report	16' Tomás	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez

21 September 2008 3	Deportivo La Coruña	0 – 0	Real Mallorca	A Coruña, Spain
16:00	Álvarez 11' Tomás 40' Lopo 53' Bravo 59' Rodíguez 68' Laure 80'	Report	59' Nunes 65' Suárez 69' Ayoze 79' Navarro	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Miguel Ayza Gámez

24 September 2008 4	Osasuna	0 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Pamplona, Spain
19:00	Juanfran 82'	Report	28' Piscu 53' de Guzman 54' Sergio	Stadium: Reyno de Navarra Attendance: 16,437 Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

28 September 2008 5	Valencia	4 – 2	Deportivo La Coruña	Valencia, Spain
18:00	Mata 34' Villa 49', 82' Joaquín 68' Albelda 85' Moretti 86'	Report	10' (o.g.) Moretti 85' Lafita 23' Luís 71' Laure	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

5 October 2008 6	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 0	Numancia	A Coruña, Spain
16:00	Lafita 13' Lopo 43'	Report	24' Cisma 31' Palacios 63' Juanra	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

19 October 2008 7	Racing Santander	0 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Santander, Spain
16:00	Pinillos 7' Serrano 28' Luccin 87'	Report	18' Luís 89' Pablo	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 17,794 Referee: José Paradas Romero

26 October 2008 8	Deportivo La Coruña	0 – 3	Sporting de Gijón	A Coruña, Spain
16:00	Valerón 39' Colotto 42' Aranzubia 45'	Report	22' (pen.) Barral 26' Carmelo 84' Castro 36' Neru 40' Camacho 73' Míchel	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

2 November 2008 9	Real Betis	0 – 3	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville, Spain
20:00	García 80' Aurélio 83'	Report	60' Riki 79', 87' Lafita 32' Sergio	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

9 November 2008 10	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 0	Espanyol	A Coruña, Spain
16:00	Guardado 37' Lafita 60'	Report	70' Ángel Martínez 77' Sánchez	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

16 November 2008 11	Atlético Madrid	4 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid, Spain
16:00	Heitinga 26' Forlán 52', 81' Rodríguez 67'	Report	86' Luís 38' Lopo 61' Rodríguez	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Antonio Mateu

23 November 2008 12	Deportivo La Coruña	3 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	A Coruña, Spain
20:00	Zé Castro 20' 88' Verdú 43' (pen.) 90' Guardado 90' 19'	Report	71' Martínez 25' Iraola 32' D. López 47' Orbaiz	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

30 November 2008 13	Almería	0 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Almería, Spain
16:00	Crusat 53' Negredo 53' García 60'	Report	76' 68' Verdú 17' Lopo 48' Lafita 60' Mista 77' Tomás 90' Riki	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

7 December 2008 14	Deportivo La Coruña	2 – 0	Málaga	A Coruña, Spain
16:00	Lafita 65' Bravo 69' (pen.) Lopo 34' Verdú 71'	Report	59' Miguel Ángel 64' Cuadrado	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Carlos Clos

14 December 2008 15	Real Valladolid	3 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Valladolid, Spain
16:00	Sesma 15' López 25' León 56' Marcos 52'	Report	29' Mista 86' Zé Castro	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 14,900 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

21 December 2008 16	Deportivo La Coruña	4 – 1	Recreativo de Huelva	A Coruña, Spain
16:00	Lopo 9' Sergio 20' (pen.) Bodipo 44' Luís 90' Aranzubia 22' Pablo 23' Zé Castro 41'	Report	24' (pen.) Colunga 63' Camuñas	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

4 January 2009 17	Getafe	1 – 2	Deportivo La Coruña	Getafe, Spain
20:00	del Moral 15' Mario Abrante 53' Contra 54' Díaz 57' Polanski 65' Licht 75' Abbondanzieri 80'	Report	6' 54' Bodipo 80' (pen.) Sergio 36' Luís 60' Rodríguez 71' Zé Castro 75' Pablo	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 9,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

10 January 2009 18	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 3	Sevilla	A Coruña, Spain
19:00	Bodipo 34' Lopo 90'	Report	50' Fabiano 78' Renato 90' Capel 19' Navarro 36' Crespo 41' Maresca	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

17 January 2009 19	Barcelona	5 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona, Spain
19:00	Messi 21' Henry 27', 82' Eto'o 41', 86' (pen.)	Report	84' Aranzubia	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 65,145 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

25 January 2009 20	Real Madrid	1 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid, Spain
20:00	Raúl 39' Diarra 69' Pepe 77'	Report	8' de Guzman 79' Tomás	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

1 February 2009 21	Deportivo La Coruña	3 – 0	Villarreal	A Coruña, Spain
16:00	Lafita 1', 62' Riki 67' Pablo 17' Lopo 74' Verdú 79'	Report	74' Senna 16' Eguren 34' Venta 36' Llorente 79' Ibagaza	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

8 February 2009 22	Real Mallorca	1 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
16:00	Aduriz 55' Martí 48' Corrales 82' Josemi 90' Santana 90'	Report	77' (pen.) Verdú 15' Piscu 38' de Guzman 67' Tomás 90' Laure	Stadium: Ono Estadi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Miguel Ayza Gámez

14 February 2009 23	Deportivo La Coruña	0 – 0	Osasuna	A Coruña, Spain
19:00	de Guzman 56' Zé Castro 71'	Report	65' Nekounam 78' Monreal	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

22 February 2009 24	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 1	Valencia	A Coruña, Spain
20:00	Piscu 79' Lopo 90'	Report	24' 76' Villa 18' Alexis 36' Joaquín 40' Silva 68' Baraja 86' Sánchez 87' Marchena 90' Míchel	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alfonso Pérez

1 March 2009 25	Numancia	0 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Soria, Spain
16:00	del Pino 38' Brit 45'	Report	74' Rodríguez 40' Verdú 64' de Guzman	Stadium: Los Pajaritos Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

8 March 2009 26	Deportivo La Coruña	5 – 3	Racing Santander	A Coruña, Spain
16:00	Rodríguez 25' Riki 50', 59' Lafita 58' Verdú 67' Sergio 63'	Report	1' 34' Pereira 32' Žigić 79' Berrocal 16' Oriol 18' Luccin	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Antonio Mateu

15 March 2009 27	Sporting de Gijón	3 – 2	Deportivo La Coruña	Gijón, Spain
16:00	Morán 48' Barral 52' (pen.) José Ángel 71' 72' Hernández 58' Neru 67' Cámara 85'	Report	67' (pen.) Sergio 85' (pen.) Riki 31' Luís 51' Lopo 70' Rodríguez	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

22 March 2009 28	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 1	Real Betis	A Coruña, Spain
16:00	Verdú 8' Sergio 53' Rodríguez 63'	Report	32' García 50' González 70' Melli 78' Arzu 87' Oliveira	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Miguel Ayza Gámez

5 April 2009 29	Espanyol	3 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona, Spain
16:00	Alonso 12' de la Peña 39' Lopo 90' (o.g.) Jarque 51' Tamudo 55' Nenê 82'	Report	42' Nouioui 13' Verdú 44' Lopo 62' Laure	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

12 April 2009 30	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 2	Atlético Madrid	A Coruña, Spain
20:00	Bodipo 87' Lafita 14' Amo 32' Rodríguez 57'	Report	45' Agüero 69' Simão 11' Ibáñez 35' Rodríguez 42' Heitinga 63' Assunção 86' Pernía	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

18 April 2009 31	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Bilbao, Spain
19:00	Ustaritz 19' Etxeita 68' Orbaiz 88' Martínez 90'	Report	85' Álvarez 15' Rodríguez 79' Colotto	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carlos Clos

22 April 2009 32	Deportivo La Coruña	2 – 0	Almería	A Coruña, Spain
19:00	Verdú 49' Nouioui 68' Colotto 44' Bodipo 56'	Report	41' Mané	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

25 April 2009 33	Málaga	1 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Málaga, Spain
19:00	Luque 33' Apoño 86' Salva 27' Gaspar 38' Duda 65'	Report	49' Sergio 40' Zé Castro 83' Colotto	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

3 May 2009 34	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 0	Real Valladolid	A Coruña, Spain
16:00	Nouioui 8' Zé Castro 42' Sergio 53'	Report	23' León 32' Ogbeche 90' Prieto	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

10 May 2009 35	Recreativo de Huelva	1 – 2	Deportivo La Coruña	Huelva, Spain
16:00	Colunga 44' Vázquez 53' Arzo 79'	Report	17' Verdú 49' 51' Álvarez 90' Lafita	Stadium: Nuevo Colombino Attendance: 17,341 Referee: Alberto Undiano

16 May 2009 36	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 1	Getafe	A Coruña, Spain
19:00	Riki 86' Rodríguez 56' Lopo 80'	Report	46' Soldado 37' Díaz 62' Celestini 85' del Moral	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 14,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

23 May 2009 37	Sevilla	1 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville, Spain
20:00	Perotti 90' Navarro 83'	Report	60' Bodipo 81' Rodríguez	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Carlos Clos

30 May 2009 38	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 1	Barcelona	A Coruña, Spain
20:00	Bodipo 31' Sergio 54'	Report	89' Eto'o 44' Bojan	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

29 October 2008 First leg	Elche	0 – 2	Deportivo La Coruña	Elche, Spain
20:00	Amaya 38'	Report	27' Riki 72' Bodipo 18' de Guzman 29' Laure 66' Piscu 75' de Guzman	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

12 November 2008 Second leg	Deportivo La Coruña	2 – 0	Elche	A Coruña, Spain
20:00	Álvarez 60' Bravo 74' Cristiano 70'	Report	60' Amaya	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

Deportivo La Coruña won 4–0 on aggregate

Round of 16

7 January 2009 First leg	Sevilla	2 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville, Spain
20:00	Fabiano 30' Kanouté 39' 40' Crespo 42'	Report	80' Bravo 27' Laure 29' Lopo 37' de Guzman	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Antonio Mateu

14 January 2009 Second leg	Deportivo La Coruña	0 – 3	Sevilla	A Coruña, Spain
19:00	de Guzman 12' Bravo 70'	Report	1' Navas 22', 40' Fabiano 29' Crespo 32' Romaric 83' Palop	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

Sevilla won 5–1 on aggregate

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Third round

19 July 2008 First leg	Bnei Sakhnin	1 – 2	Deportivo La Coruña	Haifa, Israel
18:00	B. Ganayem 59' Lenkebe 59'	Report	54' Lafita 57' Riki 50' Rodríguez 82' Xisco	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

26 July 2008 Second leg	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 0	Bnei Sakhnin	A Coruña, Spain
20:00	Valerón 40' Luís	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Deportivo La Coruña won 3–1 on aggregate

UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

14 August 2008 Second qualifying round First leg	Deportivo La Coruña	0 – 0	Hajduk Split	A Coruña, Spain
21:00 CET		Report	Gabrić Ibričić Oremuš Rubil Skoko Subašić	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

28 August 2008 Second qualifying round Second leg	Hajduk Split	0 – 2	Deportivo La Coruña	Split, Croatia
20:45 CET	Maloča 33' J. Buljat 40' Andrić 65'	Report 1 Report 2	42' Riki 87' (pen.) Verdú 90' de Guzman Laure	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Deportivo La Coruña won 2–0 on aggregate

First round

18 September 2008 First leg	Brann	2 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Bergen, Norway
19:00 CET	Bjarnason 25' (pen.) Solli 39' Austin Björnsson	Report	Cristian Guardado Lopo Rodríguez Sergio	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 8,777 Referee: Johan Verbist (Austria)

2 October 2008 Second leg	Deportivo La Coruña	2 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Brann	A Coruña, Spain
21:00	Colotto 18', 76' Riki 29' Mista	Report	Bakke Björnsson Dahl Hanstveit Solli Udjus Vaagan Moen	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
	Penalties
	Sergio Mista Guardado Verdú		Bjarnason Vaagan Moen Bakke Austin Hanstveit

2–2 on aggregate. Deportivo La Coruña won 3–2 on penalties

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
CSKA Moscow	4	4	0	0	12	5	+7	12
Deportivo La Coruña	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
Lech Poznań	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
Nancy	4	1	1	2	8	7	+1	4
Feyenoord	4	0	0	4	1	10	−9	0

Source: RSSSF

23 October 2008 1	CSKA Moscow	3 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK	Dzagoev 9', 12' Vágner Love 61' Aldonin Berezutski Grigoryev Šemberas	Report	Lopo Piscu	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 13,060 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

27 November 2008 2	Deportivo La Coruña	3 – 0	Feyenoord	A Coruña, Spain
21:00 CET	Lopo 30' Hofland 50' (o.g.) Guardado 51' Tomás	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

4 December 2008 3	Lech Poznań	1 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Poznań, Poland
20:45 CET	Rengifo 42' Štilić	Report	2' Colotto	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

17 December 2008 4	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 0	Nancy	A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CET	Bodipo 74'	Report	Berenguer Bracigliano Féret Macaluso Zerka	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

Final phase

18 February 2009 Round of 32 First leg	AaB	3 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Aalborg, Denmark
21:00	Due 53', 71' Jakobsen 90' (pen.) Augustinussen Enevoldsen	Report	Álvarez Aranzubia Lopo Luís	Stadium: Energi Nord Arena Attendance: 7,987 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

26 February 2009 Round of 32 Second leg	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 3	AaB	A Coruña, Spain
21:00	Sergio 38' Álvarez 90+2' Piscu	Report	41' Shelton 45' Johansson 45+1' Enevoldsen Curth Jakobsen	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

AaB won 6–1 on aggregate

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Miguel Ángel Lotina
Assistant Coach	José Luis Ribera

Source: ^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Deportivo La Coruña » Appearances Primera División 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Deportivo La Coruña » Squad 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Deportivo La Coruña » Transfers 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Deportivo La Coruña » Squad 2007/2008". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ "Ze Castro, pendiente de firma, llega al Deportivo para reforzar el centro de la zaga" [Ze Castro, signature pending, arrives at Deportivo to bolster center of defense] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^ "El Deportivo de La Coruña ficha al atlético Mista" [Deportivo de La Coruña sign Atlético's Mista]. El País (in Spanish). 28 June 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
^ "Pablo Álvarez ya entrenó con el Racing" [Pablo Álvarez already trained with Racing]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). 28 December 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ El Deportivo paga la opción de compra por Lafita (Deportivo pay buying option for Lafita) Archived 19 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine; El Periódico de Aragón, 4 July 2008 (in Spanish)
^ El Dépor contrata a Diego Colotto y vende a Xisco al Newcastle (Dépor hire Diego Colotto and sell Xisco to Newcastle); La Voz de Galicia, 1 September 2008 (in Spanish)
^ Iago Iglesias Castro del Depor ficha por el Elche (Depor's Iago Iglesias Castro signs for Elche) Archived 17 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Join Futbol, 22 August 2007 (in Spanish)
^ "Rodri jugará en el Poli Ejido lo que resta de temporada" [Rodri will play in Poli Ejido the rest of the season]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 29 August 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^ "Adrián López del Deportivo se marcha cedido al Alaves" [Deportivo's Adrián López goes on loan to Alaves] (in Spanish). Join Futbol. 11 April 2008. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
^ "Newcastle seal Coloccini transfer". BBC Sport. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
^ Rubén Castro jugará en el Huesca (Rubén Castro to play with Huesca); El Diario Montañés, 20 July 2008 (in Spanish)
^ "Magpies agree Xisco deal". Sky Sports. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
^ Toledo y Iago Iglesias, nuevos fichajes para el Valencia CF "B" (Toledo and Iago Iglesias, new Valencia CF "B" signings) Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Join Futbol, 3 September 2008 (in Spanish)
^ El defensa Chapi no llega a un acuerdo con el Deportivo y ficha por el Zulte Waregem belga por una temporada (Defender Chapi does not reach agreement with Deportivo and signs for Zulte Waregem of Belgium for one season); La Voz de Galicia, 1 July 2008 (in Spanish)
^ "Adrián López jugará cedido en el Málaga" [Adrián López will play on loan to Málaga one season] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
^ El Mallorca cierra con el Depor la compra de Aouate (Mallorca agree to Aouate purchase with Depor); Marca, 28 December 2008 (in Spanish)
^ "El Deportivo cede al defensa 'Rodri' al Salamanca" [Deportivo loan defender 'Rodri' to Salamanca]. La Opinión A Coruña (in Spanish). 14 January 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^ "Deportivo La Coruña » Appearances Copa del Rey 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ "Deportivo La Coruña » Appearances UI-Cup 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ "Deportivo La Coruña » Appearances Europa League Qual. 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ "Deportivo La Coruña » Appearances Europa League 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
Unofficial Spanish fansite (in Spanish)
Another unofficial Spanish fansite (in Spanish)
Official international website
Official international forum
Polish site (in Polish)
Unofficial arabic fansite
Unofficial Turkey Fan Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Unofficial Russian Fan

[laliga-1] "Deportivo La Coruña » Appearances Primera División 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[squad-2] "Deportivo La Coruña » Squad 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[transfers-3] "Deportivo La Coruña » Transfers 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[4] "Deportivo La Coruña » Squad 2007/2008". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[5] "Ze Castro, pendiente de firma, llega al Deportivo para reforzar el centro de la zaga" [Ze Castro, signature pending, arrives at Deportivo to bolster center of defense] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

[6] "El Deportivo de La Coruña ficha al atlético Mista" [Deportivo de La Coruña sign Atlético's Mista]. El País (in Spanish). 28 June 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2017.

[7] "Pablo Álvarez ya entrenó con el Racing" [Pablo Álvarez already trained with Racing]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). 28 December 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[8] El Deportivo paga la opción de compra por Lafita (Deportivo pay buying option for Lafita) Archived 19 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine; El Periódico de Aragón, 4 July 2008 (in Spanish)

[9] El Dépor contrata a Diego Colotto y vende a Xisco al Newcastle (Dépor hire Diego Colotto and sell Xisco to Newcastle); La Voz de Galicia, 1 September 2008 (in Spanish)

[10] Iago Iglesias Castro del Depor ficha por el Elche (Depor's Iago Iglesias Castro signs for Elche) Archived 17 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Join Futbol, 22 August 2007 (in Spanish)

[11] "Rodri jugará en el Poli Ejido lo que resta de temporada" [Rodri will play in Poli Ejido the rest of the season]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 29 August 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

[12] "Adrián López del Deportivo se marcha cedido al Alaves" [Deportivo's Adrián López goes on loan to Alaves] (in Spanish). Join Futbol. 11 April 2008. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.

[13] "Newcastle seal Coloccini transfer". BBC Sport. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2008.

[14] Rubén Castro jugará en el Huesca (Rubén Castro to play with Huesca); El Diario Montañés, 20 July 2008 (in Spanish)

[15] "Magpies agree Xisco deal". Sky Sports. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.

[16] Toledo y Iago Iglesias, nuevos fichajes para el Valencia CF "B" (Toledo and Iago Iglesias, new Valencia CF "B" signings) Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Join Futbol, 3 September 2008 (in Spanish)

[17] El defensa Chapi no llega a un acuerdo con el Deportivo y ficha por el Zulte Waregem belga por una temporada (Defender Chapi does not reach agreement with Deportivo and signs for Zulte Waregem of Belgium for one season); La Voz de Galicia, 1 July 2008 (in Spanish)

[18] "Adrián López jugará cedido en el Málaga" [Adrián López will play on loan to Málaga one season] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2014.

[19] El Mallorca cierra con el Depor la compra de Aouate (Mallorca agree to Aouate purchase with Depor); Marca, 28 December 2008 (in Spanish)

[20] "El Deportivo cede al defensa 'Rodri' al Salamanca" [Deportivo loan defender 'Rodri' to Salamanca]. La Opinión A Coruña (in Spanish). 14 January 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

[21] "Deportivo La Coruña » Appearances Copa del Rey 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[22] "Deportivo La Coruña » Appearances UI-Cup 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[23] "Deportivo La Coruña » Appearances Europa League Qual. 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[24] "Deportivo La Coruña » Appearances Europa League 2008/2009". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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