2008–09 Deportivo de La Coruña season

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.

Deportivo de La Coruña
2008–09 season
PresidentAugusto César Lendoiro
ManagerMiguel Ángel Lotina
StadiumEstadio Riazor
La Liga7th
Copa del ReyRound of 16
UEFA Intertoto CupWinners
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Ángel Lafita (8)[1]
All: Riki
Ángel Lafita
(9 each)

Players edit

Squad edit

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 edit

[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 edit

[3][4]

In edit

# 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 edit

# 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 edit

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
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 edit

Pre-season edit

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

La Liga edit

League table edit

Pos Team 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
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 edit

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Deportivo La Coruña410111213101112967777776788688886778888876777
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 edit

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 edit

Round of 32 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Third round edit

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 edit

Qualifying rounds edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
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 edit

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 edit

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

Source: [2]

References edit

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