Deportivo La Coruña
Deportivo La Coruña is a football (soccer) club from Spain.
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Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, S.A.D. (in English Royal Sports Club of La Coruna) is a Spain football (soccer) club from A Coruña, Galicia (Spain), member of the La Liga. Deportivo La Coruña was founded in 1906, and holds home games at the
Estadio Riazor, with a capacity of 34,600 spectators.
They are the most successful football club in Galicia, having won one La Liga title, two Copa del Rey, and three Supercopa de España. They have also participated in the Uefa Champions League five times and also the Uefa Cup another five times.
They hold a local rivalry with fellow Galicians R.C. Celta de Vigo, and traditionally play in blue and white striped shirts with blue shorts and socks.
History
The very beginning
In 1902 José María Abalo, a Coruña local who returned to his hometown after studying in England, introduced football 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 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 from Sala Calvet gymnasium created their own team called
Club Deportivo de la Sala Calvet, that in time would become Deportivo de La Coruña. Two and a half years later Deportivo La Coruña was given the mark of royalty by King Alfonso XIII and from then on would be known as Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña. At the time things were looking up as Deportivo moved 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 (Spain) 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 C.F. from the Copa del Rey until finally achieving promotion to the La Liga in 1941.
For a century, Coruña has lived through moments of sadness and joy, ups and downs, hope and disillusionment. Through uncertain periods immersed in great debt and relatively unknown; through resounding defeats and epic triumphs, until the greatest moment in Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña's history - the first League title of their history in the season of 1999-2000 - through the UEFA Champions League nights at
Riazor.
Deportivo has supported a long rivalry with the Celta de Vigo due to the geographical situation and with Valencia C.F. due to the big duels disputed between both as those of league which is the most remembered of '98 since Deportivo was playing the league against Valencia in the last game, the final of the Copa del Rey of '95 or the "Supercopa de España".
To the clash between both was named "El Otro Clasico", referring to the clash between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.
Kit and Badge
The official badge depicts a knights belt encircling the original banner of Sala Calvet Gymnaisum. The crown in the centre represents the clubs Royal decree and the diagonal blue stripe its identity as a Galician club (Galician flag).
Deportivo La Coruña have always played in their famous blue and white stripes, but it was not until 1912 that Deportivo La Coruña made these colours official for matches. Deportivo continues to wear blue and white striped shirts with blue shorts and socks, yet their second and third kits change annually according to commercial interests. Their current shirt sponsors are Estrella Galicia, with Lotto manufacturing the kits.
:1926-27, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1936-37, 1939-40, runners-up 1924-25, 1925-26, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1938-39
- Copa Galiza: Runners-up 2007-08
National titles
- La Liga: La Liga 1999-2000, runners-up 1949-50, 1993-94, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2001-02
- Copa del Rey: 1994-95, 2001-02
- Supercopa de España: 1995, 2000, 2002
- Segunda División: 1961-62, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1967-68, runners-up 1940-41, 1945-46, 1947-48, 1990-91
- Segunda División: 1939-40
- Segunda División:1952-53
- Copa de la Liga:Runners-up 1982-83
- Segunda División B: Runners-up 1980-81
- Tercera División: 1974-75
- Copa de Campeones Juvenil de Fútbol: 1995-96
International titles
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008, runners-up UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005
Women's section (disbanded)
- Superliga Femenina: 1984-85, runners-up 1983-84
Indoor football section
- Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Fútbol Indoor: 2007-08
- Copa de España de Fútbol Indoor: 2007-08
The numbers are established according to the official website:
As of 21 July 2009
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