1993–94 Deportivo de La Coruña season

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña
1993–94 season
President	Cesar Lendoiro
Manager	Arsenio Iglesias
Stadium	Estadio Riazor
Primera División	2º (in UEFA Cup)
Copa del Rey	Eightfinals
UEFA Cup	Eightfinals
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Bebeto (16)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

In the 1993–94 season Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña competed in Primera División, Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup.

Summary

During championship "Súper Depor" was a serious contender for the title along with FC Barcelona: on round 14 the team was 3 above blaugrana, remained at the top of the table even a defeat on round 26 against the same FC Barcelona, became the last negative result of the squad in the campaign.^[1] Deportivo closed the final rounds of the season with results included several draws in extremis. Then on the final round, the squad reached a draw 0:0 against Valencia CF with a penalty-kick missed by Miroslav Djukić at the end of the match:^[2] with a better head-to-head goal average, the Blaugrana surpassed Depor in classification, who finished the season as runners-up.

In 1993–94 Copa del Rey the squad lost 3-1 the first leg eliminated by Real Oviedo in Eightfinals. In UEFA Cup, Deportivo lost the first match 1–0 against Aalborg, won the series in the second leg 5–0. The club defeated Aston Villa in the Round of 32, in Eightfinals the team lost both legs with a score 1–0 against German side Eintracht Frankfurt,^[3] being eliminated of the tournament.^[4]

Goalkeeper Francisco Liaño repeated as winner of Zamora Trophy this time with an all-time record average of 0,47^[5] as a result of only conceded 18 goals against in 38 matches.^[6] In addition to setting a record as the most clean sheet in one season, with 26 times.

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Agustín de Carlos
—	GK	ESP	Juan Garrido
—	GK	ESP	Francisco Liaño
—	DF	YUG	Miroslav Đukić
—	DF	ESP	Mariano Hoyas
—	DF	ESP	Paco Jémez
—	DF	ESP	Nando
—	DF	ESP	López Rekarte
—	DF	ESP	José Luis Ribera
—	DF	ESP	Ricardo Jesús Serna
—	DF	ESP	Voro
—	MF	ESP	Adolfo Aldana
—	MF	ESP	Alfredo
—	MF	BRA	Donato


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Fran
—	MF	ESP	José Ramón
—	MF	BRA	Mauro Silva
—	MF	ESP	Míchel
—	MF	ESP	Marcos Vales
—	MF	ESP	Emilio José Viqueira
—	FW	ESP	Claudio Barragán
—	FW	BRA	Bebeto
—	FW	ESP	Braulio
—	FW	ESP	Juanito
—	FW	BUL	Atanas Kirov
—	FW	ESP	Javier Manjarín
—	FW	ESP	Pedro Riesco

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Voro	Valencia CF	-
MF	Donato	Atlético Madrid	-
FW	Javier Manjarin	Sporting Gijón	-
DF	Alfredo	Atlético Madrid	-
FW	Pedro Riesco	Rayo Vallecano	-
DF	Paco Jemez	Rayo Vallecano	-
GK	Agustin Elduayen	Real Burgos	-

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Ilian Kiriakov	Mérida	-
DF	Albistegui	Real Sociedad	-
FW	Antonio Doncel	Real Burgos	-
FW	Mujika	Alaves	-
FW	Joaquin Villa	Castellon	-
DF	Sabin Bilbao	Granada	-
FW	Ramón	Albacete Balompié	-
DF	Arturo	Las Palmas	-

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	25	6	7	91	42	49	56^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Deportivo La Coruña	38	22	12	4	54	18	36	56^[a]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Zaragoza	38	19	8	11	71	47	24	46	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]
4	Real Madrid	38	19	7	12	61	50	11	45	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	16	11	11	61	47	14	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: LFP
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b DEP 1–0 BAR; BAR 3–0 DEP
^ Zaragoza entered UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of 1993–94 Copa del Rey.

Results by round

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D
Position	10	5	1	4	8	6	4	5	3	3	5	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2

Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1992-9339.html?tab=partits
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1994–95 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1994–95 UEFA Cup First round; = 1993–94 Relegation playoff to 1994–95 Segunda Division; = 1994–95 Segunda Division; R = 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Matches

5 September 1993 1	Deportivo La Coruña	0-0	Celta de Vigo	A Coruña
	Ribera 43' Nando	Report	Berges Engonga Ratkovic	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Ansuategui Roca

11 September 1993 2	Sporting de Gijón	0-2	Deportivo La Coruña	Gijón
	Abelardo Avelino Escaich	Report	Nando 79' Manjarín 82' Fran Mauro Silva Claudio	Stadium: Estadio El Molinón Referee: García Aranda

18 September 1993 3	Deportivo La Coruña	4-0	Real Madrid	A Coruña
	Claudio 32' Claudio 57' Manjarín 83' Fran 89' Nando Donato	Report	Hierro Alkorta Martín Vázquez Milla Luis Enrique	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Diaz Vega

25 September 1993 4	Sevilla CF	0-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Sevilla
	Unzúe 57' Ferreira Simeone Monchu	Report	Djukic Ribera Nando Donato	Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan Referee: Valdivieso

3 October 1993 5	Deportivo La Coruña	0-1	Real Sociedad	A Coruña
	Voro	Report	Alkiza 58' Larrañaga Alaba Fuentes	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Navarrete

6 October 1993 6	Albacete Balompié	0-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Albacete
	Alejandro		Lopez Rekarte Ribera Voro Fran Claudio	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Referee: Nuñez Manrique

16 October 1993 7	Deportivo La Coruña	1-0	FC Barcelona	A Coruña
	Bebeto 52' Hoyas	Report	Goikoetxea	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Urio Velazquez

24 October 1993 8	Real Zaragoza	0-1	Deportivo La Coruña	Zaragoza
	Poyet Aragon Nayim	Report	Solana 67' (own goal) Bebeto	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Santamaría Uzqueda

30 October 1993 9	Deportivo La Coruña	3-1	Osasuna	A Coruña
	Bebeto 44' Fran 56' Donato 87'	Report	Martín Domínguez 61' Edu Martinez	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Merino Gonzalez

7 November 1993 10	Real Valladolid	0-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Valladolid
	Ferreras Damián	Report	Djukic Voro Donato	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Referee: Gracia Redondo

10 November 1993 11	Athletic Bilbao	3-1	Deportivo La Coruña	Bilbao
	Julen Guerrero 34' Eskurza 64' Valverde 89' Valencia Garitano	Report	Donato 30' (pen) Ribera Manjarín Pedro Riesco	Stadium: San Mames Referee: Lopez Nieto

20 November 1993 12	Deportivo La Coruña	4-0	Real Oviedo	A Coruña
	Fran 2' Donato 9' (pen) Bebeto 23' Fran 37' Bebeto 45' Djukic	Report	Cristobal Jerkan	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Fernandez Marin

27 November 1993 13	Atlético Madrid	0-1	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Tomas Caminero Manolo Kosecki 69	Report	Djukic 64' Nando	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Ansuategui Roca

4 December 1993 14	Deportivo La Coruña	1-0	Racing Santander	A Coruña
	Bebeto 89'	Report	Pablo Alfaro 89' Geli	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Rubio Valdivieso

12 December 1993 15	CD Tenerife	0-1	Deportivo La Coruña	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Redondo	Report	Alfredo 66' Lopez Rekarte Mauro Silva 60'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez Referee: Marin Lopez

19 December 1993 16	Deportivo La Coruña	2-0	UE Lleida	A Coruña
	Donato 11' (pen) Bebeto 71'	Report	Herrera Aguila	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Perez Sanchez

1 January 1994 17	Rayo Vallecano	0-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Ayarza Alex Calderon Visnjic Hugo Sánchez	Report	Voro Nando	Stadium: Vallecas Referee: Martin Navarrete

9 January 1994 18	Deportivo La Coruña	3-0	Logroñes	A Coruña
	Claudio 41' Claudio 43' Donato 46' Mauro Silva Manjarin	Report	Martin 77'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Pajares Paz

15 January 1994 19	Valencia CF	1-3	Deportivo La Coruña	Valencia
	Gálvez 51' Camarasa 60' Fernando	Report	Mauro Silva 53' Bebeto 75' Claudio 86' Donato	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Referee: Andújar Oliver

23 January 1994 20	Celta de Vigo	0-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Vigo
	Otero Patxi Salinas Berges Limperger 15'	Report	Nando Fran	Stadium: Estadio Balaídos Referee: Gracia Redondo

30 January 1994 21	Deportivo La Coruña	2-1	Sporting Gijón	A Coruña
	Donato 42' (pen) Bebeto 87'	Report	Juanele 89' (pen)	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Rubio Valdivieso

5 February 1994 22	Real Madrid	2-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Morales 56' Míchel 71' Chendo Sanchis	Report	Hoyas Djukic	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

12 January 1994 23	Deportivo La Coruña	2-0	Sevilla CF	A Coruña
	Bebeto 44' Fran 46' Djukic	Report	Šuker 45' Prieto Simeone	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Santamaría Uzqueda

20 February 1994 24	Real Sociedad	0-1	Deportivo La Coruña	San Sebastián
	Oceano 85'	Report	Ribera 72' Lopez Rekarte Nando Alfredo	Stadium: Estadio Anoeta Referee: Marin Lopez

23 February 1994 25	Deportivo La Coruña	5-1	Albacete Balompié	A Coruña
	Bebeto 16' Bebeto 29' López Rekarte 58' Claudio 63' Bebeto 73'	Report	Zalazar 54' Geli 72'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Ansuategui Roca

26 February 1994 26	FC Barcelona	3-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
	Stoichkov 26' Romário 30' Laudrup 78' Bakero Amor	Report	Nando Claudio	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Diaz Vega

6 March 1994 27	Deportivo La Coruña	1-1	Real Zaragoza	A Coruña
	Bebeto 44' Lopez Rekarte Djukic Alfredo	Report	Poyet 46' Higuera Esnáider Nayim	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Fernandez Marin

13 March 1994 28	Osasuna	0-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Pamplona
	Larrainzar Gonzalez Luke Arozarena	Report	Ribera Donato 45'	Stadium: Estadio El Sadar Referee: Merino Gonzalez

20 March 1994 29	Deportivo La Coruña	0-0	Real Valladolid	A Coruña
	Mauro Silva	Report	Ivan Rocha 89' Ramon Cuaresma Correa	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Gracia Redondo

27 March 1994 30	Deportivo La Coruña	4-1	Athletic Bilbao	A Coruña
	Bebeto 7' Donato 17' Bebeto 51' Pedro Riesco 70'	Report	Ziganda 48'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Rubio Valdivieso

3 April 1994 31	Real Oviedo	2-5	Deportivo La Coruña	Oviedo
	Carlos 12' Janković 55'	Report	Nando 27' Bebeto 45' Nando 47' Bebeto 74' Claudio 83'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Referee: Lopez Nieto

7 April 1994 32	Deportivo La Coruña	2-1	Atlético Madrid	A Coruña
	Donato 43' Nando 74'	Report	Kosecki 59'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Urio Velazquez

10 April 1994 33	Racing Santander	0-1	Deportivo La Coruña	Santander
		Report	Donato 54' (pen)	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Referee: Perez Sanchez

17 April 1994 34	Deportivo La Coruña	2-0	CD Tenerife	A Coruña
	Claudio 68' Claudio 73'	Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee: Diaz Vega

23 April 1994 35	UE Lleida	0-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Lleida
		Report		Stadium: Camp d'esports Referee: Fernande Marin

30 April 1994 36	Deportivo La Coruña	0-0	Rayo Vallecano	A Coruña
		Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee: Gracia Redondo

8 May 1994 37	Logroñés	0-2	Deportivo La Coruña	Logroño
		Report	Donato 57' Manjarín 68'	Stadium: Las Gaunas Referee: Garcia Aranda

14 May 1994 38	Deportivo La Coruña	0-0	Valencia CF	A Coruña
	Djukic 89' Voro Donato	Report	Mendieta Cervera 87'	Stadium: Riazor

Statistics

Players Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1993–94 La Liga		1993–94 Copa del Rey		1993–94 UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Francisco Liaño	38	-18	38	-18
	DF	ESP	López Rekarte	30	1	30	1
	DF	YUG	Miroslav Đukić	36	1	35 1	1
	DF	ESP	Voro	36	0	34 2	0
	DF	ESP	José Luis Ribera	33	1	33	1
	DF	ESP	Nando	36	4	36	4
	MF	BRA	Donato	36	10	34 2	10
	MF	ESP	Fran	37	5	37	5
	MF	BRA	Mauro Silva	35	1	35	1
	FW	ESP	Claudio Barragán	31	9	27 4	9
	FW	BRA	Bebeto	34	16	34	16
	GK	ESP	Agustín Elduayen	0	0	0	0
	FW	ESP	Javier Manjarín	27	3	16 11	3
	MF	ESP	Alfredo	26	1	12 14	1
	DF	ESP	Mariano Hoyas	10	0	8 2	0
	FW	ESP	Pedro Riesco	18	1	4 14	1
	DF	ESP	Paco Jémez	4	0	4	0
	MF	ESP	José Ramón	7	0	1 6	0
	MF	ESP	Marcos Vales	11	0	0 11	0
	GK	ESP	Juan Garrido
	DF	ESP	Ricardo Jesús Serna
	MF	ESP	Adolfo Aldana
	MF	ESP	Míchel
	MF	ESP	Emilio José Viqueira
	FW	ESP	Braulio
	FW	ESP	Juanito
	FW	BUL	Atanas Kirov

Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1993-9413.html

External links

"Squad". Worldfootball.net.
"Season". BDFutbol.com.

References

^ "Deportivo is Psycho- Tired" (in Spanish). El País. 21 March 1994.
^ "The Penalty that gave the Title to Barcelona" (in Spanish). as.com. 13 May 2014.
^ "The Series is still on Air" (in Spanish). El País. 23 November 1993.
^ "Deportivo is self-eliminated" (in Spanish). El País. 7 December 1993.
^ Tied by Oblak in 2016
^ Farrell, Sarah (15 May 2016). "Oblak equals Liano as the best Zamora in history". Marca. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

[table_hth_RCD0.11744882358119-7] DEP 1–0 BAR; BAR 3–0 DEP

[table_note_res_UCWC10.11744882358119-8] Zaragoza entered UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of 1993–94 Copa del Rey.

[1] "Deportivo is Psycho- Tired" (in Spanish). El País. 21 March 1994.

[2] "The Penalty that gave the Title to Barcelona" (in Spanish). as.com. 13 May 2014.

[3] "The Series is still on Air" (in Spanish). El País. 23 November 1993.

[4] "Deportivo is self-eliminated" (in Spanish). El País. 7 December 1993.

[5] Tied by Oblak in 2016

[6] Farrell, Sarah (15 May 2016). "Oblak equals Liano as the best Zamora in history". Marca. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

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