2003–04 Deportivo de La Coruña season

Season summary

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
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

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)

Competitions

La Liga
Main article: 2003–04 La Liga

League table
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) Champion.

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'

Third qualifying round
  • Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 Rosenborg
  • Rosenborg 0–1 Deportivo La Coruña

Group stage
17 September 2003 AEK Athens 1–1 Deportivo La Coruña Athens, Greece
20:45 Tsiartas  86' Pandiani  12' Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
30 September 2003 Deportivo La Coruña 2–0 PSV Eindhoven A Coruña, Spain
20:45 Sergio  20'
Pandiani  51' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadio Riazor
21 October 2003 Deportivo La Coruña 1–0 AS Monaco A Coruña, Spain
20:45 Tristán  83' Stadium: Estadio Riazor
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
25 November 2003 Deportivo La Coruña 3–0 AEK Athens A Coruña, Spain
20:45 Héctor  22'
Valerón  51'
Luque  71'		 Stadium: Estadio Riazor
10 December 2003 PSV Eindhoven 3–2 Deportivo La Coruña Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 De Jong  14', 90+4'
Robben  48'		 Luque  59'
Pandiani  83'		 Stadium: Philips Stadion

First knockout round
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)
9 March 2004 Juventus 0–1 Deportivo La Coruña Turin, Italy
20:45 Report Pandiani  12' Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi
Attendance: 24,680
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Quarter-final
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
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
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2003-2004/laliga/lacoruna.htm
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