1997–98 Deportivo de La Coruña season
| 1997–98 season | ||||
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| President | Augusto César Lendoiro | |||
| Manager | Carlos Alberto Silva (until 15 October)[1] José Manuel Corral (from 18 October)[2] | |||
| Stadium | Estadio Riazor | |||
| La Liga | 12th | |||
| Copa del Rey | Quarter-finals | |||
| UEFA Cup | First round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Djalminha (8)[3] All: Djalminha (10) | |||
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Deportivo La Coruña's 1997–98 season included its 33rd appearance in La Liga, where it ranked in 12th place. The club also competed in the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup.
Summary
1997–98 was to be the first full season in charge for Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Silva, who had taken over from John Toshack following the Welshman's resignation in February.[4][5] Silva had a strong start, guiding Deportivo to 3rd in La Liga by the end of the season, and earning them a return to European competition after a year away by qualifying for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup. Their first round opponents were Auxerre, but a 2–1 defeat at Estadio Riazor[6] followed by a goalless draw in France saw Depor eliminated before the end of September.[7]
Deportivo were also far from convincing in La Liga, and a 3–1 home defeat by Real Valladolid on 15 October left them 15th in the table, with just one win from their first six matches.[8] Silva was sacked, and replaced by José Manuel Corral until the end of the season.[9] Corral improved the club's league form slightly, but they were only able to finish the season a disappointing 12th, their lowest placing since 1991–92. They did reach the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, but were defeated 3–1 on aggregate by Segunda División side Deportivo Alavés.[10]
Corral made way at the end of the season for Javier Irureta,[11] paving the way for the most successful period of the club's history. Irureta would lead them to their first top flight title only two seasons later.
Players
Squad
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Left club during season
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Out on loan for the full season
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
| # | Pos | Player | From | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | ||||
| 5 | MF | |||
| 9 | FW | |||
| 18 | FW | |||
| 19 | DF | |||
| 25 | GK | |||
| Winter | ||||
| 8 | MF | |||
| 11 | FW | [15] | ||
| 12 | MF | 405 million Pta[16] | ||
| 23 | FW | |||
| 26 | FW | Loan return | ||
Out
| # | Pos | Player | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | ||||
| 1 | GK | |||
| 5 | DF | Free | ||
| 11 | FW | 4 billion Pta ($26 million)[17] | ||
| 18 | FW | |||
| 19 | DF | |||
| 21 | MF | |||
| 22 | FW | Loan | ||
| 26 | FW | Loan | ||
| 27 | MF | Loan | ||
| Winter | ||||
| 8 | MF | |||
| 9 | FW | |||
| 15 | MF | |||
| 17 | DF | |||
| 22 | FW | Free[18] | ||
Statistics
Last updated on 14 April 2021.[3][19][20]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 13 | GK | Jacques Songo'o | 36 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2 | DF | Armando Álvarez | 36 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 4 | DF | Noureddine Naybet | 33 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 14 | DF | Paco Jémez | 34 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 21 | DF | Jérôme Bonnissel | 33 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 10 | MF | Fran | 40 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 6 | MF | Mauro Silva | 34 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 16 | MF | Flávio Conceição | 31 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 20 | MF | Donato | 33 | 2 | 22+8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | MF | Djalminha | 31 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 18 | FW | Salaheddine Bassir | 24 | 6 | 13+8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 25 | GK | Peter Rufai | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | MF | Lionel Scaloni | 22 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | DF | Hélder | 19 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 23 | FW | Sebastián Abreu | 18 | 4 | 12+3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | DF | Luis Miguel Ramis | 22 | 1 | 11+7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | MF | Mustapha Hadji | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | FW | Javier Manjarín | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 33 | DF | Pablo Pinillos | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 32 | FW | Maikel | 10 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | FW | Sergio Martínez | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | GK | Dani Mallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 29 | DF | José Manuel Aira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | FW | Deus | 8 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |||
| 31 | MF | Carlos Padín | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 34 | MF | Diego Pérez Míguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 35 | DF | Toni | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| GK | Nuno Espírito Santo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| FW | Carlos García | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: | |||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Corentin Martins | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 9 | FW | Luizão | 15 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 15 | MF | Alfredo Santaelena | 10 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | DF | Nando | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | FW | Mickaël Madar | 7 | 3 | 3+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | FW | David Fernández | 13 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Competitions
La Liga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 53 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
| 11 | Valladolid | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 50 | |
| 12 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 49 | |
| 13 | Zaragoza | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 48 | |
| 14 | Racing Santander | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 45[a] |
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.
Notes:
- ^ RAC: 8 pts; SAL: 4 pts → SAL 2-0 TEN; TEN: 4 pts → TEN 2-0 SAL
Positions by round
| Play-off relegation to 1998–99 Segunda División |
Matches
| 31 August 1997 1 | Tenerife | 0 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
| Felipe Miñambres Jokanović Juanele Makaay Robaina |
Report | Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo |
| 7 September 1997 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 1 | Mallorca | A Coruña, Spain |
| Campo Nando Naybet Ramis |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Alfonso Pérez |
| 13 September 1997 3 | Barcelona | 2 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Barcelona, Spain |
| Enrique Anderson Nadal Sergi |
Report | Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez |
| 27 September 1997 4 | Deportivo La Coruña | 4 – 1 | Racing Santander | A Coruña, Spain |
| Luizão Djalminha Conceição Silva |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Manuel Mejuto González |
| 5 October 1997 5 | Real Madrid | 0 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Madrid, Spain |
| Carlos Karanka Seedorf |
Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega |
| 15 October 1997 6 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 3 | Real Valladolid | A Coruña, Spain |
| Hélder Luizão Naybet |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: José Victor Esquinas Torres |
| 18 October 1997 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 1 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Bilbao, Spain |
| González Ríos |
Report | Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca |
| 25 October 1997 8 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 1 | Celta Vigo | A Coruña, Spain |
| Luizão Armando Álvarez Fran Naybet Silva |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Juan Brito Arceo |
| 2 November 1997 9 | Real Oviedo | 1 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Oviedo, Spain |
| Rivas Berto Onopko |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Referee: José Luis Prados García |
| 9 November 1997 10 | Deportivo La Coruña | 0 – 1 | Mérida | A Coruña, Spain |
| Bonnissel Fran Jémez Naybet |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Juan Fernández Marín |
| 12 November 1997 11 | Real Zaragoza | 1 – 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | Zaragoza, Spain |
| Yordi Gilmar |
Report | Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González |
| 16 November 1997 12 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 1 | Espanyol | A Coruña, Spain |
| Donato Armando Álvarez Hélder Maikel Naybet |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila |
| 23 November 1997 13 | Real Betis | 1 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Seville, Spain |
| Alexis Trujillo Jaime Olías Vidaković |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Referee: José Manuel Andradas Asurmendi |
| 30 November 1997 14 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 2 | Atlético Madrid | A Coruña, Spain |
| Madar Naybet Armando Álvarez Donato |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Luis Ruiz Campo |
| 7 December 1997 15 | Salamanca | 4 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Salamanca, Spain |
| Pauleta Brito |
Report | Stadium: Helmántico Stadium Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez |
| 14 December 1997 16 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 1 | Real Sociedad | A Coruña, Spain |
| Fran Luizão |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo |
| 18 December 1997 17 | Valencia | 1 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Valencia, Spain |
| Vlaović Farinós Ortega |
Report | Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Referee: Manuel Mejuto González |
| 21 December 1997 18 | Compostela | 0 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| Chiba Passi |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro Referee: José Losantos Omar |
| 4 January 1998 19 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 1 | Sporting de Gijón | A Coruña, Spain |
| Naybet Abreu Fran Silva Songo'o |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez |
| 11 January 1998 20 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 0 | Tenerife | A Coruña, Spain |
| Djalminha Silva |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Manuel Mejuto González |
| 18 January 1998 21 | Mallorca | 0 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
| Campo |
Report | Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca |
| 25 January 1998 22 | Deportivo La Coruña | 3 – 1 | Barcelona | A Coruña, Spain |
| Fran Abreu Djalminha |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: José Manuel Andradas Asurmendi |
| 1 February 1998 23 | Racing Santander | 0 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Santander, Spain |
| Abeijón López Sietes |
Report | Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: Juan Fernández Marín |
| 8 February 1998 24 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 2 | Real Madrid | A Coruña, Spain |
| Fran Djalminha Armando Álvarez Jémez Ramis Scaloni |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Juan Brito Arceo |
| 14 February 1998 25 | Real Valladolid | 1 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Valladolid, Spain |
| Peternac Klimowicz Lozano Peña Santamaría |
Report | Stadium: José Zorrilla Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa |
| 22 February 1998 26 | Deportivo La Coruña | 3 – 0 | Athletic Bilbao | A Coruña, Spain |
| Armando Álvarez Maikel García Conceição |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo |
| 1 March 1998 27 | Celta Vigo | 2 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Vigo, Spain |
| Mostovoi Ramis Ito Mazinho Sánchez Vales |
Report | Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega |
| 8 March 1998 28 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 1 | Real Oviedo | A Coruña, Spain |
| Abreu Djalminha |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: José Japón Sevilla |
| 15 March 1998 29 | Mérida | 1 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Mérida, Spain |
| Cléber Arado Hoyas Molina Ruano Sabas Sierra |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Romano Referee: José Victor Esquinas Torres |
| 22 March 1998 30 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 1 | Real Zaragoza | A Coruña, Spain |
| Conceição Bassir Abreu |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca |
| 29 March 1998 31 | Espanyol | 2 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Barcelona, Spain |
| Esnáider Pralija Cobos Gâlcă Pochettino |
Report | Stadium: Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc Referee: Carmelo Rodríguez Martel |
| 4 April 1998 32 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 0 | Real Betis | A Coruña, Spain |
| Djalminha Bassir Conceição |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila |
| 11 April 1998 33 | Atlético Madrid | 3 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Madrid, Spain |
| Mari Jémez Santi Andrei Frascarelli Pantić Ramón |
Report | Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Referee: José Luis Prados García |
| 19 April 1998 34 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 0 | Salamanca | A Coruña, Spain |
| Bassir Scaloni |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa |
| 27 April 1998 35 | Real Sociedad | 1 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | San Sebastián, Spain |
| Cvitanović de Paula Mild |
Report | Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Antonio López Nieto |
| 2 May 1998 36 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 2 | Valencia | A Coruña, Spain |
| Scaloni Bassir Silva |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: José María García-Aranda |
| 10 May 1998 37 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 6 | Compostela | A Coruña, Spain |
| Naybet Djalminha Abreu Fran Scaloni |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González |
| 16 May 1998 38 | Sporting de Gijón | 0 – 3 | Deportivo La Coruña | Gijón, Spain |
| Kaiku Mingo Otero |
Report | Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez |
Copa del Rey
Win Draw Loss
| Round | Opponent | Aggregate | First leg | Second leg | ||||
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| Venue | Result | Ref | Venue | Result | Ref | |||
| Round of 16 | Osasuna | 3–1 | A | 1–0 | [21] | H | 2–1 | [22] |
| Quarter-finals | Deportivo Alavés | 1–3 | A | 1–3 | [23] | H | 0–0 | [24] |
UEFA Cup
First round
| 16 September 1997 First leg | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 2 | | A Coruña, Spain |
| 21:00 | Djalminha Luizão Armando Álvarez Silva |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany) |
| 30 September 1997 Second leg | Auxerre | 0 – 0 | | Auxerre, France |
| 20:00 | Ciechelski Silvestre |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) |
Auxerre won 2–1 on aggregate
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