1999–2000 Deportivo de La Coruña season

Deportivo de La Coruña
1999–2000 season
Manager	Javier Irureta
Stadium	Estadio Riazor
La Liga	1st
UEFA Cup	Fourth round
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Roy Makaay (22); All: Roy Makaay (26)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 Spanish football season, Deportivo de La Coruña competed in La Liga.

Season review

Deportivo won the Spanish league title, finishing in first place of the league table for the first time.

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	CMR	Jacques Songo'o
2	DF	ESP	Manuel Pablo
3	DF	ESP	Enrique Romero
4	DF	MAR	Noureddine Naybet
5	DF	ARG	Gabriel Schürrer
6	MF	BRA	Mauro Silva
7	FW	NED	Roy Makaay
8	MF	BRA	Djalminha
9	FW	POR	Pauleta
10	MF	ESP	Fran
11	FW	ARG	Turu Flores
12	MF	ARG	Lionel Scaloni
13	GK	CZE	Petr Kouba


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	ESP	César
15	FW	ESP	Iván Pérez
16	MF	BRA	Flavio Conceiçao
17	MF	ESP	Manel
18	MF	ESP	Víctor
19	DF	ESP	Luis Ramis
20	MF	ESP	Donato
21	MF	ESP	Jaime
23	FW	MAR	Salaheddine Bassir
24	MF	SCG	Slaviša Jokanović
25	MF	ESP	Fernando
26	GK	ESP	Dani Mallo
28	DF	POR	Hugo Carreira

Transfers

Summer

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	NED	Roy Makaay (from Tenerife)
13	GK	CZE	Petr Kouba (from Viktoria Žižkov)
15	FW	ESP	Iván Pérez (from Bordeaux)
18	FW	ESP	Víctor (from Racing de Santander)
21	MF	ESP	Jaime (from Real Madrid)
24	MF	SCG	Slaviša Jokanović (from Tenerife)
25	MF	ESP	Fernando (from Real Betis)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Winter

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out: 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	José Manuel (loan to Compostela)

Competitions

La Liga

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo La Coruña (C)	38	21	6	11	66	44	+22	69	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[a]
2	Barcelona	38	19	7	12	70	46	+24	64^[b]	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[a]
3	Valencia	38	18	10	10	59	39	+20	64^[b]	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Zaragoza	38	16	15	7	60	40	+20	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[c]
5	Real Madrid	38	16	14	8	58	48	+10	62	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[c]

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:

^ Deportivo La Coruña also qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship as a host nation representative, that ended up being cancelled.
^ ^a ^b VAL 3–1 BAR; BAR 3–0 VAL
^ ^a ^b Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League as holders. As a result, Zaragoza lost their spot in the UEFA Champions League and had to participate in the UEFA Cup.

18 September 1999 4	Real Madrid	1 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
CET (UTC+1)	Raúl 82'	[ Report]	Djalminha 47'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

18 December 1999 16	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 0	Celta Vigo	A Coruña
CET (UTC+1)	Flores 65'	[ Report]		Stadium: Estadio Riazor

6 February 2000 23	Deportivo La Coruña	5 – 2	Real Madrid	A Coruña
CET (UTC+1)	Makaay 7' Djalminha 18' Víctor 48' Flores 74', 84'	[ Report]	Morientes 36' Hierro 89'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor

30 April 2000 35	Celta Vigo	2 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Vigo
CET (UTC+1)	McCarthy 4' G.López 75'	[ Report]	Flores 46'	Stadium: Balaídos

Copa del Rey

UEFA Cup

14 September 1999 First Round 1st leg	Stabæk	1 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Oslo, Norway
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Flem 39' Finstad 57' Stenersen 59' Holter 64'	Report	Djalminha 31' Jokanović 54'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

30 September 1999 First Round 2nd leg	Deportivo La Coruña	2 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Stabæk	A Coruña, Spain
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jokanović 37' Conceição 63' Djalminha 75'	Report	Stenersen 21' Linderoth 49' Flem 78' Stenvoll 79'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Kenny Clark (Scotland)

19 October 1999 Second Round 1st leg	Deportivo La Coruña	3 – 1	Montpellier	A Coruña, Spain
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pauleta 17' Djalminha 51' (pen.) Makaay 53' Silva 82'	Report	Delaye 6' 20' Silvestre 50' dos Santos 90'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

4 November 1999 Second Round 2nd leg	Montpellier	0 – 2 (1 – 5 agg.)	Deportivo La Coruña	Montpellier, France
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rodriguez 2' Gourvennec 29'	Report	Naybet 38' Jokanović 43' Makaay 45' Pablo 79' Pauleta 82'	Stadium: La Mosson Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

25 November 1999 Third Round 1st leg	Deportivo La Coruña	4 – 2	Panathinaikos	A Coruña, Spain
CET (UTC+1)	Olivares 7' (o.g.) Pauleta 11' Djalminha 13' Donato 30' 56'	Report	Goumas 7' Warzycha 29' Galetto 66' Mykland 78'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

9 December 1999 Third Round 2nd leg	Panathinaikos	1 – 1 (3 – 5 agg.)	Deportivo La Coruña	Athens, Greece
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Olivares 7' Asanović 78' (pen.) Karagounis 79'	Report	Conceição 22' Silva 30' Songo'o 64' Pablo 82' Víctor 87' Makaay 90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Alain Sars (France)

2 March 2000 Fourth Round 1st leg	Arsenal	5 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	London, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dixon 5' Henry 30', 67' Keown 51' Ljungberg 55' Grimandi 60' Kanu 78' Bergkamp 83'	Report	Conceição 17' Djalminha 55' 57' 60' Fernando 90'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

9 March 2000 Fourth Round 2nd leg	Deportivo La Coruña	2 – 1 (3 – 6 agg.)	Arsenal	A Coruña, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Víctor 68' Pérez 90'	Report	Henry 63' 74' Dixon 86'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	7	Roy Makaay	22	1	3	3
	FW	9	Pauleta	8	3	3	3
	FW	7	Turu Flores	?	?	0	0
	MF	8	Djalminha	10	0	3	3
4	MF	24	Slaviša Jokanović	?	0	1	1
	MF	16	Flávio Conceição	?	0	1	1
	MF	20	Donato	3	0	1	1
	MF	18	Víctor	4	0	1	1
	FW	15	Iván Pérez	0	0	1	1
			Own goal	0	0	1	1
			TOTALS	66	2	15	83

Disciplinary record

References

^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/1999–2000/laliga/lacoruna.htm ^{[dead link]}

[table_note_res_CLGS0.46866231154122-2] Deportivo La Coruña also qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship as a host nation representative, that ended up being cancelled.

[table_hth_VCF0.46866231154122-3] VAL 3–1 BAR; BAR 3–0 VAL

[table_note_res_UC10.46866231154122-4] Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League as holders. As a result, Zaragoza lost their spot in the UEFA Champions League and had to participate in the UEFA Cup.

[1] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/1999–2000/laliga/lacoruna.htm ^{[dead link]}

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