Real Club
Deportivo de La Coruña, S.A.D. is a Spanish soccer club.
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (abbreviated "Depor") was
founded in 1906. Its home stadium in A Coruña (Galicia) is
called Estadio Municipal de Riazor and holds around 35,000
spectators.
It has a range of skillful and talented players such as
Fran, Juan Carlos Valerón, Albert Luque, Mauro Silva, Jorge
Andrade, Walter Pandiani, and Diego Tristán. Deportivo have
won the Spanish league (La Liga) once (2000), the Copa del
Rey twice (1995, 2002), and the Supercopa de España three
times (1995, 2000, 2002).
In the 2004 Champions League, Depor knocked out last year's
runners up Juventus. Then, in the quarterfinals, it
continued its surge by defeating defending champions AC
Milan in improbable fashion, erasing a 4-1 deficit in the
opening leg in Milan with a stunning 4-0 win in A Coruña.
This is the largest comeback ever in a knockout Champions
League tie. However, Depor lost to eventual champion FC
Porto of Portugal in the semifinals on a 0-1 aggregate score. |