2020–21 Deportivo de La Coruña season

Deportivo de La Coruña
2020-21 season
President	Fernando Vidal; (until 8 February); Antonio Couceiro; (from 8 February)
Head coach	Fernando Vázquez; (until 11 January); Rubén de la Barrera; (from 12 January)
Stadium	Estadio Riazor
Segunda División B	4th
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Miku (7); All: ; Miku (7)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the first season of Deportivo de La Coruña in the Segunda División B, the Spanish third tier, since 1981. The club was relegated from Segunda División after two seasons in the second tier, finishing in 19th place on goal difference.^[1]^[2] The team went through a series of 6 matches without a win which greatly reduced their chances of promotion to La Liga Smartbank.^[3] Finally, the team managed to stay in the third division by one point, after it was threatened with a possible humiliating relegation to the Segunda Federación.^[4]

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 3 February 2021^[5]

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	Carlos Abad
2	DF	ESP	Jorge Valín
3	DF	ESP	Mujaid Sadick
4	MF	ESP	Álex Bergantiños (captain)
5	DF	ESP	Eneko Bóveda
6	MF	NGA	Uche Agbo
7	FW	VEN	Miku
8	MF	CRC	Celso Borges
9	FW	ESP	Rayco
10	MF	ESP	José Lara (on loan from Sevilla)
11	FW	ESP	Borja Galán


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	GLP	Claudio Beauvue
13	GK	COL	Lucho García
14	MF	ESP	Yago Gandoy
15	FW	BRA	Raí
16	MF	URU	Nacho González
17	DF	ESP	Héctor Hernández
18	DF	ESP	Derik
19	DF	ESP	Borja Granero
20	FW	ESP	Keko Gontán
21	DF	ESP	Salva Ruiz
22	MF	ESP	Diego Villares

Reserve team[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	ESP	Adri Castro
24	DF	ESP	Juan Rodríguez

Out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	URU	Diego Rolán (at Pyramids until 30 June 2021)

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss

26 September 2020 Friendly	Racing Vilalbés	0–3	Deportivo La Coruña	Vilalba, Spain
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lara 60' Castro 65' Borges 77'	Stadium: A Magdalena Attendance: 150 Referee: López Fernández

30 September 2020 Friendly	Deportivo La Coruña	5–0	Arzúa	A Coruña, Spain
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lara 28' Keko 42' Miku 44' Borges 63' Gandoy 78'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 0 Referee: Cives Enjo

3 October 2020 Friendly	Bergantiños	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Carballo, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Campo Municipal de As Eiroas Attendance: 320 Referee: Xabi Rodríguez

7 October 2020 Friendly	Pontevedra	1–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Pontevedra, Spain
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cruz 75'	Report	Beauvue 82' (pen.), 87'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Pasarón Referee: Miguel Ferrol

10 October 2020 Friendly	Valladolid Promesas	2–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Bembibre, Spain
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Uche 85' Alonso 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de La Devesa Attendance: 200 Referee: Valdés Varela

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Segunda División B	18 October 2020	9 May 2021	Matchday 1	4th	24	11	6	7	22	13	+9	045.83
Copa del Rey	1 December 2020	6 January 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	050.00
Total					26	12	6	8	23	14	+9	046.15

Source: Soccerway

Segunda División B[edit]

First phase[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Unionistas	18	8	6	4	17	10	+7	30	Qualification for the promotion groups
3	Zamora	18	8	6	4	18	17	+1	30	Qualification for the promotion groups
4	Deportivo La Coruña	18	8	5	5	14	10	+4	29	Qualification for the Primera División RFEF promotion groups
5	Racing Ferrol	18	7	6	5	22	17	+5	27
6	Compostela	18	5	10	3	20	16	+4	25

Source: RFEF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Soccerway

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Primera División RFEF promotion[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Racing Ferrol (P)	24	11	7	6	31	23	+8	40	Promotion to Primera División RFEF
2	Deportivo La Coruña (P)	24	11	6	7	22	13	+9	39	Promotion to Primera División RFEF
3	Numancia	24	10	8	6	34	19	+15	38	Retention in Segunda División RFEF
4	Langreo	24	7	9	8	25	30	−5	30
5	Compostela	24	5	13	6	22	23	−1	28

Source: BeSoccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored^[6]
(P) Promoted

Results by round[edit]

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Copa del Rey[edit]

17 December 2020 First round	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	El Ejido	La Coruña
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hernández 13'	Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee: Leandro Carbajales Gómez

6 January 2021 Second round	Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	Alavés	A Coruña
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mosquera 48'	Report	Marín 31' Rioja 75'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

References[edit]

^ "Spanish football club Deportivo relegated to 3rd league". www.aa.com.tr. 21 July 2020.
^ "Deportivo La Coruna demand the suspension of 2020/21 season start". MARCA in English. 27 August 2020.
^ "The sad decline of Deportivo La Coruna". Sky Sports. 11 March 2021.
^ "Fallen giants Deportivo endure new low but worse could come". 29 March 2021 – via www.reuters.com.
^ "Squad Real Club Deportivo". Deportivo de La Coruña.
^ ^a ^b "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. September 2018. p. 134. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[1] "Spanish football club Deportivo relegated to 3rd league". www.aa.com.tr. 21 July 2020.

[2] "Deportivo La Coruna demand the suspension of 2020/21 season start". MARCA in English. 27 August 2020.

[3] "The sad decline of Deportivo La Coruna". Sky Sports. 11 March 2021.

[4] "Fallen giants Deportivo endure new low but worse could come". 29 March 2021 – via www.reuters.com.

[5] "Squad Real Club Deportivo". Deportivo de La Coruña.

[regRFEF-6] "Reglamento General RFEF - Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. September 2018. p. 134. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

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