1998–99 Deportivo de La Coruña season

Deportivo de La Coruña

1998–99 season
President	Cesar Lendoiro
Manager	Javier Irureta
Stadium	Estadio Riazor
La Liga	6th
Copa del Rey	Semifinals
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

During the 1998–99 season, Deportivo de La Coruña competed in La Liga and Copa del Rey.

Summary

Deportivo La Coruña's 1998–99 season included its 29th appearance in La Liga,^[1] where it ranked sixth.^[2] In the Copa del Rey the team reached the semifinals^[3] for the first time since its 1995 title.^[1] On the other hand, the team didn't appear in European competitions, for the last time until the 2006–07 season.^[1] It was the first season under manager Javier Irureta,^[4] who would lead the club highly successfully until 2005.^[5]

Squad

Source: BdFútbol
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 Armando Álvarez 3 DF  ESP Enrique Romero 4 DF  MAR Noureddine Naybet 5 DF  ARG Gabriel Schürrer 6 MF  BRA Mauro Silva 7 DF  ESP Javier Manjarín 8 MF  BRA Djalminha 9 FW  POR Pauleta 10 DF  ESP Fran González 11 FW  ARG José Óscar Flores 12 DF  ARG Lionel Scaloni 13 GK  CZE Petr Kouba 14 FW  MAR Salaheddine Bassir

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  MAR Mustapha Hadji 16 MF  BRA Flávio Conceição 17 DF  ESP Manuel Pablo García 18 MF  FRA Stéphane Ziani 19 DF  ESP Luis Miguel Ramis 20 MF  ESP Donato 21 DF  FRA Jérôme Bonnissel 22 DF  POR Hélder Cristóvão 23 MF  ESP José Ramón González 24 DF  ESP Javi López 25 GK  NGA Peter Rufai 26 MF  SUI Gerardo Seoane 27 DF  ESP José Manuel Aira

Transfers

Unsuccessful attempts

• Deportivo was close to sign Barcelona's Juan Antonio Pizzi but the player decided to return to the Argentine Primera División after River Plate rose its initial offer to match Deportivo's, as explained by Pizzi's agent Ricardo Schliepper on June 30.^[6]

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Results by round

Matches

Copa del Rey

Third round

Fourth round

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CMR	Songo'o	46	-46	37	-41	9	-5
4	DF	MAR	Naybet	35	1	29+1	1	5	0
5	DF	ARG	Schürrer	37	3	25+3	3	9	0
3	DF	ESP	Romero	40	0	32+2	0	5+1	0
18	MF	FRA	Ziani	42	6	33+3	6	5+1	0
6	MF	BRA	Mauro Silva	43	0	36	0	7	0
10	MF	ESP	Fran	37	6	32	6	5	0
16	MF	BRA	Flávio Conceição	36	1	31	1	5	0
8	MF	BRA	Djalminha	35	9	26+4	8	5	1
11	FW	ARG	Turu Flores	44	17	30+6	14	6+2	3
9	FW	POR	Pauleta	37	11	22+6	10	3+6	1
25	GK	NGA	Rufai	2	-3	1	-2	1	-1
2	DF	ESP	Armando	29	0	22+5	0	1+1	0
20	MF	BRA	Donato	40	4	17+14	1	7+2	3
15	MF	MAR	Hadji	29	4	11+10	2	7+1	2
12	DF	ARG	Scaloni	30	0	8+13	0	8+1	0
17	DF	ESP	Manuel Pablo	19	0	10+4	0	5	0
21	DF	FRA	Bonnissel	22	0	5+11	0	5+1	0
19	DF	ESP	Ramis	11	0	9+1	0	1	0
14	FW	MAR	Bassir	19	2	1+14	0	4	2
7	DF	ESP	Manjarin	18	0	0+10	0	2+6	0
23	MF	ESP	José Ramón	5	0	1	0	1+3	0
24	DF	ESP	Javi López	3	0	0+1	0	2	0
13	GK	CZE	Kouba
22	DF	POR	Helder
26	MF	SUI	Seoane	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
27	DF	ESP	Aira	3	0	0	0	1+2	0

References