2003–04 Deportivo de La Coruña season

Deportivo de La Coruña

2003–04 season
Manager	Javier Irureta
Stadium	Estadio Riazor
La Liga	3rd
Champions League	Semi-finals
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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During the 2003–04 Spanish football season, Deportivo de La Coruña competed in La Liga.

Season summary

Deportivo reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, being knocked out by eventual champions Porto 1–0 on aggregate, Porto's goal coming from a Derlei penalty in the second leg at Estadio Riazor.

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  ESP José Molina 2 DF  ESP Manuel Pablo 3 DF  ESP Enrique Romero 4 DF  MAR Noureddine Naybet 5 DF  ESP César 6 MF  BRA Mauro Silva 7 FW  URU Walter Pandiani 8 MF  ESP Sergio 9 FW  ESP Diego Tristán 10 MF  ESP Fran 11 MF  ESP José Amavisca 12 MF  ARG Lionel Scaloni 13 GK  URU Gustavo Munúa

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  POR Jorge Andrade 15 DF  ESP Joan Capdevila 16 MF  BRA Djalminha 17 FW  ESP Pedro Munitis 18 FW  ESP Víctor 19 FW  ESP Albert Luque 20 DF  ESP Pablo Amo 21 MF  ESP Juan Carlos Valerón 22 FW  ESP Iván Pérez 23 MF  ARG Aldo Duscher 24 DF  ESP Héctor 25 GK  CMR Jacques Songo'o

Left club during season

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 Jaime (on loan to Hannover 96) — FW  ESP Changui (on loan to Las Palmas)

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ESP Dani Mallo (on loan to Elche) — FW  URU Sebastian Abreu (on loan at Club America) — FW  URU Sebastian Abreu (on loan at Tecos UAG) (January)

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Round 6

Deportivo-Atlético Madrid 5-1

1-0 Fran 6'

1-1 Matías Lequi 11'

2-1 Enrique Romero 31'

3-1 Sergio 50'

4-1 Walter Pandiani 55'

5-1 Lionel Scaloni 90'

Copa del Rey

Round of 16

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

• Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 Rosenborg
• Rosenborg 0–1 Deportivo La Coruña

Group stage

AEK Athens v Deportivo La Coruña

17 September 2003	AEK Athens	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Athens, Greece
20:45	Tsiartas 86'		Pandiani 12'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

Deportivo La Coruña v PSV Eindhoven

30 September 2003	Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	PSV Eindhoven	A Coruña, Spain
20:45	Sergio 20' Pandiani 51' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Riazor

Deportivo La Coruña v AS Monaco

21 October 2003	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	AS Monaco	A Coruña, Spain
20:45	Tristán 83'			Stadium: Estadio Riazor

AS Monaco v Deportivo La Coruña

5 November 2003	AS Monaco	8–3	Deportivo La Coruña	Monaco
20:45	Rothen 2' Giuly 11' Pršo 26', 30', 45+2', 49' Plašil 47' Cissé 67'		Tristán 39', 52' Scaloni 45'	Stadium: Stade Louis II

Deportivo La Coruña v AEK Athens

25 November 2003	Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	AEK Athens	A Coruña, Spain
20:45	Héctor 22' Valerón 51' Luque 71'			Stadium: Estadio Riazor

PSV Eindhoven v Deportivo La Coruña

10 December 2003	PSV Eindhoven	3–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45	De Jong 14', 90+4' Robben 48'		Luque 59' Pandiani 83'	Stadium: Philips Stadion

First knockout round

Deportivo La Coruña v Juventus

25 February 2004	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Juventus	A Coruña, Spain
20:45	Luque 37'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)

Juventus v Deportivo La Coruña

9 March 2004	Juventus	0–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Turin, Italy
20:45		Report	Pandiani 12'	Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi Attendance: 24,680 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Quarter-final

Milan v Deportivo La Coruña

23 March 2004	Milan	4–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kaká 45', 49' Shevchenko 46' Pirlo 53'	Report	Pandiani 11'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60,335 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Deportivo La Coruña v Milan

7 April 2004	Deportivo La Coruña	4–0	Milan	A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pandiani 5' Valerón 35' Luque 44' Fran 76'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Semi-final

Porto v Deportivo La Coruña

21 April 2004	Porto	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Porto, Portugal
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,818 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Deportivo La Coruña v Porto

4 May 2004	Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	Porto	A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Derlei 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 34,600 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

References