| 1997–98 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Augusto César Lendoiro | |||
| Manager | Carlos Alberto Silva(until 15 October)[1] José Manuel Corral(from 18 October)[2] | |||
| Stadium | Estadio Riazor | |||
| La Liga | 12th | |||
| Copa del Rey | Quarter-finals | |||
| UEFA Cup | First round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League:Djalminha (8)[3] All:Djalminha (10) | |||
Deportivo La Coruña's 1997–98 season included its 33rd appearance inLa Liga, where it ranked in 12th place. The club also competed in theCopa del Rey and theUEFA Cup.
1997–98 was to be the first full season in charge for Brazilian coachCarlos Alberto Silva, who had taken over fromJohn Toshack following the Welshman's resignation in February.[4][5] Silva had a strong start, guiding Deportivo to 3rd inLa Liga by the end of the season, and earning them a return to European competition after a year away by qualifying for the1997–98 UEFA Cup. Their first round opponents wereAuxerre, but a 2–1 defeat atEstadio Riazor[6] followed by a goalless draw in France sawDepor eliminated before the end of September.[7]
Deportivo were also far from convincing inLa Liga, and a 3–1 home defeat byReal Valladolid on 15 October left them 15th in the table, with just one win from their first six matches.[8] Silva was sacked, and replaced byJosé Manuel Corral until the end of the season.[9] Corral improved the club's league form slightly, but they were only able to finish the season a disappointing 12th, their lowest placing since1991–92. They did reach the quarter-finals of theCopa del Rey, but were defeated 3–1 on aggregate bySegunda División sideAlavés.[10]
Corral made way at the end of the season forJavier Irureta,[11] paving the way for the most successful period of the club's history. Irureta would lead them to their first top flight title only two seasons later.
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| # | Pos | Player | From | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | ||||
| 5 | MF |  Djalminha | Palmeiras | |
| 9 | FW | Luizão | Palmeiras | |
| 18 | FW |  Salaheddine Bassir |  Al Hilal | |
| 19 | DF |  Luis Miguel Ramis | Sevilla | |
| 25 | GK |  Peter Rufai | Hércules | |
| Winter | ||||
| 8 | MF | Mustapha Hadji |  Sporting CP | |
| 11 | FW |  Sergio Martínez |  Boca Juniors | [15] |
| 12 | MF | Lionel Scaloni | Estudiantes | 405 millionPta[16] |
| 23 | FW | Sebastián Abreu | San Lorenzo | |
| 26 | FW | David Fernández | Sevilla | Loan return |
| # | Pos | Player | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | ||||
| 1 | GK |  Petr Kouba |  1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
| 5 | DF |  Miroslav Đukić | Valencia | Free |
| 11 | FW | Rivaldo | Barcelona | 4 billionPta ($26 million)[17] |
| 18 | FW | Txiki Begiristain |  Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| 19 | DF | José Luis Ribera | Rayo Vallecano | |
| 21 | MF | Rafael Martín Vázquez |  Atlético Celaya | |
| 22 | FW | Renaldo | Corinthians | Loan |
| 26 | FW | David Fernández | Sevilla | Loan |
| 27 | MF | Emilio Viqueira | Campomaiorense | Loan |
| Winter | ||||
| 8 | MF |  Corentin Martins | Strasbourg | |
| 9 | FW | Luizão | Vasco da Gama | |
| 15 | MF | Alfredo Santaelena | Sevilla | |
| 17 | DF | Nando | Sevilla | |
| 22 | FW | Mickaël Madar |  Everton | Free[18] |
Last updated on 14 April 2021.[3][19][20]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 13 | GK |  CMR | Jacques Songo'o | 36 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Armando Álvarez | 36 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | MAR | Noureddine Naybet | 33 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 14 | DF | ESP | Paco Jémez | 34 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 21 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Bonnissel | 33 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 10 | MF | ESP | Fran | 40 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 6 | MF | BRA | Mauro Silva | 34 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 16 | MF | BRA | Flávio Conceição | 31 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 20 | MF | ESP | Donato | 33 | 2 | 22+8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | MF | BRA | Djalminha | 31 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 18 | FW | MAR | Salaheddine Bassir | 24 | 6 | 13+8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | GK | NGA | Peter Rufai | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | MF | ARG | Lionel Scaloni | 22 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | POR | Hélder | 19 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 23 | FW | URU | Sebastián Abreu | 18 | 4 | 12+3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | DF | ESP | Luis Miguel Ramis | 22 | 1 | 11+7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF | MAR | Mustapha Hadji | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Javier Manjarín | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | DF | ESP | Pablo Pinillos | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | FW | ESP | Maikel | 10 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | FW | URU | Sergio Martínez | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | GK | ESP | Dani Mallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | DF | ESP | José Manuel Aira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | FW | ESP | Deus | 8 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
| 31 | MF | ESP | Carlos Padín | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | MF | ESP | Diego Pérez Míguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | DF | ESP | Toni | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | POR | Nuno Espírito Santo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FW |  VEN | Carlos García | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: | |||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | FRA | Corentin Martins | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | BRA | Luizão | 15 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 15 | MF | ESP | Alfredo Santaelena | 10 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | DF | ESP | Nando | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | FW | FRA | Mickaël Madar | 7 | 3 | 3+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | FW | ESP | David Fernández | 13 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 53 | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup second round |
| 11 | Valladolid | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 50 | |
| 12 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 49 | |
| 13 | Zaragoza | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 48 | |
| 14 | Racing Santander | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 45[a] |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
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| Deportivo La Coruña | 12 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Play-off relegation to1998–99 Segunda División |
| 31 August 19971 | Tenerife | 0 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Santa Cruz de Tenerife,Spain |
Felipe Miñambres Jokanović Juanele Makaay Robaina | Report | ConceiçãoNando | Stadium:Heliodoro Rodríguez López Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo |
| 7 September 19972 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 1 | Mallorca | A Coruña,Spain |
Campo 44' (o.g.)Nando Naybet Ramis | Report | 43'MoyaCampoOlaizolaStanković | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee:Alfonso Pérez |
| 13 September 19973 | Barcelona | 2 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Barcelona,Spain |
| Enrique 23' Anderson 87'Nadal Sergi | Report | 89'LuizãoFran | Stadium:Camp Nou Referee:Arturo Daudén Ibáñez |
| 27 September 19974 | Deportivo La Coruña | 4 – 1 | Racing Santander | A Coruña,Spain |
| Luizão 31',67' (pen.) Djalminha 43' (pen.) Conceição 87'Silva | Report | 17'BeschastnykhCeballosMerinoSánchez Jara | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee:Manuel Mejuto González |
| 5 October 19975 | Real Madrid | 0 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Madrid,Spain |
| Carlos Karanka Seedorf | Report | JémezLuizãoNaybetSongo'o | Stadium:Santiago Bernabéu Referee:Manuel Díaz Vega |
| 15 October 19976 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 3 | Real Valladolid | A Coruña,Spain |
| Hélder 3' Luizão Naybet | Report | 14' (pen.),28'Peternac 33'VíctorCarlosGutiérrezMangaQuevedo | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: José Victor Esquinas Torres |
| 18 October 19977 | Athletic Bilbao | 1 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Bilbao,Spain |
| González 54' Ríos | Report | 69'NaybetDjalminhaLuizão | Stadium:San Mamés Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca |
| 25 October 19978 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 1 | Celta Vigo | A Coruña,Spain |
| Luizão 31' Armando Álvarez Fran Naybet Silva | Report | 37'SalinasMostovoiRevivo | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: Juan Brito Arceo |
| 2 November 19979 | Real Oviedo | 1 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Oviedo,Spain |
| Rivas 53' Berto Onopko | Report | 89'MadarConceiçãoHélder | Stadium:Estadio Carlos Tartiere Referee: José Luis Prados García |
| 9 November 199710 | Deportivo La Coruña | 0 – 1 | Mérida | A Coruña,Spain |
| Bonnissel Fran Jémez Naybet  | Report | 84'GabrichMomparlet | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee:Juan Fernández Marín |
| 12 November 199711 | Real Zaragoza | 1 – 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | Zaragoza,Spain |
| Yordi 51' Gilmar | Report | 17'Djalminha 89'FranBonnisselManjarín | Stadium:La Romareda Referee:Eduardo Iturralde González |
| 16 November 199712 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 1 | Espanyol | A Coruña,Spain |
| Donato 13' Armando Álvarez Hélder Maikel Naybet | Report | 5'Arteaga GâlcăPachetaPochettino | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila |
| 23 November 199713 | Real Betis | 1 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Seville,Spain |
| Alexis Trujillo 72' (pen.) Jaime Olías Vidaković | Report | Armando Álvarez DjalminhaJémez | Stadium:Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Referee: José Manuel Andradas Asurmendi |
| 30 November 199714 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 2 | Atlético Madrid | A Coruña,Spain |
| Madar 39' Naybet 85'Armando Álvarez Donato | Report | 8'Lardín 80'Andrei FrascarelliAguileraBejblProdan | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: Luis Ruiz Campo |
| 7 December 199715 | Salamanca | 4 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Salamanca,Spain |
| Pauleta 65',70',89' Brito 79' | Report | 16'MadarArmando ÁlvarezHélder | Stadium:Helmántico Stadium Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez |
| 14 December 199716 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 1 | Real Sociedad | A Coruña,Spain |
| Fran 8' Luizão | Report | 42'GraciaAdepojude PedroGómezImaz | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo |
| 18 December 199717 | Valencia | 1 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Valencia,Spain |
| Vlaović 54' Farinós Ortega | Report | NaybetRamisSilva | Stadium:Mestalla Referee:Manuel Mejuto González |
| 21 December 199718 | Compostela | 0 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Santiago de Compostela,Spain |
| Chiba Passi | Report | BassirBonnisselJémezMadar | Stadium:Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro Referee: José Losantos Omar |
| 4 January 199819 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 1 | Sporting de Gijón | A Coruña,Spain |
| Naybet 70' Abreu 85'Fran Silva Songo'o | Report | 24'FernándezMingoNikiforovTomás HervásTrottaVillarroya | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee:Arturo Daudén Ibáñez |
| 11 January 199820 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 0 | Tenerife | A Coruña,Spain |
| Djalminha 87' Silva | Report | PazSlovák | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee:Manuel Mejuto González |
| 18 January 199821 | Mallorca | 0 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Palma de Mallorca,Spain |
| Campo | Report | ConceiçãoPinillos | Stadium:Lluís Sitjar Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca |
| 25 January 199822 | Deportivo La Coruña | 3 – 1 | Barcelona | A Coruña,Spain |
| Fran 3' Abreu 75'Djalminha 84' | Report | 85' (o.g.)DonatoSergi | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: José Manuel Andradas Asurmendi |
| 1 February 199823 | Racing Santander | 0 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Santander,Spain |
| Abeijón López Sietes | Report | 55'ScaloniAbreuArmando ÁlvarezConceiçãoNaybet | Stadium:El Sardinero Referee:Juan Fernández Marín |
| 8 February 199824 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 2 | Real Madrid | A Coruña,Spain |
| Fran 10' Djalminha 21'Armando Álvarez Jémez Ramis Scaloni | Report | 19'Víctor Sánchez 78'MorientesJaime | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: Juan Brito Arceo |
| 14 February 199825 | Real Valladolid | 1 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Valladolid,Spain |
| Peternac 52' Klimowicz Lozano Peña Santamaría | Report | Armando ÁlvarezFernándezPinillos | Stadium:José Zorrilla Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa |
| 22 February 199826 | Deportivo La Coruña | 3 – 0 | Athletic Bilbao | A Coruña,Spain |
| Armando Álvarez 56' Maikel 59'García 85'Conceição | Report | Nagore | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo |
| 1 March 199827 | Celta Vigo | 2 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Vigo,Spain |
| Mostovoi 70' Ramis 72' (o.g.)Ito Mazinho Sánchez Vales | Report | 6'RamisAbreuNaybet | Stadium:Balaídos Referee:Manuel Díaz Vega |
| 8 March 199828 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 1 | Real Oviedo | A Coruña,Spain |
| Abreu 31' Djalminha 83' | Report | 65'GonzálezBentoDely ValdésGamboaManelPompei | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: José Japón Sevilla |
| 15 March 199829 | Mérida | 1 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Mérida,Spain |
| Cléber Arado 31' Hoyas Molina Ruano Sabas Sierra | Report | AbreuArmando ÁlvarezConceiçãoPinillosSongo'o | Stadium:Estadio Romano Referee: José Victor Esquinas Torres |
| 22 March 199830 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 1 | Real Zaragoza | A Coruña,Spain |
| Conceição 8' Bassir 66'Abreu | Report | 80'AguadoSundgren | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca |
| 29 March 199831 | Espanyol | 2 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Barcelona,Spain |
| Esnáider 17' (pen.) Pralija 62'Cobos Gâlcă Pochettino | Report | Naybet | Stadium:Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc Referee: Carmelo Rodríguez Martel |
| 4 April 199832 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 0 | Real Betis | A Coruña,Spain |
| Djalminha 52' Bassir 80'Conceição | Report | Cuéllar Olías | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila |
| 11 April 199833 | Atlético Madrid | 3 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Madrid,Spain |
| Mari 2' Jémez 20' (o.g.)Santi 44' (pen.)Andrei Frascarelli Pantić Ramón | Report | AbreuArmando ÁlvarezRamisScaloni | Stadium:Vicente Calderón Referee: José Luis Prados García |
| 19 April 199834 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 0 | Salamanca | A Coruña,Spain |
| Bassir 58' Scaloni | Report | Pavličić | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa |
| 27 April 199835 | Real Sociedad | 1 – 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | San Sebastián,Spain |
| Cvitanović 50' de Paula Mild | Report | 24'Armando ÁlvarezBonnisselDjalminha | Stadium:Anoeta Referee:Antonio López Nieto |
| 2 May 199836 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 2 | Valencia | A Coruña,Spain |
| Scaloni 81' Bassir Silva | Report | 65' (pen.),89'MendietaCarboni | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee:José María García-Aranda |
| 10 May 199837 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 – 6 | Compostela | A Coruña,Spain |
| Naybet 36' Djalminha 39' (pen.)Abreu Fran Scaloni | Report | 16',50',55'Sion 32'Bellido 52'Fabiano 73'Juan ViedmaNacho | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Referee:Eduardo Iturralde González |
| 16 May 199838 | Sporting de Gijón | 0 – 3 | Deportivo La Coruña | Gijón,Spain |
| Kaiku Mingo Otero | Report | 5',55'Bassir 89'ConceiçãoDonato Naybet | Stadium:El Molinón Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez |
Win Draw Loss
| Round | Opponent | Aggregate | First leg | Second leg | ||||
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| Venue | Result | Ref | Venue | Result | Ref | |||
| Round of 16 | Osasuna | 3–1 | A | 1–0 | [21] | H | 2–1 | [22] |
| Quarter-finals | Alavés | 1–3 | A | 1–3 | [23] | H | 0–0 | [24] |
vAuxerre| 16 September 1997First leg | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 2 | Auxerre | A Coruña,Spain |
| 21:00 | Djalminha 87' Luizão 26'Armando Álvarez 64'Silva 87' | Report 1 Report 2 | 72'Diomède 84'Guivarc'h 24'Goma 40'Lamouchi 60'Sibierski | Stadium:Estadio Riazor Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany) |
vDeportivo La Coruña| 30 September 1997Second leg | Auxerre | 0 – 0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Auxerre,France |
| 20:00 | Ciechelski 30' Silvestre 88' | Report 1 Report 2 | 24'Conceição 57'Armando Álvarez 68'Jémez | Stadium:Stade Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 18,000 Referee:Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) |
Auxerre won 2–1 on aggregate
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