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

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

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

Main article: 2003–04 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valencia (C)	38	23	8	7	71	27	+44	77	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Barcelona	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72
3	Deportivo La Coruña	38	21	8	9	60	34	+26	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Real Madrid	38	21	7	10	72	54	+18	70
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	11	12	53	49	+4	56	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions

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'

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)