2010–11 Deportivo de La Coruña season

Deportivo de La Coruña
2010–11 season
President	Augusto César Lendoiro
Manager	Miguel Ángel Lotina
La Liga	18th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Adrián López (7); All: Adrián López (11)
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season was Deportivo de La Coruña's 40th' season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.

The season covered the period of 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.

Players

Squad information

Number	Name	Date of birth	Nationality
Goalkeepers
1	Daniel Aranzubia	(1979-09-18) September 18, 1979 (age 45)
13	Manu	(1986-05-09) May 9, 1986 (age 38)
26	Felipe Ramos	(1988-01-10) January 10, 1988 (age 36)
Defenders
2	Manuel Pablo	(1976-01-25) January 25, 1976 (age 48)
3	Claudio Morel	(1978-02-02) February 2, 1978 (age 46)
5	Zé Castro	(1983-01-13) January 13, 1983 (age 41)
7	Alberto Lopo	(1980-05-05) May 5, 1980 (age 44)
15	Laure	(1985-03-22) March 22, 1985 (age 39)
19	Diego Colotto	(1981-03-10) March 10, 1981 (age 43)
23	Aythami	(1986-04-02) April 2, 1986 (age 38)
24	Knut Olav Rindarøy	(1985-07-17) July 17, 1985 (age 39)
25	Piscu	(1987-02-25) February 25, 1987 (age 37)
Midfielders
4	Rubén Pérez	(1989-04-26) April 26, 1989 (age 35)
6	Juca	(1979-11-19) November 19, 1979 (age 45)
9	Michel	(1988-07-09) July 9, 1988 (age 36)
12	Saúl	(1985-04-09) April 9, 1985 (age 39)
14	Pablo Álvarez	(1980-05-14) May 14, 1980 (age 44)
16	Antonio Tomás	(1985-01-19) January 19, 1985 (age 39)
17	Urreta	(1990-03-19) March 19, 1990 (age 34)
18	Andrés Guardado	(1986-09-28) September 28, 1986 (age 38)
20	Yves Desmarets	(1979-07-19) July 19, 1979 (age 45)
21	Juan Carlos Valerón	(1975-06-17) June 17, 1975 (age 49)
22	Juan Rodríguez	(1982-04-01) April 1, 1982 (age 42)
Forwards
10	Adrián	(1988-01-08) January 8, 1988 (age 36)
11	Riki	(1980-08-11) August 11, 1980 (age 44)
8	Lassad Nouioui	(1986-03-08) March 8, 1986 (age 38)

Summer transfers

In

Player	From	Fee
Yves Desmarets	Vitória de Guimarães	Free
Saúl	Elche	Free
Claudio Morel	Boca Juniors	Free
Felipe Ramos	Real Madrid Castilla	Free

Loan in

Player	From	Fee
Knut Olav Rindarøy	Molde	Free
Rubén Pérez	Atlético Madrid B	Free
Urreta	Benfica	Free
Michel	Valencia	Free

Out

Player	New Team	Fee
Brayan Angulo	Rayo Vallecano	Free
Sergio González	Levante	Free
Filipe Luís	Atlético Madrid	£11.3M
Rubén Castro	Real Betis	Free

Loan out

Player	Team
Rodolfo Bodipo	Elche
Álex Bergantiños	Granada
Iván Pérez	Ponferradina

Loan return

Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-season

Player	From
Aythami	Xerez

Loan end

Player	To

Pre-season

The club played a series of friendlies preparing for the new season. Deportivo de La Coruña goals are first.

20 July 2010 Friendly	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–1	Young Boys	Grenchen, Switzerland
	Lopo 83' Rochela 38'	(Report)	Mayuka 41' Spycher Doubaï Dudar	Stadium: Stadion Brühl Referee: Patrick Graf

23 July 2010 Friendly	Deportivo de La Coruña	1–1 (4 – 5 p)	Twente	Grenchen, Switzerland
	Riki 2', 43'	(Report)	De Jong 18' Bengtsson 74'	Stadium: Stadion Brühl
	Penalties
	Castro Álvarez Aythami Nouioui Michel Saúl		De Jong Javadov Rendla Bajrami Carney Tioté

25 July 2010 Friendly	Deportivo de La Coruña	3–3	Union Berlin	Berlin, Germany
	Michel 36' Riki 39' Desmarets 50'	(Report)	Brunnemann 68' Mattuschka 85' Kolk 90' Younga-Mouhani	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Referee: Bastian Dankert

31 July 2010 Friendly	Deportivo de La Coruña	1–0	Cardiff City	Cardiff, Wales
	Dioni 82'	(Report)		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Mark Whitby

3 August 2010 Friendly	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–0 (3 – 5 p)	Newcastle United	A Coruña
	Manu 83'	(Report)		Stadium: Riazor
	Penalties
	Castro Riki Aythami Guardado		Løvenkrands Nolan Carroll R. Taylor Barton

8 August 2010 Friendly	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–0 (3 – 5 p)	West Ham United	London, England
		(Report)		Stadium: Upton Park
	Penalties
	Castro Rochela Valeron Colotto		Noble Cole Piquionne Faubert Barrera

12 August 2010 Friendly	Deportivo de La Coruña	3–1	Pontevedra	Lalín
	Valerón 39' Saúl 48' Riki 66' (pen.)	(Report)	Reyes 29' Gerardo	Stadium: Manuel Anxo Cortizo Referee: Óscar Martínez

18 August 2010 Friendly	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–0	Olympiacos	Piraeus, Greece
	Guardado	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Stavros Tritdonis

22 August 2010 Friendly	Deportivo de La Coruña	1–3	Lazio	Rome, Italy
	Adrián 23' Álvarez	(Report)	Zárate 11' Hernanes 72' (pen.) Floccari 77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Carmine Russo Italy

Competitions

Overview

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 %
La Liga	29 August 2010	21 May 2011	Matchday 1	18th	38	10	13	15	31	47	−16	026.32
Copa del Rey	28 October 2010	19 January 2011	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	033.33
Total					44	12	15	17	40	55	−15	027.27

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Getafe	38	12	8	18	49	60	−11	44^[a]
17	Mallorca	38	12	8	18	41	56	−15	44^[a]
18	Deportivo La Coruña (R)	38	10	13	15	31	47	−16	43	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Hércules (R)	38	9	8	21	36	60	−24	35
20	Almería (R)	38	6	12	20	36	70	−34	30

Source: LFP, sportec.es, Yahoo! Sport
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
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b GET 3–0 MLL; MLL 2–0 GET

Positions by round

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
Deportivo La Coruña	8	15	14	17	19	20	19	19	19	15	15	13	14	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	17	14	13	14	14	13	14	16	16	15	13	13	17	18	16	17	18

	Relegation to 2011–12 Segunda División

Source: kicker.de

Matches

29 August 2010 1	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–0	Zaragoza	A Coruña
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		(Report)	Gabi 83'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

12 September 2010 2	Sevilla	0–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Sevilla
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zokora 17' Escudé 67' Cáceres 74'	(Report)	Tomás 26' Guardado 79' Lopo 87'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

20 September 2010 3	Deportivo de La Coruña	2–2	Getafe	A Coruña
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guardado 50' (pen.), 57' (pen.)	(Report)	Colotto 33' (o.g.) Arizmendi 69'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 15,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

22 September 2010 4	Villarreal	1–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Villarreal
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nilmar 34' Marchena 17' Valero 59'	(Report)	Laure 37' Lopo 68' Saúl 80'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez

26 September 2010 5	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–2	Almería	A Coruña
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Colotto 42' Adrián 44' Castro 88'	(Report)	Uche 4', 18' M'bami 8' Corona 63'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 14,000 Referee: José González

3 October 2010 6	Real Madrid	6–1	Deportivo de La Coruña	Madrid
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ronaldo 4', 89' Özil 24' Di María 34' Higuaín 53' Castro 60' (o.g.)	(Report)	Rodríguez 78' Lopo 3'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

17 October 2010 7	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–0	Osasuna	A Coruña
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee: Miguel Pérez

25 October 2010 8	Real Sociedad	3–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	San Sebastián
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Llorente 16' Griezmann 70' Agirretxe 86'	Report		Stadium: Anoeta Referee: José Paradas

31 October 2010 9	Deportivo de La Coruña	3–0	Espanyol	A Coruña
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adrián 28' Lopo 76' Colotto 87'	Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

7 November 2010 10	Levante	1–2	Deportivo de La Coruña	Valencia
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Juanlu 73'	Report	Riki 10' Aythami 52'	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

14 November 2010 11	Mallorca	0–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Palma de Mallorca
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: ONO Estadi Referee: José Teixeira

21 November 2010 12	Deportivo de La Coruña	3–0	Málaga	A Coruña
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adrián 22' (pen.) Colotto 30' Álvarez 83'	Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee: Alfonso Álvarez

28 November 2010 13	Racing Santander	1–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Santander
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rosenberg 61'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

6 December 2010 14	Deportivo de La Coruña	1–0	Hércules	A Coruña
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nouioui 73'	Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

11 December 2010 15	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Madrid
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Agüero 8', 35'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

18 December 2010 16	Deportivo de La Coruña	1–1	Sporting Gijón	A Coruña
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aythami 12'	Report	Castro 89'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

2 January 2011 17	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Deportivo de La Coruña	Bilbao
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Llorente 86'	Report	Adrián 22' (pen.), 52'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

8 January 2011 18	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–4	Barcelona	A Coruña
22:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Villa 26' Messi 52' Iniesta 80' Pedro 81'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Carlos Delgado

16 January 2011 19	Valencia	2–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Valencia
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mathieu 78' Hernández 90'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

23 January 2011 20	Zaragoza	1–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Zaragoza
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boutahar 38'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

29 January 2011 21	Deportivo de La Coruña	3–3	Sevilla	A Coruña
22:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nouioui 15', 62' Laure 88'	Report	Negredo 63', 79' Escudé 74'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Miguel Ayza

5 February 2011 22	Getafe	4–1	Deportivo de La Coruña	Getafe
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Colunga 19', 26' Miku 45' Ríos 57'	Report	Riki 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Coliseum Referee: Alfonso Álvarez

13 February 2011 23	Deportivo de La Coruña	1–0	Villarreal	A Coruña
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lopo 60'	Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

20 February 2011 24	Almería	1–1	Deportivo de La Coruña	Almería
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Piatti 48'	Report	Aranzubia 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: José González

26 February 2011 25	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–0	Real Madrid	A Coruña
22:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

2 March 2011 26	Osasuna	0–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Pamplona
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Reyno de Navarra Referee: Carlos Delgado

7 March 2011 27	Deportivo de La Coruña	2–1	Real Sociedad	A Coruña
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Riki 41' Adrián 52'	Report	Agirretxe 65'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

13 March 2011 28	Espanyol	2–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Cornellà de Llobregat
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alonso 62' Verdú 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadi Cornellà-El Prat Referee: José Paradas

20 March 2011 29	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–1	Levante	A Coruña
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Suárez 90+1'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

3 April 2011 30	Deportivo de La Coruña	2–1	Mallorca	A Coruña
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Xisco 55' Nouioui 67'	Report	Webó 27'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: José Teixeira

10 April 2011 31	Málaga	0–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Málaga
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Miguel Pérez

17 April 2011 32	Deportivo de La Coruña	2–0	Racing Santander	A Coruña
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nouioui 45+2' Xisco 49'	Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee: Alfonso Álvarez

24 April 2011 33	Hércules	1–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Alicante
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gomes 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

30 April 2011 34	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–1	Atlético Madrid	A Coruña
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Agüero 80'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

7 May 2011 35	Sporting Gijón	2–2	Deportivo de La Coruña	Gijón
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ayoze 35' (pen.) Barral 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Adrián 9', 40'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

10 May 2011 36	Deportivo de La Coruña	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	A Coruña
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adrián 22' Castillo 71' (o.g)	Report	Toquero 3'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

15 May 2011 37	Barcelona	0–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Barcelona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Carlos Delgado

21 May 2011 38	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–2	Valencia	A Coruña
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Aduriz 4' Soldado 89'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

28 October 2010 First leg	Osasuna	1–1	Deportivo de La Coruña	Pamplona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Juanfran 68'	Report	Saúl 70'	Stadium: Estadio Reyno de Navarra Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

10 November 2010 Second leg	Deportivo de La Coruña	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Osasuna	A Coruña
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Riki 53' Nouioui 64'	Report	Lekić 62'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: David Fernández Borbalán
Note: Deportivo de La Coruña won 3–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16

21 December 2010 First leg	Córdoba	1–1	Deportivo de La Coruña	Córdoba
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pepe Díaz 71'	Report	Riki 17' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Arcángel Referee: José González

5 January 2011 Second leg	Deportivo de La Coruña	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 agg.)	Córdoba	A Coruña
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adrián 90' (pen.), 102', 120' (pen.)	Report	Arteaga 86'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Alfonso Álvarez
Note: Deportivo de La Coruña won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

13 January 2011 First leg	Almería	1–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Almería
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ortiz 35'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

19 January 2011 Second leg	Deportivo de La Coruña	2–3 (2–4 agg.)	Almería	A Coruña
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Álvarez 44' (pen.) Adrián 51'	Report	Corona 19' Crusat 20' Goitom 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
Note: Almería won 4–2 on aggregate.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Miguel Ángel Lotina
Assistant Coach	José Luis Ribera
Fitness Trainer	José Ángel Franganillo Parrado
Goalkeeper Coach	Jose Sambade Carreira

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
Unofficial Spanish fansite (in Spanish)
Another unofficial Spanish fansite (in Spanish)
Official international website
Official international forum
Polish site (in Polish)
Unofficial arabic fansite
Unofficial Turkey Fan Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Unofficial Russian Fan

[table_hth_GET0.26397936384379-1] GET 3–0 MLL; MLL 2–0 GET

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