2017–18 Deportivo de La Coruña season

Deportivo de La Coruña
2017–18 season
Chairman	Tino Fernández
Manager	Pepe Mel; (until 24 October); Cristóbal; (from 24 October to 4 February); Clarence Seedorf; (from 5 February to 22 May)
Stadium	Riazor
La Liga	18th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Adrián (9); All: Adrián (9)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

During the 2017–18 Deportivo de La Coruña season, the club participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey. Deportivo was relegated to the Segunda División following a 2–4 home defeat at the Riazor to Barcelona on 29 April 2018. The club ultimately finished in 18th position in La Liga.

Squad

As of 31 August 2017^[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
16	DF	POR	Luisinho
17	MF	URU	Fede Valverde (on loan from Real Madrid)
18	MF	BEL	Zakaria Bakkali (on loan from Valencia)
19	MF	ESP	Borja Valle
20	MF	BRA	Guilherme
21	MF	POR	Bruno Gama
22	MF	CRC	Celso Borges
23	DF	ESP	Gerard Valentín
24	DF	SUI	Fabian Schär
25	GK	ROU	Costel Pantilimon (on loan from Watford)
26	GK	NGA	Francis Uzoho
27	MF	ESP	Edu Expósito
28	FW	ESP	Pinchi
29	FW	PAN	Ismael Díaz

Transfers

List of Spanish football transfers summer 2017#Deportivo La Coruña

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
15 June 2017	Guilherme	Udinese	Transfer	€4,500,000	^[2]
22 June 2017	Fede Valverde	Real Madrid B	Loan	Free	^[3]
30 June 2017	Oriol Riera	Osasuna	Loan return	Free	^[4]
30 June 2017	Rubén	Anderlecht	Loan return	Free	^[5]
30 June 2017	Róber	Levante	Loan return	Free	^[6]
30 June 2017	Saúl	Mallorca	Loan return	Free	^[7]
30 June 2017	Juan Domínguez	Mallorca	Loan return	Free	^[8]
30 June 2017	Bicho	Racing Ferrol	Loan return	Free	^[9]
30 June 2017	Borja Valle	Elche	Loan return	Free	^[10]
30 June 2017	Fede Cartabia	Braga	Loan return	Free	^[11]
12 July 2017	Gerard Valentín	Gimnàstic	Transfer	€600,000	^[12]
15 July 2017	Zakaria Bakkali	Valencia	Loan	Free	^[13]
21 July 2017	Fabian Schär	1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	€2,000,000	^[14]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
26 June 2017	Germán Lux	River Plate	Transfer	Free	^[15]
29 June 2017	Pablo Insua	Schalke 04	Transfer	€3,500,000	^[16]
30 June 2017	Joselu	Stoke City	Loan return	Free	^[17]
30 June 2017	Gaël Kakuta	Hebei China Fortune	Loan return	Free	^[18]
30 June 2017	Ola John	Benfica	Loan return	Free	^[19]
30 June 2017	Davy Roef	Anderlecht	Loan return	Free	^[20]
5 July 2017	Oriol Riera	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Free	^[21]
5 July 2017	Laure	Alcorcón	Transfer	Free	^[22]
10 July 2017	Álex Bergantiños	Sporting de Gijón	Loan	Free	^[23]
20 July 2017	Fayçal Fajr	Getafe	Transfer	Free	^[24]
3 August 2017	Róber	Levante	Loan	Free	^[25]
23 August 2017	Juan Domínguez	Reus	Transfer	Free	^[26]

Pre-season and friendlies

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Villalbés	0–2	Deportivo
Arosa	0–7	Deportivo
Silva	0–5	Deportivo
Cerceda	0–1	Deportivo
Bergantiños	1–6	Deportivo
Pontevedra	0–5	Deportivo
Racing de Ferrol	1–4	Deportivo
Porto	4–0	Deportivo
Oviedo	0–0	Deportivo
Deportivo	2–0	West Bromwich Albion
Tenerife	0–3	Deportivo

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Final position
La Liga	-
Copa del Rey	-

Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Athletic Bilbao	38	10	13	15	41	49	−8	43^[a]
17	Leganés	38	12	7	19	34	51	−17	43^[a]
18	Deportivo La Coruña (R)	38	6	11	21	38	76	−38	29	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Las Palmas (R)	38	5	7	26	24	74	−50	22
20	Málaga (R)	38	5	5	28	24	61	−37	20

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[27]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

20 August 2017 1	Deportivo	0–3	Real Madrid	A Coruña
22:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bakkali 24' Schär 53' Cartabia 60' Mosquera 84' Andone 87'	Report	Bale 20' Casemiro 27' Ramos 53' 90+2' Modrić 57' Kroos 62'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 27,801 Referee: José González González^[es]

26 August 2017 2	Levante	2–2	Deportivo	Valencia
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bardhi 35' Morales 68' 76' Ivi 83' (pen.)	Report	Cartabia 5', 56' Luisinho 11' Sidnei 31'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 17,370 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas^[es]

10 September 2017 3	Deportivo La Coruña	2–4	Real Sociedad	A Coruña
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adrián 27' Guilherme 47' Andone 50'	Report	Juanmi 3', 44' Illarramendi 4', 86' Rodrigues 54' Odriozola 80' Llorente 83'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 21,942 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

16 September 2017 4	Real Betis	2–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Joaquín 14', 76' Durmisi 49' Adán 90+4'	Report	Cartabia 23' Guilherme 27' Navarro 59' Luisinho 78'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 46,174 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

20 September 2017 5	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Alavés	A Coruña
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Luisinho 45'	Report	Vigaray 50' Maripán 62'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 18,611 Referee: David Medié Jiménez^[es]

24 September 2017 6	Espanyol	4–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Cornellà de Llobregat
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baptistão 5' Arribas 22' (o.g.) Gerard 72' (pen.), 90' Sánchez 75'	Report	Luisinho 19' Borges 53' Gama 90+3'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 19,585 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

30 September 2017 7	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	Getafe	A Coruña
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Luisinho 26' Schär 64' Pérez 66' Juanfran 83' Andone 87', 87' Bakkali 89' Guilherme 90+3'	Report	Suárez 33' Amath 54' Molina 62' Bergara 69'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 19,329 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

15 October 2017 8	Eibar	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Eibar
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arbilla 38' D. García 56'	Report	Çolak 56' Borges 79'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,125 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre^[es]

23 October 2017 9	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	Girona	A Coruña
CEST (UTC+02:00)	Albentosa 24' Pérez 51' (pen.) Cartabia 76' Guilherme 83'	Report	Aday 25' (pen.) Pons 27' Ramalho 50' Granell 66' Portu 71' Mojica 80' A. García 90' Bernardo 90+5' Douglas Luiz 90+6'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 17,588 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

30 October 2017 10	Las Palmas	1–3	Deportivo La Coruña	Las Palmas
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rémy 7' Michel 45'	Report	Borges 36', 54' Pérez 69' (pen.) Juanfran 90+4'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 14,769 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

4 November 2017 11	Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	Atlético Madrid	A Coruña
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Juanfran 77' Luisinho 78' Andone 84' Sidnei 90'	Report	Griezmann 9' Savić 21' Thomas 90+1'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 22,807 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo^[es]

19 November 2017 12	Málaga	3–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Málaga
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rosales 15', 42' Peñaranda 33' Juanpi 63' Castro 63' Borja 84' Juan Carlos 88'	Report	Pérez 23' Guilherme 33' Schär 52' Navarro 55' Bakkali 64' Luisinho 87' Çolak 90+1'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 24,563 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

26 November 2017 13	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	A Coruña
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Adrián 35' Mosquera 39' Cartabia 44' Expósito 68' Schär 76' Albentosa 87'	Report	Susaeta 16' Williams 60' Laporte 71'	Stadium: Abanca-Riazor Attendance: 20,879 Referee: José González González^[es]

2 December 2017 14	Sevilla	2–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Escudero 38' Ben Yedder 45+1' Krohn-Dehli 78'	Report	Cartabia 31' Sidnei 73' Pérez 86'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 32,136 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

9 December 2017 15	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Leganés	A Coruña
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Adrián 24' Schär 27' Borges 48' Guilherme 53' Navarro 90+3'	Report	Pérez 39' Gumbau 61' Beauvue 89' Gabriel 90'	Stadium: Abanca-Riazor Attendance: 18,366 Referee: Mario Melero López^[es]

17 December 2017 16	Barcelona	4–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
20:45 CET	L. Suárez 29', 47' Paulinho 41', 75'	Report	Schär 32'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 51,756 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

23 December 2017 17	Deportivo La Coruña	1–3	Celta Vigo	A Coruña
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Borges 44' Schär 49' Andone 59'	Report	Wass 3' Aspas 40', 53' Blanco 62' Mallo 90+3'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 27,877 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

7 January 2018 18	Villarreal	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Villarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ruiz 28' Ünal 30' Álvaro 54' Mario 77' Bacca 77'	Report	Guilherme 60' Luisinho 72' Sidnei 77' Andone 84'	Stadium: La Cerámica Attendance: 15,441 Referee: David Medié Jiménez^[es]

13 January 2018 19	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	Valencia	A Coruña
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mosquera 47' Andone 88'	Report	Guedes 37' Parejo 63' Rodrigo 64' Gayà 90+3'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 19,096 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas^[es]

21 January 2018 20	Real Madrid	7–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nacho 32', 88' Bale 42', 58' Modrić 68' Ronaldo 78', 84'	Report	Adrián 23' Andone 38' Pérez 56'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 63,504 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

27 January 2018 21	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	Levante	A Coruña
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Borges 3' 34' Luisinho 17' Adrián 19' Andone 45', 85' Guilherme 72' Schär 88' Rubén 88'	Report	Lerma 30' Doukouré 36' Chema 48' Campaña 57' Roger 61' Ivi 80', 84'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 20,160 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes^[es]

2 February 2018 22	Real Sociedad	5–0	Deportivo La Coruña	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Willian José 32' Illarramendi 62', 89' Canales 75' Elustondo 82'	Report	Schär 25'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 15,626 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

12 February 2018 23	Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	Real Betis	A Coruña
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bakkali 43' Albentosa 65'	Report	Loren 54'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 20,611 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

17 February 2018 24	Alavés	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Munir 61', 87' Sobrino 90+3'	Summary	Krohn-Dehli 37' Bakkali 68' Luisinho 81'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 15,820 Referee: Mario Melero López^[es]

23 February 2018 25	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	Espanyol	A Coruña
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Andone 17' Mosquera 33' Schär 60' Cartabia 62' Bóveda 83'	Summary	V. Sánchez 42'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 18,148 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

28 February 2018 26	Getafe	3–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Getafe
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mora 25' Ángel 40' Bóveda 44' (o.g.) Amath 50' Molina 82'	Summary	Luisinho 20' Krohn-Dehli 34' Mosquera 57' Bóveda 88'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 5,097 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

3 March 2018 27	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Eibar	A Coruña
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Andone 33' Koval 39' Sidnei 89'	Summary	Inui 11' Peña 64' José Ángel 78'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 19,437 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre^[es]

9 March 2018 28	Girona	2–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Girona
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stuani 21' Juanpe 57' Pons 65'	Summary	Muntari 45' Navarro 56' Albentosa 77' Mosquera 80'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 10,461 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

17 March 2018 29	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Las Palmas	A Coruña
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Albentosa 22' Navarro 27' Muntari 47' Guilherme 84'	Summary	Halilović 3' Momo 20' J. Castellano 53' David Simón 65'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 18,966 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

1 April 2018 30	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carlos Isaac 28' Gameiro 34' (pen.) Costa 69'	Summary	Luisinho 13' Pérez 33' Mosquera 90+2'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 49,007 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez^[es]

6 April 2018 31	Deportivo La Coruña	3–2	Málaga	A Coruña
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pérez 6' (pen.) Muntari 34' Guilherme 48' Çolak 51' Adrián 70', 85' Rubén 90'	Summary	Miquel 16' Guilherme 41' (o.g.) Hernández 43' Torres 52'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 17,066 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

14 April 2018 32	Athletic Bilbao	2–3	Deportivo La Coruña	Bilbao
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García 47', 61' Susaeta 72' Yeray 90+2'	Summary	Adrián 6', 14' Valle 53' Rubén 79'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,976 Referee: José González González^[es]

17 April 2018 33	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	Sevilla	A Coruña
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Summary	Banega 11' Layún 74'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 24,671 Referee: David Medié Jiménez^[es]

20 April 2018 34	Leganés	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Leganés
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Summary	Çolak 28' Adrián 90'	Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,366 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo^[es]

29 April 2018 35	Deportivo La Coruña	2–4	Barcelona	A Coruña
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Schär 20' Pérez 40' Çolak 64'	Summary	Coutinho 7' Messi 38', 82', 85' Semedo 58'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 25,799 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

5 May 2018 36	Celta Vigo	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Vigo
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	M. Gómez 13', 54' Mallo 56' Boyé 66' Sisto 71'	Summary	Luisinho 6' Schär 56' Pérez 90+1'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 20,816 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

12 May 2018 37	Deportivo La Coruña	2–4	Villarreal	A Coruña
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guilherme 22' Valle 58', 88', 61' Albentosa 74'	Summary	Castillejo 2', 45' Trigueros 31' Cheryshev 90+2'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 12,904 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

20 May 2018 38	Valencia	2–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Valencia
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zaza 28' Guedes 77'	Summary	Pérez 80'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,472 Referee: David Medié Jiménez^[es]

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

26 October 2017	Deportivo La Coruña	1–4	Las Palmas	A Coruña
20:30	Expósito 9' Juanfran 24' 24' Guilherme 39' Pérez 59'	Report	Viera 6' Momo 8', 16' Tana 33' David Simón 49' Calleri 81', 90'	Stadium: Abanca-Riazor Attendance: 26,735 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

29 November 2017	Las Palmas	2–3 (6–4 agg.)	Deportivo La Coruña	Las Palmas
21:30	Gómez 32' Samper 52' Toledo 58' Tannane 61' Rémy 90+4'	Report	Çolak 42' Valle 53', 80' Valentín 73'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 7,558

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	POL	Przemysław Tytoń	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
13	GK	ESP	Rubén	28	0	27+1	0	0	0
14	GK	UKR	Maksym Koval	2	0	2	0	0	0
25	GK	ROU	Costel Pantilimon	7	0	6	0	1	0
26	GK	NGA	Francis Uzoho	2	0	2	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Juanfran	36	0	34+1	0	1	0
3	DF	ESP	Fernando Navarro	16	0	11+4	0	1	0
4	DF	ESP	Eneko Bóveda	8	0	7+1	0	0	0
6	DF	ESP	Raúl Albentosa	20	1	19+1	1	0	0
12	DF	BRA	Sidnei	22	1	21	1	1	0
16	DF	POR	Luisinho	30	1	29+1	1	0	0
23	DF	ESP	Gerard Valentín	5	0	2+1	0	1+1	0
24	DF	SUI	Fabian Schär	27	2	25	2	2	0
33	DF	CMR	Steve One	2	0	1	0	1	0
34	DF	ESP	Mujaid	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ESP	Pedro Mosquera	25	0	16+7	0	1+1	0
8	MF	TUR	Emre Çolak	27	2	17+9	1	1	1
9	MF	ARG	Fede Cartabia	20	2	16+4	2	0	0
11	MF	ESP	Carles Gil	11	0	6+4	0	1	0
14	MF	DEN	Michael Krohn-Dehli	11	0	10+1	0	0	0
17	MF	URU	Fede Valverde	25	0	12+12	0	1	0
18	MF	BEL	Zakaria Bakkali	24	0	10+13	0	1	0
19	MF	ESP	Borja Valle	18	5	3+14	3	1	2
20	MF	BRA	Guilherme	33	0	31	0	2	0
22	MF	CRC	Celso Borges	32	3	26+6	3	0	0
27	MF	ESP	Edu Expósito	5	0	0+3	0	1+1	0
—	MF	ESP	Bicho	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Lucas Pérez	37	9	31+4	8	2	1
10	FW	ROU	Florin Andone	30	6	16+13	6	0+1	0
15	FW	ESP	Adrián	31	9	26+4	9	0+1	0
28	FW	ESP	Pinchi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	DF	ESP	Saúl	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF	ESP	Alejandro Arribas	3	0	3	0	0	0
21	MF	POR	Bruno Gama	7	0	1+5	0	1	0

Last updated: 30 May 2018
Source: BDFutbol

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