R.C. Deportivo La Coruña - last updated on 17 November 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, S.A.D.
Foundation: 1906
City: La Coruña
Colours: Blue and white
Website: www.canaldeportivo.com
Honours:
UEFA Intertoto Cup - 1 (2008)
La Liga - 1 (1999-2000)
Copa del Rey - 2 (1994-95, 2001-02)
Supercopa de España - 3 (1995, 2000, 2002)
Segunda División - 5 (1952-53, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1967-68)
Segunda División Group I - 1 (1939-40)
Tercera División - 1 (1974-75)
A bit of history:
In 1902 José María Abalo, a Coruña local who returned to his hometown after studying in England, introduced football to A Coruña. It started when he introduced the game to his group of friends who practiced it in the Bullring; little did they know this sport would turn into a phenomenon.
In 1904, Abalo and his group of friends formed a football team called Coruna. The game reached a new popularity as members of a prestigious gymnasium called Sala Calvet took notice and began to practice this new sport considered "exotic" by the young people of the city. This was the start of football's passage of time in Coruña.
In December 1906 these young men from Sala Calvet gymnasium created their own team called Club Deportivo de la Sala Calvet, that in time would become Deportivo de La Coruña. Two and a half years later the club was given the mark of royalty by King Alfonso XIII and from then on would be known as Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña. At the time things were looking up as Deportivo moved into a new stadium called the Riazor (now called the Viejo Riazor).
Deportivo would continue to play in various leagues in Galicia for two decades until 1928, when the Spanish league was formed.
Deportivo would fail to achieve qualification for the "Primera División" and so would begin playing in the Segunda División. Deportivo remained in the Segunda División, their greatest achievement eliminating Real Madrid from the Copa Del Rey until finally achieving promotion to the Primera División in 1941.
For a century, Coruña has lived through moments of sadness and joy, ups and downs, hope and disillusionment. Through uncertain periods immersed in great debt and relatively unknown; through resounding defeats and epic triumphs, until the greatest moment in Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña's history - the first League title of their history in the season of 1999-2000 - through the Champions League nights at Riazor.
The official badge depicts a knights belt encircling the original banner of Sala Calvet gymnaisum. The crown in the centre represents the clubs Royal decree and the diagonal blue stripe its identity as a Galician club (Galician flag).
Deportivo la Coruña have always played in their famous blue and white stripes, but it was not until 1912 that the club made these colours official for matches. Deportivo continue to wear blue and white striped shirts with blue shorts and socks, yet their second and third kits change annually according to commercial interests.
Club crests: (roll on the crest to get more informations)
R.C. Deportivo La Coruña - Founded in 1906
