During the 1998–99 season, Deportivo de La Coruña competed in La Liga and Copa del Rey.
Summary Deportivo La Coruña's 1998–99 season included its 29th appearance in La Liga, where it ranked sixth. In the Copa del Rey the team reached the semifinals for the first time since its 1995 title. On the other hand, the team didn't appear in European competitions, for the last time until the 2006–07 season. It was the first season under manager Javier Irureta,Irureta deja el Celta y ya piensa en el Deportivo (Irureta leaves Celta and is already thinking of Deportivo); Mundo Deportivo, 24 May 1998 who would lead the club highly successfully until 2005.Irureta deja el Deportivo tras siete años como entrenador (Irureta leaves Deportivo after seven years as coach); El País, 31 May 2005
Squad Source: BdFútbol
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type DF Enrique Romero Mallorca - DF Gabriel Schürrer Racing Santander - MF Stéphane Ziani Lens FW Turu Flores Las Palmas - FW Pedro Pauleta Salamanca GK Petr Kouba 1.FC Kaiserslautern - FW Helder Benfica - DF Manuel Pablo Las Palmas - MF José Ramón Compostela - FW Dmitri Radchenko Mérida - MF Gerardo Seoane Sion - Out Pos. Name To Type DF Paco Jémez Real Zaragoza - FW Sebastián Abreu Gremio loan GK Dani Mallo Deportivo La Coruña B - FW Deus Hércules - MF Carlos Padín Deportivo La Coruña B - FW Maikel Toledo - DF Pablo Pinillos Deportivo La Coruña B - DF Toni Benidorm - GK Nuno Espírito Santo Mérida - FW Carlos García Deportivo La Coruña B - MF Corentin Martins Strasbourg - FW Luizão Vasco da Gama - MF Alfredo Santaelena Sevilla - DF Nando Sevilla - FW Mickaël Madar Paris Saint-Germain - FW David Fernández Deportivo La Coruña B - FW Dmitri Radchenko Compostela -
Unsuccessful attempts Deportivo was close to signing Barcelona's Juan Antonio Pizzi, but the player decided to return to the Argentine Primera División after River Plate rose its initial offer to match Deportivo's, as explained by Pizzi's agent Ricardo Schliepper on June 30.
Competitions La Liga
League table
Results by round
Matches
Copa del Rey Third round
Fourth round
Eight-finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Statistics Players statistics
References