# 1992–93 Deportivo de La Coruña season

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña 1992-1993 season included its 28th season in La Liga, where it finished in 3rd place. The club also competed in the Copa del Rey.

## Summary

Having only survived their first season back in La Liga thanks to a relegation playoff victory over Real Betis, Deportivo's 1992–93 season represented a vast improvement. Coach Arsenio Iglesias, the architect of their promotion in 1990–91, had returned to the club to begin his fourth spell as manager in the middle of the previous season, following the sacking of Marco Antonio Boronat, and guided Depor to third place in the league, only four points behind champions Barcelona. This was their best finish in the top flight since finishing as runners-up in 1949–50. Brazilian striker Bebeto, signed that summer from Vasco da Gama, scored 29 goals in the league, which was enough to become the first Deportivo player in history to win the Pichichi Trophy. They had less success in the Copa del Rey, where they were eliminated on penalties in the fourth round by Segunda División side Mérida.

## Players
### Squad

Source:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Juan Canales |
| — | GK | ESP | Josu |
| — | GK | ESP | Francisco Liaño |
| — | DF | ESP | Alberto Albístegui |
| — | DF | ESP | Sabin Bilbao |
| — | DF | ESP | Antonio Doncel |
| — | DF | YUG | Miroslav Đukić |
| — | DF | ESP | Mariano Hoyas |
| — | DF | ESP | Luis López Rekarte |
| — | DF | ESP | Nando |
| — | DF | ESP | José Luis Ribera |
| — | DF | ESP | Ricardo Jesús Serna |
| — | DF | BUL | Georgi Slavchev (on loan from Levski Sofia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Adolfo Aldana |
| — | MF | ESP | Fran |
| — | MF | BUL | Iliyan Kiryakov |
| — | MF | ESP | Juan María Mújica |
| — | MF | ESP | José Ramón |
| — | MF | BRA | Mauro Silva |
| — | MF | ESP | Marcos Vales |
| — | FW | BRA | Bebeto |
| — | FW | ESP | Claudio Barragán |
| — | FW | ESP | Juanito |
| — | FW | BUL | Atanas Kirov |
| — | FW | ESP | Ramón |
| — | FW | ESP | Joaquín Villa |

#### Left club during season

Source:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Arturo (to Lugo) |

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos | Player | From | Notes |
| Summer ||||
| DF | Nando | Valencia | Free |
| MF | Adolfo Aldana | Real Madrid | Free |
| MF | Mauro Silva | Bragantino | 250 million Pta (€1.6 million) |
| FW | Bebeto | Vasco da Gama | |
| FW | Juanito | Compostela | |
| FW | Atanas Kirov | Málaga | |
| FW | Ramón | Sevilla | Free |
| Winter ||||
| DF | Ricardo Jesús Serna | Barcelona | |
| DF | Georgi Slavchev | Levski Sofia | Loan |

#### Out

| Pos | Player | To |
| Summer ||||
| MF | Jon Aspiazu | Sestao Sport |
| MF | Dinho | São Paulo |
| FW | Arturo | Lugo |
| FW | Zoran Stojadinović | Figueres |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 87 | 34 | +53 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 57 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 54 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Valencia | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 48 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Tenerife | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Real Madrid entered European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of 1992–93 Copa del Rey.

#### 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
* Leader, Champions League first round
* UEFA Cup first round

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Players statistics

Last updated on 1 May 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Francisco Liaño | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Alberto Albístegui | 37 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | YUG | Miroslav Đukić | 41 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Luis López Rekarte | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Nando | 37 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | José Luis Ribera | 38 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Adolfo Aldana | 34 | 8 | 28+2 | 7 | 3+1 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Fran | 41 | 7 | 38 | 7 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Mauro Silva | 38 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Bebeto | 38 | 29 | 37 | 29 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Claudio Barragán | 36 | 16 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| | GK | ESP | Josu | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Mariano Hoyas | 24 | 1 | 9+11 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Antonio Doncel | 14 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | José Ramón | 18 | 0 | 8+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Sabin Bilbao | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Joaquín Villa | 10 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Juan María Mújica | 13 | 2 | 0+10 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | MF | ESP | Marcos Vales | 8 | 1 | 0+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | BUL | Iliyan Kiryakov | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Juanito | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Ricardo Jesús Serna | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Juan Canales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BUL | Georgi Slavchev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | BUL | Atanas Kirov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Ramón | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||
| | FW | ESP | Arturo | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 4 |