# 1993–94 Deportivo de La Coruña season

In the 1993–94 season Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña competed in Primera División, Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup.

## Summary

During championship "Súper Depor" was a serious contender for the title along with FC Barcelona: on round 14 the team was +3 above blaugrana, remained at the top of the table even a defeat on round 26 against the same FC Barcelona, became the last negative result of the squad in the campaign. Deportivo closed the final rounds of the season with results included several draws in extremis. Then on the final round, the squad reached a draw 0:0 against Valencia CF with a penalty-kick missed by Miroslav Djukić at the end of the match: with a better head-to-head goal average, the Blaugrana surpassed Depor in classification, who finished the season as runners-up.
In 1993–94 Copa del Rey the squad lost 3-1 the first leg eliminated by Real Oviedo in Eightfinals. In UEFA Cup, Deportivo lost the first match 1–0 against Aalborg, won the series in the second leg 5–0. The club defeated Aston Villa in the Round of 32, in Eightfinals the team lost both legs with a score 1–0 against German side Eintracht Frankfurt, being eliminated of the tournament.
Goalkeeper Francisco Liaño repeated as winner of Zamora Trophy this time with an all-time record average of 0,47 as a result of only conceded 18 goals against in 38 matches. In addition to setting a record as the most clean sheet in one season, with 26 times.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Agustín de Carlos |
| — | GK | ESP | Juan Garrido |
| — | GK | ESP | Francisco Liaño |
| — | DF | YUG | Miroslav Đukić |
| — | DF | ESP | Mariano Hoyas |
| — | DF | ESP | Paco Jémez |
| — | DF | ESP | Nando |
| — | DF | ESP | López Rekarte |
| — | DF | ESP | José Luis Ribera |
| — | DF | ESP | Ricardo Jesús Serna |
| — | DF | ESP | Voro |
| — | MF | ESP | Adolfo Aldana |
| — | MF | ESP | Alfredo |
| — | MF | BRA | Donato |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Fran |
| — | MF | ESP | José Ramón |
| — | MF | BRA | Mauro Silva |
| — | MF | ESP | Míchel |
| — | MF | ESP | Marcos Vales |
| — | MF | ESP | Emilio José Viqueira |
| — | FW | ESP | Claudio Barragán |
| — | FW | BRA | Bebeto |
| — | FW | ESP | Braulio |
| — | FW | ESP | Juanito |
| — | FW | BUL | Atanas Kirov |
| — | FW | ESP | Javier Manjarín |
| — | FW | ESP | Pedro Riesco |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Donato | Atlético Madrid | - |
| DF | Voro | Valencia CF | - |
| FW | Javier Manjarin | Sporting Gijón | - |
| MF | Alfredo Santaelena | Atlético Madrid | - |
| FW | Pedro Riesco | Rayo Vallecano | - |
| DF | Paco Jemez | Rayo Vallecano | - |
| GK | Agustin Elduayen | Real Burgos | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Ilian Kiriakov | Mérida | - |
| DF | Albistegui | Real Sociedad | - |
| FW | Antonio Doncel | Real Burgos | - |
| FW | Mujika | Alaves | - |
| FW | Joaquin Villa | Castellon | - |
| DF | Sabin Bilbao | Granada | - |
| FW | Ramón | Albacete Balompié | - |
| DF | Arturo | Las Palmas | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 91 | 42 | +49 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 56 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Zaragoza | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 71 | 47 | +24 | 46 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 DEP 1–0 BAR; BAR 3–0 DEP
* ↑ Zaragoza entered UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of 1993–94 Copa del Rey.

#### Results by round

| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D |
| Position | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1993–94 La Liga | 1993–94 La Liga | 1993–94 Copa del Rey | 1993–94 Copa del Rey | 1993–94 UEFA Cup | 1993–94 UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Francisco Liaño | 38 | -18 | 38 | -18 |
| | DF | ESP | López Rekarte | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| | DF | YUG | Miroslav Đukić | 36 | 1 | 35+1 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Voro | 36 | 0 | 34+2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | José Luis Ribera | 33 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Nando | 36 | 4 | 36 | 4 |
| | MF | BRA | Donato | 36 | 10 | 34+2 | 10 |
| | MF | ESP | Fran | 37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
| | MF | BRA | Mauro Silva | 35 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Claudio Barragán | 31 | 9 | 27+4 | 9 |
| | FW | BRA | Bebeto | 34 | 16 | 34 | 16 |
| | GK | ESP | Agustín Elduayen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Javier Manjarín | 27 | 3 | 16+11 | 3 |
| | MF | ESP | Alfredo | 26 | 1 | 12+14 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Mariano Hoyas | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Pedro Riesco | 18 | 1 | 4+14 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Paco Jémez | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | José Ramón | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Marcos Vales | 11 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Juan Garrido |
| | DF | ESP | Ricardo Jesús Serna |
| | MF | ESP | Adolfo Aldana |
| | MF | ESP | Míchel |
| | MF | ESP | Emilio José Viqueira |
| | FW | ESP | Braulio |
| | FW | ESP | Juanito |
| | FW | BUL | Atanas Kirov |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1993-9413.html