# 1998–99 Deportivo de La Coruña season

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, who would lead the club highly successfully until 2005.

## Squad

Source: BdFútbol
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CMR | Jacques Songo'o |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Armando Álvarez |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Enrique Romero |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Noureddine Naybet |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Schürrer |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Mauro Silva |
| 7 | DF | ESP | Javier Manjarín |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Djalminha |
| 9 | FW | POR | Pauleta |
| 10 | DF | ESP | Fran González |
| 11 | FW | ARG | José Óscar Flores |
| 12 | DF | ARG | Lionel Scaloni |
| 13 | GK | CZE | Petr Kouba |
| 14 | FW | MAR | Salaheddine Bassir |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | MAR | Mustapha Hadji |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Flávio Conceição |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Manuel Pablo García |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Ziani |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Luis Miguel Ramis |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Donato |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Bonnissel |
| 22 | DF | POR | Hélder Cristóvão |
| 23 | MF | ESP | José Ramón González |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Javi López |
| 25 | GK | NGA | Peter Rufai |
| 26 | MF | SUI | Gerardo Seoane |
| 27 | DF | ESP | José Manuel Aira |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Enrique Romero | RCD Mallorca | - |
| DF | Gabriel Schürrer | Racing Santander | - |
| MF | Stéphane Ziani | RC Lens | |
| FW | Turu Flores | UD Las Palmas | - |
| FW | Pedro Pauleta | UD Salamanca | |
| GK | Petr Kouba | 1.FC Kaiserslautern | - |
| FW | Helder | Benfica | - |
| DF | Manuel Pablo | UD Las Palmas | - |
| MF | José Ramón | SD Compostela | - |
| FW | Dmitri Radchenko | CP 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 CF | - |
| MF | Carlos Padín | Deportivo La Coruña B | - |
| FW | Maikel | Toledo | - |
| DF | Pablo Pinillos | Deportivo La Coruña B | - |
| DF | Toni | Benidorm | - |
| GK | Nuno Espírito Santo | CP Mérida | - |
| FW | Carlos García | Deportivo La Coruña B | - |
| MF | Corentin Martins | RC Strasbourg | - |
| FW | Luizão | CR Vasco da Gama | - |
| MF | Alfredo Santaelena | Sevilla CF | - |
| DF | Nando | Sevilla CF | - |
| FW | Mickaël Madar | Paris Saint-Germain | - |
| FW | David Fernández | Deportivo La Coruña B | - |
| FW | Dmitri Radchenko | SD Compostela | - |

### Unsuccessful attempts

* Deportivo was close to sign 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Valencia | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Espanyol | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 60 | |
* ↑ Despite being qualified and registered, Athletic Bilbao refused to play Intertoto

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 15 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey
#### Semifinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| 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 |
| 1 | GK | CMR | Songo'o | 46 | -46 | 37 | -41 | 9 | -5 |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Naybet | 35 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Schürrer | 37 | 3 | 25+3 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Romero | 40 | 0 | 32+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Ziani | 42 | 6 | 33+3 | 6 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Mauro Silva | 43 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Fran | 37 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Flávio Conceição | 36 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Djalminha | 35 | 9 | 26+4 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Turu Flores | 44 | 17 | 30+6 | 14 | 6+2 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | POR | Pauleta | 37 | 11 | 22+6 | 10 | 3+6 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | NGA | Rufai | 2 | -3 | 1 | -2 | 1 | -1 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Armando | 29 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Donato | 40 | 4 | 17+14 | 1 | 7+2 | 3 |
| 15 | MF | MAR | Hadji | 29 | 4 | 11+10 | 2 | 7+1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | ARG | Scaloni | 30 | 0 | 8+13 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Manuel Pablo | 19 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Bonnissel | 22 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Ramis | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | MAR | Bassir | 19 | 2 | 1+14 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | ESP | Manjarin | 18 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | José Ramón | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Javi López | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | CZE | Kouba |
| 22 | DF | POR | Helder |
| 26 | MF | SUI | Seoane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Aira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1998-9913.html?t=altas