# 2019–20 Deportivo de La Coruña season

The 2019–20 season was Deportivo de La Coruña's 113th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Deportivo La Coruña participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. In the end, Deportivo got relegated to Segunda División B in spite of seven consecutive wins in the league at the end of the autumn. The bad start and finish to the season confirmed the relegation.
On the last matchday, the game against Fuenlabrada was suddenly postponed after it was found that a number of this club's players were infected with the coronavirus when the visiting team arrived in A Coruña. However, the other matches of the teams threatened with relegation took place as usual and ended with the victory of both Lugo and Albacete to avoid going down to the third division and relegating Deportivo without even playing their match. Deportivo then threatened not to play their final match if the whole of matchday 42 was not replayed.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 15 March 2020
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 | ESP | Dani Giménez |
| 2 | DF | ESP | David Simón |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Michele Somma |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Álex Bergantiños (captain) |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Ba (on loan from Rayo Vallecano) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Peru Nolaskoain (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Borja Valle |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Vicente Gómez |
| 9 | FW | VEN | Christian Santos |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Ager Aketxe |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Víctor Mollejo (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 13 | GK | SRB | Aleksandar Jovanović (on loan from Huesca) |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Luis Ruiz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Javi Montero (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Sabin Merino |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Emre Çolak |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Mamadou Koné (on loan from Leganés) |
| 20 | FW | GLP | Claudio Beauvue |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Salva Ruiz |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Gaku Shibasaki |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Keko Gontán |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Eneko Bóveda |
| 25 | MF | NGA | Uche Agbo (on loan from Standard Liège) |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Mujaid Sadick |
| 35 | FW | ESP | Hugo Vallejo (on loan from Real Madrid) |

### Out on loan

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 | NGA | Francis Uzoho (on loan at Omonia until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | ESP | Gerard Valentín (on loan at Lugo until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | GRE | Vasilis Lampropoulos (on loan at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ARG | Fede Cartabia (on loan at Shabab Dubai until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | URU | Diego Rolán (on loan at Juárez until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ESP | Borja Galán (on loan at Racing until 30 June 2020) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Segunda División | 18 August 2020 | 7 August 2020 | Matchday 1 | 19th | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 028.57 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 December 2020 | 12 January 2020 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 029.55 |
Last updated: 7 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 17 | Albacete | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 52 | |
| 18 | Ponferradina | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 51 | |
| 19 | Deportivo La Coruña (R) | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 51 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 20 | Numancia (R) | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 50 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 21 | Extremadura (R) | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 43 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
* ↑ Lugo finished ahead of Albacete on head-to-head points: Albacete 0–1 Lugo, Lugo 1–0 Albacete.
* 1 2 Ponferradina finished ahead of Deportivo La Coruña on head-to-head goal difference: Ponferradina 2–0 Deportivo La Coruña, Deportivo La Coruña 2–1 Ponferradina.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 August 2020. Source: La Liga SmartBank

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

The fixtures were revealed on 4 July 2019.