These are the eleven promotions that Deportivo have played throughout their history

Game in the afternoon19:00 TVG 2) against Castellón will be the starting point of the twelfth promotion that Deportivo will play in the last 83 years of history. These were the stages of promotion and consistency that the men from A Coruña played in these last eight decades:

in 2022

the latest cruelty

A year ago, Deportivo reached the promotion stage to the second division with everything in their favour. With a tailor-made play-off, played in one game, in their own stadium, with the advantage that the tie would be awarded in the event of a tie at the end of extra time. With a spectacular atmosphere, the Blue and Whites defeated Linares (4-0) in the semifinals, but lost to Albacete (1-2) in the final after extra time.

in 2019

The fateful night of San Juan

In the 2018–2019 season, Deportivo qualified to play the promotion phase to the First League, as sixth placed and with Martí as coach. And the path to the elite could not have started better. In the semi-finals, they eliminated the favorite, Málaga, winning both games (4-2 and 0-1); and the final appeared to have started with a 2-0 loss to Mallorca, on a day when Álex Bergantiños received 70 stitches after being brutally kicked in the face by Pedraza. However, in return, the Coruñas experienced an upheaval in Son Moix, ahead of San Juan (3-0), and Pablo Marí missed the famous goal.

in 1992

The promotion that launched Superdépor

On June 17, 1992, Deportivo retained their place in the First League after a painful promotion against Betis. In the first match, held at Riazor, the Coruñas won 2-1 with the goals of Kiriakov and Albístegi. The Bulgarian could have had a third in the 70th minute, but he missed the penalty. In return, the Coruñas maintained their advantage by recording 0-0, which left a phrase to remember. “How much we suffered, Martin!” Arsenio said to Lasarte. This durability assumed the origin of Superdéporo, as soon after the signings of Bebet and Mauro Silva would be announced.

in 1990

The shot of Tenerife

On June 10, 1990, Deportivo had promotion to the First League in their hands. He played the second game of the promotion against Tenerife, after a goalless draw in the Canary Islands. Riazor was preparing for the party that was supposed to end 17 years of torment. Chapi Ferrer’s cross from the right allowed Eduardo Ramos to head past Fernando in the goal near the Palacio de los Deportes de Riazor (there was no Pabellón stand). The chicharrero box held 0-1 80 minutes of desperate desire and I can’t blue and white.

in 1987

League with Eusebio Ríos; and Díaz Vega’s penalty kick to Alvelo

The 1986-1987 season, in the Second League, had an interesting outcome. Deportivo finished second after 34 regular league games and qualified for the 12-team promotion group: those in even positions went to one group and those in odd positions to another. Those ten games must have been for Riazor to enjoy, as the points were stretched. “There are three of us, there are three of us, Valencia, Deportivo and Logroñés!”, was chanted in A Coruña at the three teams that seemed to be promoted (they finished the first stage in that order). The blue and whites had it in their hands and played against Sestao, Rayo, Castellón, Málaga and Celta. He should have put an end to the Riazor derby on June 6, the penultimate term. It was a difficult match, full of incidents on and off the field, with the controversial refereeing of the then very young Díaz Vega. The Asturian invented a penalty against the light blue Alvel, knocked down two meters outside the penalty area, on the edge of half time. Promotion eluded Dépora by three points, in an unfortunate league final in which they also fumbled against Málaga (2-2) and Castellón (0-2) in the last two dates.

in 1963

A return clouded by a forgettable promotion against Levante

On June 2, Deportivo used the saying “so much swimming, you die on the shore”. The men from A Coruña, under the guidance of Lelé (third coach of the season) and with a team with legendary figures such as Veloso, Bellón and Jaime Blanco, managed to avoid direct relegation to second place thanks to four consecutive victories (five in the last six rounds), with the notorious triumphs like those against Athletic (1-3) and Valencia (0-1). What was most difficult was his turn to seal his durability in a match against another team like Levante. In the first game, at Riazor, a red card for Miche in the first half and a missed penalty by Velos complicated everything (1-2). In the return match, Montalvo missed another maximum and the Granots repeated the victory (2-1).

in 1958

A four-way tie that condemned to promotion

Just a year after relegation from the First Division, at the end of June (22nd and 29th), Deportivo were forced to play promotion to stay in order to avoid relegation to the Third Division. With Basque Carlos Iturraspe on the bench, who arrived mid-season after being sacked by Ozores from Vigo, the Coruñas have recorded a brilliant final stretch of the championship, with five wins and a draw in the last six days. . The tie was such that they remained just one point off seventh place, but found themselves doomed to play the qualifying round after being hurt by draws with Racing, Avilés and Sesta. In the promotion, they played against Ourense, which they won both games: 0-2 (a double from Mendonça in the last half hour) and 2-1 (Amoedo scored both goals in the first five minutes).

in 1953

The miracle of Helenio Herrera

Campaign 1952-1953. it was very complicated for sportsmanship. In the First League, but the team did not march with Manuel Casal, so he was replaced by Fernando Fariña seven days before the end. The results did not improve and Dépor was forced to play a permanent league with Celta and four other second division teams. Only the first two were saved. The start was terrible (defeat to Tetuán and a draw at home against España Industrial, Barcelona’s affiliate). There, the club turned to a legend like Helenio Herrera, who started the regular season as coach of Atlético and ended it in Málaga. HH won four of the final five promotion games (the last 1-3 in Vigo) and Dépor was saved.

in 1944

Fame, in Chamartín

Twelfth in the First League with fourteen teams, Dépor had to play for promotion to the regular season in a match played at Chamartín Stadium in Madrid. Ramón de la Fuente’s team defeated Constancia from the Balearic Islands (4-0) with the pairs of Viso and Paquirri.

in 1941

Guimeráns’ painful goal for the first promotion to the First League

After finishing second in the two-group Second Division Championship, they played in the promotion group against Castellón, Real Sociedad and Granada. He couldn’t win a place in the First League on the fast track (he was third, and the first two went up), and he played it in one game against the team against which he had a draw, Murcia, in Vallecas. In the 76th minute, they were losing 0-1 and came back in the end with goals from Chacha (77) and Guimeráns (95). an epic climb.

in 1940

endless cruelty

First in one of the five groups of the Second League, they played a group against the rest of the champions and won second place after losing to Murcia (3-2) on the last day in a match in which they deserved a draw. That runner-up position allowed him to play a promotion against Celta, in Chamartín, which he lost 1-0, with a goal in the 88th minute.