title: 1999–2000 Deportivo de La Coruña season
text: # 1999–2000 Deportivo de La Coruña season
  
  The 1999–2000 season was Deportivo de La Coruña's 71st in existence, and 30th in La Liga.
  
  ## Season review
  
  Deportivo won their first ever Spanish league title with 69 points, five points ahead of Barcelona and Valencia, even after losing eleven matches.
  
  In the UEFA Cup, Deportivo were eliminated in the Quarterfinals by Arsenal, and in the Copa del Rey at the round of 16 by Osasuna.
  
  Deportivo began the season well, leading the league table by the 12th matchday and only losing three league matches by the midway point of the season in December, but lost form by the new year, only winning two of the following seven matches. However they regained form, winning seven of the next ten matches, and although Deportivo only won once out of the last 4 matches, they won on the last matchday against Espanyol to secure the league title, as Barcelona had dropped points by drawing their last two matches.
  
  ## Squad
  
      Squad at end of season
  
  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 | Manuel Pablo |
  | 3 | DF | ESP | Enrique Romero |
  | 4 | DF | MAR | Noureddine Naybet |
  | 5 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Schürrer |
  | 6 | MF | BRA | Mauro Silva |
  | 7 | FW | NED | Roy Makaay |
  | 8 | MF | BRA | Djalminha |
  | 9 | FW | POR | Pauleta |
  | 10 | MF | ESP | Fran |
  | 11 | FW | ARG | Turu Flores |
  | 12 | MF | ARG | Lionel Scaloni |
  | 13 | GK | CZE | Petr Kouba |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 14 | DF | ESP | César |
  | 15 | FW | ESP | Iván Pérez |
  | 16 | MF | BRA | Flávio Conceição |
  | 17 | MF | ESP | Manel |
  | 18 | MF | ESP | Víctor |
  | 19 | DF | ESP | Luis Ramis |
  | 20 | MF | BRA | Donato |
  | 21 | MF | ESP | Jaime |
  | 23 | FW | MAR | Salaheddine Bassir |
  | 24 | MF | YUG | Slaviša Jokanović |
  | 25 | MF | ESP | Fernando |
  | 26 | GK | ESP | Dani Mallo |
  | 28 | DF | POR | Hugo Carreira |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### Summer
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | FW | NED | Roy Makaay (from Tenerife) |
  | 13 | GK | CZE | Petr Kouba (from Viktoria Žižkov) |
  | 15 | FW | ESP | Iván Pérez (from Bordeaux) |
  | 18 | MF | ESP | Víctor (from Racing de Santander) |
  | 21 | MF | ESP | Jaime (from Real Madrid) |
  | 24 | MF | YUG | Slaviša Jokanović (from Tenerife) |
  | 25 | MF | ESP | Fernando (from Real Betis) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 2 | DF | ESP | Armando Álvarez (to RCD Mallorca) |
  | 7 | DF | ESP | Javier Manjarín (to Racing Santander) |
  | 15 | MF | MAR | Mustapha Hadji (to Coventry City) |
  | 18 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Ziani (to Girondins Bordeaux) |
  | 21 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Bonnissel (to Girondins Bordeaux) |
  | 22 | DF | POR | Hélder Cristóvão (to Newcastle United) |
  | 13 | GK | POR | Nuno Espirito Santo (to CP Mérida) |
  | 9 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Radchenko (to Júbilo Iwata) |
  | 25 | GK | NGA | Peter Rufai (to Gil Vicente) |
  | 26 | MF | SUI | Gerardo Seoane (to AC Bellinzona) |
  | 27 | DF | ESP | José Manuel Aira (to CD Tenerife) |
  | 23 | MF | ESP | José Ramón González (to) |
  | 24 | DF | ESP | Javi López (to CD Tenerife) |
  | 29 | FW | URU | Sebastian Abreu (to Tecos UAG) |
  
  ### Winter
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 22 | MF | ESP | José Manuel (loan to Compostela) |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### La Liga
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Deportivo La Coruña (C) | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
  | 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
  | 3 | Valencia | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
  | 4 | Zaragoza | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
  | 5 | Real Madrid | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
  
  * ↑ Deportivo La Coruña also qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship as a host nation representative, that ended up being cancelled.
  * 1 2 VAL 3–1 BAR; BAR 3–0 VAL
  * 1 2 Real Madrid qualified directly for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League as holders. As a result, Zaragoza lost their spot in the UEFA Champions League and had to participate in the UEFA Cup.
  
  **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 |
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  | Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | W |
  | Position | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Players statistics
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 1 | GK | CMR | Songo'o | 44 | -52 | 36 | -40 | 1 | -2 | 7 | -10 |
  | 2 | DF | ESP | Manuel Pablo | 45 | 0 | 33+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | MAR | Naybet | 34 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
  | 20 | DF | BRA | Donato | 38 | 4 | 27+2 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
  | 3 | DF | ESP | Romero | 44 | 1 | 32+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
  | 18 | MF | ESP | Víctor | 47 | 6 | 34+3 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 |
  | 6 | MF | BRA | Mauro Silva | 43 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | YUG | Jokanovic | 31 | 3 | 20+3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
  | 16 | MF | BRA | Conceição | 34 | 5 | 25+2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
  | 8 | AM | BRA | Djalminha | 39 | 13 | 29+2 | 10 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
  | 7 | FW | NED | Makaay | 46 | 26 | 34+2 | 22 | 0+2 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
  | 13 | GK | CZE | Kouba | 6 | -6 | 2 | -3 | 3 | -2 | 1 | -1 |
  | 11 | FW | ARG | Turu Flores | 42 | 8 | 15+19 | 8 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | ARG | Schürrer | 22 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | POR | Pauleta | 40 | 11 | 12+18 | 8 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 3 |
  | 10 | MF | ESP | Fran | 28 | 1 | 16+6 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | ESP | Jaime | 28 | 0 | 7+14 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
  | 25 | MF | ESP | Fernando | 29 | 0 | 3+16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
  | 14 | DF | ESP | César | 13 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | 12 | MF | ARG | Scaloni | 24 | 0 | 4+14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
  | 17 | MF | ESP | Manel | 11 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 19 | DF | ESP | Ramis | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 15 | FW | ESP | Pérez | 8 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
  | 26 | GK | ESP | Dani Mallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | ESP | Jose Manuel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 23 | FW | MAR | Bassir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 28 | DF | POR | Carreira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  * Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1999-0013.html
  
  ### Goal Scorers
  
  | Place | Position | Number | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | FW | 7 | Roy Makaay | 22 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
  | 2 | MF | 8 | Djalminha | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
  | 3 | FW | 9 | Pauleta | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
  | 4 | FW | 11 | Turu Flores | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
  | 5 | MF | 18 | Víctor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
  | 6 | MF | 16 | Flávio Conceição | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
  | 7 | MF | 20 | Donato | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  | 8 | MF | 24 | Slaviša Jokanović | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 9 | FW | 15 | Iván Pérez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 10 | DF | 14 | César | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | MF | 10 | Fran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | DF | 3 | Enrique Romero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | | | | TOTALS | 64 | 2 | 15 | 81 |
  