Deportivo 2023–24 Season

The season Deportivo fans had been waiting five years for. Under Imanol Idiakez, Deportivo de La Coruña produced one of their finest campaign performances in decades — finishing runners-up in Segunda División with 79 points, securing automatic promotion to La Liga for the 2024–25 season. The return to the top flight of Spanish football, after five years away, was celebrated across A Coruña with scenes reminiscent of the Super Dépor era.

The squad was well-balanced and well-organised: Mario Soriano was the creative heartbeat from midfield, contributing 14 goals in an outstanding personal season that attracted the attention of Primera División clubs. Idiakez’s system — compact defensively, quick in transition, clinical in the final third — conceded just 40 goals across 42 matches, the best defensive record in the division.

Key to the promotion was Riazor’s fortress-like quality at home, where Deportivo were virtually unbeatable. The Galician atmosphere generated by a passionate and growing fan base proved decisive in tight matches throughout the campaign. Promotion was confirmed with three matches remaining, allowing the final home games to become celebrations of a return to Spain’s elite after far too long an absence.

For context: the last time Deportivo had been in La Liga was 2018–19. In the intervening five years, they had suffered relegation to the third tier and rebuilt from the ground up. The 2023–24 promotion was not just a footballing achievement — it was a vindication of the club’s long-term rebuilding strategy and a reward for the fans who had stayed loyal through the darkest years.

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