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Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. They currently p ...

, club based in the city of

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( Galicia, Spain), that currently plays in

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. Currently also receives the name of Deportivo ABANCA for sponsorship reasons.

History

Karbo Deportivo (1983–1988)

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, also using the colors and shield of Deportivo. The team won the first official women's football competitions in Spain (the current

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, called ''Spanish Championship'' before the foundation of the

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) until 1985. The section was dissolved in 1988 due to the economic problems that the R.C. Deportivo, plunged into a suffocating debt and with the men's team on the verge of relegation to

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, as well as an increase in expenses for the increasing professionalization of women's football, a year before Superliga was created.

2016–present: recovery of the women's section

On 16 March 2016, Deportivo announced the recovery of the women's club section. The new club started playing its first season in

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, after an agreement with local team Orzán SD Deportivo to occupy his place forming a stronger Galician team, and in its debut as ''Deportivo Femenino'' ended as runner-up of the Group 1. In the 2017/18 season the team was renamed ''Deportivo ABANCA'' after an agreement with the bank for 4 years. After three years, on 19 May 2019, Deportivo achieved promotion to

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for the first time ever. Their first season in the

was cut short on 8 May 2020, due to the

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choosing to suspend non-professional football during the

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. With this cancellation, they finished the season with an unprecedented fourth place. In the 2021-22 season, Depor finished 15th was relegated to the Segunda División Pro.

Season by season

Karbo CF

Deportivo La Coruña

Honours

Karbo CF

;Domestic *

(3): 1983, 1984, 1985 * Copa de la Reina (unofficial editions) (2): 1981, 1982 ;Regional * Copa Galicia (1): 1987 * Galician League (5): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986-87

Deportivo La Coruña

;Domestic *

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(1): 2018–2019 ;Regional * Copa Galicia (2): 2018, 2019 * Copa Deputación (4): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019"Cuarta Copa Deputación consecutiva para o Dépor ABANCA"
article at Real Club Deportivo da Coruña website, 14 August 2019. ;Friendly *

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(2): 2016, 2020

Players

Current squad

''As of 2 July 2020''

Reserve team

References

External links

Official website
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