Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published on Sunday, 24 May 2026 23:32 / Updated on Sunday, 24 May 2026 23:33
After seven years, Deportivo La Coruna back in LaLiga! The team that won the first division 25 years ago won on Sunday Valladolidscore 2-0 at and achieved promotion.
The win came courtesy of Nsongo's brace (11th and 34th minutes), with assists from Cruz Luismi. Deportivo secured promotion with one leg to go.
Deportivo La Coruna promoted to La Liga
There is still a chance for Deportivo to become champions as leaders Racing Santander, who had already secured promotion, drew 1-1 at Malaga and missed out on the title. Deportivo need their rivals to lose and must win at home against Las Palmas.
Santander and Deportivo La Coruna are thus the teams already promoted to LaLiga. The third promotion position will be decided in a play-off between the teams ranked 3, 4, 5 and 6. For now, the 4 teams that will play the play-off have not been decided.
Deportivo La Coruna had its heyday in the 2000s. The team won the title in the 1999-2000 season, beating giants Real Madrid and Barcelona. Deportivo La Coruna have won the Spanish Cup three more times (most recently in the 2001–2002 season) and won the Spanish Super Cup three times (2002–2003, 2000–2001 and 1995–1996). They also won the Intertoto Cup in the 2008-2009 season. They also have 5 titles in La Liga 2. Now, the team that achieved promotion to the first league has a lot valued at 54 million euros
