Club: Deportivo de La Coruña (commonly "Deportivo" or "Depor")

• Country: Spain
• City: A Coruña (Galicia)
• Stadium: Riazor (Estadio Municipal de Riazor)
• Season in focus: 2016/17
• Head coach (manager) around that period: Gaizka Garitano

Context (2016/17 season):

• Deportivo had been relegated from La Liga at the end of the 2017/18 season, but in 2016/17 they were competing in La Liga (the 2016/17 campaign was in Spain's top flight).
• Gaizka Garitano took charge of Deportivo in November 2016. He replaced Víctor Sánchez, who had started the 2016/17 season as head coach.
• Under Garitano’s initial tenure, the team improved its form and ultimately finished the 2016/17 La Liga season in 16th place, narrowly avoiding relegation.
• Key club figures that season included club president and the squad featuring a mix of domestic and international players. The squad included notable names such as Lucas Pérez (who had left for Arsenal in August 2016), Jonás Ramalho, Fede Cartabia, Juanfran (on loan later), and goalkeeper Rubén (Rubén Martínez), among others across the campaign.
• Gaizka Garitano is a Basque coach who had previously managed SD Eibar (helping them achieve promotion to La Liga) and Bilbao Athletic (Athletic Bilbao’s B team) before joining Deportivo.

Style and impact:

• Garitano was credited with steadying a team in mid-table/relegation-zone difficulties, organizing a compact, hard-working side that focused on defensive solidity and quick transitions.
• His short-term objective was pragmatic: secure La Liga status for the club by the season’s end, which he achieved for 2016/17.

Summary: Deportivo de La Coruña in the 2016/17 season competed in La Liga and appointed Gaizka Garitano as head coach in November 2016. Garitano stabilized the side and guided Deportivo to a 16th-place finish, ensuring survival in Spain’s top division that season.