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Deportivo La Coruna Returns to Top Tier in Spain After Eight Years

Bil Nsongo scored both goals as Deportivo opened a six-point gap to third place and secured automatic promotion with two rounds left.

  • On Sunday, Deportivo clinched promotion to the Spanish top tier after an eight-year absence, defeating Valladolid 2-0 with both goals scored by Cameroonian forward Bil Nsongo.
  • Deportivo spent 20 straight years in the top division before relegation in 2010-11, then dropped to the third tier in 2020 after further relegations in 2013 and 2018.
  • The victory opened a six-point gap over third-place Almeria, which lost 3-1 at Sporting Gijon, while Racing Santander also secured promotion to the top flight.
  • Villarreal secured third place with a 5-1 rout of Atletico Madrid, marking the departure of forward Antoine Griezmann, coach Marcelino Garc, and players Dani Parejo and Alfonso Pedraza.
  • Barcelona won its second straight league title, finishing with 94 points—eight ahead of Real Madrid—while Mallorca, Girona, and Oviedo were relegated from the top flight.
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Deportivo La Coruna returns to top tier in Spain after eight years

Former champion Deportivo La Coruna has made it back to the top tier of the Spanish league after an eight-year absence.

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Deportivo La Coruña has secured the return to the highest Spanish football league in the penultimate round as second team after Santander. The Galicians won 2-0 on 41st day of the match in Valladolid and are no longer to be pushed away from a direct ascent position. La Coruña, 2004 semi finalist of the Champions League, played 14 years ago last in the highest league. The third ascender is determined in play-offs.

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The streets of A Coruña have been filled this Sunday by thousands of fans who celebrate the...

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The Deportivo La Coruña secured his promotion in Liga on Sunday thanks to a victory in Valladolid (0-2), and he will make his return next season...

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A Bil Nsongo double in the José Zorrilla puts an end to the long journey of the Galicians by the lower categories of Spanish football

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sport.es broke the news on Saturday, May 23, 2026.
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