Monday night's match against Fuenlabrada was the last straw, but due to the corona pandemic, fans and players did not even get to experience the excitement of the last match. Shortly before kick-off, it was decided that the match would be postponed after 12 of Fuenlabrada's players tested positive for covid-19, writes The Guardian. By then, fans had already gathered outside the home arena Riazor.

When then the bottom competitors Lugo and Albacete took important three-pointers, the last hope disappeared, and it was clear that it does not matter to the Coruña team how things go in the postponed match. The team thus joins Numancia, Extremadura and Racing Santander in the league system.

Spanish champion 20 years ago

Deportivo La Coruña became the Spanish champions in the 1999/2000 season and finished in the top three for the next four years. The club made the biggest impression in European football in 2004, when the team reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, where it lost to the future champions Porto. The last time the team played in the top league was the 2017/18 season.

Huesca and Cádiz were already ready for promotion, four teams make up for the last place in the top league in qualifying games.