Date set for Dépor’s Anoeta return after eight years out of the top flight

Dépor’s first LaLiga trip back to Anoeta is set for Sunday 11 October at 16.15, their first top-flight visit since 2018.

According to Diario Vasco, LaLiga announced the schedule on Thursday, with the fixture following the campaign’s first international break, which pauses club action on the weekends of 26-27 September and 3-4 October.

Deportivo de A Coruña have returned to the top tier after eight years between Segunda División and Primera RFEF. They have started strongly, unbeaten across the first four rounds with two wins and two draws.

Their last league game at Anoeta came on 2 February 2018, when the stadium was being rebuilt to remove its athletics track. Real Sociedad won 5-0, with Willian José, Canales, Illarramendi, who scored twice, and Aritz on the scoresheet.

The Galicians head back to a transformed setting and in a very different position to eight seasons ago. The club have invested heavily this summer, adding Aubameyang, Angeliño, Casadó, Adama, Giménez and Leo Román, among others.

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