1995–96 Real Zaragoza season

Real Zaragoza S.A.D.
1995–96 season
OwnerSolans Family (64%)
PresidentAlfonso Solans
Head coachVíctor Fernández
StadiumLa Romareda
La Liga13th
Copa del ReyQuarterfinals
UEFA Cup Winners' CupQuarterfinals
UEFA Super CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Fernando Morientes (13 goals)

All:
Morientes (18 goals)

The 1995–96 season was the 61st season in existence for Real Zaragoza. The club competed in La Liga for 18th consecutive year, Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Summary

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During summer Alfonso Solans in his 4th season as President, reinforced the squad with several players such as young forwards Fernando Morientes and Dani García[1] whom arrived from Albacete Balompié and Real Madrid respectively the latter on loan. On the contrary striker Juan Eduardo Esnaider, Brazilian right-back Defender Cafu[2] and Defensive midfielder Dario Franco left the club, another transfer in was midfielder Sergio Berti from River Plate and defender Paqui from Tenerife. Meanwhile in his 5th season as head coah Victor Fernández did not repeat the same good performances of past seasons, along the sale of Esnaider came the ageing of Pardeza and Higuera on the offensive line prompting a transition phase with Morientes and Dani.

The team collapsed in league to mid table spots during the entire campaign even with the arrivals of Gustavo Adrián López (the most expensive club transfer ever)[3] and Sebastian Rambert on winter. Also in Copa del Rey the team was early eliminated by underdogs Espanyol in quarterfinals. In UEFA Cup Winners' Cup the incumbent champions reached the quarterfinals stage losing the series against Deportivo La Coruña. Finally, in 1995 UEFA Super Cup the team was defeated by AFC Ajax including a 0-4 result.

The season high mark for the squad were the decent performance of 20-yr-old striker Fernando Morientes scoring 18 goals during the season.[4]

Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Andoni Cedrún
2 DF Spain ESP Alberto Belsué
3 DF Spain ESP Jesús Solana
4 DF Argentina ARG Fernando Caceres
5 MF Spain ESP Jesús García Sanjuan
6 DF Spain ESP Xavier Aguado
7 FW Spain ESP Miguel Pardeza
8 MF Spain ESP Santiago Aragon
9 FW Spain ESP Fernando Morientes
10 FW Spain ESP Francisco Higuera
11 MF Uruguay URU Gustavo Poyet
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Spain ESP Luis Cuartero
13 GK Spain ESP José Belman
14 MF Spain ESP Nayim
15 MF Spain ESP Oscar
16 MF Spain ESP Jose Aurelio Gay
17 DF Spain ESP Paqui
18 MF Argentina ARG Sergio Berti
19 FW Argentina ARG Gustavo Adrián López
20 FW Spain ESP Daniel García Lara
21 FW Argentina ARG Sebastián Rambert
22 GK Spain ESP Juanmi
23 MF Spain ESP Iñigo

Transfers

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Winter

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In
Pos. Name from Type
FW Sebastian Rambert Internazionale on loan
FW Gustavo Lopez CA Independiente
Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Fernando Caceres Boca Juniors on loan

Competitions

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La Liga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Celta Vigo 42 12 16 14 49 51 −2 52
12 Sevilla 42 11 15 16 43 55 −12 48[a]
13 Zaragoza 42 11 15 16 51 59 −8 48[a]
14 Oviedo 42 12 12 18 48 67 −19 48[a]
15 Athletic Bilbao 42 11 15 16 44 55 −11 48[a]
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d SEV: 10 pts;ZAR: 8 pts; ROV: 6 pts → ROV 0–0 ATH; ATH: 6 pts → ATH 0–1 ROV


Position by round

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ResultWLLDWWLWLDWWWDDWWDLDDDLLWLDWWLLDDDDDLDWWLL
Position813171610912811101315171716131111121213141414121313121111131314141514161713121213

Matches

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3 September 1995 1 Real Zaragoza 1–0 Real Oviedo Zaragoza
Aguado 14'
Yellow cardBelsue
Yellow card 84' Yellow-red card Caceres
Yellow cardPaqui
Report
Yellow card Armando
Yellow cardAndres
Yellow cardSanz
Yellow cardDubovsky
Yellow cardCarlos
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Nuñez Marquez
9 September 1995 2 Real Betis 3–1 Real Zaragoza Sevilla
1-0 Alfonso 17'

2-0 Pier 21'

3-1 Alfonso 57'
Report 2-1 Morientes 48'Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Referee: Ansuategui Roca
17 September 1995 3 Real Zaragoza 0–3 FC Barcelona Zaragoza
Prosinecki red cross icon 8' Report 0-1 Jordi Cruyff 51'

0-2 Kodro 70'

0-3 Figo 73'
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Fernández Marín
24 September 1995 4 Valencia CF 0–0 Real Zaragoza Valencia
Report Stadium: Mestalla
1 October 1995 5 Real Zaragoza 1–0 Compostela Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
4 October 1995 6 Salamanca 0–1 Real Zaragoza Salamanca
Report
8 October 1995 7 Real Zaragoza 0–2 CD Tenerife Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
15 October 1995 8 Albacete Balompie 0–1 Real Zaragoza Albacete
Report
22 October 1995 9 Real Zaragoza 1–2 Real Sociedad Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
29 October 1995 10 Racing Santander 0–0 Real Zaragoza Santander
Report Stadium: El Sardinero
18 November 1995 11 Real Zaragoza 0–1 Atletico Madrid Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
12 November 1995 12 Sporting Gijon 4–1 Real Zaragoza Gijon
Report Stadium: El Molinon
18 November 1995 13 Real Zaragoza 0–1 Sevilla CF Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
26 November 1995 14 RCD Espanyol 1–1 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
Report
3 December 1995 15 Real Zaragoza 0–0 Celta de Vigo Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
10 December 1995 16 Deportivo La Coruña 2–3 Real Zaragoza La Coruña
Report Stadium: Riazor
17 December 1995 17 Real Zaragoza 5–3 Real Valladolid Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
20 December 1995 18 Merida FC 1–1 Real Zaragoza Merida
Report
3 January 1996 19 Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Real Zaragoza Bilbao
Report Stadium: San Mames
7 January 1996 20 Real Zaragoza 1–1 Rayo Vallecano Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
14 January 1996 21 Real Madrid 2–2 Real Zaragoza Madrid
Report Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu
21 January 1996 22 Real Oviedo 1–1 Real Zaragoza Oviedo
Report Stadium: Carlos Tartiere
24 January 1996 23 Real Zaragoza 1–2 Real Betis Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
28 January 1996 24 FC Barcelona 3–1 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
3 February 1996 25 Real Zaragoza 4–1 Valencia CF Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
11 February 1996 26 Compostela 3–2 Real Zaragoza Santiago de Compostela
Report
17 February 1996 27 Real Zaragoza 1–1 Salamanca Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
25 February 1996 28 CD Tenerife 1–2 Real Zaragoza Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Report
3 March 1996 29 Real Zaragoza 3–1 Albacete Balompie Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
10 March 1996 30 Real Sociedad 3–1 Real Zaragoza San Sebastian
Report Stadium: Anoeta
17 March 1996 31 Real Zaragoza 1–2 Racing Santander Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
24 March 1996 32 Atletico Madrid 1–1 Real Zaragoza Madrid
Report Stadium: Vicente Calderon
27 March 1996 33 Real Zaragoza 1–1 Sporting Gijon Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
31 March 1996 34 Sevilla CF 1–1 Real Zaragoza Sevilla
Report Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan
6 April 1996 35 Real Zaragoza 1–1 RCD Espanyol Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
14 April 1996 36 Celta de Vigo 1–1 Real Zaragoza Vigo
Report Stadium: Balaidos
21 April 1996 37 Real Zaragoza 2–3 Deportivo La Coruña Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
28 April 1996 38 Real Valladolid 0–0 Real Zaragoza Valladolid
Report Stadium: Jose Zorrilla
5 May 1996 39 Real Zaragoza 3–1 Merida FC Merida
Report
12 May 1996 40 Real Zaragoza 1–0 Athletic Bilbao Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
19 May 1996 41 Rayo Vallecano 4–3 Real Zaragoza Vallecas
Report Stadium: Campo Vallecas
25 May 1996 42 Real Zaragoza 0–1 Real Madrid Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda

Copa del Rey

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Third round

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bye as 1995-96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualified team.

Fourth round

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bye as 1995-96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualified team.

Fifth round

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bye as 1995-96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualified team.

Eightfinals

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10 January 1996 Athletic Bilbao 2–3 Zaragoza Bilbao
20:15 CET Guerrero 43'
Etxeberria 51'
Report (in Spanish) Morientes 8', 28', 52' Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Rubio Valdivieso Castile and León
17 January 1996 Zaragoza 0–1 Athletic Bilbao Zaragoza
20:30 CET Report (in Spanish) Etxeberria 83' Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Ansuátegui Roca Valencian Community

Quarter-finals

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31 January 1996 Espanyol 0–0 Zaragoza Barcelona
21:00 CET Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Sarrià
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Esquinas Torres Community of Madrid
14 February 1996 Real Zaragoza 1–1 Espanyol Zaragoza
20:00 CET López 19' Report (in Spanish) Pacheta 7' Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Marín López La Rioja

UEFA Supercup

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6 February 1996 Real Zaragoza Spain 1–1 Netherlands Ajax La Romareda, Zaragoza
20:30 CET Aguado 28' Report Kluivert 70' Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
28 February 1996 Ajax Netherlands 4–0 Spain Real Zaragoza Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
18:30 CET Bogarde 43'
George 54'
Blind 65' (pen.), 69' (pen.)
Report Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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Quarterfinals

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7 March 1996 (1996-03-07) Deportivo La Coruña Spain 1–0 Spain Real Zaragoza A Coruña
21:30 Fernández 70' Report Stadium: Riazor
Attendance: 13,800[5]
Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)
21 March 1996 (1996-03-21) Real Zaragoza Spain 1–1 Spain Deportivo La Coruña La Romareda, Zaragoza
21:30 Morientes 37' Report Bebeto 64' Attendance: 31,900[6]
Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
22 GK Spain ESP Juanmi 38 -46 31 -43 3 -3 4 0
2 DF Spain ESP Belsue 47 0 37 0 4 0 6 0
4 DF Argentina ARG Caceres 39 2 30 2 4 0 5 0
6 DF Spain ESP Aguado 44 2 36 2 4 0 4 0
3 DF Spain ESP Solana 30 0 26+1 0 3 0
11 MF Uruguay URU Poyet 46 12 34+2 11 4 0 6 1
15 MF Spain ESP Oscar 40 2 26+6 1 3 0 3+2 1
14 MF Spain ESP Nayim 41 2 22+10 2 2+2 0 5 0
8 MF Spain ESP Aragon 46 5 37+1 4 3 0 4+1 1
20 FW Spain ESP Dani García 47 6 26+12 3 3 0 4+2 3
9 FW Spain ESP Morientes 37 18 28+1 13 3 3 5 2
13 GK Spain ESP Belman 14 -17 11 -16 1 -1 2 0
17 DF Spain ESP Paqui 32 0 20+6 0 1+2 0 2+1 0
21 FW Argentina ARG Rambert 24 5 17+3 5 3+1 0
10 FW Spain ESP Higuera 37 3 16+13 2 2+1 0 5 1
5 MF Spain ESP Garcia Sanjuan 33 0 16+11 0 0+2 0 2+2 0
7 FW Spain ESP Pardeza 31 2 15+11 2 0 0 1+4 0
12 DF Spain ESP Cuartero 20 0 13+5 0 0 0 2 0
18 MF Argentina ARG Berti 20 0 12+4 0 0 0 3+1 0
19 FW Argentina ARG Gustavo Lopez 23 3 9+9 2 1+3 1 0+1 0
16 MF Spain ESP Gay 16 0 0+14 0 0 0 0+2 0
23 MF Spain ESP Iñigo 1 0 0+1 0
1 GK Spain ESP Cedrún

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Aisa, Josep A. (6 February 1994). "El Depor no pasa su gran reválida" [Depor fail in their big test]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Cafu chega ao Palmeiras e São Paulo vai cobrar multa" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 22 July 1995. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ^ Andrés, Mariano (8 January 1996). "Al Zaragoza le faltan las ideas" [Zaragoza are not seeing it clearly]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  4. ^ Pérez, Juan Antonio (19 December 2015). "Morientes: "Los peores recuerdos siempre tienen que ver con las lesiones"" [Morientes: "The worst memories are always related to injuries"]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Deportivo La Coruña vs Real Zaragoza". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Real Zaragoza vs Deportivo La Coruña". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 March 2012.