1994–95 Real Zaragoza season

The 1994–95 season was the 60th season in existence for Real Zaragoza competed in La Liga for 17th consecutive year, Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup for the first time since the 1986–87 edition.

Real Zaragoza S.A.D.
1994–95 season
OwnerSolans Family (64%)
PresidentAlfonso Solans
Head coachVíctor Fernández
StadiumLa Romareda
La Liga7th
Copa del ReyRound of 16
UEFA Cup Winners' CupWinners
(in 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Juan Esnaider (16 goals)

All:
Esnaider (25 goals)

Summary edit

During Summer the club kept its core line-up delivering a decent performance in League with the team competing over European spots including a massive record of 18 months undefeated at La Romareda. During winter Presidente Solans reinforced the team with Brazilian Right-back Cafu a 1994 FIFA World Cup winner.[1][2] In Copa del Rey as incumbent Champions the squad was early eliminated by underdogs Albacete Balompie in Eightfinals. However, the season is best remembered by the club participation in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, after defeated Feyenoord in Quarterfinals, the team eliminated Chelsea F.C. in semifinals and reaching the 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final for the first time ever.[3]

Finally, the club won in Paris its first European trophy defeating incumbent Champions and heavy-favourites Arsenal F.C. with a last minute goal scored by former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Nayim at Parc des Princes.[4]

Squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ESP Andoni Cedrún
GK   ESP Juanmi
GK   ESP José Belman
DF   BRA Cafu
DF   ESP Alberto Belsué
DF   ESP Jesús Solana
DF   ESP Xavier Aguado
DF   ARG Fernando Caceres
DF   ESP Luis Cuartero
DF   ESP Lizarralde
DF   ESP Sergi Lopez Segu
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   URU Gustavo Poyet
MF   ESP Nayim
MF   ESP Santiago Aragon
MF   ARG Dario Franco
MF   ESP Geli
MF   ESP Garcia Sanjuan
MF   ESP Oscar
MF   ESP Jose Aurelio Gay
FW   ARG Juan Esnaider
FW   ESP Miguel Pardeza
FW   ESP Francisco Higuera
FW   ESP Loreto

[5]

Transfers edit

Winter edit

In
Pos. Name from Type
DF Cafu Sao Paulo FC
Out
Pos. Name To Type

Competitions edit

Supercopa edit

27 August 1994 1 Real Zaragoza 0–2 Barcelona Zaragoza
22:30 CET Stoichkov   45'
Amor   64'
Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Martín Navarrete
30 August 1994 2 Barcelona 4–5
(6-4 agg.)
Real Zaragoza Barcelona
21:30 CET Txiki   13', 87'
Stoichkov   50', 69'
Belsué   10'
Esnáider   32'
Higuera   33', 77', 89'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Antonio López Nieto

La Liga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Sevilla[a] 38 16 11 11 55 41 +14 43[b] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Espanyol[c] 38 14 15 9 51 35 +16 43[b]
7 Zaragoza 38 18 7 13 56 51 +5 43[b] Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[d]
8 Athletic Bilbao 38 16 10 12 39 42 −3 42
9 Oviedo 38 13 13 12 45 42 +3 39
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. ^ On July 31, 1995, Sevilla and Celta Vigo were relegated to Segunda División B for not providing documentation (an audit) nor making their payments to the Royal Spanish Football Federation within the time limit. The two best qualified teams to be relegated, Albacete and Valladolid were readmitted to La Liga. Later, Sevilla and Celta Vigo claimed that according to the law[6] they had another 15 working days because they made allegations days before. Finally, the solution[7] was to not relegate any involved team and expand the league to 22 teams for the next two seasons.
  2. ^ a b c SEV: 7 pts; ESP: 3 pts; ZAR: 2 pts
  3. ^ RCD Español was renamed RCD Espanyol in February 1995.
  4. ^ Zaragoza was qualified directly for the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as holders.

Position by round edit

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Position85485633121333223345454555454453464677

Matches edit

4 September 1994 1 Real Zaragoza 2–2 Tenerife Zaragoza
Esnaider   3'
Paqui   69' (o.g.)
Belsue  
Poyet  
Higuera  
Pardeza  
Esnaider  
Dario Franco  
Nayim  
Report Ramis   14'
Latorre   28'
Aguilera  
Latorre  
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: ansuategui roca
11 September 1994 2 Real Sociedad 1–2 Real Zaragoza Anoeta
Kodro   89'
Imaz 
Report   80 'higuera
  86 'esnaider
cedrun 
poyet 
Referee: Garcia Aranda
18 September 1994 3 Real Zaragoza 2–1 Real Oviedo Zaragoza
Esnaider  20 '
Esnaider  27 '
Aguado 
Solana 
Poyet 
Nayim  
Esnaider 
Higuera  
Report   32' Carlos
  69 ' Carlos
 Jerkan
  Prosinecki
 Maqueda
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Fernandez Marin
24 September 1994 4 Real Valladolid 2–0 Real Zaragoza Valladolid
Alberto  53 '
Pablo  70 '
Ramon 
Arquero 
Miguelo 
Report  Nayim
 Geli
 Esnaider
Stadium: José Zorrilla
Referee: Brito Arceo
2 October 1994 5 Real Zaragoza 2-1 FC Barcelona Zaragoza
Esnáider   11'
Geli  22'
Caceres 
Report Koeman   75' (pen.)
 Ferrer
 Abelardo
  Guardiola
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Diaz Vega
9 October 1994 6 Deportivo La Coruña 3 – 3 Real Zaragoza A Coruña
Donato   17' (pen.)
Barragán   78', 85'  
Canales  
Đukić  
Ribera  
Report   21' Poyet
  37', 48' (pen.) Aragón
  Belsué
    Cáceres
    Esnáider
  Nayim
Stadium: Riazor
Referee: Juan Andújar Oliver
16 October 1994 7 Real Zaragoza 4 – 0 Celta Vigo Zaragoza
Poyet   7'
Franco   12'
Higuera   44'
Pardeza   59'
Aguado 
Loreto 
Report   Patxi Salinas
  Berges
  Carlos Perez
 Gudelj
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Gonzalo Panadero Martínez
23 October 1994 8 Real Betis 0–1 Real Zaragoza Benito Villamarín
Ureña   6'
Alexis 
Cañas 
Report   87 'Higuera
 Belsue
Esnaider 
Referee: Marin Lopez
29 October 1994 9 Real Zaragoza 3–2 Real Madrid La Romareda
Juan Esnáider   7', 52'
Gus Poyet   86'
Solana 
Poyet 
Geli 
Aragon 
Nayim 
Esnaider 
Report Zamorano   57'
Amavisca   78'
 Quique Sanchez Flores
 Míchel
Referee: José Rubio Valdivieso
6 November 1994 10 CD Logroñés 0–0 Real Zaragoza Logroño
Villanova 
Herrero 
Victor Segura 
Report   Aragon
  Franco
Stadium: Las Gaunas
Referee: Fernandez Marin
20 November 1994 11 Real Zaragoza 1–0 Albacete Balompié Zaragoza
Poyet  68 '
Aguado  61'  
Solana   16'
Poyet 
Aragon 
Nayim 
Report  Santi Denia
 Fradera
  Coco
  Zalazar
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Rodriguez Martel
27 November 1994 12 Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Real Zaragoza Bilbao
Julen Guerrero  51 '
Goikoetxea 
 Oskar Vales
Report  Belsué
  65'  Caceres
 Geli
  Dario Franco
  Esnaider
Stadium: Estadio San Mames
Referee: Lopez Nieto
4 December 1994 13 Real Zaragoza 3–2 Sporting Gijon Zaragoza
Geli  26'
Pardeza  47 '
Pardeza  51 '
Aragon  56' (pen )
Aragon 
Esnaider 
Report Pier  10 '
Marcos Vales  61 '
Muñiz 
Marcelino 
Caco Moran 
Castaño 
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Barrenechea Montero
11 December 1994 14 Racing Santander 0–1 Real Zaragoza Santander
  76' (o.g.)Merino
Geli 
Pardeza 
Oscar 
Report  Ceballos
 Quique Setien
  37'Popov
 Billabona
 Esteban Torre
  Christiansen
Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero
Referee: Nuñez Manrique
21 December 1994 15 Real Zaragoza 1–0 RCD Español Madrid
Poyet  49 '
Aguado  44'  
Nayim 
Dario Franco 
Report  Torres Mestre
 Francisco Lluis
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Referee: García Aranda
8 January 1995 16 SD Compostela 3–2 Real Zaragoza Compostela
Christiansen  8 '
Ohen  15 '
Ohen  46 '
Lekumberri 
Abadia 
Report   32 'Pardeza
  67 ' Pardeza
  Belsue
  Aragon
  62'  Garcia Sanjuan
Stadium: San Lazaro
15 January 1995 17 Sevilla 2–1 Real Zaragoza Sevilla
Suker  9 '
Cortijo  53 '
Unzue 
Prieto 
Marcos 
Report   89 'Higuera
 Poyet
 Aragon
Geli 
Esnaider 
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Referee: Ansuategui Roca
22 January 1995 18 Real Zaragoza 3–1 Atlético Madrid Zaragoza
Higuera  20' (pen ) 
Esnaider  41 '
Pardeza  89 '
Poyet 
Geli 
Esnaider  69'
Report Kiko   67'
 Diego
  83'   Geli
  Ferreira
  74'  Pirri Mori
  Simeone
 90' Vizcaino
  Ruano
  Kosecki
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Francisco Santamaría Uzqueda
29 January 1995 19 Valencia CF 3-0 Real Zaragoza Valencia
Galvez   53 '
Fernando  82 '
Mijatovic  89 ' 
Giner 
Poyatos  34'
Report  Solana
 Poyet
Stadium: Mestalla
Referee: Brito Arceo
5 February 1995 20 CD Tenerife 2–0 Real Zaragoza Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Felipe   6 '
Pizzi   51 ' 
Report  Caceres Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez
Referee: Marin Lopez
12 February 1995 21 Real Zaragoza 1–1 Real Sociedad Zaragoza
Poyet   51 '
caceres 
solana 
Report   70 'Meho Kodro
 Aranzabal
Stadium: La Romareda
19 February 1995 22 Real Oviedo 2–1 Real Zaragoza Oviedo
Manel  49 '
Prosinecki  89 '
Berto 
Jokanovic 
Report Poyet  61 '
belsue 
solana 
garcia sanjuan 
higuera 
Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere
Referee: Panadero Martinez
25 February 1995 23 Real Zaragoza 1–0 Real Valladolid Zaragoza
Poyet   24 '  
aragon 
García Sanjuan 
Esnaider  89'
Report Ferreras 
ramon gracia 
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Lopez Nieto
4 March 1995 24 FC Barcelona 3-0 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
Koeman   15' (pen.)
Begiristain   46'
Amor   89'
Eskurza 
Report   14' Cedrun
 Cafu
  Belsué
  Aguado
  Nayim
  Aragon
Stadium: Camp Nou
Referee: Rubio Valdivieso
12 March 1995 25 Real Zaragoza 1 – 0 Deportivo La Coruña Zaragoza
Pardeza   27'
Aguado   89'  
Aragón   54'  
Poyet  
Report   80' Donato
  Fran
  Voro
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Juan Brito Arceo
19 March 1995 26 Celta Vigo 0 – 0 Real Zaragoza Vigo
 Patxi
  Salinas
  Berges
  Desio
 Vicente
Report Cafu 
Esnaider 
Stadium: Balaídos
Referee: César Barrenechea Montero
1 April 1995 27 Real Zaragoza 3–0 Real Betis Zaragoza
Esnaider  30 ' 
Higuera  54 '
Higuera  83 '
Cafu 
Report  Ureña
 Cañas
  Cuellar
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Garcia Aranda
8 April 1995 28 Real Madrid 3–0 Real Zaragoza Madrid
Raúl  19 '
Zamorano  77 '
Dubovski  79 '
Quique Sanchez Flores 34'
Report   Aguado
  Caceres
  Poyet
Stadium: Bernabeu
Referee: Manuel Vega
15 April 1995 29 Real Zaragoza 3–0 Logroñés Zaragoza
Aguado  18 '
Poyet  35 '
Esnaider  77 '
Higuera 
Report   Javi Navarro
  Javi Delgado
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Panadero Martinez
23 April 1995 30 Albacete 0–3 Real Zaragoza Carlos Belmonte
Fradera 
Coco 
Manolo 
Report   51' Esnaider
  65' Higuera
  88' Pardeza
  85'   Alberto Belsué
  Geli
Referee: Marin Lopez
29 April 1995 31 Real Zaragoza 1–4 Athletic Bilbao Zaragoza
Pardeza  65 '
Aragon  45'
Geli 
Report   39 'Valverde
  52' (pen )Larrazabal
  83'Valverde
  88 'Julen Guerrero
 Valencia
  Oskar Vales
  Tabuenka
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Antonio Martin Navarrete
6 May 1995 32 Sporting Gijon 1–3 Real Zaragoza Gijón
Pier   1 '
sabou 
Summary   4 'Poyet
  13 'Pardeza
  89 'Esnaider
  61' Juanmi
  Lizarralde
 Poyet
  Aragon
  Cedrun
  Oscar
Stadium: El Molinón
Referee: Andradas Asurmendi
14 May 1995 33 Real Zaragoza 1–1 Racing Santander Zaragoza
Esnaider  76' (pen)
Solana  58'
Poyet 
Iñaki 
Report   8'  Quique Setien
 Popov
 Mutiu
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Nuñez Manrique
20 May 1995 34 RCD Espanyol 2–0 Real Zaragoza
Roberto  10 '
Ayucar  89 '
Pacheta  
Report  Belsué
  Nayim
Referee: Díaz Vega
28 May 1995 35 Real Zaragoza 5–3 Compostela Zaragoza
  5 'Poyet
  10 'Garcia Sanjuan
  18 'Pardeza
  58 'Esnaider
  64 'Esnaider
Poyet 
Cedrun   78'
Report   15 'Fabiano
  36 ' Christensen
  87 ' Ohen
 Toño Castro
 Modesto
Stadium: La Romareda
4 June 1995 36 Real Zaragoza 0–1 Sevilla FC Zaragoza
  88'  Nayim Report Moya  49 '
Marcos  88'  
Suker 
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Marin Lopez
11 June 1995 37 Atlético Madrid 2–0 Real Zaragoza Madrid
Geli  23' ( pen )
Manolo   89 '
Toni Muñoz 
Pirri Mori 
Simeone 
Report   Juanmi
  Aguado
  61'   Geli
Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Referee: José Andradas Asurmendi
18 June 1995 38 Real Zaragoza 2-2 Valencia CF Zaragoza
Iñigo  48 '
Esnaider  73' (pen )
Report   53 'Fernando
  59 'Arroyo
 Mendieta
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Contador Crespo

Copa del Rey edit

Eightfinals edit

8 February 1995 Albacete Balompié 2–1 Real Zaragoza Albacete
21:00 CET Morientes   60'
Fonseca   79'
Report (in Spanish) Óscar   81' Stadium: Carlos Belmonte
Attendance: —
Referee: Esquinas Torres  
15 February 1995 Real Zaragoza 1–1 Albacete Balompié Zaragoza
20:15 CET Esnáider   86' Report (in Spanish) Morientes   50' Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pajares Paz  

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup edit

Round of 32 edit

15 September 1994 (1994-09-15) Gloria Bistrița   2–1   Real Zaragoza Bistrița
16:30 Răduță   51'
Lungu   52'
Report Esnáider   44' Stadium: Stadionul Gloria
Attendance: 7,000[8]
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
29 September 1994 (1994-09-29) Real Zaragoza   4–0   Gloria Bistrița Valencia
20:30 Pardeza   11'
Aguado   40'
Poyet   48', 56'
Report Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 4,500[9]
Referee: Andrew Waddell (Scotland)

Round of 16 edit

20 October 1994 (1994-10-20) Tatran Prešov   0–4   Real Zaragoza Prešov
20:15 Report Poyet   26'
Varga   44' (o.g.)
Esnáider   50', 88'
Stadium: Štadión 1. FC Tatran Prešov
Attendance: 12,105[10]
Referee: José Mendes Pratas (Portugal)
3 November 1994 (1994-11-03) Real Zaragoza   2–1   Tatran Prešov Valencia
20:30 Esnáider   6'
Luis Celada   55'
Report Kočiš   38' Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 2,500[11]
Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

Quarter-finals edit

2 March 1995 (1995-03-02) Feyenoord   1–0   Real Zaragoza Rotterdam
20:00 Larsson   62' Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 41,920[12]
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)
16 March 1995 (1995-03-16) Real Zaragoza   2–0   Feyenoord Zaragoza
20:30 Pardeza   59'
Esnáider   72'
Report Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 25,000[13]
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Semi-finals edit

6 April 1995 (1995-04-06) Real Zaragoza   3–0   Chelsea Zaragoza
21:15 Pardeza   8'
Esnáider   26', 57'
Report Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 35,000[14]
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
20 April 1995 (1995-04-20) Chelsea   3–1
(3–4 agg.)
  Real Zaragoza London
20:00 Furlong   31'
Sinclair   62'
Stein   86'
Report Aragón   55' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 26,456[15]
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

Final edit

10 May 1995 (1995-05-10) Arsenal   1–2   Real Zaragoza Paris
20:15 CEST Hartson   75' Report Esnáider   67'
Nayim   119'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 42,424
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

Statistics edit

Players statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga UEFA Copa del Rey
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ESP Cedrún 34 -40 27+1 -34 5 -4 1 -2
DF   ESP Belsue 46 0 36 0 8 0 2 0
DF   ESP Aguado 43 2 33 1 8 1 2 0
DF   ARG Caceres 42 0 31 0 9 0 2 0
DF   ESP Solana 36 0 28 0 6 0 2 0
MF   URU Poyet 42 14 32+2 11 7 3 1 0
MF   ESP Nayim 44 1 28+5 0 7+2 1 1+1 0
MF   ESP Aragon 44 4 35 3 8 1 1 0
FW   ARG Esnaider 43 25 32 16 9 8 2 1
FW   ESP Pardeza 43 14 27+7 11 6+1 3 1+1 0
FW   ESP Higuera 36 8 25+1 8 8 0 2 0
GK   ESP Juanmi 17 -21 11+1 -16 4 -4 1 -1
MF   ESP Geli 40 1 22+8 1 4+4 0 1+1 0
MF   ESP Garcia Sanjuan 32 1 19+6 1 3+3 0 1 0
DF   BRA Cafu 19 0 10+6 0 1 0 1+1 0
MF   ESP Oscar 26 2 6+13 0 2+4 1 1 1
MF   ARG Franco 16 1 5+10 1 1 0
FW   ESP Loreto 15 0 1+11 0 1+2 0
DF   ESP Lizarralde 7 0 0+4 0 2+1 0
DF   ESP Sergi 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
MF   ESP Gay 6 0 2+4 0
GK   ESP Belman 1 -1 0+1 -1 0 0
DF   ESP Cuartero 1 0 0+1 0
FW   ESP Iñigo 1 1 0+1 1

See also edit

References edit

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