1994–95 Santos Laguna season

The 1994–95 Santos Laguna season is the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight division of Mexican football.

Santos Laguna
1994-95 season
OwnerGrupo Modelo
PresidentMartín Ibarreche
ManagerMiguel Ángel López
StadiumEstadio Corona
Primera Division8th
Quarterfinals
Copa MexicoQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerMiguel Asprilla (16 goals)
All statistics correct as of 27 January 2019.

Summary

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During the summer the club's owner Grupo Modelo, appointed a new club President Martín Ibarreche[1] replacing Francisco Dávila Rodriguez.[2] The new President sold two fan-favourite players; left-winger Ramón Ramírez and forward Daniel Guzmán, who were both transferred to CD Guadalajara in exchange for midfielder Benjamín Galindo, forward Everaldo Begines and Juan Jose Balcazar. The club added two additional players, Mario Ordiales and Rogelio Romero from CD Toluca, Santos's sister club that is also owned by Grupo Modelo. Argentine midfielder Marcelo Carracedo, after several seasons playing in Germany and Austria, joined the club becoming its fourth foreign player. He arrived just before Santos went on its inaugural pre-season tournament in Colombia.[3][4]

After a poor first half of the season, Ibarreche appointed a new manager. Miguel Ángel López would replace Pedro García who had led Santos to the 1993–94 Mexican Primera División season final.[5][6] Zurdo López, who previously managed Club América, arrived with optimism as Santos was second place in Group 4 despite the club's slow start.[7]

Santos was in Group 4 along C.F. Monterrey, Club León and Atlas FC. Each club was experiencing a transitional stage with three new managers (López, León's Roberto Saporiti and Atlas' Marcelo Bielsa), new transfers and the exodus of their best players. Despite the club's strong performances in the previous season, Santos Laguna had an indifferent first half of the season with a defensive record among the worst in the entire league. The squad also struggled offensively with only Colombian striker Miguel Asprilla regularly performing at a high level. It was the midfield and in particular Benjamín Galindo that helped the unbalanced squad finish top of Group 4 and classify directly to the play-off quarterfinals.

Finally, the team was eliminated in the play-offs by CD Guadalajara. After winning the first leg, Santos conceded a late goal (scored by former Santos' player Daniel Guzmán) in the second leg, and lost the tie on away goals.[8][9]

Squad

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[10] 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   MEX Olaf Heredia
MF   MEX Felipe de Jesus Amezcua
MF   MEX Jesus Gomez
DF   MEX Pedro Muñoz
DF   MEX Salvador Mariscal
MF   MEX Diego Silva
MF   ARG Antonio Apud
MF   MEX Benjamin Galindo
MF   ARG Héctor Adomaitis
FW   ARG Marcelo Carracedo
FW   COL Miguel Asprilla
No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   MEX Adrian Marmolejo
DF   MEX Juan Jose Balcazar
FW   MEX Everaldo Begines
MF   MEX Rogelio Romero
MF   MEX Mario Ordiales
MF   MEX Antonio Gonzalez
DF   MEX Antonio Alcantara
MF   CHI Richard Zambrano
MF   BRA Wagner de Souza

Transfers

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Competitions

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La Liga

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League table

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Group 1
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santos Laguna 36 13 9 14 61 62 −1 35 Playoff
2 Monterrey 36 9 15 12 37 52 −15 33
3 Atlas 36 12 8 16 43 52 −9 32
4 León 36 11 9 16 39 55 −16 31
Source: [citation needed]
General table
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 UNAM 36 15 11 10 49 36 +13 41 Qualification for the quarter-finals[a]
7 Puebla 36 12 16 8 45 41 +4 40 Qualification for the Repechaje[b]
8 Santos Laguna 36 13 9 14 61 62 −1 35 Qualification for the quarter-finals[a]
9 Veracruz 36 12 11 13 43 51 −8 35 Qualification for the Repechaje[b]
10 Atlante 36 11 11 14 57 69 −12 33
Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The first four places in the table and teams ranked 6th and 8th qualified for the Liguilla quarter-finals.
  2. ^ a b Teams ranked 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th in the table qualified for Repechaje
Results by round
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[8]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultWWLLDWLWWL-DDWDLWDWDLDLDWLWLL-LDDDWWLL
Position894814151719171715171819191818141516171816151615141413989101010998
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed;   = Leader, Qualification for the quarter-finals; C = Qualification for the quarter-finals as group leader.; E = Qualification for the quarter-finals as group runner-up.; R = Qualification for the Repechaje.

Matches

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4 September 1994 1 Santos 3-2 CD Guadalajara Torreon
Galindo   31',   82'
Bejines   56'
  52' (pen),  69' (pen) de la Torre Stadium: Corona
10 September 1994 2 Leones Negros UdeG bye Santos Guadalajara
Stadium: Jalisco
18 September 1994 3 Santos 3-2 Veracruz Torreon
Miguel Asprilla   18'
Everaldo Bejines   49'
Adomaitis   85' (pen)
  69',   83' (pen) José Luis González China Stadium: Corona
23 September 1994 4 América 2-1 Santos Laguna Coyoacan
Luis F. Peña   11'
del Olmo  78'
  86' Adomaitis Stadium: Azteca
2 October 1994 5 Santos 1-3 Pumas UNAM Torreon
Galindo   45' (pen)   20',   38' (pen) Campos
  80' Jorge Santillana
Stadium: Corona
8 October 1994 6 Tampico Madero 4-2 Santos Tampico
Héctor del Ángel   8',   45'
Carlos Contreras   53'
Guillermo Galindo   72'
  10' Adomaitis
  38' Ernesto Pérez
Stadium: Tamaulipas
16 October 1994 7 Santos 0-2 Necaxa Torreon
  55' Aspe
  81' Luis Hernández
Stadium: Corona
23 October 1994 8 CD Toluca 4-2 Santos Toluca
Arnulfo Tinoco   39'
Pavon   50',   65',   85'
  69' Galindo
  73' Miguel Asprilla
Stadium: La Bombonera
30 October 1994 9 Santos 1-0 CF Monterrey Torreon
Fernando Gil   25' Stadium: Corona
6 November 1994 10 Leon 1-0 Santos Leon de los Aldama
Dezotti   75' Stadium: Nou Camp
13 November 1994 11 Santos 2-1 Atlas FC Torreon
Ricardo Wagner de Souza   67'
Adomaitis   89'
  61' Ubaldi Stadium: Corona
18 November 1994 12 Tecos UAG 2-1 Santos Zapopan
Javier Hernández   62'
Gallaga   78'
  29' Fernando Gil Stadium: 3 de Marzo
26 November 1994 13 Puebla FC 2-0 Santos Puebla de los Angeles
Milton Queiroz "Tita"   16'
Rodrigo Ruiz   68'
Stadium: Cuauhtemoc
30 November 1994 14 Santos 2-5 Cruz Azul Torreon
Begines   43'
Adomaitis   78' (pen)
  34',   51' Julio Zamora
  62',   89' Hermosillo
  75' Pedro Duana
Stadium: Corona
4 December 1994 15 Atlético Morelia 2-2 Santos Morelia
Jaime Vera   19'
Hugo Santana   80'
  40' Adomaitis
  51' Galindo
Stadium: Morelos
11 December 1994 16 Santos 2-2 Atlante FC Torreon
Benjamín Galindo 44, Jesús Gómez 80 Guillermo Cantú 27, Gastón Obledo 57 Stadium: Corona
18 December 1994 17 Correcaminos UAT 1-2 Santos Ciudad Victoria
Alex Pineda   78' (pen)   13',   19' Begines Stadium: Marte R.Gomez
23 December 1994 18 Santos 2-1 Tigres UANL Torreon
Miguel Asprilla   20'
Marcelo Carracedo   70'
  53' José Luis González Stadium: Corona
30 December 1994 19 Toros Neza 1-0 Santos Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
Gonzalo Farfán   21' Stadium: Neza 86
8 January 1995 20 CD Guadalajara 3-1 Santos Guadalajara
Missael Espinosa   12',   29'
José Manuel de la Torre   85'
  59' (pen) Héctor Adomaitis Stadium: Jalisco
15 January 1995 21 Santos bye Leones Negros UdeG Torreon
Stadium: Corona
21 January 1995 Veracruz 3-3 Santos Laguna Veracruz
Víctor Medina   38'
Leonel Bolsonello   57' (pen)
José Luis Malibrán   71'
  39' Antonio Apud ,
  52' Miguel Asprilla ,
  76' Everaldo Bejines
Stadium: Pirata Fuente
29 January 1995 23 Santos Laguna 2-0 América Torreon
Asprilla  76',   82' Stadium: Corona
3 February 1995 24 U.N.A.M. 1-1 Santos Laguna Tlalpan
Antonio Sancho   35'   50' (og) Antonio Sancho Stadium: Olimpico Universitario
12 February 1995 25 Santos Laguna 1-1 TM Gallos Blancos Torreon
Claudio Úbeda   13' (og)   31' (og) Jesús Gómez Stadium: Corona
18 February 1995 26 Club Necaxa 1-1 Santos Laguna Tlalpan
Gerardo Esquivel   40'   27' Héctor Adomaitis Stadium: Azteca
26 February 1995 27 Santos Laguna 2-2 Toluca
Pedro Muñoz 54, Miguel Asprilla 82 José Manuel Abundis 29, Marcelino Bernal 78
12 March 1995 29 Santos Laguna 2-1 Leon Torreon
Miguel Asprilla   4'
Héctor Adomaitis   68' (pen)
  22' Gustavo Dezotti Stadium: Corona
18 March 1995 30 Atlas FC 1-3 Santos Laguna Guadalajara
Esteve Padilla   58' Benjamín Galindo   18'
Miguel Asprilla   81'
Antonio Apud   83'
Stadium: Jalisco
26 March 1995 31 Santos Laguna 3-0 Tecos UAG Torreon
Benjamín Galindo   49' (pen)
Héctor Adomaitis   66',   89'
Stadium: Corona
2 April 1995 32 Santos Laguna 1-1 Puebla FC Torreon
Salvador Mariscal   22'   58' Alfonso Sosa Stadium: Corona
6 April 1995 33 Cruz Azul 5-2 Santos Laguna Tlalpan
Julio Zamora   8' (pen),   55'
Marcelo Delgado   9'
Pintado   76'
Octavio Mora   88' (pen)
  37',   79' Miguel Asprilla Stadium: Azteca
9 April 1995 34 Santos Laguna 2-0 Atlético Morelia Torreon
Miguel Asprilla   10',   70' Stadium: Corona
14 April 1995 35 Atlante FC 3-2 Santos Laguna Benito Juarez
Wilson Graniolatti   34'
Luis Miguel Salvador   55'
Roberto Andrade   58'
  54',   64' Carracedo Stadium: Azulgrana
23 April 1995 36 Santos Laguna 4-0 Correcaminos UAT Torreon
Carracedo  7'
Miguel Asprilla   40'
Galindo   53',   58'
Stadium: Corona
7 May 1995 38 Santos Laguna 4-1 Toros Neza Torreon
Adomaitis   44',  76'
Miguel Asprilla   85'
Carracedo   89'
  58' Apolinar Cortés Stadium: Corona

Quarter-finals

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17 May 1995 Santos 3-1 Guadalajara Torreón
16:00
Guzmán   15' Stadium: Corona
20 May 1995 Guadalajara 2-0 Santos Guadalajara
20:45
Stadium: Jalisco

References

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  1. ^ Lopez, Ismael (1995-11-23). "Desde la Banca/ Caminan entrenadores sobre la cuerda floja" [From the bench / Coaches walk on a tightrope]. El Norte (in Spanish). Monterrey. p. 6. ProQuest 316335960.
  2. ^ Rosas, Sergio Luis (28 July 2010). "Recuerdos del Ayer" [Moments from Yesterday]. El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Torreón. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Recuerdos del ayer: La gira por Colombia" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 8 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Marcelo Carracedo viene de Estudiantes de la Plata: Por llegar el 4° extranjero" (PDF) (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 20 June 1994.
  5. ^ "Afirma el profesor Alvaro Briones: Santos es grande" (PDF) (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 11 May 1995.
  6. ^ Macías, Jorge Luis (1995-01-06). "Chivas y Morelia unicos equipos sin cambios para la segunda vuelta" [Chivas and Morelia are the only teams with no changes for the second round]. La Opinión (in Spanish). Vol. 69, no. 113. Los Angeles. p. 6b. ProQuest 368106807.
  7. ^ "Chivas, difícil aduana: Santos, con nuevo técnico, entrena para el partido del domingo" (PDF) (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 3 January 1995.
  8. ^ a b c Erik Francisco Lugo, Martín Toscano and RSSSF 2003/20 (24 April 2001). "Mexico 1994/95 Regular season". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Santos, a vengar el pasado contra Chivas" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 21 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Veracruz » Squad 1994/1995". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
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