1994–95 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona
1994–95 season
President	Josep Lluís Núñez
Head Coach	Johan Cruyff
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	4th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Supercopa de España	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Jordi Cruyff ; Hristo Stoichkov,; Ronald Koeman (9); All: Hristo Stoichkov (17)
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

FC Barcelona did not repeat its successful season in 1993–94, and fell back to fourth in La Liga, as well as knocked out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals by Paris Saint-Germain.

Barcelona did not perform well in the mid season and lost the league title to Real Madrid by 10 points behind included an humiliating defeat by 0–5 in Madrid, despite this Johan Cruyff was not let go by the club, taking over to the 1995–96 season.

The side managed to win the Supercopa by defeating 1994 Copa del Rey winners Real Zaragoza.

Romário left the club in January transferred out to Flamengo. At the end of the season Hristo Stoichkov was transferred out to Parma and Ronald Koeman left the club after 5 seasons.

Squad[edit]

Correct as of 23 October 2009.^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Carles Busquets
2	DF	ESP	Albert Ferrer
4	MF	ESP	Pep Guardiola
4	DF	NED	Ronald Koeman
5	DF	ESP	Abelardo
6	MF	ESP	José Mari Bakero (captain)
7	FW	RUS	Igor Korneev
8	FW	BUL	Hristo Stoichkov
9	FW	ESP	Txiki Begiristain
10	MF	ROU	Gheorghe Hagi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	BRA	Romário
12	DF	ESP	Sergi
13	GK	ESP	Jesús Angoy
14	MF	NED	Jordi Cruyff
19	MF	ESP	Guillermo Amor
20	DF	ESP	Miguel Ángel Nadal
22	GK	ESP	Julen Lopetegui
—	MF	ESP	Iván Iglesias
—	MF	ESP	Eusebio Sacristan
—	MF	ESP	Roger

Transfers[edit]

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Abelardo	Sporting Gijon
MF	Gheorghe Hagi	Brescia Calcio
FW	Jordi Cruijff
GK	Julen Lopetegui	Logroñes CF
DF	Xabier Eskurza	Athletic Bilbao
MF	José Mari	Osasuna
FW	Xavier Escaich	Sporting Gijon
DF	Sanchez Jara	Osasuna
FW	Igor Korneev
FW	Roger García
MF	Luis Cembranos
MF	Óscar Arpón
DF	Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Andoni Zubizarreta	Valencia CF	-
FW	Michael Laudrup	Real Madrid	-
FW	Goran Vučević	Hadjuk Split	loan
FW	Oscar	Albacete Balompié	loan
FW	Julio Salinas	Deportivo La Coruña	-
FW	Jon Andoni Goikoetxea	Athletic Bilbao	-
FW	Quique Estebaranz	Sevilla CF	-
MF	Ronnie Ekelund	Southampton FC	loan
DF	Juan Carlos	Valencia CF	-

Winter[edit]

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Romário	CR Flamengo	loan

Competitions[edit]

La Liga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Deportivo La Coruña	38	20	11	7	68	32	+36	51	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Betis	38	15	16	7	46	25	+21	46^[b]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Barcelona	38	18	10	10	60	45	+15	46^[b]
5	Sevilla^[c]	38	16	11	11	55	41	+14	43^[d]
6	Espanyol^[e]	38	14	15	9	51	35	+16	43^[d]

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:

^ Deportivo entered UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of 1994–95 Copa del Rey.
^ ^a ^b BAR 1–1 BET; BET 1–1 BAR
^ 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^[2] they had another 15 working days because they made allegations days before. Finally, the solution^[3] was to not relegate any involved team and expand the league to 22 teams for the next two seasons.
^ ^a ^b SEV: 7 pts; ESP: 3 pts; ZAR: 2 pts
^ RCD Español was renamed RCD Espanyol in February 1995.

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	W
Position	15	9	9	6	9	7	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	3	3	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1995–96 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1995–96 UEFA Cup First round; = 1994–95 Relegation playoff to 1995–96 Segunda Division; = 1995–96 Segunda Division; R = 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Matches[edit]

4 September 1994 (1994-09-04) 1	Sporting de Gijón	2–1	FC Barcelona	Gijón
	Pier 15' Ledyakhov 42'	Report	Koeman 31'	Stadium: Estadio El Molinon

9 September 1994 2	FC Barcelona	2–1	Racing de Santander	Barcelona
	Cruyff 7' Koeman 28' (pen.)	Report	Popov 6'	Stadium: Camp Nou

16 September 1994 3	RCD Español	0–0	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Montjuic

23 September 1994 4	FC Barcelona	4–0	SD Compostela	Barcelona
	Stoichkov 21' 58' Hagi 76' 86'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

2 October 1994 5	Real Zaragoza	2–1	FC Barcelona	Zaragoza
	Esnáider 11' Geli 22'	Report	Koeman 75' (pen.)

8 October 1994 6	FC Barcelona	4–3	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
	Romario 10' 77' Guardiola 33' Stoichkov 40'	Report	Pirri Mori 25' Kiko 80' Valencia 86'	Stadium: Camp Nou

15 October 1994 7	Valencia CF	1–2	FC Barcelona	Valencia
	Mijatović 12'	Report	Koeman 51' (pen.) Stoichkov 89'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

23 October 1994 8	FC Barcelona	1–0	CD Tenerife	Barcelona
	Bakero 5'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

28 October 1994 9	Real Sociedad	1–1	FC Barcelona	San Sebastián
	Kodro 78'	Report	Romario 34'

5 November 1994 10	FC Barcelona	1–0	Real Oviedo	Barcelona
	Stoichkov 35'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

18 November 1994 11	Real Valladolid	1–3	FC Barcelona	Valladolid
	Matosas 88'	Report	Koeman 58' (pen.) Stoichkov 68' Bakero 85'

26 November 1994 12	FC Barcelona	0–1	Sevilla FC	Barcelona
		Report	Šuker 6'	Stadium: Camp Nou

2 December 1994 13	FC Barcelona	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
	Koeman 33'	Report	Salinas 89'	Stadium: Camp Nou

10 December 1994 14	Celta de Vigo	2–4	FC Barcelona	Vigo
	Losada 86' Gudelj 89'	Report	Stoichkov 12' Romario 54' Koeman 80' (pen.) Hagi 87'	Stadium: Estadio Balaídos

20 December 1994 15	FC Barcelona	1–1	Real Betis	Barcelona
	Abelardo 88'	Report	Alexis 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou

6 January 1995 16	Real Madrid	5–0	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Zamorano 5' 21' 39' Luis Enrique 68' Amavisca 70'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Francisco Santamaria Uzqueda

14 January 1995 17	FC Barcelona	3–0	CD Logroñés	Barcelona
	Bakero 30' Abelardo 55' Cruyff 81'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

21 January 1995 18	Albacete Balompié	2–2	FC Barcelona	Albacete
	Derycia 1' Bjelica 32'	Report	Amor 19' Abelardo 84'

27 January 1995 19	FC Barcelona	1–0	Athletic de Bilbao	Barcelona
	Bakero 83'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

4 February 1995 20	FC Barcelona	3–1	Sporting de Gijón	Barcelona
	Hagi 18' Escaich 73' Iglesias 85'	Report	Morales 9'	Stadium: Camp Nou

10 February 1995 21	Racing de Santander	5–0	FC Barcelona	Santander
	Esteban Torre 44' Quique Setien 52' Merino 68' Radchenko 73' 89' (pen)	Report		Stadium: El Sardinero

17 February 1995 22	FC Barcelona	3–0	RCD Espanyol^[4]	Barcelona
	Stoichkov 2' Begiristain 22' Barjuán 28'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

24 February 1995 23	SD Compostela	1–2	FC Barcelona	Compostela
	Llorente 75'	Report	Cruyff 11' Begiristain 55'

4 March 1995 24	FC Barcelona	3–0	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona
	Koeman 15' (pen.) Begiristain 46' Amor 89'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

10 March 1995 25	Atlético de Madrid	2–0	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Rocha 44' (pen.) 51'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón

18 March 1995 26	FC Barcelona	0–0	Valencia CF	Barcelona
		Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

1 April 1995 27	CD Tenerife	2–1	FC Barcelona	Santa Cruz de La Palma
	Ramis 71' Llorente 85'	Report	Amor 61'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez

8 April 1995 28	FC Barcelona	1–1	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
	Stoichkov 61'	Report	Imaz 89'	Stadium: Camp Nou

15 April 1995 29	Real Oviedo	0–0	FC Barcelona	Oviedo
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere

22 April 1995 30	FC Barcelona	4–1	Real Valladolid	Barcelona
	Cruyff 8' 57' Begiristain 39' Amor 83'	Report	Alberto 88'	Stadium: Camp Nou

29 April 1995 31	Sevilla FC	4–2	FC Barcelona	Sevilla
	Barjuán 22' (o.g.) Monchu 40' 61' Soler 82'	Report	Koeman 12' (pen.) Abelardo 73'	Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan

5 May 1995 32	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	FC Barcelona	La Coruña
	Donato 4' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor

13 May 1995 33	FC Barcelona	1–1	Celta de vigo	Barcelona
	Cruyff 65'	Report	Gudelj 77'	Stadium: Camp Nou

20 May 1995 34	Real Betis	1–1	FC Barcelona	Sevilla
	Stošić 30'	Report	Nadal 29'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin

26 May 1995 35	FC Barcelona	1–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Nadal 62'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

3 June 1995 36	CD Logroñés	1–4	FC Barcelona	Logroño
	Sílvio 33'	Report	Begiristain 12' Cruyff 44' 75' Guardiola 46'

9 June 1995 37	FC Barcelona	0–1	Albacete Balompié	Barcelona
		Report	Bjelica 30'	Stadium: Camp Nou

17 June 1995 38	Athletic de Bilbao	0–2	FC Barcelona	Bilbao
		Report	Begiristain 37' Cruyff 77'	Stadium: Estadio San Mames

Goalscorers[edit]

9.Hristo Stoichkov
9.Jordi Cruyff
9.Ronald Koeman
6.Begiristain
4.Guillermo Amor
4.Jose Mari Bakero
4.Abelardo
4.Gheorghe Hagi
4.Romario
2.Miguel Angel Nadal
2.Pep Guardiola
1.Sergi Barjuan
1.Iván Iglesias
1.Escaich

Copa del Rey[edit]

Round of 16

4 January 1994	Barcelona	1–4	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
20:30		Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

14 February 1994	Atlético de Madrid	1–3	Barcelona	Madrid
20:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Supercopa de España[edit]

26 August 1994	Real Zaragoza	0–2	Barcelona	Zaragoza
		Report

29 August 1994	Barcelona	4–5	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona
		Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	IFK Göteborg	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Barcelona	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Manchester United	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	6
4	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	3

Source: UEFA

14 September 1994	Barcelona	2–1	Galatasaray	Barcelona
20:30	Koeman 30' Amor 50'	Report	Türkyilmaz 14'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

28 September 1994	IFK Göteborg	2–1	Barcelona	Ullevi, Gothenburg
20:30	Erlingmark 74' Blomqvist 89'	Report	Stoichkov 10'	Attendance: 32,215 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

19 October 1994	Manchester United	2–2	Barcelona	Manchester
19:30	Hughes 19' Sharpe 80'	Report	Romário 34' Bakero 49'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 40,064 Referee: Ion Crăciunescu

2 November 1994	Barcelona	4–0	Manchester United	Barcelona
20:30	Stoichkov 9', 52' Romário 45' Ferrer 88'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 114,273 Referee: Joël Quiniou

23 November 1994	Galatasaray	2–1	Barcelona	Istanbul
21:30	Şükür 71' (pen.) Busquets 87' (o.g.)	Report	Romário 15'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 18,375 Referee: Vadim Zhuk

7 December 1994	Barcelona	1–1	IFK Göteborg	Barcelona
20:30	Bakero 81'	Report	Rehn 88'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert

Quarterfinals[edit]

1 March 1995	Barcelona	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Camp Nou, Barcelona
21:00	Korneev 48'	Report	Weah 54'	Attendance: 115,000 Referee: Vaclav Krondl (Czech Republic)

15 March 1995	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Barcelona	Parc des Princes, Paris
21:15	Raí 72' Guérin 83'	Report	Bakero 49'	Attendance: 45,604 Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

Friendlies[edit]

GAMES 1994–1995 [1]
2-8-1994 FRIENDLY GRONINGEN-BARCELONA 5–5 3-8-1994 FRIENDLY DE GRAAFSCHAP-BARCELONA 1–4 4-8-1994 FRIENDLY BAYER LEVERKUSEN-BARCELONA 1–0 6-8-1994 FRIENDLY PSV EINHOVEN-BARCELONA 0–1 8-8-1994 FRIENDLY UTRECHT-BARCELONA 2–2 10-8-1994 FRIENDLY BAYERN MUNICH-BARCELONA 3–0 11-8-1994 FRIENDLY PSV EINHOVEN-BARCELONA 3–1 14-8-1994 CITY OF SALAMANCA TROPHY ATLÉTICO DE MADRID-BARCELONA 1–2 14-8-1994 CITY OF SALAMANCA TROPHY UD SALAMANCA-BARCELONA 1–2 15-8-1994 CITY OF OVIEDO TROPHY REAL OVIEDO-BARCELONA 1–1/5–3/ PENALTY 18-8-1994 ORANGE TROPHY VALLADOLID-BARCELONA 0–1 19-8-1994 ORANGE TROPHY VALENCIA-BARCELONA 1–0 23-8-1994 Joan Gamper Trophy BARCELONA-BRESCIA 4–0 24-8-1994 Joan Gamper Trophy BARCELONA-VALENCIA 1–4 4-10-1994 FRIENDLY ROMA-BARCELONA 3–3 12-10-1994 FRIENDLY PREMIÀ-BARCELONA 1–4 8-11-1994 FRIENDLY BLACKBURN ROVERS-BARCELONA 3–1 15-11-1994 COPA CATALUNYA FIGUERES-BARCELONA 2–2/5–4/ PENALTY 16-5-1995 FRIENDLY LLEIDA-BARCELONA 2–2 21-6-1995 FRIENDLY FIGUERES-BARCELONA 3–6 25-11-1995 FRIENDLY SELECCIÓ CATALUNYA-BARCELONA 5–2

Statistics[edit]

Players statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Busquets	40	-47	32	-36	0	0	8	-11
	DF	ESP	Ferrer	37	1	30+1	0	0+1	0	5	1
5	DF	ESP	Abelardo	39	5	27+3	4	2	1	4+3	0
	DF	NED	Koeman	41	10	26+6	9	1	0	8	1
20	DF	ESP	Nadal	34	2	24+5	2	0	0	5	0
	DF	ESP	Sergi	44	1	34	1	2	0	8	0
	MF	ESP	Amor	41	5	21+13	4	0+1	0	4+2	1
	MF	ESP	Guardiola	32	2	22+2	2	2	0	6	0
	MF	ESP	Bakero	41	7	31+3	4	0	0	7	3
	FW	ESP	Begiristain	31	6	22+2	6	1	0	5+1	0
	FW	BUL	Stoichkov	37	14	27	9	2	2	8	3
	GK	ESP	Angoy	6	-6	3+2	-3	0+1	-3	0	0
	GK	ESP	Lopetegui	5	-8	3	-6	2	-2	0	0
	DF	ESP	Sánchez Jara	8	0	3+3	0	1	0	0+1	0
	MF	ESP	Iglesias	31	1	19+5	1	2	0	3+2	0
	MF	ESP	Eusebio	21	0	12+4	0	0	0	4+1	0
	MF	ESP	Eskurza	18	0	11+4	0	2	0	0+1	0
	FW	NED	Cruyff	35	9	21+7	9	1+1	0	2+3	0
	MF	ESP	Arpon	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
	MF	ESP	Roger	5	0	5	0
	MF	ROU	Hagi	21	5	14+3	4	2	1	2	0
	MF	ESP	José Mari	15	0	7+5	0	1	0	1+1	0
	FW	ESP	Escaich	3	1	1+2	1
	FW	RUS	Korneev	13	1	8+4	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	BRA	Romário	18	7	12+1	4	0	0	5	3
	MF	ESP	Cembranos	6	0	2+1	0	0	0	2+1	0
	DF	ESP	Sánchez Moreno	0	0	0	0
	DF	ESP	Celades	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1994-951.html

References[edit]

^ "Squad of Barcelona 1993-94". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved Mar 16, 2020.
^ "Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2010.
^ "Temporada 1994-95 (nota aclaratoria de la ampliación a 22 equipos)" (in Spanish). futbolme.com. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
^ RCD Español changed its official name to RCD Espanyol on February 1995.Relaño, Alfredo (5 February 2018). "Por qué el Espanyol se llamó Español". El País. elpais.com.

External links[edit]

FC Barcelona Official Site
FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
uefa.com - UEFA Champions League
Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
FIFA.com
Federació Catalana de Futbol

[table_note_res_RCD0.29746395829016-2] Deportivo entered UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of 1994–95 Copa del Rey.

[table_hth_FCB0.29746395829016-3] BAR 1–1 BET; BET 1–1 BAR

[table_note_VLD0.29746395829016-6] 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^[2] they had another 15 working days because they made allegations days before. Finally, the solution^[3] was to not relegate any involved team and expand the league to 22 teams for the next two seasons.

[table_hth_SFC0.29746395829016-7] SEV: 7 pts; ESP: 3 pts; ZAR: 2 pts

[table_note_ESP0.29746395829016-8] RCD Español was renamed RCD Espanyol in February 1995.

[1] "Squad of Barcelona 1993-94". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved Mar 16, 2020.

[4] "Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2010.

[5] "Temporada 1994-95 (nota aclaratoria de la ampliación a 22 equipos)" (in Spanish). futbolme.com. Retrieved 6 November 2010.

[9] RCD Español changed its official name to RCD Espanyol on February 1995.Relaño, Alfredo (5 February 2018). "Por qué el Espanyol se llamó Español". El País. elpais.com.

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