1995–96 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona
1995–96 season
President	Josep Lluís Núñez
Head Coach	Johan Cruyff (until 15 May 1996) ; Carles Rexach (until 26 May 1996)
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	3rd
Copa del Rey	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Joan Gamper Trophy	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: Óscar García (10); All: Meho Kodro (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Summary

The season is best remembered as the end of Johan Cruyff's era as Head coach after almost eight years. During the summer, the club make the transfers in of Gheorghe Popescu from Tottenham Hotspurs, striker Angel Cuellar from Real Betis, forward Meho Kodro from Real Sociedad, Robert Prosinecki from Real Oviedo and the controversial move of Luis Figo from Sporting Lisboa (a petition of Jorge Valdano to the Real Madrid) after a two years ban of Italian Federation due to a double accord of the Portuguese midfielder with both Parma and Juventus.

Cruyff took Hristo Stoichkov and Ronald Koeman out of the team with controversy for fans and President included. In this campaign, the plan of head coach was mix arrivals and a new generation known as "La Quinta de Lo Pelat" (The Five of Lo Pelat) young players such as Ivan De la Peña nicked as Pelat, Oscar García, Roger García, Toni Velamazan and Albert Celades.

The team reached its climax on 7 October 1995 defeating Real Betis 5-1 in Sevilla with a memorable exhibition of La Quinta de Lo Pelat, the club were struggling in League against leader of table Atletico Madrid meanwhile competing in 1995-96 Copa del Rey where the squad reached the 1996 Copa del Rey Final and 1996 UEFA Cup Semifinals phase.

However, the squad lost in ten days the three trophies, first on 10 April 1996 FC Barcelona was defeated 0-1 by Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey Final. Six days later, in Barcelona the squad lost the semifinal 1-2 against Bayern München and was eliminated from the UEFA Cup tournament. The bizarre series of results ended on 20 April 1996 when Atletico Madrid won 3-1 at Camp Nou means that FC Barcelona could not win La Liga for second consecutive year.

The shocking 10 days of losses shattered Johan Cruyff as manager and President Jose Luis Nuñez started contacts with English trainer Bobby Robson during May to replace Cruyff for 1996-97 season. Finally, Nuñez fired Cruyff on 19 May 1996 and signed Robson as the new head coach.

Squad

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
3	DF	ESP	Abelardo Fernández
4	MF	ESP	Josep Guardiola
5	MF	ROU	Gheorghe Popescu
6	MF	ESP	José Mari Bakero (captain)
7	MF	POR	Luís Figo
8	MF	ESP	Guillermo Amor
9	FW	[[\|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]	Meho Kodro
10	FW	ESP	Ángel Cuéllar
11	MF	ROU	Gheorghe Hagi
12	DF	ESP	Sergi Barjuán
13	GK	ESP	Jesús Angoy
14	FW	NED	Jordi Cruyff
16	MF	ESP	Óscar Garcia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	ESP	Lluís Carreras
20	DF	ESP	Miguel Ángel Nadal
21	MF	CRO	Robert Prosinečki
22	GK	ESP	Julen Lopetegui
23	MF	ESP	Iván de la Peña
24	MF	ESP	Roger García
25	DF	ESP	Quique Álvarez
26	MF	ESP	Albert Celades
27	MF	ESP	Juan Carlos Moreno
28	MF	ESP	Toni Velamazán
29	DF	ESP	Xavi Roca
31	MF	ESP	Josep Setvalls
32	FW	ESP	García Pimienta
34	MF	ESP	Juanjo Carricondo
35	MF	ESP	Francisco Rufete

Transfers

Name	From/To	Type
In
Ángel Cuéllar	Real Betis
Meho Kodro	Real Sociedad
Luís Figo	Sporting Lisboa
Gheorghe Popescu	Tottenham Hotspur
Robert Prosinečki	Real Oviedo
Óscar García	Albacete	Loan ended
Lluís Carreras	Racing Santander	Loan ended
Goran Vučević	Hajduk Split	Loan ended
Álex García	Palamós	Loan ended
Out
Ronald Koeman	Feyenoord
Romário	Flamengo
Hristo Stoichkov	Parma
Igor Korneev	Heerenveen
Txiki Begiristain	Deportivo La Coruña
Eusebio	Celta de Vigo
Iván Iglesias	Sporting Gijón
Xabier Eskurza	Valencia
Xavier Escaich	Albacete
José Mari García	Real Betis
Óscar Arpón	Real Betis
Sánchez Jara	Real Betis
Álex García	Cádiz
Goran Vučević	Mérida	Loan

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Madrid (C)	42	26	9	7	75	32	+43	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Valencia	42	26	5	11	77	51	+26	83	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Barcelona	42	22	14	6	72	39	+33	80	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
4	Espanyol	42	20	14	8	63	36	+27	74	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Tenerife	42	20	12	10	69	54	+15	72	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

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.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since Atlético Madrid, winners of 1995–96 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Barcelona earned a spot in the first round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Matches

3 September 1995 (1995-09-03) 1	Real Valladolid	0-2	FC Barcelona	Valladolid
			Popescu 68' de la Peña 89'	Stadium: José Zorrilla

9 September 1995 (1995-09-09) 2	FC Barcelona	2–2	Merida	Barcelona
	Kodro 25' 89' (pen.)		Reyes 1' (pen.) Correa 64'	Stadium: Camp Nou

17 September 1995 (1995-09-17) 3	Real Zaragoza	0–3	FC Barcelona	Zaragoza
			Cruyff 51' Kodro 70' Figo 73'	Stadium: La Romareda

23 September 1995 (1995-09-23) 4	FC Barcelona	2–0	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
	Nadal 34' Figo 89'			Stadium: Camp Nou

30 September 1995 (1995-09-30) 5	Real Madrid	1-1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Raúl 12'		Roger 31'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

4 October 1995 (1995-10-04) 6	FC Barcelona	4–1	Real Oviedo	Barcelona
	Bakero 15' 31' 36' Hagi 88'		Oli 59'	Stadium: Camp Nou

7 October 1995 (1995-10-07) 7	Real Betis	1–5	FC Barcelona	Sevilla
	Pier 46'		Roger 7' Figo 26' Celades 81' Velamazán 83' de la Peña 89'

14 October 1995 (1995-10-14) 8	FC Barcelona	4–1	Athletic de Bilbao	Barcelona
	Velamazán 9' de la Peña 64' Óscar 79' Tabuenca 86' (own goal)		Carlos García 53'	Stadium: Camp Nou

22 October 1995 (1995-10-22) 9	FC Barcelona	1-0	Valencia CF	Barcelona
	Prosinečki 83' (pen.)			Stadium: Camp Nou

28 October 1995 10

Compostela

2-1

FC Barcelona

Santiago de Compostela

5 November 1995 (1995-11-05) 11	FC Barcelona	4–1	UD Salamanca	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

12 November 1995 12

CD Tenerife

1-1

FC Barcelona

Tenerife

18 November 1995 (1995-11-18) 13	FC Barcelona	3-0	Albacete	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

25 November 1995 14

Real Sociedad

1–1

FC Barcelona

San Sebastian

2 December 1995 (1995-12-02) 15	FC Barcelona	1-1	Racing de Santander	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

9 December 1995 (1995-12-09) 16	Atletico de Madrid	3-1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
				Stadium: Vicente Calderon

16 December 1995 (1995-12-16) 17	FC Barcelona	1–0	Sporting de Gijon	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

20 December 1995 (1995-12-20) 18	Sevilla CF	1-0	FC Barcelona	Sevilla
				Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan

4 January 1996 (1996-01-04) 19	FC Barcelona	2-1	RCD Espanyol	Barcelona
				Stadium: Barcelona

7 January 1996 20

RC Celta

1-0

FC Barcelona

Vigo

14 January 1996 (1996-01-14) 21	FC Barcelona	1-1	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

21 January 1996 (1996-01-21) 22	FC Barcelona	1-0	Real Valladolid	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

25 January 1996 23

Merida CF

0-0

FC Barcelona

Merida

28 January 1996 (1996-01-28) 24	FC Barcelona	3-1	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

4 February 1996 (1996-02-04) 25	Rayo Vallecano	1-1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
				Stadium: Vallecas

10 February 1996 (1996-02-10) 26	FC Barcelona	3-0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

18 February 1996 (1996-02-18) 27	Real Oviedo	1-2	FC Barcelona	Oviedo
				Stadium: Carlos Tartierre

25 February 1996 (1996-02-25) 28	FC Barcelona	1-0	Real Betis	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

2 March 1996 (1996-03-02) 29	Athletic de Bilbao	0-0	FC Barcelona	Bilbao
				Stadium: San Mamés

9 March 1996 (1996-03-09) 30	Valencia CF	4-1	FC Barcelona	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

16 March 1996 (1996-03-16) 31	FC Barcelona	1–0	Compostela	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

24 March 1996 32

UD Salamanca

1–3

FC Barcelona

Salamanca

27 March 1996 (1996-03-27) 33	FC Barcelona	2-2	CD Tenerife	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

30 March 1996 34

Albacete

0-1

FC Barcelona

Albacete

6 April 1996 (1996-04-06) 35	FC Barcelona	1-0	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

13 April 1996 36

Racing de Santander

1-1

FC Barcelona

Santander

20 April 1996 (1996-04-20) 37	FC Barcelona	1-3	Atletico de Madrid	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

28 April 1996 38

Sporting de Gijon

0–3

FC Barcelona

Gijon

5 May 1996 (1996-05-05) 39	FC Barcelona	1–1	Sevilla CF	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

15 May 1996 (1996-05-15) 40	RCD Espanyol	1–1	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
				Stadium: Montjuic

19 May 1996 (1996-05-19) 41	FC Barcelona	3-2	RC Celta	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

26 May 1996 (1996-05-26) 42	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	FC Barcelona	La Coruña
				Stadium: Riazor

Copa del Rey

Round of 16

10 January 1996

Hercules CF

0-0

FC Barcelona

Alicante

17 January 1996 (1996-01-17)	FC Barcelona	4–1	Hercules CF	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

Quarterfinals

1 February 1996

Numancia FC

2-2

FC Barcelona

Numancia

14 February 1996 (1996-02-14)	FC Barcelona	3–1	Numancia FC	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

Semifinals

22 February 1996 (1996-02-22)	FC Barcelona	1-0	RCD Espanyol	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

27 February 1996 (1996-02-27)	RCD Espanyol	2-3	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
				Stadium: Montjuic

Final

10 April 1996 (1996-04-10)	FC Barcelona	0-1	Atletico de Madrid	Zaragoza
		Report	Pantic 102'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

UEFA Cup

First Round

12 September 1995

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

0-7

FC Barcelona

Alicante

26 September 1995 (1995-09-26)	FC Barcelona	5-0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

Second round

17 October 1995 (1995-10-17)	FC Barcelona	3-0	Vitoria Guimaraes SC	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

31 October 1995

Vitoria Guimaraes SC

0-4

FC Barcelona

Eightfinals

21 November 1995 (1995-11-21)	Sevilla FC	1-1	FC Barcelona	Sevilla
				Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan

5 December 1995 (1995-12-05)	FC Barcelona	3–1	Sevilla FC	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

Quarterfinals

5 March 1996 (1996-03-05)	FC Barcelona	2-2	PSV Eindhoven	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

19 March 1996 (1996-03-19)	PSV Eindhoven	2-3	FC Barcelona	Eindhoven
				Stadium: Philips Stadion

Semifinals

2 April 1996	Bayern München	2–2	Barcelona	München
20:15 CET	Witeczek 52' Scholl 57'	Report	Óscar 14' Hagi 77'	Stadium: Olympiastadion, Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Michel Piraux

16 April 1996	Barcelona	1–2	Bayern München	Barcelona
21:00 CET	De la Peña 89'	Report	Babbel 40' Witeczek 84'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Atanas Uzunov

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Summary

Squad

Transfers

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Matches

Copa del Rey

Final

UEFA Cup

First Round

Second round

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

See also