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FC Barcelona
1995–96 season
PresidentJosep Lluís Núñez
Head CoachJohan Cruyff (until 15 May 1996)
Carles Rexach (until 26 May 1996)
StadiumCamp Nou
La Liga3rd
Copa del ReyRunners-up
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Joan Gamper TrophyWinner
Top goalscorerLeague: Óscar García (10)
All: Meho Kodro (15)

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 Luís 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 Spain ESP Carles Busquets
2 DF Spain ESP Albert Ferrer
3 DF Spain ESP Abelardo Fernández
4 MF Spain ESP Josep Guardiola
5 MF Romania ROU Gheorghe Popescu
6 MF Spain ESP José Mari Bakero (captain)
7 MF Portugal POR Luís Figo
8 MF Spain ESP Guillermo Amor
9 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Meho Kodro
10 FW Spain ESP Ángel Cuéllar
11 MF Romania ROU Gheorghe Hagi
12 DF Spain ESP Sergi Barjuán
13 GK Spain ESP Jesús Angoy
14 FW Netherlands NED Jordi Cruyff
16 MF Spain ESP Óscar Garcia
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Spain ESP Lluís Carreras
20 DF Spain ESP Miguel Ángel Nadal
21 MF Croatia CRO Robert Prosinečki
22 GK Spain ESP Julen Lopetegui
23 MF Spain ESP Iván de la Peña
24 MF Spain ESP Roger García
25 DF Spain ESP Quique Álvarez
26 MF Spain ESP Albert Celades
27 MF Spain ESP Juan Carlos Moreno
28 MF Spain ESP Toni Velamazán
29 DF Spain ESP Xavi Roca
31 MF Spain ESP Josep Setvalls
32 FW Spain ESP García Pimienta
34 MF Spain ESP Juanjo Carricondo
35 MF Spain ESP Francisco Rufete

Transfers

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

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 1995–96 La Liga

League table

Pos Team
 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
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:
  1. ^ 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.


Positions by round

Team \ 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 39 40 41 42
Barcelona 7 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3

Source: LFP 1–4 5–8 9–12 13–16 17–20 21–22


Note: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup spot (in yellow) being non-related with a position in La Liga, does not appear until the winner is assured to not win La Liga, thus if wins La Liga has a spot in the UEFA Champions League, then 1995–96 Copa del Rey runners-up earns a spot in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Atlético Madrid won their 9th La Liga title in the last matchday, so after matchday 42 Barcelona's places are coloured in yellow. In light yellow the spot expected for 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Leader
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
1996–97 UEFA Cup First round
Play-off relegation to 1996–97 Segunda División
Relegation to 1996–97 Segunda División

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 (1995-10-28) 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 (1995-11-12) 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 (1995-11-25) 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 (1996-01-07) 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 (1996-01-25) 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 (1996-03-24) 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 (1996-03-30) 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 (1996-04-13) 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 (1996-04-28) 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

Main article: 1995–96 Copa del Rey

Round of 16

10 January 1996 (1996-01-10) 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 (1996-02-01) 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

Main article: 1996 Copa del Rey 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

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Cup

First Round

12 September 1995 (1995-09-12) Hapoel Be'er ShevaIsrael 0-7 SpainFC Barcelona Alicante
26 September 1995 (1995-09-26) FC BarcelonaSpain 5-0 IsraelHapoel Be'er Sheva FC Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou

Second round

17 October 1995 (1995-10-17) FC BarcelonaSpain 3-0 Vitoria Guimaraes SCPortugal Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
31 October 1995 (1995-10-31) Vitoria Guimaraes SCPortugal 0-4 SpainFC Barcelona

Eightfinals

21 November 1995 (1995-11-21) Sevilla FCSpain 1-1 SpainFC Barcelona Sevilla
Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan
5 December 1995 (1995-12-05) FC BarcelonaSpain 3–1 SpainSevilla FC Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou

Quarterfinals

5 March 1996 (1996-03-05) FC BarcelonaSpain 2-2 NetherlandsPSV Eindhoven Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
19 March 1996 (1996-03-19) PSV EindhovenNetherlands 2-3 SpainFC Barcelona Eindhoven
Stadium: Philips Stadion

Semifinals

2 April 1996 Bayern München Germany 2–2 Spain Barcelona München
20:15 CET Witeczek 52'
Scholl 57'		 Report Óscar 14'
Hagi 77'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion,
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: BelgiumMichel Piraux
16 April 1996 Barcelona Spain 1–2 Germany Bayern München Barcelona
21:00 CET De la Peña 89' Report Babbel 40'
Witeczek 84'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: BulgariaAtanas Uzunov

Friendlies

GAMES 1995–1996 [1]

28-7-1995 FRIENDLY SV EPE-BARCELONA 0-18

29-7-1995 FRIENDLY BUITENPOST-BARCELONA 1-16

30-7-1995 FRIENDLY PEC ZWOLLE-BARCELONA 1-4

1-8-1995 FRIENDLY CAMBUUR LEEUWARDEN-BARCELONA 1-1

3-8-1995 FRIENDLY GRONINGEN-BARCELONA 2-2

5-8-1995 FRIENDLY UTRECHT-BARCELONA 3-3

6-8-1995 FRIENDLY AJAX-BARCELONA 1-4

10-8-1995 CITY OF PALMA TROPHY BARCELONA-VASCO DA GAMA 0-0/2-4/ PENALTY

12-8-1995 CITY OF PALMA TROPHY REAL BETIS-BARCELONA 2-3

16-8-1995 CITY OF LA LÍNEA TROPHY OLYMPIQUE LYON-BARCELONA 2-3

19-8-1995 MEMORIAL MARIO CECCHI GORI AC FIORENTINA-BARCELONA 2-0

19-8-1995 MEMORIAL MARIO CECCHI GORI VINCENZA-BARCELONA 1-2

22-8-1995 Joan Gamper Trophy BARCELONA-CSKA SOFIA 4-0

23-8-1995 Joan Gamper Trophy BARCELONA-SAN LORENZO 5-1

25-8-1995 FRIENDLY SEVILLA-BARCELONA 3-3

28-8-1995 FRIENDLY ALCAMPELL-BARCELONA 0-10

28-8-1995 COPA CATALUNYA BARCELONA-TÀRREGA 4-0

28-8-1995 COPA CATALUNYA LLEIDA-BARCELONA 0-0

13-3-1996 COPA CATALUNYA ESPANYOL-BARCELONA 5-1

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total 1995-96 La Liga 1995-96 Copa del Rey 1995-96 UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain ESP Carles Busquets 37 -33 37 -33
2 DF Spain ESP Albert Ferrer 28 0 28 0
5 DF Romania ROU Gheorghe Popescu 37 5 37 5
20 DF Spain ESP Miguel Ángel Nadal 35 2 35 2
12 DF Spain ESP Sergi Barjuán 40 0 40 0
4 DM Spain ESP Josep Guardiola 32 1 32 1
6 DM Spain ESP José Mari Bakero 32 6 32 6
7 MF Portugal POR Luís Figo 35 5 35 5
23 MF Spain ESP Iván de la Peña 31 7 31 7
24 MF Spain ESP Roger García 33 5 33 5
9 FW Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina [[|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] Meho Kodro 32 9 32 9
3 DF Spain ESP Abelardo Fernández 31 1 31 1
8 MF Spain ESP Guillermo Amor 28 6 28 6
10 FW Spain ESP Ángel Cuéllar 12 2 12 2
11 MF Romania ROU Gheorghe Hagi 19 3 19 3
13 GK Spain ESP Jesús Angoy 4 -3 4 -3
14 FW Netherlands NED Jordi Cruyff 13 2 13 2
16 MF Spain ESP Óscar Garcia 28 10 28 10
19 DF Spain ESP Lluís Carreras 18 0 18 0
21 MF Croatia CRO Robert Prosinečki 19 2 19 2
22 GK Spain ESP Julen Lopetegui 2 -3 2 -3
25 DF Spain ESP Quique Álvarez 1 0 1 0
26 MF Spain ESP Albert Celades 16 2 16 2
27 MF Spain ESP Juan Carlos Moreno 7 0 7 0
28 MF Spain ESP Toni Velamazán 11 3 11 3
29 DF Spain ESP Xavi Roca 1 0 1 0
31 MF Spain ESP Josep Setvalls 1 0 1 0
32 FW Spain ESP García Pimienta 1 0 1 0
34 MF Spain ESP Juanjo 1 0 1 0
35 MF Spain ESP Francisco Rufete 1 0 1 0

See also

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