1995–96 FC Barcelona season

97th season in existence of FC Barcelona FC Barcelona 1995–96 Head Coach Johan Cruyff (until 15 May 1996) Carles Rexach President Josep Lluís Núñez Camp Nou La Liga 3rd Copa del Rey Runners-up UEFA Cup Semi-finals Joan Gamper Trophy Winner Óscar García (10) Meho Kodro (15) _barcelona97 _barcelona97 _barcelona97 _barcelona97 _barcelona97 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 000FFF 0000FF _barcelona97a _barcelona97a _barcelona97a _barcelona97a _barcelona97a 00AFAF 00AFAF 00AFAF 00AFAF 00AFAF 1994–95 1996–97 The 1995–96 season was the 97th season in existence of F.C Barcelona and their 67th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football, La Liga. Barcelona again failed to follow up on their 1993-94 league title, instead finishing third in the league. In April, the team lost the chance at three trophies in 10 days. First, Barcelona reached the finals of the Copa del Rey, losing 1-0 to Atlético Madrid. They then stumbled in the UEFA Cup as they were knocked out by Bayern Munich in a 1-2 (3-4 on aggregate) loss at home, before losing definitively to Atlético Madrid at home, erasing the chance of a league win. Barcelona were active in the transfer market, bringing in players such as Georghe Popescu, Ángel Cuéllar, Meho Kodro, Robert Prosinečki, and Luís Figo. Hristo Stoichkov and Ronald Koeman were two notable departures. The season was head coach Johan Cruyff's final with the club, as he was sacked after the May losses. Carles Rexach served as manager until Englishman Bobby Robson was hired. 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 made the transfers in of Gheorghe Popescu from Tottenham Hotspur,https://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/15/deportes/800488849_850215.html Popescu signs with FCB elpais.com 14 May 1995 20 April 2021 es Graham Turner El País striker Ángel Cuéllar from Real Betis,https://elpais.com/diario/1995/06/27/deportes/804204012_850215.html FC Barcelona transfers Cuellar in El País elpais.com 26 June 1995 20 April 2021 forward Meho Kodro from Real Sociedad,https://elpais.com/diario/1995/05/09/deportes/799970406_850215.html Agreement between Barcelona and Real Sociedad for the transfer of Kodro El País es 8 May 1995 20 April 2021 elpais.com Robert Prosinečki from Real Oviedohttps://elpais.com/diario/1995/07/21/deportes/806277610_850215.html es Prosinecki signs a 3-year-deal with FC Barcelona El País elpais.com 20 July 1995 20 April 2021 Serras Manel Carbonell Rafael 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.https://elpais.com/diario/1995/03/14/deportes/795135605_850215.html es elpais.com Figo signs a Pre-Agreement with FCB El País 13 March 1995 20 April 2021 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 generation of Lo Pelat) young players such as Iván 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 La Quinta de Lo Pelat. The club were struggling in League against leader of table, Atlético Madrid, while competing in the 1995–96 Copa del Rey, where the squad reached the 1996 Copa del Rey Final and the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Semi-finals. However, the squad lost in ten days the three trophies, first on 10 April 1996 FC Barcelona was defeated 0-1 by Atlético 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 Atlético 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 1 ESP GK Carles Busquets 2 ESP DF Albert Ferrer 3 ESP DF Abelardo Fernández 4 ESP MF Josep Guardiola vice-captain 5 ROM MF Gheorghe Popescu 6 ESP MF José Mari Bakero captain 7 POR MF Luís Figo 8 ESP MF Guillermo Amor vice-captain 9 BIH flagicon BIH FW Meho Kodro 11 ROM MF Gheorghe Hagi 12 ESP DF Sergi Barjuán 13 ESP GK Jesús Angoy 14 NED FW Jordi Cruyff 16 ESP MF Óscar García 20 ESP DF Miguel Ángel Nadal 21 CRO MF Robert Prosinečki 22 ESP GK Julen Lopetegui 23 ESP MF Iván de la Peña 24 ESP MF Roger García 25 ESP DF Quique Álvarez 26 ESP MF Albert Celades 28 ESP MF Toni Velamazán 30 ESP MF Francisco Rufete Transfers In Pos. Name from TypeMFLuís Figo Sporting Lisboa MFGheorghe Popescu Tottenham Hotspur MFRobert Prosinečki Real Oviedo FWMeho Kodro Real Sociedad FWÁngel Cuéllar Real Betis MFÓscar García Albacete Loan endedDFLluís Carreras Racing Santander Loan endedMFGoran Vučević Hajduk Split Loan endedDFÁlex García Palamós Loan ended Out Pos. Name To TypeDFRonald Koeman Feyenoord FWRomário CR Flamengo FWHristo Stoichkov Parma FWTxiki Begiristain Deportivo MFEusebio Celta de Vigo MFIgor Korneev Heerenveen DFIván Iglesias Sporting Gijón DFXabier Eskurza Valencia DFXavier Escaich Albacete DFJosé Mari García Real Betis MFÓscar Arpón Real Betis MFSánchez Jara Real Betis MFÁlex García Cádiz DFGoran Vučević Mérida Loan Competitions La Liga 1995–96 La Liga League table BAR Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result W/D/W/W/D/W/W/W/W/L/W/D/W/D/D/L/W/L/W/L/D/W/D/W/D/W/W/W/D/L/W/W/D/W/W/D/L/W/D/D/W/D Position 7/5/3/3/3/3/2/2/2/2/2/2/1/2/2/3/3/3/2/4/4/3/3/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/3/2/2/2/2/3R/3R/3R/3R Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Leader, 1996–97 UEFA Champions League Group stage #E8FFD8 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup blue2 1996–97 UEFA Cup First round complete Competitive matches December 2020 Note: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup spot (in green) 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 39 Barcelona's places are coloured in green. In light green the spot expected for 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Matches 1 1995 09 03 y Real Valladolid 0–2 FC Barcelona Popescu 68 de la Peña 89 Valladolid José Zorrilla W 2 1995 9 9 y FC Barcelona 2–2 CP Mérida Kodro 25 89 pen. Reyes 1 pen. Correa 64 Barcelona Camp Nou D 3 1995 9 17 y Real Zaragoza 0–3 FC Barcelona Cruyff 51 Kodro 70 Luís Figo 73 Zaragoza La Romareda W 4 1995 9 23 y FC Barcelona 2–0 Rayo Vallecano Nadal 34 Luís Figo 89 Barcelona Camp Nou W 5 1995 9 30 y Real Madrid 1–1 FC Barcelona Raúl 12 Roger 31 Madrid Santiago Bernabéu D 6 1995 10 04 y FC Barcelona 4–1 Real Oviedo Bakero 15 31 36 Hagi 88 Oli 59 Barcelona Camp Nou W 7 1995 10 07 y Real Betis 1–5 FC Barcelona Pier 46 Roger 7 Luís Figo 26 Celades 81 Velamazán 83 de la Peña 84 Seville Benito Villamarín W 8 1995 10 14 y FC Barcelona 4–1 Athletic de Bilbao Velamazán 9 de la Peña 64 Óscar 79 Tabuenca 86 o.g. García 53 Barcelona Camp Nou W 9 1995 10 22 y FC Barcelona 1–0 Valencia CF Prosinečki 83 pen. Barcelona Camp Nou W 10 1995 10 28 y Compostela 2–1 FC Barcelona Christensen 76 pen. Ohen 78 Kodro 24 Santiago de Compostela San Lázaro L 11 1995 11 05 y FC Barcelona 4–1 UD Salamanca Popescu 11 30 pen. Kodro 22 Óscar 48 Stîngă 85 Barcelona Camp Nou W 12 1995 11 12 y CD Tenerife 1–1 FC Barcelona Llorente 48 Roger 36 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López D 13 1995 11 18 y FC Barcelona 3-0 Albacete Hagi 14 Popescu 62 Prosinečki 85 Barcelona Camp Nou W 14 1995 11 25 y Real Sociedad 1–1 FC Barcelona Idiakez 82 Óscar 44 San Sebastián Anoeta D 15 1995 12 02 y FC Barcelona 1–1 Racing de Santander Kodro 20 Txema 42 Barcelona Camp Nou D 16 1995 12 09 y Atlético de Madrid 3–1 FC Barcelona Penev 3 pen. 12 Caminero 81 Velamazán 87 Madrid Vicente Calderón L 17 1995 12 16 y FC Barcelona 1–0 Sporting de Gijón Popescu 7 Barcelona Camp Nou W 18 1995 12 20 y Sevilla CF 1–0 FC Barcelona Monchu 37 Seville Sánchez Pizjuán L 19 1996 01 04 y FC Barcelona 2–1 RCD Espanyol Nadal 15 Óscar 89 Bogdanović 68 Barcelona Barcelona W 20 1996 01 07 y RC Celta 1–0 FC Barcelona Sánchez 57 Vigo Balaídos L 21 1996 01 14 y FC Barcelona 1–1 Deportivo La Coruña Abelardo 58 Radchenko 39 Barcelona Camp Nou D 22 1996 01 21 y FC Barcelona 1–0 Real Valladolid Bakero 54 Barcelona Camp Nou W 23 1996 01 25 y CP Merida 0–0 FC Barcelona Mérida Estadio Romano D 24 1996 01 28 y FC Barcelona 3–1 Real Zaragoza Óscar 12 de la Peña 57 60 Higuera 58 Barcelona Camp Nou W 25 1996 02 04 y Rayo Vallecano 1–1 FC Barcelona Aquino 29 de la Peña 76 Madrid Vallecas D 26 1996 02 10 y FC Barcelona 3–0 Real Madrid Kodro 36 89 Luís Figo 71 Barcelona Camp Nou w 27 1996 02 18 y Real Oviedo 1–2 FC Barcelona Oli 27 Bakero 1 Amor 81 Oviedo Carlos Tartiere W 28 1996 02 25 y FC Barcelona 1–0 Real Betis Kodro 84 Barcelona Camp Nou W 29 1996 03 02 y Athletic de Bilbao 0–0 FC Barcelona Bilbao San Mamés D 30 1996 03 09 y Valencia CF 4–1 FC Barcelona Gómez 40 Viola 43 Mijatović 48 88 Amor 68 Valencia Mestalla L 31 1996 03 16 y FC Barcelona 1–0 Compostela Roger 8 goals2 Barcelona Camp Nou W 32 1996 03 24 y UD Salamanca 1–3 FC Barcelona Medina 11 Amor 4 Roger 18 Óscar 30 Villares de la Reina El Helmántico W 33 1996 03 27 y FC Barcelona 2–2 CD Tenerife Amor 20 Celades 35 Pizzi 6 Pinilla 31 Barcelona Camp Nou D 34 1996 03 30 y Albacete 0–1 FC Barcelona Óscar 51 Albacete Carlos Belmonte W 35 1996 04 06 y FC Barcelona 1–0 Real Sociedad Amor 32 Barcelona Camp Nou W 36 1996 04 13 y Racing de Santander 1–1 FC Barcelona Suances 88 Cuéllar 11 Santander El Sardinero D 37 1996 04 20 y FC Barcelona 1–3 Atlético de Madrid Cruyff 25 Roberto 10 Vizcaíno 48 Biagini 87 Barcelona Camp Nou L 38 1996 04 28 y Sporting de Gijón 0–3 FC Barcelona de la Peña 4 Hagi 15 Óscar 26 Gijón El Molinón W 39 1996 05 05 y FC Barcelona 1–1 Sevilla CF Bakero 49 Moya 23 Barcelona Camp Nou D 40 1996 05 15 y RCD Espanyol 1–1 FC Barcelona Urzaiz 87 Luís Figo 51 Barcelona Sarrià D 41 1996 05 19 y FC Barcelona 3–2 RC Celta Cuéllar 71 Óscar 77 88 Alejo 44 Gudelj 52 Barcelona Camp Nou W 42 1996 05 26 y Deportivo La Coruña 2–2 FC Barcelona Bebeto 37 57 Guardiola 74 Amor 87 A Coruña Riazor D Copa del Rey 1995–96 Copa del Rey Round of 16 1996 01 10 y Hércules CF 0–0 FC Barcelona Alicante José Rico Pérez 29,000 D 1996 01 17 y FC Barcelona 4–1 Hércules CF Bakero 14 Abelardo 44 Kodro 52 Amor 70 Palomino 47 Barcelona Camp Nou 35,000 W Quarterfinals 1996 02 01 y CD Numancia 2–2 Report FC Barcelona Alonso 1 Movilla 89 Moreno 49 55 Soria Los Pajaritos 12,200 D 1996 02 14 y FC Barcelona 3–1 Report CD Numancia Kodro 23 Óscar 26 Nadal 60 Barbarin 5 Barcelona Camp Nou 60,000 W Semifinals 1996 02 22 y FC Barcelona 1–0 Report RCD Espanyol Popescu 51 pen. Barcelona Camp Nou 80,000 W 1996 02 27 y RCD Espanyol 2–3 Report FC Barcelona García 38 Urzaiz 62 pen. Kodro 41 Amor 79 Popescu 89 Barcelona Sarrià 41,000 W Final 1996 Copa del Rey Final 1996 04 10 y FC Barcelona 0–1 http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/Copa96.htm Atlético de Madrid 102 Pantic Zaragoza La Romareda 36,500 Manuel Díaz Vega L UEFA Cup 1995–96 UEFA Cup First round 1995 09 12 y Hapoel Be'er Sheva ISR 0–7 Report ESP FC Barcelona De la Peña 4Roger 45 68 78Óscar63Figo 65 81 Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,500 W 1995 09 26 y FC Barcelona ESP 5–0 Report ISR Hapoel Be'er Sheva Guardiola 12Hagi 27Velamazán52Carreras 62Amor 66 Barcelona Camp Nou 24,000 W Second round 1995 10 17 y FC Barcelona ESP 3–0 Report POR Vitória de Guimarães Kodro 45 66Celades 76 Barcelona Camp Nou 91,000 Alain Sars (France) W 1995 10 31 y Vitória de Guimarães POR 0–4 Report ESP FC Barcelona Kodro 18Óscar61Celades 66Sergi 77 Guimarães D. Afonso Henriques 8,700 Hartmut Strampe (Germany) W Third round 1995 11 21 y Sevilla FC ESP 1–1 Report ESP FC Barcelona Šuker 47 Hagi 69 Seville Sánchez Pizjuán 42,000 D 1995 12 05 y FC Barcelona ESP 3–1 Report ESP Sevilla FC Bakero 61Popescu 80 Roger 82 Moya 81 Barcelona Camp Nou 68,000 W Quarterfinals 5 March 1996 21:00 FC Barcelona ESP 2–2 Report NED PSV Bakero 21Abelardo 70 Nilis 4 50 Camp Nou Barcelona 90,000 Anders Frisk (Sweden) D 19 March 1996 20:30 PSV NED 2–3 Report ESP FC Barcelona Zenden 43Eijkelkamp 65 Bakero 3Figo 22Sergi 80 Philips Stadion Eindhoven 30,000 Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) W Semifinals 2 April 1996 20:15 CET Bayern München GER 2–2 Report ESP Barcelona Witeczek 52Scholl 57 Óscar 14Hagi 77 München Olympiastadion, 63,000 BELMichel Piraux D 16 April 1996 21:00 CET Barcelona ESP 1–2 Report GER Bayern München De la Peña 89 Babbel 40Witeczek 84 Barcelona Camp Nou 90,000 BULAtanas Uzunov L Friendlies GAMES 1995–1996 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 La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA Cup 1 ESP GK Busquets 37 -33 7 -7 8 -9 2 ESP DF Ferrer 28 0 6+1 0 7+1 0 20 ESP DF Nadal 31+4 2 6 1 6+1 0 3 ESP DF Abelardo 25+6 1 6 1 3+3 1 12 ESP DF Sergi 39+1 0 6 0 7 2 4 ESP DM Guardiola 28+4 1 7 0 7+1 1 5 ROM DM Popescu 33+4 5 5 2 8 1 7 POR MF Figo 33+2 5 4+3 0 9+1 3 6 ESP MF Bakero 28+4 6 4 1 9+1 3 24 ESP MF Roger 27+6 5 2+2 0 8+1 4 9 BIH FW Kodro 26+6 9 5 3 6 3 13 ESP GK Angoy 4 -3 0 0 1 0 23 ESP DM De la Peña 25+6 7 4 0 2+5 2 8 ESP MF Amor 16+12 6 2+4 2 6 1 11 ROM MF Hagi 12+7 3 4 0 5 3 21 CRO MF Prosinecki 12+7 2 2+2 0 0 0 16 ESP MF Óscar 11+17 10 2+2 1 2+3 3 26 ESP MF Celades 11+5 2 1 0 6+2 2 14 NED FW Jordi Cruyff 11+2 2 1 0 2+2 0 19 ESP DF Carreras 10+8 0 1 0 3+2 1 28 ESP MF Velamazan 7+4 3 0+1 0 1+2 1 10 ESP FW Cuellar 3+9 2 0+1 0 1+2 0 27 ESP MF Juan Carlos 3+4 0 2+2 2 1+2 0 22 ESP GK Lopetegui 2 -3 0 0 1 -1 25 ESP DF Quique Álvarez 1 0 0 0 1 0 29 ESP DF Roca 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 ESP MF Setvalls 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 32 ESP FW García Pimienta 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 ESP MF Juanjo 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 35 ESP MF Rufete 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 August 2020 https://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t1995-961.html See also FC Barcelona 1995–96 UEFA Cup 1995–96 La Liga 1995–96 Copa del Rey Spanish Super Cup References Category:FC Barcelona seasons Barcelona Category:1995 in Catalan sport Category:1996 in Catalan sport