1994–95 FC Zürich season

FC Zürich 1994–95 Sven Hotz Sven Hotz Head-coachfrom then Bob Houghtonuntil March 1995Raimondo Ponte Letzigrund Nationalliga AQualification round 9th of 12 Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB 3rd of 8 1994–95 Swiss Cup Round 5 Peter Møller (9) Peter Møller (12) 1993–94 1995–96 The 1994–95 season was FC Zürich's 98th season in their existence, since their foundation in 1896. It was their fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football, following their promotion at the end of 1989–90 season. Overview The local businessman Sven Hotz was the club's chairman and patron at this time. He had taken over as club president at the AGM in 1986. Englishman Bob Houghton had been appointed as first team head-coach in April during the previous season and he continued in this function for this season. The FCZ first team competed in this years domestic first-tier 1994–95 Nationalliga A with the clear intention of retaining their top level status. The team also competed in 1994–95 Swiss Cup. They had not qualified for any of the UEFA European tournaments and they did not enter the 1994 Intertoto Cup. FCZ played their home games in the Letzigrund. the stadium is located in the west of Zurich in the district of Altstetten, which is about three kilometers from the city center. The qualification of the NLA began on 27 July 1994 and was completed on 4 December. The top eight teams in the qualification phase would advance to the championship group and the last four teams would play against relegation. At the end of the qualification phase, FCZ slipped into the relegation zone With the defeat on the final matchday against Luzern their opponents secured themselves a slot in the championship group and left FCZ below the split, to play against relegation. Hotz held on to his head-coach, but after the third match day in the relegation group the moods changed and Bob Houghton lost his job. He was replaced by Raimondo Ponte who at that time was head-coach by the FCZ farm-team FC Baden. Players The following is the list of the FCZ first team squad this season. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the domestic league season started, on 27 July 1994, but subsequently left the club after that date. SUI GK Patrick Abatangelo league games: 3 SUI GK Jörg Stiel league games: 33 SUI DF Pascal Castillo league games: 4 SUI DF Mark Disler league games: 12 SUI DF Marc Hodel league games: 33 SUI DF Urs Isler league games: 16 SUI DF Giuseppe Mazzarelli league games: 25 SUI DF Kazik Nicolò league games: 4 SUI DF Martin Ninghetto league games: 1 SUI DF Fabio Patera league games: 1 SUI DF Aniello Tomeo league games: 2 SUI DF Roland Widmer league games: 29 SUI MF Alijosa Aleksandrovic league games: 1 ITA MF Roberto Baldassarri league games: 13 ITA MF Mario Casamento league games: 17 SUI MF Francesco Di Jorio on loan to Lausanne-Sport SUI MF Gérard Favre league games: 15 SUI MF Ralph Heydecker league games: 34 SUI MF Mario Kägi league games: 24 SUI MF Andreas Schmid league games: 2 SUI MF Jürg Studer league games: 23 SUI MF Daniel Tarone league games: 31 DEN FW Peter Møller league games: 26 TUR FW Ercüment Şahin league games: 33 YUG FW Haris Škoro league games: 26 ENG FW Roger Walker league games: 20 GER FW Herbert Waas league games: 17 ITA FW Claudio Zambotti league games: 4 Players who left the squad The following is the list of the FCZ first team players that left the squad during the previous season or in the off-season, before the new domestic season began. SUI GK Roberto Böckli to Grasshopper Club SUI GK Patrick Mäder to Winterthur YUG DF Mirsad Baljić to Luzern SUI DF Marcel Hotz to FC Dübendorf (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2025 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=1470& FC Dübendorf Fussballverband Region Zürich - fvrz.ch de 2025-11-16 SUI DF Umberto Romano to Baden SUI DF Beat Studer retired NED MF Pierre Blättler to Baden GER MF Rainer Ernst to FSV Salmrohr TUN MF Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi to Espérance Sportive de Tunis SUI MF Georgios Tzionas reserves SUI FW Marco Grassi to Servette Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Nationalliga A 1994–95 Nationalliga A Qualification phase Round 1 27 July 1994 20:00 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Lausanne-Sport Şahin 5Heydecker 62J. Studer 64 1:1Isler 78 17 Pister38 0:1 Käslin50 Viret27 La Placa62 Sylvestre Letzigrund, Zürich 4,600 SUI Michel Zen-Ruffinen D Round 2 3 August 1994 20:00 Aarau 3–0 FCZ summaryFCA summary Zürich Pavličević 68 1:0Kucharski 82 2:0Fink 83 3:0 31 Hodel75 Škoro Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 5,800 SUI Daniel Roduit (Sion) L Round 3 6 August 1994 20:00 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summaryFCB summaey Basel J. Studer 36 66 Rey Letzigrund, Zürich 12,000 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger D League debut for Thierry Schmitt Round 4 14 August 1994 20:00 Grasshopper Club 2–1 FCZ summary Zürich Lombardo 25Subiat 40 1:0Koller 48 2:0Vega 73 53 Mazzarelli65 2:1 Kägi78 Škoro Hardturm, Zürich 10,200 SUI Urs Meier (Würenlos) L Round 5 20 August 1994 17:30 St. Gallen 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich (Mazzarelli) 74 ogFischer 86 44 Tarone67 0:1 Mazzarelli80 Škoro Espenmoos, St. Gallen 6,800 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten) D Round 6 27 August 1994 20:00 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Lugano Tarone 43 1:0 45 Esposito46 1:1 Galvão Letzigrund, Zürich 3,600 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) D Round 7 31 August 1994 20:00 Xamax 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 68 0:1 Møller Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 9,500 SUI Hans Müller (Bern) W Round 8 3 September 1994 20:00 Young Boys 4–0 FCZ summary Zürich Neqrouz 31 1:0Giallanza 47Giallanza 62 penHartmann 79 3:0Giallanza 84 4:0Aduobe 89 75 Heydecker Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 4,900 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) L Round 9 10 September 1994 20:00 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Servette J. Studer 45 1:0Heydecker 61 82 1:1 Renato90 Schepull Letzigrund, Zürich 3,700 SUI Cornu D Round 10 17 September 1994 20:00 Sion 2–1 FCZ summary Zürich Widmer 4 ogOrlando 25Herr 71 2:1 8 1:1 Favre69 Widmer75 Isler88 J. Studer Stade Tourbillon, Sion 7,000 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) L Round 11 21 September 1994 20:00 Zürich 2–2 FCZ summary Luzern Tarone 27Widmer 35Heydecker 72 penHeydecker 90+2 2:2 17 0:1 Güntensperger 21 0:2 Bertelsen27 Renggli33 Wyss Letzigrund, Zürich 3,600 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) D Round 12 1 October 1994 20:00 Lausanne-Sport 0–0 FCZ summary Zürich Badea 1 4 Isler68 Hodel71 Widmer75 Disler Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 4,000 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten) D Round 13 5 October 1994 20:00 Zürich 4–0 FCZ summaryFCA summary Aarau Tarone 42 1:0Møller 55 2:0Škoro 2 63 68Favre 81 3:0Waas 84 4:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 3,800 SUI Daniel Roduit (Sion) W Round 14 15 October 1994 20:00 Basel 0–0 FCZ summaryFCB report Zürich Cantaluppi 34Meier 61 28 Hodel46 Kägi88 Favre St. Jakob-Park, Basel 25,000 SUI Michel Zen-Ruffinen D Round 15 23 October 1994 14:30 Zürich 0–3 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club 90+2 Stiel90+2 Favre 13 0:1 Willems27 0:2 Willems90+2 M. Yakin Letzigrund, Zürich 10,000 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) L Round 16 26 October 1994 20:00 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary St. Gallen Favre 1 1:0Hodel 32 15 1:1 Frick37 Tejeda Letzigrund, Zürich 2,600 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) D Round 17 30 October 1994 14:30 Lugano 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich Galvão 26 1:1Fernandez 42Englund 89 2:2 7 0:1 Şahin18 Hodel77 1:2 Møller90 Stiel Cornaredo, Lugano 4,200 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) D Round 18 6 November 1994 14:30 Zürich 2–0 FCZ summary Xamax Škoro 9 1:0Kägi 54Møller 72 2:0 30 Gottardi Letzigrund, Zürich 2,500 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) W Round 19 9 November 1994 20:00 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summary Young Boys Škoro 2 47 80 32 Baumann77 Ippoliti85 Sutter Letzigrund, Zürich 3,300 SUI Michel Zen-Ruffinen D Round 20 20 November 1994 14:30 Servette 2–0 FCZ summary Zürich Neuville 2 1:0Neuville 39 2:0Renato 77 0 77 Mazzarelli Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 4,500 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) L Round 21 27 November 1994 14:30 Zürich 4–0 FCZ summary Sion Heydecker 10 penŠkoro 42 2:0Waas 45 3:0Şahin 58 4:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 4,000 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) W Round 22 4 December 1994 14:30 Luzern 2–1 FCZ summary Zürich Güntensperger 45 1:1Gmür 72 2:1Güntensperger 88 39 0:1 Şahin39 Şahin43 Mazzarelli65 Tarone Stadion Allmend, Luzern 8,700 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) L Qualification table main WDL First stage 5 Q 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club LUG Lugano AAR Aarau Stephan Beck 2025 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=ligatabelle&saison=95 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1994/95 FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1994/95 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2025-11-16 NX Xamax LS Lausanne-Sport SIO Sion BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2025 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1994/95 FCB Rangliste 1994/95 de-ch FCB Ranking 1994/95 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2025-11-16 LUC Luzern ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2025 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=12 FCZ Saison 1994/95 de-ch FCZ season 1994/95 dbFCZ 2025-11-16 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1994-95.pdf Servette Rangliste 1994/95 Servette ranking 1994/95 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 STG St. Gallen YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1994-95 YB Saison 1994/95 YB season 1994/95 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 13 5 4 36 21 8 9 5 30 17 8 9 5 34 22 9 6 7 33 31 8 8 6 34 35 10 3 9 32 37 6 8 8 18 15 7 6 9 22 31 4 11 7 23 27 6 6 10 26 31 4 10 8 20 28 6 5 11 24 37 yes green3 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CP CP CP CP CP CP CP CP red3 Continue to promotion/relegation round RP RP RP RP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B promotion/relegation round. The stage began on 26 February and was completed on 13 June 1995. Round 1 26 February 1995 14:30 Kriens P–P [ FCZ summary] Zürich Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) P Round 2 5 March 1995 14:30 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Yverdon-Sports Møller 17 1:0Walker 23Tarone 35 2:1 22 pen. 1:1 Luciano32 Fasel63 Sutter Letzigrund, Zürich 2,500 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) W Round 3 12 March 1995 14:30 FC Solothurn 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich Du Buisson 35 1:2Du Buisson 80 2:2 1 0:1 Møller14 0:2 Møller33 Walker Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn 2,850 SUI Karl Strässle (Steinach) D Møller's first goal after 32 seconds Round 1 16 March 1995 19:00 Kriens 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Ahinful 33 1:0 45 Kägi75 1:1 Walker Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens 1,000 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) D Rescheduled following postponement on 26 February Round 4 1 April 1995 17:30 Zürich 0–1 FCZ summary Servette Møller 54Škoro 70 31 Moro48 0:1 Sinval85 Mild Letzigrund, Zürich 2,100 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) L Round 5 8 April 1995 20:00 Winterthur 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 34 Widmer54 0:1 Škoro Schützenwiese, Winterthur 3,800 SUI Hans Müller (Bern) W Round 6 12 April 1995 20:00 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary St. Gallen Mazzarelli 18 1:0Walker 29Škoro 51 2:0Škoro 82 53 2:1 Gilewicz77 Gambino Letzigrund, Zürich 3,400 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) W Round 7 29 April 1995 20:00 Young Boys 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich Christensen 14 1:1Aduobe 52 2:1Neqrouz 67Baumann 74 12 0:1 Kägi61 Mazzarelli77 2:2 Şahin Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 5,000 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) D Round 8 6 May 1995 17:30 Zürich 1–0 FCZ summary Young Boys Møller 33 1:0Tarone 85 44 Aduobe Letzigrund, Zürich 2,800 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) L Round 9 14 May 1995 17:30 St. Gallen 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Gertschen 28 1:1Fischer 36Koch 73 20 0:1 Şahin0 33 Møller67 Kägi Espenmoos, St. Gallen 4,000 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) D Round 10 20 May 1995 17:30 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summary Winterthur Tarone 71 8 Simunek11 Torghele54 Maiano57 Ibrahim Letzigrund, Zürich 2,600 SUI Karl Strässle (Steinach) D Round 11 28 May 1995 20:00 Servette 0–0 FCZ summary Zürich Margarini 27Mild 78 76 Şahin Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 3,900 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) D Round 12 31 May 1995 20:00 Zürich 5–0 FCZ summary FC Solothurn Şahin 17 1:0Tarone 43 2:0Şahin 42 3:0Mazzarelli 56 4:0Mazzarelli 69 5:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 1,652 SUI Dominique Tavel (Lonay) W Round 13 6 June 1995 20:00 Yverdon-Sports 2–1 FCZ summary Zürich Yenay 4 1:0Yenay 35Yenay 78 2:1Fasel 81Langel 86Castro 89 18 1:1 Schmid Stade Municipal, Yverdon 1,100 LIE Roland Beck (Triesenberg) L Round 14 13 June 1995 20:00 Zürich 1–5 FCZ summary Kriens Møller 87 1:4 14 0:1 Ahinful19 0:2 Ahinful23 0:3 Zwyssig67 0:4 Ndlovu89 1:5 Zwyssig Letzigrund, Zürich 1,000 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) L Final table <onlyinclude>main WDL Relegation group Q 5 2 YB BSC Young Boys 7 3 4 22 14 STG FC St. Gallen 5 6 3 20 13 ZÜR FC Zürich 5 6 3 19 16 SER Servette FC 5 6 3 15 13 KRI SC Kriens 4 7 3 18 14 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 6 3 5 18 15 WIN FC Winterthur 3 7 4 13 13 SOL FC Solothurn 0 4 10 4 31 yes green4 Remain in 1995–96 Nationalliga A S1 S1 S1 S1 red4 Remain in 1995–96 Nationalliga B RB2 RB2 RB2 RB2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup 1994–95 Swiss Cup The first-tier teams from the 1994–95 Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first two rounds, eight of them joined the competition in this round. The four that were engaged im the European competitions were granted byes for this round as well. The eight participating teams were seeded and cound not be drawn against each other. The draw respected regionalities, when possible, and the lower classed team was granted home advantage. Round 3 25 September 1994 Winterthur 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich Ferro 13Gaspoz 17Saykouk 63 1:1Ibrahim 89 47 0:1 Møller56 J. Studer63 Tarone90 1:2 Møller Schützenwiese, Winterthur 3,700 SUI Marcel Vollenweider (Rüti, Zürich) W Round 4 19 March 1995 FC Chiasso 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich Lorenzi 8 9 Mazzarelli39 0:1 Møller63 0:2 Škoro73 Walker Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso 1,000 LIE Roland Beck (Triesenberg) W Round 5 17 April 1995 FC Wil 1–0 FCZ summary Zürich Buhl 36 1:0Besio 58Schürmann 76Baur 80 54 Şahin80 Tarone Stadion Bergholz, Wil 2,800 SUI Vincent Dafflon L Friendly matches Pre-season Exhibition game 7 July 1994 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Baden Waas 63 1:0Škoro 69 2:0 Sportplatz Moos, Affoltern am Albis SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) W Semi-final Sepione Cup 12 July 1994 19:30 Basel 0–0 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Tabakovic 90 Hertig Rey Meier Walker Cantaluppi 4–3 Škoro Şahin Heydecker Casamento Mazzarelli Sportplatz Moos, Balsthal 1,600 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) L The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in the summer at Sportanlage Moos in Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004. Garin Erik 2004 https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sempione.html Sempione Cup (Switzerland) The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Sepione Cup 16 July 1994 Zürich 1–0 FCZ summary St. Gallen Waas 4 1:0 Sportplatz Moos, Balsthal 700 SUI Schuppisser W Sepione Cup match for third place Uhrencup semi-final 21 July 1994 Zürich 2–0 FCZ summary Schaffhausen Mazzarelli 63 1:0Škoro 70 2:0 5 Bossi Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 450 SUI Reto Tollot W The Uhrencup is a former club football tournament that was held annually in Grenchen in Switzerland. Uhrencup final 23 July 1994 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary SR Delémont Heydecker 9 penŠkoro 33 2:0 52 2:1 Vukic0 76 Froidevaux Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 800 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) W Prize money CHF 10 000 Winter break Exhibition game 17 January 1995 Coco Expo 0–8 FCZ summary Zürich Škoro Škoro Møller Møller Şahin Şahin Castillo Castillo West Palm Beach, Florida W Coco Expo was a soccer team from Palm Beach County, Florida Exhibition game 24 January 1995 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–0 FCZ summary Zürich Furtok Furtok Doll Doll Wolf Penksa West Palm Beach, Florida L Exhibition game 2 February 1994 Bellinzona 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Bützer 88 1:1 21 0:1 Mazzarelli Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona 200 D Exhibition game 16 February 1995 Zürich 3–3 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club Walker 25 1:1Škoro 53 2:3Şahin 82 3:3 22 0:1 Lombardo27 1:2 M. Yakin31 1:3 Subiat Letzigrund, Zürich 500 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) D Exhibition game 17 February 1995 Schaffhausen 2–2 [ FCZ summary] Zürich Pagno 45 1:1Gerstenmájer 87 2:2 28 0:1 Mazzarelli84 1:2 J. Studer Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen 400 SUI Urs Meier (Wettingen and Würenlos) D References Sources dbFCZ Homepage Switzerland 1994–95 at RSSSF FC Zürichseasons 1993–94 1995–96 Category:FC Zürich seasons Zürich