1994–95 FC Aarau season

FC Aarau 1994–95 120 Club president Ernst Lämmli Head-coach Rolf Fringer Stadion Brügglifeld,Aarau 1994–95 NLA Qualifying phase 3rd of 12 Championship group 4th of 8 1994–95 Swiss Cup Round 3 1994–95 UEFA Cup Round 1 Sepione Cup Winners Ratinho (12) Ratinho (12) 1993–94 1995–96 The 1994–95 season was FC Aarau's 92nd season in their existence, since their foundation in 1902. It was their thirteenth season in the top flight of Swiss football, following their promotion at the end of 1980–81 season. FCA played their home games in the Stadion Brügglifeld and the stadium is located on the southern outskirts of Aarau, in the territory of the neighboring municipality of Suhr. It is about one and a half kilometers from Aarau city center and the railway station. Overview The local businessman and architect Ernst Lämmli was the club's chairman and patron at this time. He held this position since the AGM in 1989. Lämmli had appointed the Austrian Rolf Fringer as head-coach two seasons earlier and after achieving the championship title in his first season with the team and qualifing for the UEFA Cup the previous season, his contract was extended. The FCA first team competed in this season's domestic first-tier 1994–95 Nationalliga A with the clear intention of reaching the championship group and again to qualify for the European competitions. To achieve this would mean they would have to finish the qualifying stage under the top eight teams. The team had qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Cup preliminary round and their aim here was to reach the main stage. The team also competed in the 1994–95 Swiss Cup. The first-tier teams from the NLA were granted byes for the first two cup rounds, eight of them competed in round three. The four teams that were engaged in the European competitions were granted byes for the third round and FCA competed in round four. FCA did not enter the 1994 Intertoto Cup. Players The following is the list of the FCA 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. 1 SUI GK Andreas Hilfiker league games: 32 SUI GK Walter Müller league games: 4 SUI DF David Bader league games: 34 SUI DF Sven Christ league games: 26 SUI DF Dejan Markovic league games: 16 CRO DF Mirko Pavličević league games: 32 SUI DF Beat Studer league games: 33 SUI DF Daniel Wyss league games: 32 SUI MF Renato Brugnoli league games: 34 SUI MF Patrick Bühlmann league games: 34 SUI MF Marcel Heldmann league games: 22 SUI MF Michael Mazenauer league games: 14 BRA MF Ratinho league games: 36 POL MF Dariusz Skrzypczak league games: 34 SUI FW Reto Burri league games: 4 SUI FW Martin Fink league games: 30 SUI FW Joris Gratwohl league games: 2 SUI FW Andreas Höhener league games: 6 POL FW Cezary Kucharski league games: 34 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 DF Bernd Kilian to Grasshopper Club SUI DF Stefan Marini to Thun as head-coach ITA DF Salvatore Romano to Lausanne-Sport SUI DF Arne Stiel to Baden SUI DF René Weiler to Servette SUI MF Heinz Hermann retired SUI MF Stefan Renggli to Luzern GER MF Sascha Stauch to SV 08 Laufenburg (Germany) SUI MF Thomas Wyss to Luzern BUL FW Petar Alexandrov to Levski Sofia POL FW Ryszard Komornicki to Wohlen as player-coach 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 The qualification of the NLA began on 27 July 1994, with the exception of Sion–Aarau that was played three days later, 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. Round 1 30 July 1994 20:00 Sion 2–0 FCA summary Aarau Assis 8 1:0Geiger 14 2:0Herr Fink Stade Tourbillon, Sion 9,500 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) L 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) W Round 3 6 August 1994 20:00 Aarau 0–0 FCA summary Lugano Pavličević Colombo Carrasco Manfreda Bugnard Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 4,300 SUI Karl Strässle (Steinach) D Round 4 13 August 1994 20:00 Luzern 1–0 FCA summary Aarau Güntensperger 68 1:0Rueda Güntensperger 2 39 Kucharski Heldmann Stadion Allmend, Luzern 10,200 SUI Claude Detruche (Thônex) L Round 5 20 August 1994 20:00 Aarau 2–0 FCA summary Young Boys Skrzypczak 24 1:0(Christensen) 80 og Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 4,500 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) W Fair game, no cautions. Round 6 27 August 1994 20:00 Servette 2–2 FCA summary Aarau Canil 49 1:1Canil 79 2:2 33 0:1 Ratinho63 1:2 Fink Fink Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 4,300 SUI Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf, Uri) D Round 7 31 August 1994 20:00 Aarau 0–0 FCB summaryFCA summary Basel Fink 8Ratinho 83 44 Olsen56 Šarić57 Jeitziner Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 7,400 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau) D FCA without Hediger, Höhener and Mazenauer, FCB without Tabakovic, Smajic and Grüter (all injured). A confused, inconsistent referee. Round 8 3 September 1994 20:00 Xamax 1–1 FCA summary Aarau Gottardi 11 1:0Wallon Détári 30 pen. 1:1 Kucharski Ratinho Pavličević Bader Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 9,100 SUI Jürg Herrmann (Hinterkapplen (Wohlen bei Bern)) D Round 9 10 September 1994 20:00 Aarau 1–1 FCA summary Lausanne-Sport Wyss 88 1:1 38 0:1 Badea Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 3,900 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) D Fair game, no cautions. Round 10 17 September 1994 17:30 St. Gallen 2–2 FCA summary Aarau Frick 12 1:0Gilewicz 68 pen. 2:2Gambino 17 1:1 Ratinho49 1:2 Studer Wyss Pavličević Espenmoos, St. Gallen 6,000 SUI Freddy Philippoz (Sion) D Round 11 21 September 1994 20:00 Aarau 5–1 FCA summary Grasshopper Club Wyss 57 1:0Ratinho 64 2:0Skrzypczak 68 3:0Kucharski 82 4:1Bühlmann 89 5:1 Markovic Christ 69 3:1 Lombardo Vega Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 5,100 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) W Round 12 1 October 1994 20:00 Aarau 3–0 FCA summary Sion Fink 19 1:0Ratinho 35 2:0Wyss 90 3:0Fink Oggier Herr Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 4,300 SUI Claude Detruche (Thônex) W 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 16 October 1994 14:30 Lugano 1–1 FCA summary Aarau Patrick Englund 18 1:1Colombo Andrioli Galvão 8 0:1 Ratinho Kucharski Cornaredo, Lugano 4,500 SUI Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf, Uri) D Round 15 23 October 1994 14:30 Aarau 2–1 FCA summary Luzern Christ 71 1:0Wyss 88 2:0Brugnoli 2 79 Bertelsen90+1 2:1 Camenzind van Eck Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 6,900 SUI Yvan Cornu W Round 16 26 October 1994 20:00 Young Boys 1–0 FCA summary Aarau Giallanza 58 1:0Aduobe Giallanza Neqrouz Skrzypczak Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 2,300 SUI Philippe Leuba (Chexbres) L Round 17 30 October 1994 14:30 Aarau 3–0 FCA summary Servette Heldmann 34 1:0Kucharski 53 2:0Skrzypczak 78 3:0Skrzypczak Barberis Moro Margarini Aeby Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 5,400 SUI Erwin Fölmli W Round 18 5 November 1994 17:30 Basel 0–2 FCB summaryFCA summary Aarau Smajić 22 44 Bühlmann60 Pavličević62 Wyss75 0:1 Ratinho87 0:2 Ratinho St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 14,000 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) W FCB without Van Duren (injured); FCA without Heidmann (ill) and Hediger (injured). Round 19 9 November 1994 20:00 Aarau 2–2 FCA summary Xamax Fink 45 1:0Fink 58 2:0Fink 68 2:1 Aleksandrov86 2:2 Ivanov Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 4,400 SUI Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf, Uri) D Round 20 20 November 1994 14:30 Lausanne-Sport P–P [ FCA summary] Aarau Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne P Round 20 22 November 1994 20:00 Lausanne-Sport 2–2 FCA summary Aarau Sogbie 1 1:0Sogbie 45 pen. 2:2Biaggi 0 58La Placa 2 64Pister Badea 4 1:1 Ratinho18 1:2 Fink0 45 Pavličević0 58 Fink Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 2,800 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) D The match was originally scheduled for Sunday, but was posponed and rescheduled. Round 21 27 November 1994 14:30 Aarau 3–0 FCA summary St. Gallen Bühlmann 11 1:0Kucharski 51 2:0Ratinho 70 3:0Christ Winkler Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 5,400 SUI Michel Zen-Ruffinen W Round 22 4 December 1994 14:30 Grasshopper Club 1–0 FCA summary Aarau Vega 25 1:0Willems Gämperle Kucharski Bühlmann Hardturm, Zürich 5,700 SUI Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf, Uri) 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 Championship group The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. The championship group began on 26 February 1995 and was completed on 13 June. Round 1 26 February 1995 14:30 Aarau 0–1 FCB summaryFCA summary Basel 16 Ceccaroni90 0:1 Zuffi Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 9,300 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) W FCA were without Heldmann, Markovic (both injured), Kucharski, and Pavlicevic (both suspended). FCB were without Jeitziner (injured), Rey (fell ill with a 40-degree fever on Sunday night), Hertig, Saric, and Yakin (all suspended). First National League appearance for Moser (formerly of Birsfelden). Position changes after halftime: Moser in midfield, Smajic in attack. The pitch was in relatively good playing condition. Around 4,500 Basel fans were in attendance. A confident performance from referee Muhmenthaler and his linesmen. Round 2 5 March 1995 14:30 Lausanne-Sport 0–1 FCA summary Aarau La Placa 51 0:1 Fink Mazenauer Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 3,700 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) W Round 3 12 March 1995 14:30 Aarau 3–3 FCA summary Lugano Skrzypczak 37 1:1Fink 72 2:2Ratinho 90+3 3:3 34 0:1 Englund67 1:2 Ferreira84 pen. 2:3 Fernandez Esposito Morf Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 6,100 SUI Yvan Cornu D Round 4 2 April 1995 14:30 Luzern 1–0 FCA summary Aarau Güntensperger 61 1:0Gmür Fink Stadion Allmend, Luzern 9,600 SUI Claude Detruche (Thônex) L Round 5 8 April 1995 17:30 Grasshopper Club 1–0 FCA summary Aarau Subiat 28 1:0 Hardturm, Zürich 6,100 SUI Yvan Cornu L Fair game, no cautions. Round 6 12 April 1995 20:00 Aarau 1–1 FCA summary Xamax Ratinho 70 1:1 39 0:1 Aleksandrov Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 4,200 SUI Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf, Uri) D Fair game, no cautions. Round 7 29 April 1995 20:00 Aarau 2–1 FCA summary Sion Wyss 25 1:0Kucharski 82 2:0 85 2:1 Bonvin2 88 Quentin Giannini Fournier Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 3,700 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) W Round 8 6 May 1995 20:00 Sion 2–0 FCA summary Aarau Ouattara 23 1:0Bonvin 38 2:0 Markovic Christ Stade Tourbillon, Sion 7,500 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau) L Round 9 13 May 1995 20:00 Xamax 3–0 FCA summary Aarau Wittl 2 1:0Aleksandrov 30 2:0Aleksandrov 86 1:0Corminbœuf Skrzypczak Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 6,900 LIE Roland Beck (Triesenberg) L Round 10 2 Mav 1995 20:00 Aarau 2–2 FCA summary Grasshopper Club Heldmann 48 1:0Christ 76 2:0Kucharski ChristFink 86 2:1 Koller90+4 2:2 Gren Rząsa Gren Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 7,100 SUI Claude Detruche (Thônex) D Round 11 27 May 1995 20:00 Aarau 3–0 FCA summary Luzern Kucharski 24 1:0Kucharski 51 2:0Mazenauer 90 3:0Studer Bachmann van Eck Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 6,000 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) W Round 12 31 May 1995 20:00 Lugano 0–0 FCA summary Aarau Fernandez Wyss Cornaredo, Lugano 2,500 SUI Freddy Philippoz (Sion) D Round 13 10 June 1995 20:00 Aarau 4–1 FCA summary Lausanne-Sport Pavličević 49 1:0Pavličević 60 2:0Kucharski 71 3:1Kucharski 81 4:1 70 2:1 Sogbie Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 3,400 SUI Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf, Uri) W Fair game. no cautions Round 14 13 June 1995 20:00 Basel 0–1 FCB summary Aarau 41 0:1 Ratinho67 Christ St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,500 SUI Daniel Roduit L Numerous honors before the match for: Rehorek, Fringer, Roduit, Jeitziner, Van Duren, Hertig, Saric, Niederer, Steingruber. FCB without Walker (suspended), Cantaluppi, Moser (injured), Zuffi (on vacation), Aarau without Gratwohl and Hediger (injured). Final league table main WDL Champions group 5 Q 2 y GCZ Grasshopper Club LUG Lugano NX Xamax AAR Aarau LUC Luzern SIO Sion BAS Basel LS Lausanne-Sport 9 3 2 25 13 16 6 5 3 25 17 13 6 4 4 27 20 12 5 4 5 17 16 13 5 5 4 14 18 10 5 2 7 24 25 12 7 0 7 20 19 10 1 1 12 11 35 12 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1995–96 Champions League EC blue1 qualified for 1995–96 UEFA Cup UC1 blue1 qualified for 1995–96 UEFA Cup UC2 blue3 entered 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup IT1 blue3 entered 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup IT2 blue3 entered 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup IT3 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1995–96 Cup Winners' Cup CW complete rsssf.com Grasshopper Club won the championship title and this was GC's 23rd title to this date. Swiss Cup In the 1994–95 Swiss Cup, the first-tier teams were granted byes for the first two cup rounds, eight of these teams joined the competition in round three. The four teams that were engaged im the European competitions were granted byes for the third round as well and therefore FCA joind the competition in round four. Round 4 18 March 1995 20:00 Basel 3–0 FCB summaryFCA summary Aarau Zuffi 45 1:0Walker 85Hertig 86 2:0Šarić 88 3:0 72 Bader St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 12,000 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau) W FCB without Jeiztiner, Smajic (injured). FCA without Christ (suspended), Heldmann, Wyss (injured). Sion won the cup and this was the Sion's seventh cup title in their seventh final to this date. UEFA Cup 1994–95 UEFA Cup FCA had ended the previous season in fourth position in the domestic league. The top three places in the table were the slots for the UEFA competitions, but because the 1993–94 Swiss Cup winners, the Grasshopper Club, ended the season in second position in the league the UEFA slots were handed down one position. FCA were thus qualified for 1994–95 UEFA Cup preliminary round. Preliminary round First leg 9 August 1994 20:00 Aarau SUI 1–0 UEFA reportFCA summary SVN Mura Brugnoli 47Kucharski 71Bühlmann 0 1 Gajser72 Cifer75 Poljšak Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 4,800 José Pratas (Portugal) W Return leg 23 August 1994 17:30 Mura SVN 0–1 0–2 UEFA summaryFCA summary SUI Aarau Poljšak 17Cifer 38 Skrzypczak 1772 Pavličević Mestni stadion Fazanerija, Murska Sobota 4,500 Géza Kiss (Hungary) W Aarau won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to first round First round First leg 13 September 1994 20:00 Aarau SUI 0–0 ReportFCA summary POR Marítimo Skrzypczak 55Fink 68Pavličević 0 75 37 Duarte0 47 Soares76 Bunbury Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 5,400 Karol Ihring (Slovakia) D Return leg 27 September 1994 19:00 Marítimo POR 1–0 1–0 Report SUI Aarau Costa Paulo Alves 62Flores 18 Christ77 Bühlmann Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal 9,000 L Marítimo won 1–0 on aggregate Sepione Cup Semi-final 13 July 1994 Aarau 2–0 St. Gallen Sportplatz Moos, Balsthal W The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004. Garin Erik 2004 https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sempione.html#94 Sempione Cup (Switzerland) The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Sepione Cupfinal 16 July 1994 20:00 Basel 1–1 FCB summary Aarau Olsen 23Steingruber 81 1:1 27 0:1 Fink42 Bader55 Mazenauer61 Heldmann72 Studer90+1 Christ Rey Steingruber Walker Cantaluppi Zuffi Gigon 4–5 Skrzypczak Kucharski Heldmann Burri Mazenauer Hoehener Sportplatz Moos, Balsthal 2,100 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten, Aargau) W FCB were without Grüter, Ceccaroni, Jeitziner and Smajic (all injured). FCA were without Bühlmann (injured). The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004. References Sources Switzerland 1994–95 at RSSSF FCA squad 1994–95 at arowa.ch FC Aarauseasons 1993–94 1995–96 Category:FC Aarau seasons Aarau