The 1995–96 season was FC Barcelona's 97th season in existence and 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.

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 Hotspur,[1] striker Ángel Cuéllar from Real Betis,[2] forward Meho Kodro from Real Sociedad,[3] Robert Prosinečki from Real Oviedo[4] 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.[5]

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 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 a memorable exhibition of La Quinta de Lo Pelat, the club were struggling in League against leader of table Atlético Madrid meanwhile competing in 1995–96 Copa del Rey where the squad reached the 1996 Copa del Rey Final and 1996–97 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 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

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
11 MF Romania ROU Gheorghe Hagi
12 DF Spain ESP Sergi Barjuán
13 GK Spain ESP Jesús Angoy
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Netherlands NED Jordi Cruyff
16 MF Spain ESP Óscar García
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
28 MF Spain ESP Toni Velamazán
30 MF Spain ESP Francisco Rufete

Transfers

Name Nat From/to Type
In
Luís FigoPortugalSporting Lisboa
Gheorghe PopescuRomaniaTottenham Hotspur
Robert ProsinečkiCroatiaReal Oviedo
Meho KodroRepublic of Bosnia and HerzegovinaReal Sociedad
Ángel CuéllarSpainReal Betis
Óscar GarcíaSpainAlbaceteLoan ended
Lluís CarrerasSpainRacing SantanderLoan ended
Goran VučevićCroatiaHajduk SplitLoan ended
Álex GarcíaSpainPalamósLoan ended
Out
Ronald KoemanNetherlandsFeyenoord
RomárioBrazilFlamengo
Hristo StoichkovBulgariaParma
Igor KorneevRussiaHeerenveen
Txiki BegiristainSpainDeportivo La Coruña
EusebioSpainCelta de Vigo
Iván IglesiasSpainSporting Gijón
Xabier EskurzaSpainValencia
Xavier EscaichSpainAlbacete
José Mari GarcíaSpainReal Betis
Óscar ArpónSpainReal Betis
Sánchez JaraSpainReal Betis
Álex GarcíaSpainCádiz
Goran VučevićCroatiaMéridaLoan

Competitions

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[lower-alpha 1]
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.

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWWDWWWWLWDWDDLWLWLDWDWDWWWDLWWDWWDLWDDWD
Position753333222222122333244332222222222322223333
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 1996–97 UEFA Champions League Group stage;   = 1996–97 UEFA Cup First round; R = 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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

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 Mérida 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'
Luís Figo 73'		 Stadium: La Romareda
23 September 1995 (1995-09-23) 4 FC Barcelona 2–0 Rayo Vallecano Barcelona
Nadal 34'
Luís 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'
Luís Figo 26'
Celades 81'
Velamazán 83'
de la Peña 84'
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' (o.g.)		 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
Christensen 76' (pen.)
Ohen 78'		 Kodro 24'
5 November 1995 (1995-11-05) 11 FC Barcelona 4–1 UD Salamanca Barcelona
Popescu 11' 30' (pen.)
Kodro 22'
Óscar 48'		 Stîngă 85' Stadium: Camp Nou
12 November 1995 (1995-11-12) 12 CD Tenerife 1–1 FC Barcelona Tenerife
Llorente 48' Roger 36'
18 November 1995 (1995-11-18) 13 FC Barcelona 3-0 Albacete Barcelona
Hagi 14'
Popescu 62'
Prosinečki 85'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
25 November 1995 (1995-11-25) 14 Real Sociedad 1–1 FC Barcelona San Sebastián
Idiakez 82' Óscar 44'
2 December 1995 (1995-12-02) 15 FC Barcelona 1–1 Racing de Santander Barcelona
Kodro 20' Txema 42' Stadium: Camp Nou
9 December 1995 (1995-12-09) 16 Atlético de Madrid 3–1 FC Barcelona Madrid
Penev 3' (pen.) 12'
Caminero 81'		 Velamazán 87' Stadium: Vicente Calderón
16 December 1995 (1995-12-16) 17 FC Barcelona 1–0 Sporting de Gijón Barcelona
Popescu 7' Stadium: Camp Nou
20 December 1995 (1995-12-20) 18 Sevilla CF 1–0 FC Barcelona Sevilla
Monchu 37' Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan
4 January 1996 (1996-01-04) 19 FC Barcelona 2–1 RCD Espanyol Barcelona
Nadal 15'
Óscar 89'		 Bogdanović 68' Stadium: Barcelona
7 January 1996 (1996-01-07) 20 RC Celta 1–0 FC Barcelona Vigo
Sánchez 57'
14 January 1996 (1996-01-14) 21 FC Barcelona 1–1 Deportivo La Coruña Barcelona
Abelardo 58' Radchenko 39' Stadium: Camp Nou
21 January 1996 (1996-01-21) 22 FC Barcelona 1–0 Real Valladolid Barcelona
Bakero 54' Stadium: Camp Nou
25 January 1996 (1996-01-25) 23 Mérida CF 0–0 FC Barcelona Mérida
28 January 1996 (1996-01-28) 24 FC Barcelona 3–1 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
Óscar 12'
de la Peña 57' 60'		 Higuera 58' Stadium: Camp Nou
4 February 1996 (1996-02-04) 25 Rayo Vallecano 1–1 FC Barcelona Madrid
Aquino 29' de la Peña 76' Stadium: Vallecas
10 February 1996 (1996-02-10) 26 FC Barcelona 3–0 Real Madrid Barcelona
Kodro 36' 89'
Luís Figo 71'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
18 February 1996 (1996-02-18) 27 Real Oviedo 1–2 FC Barcelona Oviedo
Oli 27' Bakero 1'
Amor 81'		 Stadium: Carlos Tartierre
25 February 1996 (1996-02-25) 28 FC Barcelona 1–0 Real Betis Barcelona
Kodro 84' 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
Gómez 40'
Viola 43'
Mijatović 48' 88'		 Amor 68' Stadium: Mestalla
16 March 1996 (1996-03-16) 31 FC Barcelona 1–0 Compostela Barcelona
Roger 8' Stadium: Camp Nou
24 March 1996 (1996-03-24) 32 UD Salamanca 1–3 FC Barcelona Salamanca
Medina 11' Amor 4'
Roger 18'
Óscar 30'		 Stadium: El Helmantico
27 March 1996 (1996-03-27) 33 FC Barcelona 2–2 CD Tenerife Barcelona
Amor 20'
Celades 35'		 Pizzi 6'
Pinilla 31'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
30 March 1996 (1996-03-30) 34 Albacete 0–1 FC Barcelona Albacete
Óscar 51'
6 April 1996 (1996-04-06) 35 FC Barcelona 1–0 Real Sociedad Barcelona
Amor 32' Stadium: Camp Nou
13 April 1996 (1996-04-13) 36 Racing de Santander 1–1 FC Barcelona Santander
Suances 88' Cuéllar 11' Stadium: El Sardinero
20 April 1996 (1996-04-20) 37 FC Barcelona 1–3 Atlético de Madrid Barcelona
Cruyff 25' Roberto 10'
Vizcaíno 48'
Biagini 87'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
28 April 1996 (1996-04-28) 38 Sporting de Gijón 0–3 FC Barcelona Gijón
de la Peña 4'
Hagi 15'
Óscar 26'		 Stadium: El Molinon
5 May 1996 (1996-05-05) 39 FC Barcelona 1–1 Sevilla CF Barcelona
Bakero 49' Moya 23' Stadium: Camp Nou
15 May 1996 (1996-05-15) 40 RCD Espanyol 1–1 FC Barcelona Barcelona
Urzaiz 87' Luís Figo 51' Stadium: Montjuic
19 May 1996 (1996-05-19) 41 FC Barcelona 3–2 RC Celta Barcelona
Cuéllar 71'
Óscar 77' 88'		 Alejo 44'
Gudelj 52'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
26 May 1996 (1996-05-26) 42 Deportivo La Coruña 2–2 FC Barcelona La Coruña
Bebeto 37' 57' Guardiola 74'
Amor 87'		 Stadium: Riazor

Copa del Rey

Round of 16

10 January 1996 (1996-01-10) Hércules CF 0–0 FC Barcelona Alicante
17 January 1996 (1996-01-17) FC Barcelona 4–1 Hércules 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

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

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 Vitória Guimarães SCPortugal Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
31 October 1995 (1995-10-31) Vitória Guimarães SCPortugal 0–4 SpainFC Barcelona

Third round

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

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 TotalLa LigaCopa del ReyUEFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Spain ESP Busquets 52-4937-337-78-9
2 DF Spain ESP Ferrer 4302806+107+10
20 DF Spain ESP Nadal 48331+42616+10
5 DF Romania ROU Popescu 50833+455281
12 DF Spain ESP Sergi 53239+106072
4 DM Spain ESP Guardiola 47228+41707+11
23 DM Spain ESP De la Peña 42925+67402+52
7 MF Portugal POR Figo 52833+254+309+13
6 MF Spain ESP Bakero 461028+46419+13
24 MF Spain ESP Roger 46927+652+208+14
9 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Kodro 431526+695363
3 DF Spain ESP Abelardo 43325+61613+31
8 MF Spain ESP Amor 40916+1262+4261
10 FW Spain ESP Cuellar 1623+920+101+20
11 MF Romania ROU Hagi 28612+734053
13 GK Spain ESP Angoy 5-34-30010
14 FW Netherlands NED Jordi Cruyff 18211+22102+20
16 MF Spain ESP Óscar 371411+17102+212+33
19 DF Spain ESP Carreras 24110+80103+21
21 MF Croatia CRO Prosinecki 23212+722+20
22 GK Spain ESP Lopetegui 3-42-3001-1
25 DF Spain ESP Quique Álvarez 20100010
26 MF Spain ESP Celades 25411+52106+22
27 MF Spain ESP Juan Carlos 1423+402+221+20
28 MF Spain ESP Velamazan 1547+430+101+21
29 DF Spain ESP Roca 1010
31 MF Spain ESP Setvalls 100+10
32 FW Spain ESP García Pimienta 1010
34 MF Spain ESP Juanjo 100+10
35 MF Spain ESP Rufete 100+10
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See also

References

  1. ↑ Graham Turner (14 May 1995). "Popescu signs with FCB". El País (in Spanish). elpais.com. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "FC Barcelona transfers Cuellar in". El País. elpais.com. 26 June 1995. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Agreement between Barcelona and Real Sociedad for the transfer of Kodro". El País (in Spanish). elpais.com. 8 May 1995. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Serras, Manel; Carbonell, Rafael (20 July 1995). "Prosinecki signs a 3-year-deal with FC Barcelona". El País (in Spanish). elpais.com. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Figo signs a Pre-Agreement with FCB". El País (in Spanish). elpais.com. 13 March 1995. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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