1993–94 Real Zaragoza season

Real Zaragoza S.A.D.

1993–94 season
Owner	Solans Family (64%)
President	Alfonso Solans
Head coach	Víctor Fernández
Stadium	La Romareda
La Liga	3th
Copa del Rey	Winners (in 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup)
Top goalscorer	League: Juan Esnaider (13 goals) All: Esnaider (16 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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The 1993–94 season was the 59th season in existence for Real Zaragoza competed in La Liga for 16th consecutive year and Copa del Rey.

Summary

The club had one of the best seasons since the 1960's, the team winning its 4th Copa del Rey after defeating Celta de Vigo^[1] in the 1994 Copa del Rey Final on penalties and finishing 3rd in La Liga behind champions FC Barcelona and Deportivo La Coruña. During the summer, the squad was reinforced with Forward Juan Eduardo Esnaider^[2] y Juanmi from Real Madrid and after the departure of Andreas Brehme, they replaced him with Fernando Cáceres^[3] from CA River Plate, those three arrivals on loan.

After starting the league campaign with no wins from the first five matches and the fans asking for his sacking, manager Victor Fernandez changed the squad into a more offensive unit with three forwards Pardeza, Esnaider and Higuera. Those tactic changes worked brilliantly, bringing standout results like the 6-2 win against Tenerife, a massive 6-3 win against Barcelona and a shocking 4-0 win against Atletico Madrid at Vicente Calderon stadium. In the last match the squad defeated Real Madrid by 4-1, clinching the third spot for the first time since 1973.^[4] Another record for the team was 71 league goals scored.

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 — GK  ESP Andoni Cedrún — GK  ESP Javier Sanchez Broto — GK  ESP Juanmi — DF  ESP Alberto Belsué — DF  ESP Jesús Solana — DF  ESP Xavier Aguado — DF  ARG Fernando Caceres — DF  ESP Esteban — DF  ESP Luis Cuartero — DF  ESP Lizarralde — DF  ESP Sergi Lopez Segu — MF  ESP Jesús García Sanjuan

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  URU Gustavo Poyet — MF  ESP Nayim — MF  ESP Santiago Aragon — MF  ARG Dario Franco — DF  ESP Narcís Julià — MF  ESP Jesús Seba — FW  ARG Juan Eduardo Esnaider — MF  ESP Jose Aurelio Gay — FW  ESP Moises Garcia Leon — FW  ESP Miguel Pardeza — FW  ESP Francisco Higuera — FW  ESP Manuel Peña Escontrela

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Transfers

Winter

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Position by round

Matches

Copa del Rey

Eightfinals

Badajoz v Real Zaragoza

6 January 1994	Badajoz	1–0	Real Zaragoza	Badajoz
17:00 CET	Altimira 38'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: El Vivero Attendance: — Referee: Nuñez Manrique

Real Zaragoza v Badajoz

12 January 1994	Real Zaragoza	3–0	Badajoz	Zaragoza
20:45 CET	Aragón 27' (pen.) Pardeza 34', 88'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: — Referee: Gómez López

Quarterfinals

Real Zaragoza v Sevilla

26 January 1994	Real Zaragoza	2–1	Sevilla	Zaragoza
20:45 CET	Aragón 18' (pen.) Poyet 64'	Report (in Spanish)	Cortijo 87'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: — Referee: Díaz Vega

Sevilla v Real Zaragoza

2 February 1994	Sevilla	1–1	Real Zaragoza	Sevilla
21:00 CET	Moya 35'	Report (in Spanish)	Poyet 85'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,000 Referee: García-Aranda

Semifinals

Real Betis v Real Zaragoza

17 February 1994	Real Betis	0–1	Real Zaragoza	Sevilla
21:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Aragón 32'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: — Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Real Zaragoza v Real Betis

9 March 1994	Real Zaragoza	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Real Betis	Zaragoza
21:00 CET	Poyet 94' Gay 97' Moisés 110' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)	Ríos 90+1'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 42,000 Referee: García-Aranda

Final

Celta de Vigo v Real Zaragoza

20 April 1994	Celta de Vigo	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4−5 p)	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
21:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto
	Penalties
	Andrijašević Gudelj Dadíe Losada Alejo		Cáceres Nayim Franco Gay Higuera

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Cedrún	31	-35	23	-29	8	-6
	DF	ESP	Belsué	48	3	35	3	13	0
	DF	ESP	Aguado	46	2	35	2	11	0
	DF	ARG	Caceres	40	1	30	1	10	0
	DF	ESP	Solana	46	2	33	2	13	0
	MF	URU	Poyet	46	9	32+2	4	12	5
	MF	ESP	Garcia Sanjuan	47	3	25+10	1	8+4	2
	MF	ESP	Aragon	47	11	33+1	7	13	4
	FW	ESP	Higuera	47	14	34+1	12	12	2
	FW	ARG	Esnaider	40	16	29	13	11	3
	FW	ESP	Pardeza	36	8	21+5	5	9+1	3
	GK	ESP	Juanmi	20	-20	15	-18	5	-2
	MF	ESP	Nayim	41	2	19+14	2	3+5	0
	MF	ESP	Gay	40	9	20+8	7	10+2	2
	DF	ESP	Lizarralde	32	0	14+9	0	3+6	0
	FW	ESP	Moises	18	4	6+8	2	0+4	2
	MF	ARG	Franco	12	2	6+5	2	0+1	0
	DF	ESP	Esteban	8	0	4+3	0	1	0
	MF	ESP	Fuertes	6	0	1+4	0	0+1	0
	DF	ESP	Sergi	7	0	3+2	0	1+1	0
	MF	ESP	Seba	3	0	0+3	0
	DF	ESP	Narcís Julià
	GK	ESP	Sanchez Broto
	FW	ESP	Peña
	DF	ESP	Cuartero
	GK	ESP	Belman

See also

• [1] BDFutbol

References