1994–95 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF

1994–95 season
President	Francisco Roig
Head Coach	Carlos Alberto Parreira (until 27 May 1995) José Manuel Rielo
Stadium	Mestalla
La Liga	10th
Copa del Rey	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Peđa Mijatović (12) All: Lyuboslav Penev (16)
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During the 1994–95 season Valencia CF competed in La Liga and Copa del Rey

Summary

During summer new President Francisco Roig appointed Brazilian and recently 1994 FIFA World Cup Champion Carlos Alberto Parreira as new manager.^[1] Also, the club transferred in several players such as Russian striker Oleg Salenko,^[2] Vicente Engonga,^[3] 1994 FIFA World Cup Winner Mazinho from Palmeiras^[4] also from FC Barcelona arrived International Goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta and defender Juan Carlos Rodríguez. The team collapsed in League to the 10th spot never placing in European classification zone and Parreira left the club before the end of the season. Meanwhile, with Rielo as new manager in Copa del Rey the squad reached the Final for the first time since 1979 being defeated by Deportivo La Coruña with a 1–2 score.

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 Zubizarreta — DF  ESP Jorge Otero — DF  ESP Enrique Romero — DF  ESP Paco Camarasa — DF  ESP Fernando Giner — DF  ESP Pepe Serer — MF  ESP Fernando Gómez Colomer — MF  ESP Carlos Arroyo — MF  BRA Mazinho — FW  YUG Predrag Mijatović — DF  ESP Juan José Maqueda — GK  ESP Jorge Bartual

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ESP Álvaro Cervera — GK  ESP José Manuel Sempere — MF  ESP Gaizka Mendieta — FW  ESP Pepe Gálvez — FW  RUS Oleg Salenko — FW  BUL Lyuboslav Penev — FW  ESP Eloy Olaya — MF  ESP Vicente Engonga — FW  ESP Raúl Ibañez — DF  ESP Juan Carlos — MF  ESP Robert Fernández — DF  ESP Fran Figueroa — DF  ESP Javi Navarro

Transfers

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Position by round

Matches

Copa del Rey

Round 3

Round 4

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Deportivo La Coruña v Valencia CF

24 June 1995	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1 (suspended)	Valencia CF	Madrid
21:00 CEST	Manjarín 35'	Report	70' Mijatović	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 95,000 Referee: José María García-Aranda
Note: Match suspended at 79' due to heavy rain condition.

Rematch

Deportivo La Coruña v Valencia

27 June 1995	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	Valencia	Madrid
20:30 CEST	35' Manjarín 81' Alfredo		70' Mijatović	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 81,000 Referee: José María García-Aranda
Note: Match rescheduled from 24 June 1995, both teams disputed just the 11 minutes pending to play.

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Zubizarreta	48	-57	38	-48	10	-9
	DF	ESP	Otero	31	0	25	0	6	0
	DF	ESP	Camarasa	47	1	37	0	10	1
	DF	ESP	Giner	42	0	32	0	10	0
	DF	ESP	Romero	39	2	28+2	2	9	0
	MF	ESP	Fernando	47	11	37	7	10	4
	MF	BRA	Mazinho	41	0	31	0	10	0
	MF	ESP	Poyatos	37	4	25+5	4	6+1	0
	MF	ESP	Robert	36	5	22+6	4	6+2	1
	FW	YUG	Mijatović	38	15	26+3	12	9	3
	FW	ESP	Cervera	32	3	22+3	1	6+1	2
	GK	ESP	Sempere	1	-2	0	0	1	-2
	FW	RUS	Salenko	31	10	19+6	7	5+1	3
	FW	BUL	Penev	34	16	17+8	9	6+3	7
	DF	ESP	Juan Carlos	16	0	13+1	0	2	0
	MF	ESP	Arroyo	24	4	7+10	3	2+5	1
	MF	ESP	Mendieta	16	1	9+4	1	2+1	0
	FW	ESP	Eloy	15	0	5+9	0	1	0
	FW	ESP	Galvez	19	3	5+8	2	3+3	1
	DF	ESP	Maqueda	12	0	6+3	0	2+1	0
	MF	ESP	Engonga	11	0	5+4	0	1+1	0
	DF	ESP	Serer	9	0	6	0	3	0
	FW	ESP	Ibañez	4	1	3+1	1
	DF	ESP	Quique Medina	1	0	0+1	0
	MF	ESP	Botella	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	ESP	Bartual	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ESP	Fran Figueroa
	DF	ESP	Javi Navarro

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