1995–96 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid C.F.

1995–96 season
President	Ramón Mendoza (until 20 November 1995)[1] Lorenzo Sanz
Head coach	Jorge Valdano (until 21 January 1996)[2] Vicente del Bosque (Until 24 January 1996) Arsenio Iglesias
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	6th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Supercopa de España	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Raúl (19 goals) All: Raúl (26 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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The 1995–96 season was the 65th season for Real Madrid CF in La Liga.

Summary

Real Madrid finished its most tumultuous and disastrous domestic season since 1976–77 by finishing in a lowly 6th place. Contrary to the previous nine seasons under the guidance of Leo Beenhakker, John Toshack, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Radomir Antić, Benito Floro, Vicente del Bosque, and Jorge Valdano, Real Madrid's offense malfunctioned as a result of systemic injuries of key players. In November, Ramón Mendoza resigned as president due to economic, social, and sporting problems plaguing the club, with successful Real Madrid director Lorenzo Sanz being promoted to the presidency and tasked with overseeing the club's recovery. Three months later, Jorge Valdano was sacked as a consequence of the team's bad league form and an early Copa del Rey exit, having been eliminated by Espanyol in the round of 16. Former Deportivo La Coruña manager Arsenio Iglesias took over on 24 January 1996.

With Iglesias at the helm, Real Madrid managed to salvage some respectability by reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where they were eliminated by Juventus 2–1 on aggregate, and finishing sixth in the league. The latter technically allowed Madrid to enter the following season's Intertoto Cup (which was staged in the summer and served as a qualifier for the UEFA Cup), but they passed on the opportunity, meaning there would be no European football for Real next season for the first time since 1977.

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  ESP Francisco Buyo 2 DF  ESP Chendo 3 DF  ESP Quique Sánchez Flores 4 DF  ESP Fernando Hierro 5 DF  ESP Manolo Sanchís 6 MF  ARG Fernando Redondo 7 FW  ARG Juan Eduardo Esnáider 8 MF  ESP Míchel 9 FW  CHI Iván Zamorano 10 MF  DEN Michael Laudrup 11 MF  ESP José Amavisca 12 GK  ESP Pedro Contreras 13 GK  ESP Santiago Cañizares 14 MF  ESP Luis Milla

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ESP Raul 18 DF  ESP Rafael Alkorta 19 DF  ESP Mikel Lasa 20 FW  COL Freddy Rincón 21 MF  ESP Luis Enrique 22 DF  ESP Miquel Soler 23 MF  ESP Sandro 24 MF  ESP Álvaro 25 MF  ESP Antonio Gómez 26 MF  ESP Guti 28 DF  ESP José García Calvo 29 DF  ESP Fernando Sanz 31 MF  ESP Víctor

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Transfers

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Winter

Reference:^[5]

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Results by round

Matches

Rayo Vallecano v Real Madrid

2 September 1995 (1995-09-02) 1	Rayo Vallecano	1–5	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Alves 77' Cortillo  52'  Cota  84'  González Lema	Report	Amavisca 29 ' Sandro 54 ' Hierro 66' Hierro 71 ' Quique Sánchez Flores 86 ' Luis Enrique Luis Milla Juan Esnáider	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Referee: Juan Arqueo

Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao

9 September 1995 (1995-09-09) 2	Real Madrid	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
	Raúl 49 ' Sanchís Hierro Lasa Amavisca Esnaider	Report	Etxeberria 79 ' Ziganda 87 ' Tabuenko Goicoechea	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Arturo Ibañez

Real Madrid v Real Oviedo

16 September 1995 (1995-09-16) 3	Real Madrid	2–3	Real Oviedo	Madrid
	Zamorano 2 ' Zamorano 29 ' Amavisca	Report	González 9 ' González 43 ' Rivas 47 ' Ania Manel Cano Yercan Alvarez	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Eduardo González

Real Betis v Real Madrid

22 September 1995 (1995-09-22) 4	Real Betis	0–0	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Josete José Mari Merino	Report	Quique Sánchez Flores  63'  Sanchís Redondo	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin Referee: Cesar Montero

Real Madrid v FC Barcelona

30 September 1995 (1995-09-30) 5	Real Madrid	1–1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Raúl 12 ' Luis Enrique Sanchis Hierro	Report	García 31 ' Sergi  89'  Bakero Kodro Carreras Guardiola Celades	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio Nieto

Valencia CF v Real Madrid

4 October 1995 (1995-10-04) 6	Valencia CF	4–3	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Galvez 24 ' Fernando 29 ' Mijatović 39 ' Arroyo 83 ' Ferreira  67'  Zubizarreta Engonga	Report	Laudrup 51' (pen) Alkorta 65 ' Michel 89 ' Redondo	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Jose Azurmendi

Real Madrid v SD Compostela

8 October 1995 (1995-10-08) 7	Real Madrid	2–1	SD Compostela	Madrid
	Hierro 27 ' Zamorano 28 ' Amavisca	Report	Ramón 10 ' Villena Eragna	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Roca

UD Salamanca v Real Madrid

15 October 1995 (1995-10-15) 8	UD Salamanca	0–2	Real Madrid	Salamanca
	Tamiz	Report	Zamorano 12 ' Amavisca 72 ' Luis Milla  44'  Soler Hierro Raúl	Stadium: Estadio El Helmantico Referee: José García

Real Madrid v CD Tenerife

22 October 1995 (1995-10-22) 9	Real Madrid	2–0	CD Tenerife	Madrid
	Esnaider 10' Sandro 83' Sanchís Hierro	Report	Miñambres Chano	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Marin

Albacete Balompié v Real Madrid

27 October 1995 (1995-10-27) 10	Albacete Balompié	1–1	Real Madrid	Albacete
	Maqueda 87' Salvador Bjelica Luque	Report	Raúl 44' Alkorta  82'  Chendo	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Referee: José Sevilla

Real Madrid v Real Sociedad

3 November 1995 (1995-11-03) 11	Real Madrid	3–2	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Raúl 39' Laudrup 52' Michel 85' (pen)	Report	De Pedro 75' Idiakez 83' De Paula	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Miguel Lopez

Racing Santander v Real Madrid

11 November 1995 (1995-11-11) 12	Racing Santander	2–0	Real Madrid	Santander
	Moreno 25' Adepojou 79' Billabona Merino	Report	Rincón Esnáider	Stadium: Estadio el Sardinero Referee: Selino Redondo

Real Madrid v Atlético de Madrid

17 November 1995 (1995-11-17) 13	Real Madrid	1–0	Atlético de Madrid	Madrid
	Raúl 9' Sanchís Alkorta Luis Enrique Zamorano	Report	Caminero   Santi Denia Simeone Penev	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Díaz Vega

Sporting Gijón v Real Madrid

25 November 1995 (1995-11-25) 14	Sporting Gijón	0–0	Real Madrid	Gijón
	Prendes Pérez	Report	Chendo Nando Esnáider	Stadium: Estadio El Molinon Referee: José Fuente

Real Madrid v Sevilla FC

1 December 1995 (1995-12-01) 15	Real Madrid	4–1	Sevilla FC	Madrid
	Alkorta 1' Alvaro Benito 13' Raúl 21' Raúl 58' Mikel Lasa Luis Milla	Report	Suker  40' Moya 49' Tevenet Pedro Prieto	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Fernando Mendez

RCD Espanyol v Real Madrid

9 December 1995 (1995-12-09) 16	RCD Espanyol	3–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Alfaro 16' Benitez 75' Lardín 83' Herrera Parralo Pochettino	Report	Laudrup 88' Sanchís Sánchez Flores Lasa	Stadium: Estadio Sarriá Referee: Manuel González

Real Madrid v Celta Vigo

16 December 1995 (1995-12-16) 17	Real Madrid	1–0	Celta Vigo	Madrid
	Alvaro Benito 29' Hierro	Report	Salgado  88'  Hoyas Aguirrechu Indias Alvarez	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Arturo Ibañez

Deportivo La Coruña v Real Madrid

20 December 1995 (1995-12-20) 18	Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	Real Madrid	La Coruña
	Bebeto 13' Bebeto 41' Bebeto 43' Nando	Report	Amavisca Luis Milla Lasa	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: José Valdivieso

Real Madrid v Real Valladolid

2 January 1996 (1996-01-02) 19	Real Madrid	4–1	Real Valladolid	Madrid
	Gómez 35' Hierro 40' (pen) Hierro 43' (pen) Zamorano 50'	Report	Fernando 26' Sanchez Peternac Marcos  44'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Selino Redondo

CP Mérida v Real Madrid

6 January 1996 (1996-01-06) 20	CP Mérida	2–2	Real Madrid	Mérida
	Prieto 28' Luis 54' Sierra Lopez Correa	Report	5' Gómez Hierro	Stadium: Romano Referee: Eduardo Gonzalez

Real Madrid v Real Zaragoza

13 January 1996 (1996-01-13) 21	Real Madrid	2–2	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Zamorano 83' Amavisca 89' Rincon	Report	41'Morientes 67'Rambert Aragon Poyet Fernandez	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Azurmendi

Real Madrid v Rayo Vallecano

20 January 1996 (1996-01-20) 22	Real Madrid	1–2	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
	Raúl 4' Laudrup Rincon Lasa Alkorta	Report	1' Guilherme 63' Guilherme Baroha Cortillo Palacios Andrajevic Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Roca

Athletic Bilbao v Real Madrid

23 January 1996 (1996-01-23) 23	Athletic Bilbao	0–5	Real Madrid	Bilbao
		Report	14' Zamorano 58' Laudrup 77' Laudrup 74' Raúl 88' Luis Milla Alkorta	Stadium: Estadio San Mames Referee: Manuel Vega

Real Oviedo v Real Madrid

27 January 1996 (1996-01-27) 24	Real Oviedo	1–2	Real Madrid	Oviedo
	Cobo 37' Suarez Cano	Report	7' Raúl 83' Raúl Lasa  33'Luis Enrique	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Referee: Evaristo Leira

Real Madrid v Real Betis

3 February 1996 (1996-02-03) 25	Real Madrid	4–2	Real Betis	Madrid
	Sanchis 7' Raúl 39' Zamorano 53' Redondo 74' Michel Lasa Hierro Buyo	Report	28' Stosic 33' Pérez Cuyesada Merino Jarni	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Arqueo

FC Barcelona v Real Madrid

9 February 1996 (1996-02-09) 26	FC Barcelona	3–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Kodro 36' Kodro 89' Figo 71' Popescu	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Miguel Lopez

Real Madrid v Valencia CF

16 February 1996 (1996-02-16) 27	Real Madrid	0–0	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Sanchís	Report	Poyatos	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel González

SD Compostela v Real Madrid

24 February 1996 (1996-02-24) 28	SD Compostela	3–3	Real Madrid	Santiago de Compostela
	Fabiano 45' Christensen 61' Ramon  87'  Hernandez 89' Nacho García	Report	16' Zamorano 48' Raúl 55'  89'  Hierro Sanchís Redondo Luis Enrique	Stadium: San Lazaro Referee: José García

Real Madrid v UD Salamanca

1 March 1996 (1996-03-01) 29	Real Madrid	5–0	UD Salamanca	Madrid
	Raúl 26' Zamorano 41' Zamorano 78' Laudrup 78' Luis Enrique 89' Luis Milla	Report	Del Solar Medina	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Sevilla

CD Tenerife v Real Madrid

9 March 1996 (1996-03-09) 30	CD Tenerife	3–0	Real Madrid	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Robaina 44' Pizzi 54' Pizzi 87' Miñambres	Report	42'  Alkorta García Calvo Raúl Luis Milla  57' Hierro	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez Referee: Arturo Ibañez

Real Madrid v Albacete Balompié

15 March 1996 (1996-03-15) 31	Real Madrid	2–0	Albacete Balompié	Madrid
	Luis Enrique 29' Raúl 89' García Calvo Fernando Sanz Laudrup Rincon	Report	Verdu Bjelitsa	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Marin

Real Sociedad v Real Madrid

23 March 1996 (1996-03-23) 32	Real Sociedad	1–1	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
	García Pikaeba	Report	32' Raúl Fernando Sanz	Stadium: Estadio Anoeta Referee: Manuel Vega

Real Madrid v Racing Santander

26 March 1996 (1996-03-26) 33	Real Madrid	1–2	Racing Santander	Madrid
	Michel 67' (pen) Fernando Sanz	Report	56' Alvaro Serv 86' Merino Ceballos Chema Torre	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Evaristo Leira

Atlético de Madrid v Real Madrid

29 March 1996 (1996-03-29) 34	Atlético de Madrid	1–2	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Simeone  55' Pantic 84' Santi Denia	Report	26' Soler 63' Laudrup García Calvo Fernando Sanz  83' Hierro	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Fernando Mendez

Real Madrid v Sporting Gijón

5 April 1996 (1996-04-05) 35	Real Madrid	0–1	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
		Report	13' Velasco Acebal Banjo Riopedre	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Eduardo González

Sevilla FC v Real Madrid

12 April 1996 (1996-04-12) 36	Sevilla FC	0–1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Galván Martagon Suker	Report	Laudrup 82' Luis Enrique	Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan Referee: Jose Azurmendi

Real Madrid v RCD Espanyol

20 April 1996 (1996-04-20) 37	Real Madrid	1–2	RCD Espanyol	Madrid
	Raúl 52' Sanz García Calvo	Report	Lardin 50' Lardin 53' Bogdanovic Arteaga Pochettino	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio Nieto

Celta Vigo v Real Madrid

27 April 1996 (1996-04-27) 38	Celta Vigo	1–1	Real Madrid	Vigo
	Ginés Sánchez 12' Aguirrechu  36'  Salinas Indias	Report	Zamorano 11' Alkorta	Stadium: Estadio Balaídos Referee: Juan Roca

Real Madrid v Deportivo La Coruña

4 May 1996 (1996-05-04) 39	Real Madrid	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Luis Enrique 61' Raúl Quique Sánchez Flores	Report	Voro Da Silva	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Garcia

Real Valladolid v Real Madrid

11 May 1996 (1996-05-11) 40	Real Valladolid	0–3	Real Madrid	Valladolid
	Gutierrez Ibañez	Report	Lasa 78' Raúl 80' Guti 84' Hierro	Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla Referee: Manuel Vega

Real Madrid v CP Mérida

18 May 1996 (1996-05-18) 41	Real Madrid	4–0	CP Mérida	Madrid
	Míchel 13' (pen) Raúl 27' Ivan Perez 29' Míchel 72' Quique Sánchez Flores Laudrup	Report	Corino  35'  Correa Leal	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Roca

Real Zaragoza v Real Madrid

24 May 1996 (1996-05-24) 42	Real Zaragoza	0–1	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
	Poyet Naim Sanjuan Caceres Belsué Juanmi	Report	19' (pen) Hierro Sanchís Alkorta	Stadium: Estadio La Romareda Referee: Juan Marin

Copa del Rey

Round of 16

UEFA Champions League

Group phase

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ajax 6 5 1 0 15 1 +14 16 Real Madrid 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 10 Ferencváros 6 1 2 3 9 19 −10 5 Grasshopper 6 0 2 4 3 13 −10 2

AJA FER GRA RM Ajax – 4–0 3–0 1–0 Ferencváros 1–5 – 3–3 1–1 Grasshopper 0–0 0–3 – 0–2 Real Madrid 0–2 6–1 2–0 –

AFC Ajax v Real Madrid

12 September 1995	AFC Ajax	1–0	Real Madrid	Amsterdam
		Report

Real Madrid v Grasshopper Club Zürich

27 September 1995	Real Madrid	2–0	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Real Madrid v Ferencvárosi TC

18 October 1995	Real Madrid	6–1	Ferencvárosi TC	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Ferencvárosi TC v Real Madrid

1 November 1995	Ferencvárosi TC	1–1	Real Madrid	Budapest
		Report

Real Madrid v AFC Ajax

21 November 1995	Real Madrid	0–2	AFC Ajax	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Grasshopper Club Zürich v Real Madrid

5 December 1995	Grasshopper Club Zürich	0–2	Real Madrid	Zürich
		Report

Quarter-finals

Real Madrid v Juventus

6 March 1996	Real Madrid	1–0	Juventus	Madrid
20:30	Raúl 20'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 65,000[6] Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger

Juventus v Real Madrid

20 March 1996	Juventus	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Real Madrid	Turin
20:30	Del Piero 17' Padovano 54'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 69,041[6] Referee: Mario van der Ende

Supercopa de España

Deportivo La Coruña v Real Madrid

24 August 1995	Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	Real Madrid	A Coruña
22:00 CET	Donato 55' (pen.) Fran 60' Bebeto 65'	Report		Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Real Madrid v Deportivo La Coruña

27 August 1995	Real Madrid	1–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
22:00 CET	Hierro 30'	Report	Manjarín 81' Begiristain 87'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 25,000 Referee: López Nieto

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Buyo	40	-53	31	-43	2	-5	7	-5
3	DF	ESP	Quique Sánchez	42	1	26+7	1	2	0	6+1	0
4	DF	ESP	Hierro	38	8	31	7	2	0	5	1
18	DF	ESP	Alkorta	31	2	22+4	2	0	0	4+1	0
5	DF	ESP	Sanchis	40	1	32	1	2	0	6	0
6	DM	ARG	Redondo	29	2	21+2	2	2	0	4	0
21	MF	ESP	Luis Enrique	39	3	28+3	3	0	0	5+3	0
14	MF	ESP	Milla	37	0	24+8	0	0	0	4+1	0
10	AM	DEN	Laudrup	35	8	26+2	8	0	0	7	0
17	FW	ESP	Raúl	50	26	40	19	2	1	8	6
9	FW	CHI	Zamorano	36	16	27+2	12	2	0	5	4
13	GK	ESP	Cañizares	14	-10	11+1	-8	0+1	0	1	-2
11	MF	ESP	Amavisca	33	3	20+5	3	0+2	0	6	0
2	DF	ESP	Chendo	27	0	20+3	0	0	0	4	0
19	DF	ESP	Lasa	29	1	19+4	1	2	0	4	0
22	DF	ESP	Soler	18	1	14	1	0	0	3+1	0
29	DF	ESP	Sanz	13	0	11+2	0	-	-	-	-
28	DF	ESP	García Calvo	12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
24	MF	ESP	Alvaro	16	2	9+5	2	2	0	-	-
20	MF	COL	Rincón	19	0	9+5	0	1	0	1+3	0
8	MF	ESP	Míchel	42	8	8+25	6	0+1	1	3+5	1
7	FW	ARG	Esnáider	26	1	8+12	1	1+1	0	2+2	0
23	MF	ESP	Sandro	10	2	5+4	2	0	0	1	0
26	MF	ESP	Guti	9	1	4+5	1	-	-	-	-
27	MF	ESP	Gomez	8	2	3+3	2	2	0	-	-
15	DF	ESP	Nando	3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	FW	ESP	Ivan	3	1	1+2	1	-	-	-	-
31	MF	ESP	Víctor	1	0	0+1	0	-	-	-	-
12	MF	YUG	Petkovic	3	0	0+3	0	-	-	-	-
25	GK	ESP	Contreras	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

References

External links

• Madrid - 1995–96 BDFutbol