1994–95 Atlante F.C. season

Atlante
1994–95 season
Chairman	José A. García
Manager	Ricardo Lavolpe
Stadium	Azulgrana
Primera Division	10th; Group stage
Copa México	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Salvador (15 goals); All: Salvador (16 goals)
Biggest win	Atlante 4–1 America; (19 February 1995)
Biggest defeat	Necaxa 7–0 Atlante; (6 November 1994)
	Home colours
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	← 1993–94 1995–96 →
	All statistics correct as of 2 August 2022.

The 1994–95 Atlante F.C. season was the 4th season since the team's last promotion to Primera División. Atlante competed in Primera División and Copa México

Summary edit

In summertime, club president Jose A. Garcia reinforced the squad with several players, including the arrival of Forward Hugo Sanchez^[1] from Rayo Vallecano with a bigger salary than Real Madrid offered to him at his last contract (1991-92).^[2] In Copa Mexico the team was early eliminated on first round by Acapulco after a penalty series.^[3] In spite of a decent offensive line with Hugo Sanchez, Luis Miguel Salvador and playmaker Ruben Omar Romano (returned back to the club after playing in Veracruz one season), the defensive line was weak, shattering its options for a classification to the Playoffs finishing the campaign 2 points below Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, which took the last available spot for the post-season.^[4]

According to Ricardo Lavolpe, during the season, forward Hugo Sanchez compared the club to Rayo Vallecano in front of several team mates, and the manager replied to him: "You were relegated to Segunda Division in 1994, We won the League"^[5]

Squad edit

^[6] 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	MEX	Felix Fernandez
-	GK	MEX	Isaac Mizrahi
1	GK	MEX	Hugo Pineda
-	DF	MEX	Jorge Salas
-	DF	MEX	Miguel Herrera
-	DF	MEX	José Guadalupe Cruz
-	DF	MEX	José Navarrete
-	DF	MEX	Roberto Andrade
-	DF	MEX	Gastón Obledo
-	MF	URU	José Enrique García
-	MF	MEX	Mario García


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ARG	Ruben Omar Romano
-	MF	MEX	Guillermo Cantú
-	MF	URU	Wilson Graniolatti
-	MF	MEX	Edgar García de Dios
68	FW	MEX	Luis Miguel Salvador
9	FW	MEX	Hugo Sanchez
-	FW	USA	Gerardo Mascareño
-	MF	ARG	Jose A. Forte
-	FW	ARG	Maxi Roditis

Transfers edit

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Hugo Sanchez	Rayo Vallecano
FW	Gerardo Mascareño	Puebla FC
GK	Hugo Pineda	Leones Negros UdeG
MF	Ruben Omar Romano	Veracruz
MF	José Enrique García	Deportivo Mandiyú
MF	Maxi Roditis
DF	Marco Diaz Avalos	Veracruz

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Raul Gutierrez	Club America	-
FW	Pedro Massacessi	Pumas UNAM	-
MF	Christian Trapasso	CF Pachuca	-
MF	Rene Isidoro Garcia	Tampico Madero	-
MF	Victor Medina	Veracruz
DF	Cesar Suarez	CD Toluca	-
FW	Alejandro Herrera	Correcaminos UAT	-

Winter edit

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Jose Alfredo Forte	Ferrocarril Oeste

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Maxi Roditis

Competitions edit

La Liga edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cruz Azul	36	20	8	8	91	45	+46	48	Playoff
2	Veracruz	36	12	11	13	43	51	−8	35	Playoff
3	Atlante	36	11	11	14	57	69	−12	33
4	Morelia	36	9	12	15	54	75	−21	30
5	Correcaminos	36	9	10	17	42	65	−23	28	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

General table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Santos Laguna	36	13	9	14	61	62	−1	35	Qualification for the quarter-finals^[a]
9	Veracruz	36	12	11	13	43	51	−8	35	Qualification for the Repechaje^[b]
10	Atlante	36	11	11	14	57	69	−12	33
11	Monterrey	36	9	15	12	37	52	−15	33	Qualification for the Repechaje^[b]
12	Toros Neza	36	12	8	16	55	62	−7	32

Source: Liga MX
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:

^ The first four places in the table and teams ranked 6th and 8th qualified for the Liguilla quarter-finals.
^ ^a ^b Teams ranked 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th in the table qualified for Repechaje

Results by round edit

^[4]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	-	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	-	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	D
Position	5	10	9	16	17	18	16	18	15	18	18	18	15	13	11	11	8	12	9	11	9	8	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	13	12	13	13	10

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, Qualification for the quarter-finals; C = Qualification for the quarter-finals as group leader.; E = Qualification for the quarter-finals as group runner-up.; R = Qualification for the Repechaje.

Matches edit

^[4]

4 September 1994 1	Atlante	3-1	Correcaminos UAT	Benito Juarez
	Sanchez 23' Salvador 48' Romano 52' 87' Andrade Herrera Graniolatti Jose E. Garcia	Report	43' Murillo 82' Nildeson Castillo	Stadium: Azulgrana Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Antonio Marrufo

10 September 1994 2	Tigres UANL	2-0	Atlante	San Nicolas de los Garza
	Gilson da Costa 8' Javier Lozano 15'			Stadium: Universitario

18 September 1994 3	Atlante	1-1	Toros Neza	Benito Juarez
	Sanchez 45'		75' Víctor Ríos	Stadium: Azulgrana

25 September 1994 4	CD Guadalajara	4-1	Atlante	Guadalajara
	de la Torre 29' (pen), 50' (pen) Felipe de Jesús Robles 64' Guzman 68'		31' (pen) Salvador	Stadium: Jalisco

30 September 1994 5	Atlante	bye	Leones Negros UdeG	Benito Juarez
				Stadium: Azulgrana

8 October 1994 6	Tiburones Rojos Veracruz	1-0	Atlante	Veracruz
	Carlos Poblete 73'			Stadium: Luis Pirata Fuente

16 October 1994 7	Atlante	2-2	Club América	Benito Juarez
	Rubén Omar Romano 35' José Enrique García 42'		52' Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 77' Francois-Omam Biyik	Stadium: Azulgrana

22 October 1994 8	Pumas UNAM	2-1	Atlante	Coyoacan
	Rafael García 15' Jorge Santillana 29'		34' Sanchez	Stadium: Olimpico

30 October 1994 9	Atlante	2-1	Tampico Madero	Benito Juarez
	Rubén Omar Romano 8', 48'		30' Tomás Cruz	Stadium: Azulgrana

6 November 1994 10	Necaxa	7-0	Atlante	Coyoacan
	Luis Hernández 9' Luis Hernandez 66' Luis Hernandez 89' Ivo Basay 50' Ivo Basay 53' José María Higareda 59' Alberto García Aspe 70' (pen)			Stadium: Azteca

13 November 1994 11	Atlante	0-0	CD Toluca	Benito Juarez
				Stadium: Azulgrana

19 November 1994 12	CF Monterrey	1-1	Atlante	Monterrey
	Jesús Arellano 38'		65' Rubén Omar Romano	Stadium: Tecnológico

27 November 1994 13	Atlante	3-2	Club León	Benito Juarez
	Salvador 25' (pen) 35' (pen) Sanchez 46'		8' Isaac Ayipei 50' (pen) Gustavo Dezotti	Stadium: Azulgrana

30 November 1994 14	Atlas FC	0-1	Atlante	Guadalajara
			8' Rubén Omar Romano	Stadium: Jalisco

6 December 1994 15	Atlante	2-2	Tecos UAG	Benito Juarez
	Sanchez 58' Salvador 67'		Eustacio Rizo 56' Porfirio Jiménez 60' (pen)	Stadium: Azulgrana

11 December 1994 16	Santos Laguna	2-2	Atlante	Torreon
	Benjamín Galindo 44' Jesús Gómez 80'		27' Guillermo Cantú 57' Gastón Obledo	Stadium: Revolución

17 December 1994 17	Atlante	3-1	Cruz Azul	Benito Juarez
	Sanchez 31', 87' Salvador 61'		41' Hermosillo	Stadium: Azulgrana

23 December 1994 18	Atlético Morelia	2-1	Atlante	Morelia
	Arturo Reyna 12' Luis Hernán Pérez 32'		50' Graniolatti	Stadium: Morelos

28 December 1994 19	Atlante	3-1	Puebla FC	Benito Juarez
	García 23' 56' Sanchez 38'		Milton Queiroz "Tita" 2'	Stadium: Azulgrana

8 January 1995 20	Correcaminos UAT	1-0	Atlante	Ciudad Victoria
	Leopoldo Castañeda 65'			Stadium: Marte R. Gomez

14 January 1995 21	Atlante	2-1	Tigres UANL	Benito Juarez
	Salvador 30' Sanchez 67'		32' Gustavo Nápoles	Stadium: Azulgrana

22 January 1995 22	Toros Neza	2-3	Atlante	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
	Juan Carlos Elizalde 84' Martín Vilallonga 89'		25' Gastón Obledo 62', 86'Salvador	Stadium: Neza 86

29 January 1995 23	Atlante	1-1	CD Guadalajara	Benito Juarez
	Romano 20'		89' Guzman	Stadium: Azulgrana

3 February 1995 24	Leones Negros UdeG	bye	Atlante	Guadalajara
				Stadium: Jalisco

12 February 1995 25	Atlante	0-2	Tiburones Rojos Veracruz	Benito Juarez
			38', 45' José Luis Malibrán	Stadium: Azulgrana

19 February 1995 26	Club América	1-4	Atlante	Coyoacan
	Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 69'		1', 32'Sanchez 20' Garcia 85' Salvador	Stadium: Azteca

26 February 1995 27	Atlante	0-2	Pumas UNAM	Benito Juarez
			58' Pedro Massacessi 64' Rafael García	Stadium: Azulgrana

5 March 1995 28	TM Gallos Blancos	1-1	Atlante	Queretaro
	Gerardo Silva 81'		57' Garcia	Stadium: Corregidora

12 March 1995 29	Atlante	0-3	Necaxa	Benito Juarez
			Alex Aguinaga 24', 67' Alberto García Aspe 54'	Stadium: Azulgrana

19 March 1995 30	CD Toluca	4-2	Atlante	Toluca
	José Cardozo 31' Jaime Jaramillo 61' Eugenio Villazón 67' Jorge Rodríguez 69'		45' 77' (pen) Romano	Stadium: La Bombonera

26 March 1995 31	Atlante	1-2	CF Monterrey	Benito Juarez
	Sanchez 59'		38' Mario Jáuregui 82' Fabián Guevara	Stadium: Azulgrana

2 April 1995 32	Club León	0-0	Atlante	Leon de los Aldama
				Stadium: Nou Camp

5 April 1995 33	Atlante	2-2	Atlas FC	Benito Juarez
	Salvador 45' Romano 80'		12', 86' Jared Borguetti	Stadium: Azulgrana

9 April 1995 34	Tecos UAG	2-1	Atlante	Zapopan
	Osmar Donizette 7' Claudio Morena 64'		Sanchez 55'	Stadium: 3 de Marzo

14 April 1995 35	Atlante	3-2	Santos Laguna	Benito Juarez
	Wilson Graneolatti 34' Salvador 55' Roberto Andrade 58'		Marcelo Carracedo 54', 64'	Stadium: Azulgrana

22 April 1995 36	Cruz Azul	4-1	Atlante	Coyoacan
	Hermosillo 15' Delgado 55' Zamora 57' Mora 89'		79' Elizalde	Stadium: Azteca

28 April 1995 37	Atlante	4-1	Atlético Morelia	Coyoacan
	Salvador 49' (pen), 64' (pen) Guillermo Cantú 56' Romano 61'		Jaime Vera 47'	Stadium: Azteca

5 May 1995 38	Puebla FC	6-6	Atlante	Puebla de los Angeles
	Tita 19', 80' José Guadalupe Cruz 30' (og), Narciso Cuevas 83' Ali Fernández 88' Marco Sánchez Yacuta 89' (pen)		24'} Romano 43' Jorge Salas 56'Wilson Graneolatti 60' (og) Alexandre Pimentel 75', 82' Salvador	Stadium: Cuauhtemoc

Copa Mexico edit

First round edit

25 January 1995	Guerreros Acapulco	1-1 (a.e.t.) (2-1 p)	Atlante	Acapulco
14:45 CT	Adrián Rodríguez 35'	Report	15' Luis Miguel Salvador	Stadium: Olimpico

CONCACAF Champions' Cup edit

Semifinals edit

3 February 1995	Atlante F.C.	2–1	Alianza F.C.	San Jose, California
	Salvador 15' Romano 43'		Durán 47'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium

Final edit

5 February 1995	Cartaginés	3–2	Atlante F.C.	San Jose, California
	Quiros 20', 32' Hidalgo 69' (p)	Report	García 51' Obledo 56'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 6,270 Referee: Brian Hall

Statistics edit

Players statistics edit

^[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division		1994-95 Copa Mexico
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MEX	Hugo Pineda	35	0	35	0
4	DF	MEX	Miguel Herrera	32	0	32	0
2	DF	MEX	Jose Guadalupe Cruz
5	DF	URU	Wilson Graniolatti
6	DF	URU	José Enrique García	27	5	27	5
-	MF	MEX	Roberto Andrade	28	1	28	1
7	MF	MEX	Guillermo Cantú	29	2	29	2
21	MF	MEX	Gastón Obledo	36	2	36	2
10	MF	ARG	Ruben Omar Romano	30	12	30	12
68	FW	MEX	Luis Miguel Salvador	30	15	30	15
9	FW	MEX	Hugo Sanchez	31	13	31	13
-	GK	MEX	Felix Fernandez	2	0	1+1	0
-	DF	MEX	José Navarrete
-	DF	MEX	Jorge Salas
-	MF	MEX	Mario García
-	FW	USA	Gerardo Mascareño	15	0	15	0
8	MF	ARG	Jose A. Forte
-	FW	ARG	Maxi Roditis
	FW	MEX	Gaspar Cisneros
	DF	MEX	Carlos A. Elizalde

Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mex95.html

References edit

^ "FIFA Classic Player: Mexico's all-time number one". FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
^ Mario Guerrero (13 June 2020). "I had a bigger salary with Atlante than Real Madrid" (in Spanish). mexico.as.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ Omar Fares (4 November 2011). "Football in Acapulco" (in Spanish). espn.com.mx. Retrieved 2 August 2022.}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Erik Francisco Lugo, Martín Toscano and RSSSF 2003/20 (24 April 2001). "Mexico 1994/95 Regular season". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Editorial (17 March 2022). "The Day Lavolpe Humiliated Hugo Sanchez" (in Spanish). mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Mexico 1994/95 Regular season". RSSSF. 24 April 2001. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

[table_note_res_LIG0.11333752475369-7] The first four places in the table and teams ranked 6th and 8th qualified for the Liguilla quarter-finals.

[table_note_res_REP0.11333752475369-8] Teams ranked 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th in the table qualified for Repechaje

[1] "FIFA Classic Player: Mexico's all-time number one". FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

[2] Mario Guerrero (13 June 2020). "I had a bigger salary with Atlante than Real Madrid" (in Spanish). mexico.as.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[3] Omar Fares (4 November 2011). "Football in Acapulco" (in Spanish). espn.com.mx. Retrieved 2 August 2022.}

[RSSSF-4] Erik Francisco Lugo, Martín Toscano and RSSSF 2003/20 (24 April 2001). "Mexico 1994/95 Regular season". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] Editorial (17 March 2022). "The Day Lavolpe Humiliated Hugo Sanchez" (in Spanish). mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[6] "Mexico 1994/95 Regular season". RSSSF. 24 April 2001. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

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