1994–95 Club América season

Club América
1994–95 season
Owner	Televisa
Chairman	Emilio Diez-Barroso
Manager	Leo Beenhakker ; (until 7 April 1995); Mirko Jozic
Stadium	Azteca
Primera Division	2nd; Semifinals
Copa México	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: Biyik; (33 goals); All: Biyik; (36 goals)
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →
	All statistics correct as of 2 August 2022.

The 1994–95 Club América season was the 53rd season competing in Primera Division.

Summary

In summertime Emilio Diez-Barroso in his 15th season as club President and in his 5th year without a league title, reinforced the squad with several players such as: Forward Francois Omam Biyik,^[1] Right-back Defender Raul Gutierrez,^[2] midfielders Joaquin del Olmo^[3] and Kalusha Bwalya.^[4] Also, arrived Dutch manager Leo Beenhakker^[5] after coached the squad of Saudi Arabia. The new coach and transfers-in, combined with young talented players led by Forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco, improved the performance played by the squad reaching the first position on table and deploying a spectacular game attracting the best attendances to Azteca stadium in years.

Meanwhile, the squad could maintain the good streak during the first month of the year, in spite of four club players: Zague, Luis Garcia, Raul Gutierrez and Joaquin del Olmo were playing the 1995 King Fahd Cup from 1 January to 6 January.

Owing to their participation in 1995 Pan American Games by young players Raul Lara, German Villa and Cuauhtemoc Blanco representing the national U-23 team, the offensive line was sinking from 10 March to 24 March, hence, the squad only clinched two draws against Toros Neza and archrivals CD Guadalajara despite being heavily favourites.

In spite of having the best season performance and attendances since the 80s manager Leo Beenhakker was under pressure since January by both club vice president Rubolotta and President Diez Barrosso to line up Forward Luis Garcia recently transferred in from Real Sociedad with an infamous 1 year tenure without scoring a single league goal (since 1 May 1994 with Atletico Madrid). Meanwhile, the club and talented midfielder Joaquin del Olmo had contract issues due to a renewal for the next seasons the conflict escalated upon reached manager Beenhakker asked by the President Barroso to not line up Del Olmo against Puebla FC on April 5. However, the Dutch coach lined-up Del Olmo and was sacked by vice president Rubolotta the next day by 0730 hs at his home in Cuernavaca according to Beenhakker.^[6] Finally, with Mirko Jozic as new manager the squad was eliminated in semifinals^[7] for the third consecutive year losing the series against Cruz Azul.^[8]

Squad

^[9] 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	MEX	Adrian Chavez
2	DF	MEX	Juan Hernandez
3	DF	MEX	Jose Enrique Rodon
4	DF	MEX	Luis Felipe Peña
5	DF	MEX	Guillermo Naranjo
6	MF	MEX	Raul Rodrigo Lara
7	MF	ARG	Marcelo Barticciotto
8	MF	MEX	Joaquin del Olmo
9	FW	CMR	François Omam-Biyik
10	MF	ARG	German Martellotto
11	FW	MEX	Pedro Pineda
12	GK	MEX	Alejandro García
13	DF	BRA	Edu Manga
14	FW	MEX	Francisco Uribe
15	DF	MEX	Rafael Bautista


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ZAM	Kalusha Bwalya
17	FW	MEX	Luís Roberto Alves
18	DF	CMR	Jean-Claude Pagal
19	FW	MEX	Ari Jair Fenoy
20	MF	MEX	Joaquín Hernández
21	DF	MEX	Raul Gutierrez
22	MF	MEX	German Villa
23	FW	MEX	Cuauhtemoc Blanco
24	GK	MEX	Ángel Maldonado
25	FW	MEX	Luis Garcia
26	MF	CHI	Oscar Eduardo Soto
27	DF	BRA	Branco
45	DF	MEX	Marco Capetillo
42	DF	MEX	Jorge Antonio Toledano
46	DF	MEX	Carlos Serafín Inda

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	François Omam-Biyik	RC Lens
MF	Kalusha Bwalya	PSV Eindhoven
DF	Raul Gutierrez	Atlante F.C.
MF	Joaquin del Olmo	Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz
DF	Luis Felipe Peña	Leones Negros UdeG

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Antonio Carlos Santos	Tigres UANL	-
MF	Cesilio de los Santos	Tigres UANL	-
FW	Gonzalo Farfan	Toros Neza
DF	Guillermo Huerta	Atlético Morelia
DF	Alejandro Dominguez	Tampico Madero
MF	Gerardo Silva	Tampico Madero
DF	Marco Sanchez Yacuta	Puebla FC
DF	Jesus Eduardo Cordova	Puebla FC

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Luis Garcia	Real Sociedad
DF	Branco	Manaus
DF	Eduardo Soto
DF	Jean-Claude Pagal	FC Martigues

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	German Martellotto	CF Pachuca
MF	Marcelo Barticciotto	Universidad Católica
GK	Alejandro García	CD Irapuato

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	36	19	13	4	88	46	+42	51	Playoff
2	Necaxa	36	16	14	6	69	38	+31	46
3	Tecos	36	14	14	8	50	47	+3	42
4	Toros Neza	36	12	8	16	55	62	−7	32
5	UANL	36	7	10	19	34	50	−16	24

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

General table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guadalajara	36	22	8	6	70	35	+35	52	Qualification for the quarter-finals^[a]
2	America	36	19	13	4	88	46	+42	51
3	Cruz Azul	36	20	8	8	91	45	+46	48
4	Necaxa	36	16	14	6	69	38	+31	46
5	UAG (C)	36	14	14	8	50	47	+3	42	Qualification for the Repechaje^[b]

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
(C) Champions
Notes:

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

Results by round

^[7]

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	-	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	-	D	D	D	W	D	D	D
Position	4	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2

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

^[7]

4 September 1994 1	Club Leon	0-2	América	Irapuato
12:00 CT			26' Zague 73'Zague	Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez
Note: Match not played in Leon de los Aldama due to a ban on Nou Camp

11 September 1994 2	América	0-1	Atlas FC	Tlalpan
12:00 CT			61' Cristian Domizzi	Stadium: Azteca

16 September 1994 3	Tecos UAG	1-3	América	Zapopan
20:45 CT	Eustacio Rizo 67'		11' Kalusha 59' Biyik 83' Blanco	Stadium: 3 de Marzo

23 September 1994 4	América	2-1	Santos Laguna	Tlalpan
20:45 CT	Luis Felipe Peña 11' del Olmo 78'		86' Adomaitis	Stadium: Azteca

1 October 1994 5	Cruz Azul	1-1	América	Tlalpan
17:00 CT	Pedro Duana 57'		61' Biyik	Stadium: Azteca

7 October 1994 6	América	7-3	Atlético Morelia	Tlalpan
20:45 CT	Kalusha 10' Biyik 21', 24' Zague 42' Biyik 58' del Olmo 70' Biyik 75'		1' (pen) Marco Antonio Figueroa 3' Juan Morales 63' Roberto Hernández	Stadium: Azteca

16 October 1994 7	Atlante F.C.	2-2	América	Benito Juarez
12:00 CT	Romano 35' García 42'		52' Zague 77' Biyik	Stadium: Azulgrana

21 October 1994 8	América	8-1	Correcaminos UAT	Tlalpan
20:45 CT	Kalusha 17' Biyik 25', 47' Zague 65', 79' Blanco 71', 85' Uribe 89'		49' Nildeson Silva	Stadium: Azteca

29 October 1994 9	Tigres UANL	1-1	América	San Nicolas de los Garza
17:00 CT	Ruiz Esparza 60'		57' Biyik	Stadium: Universitario

4 November 1994 10	América	4-1	Toros Neza	Tlalpan
20:45 CT	Biyik 24' Kalusha 42' Zague 63' Blanco 72'		88' Luis Carlos Perea	Stadium: Azteca

13 November 1994 11	CD Guadalajara	3-4	América	Guadalajara
12:00 CT	Ramón Ramírez 36', 41' Daniel Guzmán 46' (pen)		16' Kalusha 42' Biyik 55' Zague 66' Blanco	Stadium: Jalisco

19 November 1994 12	America	bye	Leones Negros UdeG	Tlalpan
12:00 CT				Stadium: Azteca

26 November 1994 13	Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz	3-3	América	Veracruz
16:00 CT	José Luis González China 35' (pen) Pedro Pablo Osorio 72' Elías Ledesma 78'		41' Bwalya 59' Biyik 66' Zague	Stadium: Pirata Fuente

30 November 1994 14	América	2-2	Puebla FC	Tlalpan
20:45 CT	Biyik 43', 54'		40' Alexandre Pimentel 47' Sergio Lira	Stadium: Azteca

4 December 1994 15	América	3-1	Pumas UNAM	Tlalpan
12:00 CT	Zague 30' Biyik 62' Kalusha 70'		11' Massacessi	Stadium: Azteca

11 December 1994 16	TM Gallos Blancos	2-8	América	Queretaro
12:00 CT	Héctor del Ángel 4' Carlos Hernández 16'		27', 36', 59', 87' Zague 40' (og)Héctor Quintero 67', 69' Biyik 85' Kalusha	Stadium: Corregidora
Note: On December 7, due to problems between the club and Municipal government regards the leasing of Estadio Tamaulipas, Tampico Madero was relocated in Querétaro and renamed as TM Gallos Blancos.

18 December 1994 17	América	1-2	Necaxa	Tlalpan
12:00 CT	Zague 30'		8', 19' Basay	Stadium: Azteca

23 December 1994 18	CD Toluca	0-3	América	Toluca
15:00 CT			29', 83' Biyik 63' Zague	Stadium: La Bombonera

30 December 1994 19	América	2-1	CF Monterrey	Tlalpan
20:45 CT	Biyik 72' Zague 77'		10' Careca	Stadium: Azteca

8 January 1995 20	América	1-0	Club León	Tlalpan
17:00 CT	Pedro Pineda 15'			Stadium: Azteca

18 January 1995 21	Atlas FC	1-2	América	Guadalajara
20:45 CT	Sergio Pacheco 5'		53' Kalusha Bwalya 70' Zague	Stadium: Jalisco

22 January 1995 22	América	2-1	Tecos UAG	Tlalpan
12:00 CT	Kalusha Bwalya 3' Biyik 61'		45' Eustacio Rizo	Stadium: Azteca

29 January 1995 23	Santos Laguna	2-0	América	Torreon
16:00 CT	Miguel Asprilla 76', 82'			Stadium: Corona

5 February 1995 24	América	3-1	Cruz Azul	Tlalpan
12:00 CT	Biyik 30', 34', 60'		64' Hermosillo	Stadium: Azteca

12 February 1995 25	Atlético Morelia	1-6	América	Morelia
12:00 CT	Hugo Santana 59'		26', 27' Kalusha Bwalya 72' Juan Hernández 85' Biyik 87', 89' Zague	Stadium: Morelos

19 February 1995 26	América	1-4	Atlante F.C.	Tlalpan
12:00 CT	Zague 69'		1', 32' Hugo Sánchez 20' José Enrique García 85' Salvador	Stadium: Azteca

26 February 1995 27	Correcaminos UAT	0-2	América	Ciudad Victoria
12:00 CT			39' Zague 76' Biyik	Stadium: Marte R. Gomez

5 March 1995 28	América	2-1	Tigres UANL	Tlalpan
12:00 CT	Zague 40' Francisco Uribe 76'		70' Francisco Javier Cruz	Stadium: Azteca

12 March 1995 29	Toros Neza	1-1	América	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
15:00 CT	Martín Vilallonga 16'		73' Biyik	Stadium: Neza 86

19 March 1995 30	América	0-0	CD Guadalajara	Tlalpan
12:00 CT				Stadium: Azteca

26 March 1995 31	Leones Negros UdeG	bye	America	Guadalajara
12:00 CT				Stadium: Jalisco

2 April 1995 32	América	1-1	Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz	Tlalpan
12:00 CT	Biyik 16'		18' Leonel Bolsonello	Stadium: Azteca

5 April 1995 33	Puebla FC	1-1	América	Puebla
20:30 CT	Salvador Reyes 39'		89' Biyik	Stadium: Cuauhtemoc

9 April 1995 34	Pumas UNAM	0-0	América	Coyoacan
12:00 CT				Stadium: Olimpico Universitario

16 April 1995 35	América	4-0	TM Gallos Blancos	Tlalpan
12:00 CT	Kalusha Bwalya 16' Luis García 37' del Olmo 39' Biyik 66'			Stadium: Azteca

23 April 1995 36	Necaxa	4-4	América	Tlalpan
12:00 CT	Ivo Basay 11' Ricardo Peláez 50', 56' Aspe 78' (pen)		27' (pen), 68' Biyik 44', 72' Luis García	Stadium: Azteca

29 April 1995 37	América	1-1	CD Toluca	Tlalpan
20:45 CT	Cuauhtémoc Blanco 19'		59' José Manuel Abundis	Stadium: Azteca

6 May 1995 38	CF Monterrey	1-1	América	Monterrey
20:45 CT	Mario Jáuregui 30'		57' Luis García	Stadium: Tecnologico

Quarterfinals

16 May 1995	Puebla FC	0-0	America	Puebla de los Angeles
20:30 CT				Stadium: Cuauhtemoc

19 May 1995	America	4-2	Puebla FC	Tlalpan
12:00 CT	Luis García 35', 70' Francois-Omam Biyik 76' (pen) Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 88'		14' Alí Fernández 58' Narciso Cuevas	Stadium: Azteca

Semifinals

24 May 1995	Cruz Azul	1-1	America	Tlalpan
17:00 CT	Pintado 9'	Report	1' del Olmo 76' Raul Gutierrez	Stadium: Azteca Attendance: 115,000 Referee: Antonio Marrufo Mendoza

27 May 1995	America	1-2	Cruz Azul	Tlalpan
12:00 CT	Zague 76'		25' Hermosillo 30' Mora	Stadium: Azteca

Copa Mexico

First round

25 January 1995	San Luis FC	2-3	America	San Luis Potosí
14:45 CEST	Martín Rodiney 29' Pavon 63'	Report	23' Biyik 40', 51' Zague	Stadium: Olimpico

Second round

8 February 1995	Atletico San Francisco	0-1	America	San Francisco del Rincón
14:45 CEST			67' Francois-Omam Biyik	Stadium: Olimpico

Semifinals

15 February 1995	Necaxa	2-2 (4-3 p)	America	Tlalpan
20:45 CEST	Ambriz 5' Basay 46'		2' Francois-Omam Biyik 89' Kalusha	Stadium: Azteca

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division		1994-95 Copa Mexico
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MEX	Adrian Chavez	35	-46	35	-46
2	DF	MEX	Juan Hernandez	36	1	35+1	1
5	DF	MEX	Guillermo Naranjo	22	0	17+5	0
3	DF	MEX	Jose Enrique Rodon	24	1	17+7	1
21	DF	MEX	Raul Gutierrez	30	0	29+1	0
6	MF	MEX	Raul Rodrigo Lara	32	0	32	0
16	MF	ZAM	Kalusha Bwalya	33	13	33	13
8	MF	MEX	Joaquin del Olmo	31	3	31	3
23	FW	MEX	Cuauhtemoc Blanco	28	6	26+2	6
9	FW	CMR	François Omam-Biyik	35	33	35	33
17	FW	MEX	Luís Roberto Alves	30	23	30	23
24	GK	MEX	Ángel Maldonado	1	0	1	0
4	DF	MEX	Luis Felipe Peña	19	1	16+3	1
15	DF	MEX	Rafael Bautista	14	0	12+2	0
25	FW	MEX	Luis Garcia	12	4	10+2	4
26	MF	CHI	Oscar Eduardo Soto	11	0	9+2	0
18	DF	CMR	Jean-Claude Pagal	11	0	5+6	0
14	FW	MEX	Francisco Uribe	15	2	4+11	2
22	MF	MEX	German Villa	8	0	3+5	0
20	MF	MEX	Joaquín Hernández	4	0	3+1	0
27	DF	BRA	Branco	4	0	3+1	0
7	MF	ARG	Marcelo Barticciotto	5	0	3+2	0
13	DF	BRA	Edu Manga	6	0	2+4	0
11	FW	MEX	Pedro Pineda	5	1	1+4	1
45	DF	MEX	Marco Capetillo	2	0	1+1	0
19	FW	MEX	Ari Jair Fenoy	1	0	1	0
10	MF	ARG	German Martellotto	2	0	0+2	0
42	DF	MEX	Jorge Antonio Toledano	1	0	0+1	0
46	DF	MEX	Carlos Serafín Inda	1	0	0+1	0
12	GK	MEX	Alejandro Garcia

Source: http://yalma.fime.uanl.mx/~futmx/MFL/Mex95/News/norte29my95b.html

References

^ Diallo, Raf (15 June 2020). "Omam-Biyik: The man who stunned Argentina at Italia 90". RTE. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Raúl Gutiérrez a cargo de Selección Olímpica". Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ Real Oviedo. "Organization chart" Archived 23 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Joel Bwalya, Kalusha's often forgotten brother". CAFOnline.com.
^ Deportes Telemundo (6 April 2015). "20 years since Beenhakker was fired by America" (in Spanish). telemundodeportes.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ Editorial (18 March 2010). "Beenhakker Confessed Why was Sacked by America" (in Spanish). mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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)
^ Rodrigo Herrejon Chavez (5 July 2022). "The Mighty Beenhakker's America which did not clinch a single trophy" (in Spanish). yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Club América » Squad 1994/1995". yalma.fime.uanl.mx. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_LIG0.12524789298198-10] The first four places in the table and teams ranked 6th and 8th qualified for the Liguilla quarter-finals.

[table_note_res_REP0.12524789298198-11] Teams ranked 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th in the table qualified for Repechaje

[1] Diallo, Raf (15 June 2020). "Omam-Biyik: The man who stunned Argentina at Italia 90". RTE. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[2] "Raúl Gutiérrez a cargo de Selección Olímpica". Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[3] Real Oviedo. "Organization chart" Archived 23 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Joel Bwalya, Kalusha's often forgotten brother". CAFOnline.com.

[5] Deportes Telemundo (6 April 2015). "20 years since Beenhakker was fired by America" (in Spanish). telemundodeportes.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

[6] Editorial (18 March 2010). "Beenhakker Confessed Why was Sacked by America" (in Spanish). mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[RSSSF-7] 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)

[8] Rodrigo Herrejon Chavez (5 July 2022). "The Mighty Beenhakker's America which did not clinch a single trophy" (in Spanish). yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[9] "Club América » Squad 1994/1995". yalma.fime.uanl.mx. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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