1994–95 Club América season
# 1994–95 Club América season

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, Right-back Defender Raul Gutierrez, midfielders Joaquin del Olmo and Kalusha Bwalya. Also, arrived Dutch manager Leo Beenhakker after coached the squad of Saudi Arabia. The new coach and transfers in combined with young talented players lead 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. Finally, with Mirko Jozic as new manager the squad was eliminated in semifinals for the third consecutive year losing the series against Cruz Azul.

## 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 | 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| FW | Luis Garcia | Real Sociedad |
| DF | Branco | Manaus |
| DF | Eduardo Soto | |
| DF | Jean-Claude Pagal | FC Martigues |

Out :

| Pos. | Name | To |
| - | - | - |
| 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 | Playoff |
| 3 | Tecos | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 42 | Playoff |
| 4 | Toros Neza | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 32 | |
| 5 | UANL | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 24 | |

**League table**

**General table**

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

* ↑ 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

**League table**

**Results by round**

| 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 |

## Statistics

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | 1994-95 Copa Mexico | 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
