1994–95 Cruz Azul season
# 1994–95 Cruz Azul season

The 1994–95 Cruz Azul season was the 68th year in existence and 30th campaign consecutive playing in top flight division, also the club competed in Copa México.

## Summary

In summertime, President Billy Alvarez reinforced the squad with Peruvian Defender Juan Reynoso, Forward Marcelo Delgado and midfielder Marco Garces. The squad performance during the first half of the season was irrregular due to an unbalanced performance: a superb offensive line but a weak defensive guard. During the mid season the club replaced young Goalkeeper Oscar Perez with Argentine Norberto Scoponi also manager Enrique Meza was sacked and Luis Fernando Tena was appointed for the second half of the season. The season is best remembered by the 91 goals registered by a powerful offensive line aimed by Julio Zamora assists and Hermosillo clinching another league topscorer title. In league the team finished 3rd in the league's overall table, defeating Pumas UNAM in quarterfinals with a late goal scored by Right back Defender Guadalupe Castañeda.

Cruz Azul appeared in the playoffs. In the semi-finals they beat Club América (with whom they share Estadio Azteca) in the semi-finals. Reaching the final for the first time since 1989 they drew Necaxa 1–1 in the first leg, but lost the second leg 0–2 for a 3–1 aggregate.

In the 1994–95 Copa México they were eliminated in the first round by second tier side Irapuato.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Guadalupe Castañeda |
| 3 | DF | MEX | José Luis Sixtos |
| 4 | DF | PER | Juan Reynoso |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Héctor Esparza |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Héctor Islas |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Pintado |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Victor Ruiz |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Julio Zamora |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Pedro Duana |
| 11 | MF | MEX | Octavio Mora |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Oscar Pérez |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Ricardo Carbajal |
| 14 | FW | ARG | Marcelo Delgado |
| 15 | FW | MEX | Francisco Palencia |
| 16 | DF | MEX | Marco Garcés |
| 17 | DF | MEX | Humberto Valdez |
| 18 | MF | MEX | David Rangel |
| 20 | GK | MEX | José Alberto Guadarrama |
| 21 | GK | ARG | Norberto Scoponi |
| 22 | MF | MEX | José Agustín Morales |
| 26 | DF | MEX | Antonio Taboada |
| 27 | FW | MEX | Carlos Hermosillo |

### Transfers

In :

| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Juan Reynoso | Universitario de Deportes | |
| FW | Marcelo Delgado | Rosario Central | |

Out :

| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Robert Siboldi | Puebla FC | - |
| DF | Cle Kooiman | Atlético Morelia | - |
| MF | Luis Monzón | Olimpia Asunción | |

**Winter**

In :

| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Norberto Scoponi | Newell's Old Boys | |

Out :

| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| - | - | - | - |

## Competitions

### La Liga

**League table**

**Group 1**

| 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 |

**League table**

**Overall 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | - | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | - | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

**Quarter-finals**

Aggregate tied 1-1. Cruz Azul advanced to semi-finals as best seeded team.

**Semi-finals**

Cruz Azul won 2–3 on aggregate.

**Finals**

Necaxa won 3–1 on aggregate.

### Copa Mexico

**First round**

Irapuato won 5–3 on penalties.

## 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 |
| 21 | GK | ARG | Norberto Scoponi | 17 | -12 | 17 | -12 |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Guadalupe Castañeda | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MEX | José Luis Sixtos | 32 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | PER | Juan Reynoso | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | MEX | Antonio Taboada | 24 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Héctor Islas | 34 | 2 | 29+5 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Pintado | 29 | 6 | 24+5 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Victor Ruiz | 32 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Pedro Duana | 31 | 7 | 26+5 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Julio Zamora | 32 | 17 | 30+2 | 17 |
| 27 | FW | MEX | Carlos Hermosillo | 33 | 35 | 33 | 35 |
| 22 | MF | MEX | José Agustín Morales | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | MEX | Oscar Pérez | 22 | -28 | 17+5 | -28 |
| 11 | MF | MEX | Octavio Mora | 33 | 14 | 17+16 | 14 |
| 14 | FW | ARG | Marcelo Delgado | 31 | 5 | 17+14 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Héctor Esparza | 17 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MEX | David Rangel | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | MEX | José Alberto Guadarrama | 4 | -5 | 2+2 | -5 |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Ricardo Carbajal | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | MEX | Marco Garcés | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | MEX | Humberto Valdez | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | MEX | Francisco Palencia | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

* Source: http://yalma.fime.uanl.mx/~futmx/MFL/Mex95/News/norte05jn95b.html
