1994–95 Cruz Azul season

Cruz Azul
1994–95 season
Owner	Cemento Cruz Azul
Chairman	Guillermo Alvarez
Manager	Enrique Meza ; (until 31 January 1995); Luis Fernando Tena
Stadium	Azteca
Primera Division	3rd; Runner-up; (in 1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup)
Copa México	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	Carlos Hermosillo; (35 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1993–94 1995–96 ⊟
	All statistics correct as of 2 August 2022.

The 1994–95 Deportivo Cruz Azul season was the club's 68th season in existence and the 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Mexican football. The club also competed in Copa México.

Summary

In summertime, President Billy Alvarez reinforced the squad with Peruvian Defender Juan Reynoso, Forward Marcelo Delgado^[1] and midfielder Marco Garces. The squad performance during the first half of the season was irregular 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 ^[2] and Luis Fernando Tena was appointed for the second half of the season.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Cruz Azul appeared in the playoffs. In the semi-finals they beat Club América (with whom they share Estadio Azteca) in the semi-finals.^[6]^[7] Reaching the final for the first time since 1989^[8] they drew Necaxa 1–1 in the first leg,^[9]^[10] but lost the second leg 0–2 for a 3–1 aggregate.^[11]^[12]

In the 1994–95 Copa México they were eliminated in the first round by second tier side Irapuato.^[8]

Squad

^[13] 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Overall 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

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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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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

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4 September 1994 1	Cruz Azul	5-2	Toros Neza	Ciudad Cooperativa
	Hermosillo 9', 21', 65' Zamora 45', 52'		41' (pen) Vazquez 71' Mohamed	Stadium: 10 de Diciembre

11 September 1994 2	CD Guadalajara	3-1	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara
	Espinosa 40' de la Torre 59' Zarate 89'		27' Islas	Stadium: Jalisco

17 September 1994 3	Cruz Azul	bye	Leones Negros UdeG	Tlalpan
				Stadium: Azteca

24 September 1994 4	Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz	0-4	Cruz Azul	Veracruz
			47', 65', 66', 68'Hermosillo	Stadium: Pirata Fuente

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

9 October 1994 6	Pumas UNAM	2-1	Cruz Azul	Tlalpan
	Rafael García 10' Jorge Campos 79' (pen)		45' Octavio Mora	Stadium: Olimpico Universitario

15 October 1994 7	Cruz Azul	4-1	Tampico Madero	Tlalpan
	Hermosillo 9', 42' Mora 50' Pedro Duana 60'		65' René Mendieta	Stadium: Azteca

23 October 1994 8	Necaxa	0-0	Cruz Azul	Tlalpan
				Stadium: Azteca

29 October 1994 9	Cruz Azul	2-0	CD Toluca	Tlalpan
	Marcelo Delgado 13' Juan Reynoso 60'			Stadium: Azteca

5 November 1994 10	CF Monterrey	2-2	Cruz Azul	Monterrey
	Héctor Nicanor 14', Rafael Gutiérrez Aldaco 60'		5' Octavio Mora 33' Carlos Hermosillo	Stadium: Tecnológico

12 November 1994 11	Cruz Azul	6-0	Leon	Tlalpan
	Octavio Mora 29' Carlos Hermosillo 32', 64', 69' Pedro Duana 46', Víctor Ruiz 75'			Stadium: Azteca

19 November 1994 12	Atlas FC	2-1	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara
	Eduardo Berizzo 39', Jared Borguetti 44'		48' Luis Carlos de Oliveira	Stadium: Jalisco

26 November 1994 13	Cruz Azul	3-3	Tecos UAG	Tlalpan
	Carlos Hermosillo 30' Pedro Duana 46', 51'		18', 39', Eustacio Rizo 35' Porfirio Jiménez	Stadium: Azteca

30 November 1994 14	Santos Laguna	2-5	Cruz Azul	Torreon
	Everaldo Bejines 43' Héctor Adomaitis 78' (pen)		34', 51', Julio Zamora 62', 89', Carlos Hermosillo 75' Pedro Duana	Stadium: Corona

4 December 1994 15	Puebla FC	1-1	Cruz Azul	Puebla de los Angeles
	Narciso Cuevas 25'		80' Octavio Mora	Stadium: Cuauhtemoc
Note: On Dec. 7, due to problems with the leasing of Tamaulipas stadium, Tampico Madero was relocated in Querétaro and renamed as TM Gallos Blancos.

10 December 1994 16	Cruz Azul	1-3	Atlético Morelia	Tlalpan
	Carlos Hermosillo 19'		25' Marco Antonio Figueroa 33' Guillermo Huerta 60' Juan Antonio Flores Barrera	Stadium: Azteca

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

23 December 1994 18	Cruz Azul	3-2	Correcaminos UAT	Tlalpan
	Octavio Mora 39' Julio Zamora 59', 77'		29' Carlos Orozco 62' Ramiro Romero	Stadium: Azteca

29 December 1994 19	Tigres UANL	0-1	Cruz Azul	San Nicolas de los Garza
			28' Hermosillo	Stadium: Universitario

20	Toros Neza	3-3	Cruz Azul	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
	Jaime Ramírez 18' Gonzalo Farfán 31' Antonio Mohamed 36'		14' Octavio Mora 60' (pen) Julio Zamora 74' Héctor Islas	Stadium: Estadio Neza 86

21	Cruz Azul	0-1	CD Guadalajara	Tlalpan
			28'José Manuel de la Torre	Stadium: Azteca

22	Leones Negros UdeG	bye	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara
				Stadium: Jalisco

23	Cruz Azul	3-1	Veracruz	Tlalpan
	Luis Carlos de Oliveira "Pintado" 5' Carlos Hermosillo 77' Octavio Mora 81'		21' José Luis Malibrán	Stadium: Azteca

5 February 1995 24	America	3-1	Cruz Azul	Coyoacan
	Biyik 30', 34', 60'		64' Hermosillo	Stadium: Azteca

25	Cruz Azul	0-1	U.N.A.M.	Tlalpan
			49'Rafael García	Stadium: Azteca

26	TM Gallos Blancos	0-2	Cruz Azul	Queretaro
			Luis Carlos de Oliveira "Pintado" 11' Carlos Hermosillo 42'	Stadium: Corregidora

25 February 1995 27	Cruz Azul	1-1	Necaxa	Tlalpan
	Octavio Mora 89'		65' Alberto García Aspe	Stadium: Azteca

5 March 1995 28	CD Toluca	0-4	Cruz Azul	Toluca
			32' Carlos Hermosillo 41' Julio Zamora 57' José Luis Sixtos 77' Pedro Duana	Stadium: La Bombonera

11 March 1995 29	Cruz Azul	6-0	CF Monterrey	Tlalpan
	Carlos Hermosillo 20', 64' (pen), 75', 87' Julio Zamora 27' (pen), 62'			Stadium: Azteca

17 March 1995 30	Leon	1-1	Cruz Azul	Leon de los Aldama
	Gerardo Reynoso 41'		50' Víctor Ruiz	Stadium: Camp Nou

25 March 1995 31	Cruz Azul	4-0	Atlas FC	Tlalpan
	Julio Zamora 27' Agustín Morales 37' Carlos Hermosillo 71', 89' (pen)			Stadium: Azteca

31 March 1995 32	Tecos UAG	0-2	Cruz Azul	Zapopan
			85' Marcelo Delgado 88' Julio Zamora	Stadium: 3 de Marzo

6 April 1995 33	Cruz Azul	5-2	Santos Laguna	Tlalpan
	Julio Zamora 8' (pen), 55' Marcelo Delgado 9' Pintado 76' Octavio Mora 88' (pen)		37', 79' Miguel Asprilla	Stadium: Azteca

11 April 1995 34	Cruz Azul	2-1	Puebla FC	Tlalpan
	Octavio Mora 77' Carlos Hermosillo 89' (pen)		87' (pen) Antonio Teodoro Dos Santos "Toninho"	Stadium: Azteca

15 April 1995 35	Atlético Morelia	2-3	Cruz Azul	Morelia
	Marco Antonio Figueroa 83' (pen) Pedro Jaque 88'		3' Julio Zamora 54', 56' Hermosillo	Stadium: Morelos

22 April 1995 36	Cruz Azul	4-1	Atlante FC
	Carlos Hermosillo 15, Marcelo Delgado 55, Julio Zamora 57, Octavio Mora 89		Carlos Alberto Elizalde 79

30 April 1995 37	Correcaminos UAT	0-3	Cruz Azul	Ciudad Victoria
			65' Pintado 84' Octavio Mora 89' Marcelo Delgado	Stadium: Marte R. Gomez

6 May 1995 38	Cruz Azul	5-1	Tigres UANL	Tlalpan
	Carlos Hermosillo 19', 85' Julio Zamora 25' Marcelo Delgado 29' Octavio Mora 63'		3' David Oliva	Stadium: Azteca

Quarter-finals

17 May 1995	UNAM	1-0	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
20:30	García 53'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

20 May 1995	Cruz Azul	1-0	UNAM	Mexico City
17:00	Castañeda 90 2'			Stadium: Estadio Azteca

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

Semi-finals

May 25, 1995	Cruz Azul	1-1	América	Mexico City
17:00	Oliveira 9'		del Olmo 1'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca

May 29, 1995	América	1-2	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
12:00	Zague 76'		Hermosillo 25' Mora 30'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca

Cruz Azul won 2–3 on aggregate.

Finals

June 1, 1995	Necaxa	1-1	Cruz Azul	Mexico City
20:45	Basay 21'		Hermosillo 44'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Armando Archundia

June 4, 1995	Cruz Azul	0-2	Necaxa	Mexico City
17:00			Aguinaga 29' Basay 83'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Referee: Arturo Brizio

Necaxa won 3–1 on aggregate.

Copa Mexico

First round

24 January 1995	Irapuato	3-3 (5-3 p)	Cruz Azul	Irapuato
	José Juan Rivera 19' José Luis Castro 55' Richard Tavares 83'		Juan Manuel Rivera 59' (o.g.) Marcelo Delgado 73'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez

Irapuato won 5–3 on penalties.

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division		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
12	GK	MEX	Oscar Pérez	22	-28	17 5	-28
22	MF	MEX	José Agustín Morales	19	1	19	1
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

References

^ ESPN Digital (23 March 2021). "What Happened to Chelo Delgado The Player Who Could Not Give Cruz Azul a Trophy (Que Pasó con Chelo Delgado el Jugador que no pudo darle un titulo a Cruz Azul)" (in Spanish). espn.com.mx. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
^ "Enrique Meza signed a contract with Cruz Azul for the fourth time" (in Spanish). wdeportes.com. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
^ "'Ojitos' dirigirá al Cruz Azul" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 6 June 2009.
^ "What Happened to Julio Zamora?". tudn.com. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
^ Leon Iturbide (1 November 2017). "Castañeda Recalled a Fight with Hermosillo during the 94-95 season" (in Spanish). record.com.mx. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ Macias, Jorge Luis (29 May 1995). "Cruz Azul-Necaxa, la gran final: America victima de sus propios errores eliminado por la Maquina". La Opinión (in Spanish). Vol. 69, no. 256. Los Angeles. p. 1C. ProQuest 368201252.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Erik Francisco Lugo, Martín Toscano and RSSSF 2003/20. "Mexico 1994/95". RSSSF -- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Futbol en Cifras/ Final 94-95". El Norte (in Spanish). Monterrey. 5 June 1995. p. 6. ProQuest 316313104.
^ Junco, Roberto Gomez (2 June 1995). "En La Media Cancha/ El Cruz Azul supero al Necaxa...". Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. p. 4. ProQuest 15637697.
^ "Football through Data (Futbol en Cifras)" (in Spanish). yalma.fime.uanl.mx. 19 June 1995. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
^ "Cruz Azul - Necaxa, Final 1994-95: Ivo Basay electrocutó fantasías azules" (in Spanish). Vavel. 6 September 2014.
^ "Cruz Azul » Squad 1994/1995". yalma.fime.uanl.mx. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[table_note_res_LIG0.19048727172915-14] The first four places in the table and teams ranked 6th and 8th qualified for the Liguilla quarter-finals.

[table_note_res_REP0.19048727172915-15] Teams ranked 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th in the table qualified for Repechaje

[1] ESPN Digital (23 March 2021). "What Happened to Chelo Delgado The Player Who Could Not Give Cruz Azul a Trophy (Que Pasó con Chelo Delgado el Jugador que no pudo darle un titulo a Cruz Azul)" (in Spanish). espn.com.mx. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

[2] "Enrique Meza signed a contract with Cruz Azul for the fourth time" (in Spanish). wdeportes.com. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

[3] "'Ojitos' dirigirá al Cruz Azul" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 6 June 2009.

[4] "What Happened to Julio Zamora?". tudn.com. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

[5] Leon Iturbide (1 November 2017). "Castañeda Recalled a Fight with Hermosillo during the 94-95 season" (in Spanish). record.com.mx. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[6] Macias, Jorge Luis (29 May 1995). "Cruz Azul-Necaxa, la gran final: America victima de sus propios errores eliminado por la Maquina". La Opinión (in Spanish). Vol. 69, no. 256. Los Angeles. p. 1C. ProQuest 368201252.

[7] 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.

[RSSSF-8] Erik Francisco Lugo, Martín Toscano and RSSSF 2003/20. "Mexico 1994/95". RSSSF -- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[9] "Futbol en Cifras/ Final 94-95". El Norte (in Spanish). Monterrey. 5 June 1995. p. 6. ProQuest 316313104.

[10] Junco, Roberto Gomez (2 June 1995). "En La Media Cancha/ El Cruz Azul supero al Necaxa...". Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. p. 4. ProQuest 15637697.

[11] "Football through Data (Futbol en Cifras)" (in Spanish). yalma.fime.uanl.mx. 19 June 1995. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

[12] "Cruz Azul - Necaxa, Final 1994-95: Ivo Basay electrocutó fantasías azules" (in Spanish). Vavel. 6 September 2014.

[13] "Cruz Azul » Squad 1994/1995". yalma.fime.uanl.mx. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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