1995–96 Atlético Madrid season

Atlético Madrid
1995–96 season
President	Jesús Gil
Head coach	Radomir Antić
Stadium	Vicente Calderón
La Liga	1st ; (in UEFA Champions League)
Copa del Rey	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lyuboslav Penev (16); All: ; Lyuboslav Penev (22)
Highest home attendance	60,000 vs Albacete Balompié; (25 May 1996)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 vs Almería CF; (8 November 1995)
Average home league attendance	45,476
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1994–95 1996–97 ⊟

The 1995–1996 campaign was the 90th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 60th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The team won 'The Double' both La Liga and Copa del Rey in a great season for supporters.

Summary

During summer club President Jesus Gil y Gil appointed Real Oviedo manager Radomir Antic as the new head coach. Meanwhile bids on Real Oviedo midfielders Robert Prosinecki, Slavisa Jokanovic, Spartak Moscow central back Viktor Onopko and young Albacete Forward Fernando Morientes (he chose to play Real Zaragoza instead) were failed to reinforce the squad, meaning that the upcoming arrivals have to take the team for the season. Gil y Gil transferred in Goalkeeper José Francisco Molina and Defender Santi Denia from Albacete, Lubo Penev from Valencia CF, midfielders Milinko Pantic and Roberto Fresnedoso from RCD Espanyol.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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	ESP	José Francisco Molina
2	DF	ESP	Tomás
3	DF	ESP	Toni
4	DF	ESP	Roberto Solozábal
5	DF	ESP	Juan Manuel López
6	DF	ESP	Santi
7	FW	ARG	Leonardo Biagini
8	MF	ESP	Juan Vizcaíno
9	FW	BUL	Lyuboslav Penev
10	MF	YUG	Milinko Pantić
11	MF	ESP	Pirri
12	FW	URU	Fernando Correa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Ricardo
14	MF	ARG	Diego Simeone
15	MF	RSA	Quinton Fortune
16	MF	ESP	José de la Sagra
17	FW	ESP	Juan Carlos
18	MF	ESP	Roberto
19	FW	ESP	Kiko
20	DF	ESP	Delfí Geli
21	MF	ESP	José Luis Caminero
26	GK	ESP	Felipe
—	DF	BRA	Iván Rocha

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	ESP	Dani (to Mallorca)

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	José Molina	Valencia
DF	Santi Denia	Albacete
FW	Fernando Correa	River Plate
MF	Milinko Pantić	Panionios
FW	Lyuboslav Penev	Valencia
MF	Roberto Fresnedoso	Espanyol
FW	Leonardo Biagini	Newell's Old Boys

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Patxi Ferreira	Valencia
GK	Abel Resino	Rayo Vallecano
FW	Adolfo Valencia	Independiente
FW	Roman Kosecki	Nantes
MF	Igor Dobrovolski	Fortuna Düsseldorf
MF	Manel Ruano	Real Valladolid
DF	Alejandro Sanchez	Albacete

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Quinton Fortune	RCD Mallorca

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Ivan Rocha	Real Valladolid	loan

Source: BDFutbol.com^[2]

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Madrid (C)	42	26	9	7	75	32	43	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Valencia	42	26	5	11	77	51	26	83	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Barcelona	42	22	14	6	72	39	33	80	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
4	Espanyol	42	20	14	8	63	36	27	74	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Tenerife	42	20	12	10	69	54	15	72	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since Atlético Madrid, winners of 1995–96 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Barcelona earned a spot in the first round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

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	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	W
Position	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1996–97 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1996–97 UEFA Cup First round; = 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Matches

2 September 1995 (1995-09-02) 1	Atlético de Madrid	4-1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Pantic 35' Penev 65' Penev 73' (pen) Simeone 75'		Karpin 24'	Stadium: Vicente Calderon Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Rubio Valdivieso

9 September 1995 (1995-09-09) 2	Racing de Santander	0–4	Atlético de Madrid	Santander
			Penev 46' (pen) Caminero 50' Simeone 87' Penev 90'	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 16,627 Referee: Prados Garcia

15 September 1995 (1995-09-15) 3	Athletic de Bilbao	0-2	Atlético de Madrid	Bilbao
			Kiko 16' Penev 64'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Ansuategui Roca

23 September 1995 (1995-09-23) 4	Atlético de Madrid	2–0	Sporting de Gijón	Madrid
	Vizcaino 9' Penev 53' (pen)			Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Andradas Asurmendi

1 October 1995 (1995-10-01) 5	Sevilla FC	0-0	Atlético de Madrid	Sevilla
				Stadium: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Carmona Mendez

5 October 1995 (1995-10-05) 6	Atlético de Madrid	2-1	RCD Espanyol	Madrid
	Kiko 5' Pantic 65'		Lardin 45'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Diaz Vega

8 October 1995 (1995-10-08) 7	RC Celta	0-3	Atlético de Madrid	Vigo
			Simeone 34' Kiko 58' Kiko 67'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Fernandez Marin

14 October 1995 (1995-10-14) 8	Atlético de Madrid	1-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Simeone 45'			Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Marin Lopez

21 October 1995 (1995-10-21) 9	Real Valladolid	0-1	Atlético de Madrid	Valladolid
			Simeone 52'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Lopez Nieto

28 October 1995 (1995-10-28) 10	Atlético de Madrid	1-1	CP Mérida	Madrid
	Angel Luis 45' (o.g.)		Prieto 1'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Iturralde Gonzalez

4 November 1995 (1995-11-04) 11	Real Zaragoza	0-1	Atlético de Madrid	Zaragoza
			Simeone 67'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez

11 November 1995 (1995-11-11) 12	Atlético de Madrid	0-0	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Lopez De la Fuente

17 November 1995 (1995-11-17) 13	Real Madrid	1-0	Atlético de Madrid	Madrid
	Raúl 9' Sanchís Alkorta Luis Enrique Zamorano	Report	Caminero Santi Denia Simeone Lubo Penev	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Díaz Vega

25 November 1995 (1995-11-25) 14	Atlético de Madrid	3-0	Real Oviedo	Madrid
	Vizcaino 21' Simeone 61' Lopez 87'			Stadium: Vicente Calderon Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Barrenechea Montero

2 December 1995 (1995-12-02) 15	Real Betis	2-1	Atlético de Madrid	Sevilla
	Jarni 27' Pier 38'		Penev 32' (pen)	Stadium: Benito Villamarin Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Andradas Asurmendi

9 December 1995 (1995-12-09) 16	Atlético de Madrid	3-1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Lubo Penev 3' (pen) Lubo Penev 12' Caminero 81'	Report	Velamazan 87'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Prados Garcia

17 December 1995 (1995-12-17) 17	Valencia CF	0–1	Atlético de Madrid	Valencia
			88' Caminero	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gracia Redondo

19 December 1995 (1995-12-19) 18	Atlético de Madrid	3-0	SD Compostela	Madrid
	Penev 19' Simeone 79' Roberto 83' Simeone	Report	Mauro Bellido Fabiano	Stadium: Vicente Calderon Referee: Lopez Nieto

2 January 1996 (1996-01-02) 19	UD Salamanca	1-3	Atlético de Madrid	Salamanca
	Vellisca 79' Sito Torrecilla	Report	54' Caminero 60' (pen) Penev 89' Roberto Molina Caminero '73 Kiko	Stadium: Helmantico Referee: Carmona Mendez

6 January 1996 (1996-01-06) 20	Atlético de Madrid	3-1	CD Tenerife	Madrid
	Juan Carlos 24' Lopez 82' Penev 89' Geli Vizcaino	Report	52' Juanele 54' Jokanovic Carlos Aguilera Llorente	Stadium: Vicente Calderon Referee: Puentes Leira

12 January 1996 (1996-01-12) 21	Albacete Balompié	1-1	Atlético de Madrid	Albacete
	Solozabal 76' (o.g.) Bjelica Coco	Report	88' Simeone	Stadium: Carlos Belmonte Referee: Brito Arceo

20 January 1996 (1996-01-20) 22	Real Sociedad	1-0	Atlético de Madrid	San Sebastián
	De Paula 34' Albistegui Idiakez	Report	Lopez Santi	Stadium: Nuevo Anoeta Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez

23 January 1996 (1996-01-23) 23	Atlético de Madrid	2-0	Racing de Santander	Madrid
	Penev 5' Kiko 89' Santi Simeone Tomas	Report	Roncal Pablo Alfaro 85' Esteban Torre Alberto 78' Alvaro Cervera	Stadium: Vicente Calderon Referee: Ansuategui Roca

27 January 1996 (1996-01-27) 24	Atlético de Madrid	4-1	Athletic de Bilbao	Madrid
	Kiko 16' Pantić 43' Penev 67' (pen) Biagini 71' Santi Caminero	Report	28' Etxeberria Galdames Oskar Vales Goikoetxea	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Asurmendi

2 February 1996 (1996-02-02) 25	Sporting de Gijón	1-2	Atlético de Madrid	Gijón
	Ledhiakov 72' (pen)	Report	25' Pantic 68' Caminero 71' Santi Pirri Mori Kiko	Stadium: Estadio El Molinon Referee: Japon Sevilla

10 February 1996 (1996-02-10) 26	Atlético de Madrid	0-1	Sevilla FC	Madrid
	Geli	Report	77' Moya Martagon Jimenez Suker Pineda	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Gomez Lopez

17 February 1996 (1996-02-17) 27	RCD Espanyol	0-2	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
	Arteaga Brnovic	Report	43' Kiko 75' Penev 80' Santi Simeone	Stadium: Montjuic Referee: Brito Arceo

24 February 1996 (1996-02-24) 28	Atlético	3-2	RC Celta	Madrid
	Juan Carlos 15' Simeone 21' Caminero 72' Lopez Pantic	Report	7' Gudelj 44' Gudelj Agirretxu Berges Eusebio Lakabeg	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Rodriguez Martel

2 March 1996 (1996-03-02) 29	Deportivo La Coruña	2-2	Atlético	La Coruña
	David 48' Radchenko 84' Djukic 74' Fran Donato Alfredo Manjarin	Report	40' Penev 59' (pen) Pantic Vizcaino Caminero Kiko	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Dauden Ibañez

9 March 1996 (1996-03-09) 30	Atlético	0-2	Real Valladolid	Madrid
	Caminero	Report	78' Peternac 88' Peternac Fernando Gutierrez Baraja	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Puentes Leira

16 March 1996 (1996-03-16) 31	CP Mérida	0–1	Atlético de Madrid	Mérida
	Sierra Monreal	Report	59' Kiko Solozabal	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Barrenechea Moreno

23 March 1996 (1996-03-23) 32	Atlético de Madrid	1–1	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Pantic 32' (pen) Solozabal Santi Toni Muñoz Penev	Report	30' Morientes Aguado Solana Poyet 84' Garcia Sanjuan	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Prados Garcia

26 March 1996 (1996-03-26) 33	Rayo Vallecano	0-3	Atlético de Madrid	Madrid
	De Quintana 75' Calderon Martin Gonzalez	Report	20' 72' Biagini 55' Pantic 82' (pen) Pantic Geli Tomas Lopez Simeone Kiko	Stadium: Vallecas Referee: Iturralde Gonzalez

29 March 1996 (1996-03-29) 34	Atlético de Madrid	1-2	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Pantic 84' (pen) Santi Simeone 55'	Report	26' Soler 63' Laudrup 83' Hierro Sanz Garcia Calvo	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Carmona Mendez

5 April 1996 (1996-04-05) 35	Real Oviedo	1-1	Atlético	Oviedo
	Carlos 59' Andres Suarez Berto	Report	32' Caminero Toni Muñoz	Stadium: Carlos Tartierre Referee: Lopez Nieto

13 April 1996 (1996-04-13) 36	Atlético de Madrid	1-1	Real Betis	Madrid
	Pirri Mori 44' Solozabal Lopez Toni Muñoz Pirri Mori Simeone	Report	43' Alfonso 68' Olias Stosic	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez

20 April 1996 (1996-04-20) 37	FC Barcelona	1-3	Atlético	Barcelona
	Jordi Cruyff 25' Popescu Sergi Hagi De la Peña Amor	Report	10' Roberto 48' Vizcaíno 87' Biagini Geli Santi Toni Muñoz Pantic Lopez	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Prados García

26 April 1996 38	Atlético	2–3	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Pantic 44' Geli 57' Solozabal Santi Simeone Kiko 76'	Report	11' Mijatovic 55' (pen) Mijatovic 74' Poyatos Otero Poyatos Jose Ignacio Engonga	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Dauden Ibañez

3 May 1996 (1996-05-03) 39	SD Compostela	1-3	Atlético	Santiago de Compostela
	Christensen 87' Villena 41' Jose Ramon	Report	7' Caminero 48' Simeone 80' Caminero Santi Caminero Simeone Vizcaino	Stadium: Multiusos de San Lazaro Referee: Gracia Redondo

11 May 1996 (1996-05-11) 40	Atlético	2-1	UD Salamanca	Madrid
	Kiko 17' Kiko 84'	Report	66' Stinga Luis Manuel	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Andradas Asurmendi

17 May 1996 (1996-05-17) 41	CD Tenerife	1-1	Atlético de Madrid	Tenerife
	Pizzi 50' Felipe Vivar Dorado	Report	88' (o.g.) Cesar Gomez Solozabal Simeone	Stadium: Gran Canaria Referee: Lopez Nieto

25 May 1996 (1996-05-25) 42	Atlético de Madrid	2-0	Albacete Balompié	Madrid
	Simeone 13' Kiko 31' Pantic Caminero Biagini	Report	Coco 82' Sotero Josico	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Diaz Vega

Copa del Rey

Second Round

24 October 1995

Almería CF

1-4

Atlético de Madrid

Almería

7 November 1995 (1995-11-07)	Atlético de Madrid	2-1	Almería CF	Madrid
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Third Round

27 November 1995 (1995-11-27)	Atlético de Madrid	4-1	CP Mérida	Madrid
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón

12 December 1995 4

CP Mérida

4-4

Atlético de Madrid

Mérida

Round of 16

9 January 1996 (1996-01-09)	Atlético de Madrid	1-1	Real Betis	Madrid
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón

16 January 1996

Real Betis

1-2

Atlético de Madrid

Sevilla

Quarterfinals

31 January 1996	Tenerife	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
23:00 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

15 February 1996	Atlético Madrid	3–0	Tenerife	Madrid
21:30 CET	Penev 18', 41', 76'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gracia Redondo

Semifinals

21 February 1996 (1996-02-21)	Valencia CF	3-5	Atlético de Madrid	Valencia
	Gálvez 6' Fernando 44' Mijatović 90'		Pantić 47', 64' Biagini 72' Juan Carlos 80' Roberto 88'	Stadium: Mestalla

29 February 1996 (1996-02-29)	Atlético de Madrid	1-2	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Pantić 45' (pen.)		Viola 20' Fernando 53'	Stadium: Vicente Calderon

Final

10 April 1996 (1996-04-10)	FC Barcelona	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Zaragoza
	Celades 17' Bakero 18' Sergi Barjuan 17' Hagi 36' Nadal 66' Roger 104' Sergi Barjuan 117'	Report	25' Santi Denia 35' Toni 102' Pantic 112' Solozabal 113' Molina 116' Solozabal	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

Statistics

Players statistics

Starts substitute appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Molina	53	-46	42	-32	11	-14
20	DF	ESP	Geli	49	2	39	1	9 1	1
4	DF	ESP	Solozabal	49	0	40	0	9	0
6	DF	ESP	Santi	48	0	37	0	11	0
3	DF	ESP	Toni	50	0	40	0	9 1	0
10	MF	YUG	Pantic	50	17	41	10	7 2	7
14	MF	ARG	Simeone	45	12	37	12	8	0
8	MF	ESP	Vizcaino	49	3	34 7	3	7 1	0
21	MF	ESP	Caminero	47	9	35 2	9	9 1	0
9	FW	BUL	Penev	44	22	36 1	16	6 1	6
19	FW	ESP	Kiko	40	13	34	11	6	2
13	GK	ESP	Ricardo	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ESP	Roberto	39	4	19 12	3	4 4	1
5	DF	ESP	Juanma	42	4	11 21	2	6 4	2
7	FW	ARG	Biagini	37	5	5 23	3	5 4	2
11	MF	ESP	Pirri Mori	25	2	5 14	1	4 2	1
17	FW	ESP	Juan Carlos	16	3	3 10	2	0 3	1
2	DF	ESP	Tomás	17	0	2 10	0	4 1	0
12	FW	URU	Correa	14	3	1 8	0	4 1	3
15	MF	RSA	Fortune	6	0	0 3	0	0 3	0
16	MF	ESP	De la Sagra	4	1	0 1	0	1 2	1
26	GK	ESP	Felipe	0	0	0	0
	DF	BRA	Iván Rocha	0	0	0	0

Source: BDfutbol.com

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	ESP	Dani (to Mallorca)

References

^ "Atlético Madrid - 1995/96". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
^ "95-96 Valencia transfers". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[table_note_res_UCWC10.3150217348314-3] Since Atlético Madrid, winners of 1995–96 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Barcelona earned a spot in the first round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

[1] "Atlético Madrid - 1995/96". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2012-07-31.

[2] "95-96 Valencia transfers". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

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Summary

Squad

Left club during season

Transfers

Transfers

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Results by round

Matches

Copa del Rey

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Statistics

Players statistics

Left club during season

See also

References