# 1994–95 Club Necaxa season

The 1994–95 Club Necaxa season is the 12th consecutive season in the top flight division of Mexican football.

## Summary

In summertime President Enrique Borja appointed Manuel Lapuente as new head coach and reinforced the squad with the transfers in of defenders Eduardo Vilches, Octavio Becerril and Jose Maria Higareda. Also, the arrival of Forward Luis Hernandez He is widely regarded as one of Mexico's most talented strikers. from CF Monterrey was crutial for the success in the upcoming season. Lapuente was known as manager thanks to clinching two league trophies with Puebla FC (1983 and 1990).
The team made a decent league tournament finished on 4th spot classifying to the post-season and defeating incumbent Champion Tecos UAG in a two leg series. Then in semifinals, the squad defeated regular season leader and heavy-favourites to the title CD Guadalajara after two matches. The club advanced to the final against Cruz Azul winning the trophy league with a global score of 3-1.
Also, in Copa Mexico the squad clinched the title after winning the final 2-0 against Veracruz reaching The Double for the first time ever.

## 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 | Nicolás Navarro |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Carlos López |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Eduardo Vilches |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Ignacio Ambriz |
| 5 | MF | MEX | Marcial Mendoza |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Manuel Sol |
| 7 | MF | ECU | Alex Aguinaga |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Alberto García Aspe |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Ricardo Peláez |
| 10 | DF | MEX | Efraín Herrera |
| 11 | FW | CHI | Ivo Basay |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | MEX | Luis Hernández |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Víctor Escalera |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Gerardo Esquivel |
| 15 | DF | MEX | Octavio Becerril |
| 16 | MF | MEX | Julio C. Aldana |
| 19 | GK | MEX | Raúl Orvañanos |
| 20 | DF | MEX | José María Higareda |
| 21 | MF | MEX | René Fuentes Montoya |
| 25 | FW | ARG | Sergio Zárate |
| 26 | DF | USA | Dominic Kinnear |
| 31 | FW | MEX | Edson Alvarado |
| 33 | MF | MEX | Salvador Cabrera |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Luis Hernandez | CF Monterrey | |
| FW | Ivo Basay | Boca Juniors | loan ended |
| DF | Octavio Becerril | Veracruz | |
| DF | Eduardo Vilches | Colo-Colo | |
| DF | Jose Maria Higareda | Leones Negros UdeG | |
| MF | Manuel Sol | Pumas UNAM | |
| MF | Victor Escalera | Zacatepec | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Abraham Nava | CF Monterrey | |
| DF | Paco Ramírez | Veracruz | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Dominic Kinnear | | |
| FW | Sergio Zárate | Hamburger SV | |
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 |
| 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 | |

##### General table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 |
| 6 | UNAM | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 41 | Qualification for the quarter-finals |
* 1 2 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

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | - | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | - | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
##### Quarterfinals
### Copa Mexico
#### Final
## 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 | Nicolás Navarro | 34 | -33 | 34 | -33 |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Eduardo Vilches | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Ignacio Ambriz | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MEX | Octavio Becerril | 31 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | MEX | José María Higareda | 34 | 4 | 34 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Alberto García Aspe | 32 | 12 | 32 | 12 |
| 14 | MF | MEX | Gerardo Esquivel | 33 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ECU | Alex Aguinaga | 34 | 6 | 34 | 6 |
| 12 | FW | MEX | Luis Hernández | 32 | 8 | 31+1 | 8 |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Ricardo Peláez | 34 | 14 | 34 | 14 |
| 11 | FW | CHI | Ivo Basay | 32 | 15 | 31+1 | 15 |
| 19 | GK | MEX | Raúl Orvañanos | 2 | -5 | 2 | -5 |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Manuel Sol | 18 | 1 | 13+5 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | ARG | Sergio Zárate | 17 | 4 | 13+4 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | MEX | Marcial Mendoza | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | MEX | Efraín Herrera | 9 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | MEX | Salvador Cabrera | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | USA | Dominic Kinnear | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | MEX | Edson Alvarado | 18 | 0 | 1+17 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Carlos López | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MEX | René Fuentes Montoya | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Víctor Escalera | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | MEX | Julio C. Aldana | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
* Source: http://yalma.fime.uanl.mx/~futmx/MFL/Mex95/News/norte29my95b.html