# 1995–96 Boca Juniors season

The 1995–96 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 66th consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

## Summary

The campaign is best remembered by the high-expected return to the club of 1986 World Cup champion Diego Maradona after 14 seasons. Several players were transferred in included Rosario Central left winger Kily González almost signed by Real Madrid, Darío Scotto, Claudio Paul Caniggia, Arturo Yorno and loans out ended for Raul Peralta, Roberto Cabañas y Blas Giunta.
On 3 December 1995 Mauricio Macri won his first Chairman's election with 7,000 votes and became new club President In Torneo Apertura 1995 the squad finished on 4th spot after several rounds being leader losing the title over the last 5 matches.
Marzolini was sacked and Macri signed Carlos Bilardo during December 1995, and reinforced the squad with midfielders Juan Sebastián Verón from Estudiantes La Plata and José Horacio Basualdo. The Clausura is best remembered by the bizarre fact of 5 penalties missed by Maradona. The club finished on 5th spot with 33 points, seven below of champions Carlos Bianchi' Velez Sarsfield.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | COL | Carlos Navarro Montoya |
| — | GK | ARG | Arturo Yorno |
| — | DF | ARG | Fernando Gamboa |
| — | DF | ARG | Luis Medero |
| — | DF | ARG | Carlos Mac Allister |
| — | DF | ARG | Nelson Vivas |
| — | DF | ARG | Néstor Fabbri |
| — | DF | ARG | Diego Soñora |
| — | DF | ARG | Julio Saldaña |
| — | DF | ARG | Rodolfo Arruabarrena |
| — | MF | ARG | Kily González |
| — | MF | ARG | Diego Maradona |
| — | MF | ARG | Juan Sebastián Verón |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ARG | Walter Pico |
| — | MF | ARG | Fabián Carrizo |
| — | MF | ARG | Alberto Márcico |
| — | MF | ARG | Christian Giménez |
| — | MF | ARG | José Basualdo |
| — | MF | ARG | Raúl Peralta |
| — | MF | ARG | Blas Giunta |
| — | FW | ARG | Claudio Caniggia |
| — | FW | URU | Sergio Daniel Martínez |
| — | FW | CMR | Alphonse Tchami |
| — | FW | ARG | Darío Scotto |
| — | FW | ARG | Luis Darío Calvo |
| — | FW | ARG | Roberto Oscar Gómez |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Diego Maradona | | Free |
| MF | Kily González | Rosario Central | |
| FW | Claudio Paul Caniggia | Benfica | |
| FW | Darío Scotto | Rosario Central | |
| GK | Arturo Yorno | Rosario Central | |
| DF | Raul Peralta | | loan ended |
| DF | Roberto Cabañas | | loan ended |
| DF | Blas Giunta | | loan ended |

#### January

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Juan Sebastián Verón | Estudiantes La Plata | |
| MF | José Horacio Basualdo | Velez Sarsfield | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Soñora | | |
| MF | Marcico | Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata | |

## Competitions
### Torneo Apertura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Racing | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 35 |
| 3 | Lanús | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 33 |
| 4 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 32 |
| 5 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 32 |
| 6 | Huracán | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 30 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Vélez Sársfield | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 40 |
| 2 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 39 |
| 3 | Lanús | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 34 |
| 4 | Estudiantes (LP) | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 34 |
| 5 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 33 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 30 |
| 7 | Huracán | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 29 |
| 8 | Racing | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 29 |
| 9 | Colón | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 26 |
| 10 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 26 |
| 11 | Deportivo Español | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Independiente | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 23 |
| 13 | Belgrano | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 22 |
| 14 | River Plate | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 21 |
| 15 | Platense | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 21 |
| 16 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 21 |
| 17 | Newell's Old Boys | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 18 |
| 18 | Banfield | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 17 |
| 19 | San Lorenzo | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 16 |
| 20 | Argentinos Juniors | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 36 | −24 | 13 |

#### Position by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

#### Matches
### Torneo Clausura
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Lanús | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 34 |
| 4 | Estudiantes (LP) | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 34 |
| 5 | Boca Juniors | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 33 |
| 6 | Rosario Central | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 30 |
| 7 | Huracán | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 29 |

#### Position by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### 1995 Supercopa Libertadores
#### Preliminary round

| Teams | Pts. | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | DF |
| São Paulo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Olimpia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Boca Juniors | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –3 |

## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Apertura 95 | Apertura 95 | Clausura 96 | Clausura 96 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | COL | Navarro Montoya | 35 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| | | ARG | Vivas | 25 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| | DF | ARG | Mac Allister | 34 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Fabbri | 33 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| | MF | ARG | Kily González | 36 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| | DF | ARG | Scotto | 26 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| | FW | URU | Martinez | 22 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| | | ARG | Gamboa | 27 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | | ARG | Marcico | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | ARG | Saldaña | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Caniggia | 29 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 10 |
| | | ARG | Soñora | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Maradona | 24 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| | | ARG | Peralta | 22 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| | | ARG | Carrizo | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| | MF | CMR | Tchami | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| | | ARG | Giunta | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | ARG | Medero | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | | ARG | Pico | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | | ARG | Yorno | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Arruabarrena | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | | ARG | Calvo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ARG | Gimenez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | ARG | Gomez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Verón | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| | MF | ARG | Basualdo | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Del Rio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Larroque | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Llupino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.historiadeboca.com.ar/torneo-apertura-1995/1995/41.html