# 1995–96 Real Zaragoza season

The 1995–96 season was the 61st season in existence for Real Zaragoza. The club competed in La Liga for 18th consecutive year, Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

## Summary

During summer Alfonso Solans in his 4th season as President, reinforced the squad with several players such as young forwards Fernando Morientes and Dani García whom arrived from Albacete Balompié and Real Madrid respectively the latter on loan. On the contrary striker Juan Eduardo Esnaider, Brazilian right-back Defender Cafu and Defensive midfielder Dario Franco left the club, another transfer in was midfielder Sergio Berti from River Plate and defender Paqui from Tenerife. Meanwhile in his 5th season as head coah Victor Fernández did not repeat the same good performances of past seasons, along the sale of Esnaider came the ageing of Pardeza and Higuera on the offensive line prompting a transition phase with Morientes and Dani.
The team collapsed in league to mid table spots during the entire campaign even with the arrivals of Gustavo Adrián López (the most expensive club transfer ever) and Sebastian Rambert on winter. Also in Copa del Rey the team was early eliminated by underdogs Espanyol in quarterfinals. In UEFA Cup Winners' Cup the incumbent champions reached the quarterfinals stage losing the series against Deportivo La Coruña. Finally, in 1995 UEFA Super Cup the team was defeated by AFC Ajax including a 0-4 result.
The season high mark for the squad were the decent performance of 20-yr-old striker Fernando Morientes scoring 18 goals during the season.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Andoni Cedrún |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Alberto Belsué |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Jesús Solana |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Fernando Caceres |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Jesús García Sanjuan |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Xavier Aguado |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Miguel Pardeza |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Santiago Aragon |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Fernando Morientes |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Francisco Higuera |
| 11 | MF | URU | Gustavo Poyet |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Luis Cuartero |
| 13 | GK | ESP | José Belman |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Nayim |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Oscar |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Jose Aurelio Gay |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Paqui |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Sergio Berti |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Gustavo Adrián López |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Daniel García Lara |
| 21 | FW | ARG | Sebastián Rambert |
| 22 | GK | ESP | Juanmi |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Iñigo |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Fernando Morientes | Albacete Balompie | U$2,911 million |
| FW | Daniel García Lara | Real Madrid | on loan |
| MF | Sergio Berti | CA River Plate | |
| DF | Paqui | CD Tenerife | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Juan Esnaider | Real Madrid | |
| DF | Cafu | Juventude | |
| DF | Geli | Celta de Vigo | |
| MF | Dario Franco | Atlas FC | |
| DF | José Luis Loreto | Logroñes CF | loan |
| DF | Lizarralde | Lleida Esportiu | |
| DF | Sergi | Gavá | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Sebastian Rambert | Internazionale | on loan |
| FW | Gustavo Lopez | CA Independiente | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Fernando Caceres | Boca Juniors | on loan |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Celta Vigo | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 52 |
| 12 | Sevilla | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 48 |
| 13 | Zaragoza | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 48 |
| 14 | Oviedo | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 48 |
| 15 | Athletic Bilbao | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 48 |
* 1 2 3 4 SEV: 10 pts;ZAR: 8 pts; ROV: 6 pts → ROV 0–0 ATH; ATH: 6 pts → ATH 0–1 ROV

#### Position 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 8 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 |

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey
#### Third round

bye as 1995-96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualified team.

#### Fourth round

bye as 1995-96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualified team.

#### Fifth round

bye as 1995-96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualified team.

#### Quarter-finals
### UEFA Supercup
### UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
#### Quarterfinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA | UEFA |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 22 | GK | ESP | Juanmi | 38 | -46 | 31 | -43 | 3 | -3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Belsue | 47 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Caceres | 39 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Aguado | 44 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Solana | 30 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | URU | Poyet | 46 | 12 | 34+2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Oscar | 40 | 2 | 26+6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Nayim | 41 | 2 | 22+10 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Aragon | 46 | 5 | 37+1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Dani García | 47 | 6 | 26+12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4+2 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Morientes | 37 | 18 | 28+1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Belman | 14 | -17 | 11 | -16 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Paqui | 32 | 0 | 20+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ARG | Rambert | 24 | 5 | 17+3 | 5 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Higuera | 37 | 3 | 16+13 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Garcia Sanjuan | 33 | 0 | 16+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Pardeza | 31 | 2 | 15+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Cuartero | 20 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Berti | 20 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Gustavo Lopez | 23 | 3 | 9+9 | 2 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Gay | 16 | 0 | 0+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Iñigo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Cedrún |
* Source: BDFutbol