# 1994–95 FC Barcelona season

The club played in the 1994-95 season in La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League.

## Summary

During summer Johan Cruyff asked for the transfers out of several players such as: Goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta, Forwards Julio Salinas and Jon Andoni Goikoetxea. Meanwhile Michael Laudrup left the team and signed with archrivals Real Madrid. Also, Cruyff made a bid on Benfica midfielder Rui Costa without enough support by the club and failed to buy the portuguese youngstar who was transferred out to Fiorentina. The failed transfer opened the arrival of midfielder Gheorghe Hagi to replace the spot left by Laudrup. Central-back Abelardo Fernández arrived from Sporting Gijon to reinforce the defensive line.
FC Barcelona did not repeat its successful season in 1993–94, and fell back to fourth in La Liga, as well as knocked out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals by Paris Saint-Germain.
Barcelona did not perform well in the mid season and lost the league title to Real Madrid by 10 points behind included an humiliating defeat by 0–5 in Madrid, despite this Johan Cruyff was not let go by the club, taking over to the 1995–96 season.
The side won the Supercopa by defeating 1994 Copa del Rey winners Real Zaragoza.
Romário left the club in January transferred out to Flamengo. At the end of the season Hristo Stoichkov was transferred out to Parma and Ronald Koeman left the club after 5 seasons.

## Squad

Correct as of 23 October 2009.
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 | ESP | Carles Busquets |
| — | GK | ESP | Jesús Angoy |
| — | GK | ESP | Julen Lopetegui |
| — | DF | ESP | Albert Ferrer |
| — | DF | ESP | Abelardo Fernández |
| — | DF | NED | Ronald Koeman |
| — | DF | ESP | Miguel Ángel Nadal |
| — | DF | ESP | Sergi Barjuán |
| — | DF | ESP | Francisco Javier Sánchez Jara |
| — | DF | ESP | Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno |
| — | MF | ESP | Albert Celades |
| — | MF | ESP | Óscar Arpón |
| — | MF | ESP | Cembranos |
| — | MF | ESP | Eusebio Sacristan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Guillermo Amor (vice-Captain) |
| — | MF | ESP | Pep Guardiola (vice-Captain) |
| — | MF | ESP | José Mari Bakero (Captain) |
| — | MF | ESP | Iván Iglesias |
| — | MF | ROU | Gheorghe Hagi |
| — | MF | ESP | Xabier Eskurza |
| — | MF | ESP | José Mari |
| — | MF | ESP | Roger García |
| — | FW | ESP | Aitor Begiristain |
| — | FW | BUL | Hristo Stoichkov |
| — | FW | NED | Jordi Cruyff |
| — | FW | BRA | Romário |
| — | FW | RUS | Igor Korneev |
| — | FW | ESP | Xavier Escaich |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Gheorghe Hagi | Brescia Calcio |
| DF | Abelardo | Sporting Gijon |
| FW | Jordi Cruijff | |
| GK | Julen Lopetegui | Logroñes CF |
| DF | Xabier Eskurza | Athletic Bilbao |
| MF | José Mari | Osasuna |
| FW | Xavier Escaich | Sporting Gijon |
| DF | Sanchez Jara | Osasuna |
| FW | Igor Korneev | |
| FW | Roger García | |
| MF | Luis Cembranos | |
| MF | Óscar Arpón | |
| DF | Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Andoni Zubizarreta | Valencia CF | - |
| FW | Michael Laudrup | Real Madrid | - |
| FW | Julio Salinas | Deportivo | - |
| FW | Jon Goikoetxea | Athletic Bilbao | - |
| FW | Goran Vučević | Hadjuk Split | loan |
| FW | Oscar | Albacete | loan |
| FW | Quique Estebaranz | Sevilla CF | - |
| MF | Ronnie Ekelund | Southampton FC | loan |
| DF | Juan Carlos | Valencia CF | - |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Romário | CR Flamengo | loan |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 68 | 32 | +36 | 51 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Real Betis | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Barcelona | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sevilla | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Espanyol | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 43 | |
* ↑ Deportivo entered UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of 1994–95 Copa del Rey.
* 1 2 BAR 1–1 BET; BET 1–1 BAR
* ↑ On July 31, 1995, Sevilla and Celta Vigo were relegated to Segunda División B for not providing documentation (an audit) nor making their payments to the Royal Spanish Football Federation within the time limit. The two best qualified teams to be relegated, Albacete and Valladolid were readmitted to La Liga. Later, Sevilla and Celta Vigo claimed that according to the law they had another 15 working days because they made allegations days before. Finally, the solution was to not relegate any involved team and expand the league to 22 teams for the next two seasons.
* 1 2 SEV: 7 pts; ESP: 3 pts; ZAR: 2 pts
* ↑ RCD Español was renamed RCD Espanyol in February 1995.

#### 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 | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey

Round of 16

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GOT | BAR | MUN | GAL |
| 1 | IFK Göteborg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | | 4–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — |

#### Quarterfinals
### Friendlies

* GAMES 1994–1995
* 2-8-1994 FRIENDLY GRONINGEN-BARCELONA 5–5
* 3-8-1994 FRIENDLY DE GRAAFSCHAP-BARCELONA 1–4
* 4-8-1994 FRIENDLY BAYER LEVERKUSEN-BARCELONA 1–0
* 6-8-1994 FRIENDLY PSV EINHOVEN-BARCELONA 0–1
* 8-8-1994 FRIENDLY UTRECHT-BARCELONA 2–2
* 10-8-1994 FRIENDLY BAYERN MUNICH-BARCELONA 3–0
* 11-8-1994 FRIENDLY PSV EINHOVEN-BARCELONA 3–1
* 14-8-1994 CITY OF SALAMANCA TROPHY ATLÉTICO DE MADRID-BARCELONA 1–2
* 14-8-1994 CITY OF SALAMANCA TROPHY UD SALAMANCA-BARCELONA 1–2
* 15-8-1994 CITY OF OVIEDO TROPHY REAL OVIEDO-BARCELONA 1–1/5–3/ PENALTY
* 18-8-1994 ORANGE TROPHY VALLADOLID-BARCELONA 0–1
* 19-8-1994 ORANGE TROPHY VALENCIA-BARCELONA 1–0
* 23-8-1994 Joan Gamper Trophy BARCELONA-BRESCIA 4–0
* 24-8-1994 Joan Gamper Trophy BARCELONA-VALENCIA 1–4
* 4-10-1994 FRIENDLY ROMA-BARCELONA 3–3
* 12-10-1994 FRIENDLY PREMIÀ-BARCELONA 1–4
* 8-11-1994 FRIENDLY BLACKBURN ROVERS-BARCELONA 3–1
* 15-11-1994 COPA CATALUNYA FIGUERES-BARCELONA 2–2/5–4/ PENALTY
* 16-5-1995 FRIENDLY LLEIDA-BARCELONA 2–2
* 21-6-1995 FRIENDLY FIGUERES-BARCELONA 3–6
* 25-11-1995 FRIENDLY SELECCIÓ CATALUNYA-BARCELONA 5–2

## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Busquets | 40 | -47 | 32 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -11 |
| | DF | ESP | Ferrer | 37 | 1 | 30+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Abelardo | 39 | 5 | 27+3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Koeman | 41 | 10 | 26+6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Nadal | 34 | 2 | 24+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Sergi | 44 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Amor | 41 | 5 | 21+13 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Guardiola | 32 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Bakero | 41 | 7 | 31+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| | FW | ESP | Begiristain | 31 | 6 | 22+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| | FW | BUL | Stoichkov | 37 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| | GK | ESP | Angoy | 6 | -6 | 3+2 | -3 | 0+1 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NED | Cruyff | 35 | 9 | 21+7 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Iglesias | 31 | 1 | 19+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ROU | Hagi | 21 | 5 | 14+3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Eusebio | 21 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Romário | 18 | 7 | 12+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| | MF | ESP | Eskurza | 18 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | RUS | Korneev | 13 | 1 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | José Mari | 15 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Roger | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Sánchez Jara | 8 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Lopetegui | 5 | -8 | 3 | -6 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Cembranos | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Arpon | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Escaich | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Sánchez Moreno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Celades | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1994-951.html