# 1994–95 Real Madrid CF season

The 1994–95 season was the 64th season for Real Madrid in La Liga.

## Summary

During the summer, the club was reinforced in the midfield with Danish playmaker Michael Laudrup (in a controversial transfer from Barcelona) and Argentine Fernando Redondo; right back defender Sánchez Flores arrived from Valencia, and changes came to the dugout too, with Argentine head coach Jorge Valdano arriving from CD Tenerife after seven years of his forced retirement as a player during the climax of "La Quinta del Buitre" era.
The team played a 4–4–2 system with Buyo remaining as goalkeeper, Quique Sánchez Flores replacing aging Chendo as right back, while the central defenders were Fernando Hierro and Manolo Sanchís who replaced an injured Alkorta, along with the left back Mikel Lasa. Valdano changed the midfield towards aggressive play with Redondo and Laudrup in the center, Amavisca played superb as left winger and Luis Enrique took the right wing, a new role for him that turned out to be crucial for the squad. In the attacking line, Zamorano recovered his high level of play after a disastrous campaign last season, winning the Pichichi Trophy as the league top scorer. The season also saw the breakthrough of a 17-year-old forward Raúl who would assume the starting position in place of rapidly declining Alfonso and Emilio Butragueño.
In the meantime, financial worries increased during the season and on 16 February 1995, incumbent Ramon Mendoza defeated challenger Florentino Pérez in the club's longest ever Presidential election by just 698 votes. Mendoza's re-election was possible due to the good pace of the team in the league. Madrid ultimately clinched its first 26th league title and first in five years. In the cup competitions, however, the team was less fortunate, going out at the round of 16 stage both in the Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup to Valencia and Odense, respectively. The latter exit was particularly marred due to an embarrassing 0–2 home loss after a 3–2 first leg away victory.

## 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 | Francisco Buyo |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Santiago Cañizares |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Manolo Sanchís |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Rafael Alkorta |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Mikel Lasa |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Chendo |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Quique Flores |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Fernando Muñoz |
| — | MF | ESP | Míchel |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Fernando Hierro |
| — | MF | ESP | Luis Milla |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Martín Vázquez |
| 10 | MF | DEN | Michael Laudrup |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Fernando Redondo |
| 11 | MF | ESP | José Amavisca |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Iván Zamorano |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Luis Enrique |
| — | FW | ESP | Emilio Butragueño |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Alfonso Pérez |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Raul |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Dani |
| 22 | FW | SVK | Peter Dubovský |
Reference:

### Transfers

Reference:
In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Michael Laudrup | FC Barcelona | |
| MF | Fernando Redondo | CD Tenerife | €4,500,000 |
| MF | José Amavisca | Real Valladolid | €1,050,000 |
| GK | Santiago Cañizares | Celta Vigo | |
| DF | Quique Flores | Valencia CF | |
| FW | Raul | Castilla | |
| GK | Pedro Contreras | Castilla | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| FW | Juan Esnaider | Real Zaragoza |
| GK | Pedro Luis Jaro | Real Betis |
| GK | Carlos Cano | Celta Vigo |
| MF | Paco Llorente | SD Compostela |
| DF | Francisco Villarroya | Deportivo |
| MF | Alberto Toril | Celta Vigo |
| DF | Jesús Velasco | Sporting Gijón |

#### Winter

Reference:
In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Robert Prosinečki | Real Oviedo | loan |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 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 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 76 | 29 | +47 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ SEV: 7 pts; ESP: 3 pts; ZAR: 2 pts

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Buyo | 43 | -8 | 37 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 2 | -4 |
| | DF | ESP | Sanchez Flores | 37 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Hierro | 40 | 7 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Sanchis | 42 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Lasa | 28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DM | ARG | Redondo | 26 | 2 | 21+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Martín Vázquez | 38 | 3 | 21+10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Luis Enrique | 43 | 4 | 34+1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | AM | DEN | Laudrup | 40 | 7 | 32+1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | CHI | Zamorano | 44 | 31 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Amavisca | 45 | 11 | 34+3 | 10 | 5+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Cañizares | 3 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Raúl | 30 | 10 | 19+9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Milla | 24 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Míchel | 18 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Chendo | 12 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Alfonso | 19 | 2 | 5+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Alkorta | 14 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Alberto | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Sandro | 16 | 1 | 2+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SVK | Dubovský | 9 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Nando | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Butragueño | 12 | 1 | 0+8 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Dani | 2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Rivera | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Nando | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Contreras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1994-952.html