# 1995–96 Albacete Balompié season

The 1995–96 season was the 55th season in Albacete Balompié's history.

## Squad

Retrieved on 12 January 2021
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 | ESP | Juan Carlos Balaguer |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario Romero |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Sotero López |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Albert Tomàs |
| 5 | DF | URU | Alejandro González |
| 5 | DF | YUG | Petar Vasiljević |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Juan José Maqueda |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Manolo Salvador |
| 8 | FW | ESP | Xavier Escaich |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Vali Gasimov |
| 10 | MF | URU | José Luis Zalazar |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Javi Luke |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Pedro Riesco (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña) |
| 12 | MF | ESP | Jesús Muñoz |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Fernando Marcos |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Coco |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Sánchez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | ESP | José Luis Garzón |
| 17 | DF | ESP | José Maria Ortega |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Juan Antonio Chesa |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Luna |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Nenad Bjelica |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Emilio |
| 22 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Plotnikov |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Juli Romero |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Fernando Cebrián |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Ángel Brau |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Alberto Monteagudo |
| 28 | DF | ESP | José Ángel Moreno |
| 29 | DF | ESP | José Carlos Soria |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Josico |
| — | GK | ESP | Alejandro |
| — | DF | ESP | Javier Oliete |
| — | MF | ESP | Juan Ángel Ramos |

### Transfers
#### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Notes |
| Summer |||||
| 6 | DF | Juan José Maqueda | Valencia | |
| 8 | FW | Xavier Escaich | Barcelona | |
| 9 | FW | Vali Gasimov | Real Betis | |
| 11 | FW | Javi Luke | Athletic Bilbao | |
| 15 | DF | Alejandro Sánchez | Atlético Madrid | |
| 16 | FW | José Luis Garzón | Sabadell | |
| 18 | MF | Juan Antonio Chesa | Hellín Deportivo | |
| 21 | MF | Emilio | Sporting de Gijón | |
| 33 | MF | Josico | Hellín Deportivo | |
| Winter |||||
| 5 | DF | Petar Vasiljević | Osasuna | |
| 11 | FW | Pedro Riesco | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan |
| 17 | DF | José Maria Ortega | Almería | |
| 19 | FW | Luna | Almería | |
| 22 | GK | Yevgeni Plotnikov | CSKA Moscow | |

#### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Notes |
| Summer |||||
| | GK | José Francisco Molina | Atlético Madrid | |
| | DF | Esteve Fradera | Real Mallorca | |
| | DF | Magín | Elche | |
| | DF | Santi | Atlético Madrid | |
| | DF | Alejandro Rodríguez | Gimnàstic de Tarragona | |
| | MF | Pedro Cordero | Badajoz | |
| | MF | Óscar García | Barcelona | Loan return |
| | MF | Josep Sala | Badajoz | |
| | FW | Ivaylo Andonov | Arminia Bielefeld | |
| | FW | Antonio | Extremadura | |
| | FW | Oscar Dertycia | Belgrano | |
| | FW | Gregorio Fonseca | Real Valladolid | |
| | FW | Fernando Morientes | Real Zaragoza | |
| Winter |||||
| 5 | DF | Alejandro González | Nacional | |
| 16 | FW | José Luis Garzón | Hércules | |
| 21 | MF | Emilio | Atlético Marbella | |
| 27 | MF | Alberto Monteagudo | L'Hospitalet | |
| | DF | Javier Oliete | Villarreal | |

## Squad stats

Last updated on 29 December 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | La Liga playoff | La Liga playoff | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Juan Carlos Balaguer | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mario Romero | 18 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Sotero López | 23 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Albert Tomàs | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | YUG | Petar Vasiljević | 24 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Juan José Maqueda | 24 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Manolo Salvador | 40 | 0 | 35+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ESP | Xavier Escaich | 34 | 3 | 11+21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AZE | Vali Gasimov | 25 | 4 | 16+6 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | URU | José Luis Zalazar | 41 | 11 | 37+1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Pedro Riesco | 27 | 4 | 21+4 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ESP | Jesús Muñoz | 37 | 0 | 26+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Fernando Marcos | 27 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Coco | 38 | 2 | 30+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Alejandro Sánchez | 31 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | José Maria Ortega | 20 | 1 | 13+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Juan Antonio Chesa | 13 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Luna | 27 | 10 | 24+1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Nenad Bjelica | 43 | 13 | 39+1 | 13 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Plotnikov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Juli Romero | 17 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Fernando Cebrián | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Ángel Brau | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | José Ángel Moreno | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | José Carlos Soria | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Josico | 30 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Alejandro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Juan Ángel Ramos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | URU | Alejandro González | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Javi Luke | 15 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ESP | José Luis Garzón | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Emilio | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Alberto Monteagudo | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Javier Oliete | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Final position |
| La Liga | 20th (relegated via playoff) |
| Copa del Rey | First round |

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 18 | Sporting Gijón | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 46 | |
| 19 | Rayo Vallecano (O) | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 47 | 75 | −28 | 44 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 20 | Albacete (R) | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 55 | 81 | −26 | 42 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 21 | Mérida (R) | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 42 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 22 | Salamanca (R) | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 53 | 82 | −29 | 33 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* 1 2 MÉR 1–1 ALB; ALB 2–0 MÉR

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
| Match | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| 1 | Sporting de Gijón | A | 0–3 |
| 2 | Sevilla | H | 3–2 |
| 3 | Espanyol | A | 0–1 |
| 4 | Celta Vigo | H | 4–0 |
| 5 | Deportivo La Coruña | A | 0–5 |
| 6 | Real Valladolid | H | 4–2 |
| 7 | Mérida | A | 1–1 |
| 8 | Real Zaragoza | H | 0–1 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | A | 0–2 |
| 10 | Real Madrid | H | 1–1 |
| 11 | Real Oviedo | A | 0–1 |
| 12 | Real Betis | H | 0–0 |
| 13 | Barcelona | A | 0–3 |
| 14 | Valencia | H | 1–3 |
| 15 | Compostela | A | 1–3 |
| 16 | Salamanca | H | 3–3 |
| 17 | Tenerife | A | 3–1 |
| 18 | Athletic Bilbao | H | 2–0 |
| 19 | Real Sociedad | H | 3–5 |
| 20 | Racing Santander | A | 5–5 |
| 21 | Atlético Madrid | H | 1–1 |
| Match | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| 22 | Sporting de Gijón | H | 1–3 |
| 23 | Sevilla | A | 1–1 |
| 24 | Espanyol | H | 0–0 |
| 25 | Celta Vigo | A | 2–2 |
| 26 | Deportivo La Coruña | H | 1–0 |
| 27 | Real Valladolid | A | 0–3 |
| 28 | Mérida | H | 2–0 |
| 29 | Real Zaragoza | A | 1–3 |
| 30 | Rayo Vallecano | H | 1–2 |
| 31 | Real Madrid | A | 0–2 |
| 32 | Real Oviedo | H | 0–1 |
| 33 | Real Betis | A | 3–2 |
| 34 | Barcelona | H | 0–1 |
| 35 | Valencia | A | 0–1 |
| 36 | Compostela | H | 2–1 |
| 37 | Salamanca | A | 4–2 |
| 38 | Tenerife | H | 0–0 |
| 39 | Athletic Bilbao | A | 2–2 |
| 40 | Real Sociedad | A | 1–8 |
| 41 | Racing Santander | H | 2–2 |
| 42 | Atlético Madrid | A | 0–2 |

#### Relegation playoff

Win  Draw  Loss
| Opponent | Aggregate | Venue | First Leg | Venue | Second Leg |
| Extremadura | 0–2 | A | 0–1 | H | 0–1 |

### Copa del Rey

Win  Draw  Loss
| Round | Opponent | Aggregate | Venue | First Leg | Venue | Second Leg |
| First round | Almería | 1–5 | A | 1–4 | H | 0–1 |