1995–96 La Liga

La Liga
Season1995 (1995)–96
Dates2 September 1995 – 26 May 1996
ChampionsAtlético Madrid
9th title
RelegatedAlbacete
Mérida
Salamanca
Champions LeagueAtlético Madrid
UEFA CupValencia
Espanyol
Tenerife
Cup Winners' CupBarcelona
Matches played462
Goals scored1,246 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerJuan Antonio Pizzi
(31 goals)

The 1995–96 La Liga season was the 65th since its establishment. It began on 2 September 1995, and concluded on 26 May 1996.

Team information

Clubs and locations

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Location of teams in La Liga 1995–96
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Canary Islands
Team Stadium Capacity
Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772
Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354
Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005
Valencia Mestalla 55,000
Real Betis Benito Villamarín 47,500
Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 42,714
Espanyol Sarrià 44,000
Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600
Real Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596
Celta de Vigo Balaídos 32,500
Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200
Valladolid José Zorrilla 27,846
Sporting de Gijón El Molinón 25,885
Real Oviedo Carlos Tartiere 23,500
Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 22,824
Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,222
Albacete Carlos Belmonte 18,000
Salamanca Helmántico 17,341
Rayo Vallecano Vallecas 14,708
Mérida Estadio Romano 14,600
Compostela San Lázaro 12,000

Notes

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Madrid (C) 42 26 9 7 75 32 +43 87 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Valencia 42 26 5 11 77 51 +26 83 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Barcelona 42 22 14 6 72 39 +33 80 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4 Espanyol 42 20 14 8 63 36 +27 74 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5 Tenerife 42 20 12 10 69 54 +15 72
6 Real Madrid 42 20 10 12 75 51 +24 70
7 Real Sociedad 42 17 12 13 62 53 +9 63
8 Real Betis 42 16 14 12 61 54 +7 62
9 Deportivo La Coruña 42 16 13 13 63 44 +19 61
10 Compostela 42 17 8 17 47 54 −7 59
11 Celta Vigo 42 12 16 14 49 51 −2 52
12 Sevilla 42 11 15 16 43 55 −12 48[b]
13 Zaragoza 42 11 15 16 51 59 −8 48[b]
14 Oviedo 42 12 12 18 48 67 −19 48[b]
15 Athletic Bilbao 42 11 15 16 44 55 −11 48[b]
16 Valladolid 42 11 14 17 57 62 −5 47[c]
17 Racing Santander 42 11 14 17 47 69 −22 47[c]
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[d]
21 Mérida (R) 42 10 12 20 37 62 −25 42[d] Relegation to the Segunda División
22 Salamanca (R) 42 8 9 25 53 82 −29 33
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Atlético Madrid, winners of 1995–96 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Barcelona earned a spot in the first round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. ^ a b c d SEV: 10 pts;ZAR: 8 pts; ROV: 6 pts → ROV 0–0 ATH; ATH: 6 pts → ATH 0–1 ROV
  3. ^ a b RAC 0–0 VLD; VLD 3–1 RAC
  4. ^ a b MÉR 1–1 ALB; ALB 2–0 MÉR


Results

Home \ Away ALB ATH ATM BAR BET CEL COM DEP ESP MÉR RAC RAY RMA ROV RSO SAL SEV SPG TEN VAL VLD ZAR
Albacete Balompié 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–5 3–3 3–2 1–3 0–0 1–3 4–2 0–1
Athletic Bilbao 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 0–5 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0
Atlético Madrid 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–2 1–1
FC Barcelona 3–0 4–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–1
Betis 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–5 0–3 5–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–5 3–3 3–0 3–0 3–1
Celta de Vigo 2–2 3–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
SD Compostela 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–3 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–4 1–3 3–2
Deportivo de La Coruña 5–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 3–0 0–4 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–3
RCD Espanyol 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 3–1 5–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
CP Mérida 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1
Racing de Santander 5–5 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–0
Rayo Vallecano 2–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–6 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–5 1–2 2–0 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–4 3–2 0–2 4–3
Real Madrid 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–2 2–3 3–2 5–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 2–2
Real Oviedo 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–3 0–1 3–8 1–1
Real Sociedad 8–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 5–2 1–0 3–1
UD Salamanca 2–4 2–1 1–3 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–5 2–2 2–2 5–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 3–3 4–1 3–0 1–2 4–0 0–0 0–1
Sevilla FC 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1
Sporting de Gijón 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 4–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–2 1–3 4–2 4–1
Tenerife 1–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 3–3 1–0 4–0 4–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–2
Valencia CF 1–0 3–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 5–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 4–3 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0
Valladolid 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 3–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 3–0 2–5 0–0
Zaragoza 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 5–3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RCD Mallorca 1–2 Rayo Vallecano 1–0 0–2
CF Extremadura 2–0 Albacete Balompié 1–0 1–0

First leg

29 May 1996 RCD Mallorca 1–0 Rayo Vallecano Palma de Mallorca
21:30 Morales 30' Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Lluís Sitjar
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo Aragon
30 May 1996 CF Extremadura 1–0 Albacete Balompié Almendralejo
21:30 Manuel 54' Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Francisco de la Hera
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: José María García-Aranda Community of Madrid

Second leg

1 June 1996 Rayo Vallecano 2–0
(2–1 agg.)		 RCD Mallorca Madrid
20:30 Guilherme 13'
Onésimo 81'		 Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto Andalusia
2 June 1996 Albacete Balompié 0–1
(0–2 agg.)		 CF Extremadura Albacete
21:30 Report (in Spanish) Tirado 90' Stadium: Carlos Belmonte
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres Andalusia

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Argentina Juan Antonio Pizzi Tenerife 31
2 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Mijatović Valencia 28
3 Brazil Bebeto Deportivo La Coruña 25
4 Croatia Alen Peternac Valladolid 23
5 Spain Raúl Real Madrid 20
6 Spain Julio Salinas Sporting Gijón 18
7 Spain Jordi Lardín Espanyol 17
8 Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev Atlético Madrid 16
Croatia Davor Šuker Sevilla
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Vladimir Gudelj Celta Vigo 15
Spain Juan Manuel Prieto Mérida

References

  1. ^ "La Liga Top Scorers - 1995-1996".
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