1995–96 Boca Juniors season

The 1995–96 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 66th consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

Boca Juniors

1995–96 season
President	Antonio Alegre (until 12 December 1995) Mauricio Macri
Manager	Silvio Marzolini (until 16 December 1995) Carlos Bilardo
Stadium	Estadio Camilo Cichero (La Bombonera)
Apertura Tournament	4th
Clausura Tournament	5th
Top goalscorer	League: All: Caniggia (12)
Home colours Away colours
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Summary

The campaign is best remembered by the high-expected return to the club of 1986 World Cup champion Diego Maradona after 14 seasons.^[1] Several players were transferred in included Rosario Central left winger Kily González almost signed by Real Madrid,^[2] Darío Scotto, Claudio Paul Caniggia,^[3] Arturo Yorno and loans out ended for Raul Peralta, Roberto Cabañas y Blas Giunta.

On 3 December 1995 Mauricio Macri won his first Chairman's election with 7,000 votes and became new club President ^[4] In Torneo Apertura 1995 the squad finished on 4th spot after several rounds being leader losing the title over the last 5 matches.

Marzolini was sacked and Macri signed Carlos Bilardo during December 1995,^[5] and reinforced the squad with midfielders Juan Sebastián Verón^[6] from Estudiantes La Plata and José Horacio Basualdo. The Clausura is best remembered by the bizarre fact of 5 penalties missed by Maradona.^[7] The club finished on 5th spot with 33 points, seven below of champions Carlos Bianchi' Velez Sarsfield.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   COL Carlos Navarro Montoya — GK   ARG Arturo Yorno — DF   ARG Fernando Gamboa — DF   ARG Luis Medero — DF   ARG Carlos Mac Allister — DF   ARG Nelson Vivas — DF   ARG Néstor Fabbri — DF   ARG Diego Soñora — DF   ARG Julio Saldaña — DF   ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena — MF   ARG Kily González — MF   ARG Diego Maradona — MF   ARG Juan Sebastián Verón

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ARG Walter Pico — MF   ARG Fabián Carrizo — MF   ARG Alberto Márcico — MF   ARG Christian Giménez — MF   ARG José Basualdo — MF   ARG Raúl Peralta — MF   ARG Blas Giunta — FW   ARG Claudio Caniggia — FW   URU Sergio Daniel Martínez — FW   CMR Alphonse Tchami — FW   ARG Darío Scotto — FW   ARG Luis Darío Calvo — FW   ARG Roberto Oscar Gómez

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Diego Maradona		Free
MF	Kily González	Rosario Central
FW	Claudio Paul Caniggia	Benfica
FW	Darío Scotto	Rosario Central
GK	Arturo Yorno	Rosario Central
DF	Raul Peralta		loan ended
DF	Roberto Cabañas		loan ended
DF	Blas Giunta		loan ended

January

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Juan Sebastián Verón	Estudiantes La Plata
MF	José Horacio Basualdo	Velez Sarsfield

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Soñora
MF	Marcico	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata

Competitions

Main article: 1995–96 Argentine Primera División

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Racing	19	10	5	4	35	24	+11	35
3	Lanús	19	9	6	4	25	16	+9	33
4	Boca Juniors	19	9	5	5	27	19	+8	32
5	San Lorenzo	19	9	5	5	30	24	+6	32
6	Huracán	20	8	6	6	25	22	+3	30

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vélez Sársfield	19	11	7	1	40	18	+22	40
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	12	3	4	44	21	+23	39
3	Lanús	19	10	4	5	35	24	+11	34
4	Estudiantes (LP)	19	9	7	3	33	22	+11	34
5	Boca Juniors	19	10	3	6	30	26	+4	33
6	Rosario Central	19	8	6	5	33	23	+10	30
7	Huracán	19	7	8	4	32	29	+3	29
8	Racing	19	8	5	6	26	25	+1	29
9	Colón	19	7	5	7	20	21	−1	26
10	Ferro Carril Oeste	19	6	8	5	16	20	−4	26
11	Deportivo Español	19	5	9	5	19	19	0	24
12	Independiente	19	5	8	6	22	26	−4	23
13	Belgrano	19	6	4	9	23	26	−3	22
14	River Plate	19	6	3	10	32	33	−1	21
15	Platense	19	6	3	10	23	29	−6	21
16	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	19	6	3	10	22	37	−15	21
17	Newell's Old Boys	19	3	9	7	20	28	−8	18
18	Banfield	19	4	5	10	20	25	−5	17
19	San Lorenzo	19	4	4	11	15	29	−14	16
20	Argentinos Juniors	19	3	4	12	12	36	−24	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	D
Position	13	4	4	4	6	8	7	8	7	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4

Source: www.afa.ar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) v Boca Juniors

18 October 1995 1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	1-2	Boca Juniors	San Salvador de Jujuy
	Mac Allister   52' (own goal)	Report	Carrizo   32' Scotto  44' Peralta   65' Maradona   Tchami   Giunta	Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto Referee: Castrilli

Boca Juniors v Club Atlético Huracán

13 August 1995 2	Boca Juniors	2-1	Club Atlético Huracán	La Boca
	Giuntini   29' Guerra  77'	Report	Manteca Martinez  30' (pen) Marcico   44' Darío Scotto  90' Mac Allister   Kily González	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Ruscio

Platense v Boca Juniors

18 August 1995 3	Platense	0-1	Boca Juniors	Liniers
	Maisterra   85'	Report	Tchami   70' Mac Allister   Kily González   Manteca Martinez	Stadium: José Amalfitani Referee: Elizondo

Boca Juniors v Ferro Carril Oeste

27 August 1995 4	Boca Juniors	2-2	Ferro Carril Oeste	La Boca
	Tchami   44' Vivas   68' Vivas   Giunta	Report	Mandrini   18' Vargas  82'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Bava

Lanús v Boca Juniors

2 September 1995 5	Lanús	1-1	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda
	Schurrer  11' Loza   40' Gamboa   68' (own goal)	Report	Fabbri   59' Vivas   Gamboa   Mac Allister   Kily González   Walter Pico	Stadium: La Doble Visera Referee: Ruscio

Boca Juniors v Newell's Old Boys

10 September 1995 6	Boca Juniors	1-1	Newell's Old Boys	La Boca
	Caniggia   24' Fabbri	Report	Gabrich   79'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Cordero

Boca Juniors v Independiente

24 September 1995 7	Boca Juniors	0-0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
	Carrizo   Caniggia   Marcico   86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Castrilli

Boca Juniors v Colon

7 October 1995 9	Boca Juniors	1-0	Colon	La Boca
	Scotto   89'	Report	Toresani   38'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Lamolina

Argentinos Juniors v Boca Juniors

15 October 1995 10	Argentinos Juniors	0-1	Boca Juniors	Liniers
		Report	Maradona   70' Gamboa   Carrizo	Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani Referee: Cordero

Boca Juniors v San Lorenzo

22 October 1995 11	Boca Juniors	0-0	San Lorenzo	La Boca
	Soñora   Giunta   Maradona   Caniggia	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Crespi

Belgrano (Córdoba) v Boca Juniors

28 October 1995 12	Belgrano (Córdoba)	0-1	Boca Juniors	Córdoba
	Avalos   89'	Report	Manteca Martinez   32' Fabbri   Peralta	Stadium: El Gigante de Alberdi Referee: Marconi

Boca Juniors v Velez Sarsfield

5 November 1995 13	Boca Juniors	1-0	Velez Sarsfield	La Boca
	Scotto   36' Gamboa	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Castrilli

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) v Boca Juniors

9 November 1995 8	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	0-1	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
		Report	Scotto   37' Gamboa   Fabbri	Stadium: Estadio José Amalfitani Referee: Elizondo

Banfield v Boca Juniors

12 November 1995 14	Banfield	0-2	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda
		Report	Scotto   25' Caniggia   73' Medero   Carrizo   Maradona	Stadium: La Doble Visera Referee: Cordero

Boca Juniors v Rosario Central

17 November 1995 15	Boca Juniors	0-0	Rosario Central	La Boca
	Gamboa	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Mastrangelo

River Plate v Boca Juniors

26 November 1995 16	River Plate	0-0	Boca Juniors	Nuñez
	Astrada   40'	Report	Gamboa   81'   Soñora   Fabbri   Saldaña   Carrizo   Maradona	Stadium: Monumental Referee: Ruscio

Boca Juniors v Racing Club

3 December 1995 17	Boca Juniors	4-6	Racing Club	La Boca
	Mac Allister   30' Giunta   35' Maradona  44' (pen) Manteca Martinez   78' Scotto   89'	Report	Capria   4' Delgado   11' Piojo Lopez   14' Zanetti   21' Capria   48' Capria   60' Piojo López   86'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera) Referee: Castrilli

Estudiantes La Plata v Boca Juniors

9 December 1995 18	Estudiantes La Plata	2-1	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda
	París   5' Palermo   30' Pratola   44' Maciel   88'	Report	Fabbri   26' Navarro Montoya   30' Carrizo   68' Gamboa   89'   Fabbri   Kily González   Manteca Martinez	Stadium: La Doble Visera Referee: Crespi

Boca Juniors v Deportivo Español

16 December 1995 19	Boca Juniors	2-2	Deportivo Español	La Boca
	Galvan   47' Odriozola   51'	Report	Maradona   53' (pen) Manteca Martinez   68' Arruabarrena   74'   Kily González   Maradona	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: A. Sanchez

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Lanús	19	10	4	5	35	24	+11	34
4	Estudiantes (LP)	19	9	7	3	33	22	+11	34
5	Boca Juniors	19	10	3	6	30	26	+4	33
6	Rosario Central	19	8	6	5	33	23	+10	30
7	Huracán	19	7	8	4	32	29	+3	29

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	D
Position	1	2	1	1	1	2	4	5	6	5	5	5	7	6	5	4	4	5	5

Source: www.afa.com.ar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Boca Juniors v Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)

8 March 1996 1	Boca Juniors	4-0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	Liniers
	Maradona   2' (pen) Peralta   5' Manteca Martinez   64' Kily González   72'   Vivas   78'	Report	Pages   56'	Stadium: Estadio Jose Amalfitani Referee: Gimenez

Huracan v Boca Juniors

17 March 1996 2	Huracan	1-1	Boca Juniors	Parque Patricios
	Guerra   90'	Report	Medero   Veron   85'	Stadium: Tomas Adolfo Duco Referee: A. Sanchez

Boca Juniors v Platense

24 March 1996 3	Boca Juniors	1-0	Platense	Liniers
	Caniggia   16'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jose Amalfitani Referee: Castrilli

Ferro Carril Oeste v Boca Juniors

31 March 1996 4	Ferro Carril Oeste	1-2	Boca Juniors	Liniers
	Sava   47'	Report	Caniggia   11' Kily González   33' Mac Allister	Stadium: Estadio Jose Amalfitani Referee: Cordero

Boca Juniors v Lanús

7 April 1996 5	Boca Juniors	2-1	Lanús	Liniers
	Caniggia   20' Caniggia   70' Navarro Montoya   Maradona   Scotto	Report	Ibagaza   62'	Stadium: Estadio Jose Amalfitani Referee: Ruscio

Newell's Old Boys v Boca Juniors

13 April 1996 6	Newell's Old Boys	1-0	Boca Juniors	Rosario
	Franco   24'	Report	Maradona   22' Gamboa   38' Fabbri   Carrizo   Caniggia   Vivas	Stadium: Estadio El Gigante de Arroyito Referee: Gimenez

Independiente v Boca Juniors

28 April 1996 7	Independiente	1-1	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda
	José Luis Calderon   12'	Report	Manteca Martinez   16' Navarro Montoya   Carrizo   Scotto   Manteca Martinez	Stadium: Estadio Libertadores de América Referee: Castrilli

Boca Juniors v Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

5 May 1996 8	Boca Juniors	0-6	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	La Boca
	Fabbri   60'   Mac Allister   Manteca Martinez	Report	Guillermo Barros Schelotto   2' Guillermo Barros Schelotto   13' Albornoz   40' Guillermo Barros Schelotto   44' Marcico   51' (pen) Saccone   79'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Cordero

Colon v Boca Juniors

11 May 1996 9	Colon	1-0	Boca Juniors	Santa Fe
	Saralegui   85'	Report	Mac Allister   Caniggia   Luppino	Stadium: Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López Referee: Ruscio

Boca Juniors v Argentinos Juniors

19 May 1996 10	Boca Juniors	4-1	Argentinos Juniors	La Boca
	Fabbri   22' Veron   30' Caniggia   60' Manteca Martinez   71' Peralta   Maradona	Report	Cardinal   63'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Elizondo

San Lorenzo v Boca Juniors

26 May 1996 11	San Lorenzo	1-2	Boca Juniors	Bajo Flores
	Silas   6' Manuslovich   84'	Report	Kily González   16' Veron   45' Gamboa   Veron  Caniggia   31' Scotto   89'	Stadium: Nuevo Gasometro Referee: Lamolina

Boca Juniors v Belgrano de Córdoba

9 June 1996 12	Boca Juniors	2-0	Belgrano de Córdoba	La Boca
	Maradona   46' Manteca Martinez   80' Maradona   90'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Olivetto

Velez Sarsfield v Boca Juniors

16 June 1996 13	Velez Sarsfield	5-1	Boca Juniors	Liniers
	Camps   20' Chilavert   40' Chilavert   43' (pen) Gamboa   79' (own goal) Turu Flores   88'	Report	Caniggia   15' Navarro Montoya   Fabbri   42' Maradona   43' Mac Allister   89'   Carrizo	Stadium: Estadio Jose Amalfitani Referee: Castrilli

Boca Juniors v Banfield

23 June 1996 14	Boca Juniors	3-2	Banfield	La Boca
	Caniggi   55' Tchami   58' Tchami   90' Veron   Kily González   Giunta	Report	Julio Cruz   67' Baena   81'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Lamolina

Rosario Central v Boca Juniors

29 June 1996 15	Rosario Central	0-1	Boca Juniors	Rosario
		Report	Maradona   59' Fabbri   68' Veron   72' Vivas   Caniggia   Arruabarrena	Stadium: Estadio El Gigante de Arroyito Referee: A .Sanchez

Boca Juniors v River Plate

14 July 1996 16	Boca Juniors	4-1	River Plate	La Boca
	José Horacio Basualdo  43' Caniggia   50' Caniggia   66' Fabbri   73'   Maradona   74' Caniggia   75' Carrizo	Report	Altamirano   73'   Amato   88'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Hay

Racing Club v Boca Juniors

7 August 1996 17	Racing Club	1-0	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda
	Piojo Lopez   82'	Report	Maradona   87' Vivas   Kily González	Stadium: Cilindro de Avellaneda Referee: Lamolina

Boca Juniors v Estudiantes La Plata

11 August 1996 18	Boca Juniors	1-2	Estudiantes La Plata	La Boca
	Veron   14' Vivas	Report	Martin Palermo   22' Martin Palermo   72'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Gimenez

Deportivo Español v Boca Juniors

18 August 1996 19	Deportivo Español	1-1	Boca Juniors	Parque Avellaneda
	Grondona   90'	Report	Kily González   57' Yorno   Peralta   Gomez	Stadium: Estadio Nueva España Referee: Dellacasa

1995 Supercopa Libertadores

Main article: 1995 Supercopa Libertadores

Preliminary round

Teams	Pts.	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	DF
São Paulo	9	4	3	0	1	6	6	0
Olimpia	7	4	2	1	1	7	4	3
Boca Juniors	1	4	0	1	3	4	7	–3

 Olimpia v Boca Juniors

7 September 1995	Olimpia	1:1 (1:0)	Boca Juniors	Asunción
	Monzón   6' (pen.)	Report	Fabbri   64'	Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco Referee:   Antônio Pereira

 São Paulo v Boca Juniors

13 September 1995	São Paulo	1:0 (0:0)	Boca Juniors	São Paulo
	Caio   58'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pacaembú Referee:  José Luis Da Rosa

Boca Juniors v  Olimpia

20 September 1995	Boca Juniors	1:2 (1:0)	Olimpia	La Boca
	Pico   16'	Report	Sanabria   80' González   83'	Stadium: Estadio La Bombonera Referee:   Eduardo Gamboa Martínez

Boca Juniors v  São Paulo

10 October 1995	Boca Juniors	2:3 (1:0)	São Paulo	La Boca
	Márcico   45+1' (pen.) Pico   72'	Report	Amaral   59'   65' Caio   87'	Stadium: Estadio La Bombonera Referee:   Eduardo Dluzniewski

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura 95^[8]		Clausura 96
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	COL	Navarro Montoya	35	0	18	0	17	0
		ARG	Vivas	25	2	8	1	17	1
	DF	ARG	Mac Allister	34	1	19	1	15	0
	DF	ARG	Fabbri	33	4	18	2	15	2
	MF	ARG	Kily González	36	3	18	0	18	3
	DF	ARG	Scotto	26	7	17	7	9	0
	FW	URU	Martinez	22	8	15	4	7	4
		ARG	Gamboa	27	0	14	0	13	0
		ARG	Marcico	14	0	14	0	0	0
		ARG	Saldaña	21	0	14	0	7	0
	FW	ARG	Caniggia	29	12	13	2	16	10
		ARG	Soñora	13	0	13	0
10	FW	ARG	Maradona	24	5	11	3	13	2
		ARG	Peralta	22	2	11	1	11	1
		ARG	Carrizo	25	0	11	0	14	0
	MF	CMR	Tchami	18	4	9	2	9	2
		ARG	Giunta	13	0	9	0	4	0
		ARG	Medero	14	0	9	0	5	0
		ARG	Pico	16	0	8	0	8	0
		ARG	Yorno	3	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	ARG	Arruabarrena	8	0	1	0	7	0
		ARG	Calvo	1	0	1	0
		ARG	Gimenez	3	0	1	0	2	0
		ARG	Gomez	1	1	1	0
11	MF	ARG	Verón	17	4	0	0	17	4
	MF	ARG	Basualdo	16	1	0	0	16	1
	MF	ARG	Del Rio	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ARG	Larroque	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ARG	Llupino	1	0	0	0	1	0

• Source: https://www.historiadeboca.com.ar/torneo-apertura-1995/1995/41.html

References

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External links

• (in Spanish)