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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

1. "The Day when We All Know Where Maradona lives" (in Spanish). clarin.com. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
2. Redacción (22 July 2019). "I was Real Madrid player during minutes:Kily González". ar.marca.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
3. "Caniggia said yes to the Boca Juniors offer" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 14 January 1995. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
4. "The Day of 10 goals and first Macri victory" (in Spanish). 3 December 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
5. "Maradona says 'is sure' going out from Boca" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 14 December 1995. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
6. "What happened to La Bruja Veron". elespanol.com. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
7. "Clausura 1996". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
8. "Plantel Boca Torneo Apertura 1995". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

External links

• Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site (in Spanish)