In summertime, club president Jose A. Garcia reinforced the squad with several players, including the arrival of Forward Hugo Sanchez[1] from Rayo Vallecano with a bigger salary than Real Madrid offered to him at his last contract (1991–92).[2] In Copa Mexico the team was early eliminated on first round by Acapulco after a penalty series.[3] In spite of a decent offensive line with Hugo Sanchez, Luis Miguel Salvador and playmaker Ruben Omar Romano (returned back to the club after playing in Veracruz one season), the defensive line was weak, shattering its options for a classification to the Playoffs finishing the campaign 2 points below Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, which took the last available spot for the post-season.[4]
According to Ricardo Lavolpe, during the season, forward Hugo Sanchez compared the club to Rayo Vallecano in front of several team mates, and the manager replied to him: "You were relegated to Segunda Division in 1994, We won the League"[5]
Squad
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Source: Liga MX Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points Notes:
^The first four places in the table and teams ranked 6th and 8th qualified for the Liguillaquarter-finals.
^ abTeams ranked 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th in the table qualified for Repechaje
Source: Competitive matches A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, Qualification for the quarter-finals; C = Qualification for the quarter-finals as group leader.; E = Qualification for the quarter-finals as group runner-up.; R = Qualification for the Repechaje.
^Omar Fares (4 November 2011). "Football in Acapulco" (in Spanish). espn.com.mx. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ abcdErik Francisco Lugo, Martín Toscano and RSSSF 2003/20 (24 April 2001). "Mexico 1994/95 Regular season". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)