Copa México 1995/96
The Copa MX 1995/96 was the 40th edition of the football - cup competition since the introduction of professional football in Mexico .
The cup tournament was held in the first quarter of 1996. Eligible to participate were the 16 teams that played second-rate that season as many teams from the first division. Because the first division was played in 1995/96 with 18 teams, the first division Monarcas Morelia and Puebla FC had to forego a cup participation.
Cup winners for the second time after 1976 was the UANL Tigres team , which ironically had to relegate to the second division a few weeks later at the end of the regular season.
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The matches were played in the knockout system, with the teams in the second division having home rights in each competition with a first division team. In the first round it was ensured that a first division team played against a second division team. In the second round, for which six second division teams and ten first division teams had qualified, random lots were drawn, so that there were only four disputes between the first and second division. First division teams had to compete against each other in three games and the match between Pachuca and San Francisco was the only time that two second division teams met in this competition. Because there were four first and second division teams in the quarter-finals, they were drawn against each other again, with all second division teams eliminated: Irapuato and Pachuca clearly (1: 4 and 0: 3 against Guadalajara and Cruz Azul ), while Hermosillo (against the later Cup winners UANL Tigres !) And Tampico-Madero (against Atlas ) only lost on penalties . While the first rounds were decided in just one game, the semi-finals and finals were played back and forth.
First round
The first round of matches took place between January 23 and 25, 1996.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Guerreros de Acapulco | 1: 2 | UAG Tecos |
| Deportivo Tepic | 1: 3 | Club León |
| Inter de Tijuana | 0: 2 | Santos Laguna |
| San Luis FC | 0: 1 | Atlético Celaya |
| Gallos Blancos de Hermosillo | 4: 3 i. E. (2: 2) | CD Veracruz |
| Atlético Yucatán | 0: 2 | CD Guadalajara |
| Tampico-Madero FC | 3-0 | Toros Neza |
| CD Irapuato | 3-0 | CF Atlante |
| Marte Morelos | 0: 2 | Club Necaxa |
| UAT Correcaminos | 0: 2 | CF Monterrey |
| Saltillo Soccer | 1: 2 | CF Atlas |
| CF La Piedad | 3: 2 | UNAM Pumas |
| CD Zacatepec | 2: 4 | UANL Tigres |
| Atlético San Francisco | 1-0 | Deportivo Toluca |
| Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 1: 2 | CD Cruz Azul |
| CF Pachuca | 1-0 | Club America |
Round of 16
The second round of the cup took place between January 30 and February 1, 1996.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gallos Blancos de Hermosillo | 2-0 | Atlético Celaya |
| CD Irapuato | 4: 1 i. E. (2: 2) | Club Necaxa |
| Tampico-Madero FC | 3: 2 | CF Monterrey |
| CF La Piedad | 0: 2 | UANL Tigres |
| CD Cruz Azul | 1-0 | UAG Tecos |
| CF Atlas | 4: 1 | Club León |
| CD Guadalajara | 2: 1 | Santos Laguna |
| CF Pachuca | 2: 1 | Atlético San Francisco |
Quarter finals
The third round of the cup took place on February 6th and 7th, 1996.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| CD Irapuato | 1: 4 | CD Guadalajara |
| Gallos Blancos de Hermosillo | 2: 4 i. E. (1: 1) | UANL Tigres |
| Tampico-Madero FC | 2: 3 i. E. (1: 1) | CF Atlas |
| CF Pachuca | 0: 3 | CD Cruz Azul |
Semifinals
The semi-finals took place between February 13 and 21, 1996. The second leg of the Clásico Tapatío was played in the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City .
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CF Atlas | 4: 3 | CD Guadalajara | 4: 2 | 0: 1 |
| CD Cruz Azul | 3: 4 | UANL Tigres | 1-0 | 2: 4 |
final
The finals were played on February 27 and March 6, 1996. After a 1-1 draw in front of their home crowd, the UANL Tigres won the second leg at the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara at Club Atlas 1-0 and were thus successful in the cup competition for the second time in twenty years. In the first leg met Sergio Almaguer for the Tigres, the crucial winning goal in the second leg scoring Arnulfo Tinoco . The only goal for Atlas in the finals was scored by Argentine Eduardo Berizzo .
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UANL Tigres | 2: 1 | CF Atlas | 1: 1 | 1-0 |
The squad of cup winners UANL Tigres included the following players:
Robert Siboldi (goal) - Marcos Ayala , José Alfredo Murguía , Roberto Ruiz Esparza , Martín Castañeda , Francisco Javier Gómez , Arnulfo Tinoco , Humberto González (defense) - Omar Arellano , José Manuel de la Torre , Tab Ramos , Daniel Deeke , Sead Seferović , Marco Antonio Ruiz , Javier Lozano Chavira (midfield) - Sergio Almaguer , Martín Ubaldi (attack); Coach: Víctor Manuel Vucetich .
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The UANL Tigres squad in the 1995/96 season at MedioTiempo (Spanish)