1992–93 UEFA Champions League
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates |
19 August – 2 September 1992 (qualifying) 16 September 1992 – 26 May 1993 (competition proper) 25 November 1992 – 21 April 1993 (UEFA Champions League) |
| Teams |
8 (UEFA Champions League) 32 (first round) 36 (total) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Marseille (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 Milan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 82 |
| Goals scored | 195 (2.38 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Romário (7 goals) |
The 1992–93 UEFA Champions League was the 38th European Cup, the premier European club football tournament, and the first season with the UEFA Champions League logo (originally adopted only in the group stage).
It was the second tournament to have a group stage involving the eight second round winners split into two groups, and the winner of each one met in the final. In addition, a preliminary round was required as this was the first season after the break-up of the USSR and Yugoslavia, resulting in a large number of new countries eligible to enter the champions of their own leagues into the competition. Israel and the Faroe Islands were also represented for the first time.
The tournament was won for the first time by Marseille, defeating Milan in the final. However, soon after Marseille's victory allegations of match fixing were levelled at them and their president Bernard Tapie. This involved a league game where Marseille, it emerged, had fixed their title-clinching Division 1 game against Valenciennes so they could concentrate on the Milan tie. It is believed that Tapie bribed Valenciennes to lose so that Marseille would win the French league earlier, giving them more time to prepare for the European Cup final. This resulted in Marseille being stripped of their league title by the French Football Federation (although not the European Cup, as the match in question was not in that competition). They were banned from defending their European title in the 1993–94 season, and contesting the Intercontinental Cup and Super Cup. In 1994 Marseille was also relegated to the Division 2.
Barcelona, the defending champions, were eliminated in the second round by CSKA Moscow.
Teams
Purlple: Eliminated in the preliminary round;
Yellow: Eliminated in the first round; 
Orange: Eliminated in the second round; 
Red: Qualified for group stage.Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Shelbourne  |
1–2 |  Tavriya Simferopol |
0–0 | 1–2 |
Valletta  |
1–3 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv |
1–2 | 0–1 |
KÍ  |
1–6 |  Skonto |
1–3 | 0–3 |
Olimpija Ljubljana  |
5–0 |  Norma Tallinn |
3–0 | 2–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Tavriya Simferopol won 2–1 on aggregate.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–1 on aggregate.
Skonto won 6–1 on aggregate.
Olimpija Ljubljana won 5–0 on aggregate.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IFK Göteborg  |
3–2 |  Beşiktaş |
2–0 | 1–2 |
Lech Poznań  |
2–0 | Skonto |
2–0 | 0–0 |
Rangers  |
3–0 |  Lyngby |
2–0 | 1–0 |
Stuttgart  |
4–4[notes 1] |  Leeds United |
3–0 | 1–4 |
Slovan Bratislava  |
4–1 |  Ferencváros |
4–1 | 0–0 |
| Milan |
7–0 | Olimpija Ljubljana |
4–0 | 3–0 |
Kuusysi  |
1–2 |  Dinamo Bucureşti |
1–0 | 0–2(aet) |
Glentoran  |
0–8 | Marseille |
0–5 | 0–3 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv |
0–4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Club Brugge |
0–1 | 0–3 |
Austria Wien  |
5–4 |  CSKA Sofia |
3–1 | 2–3 |
Sion  |
7–2 | Tavriya Simferopol |
4–1 | 3–1 |
Union Luxembourg  |
1–9 |  Porto |
1–4 | 0–5 |
AEK Athens  |
3–3 (a) |  APOEL |
1–1 | 2–2 |
PSV Eindhoven  |
8–0 |  FK Žalgiris |
6–0 | 2–0 |
Víkingur  |
2–5 | .svg.png){kind=small} CSKA Moscow |
0–1 | 2–4 |
Barcelona  |
1–0 |  Viking |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Notes:
- ↑ Stuttgart would have won on away goals; however, it was realised that in the second leg between Leeds United and Stuttgart, Stuttgart had substituted a fourth foreign player. At the time, a maximum of three foreign players was allowed. The game was awarded to Leeds United with a score of 3–0, making it 3–3 on aggregate with no difference in away goals. A play-off match in Barcelona was ordered, which Leeds United won 2–1.
First leg
16 September 1992 17:00 |
| Slovan Bratislava |
4–1 | Ferencváros |
|---|---|---|
Gostič  19'Dubovský 51', 55'Moravec 82' |
Report | Lipcsei 75' |
16 September 1992 19:30 |
| Glentoran |
0–5 | Marseille |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Völler 3' Martín Vázquez 19', 29'Sauzée 41'Ferreri 84' |
16 September 1992 19:30 |
| Austria Wien |
3–1 | CSKA Sofia |
|---|---|---|
| Hasenhüttl 16' Fridrikas 83'Kogler 89' |
Report | Zhivkov 58' |
16 September 1992 20:00 |
| Sion |
4–1 | Tavriya Simferopol |
|---|---|---|
| Hottiger 18' Túlio 35', 74'Roberto Assis 78' |
Report | Shevchenko 85' (pen.) |
16 September 1992 20:30 |
| Union Luxembourg |
1–4 | Porto |
|---|---|---|
| Deville 63' |
Report | Semedo 40' F. Couto 47'Toni 51'Domingos 90' |
16 September 1992 20:15 |
| PSV Eindhoven |
6–0 | FK Žalgiris |
|---|---|---|
| E. Koeman 24' Ellerman 36', 59', 64'Kieft 66'Numan 79' |
Report |
Second leg
IFK Göteborg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Lech Poznań won 2–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 3–0 on aggregate.
30 September 1992 20:05 |
| Leeds United |
4–1 (match forfeited 3–0) |
Stuttgart |
|---|---|---|
| Speed 17' McAllister 38' (pen.)Cantona 66'Chapman 78' |
Report | Buck 33' |
Stuttgart 3–3 Leeds United on aggregate.
- Play-off
Slovan Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.
Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Bucureşti won 2–1 on aggregate.
Marseille won 8–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 4–0 on aggregate.
30 September 1992 19:15 |
| CSKA Sofia |
3–2 | Austria Wien |
|---|---|---|
| Metkov 2' Andonov 60'Dragonov 73' |
Report | Flögel 28' Ivanauskas 67' |
Austria Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.
30 September 1992 19:00 |
| Tavriya Simferopol |
1–3 | Sion |
|---|---|---|
| Shevchenko 69' (pen.) |
Report | Túlio 67', 77' Herr 89' |
Sion won 7–2 on aggregate.
30 September 1992 21:30 |
| Porto |
5–0 | Union Luxembourg |
|---|---|---|
| Kostadinov 16', 34' Toni 25', 61'Zé Carlos 66' |
Report |
Porto won 9–1 on aggregate.
30 September 1992 19:30 |
| APOEL |
2–2 | AEK Athens |
|---|---|---|
| Gogić 77' Fasouliotis 84' |
Report | Šabanadžović 30' Alexandris 70' |
Makario Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 20,000 |
3–3 on aggregate. AEK Athens won on away goals.
PSV Eindhoven won 8–0 on aggregate.
30 September 1992 19:00 |
| CSKA Moscow |
4–2 | Víkingur |
|---|---|---|
| Sergeyev 24' Karsakov 37'Grishin 45'Kolesnikov 89' |
Report | Einarsson 32' Steinsson 76' |
CSKA Moscow won 5–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 1–0 on aggregate.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFK Göteborg |
4–0 | Lech Poznań |
1–0 | 3–0 |
| Rangers |
4–2 | Leeds United |
2–1 | 2–1 |
| Slovan Bratislava |
0–5 | Milan |
0–1 | 0–4 |
| Dinamo Bucureşti |
0–2 | Marseille |
0–0 | 0–2 |
| Club Brugge |
3–3 (a) | Austria Wien |
2–0 | 1–3 |
| Sion |
2–6 | Porto |
2–2 | 0–4 |
| AEK Athens |
1–3 | PSV Eindhoven |
1–0 | 0–3 |
| CSKA Moscow |
4–3 | Barcelona |
1–1 | 3–2 |
First leg
Second leg
IFK Göteborg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 4–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.
Marseille won 2–0 on aggregate.
4 November 1992 19:30 |
| Austria Wien |
3–1 | Club Brugge |
|---|---|---|
| Zsak 49' Fridrikas 73'Hasenhüttl 90' |
Report | Van Der Heyden 64' |
3–3 on aggregate. Club Brugge won on away goals.
Porto won 6–2 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 3–1 on aggregate.
4 November 1992 20:45 |
| Barcelona |
2–3 | CSKA Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Nadal 12' Begiristain 31' |
Report | Bushmanov 44' Mashkarin 57'Karsakov 61' |
CSKA Moscow won 4–3 on aggregate.
UEFA Champions League
The group stage began on 25 November 1992 and ended on 21 April 1993. The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, and the teams in each group played against each other on a home-and-away basis, meaning that each team played a total of six group matches. For each win, teams were awarded two points, with one point awarded for each draw. At the end of the group stage, the first team in each group advanced to the final.
Group A
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Group B
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Final
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romário |
PSV Eindhoven |
7 |
| 2 | Marco van Basten |
Milan |
6 |
| Franck Sauzée |
Marseille |
6 | |
 Alen Bokšić |
Marseille |
6 | |
| 5 | Johnny Ekström |
Göteborg |
5 |
| 6 | Marco Simone |
Milan |
4 |
| Gert Verheyen |
Club Brugge |
4 | |
| Zé Carlos |
Porto |
4 | |
| Emil Kostadinov |
Porto |
4 | |
| Tulio |
Sion |
4 |
See also
References
- Thibert, Jacques (1993). L'album 93 du football. Scaneditons. ISBN 2-209-06811-8.
External links
- 1992–93 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1992–93 UEFA Champions League (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
- 1992/93 UEFA Champions League - results and line-ups (archive)
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