1993–94 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea

1993–94 season

Chairman

Ken Bates

Manager

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League: Stein (13)
All: Stein/Peacock (14)

Average home league attendance

19,416

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 1992–93

1994–95 →

During the 1993–94 English football season, Chelsea F.C. competed in the second season of the FA Premier League.

Season summary

The appointment of Glenn Hoddle as Chelsea's new player-manager was awaited with much optimism for the new season, as previous managers had not been able to secure anything better than mid-table finishes in the three previous seasons. However, as the 1993-94 season lagged away, it looked as though Hoddle's appointment had done little to boost Chelsea's mediocre fortunes as they hovered around the middle of the Premier League. In the end, they finished 14th - three places lower than last season, but an appearance in the FA Cup final meant that they would be qualifying for the European Cup Winners' Cup whether they won or not, as their opponents Manchester United had already won the Premier League title and qualified for the European Cup.

As the players entered the dressing rooms for half-time at Wembley, the scoreline was 0-0, but Chelsea's dream was shattered in the second half as United scored four goals to win 4-0, but at least Chelsea would be playing in Europe next season for the first time in over 20 years. The wait for a major trophy, however, entered its 24th season.

Striker Mark Stein was added to the squad in mid-season, and quickly proved himself to be a competent Premier League goalscorer after impressing in the lower leagues. Pre-season signings Gavin Peacock was also impressive.

Hoddle bolstered his squad for 1994-95 by signing David Rocastle from Manchester City in a bid to strengthen the midfield following Andy Townsend's mid-season move to Aston Villa.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester United (C)	42	27	11	4	80	38	+42	92	UEFA Champions League 1994–95 Group stage
2	Blackburn Rovers	42	25	9	8	63	36	+27	84	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
3	Newcastle United	42	23	8	11	82	41	+41	77	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
4	Arsenal	42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round¹
5	Leeds United	42	18	16	8	65	39	+26	70
6	Wimbledon	42	18	11	13	56	53	+3	65
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	16	10	76	54	+22	64
8	Liverpool	42	17	9	16	59	55	+4	60
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	12	14	62	61	+1	60
10	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	46	50	−4	57	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round²
11	Coventry City	42	14	14	14	43	45	−2	56
12	Norwich City	42	12	17	13	65	61	+4	53
13	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	47	58	−11	52
14	Chelsea	42	13	12	17	49	53	−4	51	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round³
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	12	19	54	59	−5	45
16	Manchester City	42	9	18	15	38	49	−11	45
17	Everton	42	12	8	22	42	63	−21	44
18	Southampton	42	12	7	23	49	66	−17	43
19	Ipswich Town	42	9	16	17	35	58	−23	43
20	Sheffield United (R)	42	8	18	16	42	60	−18	42	Relegated to Football League First Division 1994–95
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	42	9	13	20	42	68	−26	40
22	Swindon Town (R)	42	5	15	22	47	100	−53	30

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

¹ Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions

² Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

³ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up

P = Games Played; W = Games Won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals For; A = Goals Against; Pts = Points

Results

Chelsea's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–2	29,189	Peacock
17 August 1993	Wimbledon	A	1–1	11,083	Wise
21 August 1993	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	17,582
25 August 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	20,191	Peacock, Cascarino
28 August 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	16,652	Lee
1 September 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	27,567	Cascarino
11 September 1993	Manchester United	H	1–0	37,064	Peacock
18 September 1993	Coventry City	A	1–1	13,660	Peacock
25 September 1993	Liverpool	H	1–0	31,721	Shipperley
2 October 1993	West Ham United	A	0–1	18,917
16 October 1993	Norwich City	H	1–2	16,923	Peacock
23 October 1993	Aston Villa	A	0–1	29,706
30 October 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	0–1	15,372
6 November 1993	Leeds United	A	1–4	35,022	Shipperley
20 November 1993	Arsenal	H	0–2	26,839
22 November 1993	Manchester City	H	0–0	10,128
27 November 1993	Sheffield United	A	0–1	16,119
5 December 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	15,736
11 December 1993	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	12,508	Peacock
27 December 1993	Southampton	A	1–3	14,221	Stein
28 December 1993	Newcastle United	H	1–0	22,133	Stein
1 January 1994	Swindon Town	A	3–1	16,456	Shipperley, Wise, Stein
3 January 1994	Everton	H	4–2	18,338	Shipperley, Burley, Stein (2, 1 pen)
15 January 1994	Norwich City	A	1–1	19,472	Stein
22 January 1994	Aston Villa	H	1–1	18,341	Stein
5 February 1994	Everton	A	2–4	18,821	Stein (2)
12 February 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	12,022	Spencer
27 February 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	4–3	16,807	Spencer, Stein (2, 1 pen), Donaghy
5 March 1994	Manchester United	A	1–0	44,745	Peacock
16 March 1994	Wimbledon	H	2–0	11,903	Burley, Fashanu (own goal)
19 March 1994	Liverpool	A	1–2	38,629	Burley
26 March 1994	West Ham United	H	2–0	20,003	Barnard, Hoddle
30 March 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–3	20,433	Spencer
2 April 1994	Southampton	H	2–0	19,801	Johnsen, Spencer
4 April 1994	Newcastle United	A	0–0	32,216
13 April 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	15,735	Wise
16 April 1994	Arsenal	A	0–1	34,314
23 April 1994	Leeds United	H	1–1	18,544	Spencer
27 April 1994	Swindon Town	H	2–0	11,180	Peacock, Wise (pen)
30 April 1994	Manchester City	A	2–2	33,594	Fleck, Cascarino
4 May 1994	Coventry City	H	1–2	8,923	Cascarino
7 May 1994	Sheffield United	H	3–2	21,782	Stein (2), Kjeldbjerg

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Barnet	A	0–0^[2]⁴	23,200
R3R	19 January 1994	Barnet	H	4–0	16,209	Burley, Peacock, Shipperley, Stein
R4	29 January 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	26,094	Peacock
R4R	9 February 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–1	26,144	Spencer, Burley, Peacock
R5	19 February 1994	Oxford United	A	2–1	10,787	Spencer, Burley
QF	13 March 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	29,340	Peacock
SF	9 April 1994	Luton Town	N	2–0	59,989	Peacock (2)
F	14 May 1994	Manchester United	N	0–4	79,634

⁴ Barnet's home tie against Chelsea was switched to Stamford Bridge under police advice and instruction from Barnet.

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	22 September 1993	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	14,919	Shipperley
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1993	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1 (won 3-2 on agg)	11,959	Wise (2)
R3	26 October 1993	Manchester City	A	0–1	16,713

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dmitri Kharine
2	DF	Darren Barnard^[4]
3	DF	Andy Myers
4	DF	David Lee
5	DF	Erland Johnsen
6	DF	Frank Sinclair^[5]
7	FW	John Spencer
8	MF	Damian Matthew
9	FW	Tony Cascarino^[6]
10	MF	Gavin Peacock
11	MF	Dennis Wise (captain)
12	DF	Steve Clarke
13	GK	Kevin Hitchcock
14	DF	Gareth Hall^[7]
15	DF	Mal Donaghy
16	FW	Robert Fleck
17	MF	Nigel Spackman

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Eddie Newton
19	FW	Neil Shipperley
20	MF	Glenn Hoddle (player–manager)
21	FW	Mark Stein
22	DF	Paul Elliott
24	MF	Craig Burley
26	DF	Andy Dow
27	MF	David Hopkin
28	DF	Michael Duberry
29	DF	Anthony Barness
30	GK	Nick Colgan
31	FW	Zeke Rowe
32	MF	Muzzy Izzet^[8]
33	DF	Terry Skiverton
34	DF	Craig Norman
35	DF	Jakob Kjeldbjerg

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
23		GK	Dave Beasant (to Southampton)
25		DF	Ian Pearce (to Blackburn Rovers)

No.		Position	Player
28		DF	Steve Livingstone (to Grimsby Town)

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/chelsea/1993-1994
↑ http://famouscfc.com/2012/05/04/chelsea-fc-a-brief-history-1994-fa-cup-run/
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/chelsea.htm
↑ Barnard was born in Rinteln, West Germany (now Germany).
↑ Sinclair was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally.
↑ Cascarino was born in Bromley, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his maternal grandfather. It was later discovered that his mother was adopted and he could not qualify through his grandfather, but was still eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland as his mother's adoption gave her Irish citizenship.
↑ Hall was born in Croydon, England.
↑ Izzet was born in Tower Hamlets, England, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally.

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