1992–93 UEFA Champions League

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1992–93 UEFA Champions League
The final was played at the Olympiastadion in Munich.
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
19 August – 2 September 1992
Competition proper:
16 September 1992 – 26 May 1993
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 36
Final positions
ChampionsFrance Marseille (1st title)
Runners-upItaly Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played74
Goals scored194 (2.62 per match)
Attendance1,896,787 (25,632 per match)
Top scorer(s)Romário (PSV Eindhoven)
7 goals
← 1991–92 (European Cup)

The 1992–93 UEFA Champions League, originally known as the 1992–93 European Cup, was the 38th European Cup, the premier European club football tournament, and the first season with the UEFA Champions League branding (originally adopted only in the group stage).[1]

It was the second season of the competition in which the eight second round winners would be split into two groups, with the winner of each one meeting in the final. In addition, a preliminary round was required as this was the first season after the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, resulting in many 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, becoming the first French team to win the European Cup/Champions League.

However, soon after Marseille's victory allegations of match fixing were levelled at them and their president Bernard Tapie. This involved a league game that took place 6 days before the final where Marseille, it emerged, had fixed their title-clinching Division 1 game against Valenciennes so they could concentrate on the final against Milan. It is believed that Tapie bribed Valenciennes to lose so that Marseille would win the French league earlier, and above all that they would not injure the Marseille players before the final against Milan. Before the 1991 European Cup final against Red Star Belgrade, Marseille had a few injured players, Tapie did not want to repeat this mistake. 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. During the 1995 trial over Marseille's financial accounts, it was revealed that they had an annual budget of Fr5 million (about €760,000) dedicated to the purchase of matches from 1989 to 1993. UEFA, along with the French Federation and French authorities, investigated several Marseille matches during the 1992–93 season. These investigations have not established any formal proof concerning alleged match-fixing in the Champions League. Therefore, Marseille's status as 1993 European champion was not affected.[2]

Barcelona, the defending champions, were eliminated in the second round by CSKA Moscow.

Teams

In total, 36 national champions participated in 1992–93 UEFA Champions League season. The 8 lowest-ranked champions according to the 1992 club seeding coefficients entered in the preliminary round, while the 28 best-ranked champions entered in the first round.

Distribution

Round Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from the previous round
Preliminary round
(8 teams)
  • 8 champions ranked 29–36 by seeding coefficient
First round
(32 teams)
  • 28 champions ranked 1–28 by seeding coefficient (including title holders)
  • 4 winners from the qualifying round
Second round
(16 teams)
  • 16 winners from the first round
Group stage
(8 teams)
  • 8 winners from the second round
Final
(2 teams)
  • 2 group winners from the group stage

Since the title holders (Barcelona) qualified via their domestic league, the title holder spot was vacated and the following changes to the default access list were made:

  • The champions ranked 27th and 28th (APOEL and Union Luxembourg) were promoted from the preliminary round to the first round.

Ranking

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Location of teams of the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League.
Purple: Eliminated in the preliminary round; Yellow: Eliminated in the first round; Orange: Eliminated in the second round; Red: Qualified for group stage.

The teams were ranked according to their 1992 UEFA seeding coefficients, which took into account performances in European competitions from 1987–88 to 1991–92. Each club and national association had a seeding coefficient calculated (total points divided by total matches), with both values added together to determine the club's final coefficient. This ranking then determined the round each team would enter.[3][4]

Qualified teams for 1992–93 UEFA Champions League (by ranking)
Rank Association Team Coeff.
First round
3  Spain Barcelona (1st)TH 2.974
1  France Marseille (1st) 3.116
2  Italy Milan (1st) 3.052
4  Germany VfB Stuttgart (1st) 2.710
5  Belgium Club Brugge (1st) 2.594
6  Portugal Porto (1st) 2.476
7  Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (1st) 2.412
8  Poland Lech Poznań (1st) 2.339
9  Romania Dinamo București (1st) 2.323
10  Scotland Rangers (1st) 2.287
11  Russia CSKA Moscow (1st) 2.116
12  Sweden IFK Göteborg (1st) 2.080
13  Austria Austria Wien (1st) 2.029
14  Switzerland Sion (1st) 1.993
15  Greece AEK Athens (1st) 1.974
16  Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava (1st) 1.777
17  Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (1st) 1.687
18  Hungary Ferencváros (1st) 1.618
19  Denmark Lyngby (1st) 1.431
20  Turkey Beşiktaş (1st) 1.375
21  England Leeds United (1st) 1.371
22  Finland Kuusysi (1st) 1.160
23  Northern Ireland Glentoran (1st) 0.833
24  Lithuania Žalgiris (1st) 0.666
25  Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík (1st) 0.468
26  Norway Viking (1st) 0.433
27  Cyprus APOEL (1st) 0.352
28  Luxembourg Union Luxembourg (1st) 0.291
Preliminary round
29  Republic of Ireland Shelbourne (1st) 0.269
30  Malta Valletta (1st) 0.200
31  Faroe Islands KÍ (1st) 0.000
 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st) 0.000
 Estonia Norma Tallinn (1st) 0.000
 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana (1st) 0.000
 Latvia Skonto (1st) 0.000
 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol (1st) 0.000
Associations without a participating team

Notes

  1. ^
    Albania (ALB): Albanian clubs were excluded from European competitions for the 1992–93 season, after the political situation in Albania collapsed and the national team could not complete the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying. Vllaznia would have qualified as champions of the 1991–92 Albanian National Championship.
  2. ^
    FR Yugoslavia (YUG): 1991–92 Yugoslav First League champions Red Star Belgrade were not admitted as a result of UN economic sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia.

Round and draw dates

All draws for the competition were held in Geneva, Switzerland.[5]

Schedule for 1992–93 UEFA Champions League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 15 July 1992 19 August 1992 2 September 1992
First round[a] 16 September 1992 30 September 1992
Second round 2 October 1992 21 October 1992 4 November 1992
Group stage Matchday 1 6 November 1992 25 November 1992
Matchday 2 9 December 1992
Matchday 3 3 March 1993
Matchday 4 17 March 1993
Matchday 5 7 April 1993
Matchday 6 21 April 1993
Final 26 May 1993 at Olympiastadion, Munich
  1. ^ An additional play-off match for the first round was held on 9 October 1992.

Preliminary round

Main article: 1992–93 UEFA Champions League preliminary round

The first legs were played on 19 August, and the second legs on 2 September 1992.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland1–2Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol0–01–2
Valletta Malta1–3Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv1–20–1
KÍ Faroe Islands1–6Latvia Skonto1–30–3
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia5–0Estonia Norma Tallinn3–02–0

First round

Main article: 1992–93 UEFA Champions League first round

The first legs were played on 16 September, and the second legs on 30 September 1992. An additional play-off was held on 9 October.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd legPlay-off
IFK Göteborg Sweden3–2Turkey Beşiktaş2–01–2
Lech Poznań Poland2–0Latvia Skonto2–00–0
Rangers Scotland3–0Denmark Lyngby2–01–0
VfB Stuttgart Germany4–5[a]England Leeds United3–00–3[a]1–2
Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia4–1Hungary Ferencváros4–10–0
Milan Italy7–0Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana4–03–0
Kuusysi Finland1–2Romania Dinamo București1–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Glentoran Northern Ireland0–8France Marseille0–50–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel0–4Belgium Club Brugge0–10–3
Austria Wien Austria5–4Bulgaria CSKA Sofia3–12–3
Sion Switzerland7–2Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol4–13–1
Union Luxembourg Luxembourg1–9Portugal Porto1–40–5
AEK Athens Greece3–3 (a)Cyprus APOEL1–12–2
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands8–0Lithuania Žalgiris6–02–0
Víkingur Reykjavík Iceland2–5Russia CSKA Moscow0–12–4
Barcelona Spain1–0Norway Viking1–00–0
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The second leg originally finished as a 4–1 win for Leeds United (thus 4–4 on aggregate, with VfB Stuttgart winning on away goals). The match was later awarded as a 3–0 victory for Leeds due to Stuttgart's illegal use of foreign players, resulting in a 3–3 aggregate score and a play-off being ordered to determine the winner.

Second round

Main article: 1992–93 UEFA Champions League second round

The first legs were played on 21 October, and the second legs on 4 November 1992.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
IFK Göteborg Sweden4–0Poland Lech Poznań1–03–0
Rangers Scotland4–2England Leeds United2–12–1
Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia0–5Italy Milan0–10–4
Dinamo București Romania0–2France Marseille0–00–2
Club Brugge Belgium3–3 (a)Austria Austria Wien2–01–3
Sion Switzerland2–6Portugal Porto2–20–4
AEK Athens Greece1–3Netherlands PSV Eindhoven1–00–3
CSKA Moscow Russia4–3Spain Barcelona1–13–2

Group stage

Main article: 1992–93 UEFA Champions League group stage
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Location of teams of the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B

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

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAR RAN BRU CSKA
1 France Marseille 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9 Advance to final — 1–1 3–0 6–0
2 Scotland Rangers 6 2 4 0 7 5 +2 8 2–2 — 2–1 0–0
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 5 0–1 1–1 — 1–0
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2 1–1 0–1 1–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL GOT POR PSV
1 Italy Milan 6 6 0 0 11 1 +10 12 Advance to final — 4–0 1–0 2–0
2 Sweden IFK Göteborg 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 6 0–1 — 1–0 3–0
3 Portugal Porto 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 5 0–1 2–0 — 2–2
4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1 1–2 1–3 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Final

Main article: 1993 UEFA Champions League final

The final was played on 26 May 1993 at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany.

Marseille France1–0Italy Milan
  • Boli 44'
 Report
Attendance: 64,444[6]

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Brazil Romário Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 7
2 Netherlands Marco van Basten Italy Milan 6
France Franck Sauzée France Marseille 6
Croatia Alen Bokšić France Marseille 6
5 Sweden Johnny Ekström Sweden IFK Göteborg 5
6 Italy Marco Simone Italy Milan 4
Belgium Gert Verheyen Belgium Club Brugge 4
Brazil Zé Carlos Portugal Porto 4
Bulgaria Emil Kostadinov Portugal Porto 4
Brazil Túlio Switzerland Sion 4

See also

References

  1. ^ Thibert, Jacques (1993). L'album 93 du football. Scaneditons. ISBN 2-209-06811-8.
  2. ^ Adams, Tom (10 March 2011). "The shame of Marseille". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Seeding for the European Cups (from 1979/80): 1992/93". Pawel Mogielnicki. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Remarks to the UEFA tables". Pawel Mogielnicki. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Meetings and Events". Bulletin officiel de l'UEFA. No. 140. Union of European Football Associations. September 1992. p. 33.
  6. ^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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