1992–93 UEFA Champions League

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

Country	Team
Austria	Austria Wien
Belgium	Club Brugge
Bulgaria	CSKA Sofia
Cyprus	APOEL
Czechoslovakia	Slovan Bratislava
Denmark	Lyngby
England	Leeds United
Estonia	Norma Tallinn
Faroe Islands	KÍ
Finland	Kuusysi
France	Marseille
Germany	Stuttgart
Greece	AEK Athens
Hungary	Ferencváros
Iceland	Víkingur Reykjavík
Israel	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Italy	Milan
Latvia	Skonto
Lithuania	Žalgiris Vilnius
Luxembourg	Union Luxembourg
Malta	Valletta
Netherlands	PSV Eindhoven
Northern Ireland	Glentoran
Norway	Viking
Poland	Lech Poznań
Portugal	Porto
Republic of Ireland	Shelbourne
Romania	Dinamo București
Russia	CSKA Moscow
Scotland	Rangers
Slovenia	Olimpija Ljubljana
Spain	Barcelona
Sweden	IFK Göteborg
Switzerland	Sion
Turkey	Beşiktaş
Ukraine	Tavriya Simferopol

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

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Second leg

Tavriya Simferopol won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Skonto won 6–1 on aggregate.

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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	3–3 (1–2) [notes 1]	Leeds United	3–0	0–3
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	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	CSKA Moscow	0–1	2–4
Barcelona	1–0	Viking	1–0	0–0

Notes:

1. ↑ 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

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Second leg

IFK Göteborg won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Lech Poznań won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Rangers won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Stuttgart 3–3 Leeds United on aggregate.

Play-off

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Slovan Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Bucureşti won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Marseille won 8–0 on aggregate.

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Club Brugge won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Austria Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Sion won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Porto won 9–1 on aggregate.

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3–3 on aggregate. AEK Athens won on away goals.

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PSV Eindhoven won 8–0 on aggregate.

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CSKA Moscow won 5–2 on aggregate.

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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

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Second leg

IFK Göteborg won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Rangers won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Marseille won 2–0 on aggregate.

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3–3 on aggregate. Club Brugge won on away goals.

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Porto won 6–2 on aggregate.

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PSV Eindhoven won 3–1 on aggregate.

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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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Marseille 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9 Rangers 6 2 4 0 7 5 +2 8 Club Brugge 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 5 CSKA Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2

CB CM OM RAN Club Brugge – 1–0 0–1 1–1 CSKA Moscow 1–2 – 1–1 0–1 Marseille 3–0 6–0 – 1–1 Rangers 2–1 0–0 2–2 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Milan 6 6 0 0 11 1 +10 12 IFK Göteborg 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 6 Porto 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 5 PSV Eindhoven 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1

GOT MIL POR PSV IFK Göteborg – 0–1 1–0 3–0 Milan 4–0 – 1–0 2–0 Porto 2–0 0–1 – 2–2 PSV Eindhoven 1–3 1–2 0–1 –

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

• 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup
• 1992–93 UEFA Cup

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)