1992–93 UEFA Champions League
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 branding (originally adopted only in the group stage).
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Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 82 |
Goals scored | 195 (2.38 per match) |
Attendance | 1,896,743 (23,131 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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. On May 26, 1993, Marseille became the first French team to win the Champions League and the only one still today, giving birth to a slogan among supporters « À jamais les premiers » (Forever the first). 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 do not injure the Marseille players before the Final against Milan. Before the 1991 European Cup final against the 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. The UEFA, along with the French Federation (FFF) and France authorities, investigated several Marseille matches during the 1992-1993 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. Barcelona, the defending champions, were eliminated in the second round by CSKA Moscow.
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Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Shelbourne ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–2 |
Valletta ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–1 |
KÍ ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–3 |
Olimpija Ljubljana ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 2–0 |
First leg
Olimpija Ljubljana ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Ubavič ![]() Topič ![]() Vrabac ![]() |
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Second leg
Tavriya Simferopol ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Shevchenko ![]() Sheykhametov ![]() |
Report | Dully ![]() |
Tavriya Simferopol won 2–1 on aggregate.
Maccabi Tel Aviv ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Melika ![]() |
Report |
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–1 on aggregate.
Skonto won 6–1 on aggregate.
Norma Tallinn ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Zulič ![]() Djuranovič ![]() |
Olimpija Ljubljana won 5–0 on aggregate.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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IFK Göteborg ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–2 |
Lech Poznań ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–0 |
Rangers ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–0 |
Stuttgart ![]() |
3–3 (1–2) [notes 1] | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–3 |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
4–1 | 0–0 |
Milan ![]() |
7–0 | ![]() |
4–0 | 3–0 |
Kuusysi ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
Glentoran ![]() |
0–8 | ![]() |
0–5 | 0–3 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–3 |
Austria Wien ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
3–1 | 2–3 |
Sion ![]() |
7–2 | ![]() |
4–1 | 3–1 |
Union Luxembourg ![]() |
1–9 | ![]() |
1–4 | 0–5 |
AEK Athens ![]() |
3–3 (a) | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–2 |
PSV Eindhoven ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
6–0 | 2–0 |
Víkingur ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
0–1 | 2–4 |
Barcelona ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Notes:
- Following a 3–0 win at home and a 4–1 defeat away, Stuttgart was originally deemed to have won on away goals with the scores level at 4–4 on aggregate. After video footage of the second leg was reviewed, it was discovered Stuttgart had fielded more than the allowed maximum of three foreign players, meaning the match was awarded to Leeds United with a score of 3–0, making it 3–3 on aggregate with zero difference on away goals. A play-off match in Barcelona was ordered, which Leeds won 2–1.
First leg
IFK Göteborg ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Eskelinen ![]() Ekström ![]() |
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Stuttgart ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Walter ![]() Buck ![]() |
Report |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Gostič ![]() Dubovský ![]() Moravec ![]() |
Report | Lipcsei ![]() |
Milan ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Van Basten ![]() Albertini ![]() Papin ![]() |
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Kuusysi ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Rinne ![]() |
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Maccabi Tel Aviv ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Staelens ![]() |
Austria Wien ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Hasenhüttl ![]() Fridrikas ![]() Kogler ![]() |
Report | Shishkov ![]() |
Sion ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Hottiger ![]() Túlio ![]() Roberto Assis ![]() |
Report | Shevchenko ![]() |
AEK Athens ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Alexandris ![]() |
Report | Hadjiloukas ![]() |
PSV Eindhoven ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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E. Koeman ![]() Ellerman ![]() Kieft ![]() Numan ![]() |
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Víkingur ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Karsakov ![]() |
Second leg
IFK Göteborg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Skonto ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Lech Poznań won 2–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 3–0 on aggregate.
Leeds United ![]() | 4–1 (3–0, match forfeited) | ![]() |
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Speed ![]() McAllister ![]() Cantona ![]() Chapman ![]() |
Report | Buck ![]() |
Stuttgart 3–3 Leeds United on aggregate.
- Play-off
Slovan Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.
Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo București ![]() | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Gerstenmájer ![]() Demollari ![]() |
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Dinamo București won 2–1 on aggregate.
Marseille won 8–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Staelens ![]() Verheyen ![]() |
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Club Brugge won 4–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Metkov ![]() Andonov ![]() Draganov ![]() |
Report | Flögel ![]() Ivanauskas ![]() |
Austria Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.
Tavriya Simferopol ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Shevchenko ![]() |
Report | Túlio ![]() Herr ![]() |
Sion won 7–2 on aggregate.
Porto ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Kostadinov ![]() Toni ![]() Zé Carlos ![]() |
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Porto won 9–1 on aggregate.
APOEL ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Gogić ![]() Fasouliotis ![]() |
Report | Šabanadžović ![]() Alexandris ![]() |
3–3 on aggregate. AEK Athens won on away goals.
FK Žalgiris ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Numan ![]() Romário ![]() |
PSV Eindhoven won 8–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Moscow ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Sergeyev ![]() Karsakov ![]() Grishin ![]() Kolesnikov ![]() |
Report | Einarsson ![]() Steinsson ![]() |
CSKA Moscow won 5–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 1–0 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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IFK Göteborg ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 |
Rangers ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–4 |
Dinamo București ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–2 |
Club Brugge ![]() |
3–3 (a) | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–3 |
Sion ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
2–2 | 0–4 |
AEK Athens ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–3 |
CSKA Moscow ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–2 |
First leg
IFK Göteborg ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Bengtsson ![]() |
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Rangers ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Lukic ![]() McCoist ![]() |
Report | McAllister ![]() |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Maldini ![]() |
Club Brugge ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Verheyen ![]() Booy ![]() |
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Sion ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Orlando ![]() Roberto Assis ![]() |
Report | Kostadinov ![]() F. Couto ![]() |
AEK Athens ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Dimitriadis ![]() |
Report |
CSKA Moscow ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Grishin ![]() |
Report | Begiristain ![]() |
Second leg
Lech Poznań ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Ekström ![]() Nilsson ![]() Mild ![]() |
IFK Göteborg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 4–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.
Marseille ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Bokšić ![]() |
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Marseille won 2–0 on aggregate.
Austria Wien ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Zsak ![]() Fridrikas ![]() Hasenhüttl ![]() |
Report | Van Der Heyden ![]() |
3–3 on aggregate. Club Brugge won on away goals.
Porto ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Jorge Costa ![]() Kostadinov ![]() Domingos ![]() Magalhães ![]() |
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Porto won 6–2 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Romário ![]() |
Report |
PSV Eindhoven won 3–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Nadal ![]() Begiristain ![]() |
Report | Bushmanov ![]() Mashkarin ![]() Karsakov ![]() |
CSKA Moscow won 4–3 on aggregate.
Group stage
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.
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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References
- "Shelbourne v. Tavriya match report" (in Russian). Kopanyi-Myach.info. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- 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)