1993–94 A.S. Roma season

Associazione Sportiva Roma continued to trundle in the bigger clubs' wake, being unable to challenge for any trophies, and once again missing out on European football. New president Franco Sensi had won the battle to get the vacancy against Luciano Gaucci, who departed the club in a customary fit of rage. Sensi appointed Carlo Mazzone as coach, but the defensive-minded Mazzone did not have an easy baptism at Roma, the squad drawing 15 out of 34 matches in the league, which rendered missing out on Napoli's sixth place that guaranteed the UEFA Cup by a solitary point.

Roma

1993–94 season
President	Franco Sensi
Manager	Carlo Mazzone
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	7th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Abel Balbo (12) All: Abel Balbo (12)

Players

Goalkeepers

• Fabrizio Lorieri
• Giovanni Cervone
• Andrea Pazzagli

Defenders

• Aldair
• Silvano Benedetti
• Andrea Borsa
• Amedeo Carboni
• Antonio Comi
• Gianluca Festa
• Luigi Garzya
• Gabriele Grossi
• Marco Lanna

Midfielders

• Daniele Berretta
• Walter Bonacina
• Giuseppe Giannini
• Thomas Häßler
• Siniša Mihajlović
• Giovanni Piacentini
• Alessio Scarchilli
• Marco Caputi
• Massimiliano Cappioli

Forwards

• Abel Balbo
• Claudio Caniggia
• Roberto Muzzi
• Ruggiero Rizzitelli
• Francesco Totti
• Walter Lapini

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	7th	29 August 1993	1 May 1994
Coppa Italia	Second round	Round of 16	7 October 1993	16 December 1993

Last updated: 1 May 1994

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Parma	34	17	7	10	50	35	+15	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup
6	Napoli	34	12	12	10	41	35	+6	36
7	Roma	34	10	15	9	35	30	+5	35
8	Torino	34	11	12	11	39	37	+2	34
9	Foggia	34	10	13	11	46	46	0	33

Source: 1993–94 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	15	9	35	30	+5	45	7	5	5	22	16	+6	3	10	4	13	14	−1

Last updated: 1 May 1994.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 1994. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 August 1993 1	Genoa	2–0	Roma	Genoa
	Lorenzini  42' Nappi  83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Fabio Baldas

5 September 1993 2	Roma	2–1	Juventus	Rome
	Balbo  34' Muzzi  81'	Report	Möller  78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gianni Beschin

8 September 1993 3	Udinese	0–0	Roma	Udine
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Marcello Nicchi

12 September 1993 4	Roma	2–3	Napoli	Rome
	Rizzitelli  45' Bonacina  54'	Report	Buso  25' Di Canio  51' Ferrara  67'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Marcello Cardona

19 September 1993 5	Milan	2–0	Roma	Milan
	Papin  45' Nava  70'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Piero Ceccarini

26 September 1993 6	Roma	2–1	Atalanta	Rome
	Balbo  53' Häßler  65'	Report	Ganz  45'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Loris Stafoggia

3 October 1993 7	Roma	1–2	Cremonese	Rome
	Benedetti  49'	Report	Dezotti  30' (pen.) Tentoni  74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

17 October 1993 8	Sampdoria	0–1	Roma	Genoa
		Report	Balbo  44'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pierluigi Collina

24 October 1993 9	Roma	1–1	Lazio	Rome
	Piacentini  60'	Report	Di Mauro  78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

31 October 1993 10	Reggiana	0–0	Roma	Reggio Emilia
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giglio Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

7 November 1993 11	Roma	0–0	Foggia	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luciano Luci

21 November 1993 12	Lecce	0–2	Roma	Lecce
		Report	Lanna  80' Balbo  88'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Angelo Amendolia

28 November 1993 13	Cagliari	1–1	Roma	Cagliari
	Oliveira  37'	Report	Häßler  73'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

5 December 1993 14	Roma	2–0	Parma	Rome
	Comi  18' Cappioli  74'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Fabio Baldas

12 December 1993 15	Piacenza	1–0	Roma	Piacenza
	Piovani  59'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Galleana Referee: Marcello Nicchi

19 December 1993 16	Roma	1–1	Internazionale	Rome
	Balbo  15'	Report	Sosa  70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Collina

2 January 1994 17	Torino	1–1	Roma	Turin
	Carbone  64'	Report	Giannini  55' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Graziano Cesari

9 January 1994 18	Roma	1–1	Genoa	Rome
	Cappioli  62'	Report	Skuhravý  39'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Piero Ceccarini

16 January 1994 19	Juventus	0–0	Roma	Turin
		Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Marcello Cardona

23 January 1994 20	Roma	0–2	Udinese	Rome
		Report	Pizzi  25' Branca  38'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

30 January 1994 21	Napoli	1–1	Roma	Naples
	Fonseca  90' (pen.)	Report	Balbo  58' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Graziano Cesari

6 February 1994 22	Roma	0–2	Milan	Rome
		Report	Massaro  11' Maldini  77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Angelo Amendolia

13 February 1994 23	Atalanta	1–1	Roma	Bergamo
	Saurini  79'	Report	Balbo  23'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

20 February 1994 24	Cremonese	1–1	Roma	Cremona
	Maspero  33' (pen.)	Report	Balbo  9'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Livio Bazzoli

27 February 1994 25	Roma	0–1	Sampdoria	Rome
		Report	Mancini  25'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

6 March 1994 26	Lazio	1–0	Roma	Rome
	Signori  6'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luciano Luci

13 March 1994 27	Roma	0–0	Reggiana	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

20 March 1994 28	Foggia	1–1	Roma	Foggia
	De Vincenzo  16'	Report	Giannini  74'	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

27 March 1994 29	Roma	3–0	Lecce	Rome
	Rizzitelli  21' Balbo  45' Cappioli  56'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

2 April 1994 30	Roma	2–0	Cagliari	Rome
	Rizzitelli  5' Balbo  63'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gianni Beschin

9 April 1994 31	Parma	0–2	Roma	Parma
		Report	Balbo  18' Festa  89'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Fabio Baldas

17 April 1994 32	Roma	3–1	Piacenza	Rome
	Rizzitelli  22' Carannante  26' (o.g.) Carboni  39'	Report	Iacobelli  45'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

23 April 1994 33	Internazionale	2–2	Roma	Milan
	Fontolan  22' Berti  70'	Report	Giannini  14' Cappioli  80'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Piero Ceccarini

1 May 1994 34	Roma	2–0	Torino	Rome
	Balbo  32' Cappioli  64'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luciano Luci

Coppa Italia

Second round

7 October 1993 First leg	Padova	1–1	Roma	Padua
	Simonetta  68'		Balbo  27'	Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Referee: Angelo Amendolia

27 October 1993 Second leg	Roma	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Padova	Rome
	Piacentini  28'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Round of 16

1 December 1993 First leg	Sampdoria	2–1	Roma	Genoa
	Lombardo  45' Salsano  75'		Benedetti  2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Luciano Luci

16 December 1993 Second leg	Roma	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (6–7 p)	Sampdoria	Rome
	Cappioli  6', 51'		Platt  39' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Loris Stafoggia
	Penalties
	Comi Cappioli Carboni Festa Giannini Bonacina Benedetti Garzya		Platt Gullit Evani Vierchowod Mancini Lombardo Amoruso Mannini

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Abel Balbo 12 (1)
• Ruggiero Rizzitelli 4
• Massimiliano Cappioli 4

References

1. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.