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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 AC Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played82
Goals scored195 (2.38 per match)
Attendance1,896,787 (23,132 per match)
Top scorer(s)Romário (PSV Eindhoven)
7 goals
← 1991–92 (European Cup)

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).

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 AC Milan in the final, becoming the first and as of 2023 only 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. The UEFA, along with the French Federation (FFF) and France 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. Barcelona, the defending champions, were eliminated in the second round by CSKA Moscow.

Teams

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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.
First round
Spain Barcelona (1st)TH France Marseille (1st) Italy Milan (1st) Germany Stuttgart (1st)
Belgium Club Brugge (1st) Portugal Porto (1st) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (1st) Poland Lech Poznań (1st)
Romania Dinamo București (1st) Scotland Rangers (1st) Russia CSKA Moscow (1st) Sweden IFK Göteborg (1st)
Austria Austria Wien (1st) Switzerland Sion (1st) Greece AEK Athens (1st) Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava (1st)
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (1st) Hungary Ferencváros (1st) Denmark Lyngby (1st) Turkey Beşiktaş (1st)
England Leeds United (1st) Finland Kuusysi (1st) Northern Ireland Glentoran (1st) Lithuania Žalgiris (1st)[Note LTU]
Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík (1st) Norway Viking (1st) Cyprus APOEL (1st) Luxembourg Union Luxembourg (1st)
Preliminary round
Republic of Ireland Shelbourne (1st) Malta Valletta (1st) Faroe Islands KÍ (1st) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)
Estonia Norma Tallinn (1st) Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana (1st) Latvia Skonto (1st) Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol (1st)
  • ^
    Lithuania: Žalgiris had been banned from the 1990-91 UEFA Cup when they left the 1990 Soviet Top League. Following this season agreement between UEFA and CIS instead, Ukrainian clubs were confirmed in European football despite they seceded to their own championship. As a partial compensation, UEFA gave a bye to Žalgiris despite coming from a new affiliated country, and Shelbourne was involved instead.

    • 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 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Shelbourne Republic of Ireland 1–2 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol 0–0 1–2
    Valletta Malta 1–3 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 0–1
    KÍ Faroe Islands 1–6 Latvia Skonto 1–3 0–3
    Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 5–0 Estonia Norma Tallinn 3–0 2–0

    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 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
    IFK Göteborg Sweden 3–2 Turkey Beşiktaş 2–0 1–2
    Lech Poznań Poland 2–0 Latvia Skonto 2–0 0–0
    Rangers Scotland 3–0 Denmark Lyngby 2–0 1–0
    VfB Stuttgart Germany 4–5[A] England Leeds United 3–0 0–3[A] 1–2
    Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia 4–1 Hungary Ferencváros 4–1 0–0
    Milan Italy 7–0 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 4–0 3–0
    Kuusysi Finland 1–2 Romania Dinamo București 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
    Glentoran Northern Ireland 0–8 France Marseille 0–5 0–3
    Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 0–4 Belgium Club Brugge 0–1 0–3
    Austria Wien Austria 5–4 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 3–1 2–3
    Sion Switzerland 7–2 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol 4–1 3–1
    Union Luxembourg Luxembourg 1–9 Portugal Porto 1–4 0–5
    AEK Athens Greece 3–3 (a) Cyprus APOEL 1–1 2–2
    PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 8–0 Lithuania Žalgiris 6–0 2–0
    Víkingur Reykjavík Iceland 2–5 Russia CSKA Moscow 0–1 2–4
    Barcelona Spain 1–0 Norway Viking 1–0 0–0
    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 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    IFK Göteborg Sweden 4–0 Poland Lech Poznań 1–0 3–0
    Rangers Scotland 4–2 England Leeds United 2–1 2–1
    Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia 0–5 Italy Milan 0–1 0–4
    Dinamo București Romania 0–2 France Marseille 0–0 0–2
    Club Brugge Belgium 3–3 (a) Austria Austria Wien 2–0 1–3
    Sion Switzerland 2–6 Portugal Porto 2–2 0–4
    AEK Athens Greece 1–3 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–0 0–3
    CSKA Moscow Russia 4–3 Spain Barcelona 1–1 3–2

    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
    Marseille France1–0Italy Milan
    Boli 44' Report
    Attendance: 64,444

    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

    Notes

    References

    • Thibert, Jacques (1993). L'album 93 du football. Scaneditons. ISBN 2-209-06811-8.
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