1993–94 Chelsea F.C. season

During the 1993–94 English football season, Chelsea F.C. competed in the second season of the FA Premier League.

Chelsea

1993–94 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Glenn Hoddle
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
FA Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Stein (13) All: Stein/Peacock (14)
Average home league attendance	19,416
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Season summary

The appointment of Glenn Hoddle as Chelsea's new player-manager was awaited with much optimism for the new season, as previous managers had not been able to secure anything better than mid-table finishes in the three previous seasons. However, as the 1993–94 season lagged away, it looked as though Hoddle's appointment had done little to boost Chelsea's mediocre fortunes as they hovered around the middle of the Premier League. In the end, they finished 14th - three places lower than last season, but an appearance in the FA Cup final meant that they would be qualifying for the European Cup Winners' Cup whether they won or not, as their opponents Manchester United had already won the Premier League title and qualified for the European Cup.

As the players entered the dressing rooms for half-time at Wembley, the scoreline was 0–0, but Chelsea's dream was shattered in the second half as United scored four goals to win 4–0, but at least Chelsea would be playing in Europe next season for the first time in over 20 years. The wait for a major trophy, however, entered its 24th season.

Striker Mark Stein was added to the squad in mid-season, and quickly proved himself to be a competent Premier League goalscorer after impressing in the lower leagues. Pre-season signings Gavin Peacock was also impressive.

Hoddle bolstered his squad for 1994–95 by signing David Rocastle from Manchester City in a bid to strengthen the midfield following Andy Townsend's mid-season move to Aston Villa.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Norwich City	42	12	17	13	65	61	+4	53
13	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	47	58	−11	52
14	Chelsea	42	13	12	17	49	53	−4	51	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	12	19	54	59	−5	45
16	Manchester City	42	9	18	15	38	49	−11	45

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League.

Results

Chelsea's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–2	29,189	Peacock
17 August 1993	Wimbledon	A	1–1	11,083	Wise
21 August 1993	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	17,582
25 August 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	20,191	Peacock, Cascarino
28 August 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	16,652	Lee
1 September 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	27,567	Cascarino
11 September 1993	Manchester United	H	1–0	37,064	Peacock
18 September 1993	Coventry City	A	1–1	13,660	Peacock
25 September 1993	Liverpool	H	1–0	31,721	Shipperley
2 October 1993	West Ham United	A	0–1	18,917
16 October 1993	Norwich City	H	1–2	16,923	Peacock
23 October 1993	Aston Villa	A	0–1	29,706
30 October 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	0–1	15,372
6 November 1993	Leeds United	A	1–4	35,022	Shipperley
20 November 1993	Arsenal	H	0–2	26,839
22 November 1993	Manchester City	H	0–0	10,128
27 November 1993	Sheffield United	A	0–1	16,119
5 December 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	15,736
11 December 1993	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	12,508	Peacock
27 December 1993	Southampton	A	1–3	14,221	Stein
28 December 1993	Newcastle United	H	1–0	22,133	Stein
1 January 1994	Swindon Town	A	3–1	16,456	Shipperley, Wise, Stein
3 January 1994	Everton	H	4–2	18,338	Shipperley, Burley, Stein (2, 1 pen)
15 January 1994	Norwich City	A	1–1	19,472	Stein
22 January 1994	Aston Villa	H	1–1	18,341	Stein
5 February 1994	Everton	A	2–4	18,821	Stein (2)
12 February 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	12,022	Spencer
27 February 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	4–3	16,807	Spencer, Stein (2, 1 pen), Donaghy
5 March 1994	Manchester United	A	1–0	44,745	Peacock
16 March 1994	Wimbledon	H	2–0	11,903	Burley, Fashanu (own goal)
19 March 1994	Liverpool	A	1–2	38,629	Burley
26 March 1994	West Ham United	H	2–0	20,003	Barnard, Hoddle
30 March 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–3	20,433	Spencer
2 April 1994	Southampton	H	2–0	19,801	Johnsen, Spencer
4 April 1994	Newcastle United	A	0–0	32,216
13 April 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	15,735	Wise
16 April 1994	Arsenal	A	0–1	34,314
23 April 1994	Leeds United	H	1–1	18,544	Spencer
27 April 1994	Swindon Town	H	2–0	11,180	Peacock, Wise (pen)
30 April 1994	Manchester City	A	2–2	33,594	Fleck, Cascarino
4 May 1994	Coventry City	H	1–2	8,923	Cascarino
7 May 1994	Sheffield United	H	3–2	21,782	Stein (2), Kjeldbjerg

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Barnet	A	0–0^[2]^4	23,200
R3R	19 January 1994	Barnet	H	4–0	16,209	Burley, Peacock, Shipperley, Stein
R4	29 January 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	26,094	Peacock
R4R	9 February 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–1	26,144	Spencer, Burley, Peacock
R5	19 February 1994	Oxford United	A	2–1	10,787	Spencer, Burley
QF	13 March 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	29,340	Peacock
SF	9 April 1994	Luton Town	N	2–0	59,989	Peacock (2)
F	14 May 1994	Manchester United	N	0–4	79,634

⁴ Barnet's home tie against Chelsea was switched to Stamford Bridge under police advice and instruction from Barnet.

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	22 September 1993	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	14,919	Shipperley
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1993	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1 (won 3–2 on agg)	11,959	Wise (2)
R3	26 October 1993	Manchester City	A	0–1	16,713

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   RUS Dmitri Kharine 2 DF   WAL Darren Barnard^[4] 3 DF   ENG Andy Myers 4 DF   ENG David Lee 5 DF   NOR Erland Johnsen 6 DF   ENG Frank Sinclair^[5] 7 FW   SCO John Spencer 8 MF   ENG Damian Matthew 9 FW   IRL Tony Cascarino^[6] 10 MF   ENG Gavin Peacock 11 MF   ENG Dennis Wise (captain) 12 DF   SCO Steve Clarke 13 GK   ENG Kevin Hitchcock 14 DF   WAL Gareth Hall^[7] 15 DF   NIR Mal Donaghy 16 FW   SCO Robert Fleck 17 MF   ENG Nigel Spackman

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   ENG Eddie Newton 19 FW   ENG Neil Shipperley 20 MF   ENG Glenn Hoddle (player–manager) 21 FW   RSA Mark Stein 22 DF   ENG Paul Elliott 24 MF   SCO Craig Burley 26 DF   SCO Andy Dow 27 MF   SCO David Hopkin 28 DF   ENG Michael Duberry 29 DF   ENG Anthony Barness 30 GK   IRL Nick Colgan 31 FW   ENG Zeke Rowe 32 MF   ENG Muzzy Izzet^[8] 33 DF   ENG Terry Skiverton 34 DF   ENG Craig Norman 35 DF   DEN Jakob Kjeldbjerg

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK   ENG Dave Beasant (to Southampton) 25 DF   ENG Ian Pearce (to Blackburn Rovers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF   ENG Steve Livingstone (to Grimsby Town)

References

1. . Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
2. http://famouscfc.com/2012/05/04/chelsea-fc-a-brief-history-1994-fa-cup-run/^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "FootballSquads - Chelsea - 1993/94".
4. Barnard was born in Rinteln, West Germany (now Germany).
5. Sinclair was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally.
6. Cascarino was born in Bromley, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his maternal grandfather. It was later discovered that his mother was adopted and he could not qualify through his grandfather, but was still eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland as his mother's adoption gave her Irish citizenship.
7. Hall was born in Croydon, England.
8. Izzet was born in Tower Hamlets, England, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally.