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.
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.
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.
^ abThe Leeds United v Stuttgart second-leg match originally finished as a 4–1 win for Leeds United, with Stuttgart deemed to have won the tie on away goals after finishing 4–4 on aggregate. However, after the second leg it was discovered that Stuttgart had fielded more than the allowed maximum of three foreign players, resulting in the match being awarded as a 3–0 win for Leeds United. As a result, the tie finished 3–3 on aggregate and level on away goals, resulting in a play-off match being ordered at a neutral venue to decide the winner.
ReferencesEdit
Thibert, Jacques (1993). L'album 93 du football. Scaneditons. ISBN2-209-06811-8.
External linksEdit
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October 25, 2023
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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 1992 93 UEFA Champions LeagueThe final was played at the Olympiastadion in Munich Tournament detailsDatesQualifying 19 August 2 September 1992Competition proper 16 September 1992 26 May 1993TeamsCompetition proper 32Total 36Final positionsChampionsMarseille 1st title Runners upAC MilanTournament statisticsMatches played82Goals scored195 2 38 per match Attendance1 896 787 23 132 per match Top scorer s Romario PSV Eindhoven 7 goals 1991 92 European Cup 1993 94 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 Contents 1 Teams 2 Preliminary round 3 First round 4 Second round 5 Group stage 5 1 Group A 5 2 Group B 6 Final 7 Top goalscorers 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksTeams Edit nbsp nbsp Austria nbsp Brugge nbsp CSKA Sofia nbsp APOEL nbsp Lyngby nbsp Leeds United nbsp Barcelona nbsp Norma Tallinn nbsp Kuusysi nbsp Marseille nbsp KI nbsp Stuttgart nbsp AEK Athens nbsp Ferencvaros nbsp Shelbourne nbsp Vikingur Reykjavik nbsp M Tel Aviv nbsp Milan nbsp Zalgiris nbsp Union Luxembourg nbsp Skonto nbsp Valletta nbsp PSV nbsp Glentoran nbsp Viking nbsp Lech Poznan nbsp Porto nbsp Dinamo București nbsp CSKA Moscow nbsp Rangers nbsp Sion nbsp Slovan nbsp Olimpija Ljubljana nbsp Goteborg nbsp Besiktas nbsp Tavriya Simferopolclass notpageimage Location of teams of the 1992 93 UEFA Champions League nbsp Purple Eliminated in the preliminary round nbsp Yellow Eliminated in the first round nbsp Orange Eliminated in the second round nbsp Red Qualified for group stage First round nbsp Barcelona 1st TH nbsp Marseille 1st nbsp Milan 1st nbsp Stuttgart 1st nbsp Club Brugge 1st nbsp Porto 1st nbsp PSV Eindhoven 1st nbsp Lech Poznan 1st nbsp Dinamo București 1st nbsp Rangers 1st nbsp CSKA Moscow 1st nbsp IFK Goteborg 1st nbsp Austria Wien 1st nbsp Sion 1st nbsp AEK Athens 1st nbsp Slovan Bratislava 1st nbsp CSKA Sofia 1st nbsp Ferencvaros 1st nbsp Lyngby 1st nbsp Besiktas 1st nbsp Leeds United 1st nbsp Kuusysi 1st nbsp Glentoran 1st nbsp Zalgiris 1st nbsp Vikingur Reykjavik 1st nbsp Viking 1st nbsp APOEL 1st nbsp Union Luxembourg 1st Preliminary round nbsp Shelbourne 1st nbsp Valletta 1st nbsp KI 1st nbsp Maccabi Tel Aviv 1st nbsp Norma Tallinn 1st nbsp Olimpija Ljubljana 1st nbsp Skonto 1st nbsp Tavriya Simferopol 1st Preliminary round EditMain 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 legShelbourne nbsp 1 2 nbsp Tavriya Simferopol 0 0 1 2Valletta nbsp 1 3 nbsp Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 2 0 1KI nbsp 1 6 nbsp Skonto 1 3 0 3Olimpija Ljubljana nbsp 5 0 nbsp Norma Tallinn 3 0 2 0First round EditMain 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 offIFK Goteborg nbsp 3 2 nbsp Besiktas 2 0 1 2Lech Poznan nbsp 2 0 nbsp Skonto 2 0 0 0Rangers nbsp 3 0 nbsp Lyngby 2 0 1 0Stuttgart nbsp 4 5 note 1 nbsp Leeds United 3 0 0 3 note 1 1 2Slovan Bratislava nbsp 4 1 nbsp Ferencvaros 4 1 0 0Milan nbsp 7 0 nbsp Olimpija Ljubljana 4 0 3 0Kuusysi nbsp 1 2 nbsp Dinamo București 1 0 0 2 a e t Glentoran nbsp 0 8 nbsp Marseille 0 5 0 3Maccabi Tel Aviv nbsp 0 4 nbsp Club Brugge 0 1 0 3Austria Wien nbsp 5 4 nbsp CSKA Sofia 3 1 2 3Sion nbsp 7 2 nbsp Tavriya Simferopol 4 1 3 1Union Luxembourg nbsp 1 9 nbsp Porto 1 4 0 5AEK Athens nbsp 3 3 a nbsp APOEL 1 1 2 2PSV Eindhoven nbsp 8 0 nbsp Zalgiris 6 0 2 0Vikingur Reykjavik nbsp 2 5 nbsp CSKA Moscow 0 1 2 4Barcelona nbsp 1 0 nbsp Viking 1 0 0 0Second round EditMain 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 legIFK Goteborg nbsp 4 0 nbsp Lech Poznan 1 0 3 0Rangers nbsp 4 2 nbsp Leeds United 2 1 2 1Slovan Bratislava nbsp 0 5 nbsp Milan 0 1 0 4Dinamo București nbsp 0 2 nbsp Marseille 0 0 0 2Club Brugge nbsp 3 3 a nbsp Austria Wien 2 0 1 3Sion nbsp 2 6 nbsp Porto 2 2 0 4AEK Athens nbsp 1 3 nbsp PSV Eindhoven 1 0 0 3CSKA Moscow nbsp 4 3 nbsp Barcelona 1 1 3 2Group stage EditMain article 1992 93 UEFA Champions League group stage nbsp nbsp Brugge nbsp Marseille nbsp Milan nbsp PSV nbsp Porto nbsp CSKA Moscow nbsp Rangers nbsp Goteborgclass notpageimage Location of teams of the 1992 93 UEFA Champions League nbsp Brown Group A nbsp 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 Edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OM RAN CB CM1 nbsp Marseille 6 3 3 0 14 4 10 9 Advance to final 1 1 3 0 6 02 nbsp Rangers 6 2 4 0 7 5 2 8 2 2 2 1 0 03 nbsp Club Brugge 6 2 1 3 5 8 3 5 0 1 1 1 1 04 nbsp CSKA Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 11 9 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 Source UEFA Group B Edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL GOT POR PSV1 nbsp Milan 6 6 0 0 11 1 10 12 Advance to final 4 0 1 0 2 02 nbsp IFK Goteborg 6 3 0 3 7 8 1 6 0 1 1 0 3 03 nbsp Porto 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 5 0 1 2 0 2 24 nbsp PSV Eindhoven 6 0 1 5 4 13 9 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 Source UEFAFinal EditMain article 1993 UEFA Champions League final 26 May 199320 15Marseille nbsp 1 0 nbsp MilanBoli nbsp 44 ReportOlympiastadion MunichAttendance 64 444Referee Kurt Rothlisberger Switzerland Top goalscorers EditThe top scorers from the 1992 93 UEFA Champions League excluding preliminary round are as follows Rank Name Team Goals1 nbsp Romario nbsp PSV Eindhoven 72 nbsp Marco van Basten nbsp Milan 6 nbsp Franck Sauzee nbsp Marseille 6 nbsp Alen Boksic nbsp Marseille 65 nbsp Johnny Ekstrom nbsp IFK Goteborg 56 nbsp Marco Simone nbsp Milan 4 nbsp Gert Verheyen nbsp Club Brugge 4 nbsp Ze Carlos nbsp Porto 4 nbsp Emil Kostadinov nbsp Porto 4 nbsp Tulio nbsp Sion 4See also Edit1992 93 European Cup Winners Cup 1992 93 UEFA CupNotes Edit a b The Leeds United v Stuttgart second leg match originally finished as a 4 1 win for Leeds United with Stuttgart deemed to have won the tie on away goals after finishing 4 4 on aggregate However after the second leg it was discovered that Stuttgart had fielded more than the allowed maximum of three foreign players resulting in the match being awarded as a 3 0 win for Leeds United As a result the tie finished 3 3 on aggregate and level on away goals resulting in a play off match being ordered at a neutral venue to decide the winner References EditThibert Jacques 1993 L album 93 du football Scaneditons ISBN 2 209 06811 8 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to UEFA Champions League 1992 93 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1992 93 UEFA Champions League amp oldid 1174768720, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
