1992–93 UEFA Champions League

1992–93 UEFA Champions League

Tournament details
Teams	36 (from UEFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Marseille (1st title)
Runner-up	Milan

The 1992–93 UEFA Champions League was the 38th European Cup, the premier European club football tournament, and the first edition under the current UEFA Champions League format.

It was the second tournament to have a group stage involving the eight second round winners split into two groups, and the winner of each one met in the final. In addition, a preliminary round was required as this was the first season after the break-up of the USSR and Yugoslavia, resulting in a large number of new countries eligible to enter the champions of their own leagues into the competition.

The tournament was won for the first time by Marseille, defeating Milan in the final. However, soon after Marseille's victory allegations of match fixing were levelled at them and their president Bernard Tapie. This involved a league game where Marseille, it emerged, had fixed their title-clinching Ligue 1 game against Valenciennes so they could concentrate on the Milan tie. It is believed that Tapie bribed Valenciennes to lose so that Marseille would win the French league earlier, giving them more time to prepare for the Champions League final. This resulted in Marseille being stripped of their league title by the French Football Federation (although not the Champions League, as the match in question was not in that competition). They were also forcibly relegated to the second tier in the league, and banned from defending their European title in the 1993–94 season.

Preliminary round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shelbourne	1–2	Tavriya Simferopol	0–0	1–2
Valletta	1–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	0–1
KÍ	1–6	Skonto	1–3	0–3
Olimpija Ljubljana	5–0	Norma Tallinn	3–0	2–0

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
IFK Göteborg	3–2	Beşiktaş	2–0	1–2
Lech Poznań	2–0	Skonto	2–0	0–0
Rangers	3–0	Lyngby	2–0	1–0
Stuttgart	4–4[Remark 1]	Leeds United	3–0	1–4
Slovan Bratislava	4–1	Ferencváros	4–1	0–0
Milan	7–0	Olimpija Ljubljana	4–0	3–0
Kuusysi Lahti	1–2	Dinamo Bucureşti	1–0	0–2(aet)
Glentoran	0–8	Marseille	0–5	0–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–4	Club Brugge	0–1	0–3
Austria Wien	5–4	CSKA Sofia	3–1	2–3
Sion	7–2	Tavriya Simferopol	4–1	3–1
Union Luxembourg	1–9	Porto	1–4	0–5
AEK Athens	(a)3–3	APOEL	1–1	2–2
PSV	8–0	FK Žalgiris	6–0	2–0
Víkingur	2–5	CSKA Moscow	0–1	2–4
Barcelona	1–0	Viking	1–0	0–0

Remarks:

1. ^ Stuttgart would have won on away goals; however, it was realised that in the second leg between Leeds United and Stuttgart, Stuttgart had substituted a fourth foreign player. At the time, a maximum of three foreign players was allowed. The game was awarded to Leeds United with a score of 3–0, making it 3–3 on aggregate with no difference in away goals. A play-off match in Barcelona was ordered, which Leeds United won 2–1.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
IFK Göteborg	4–0	Lech Poznań	1–0	3–0
Rangers	4–2	Leeds United	2–1	2–1
Slovan Bratislava	0–5	Milan	0–1	0–4
Dinamo Bucureşti	0–2	Marseille	0–0	0–2
Club Brugge	(a)3–3	Austria Wien	2–0	1–3
Sion	2–6	Porto	2–2	0–4
AEK Athens	1–3	PSV	1–0	0–3
CSKA Moscow	4–3	Barcelona	1–1	3–2

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Marseille	6	3	3	0	14	4	+10	9
Rangers	6	2	4	0	7	5	+2	8
Club Brugge	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	5
CSKA Moscow	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Milan	6	6	0	0	11	1	+10	12
IFK Göteborg	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	6
Porto	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	5
PSV	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1

Final

26 May 1993	Marseille	1 – 0	Milan	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 64,400 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
	Boli  44'

UEFA Champions League 1992–93 Winners
Olympique de Marseille First Title

See also

• UEFA Cup 1992–93

External links

• 1992–93 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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