1992–93 AC Milan season

Milan
1992–93 season
Manager	Fabio Capello
Serie A	1st
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
European Cup	Runners-up
Supercoppa Italiana	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marco van Basten, ; Jean-Pierre Papin (13); All: ; Marco van Basten, ; Jean-Pierre Papin (20)
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

A.C. Milan won two trophies in the 1992–93 season, which was crowned when it reached the European Cup final and won the domestic league for the second year running.

None of the other Serie A teams came close to challenging Milan in the league, with new signing Jean-Pierre Papin playing a vital role in the absence of lethal striker Marco van Basten, who albeit scored 13 goals in just 15 matches. Some defensive slips were redeemed by the 65 goals scored, which was the most of all teams in the league, and enough to clinch the title in front of city rivals Internazionale by four points. The season also saw memorable displays against Pescara, Fiorentina and Lazio in the beginning of the season. Against Pescara, Milan won 5–4 away from home, then beat Fiorentina 7–3 and Lazio at home by 5–3. In those three matches, van Basten totaled seven goals. Milan also crushed Napoli 5–1 at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples, with van Basten scoring four goals in Serie A for the first (and only) time.

The season also saw Milan set the world transfer record following an intensive bidding battle against Juventus to sign Gianluigi Lentini from 1992's surprise Torino team. Lentini did not perform to expectations, and was considered a disappointment, especially following a car accident in 1993, from which he recovered, but never rediscovered his form prior to the accident.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Serie A

Matches

1	Milan	1–0	Foggia
	Grandini 59' (o.g.)

2	Pescara	4–5	Milan
	Allegri 1' Baresi 12' (o.g.), 14' (o.g.) Massara 23'		Maldini 3' Lentini 5' van Basten 37', 39', 72'

3	Milan	2–0	Atalanta
	Massaro 56' van Basten 68'

4	Fiorentina	3–7	Milan
	Baiano 13' Effenberg 48' Di Mauro 89'		Massaro 25', 45' Lentini 33' Gullit 41', 86' van Basten 79', 90'

5	Milan	5–3	Lazio
	Gullit 13' Papin 14' van Basten 35' (pen.), 60' (pen.) Simone 80'		Winter 21' Fuser 52' Signori 65'

6	Parma	0–2	Milan
			Papin 61' Eranio 90'

7

Milan

0–0

Torino

8	Napoli	1–5	Milan
	Zola 83'		van Basten 6', 26', 68', 74' Eranio 60'

9	Milan	1–1	Internazionale
	Lentini 40'		De Agostini 74'

10	Juventus	0–1	Milan
			Simone 69'

11	Milan	1–1	Udinese
	Albertini 33'		Balbo 43'

12	Milan	2–0	Ancona
	Papin 14', 51'

13	Sampdoria	1–2	Milan
	Bonetti 45'		Simone 28' Gullit 58'

14	Roma	0–1	Milan
			Gullit 30'

15	Milan	1–0	Cagliari
	Papin 54' (pen.)

16	Brescia	0–1	Milan
			Massaro 21'

17	Milan	1–0	Genoa
	Savićević 78' (pen.)

18	Foggia	2–2	Milan
	Bresciani 36' Seno 79'		Papin 56' Rijkaard 59'

19	Milan	4–0	Pescara
	Savićević 13' Papin 17', 34' Donadoni 90'

20	Atalanta	1–1	Milan
	Ganz 86'		Papin 85'

21	Milan	4–0	Sampdoria
	Lentini 7', 69' Papin 21', 88'

22	Milan	2–0	Fiorentina
	Savićević 66', 88'

23	Lazio	2–2	Milan
	Gascoigne 38' Bergodi 86'		Papin 9' Winter 37' (o.g.)

24	Milan	0–1	Parma
			Asprilla 58'

25	Torino	1–1	Milan
	Mussi 2'		Gullit 57'

26	Milan	2–2	Napoli
	Lentini 62', 66'		Careca 15' Policano 37'

27	Internazionale	1–1	Milan
	Berti 44'		Gullit 84'

28	Milan	1–3	Juventus
	Simone 6'		Möller 13', 20' R. Baggio 65'

29

Udinese

0–0

Milan

30	Ancona	1–3	Milan
	Vecchiola 59'		Gullit 20' van Basten 37' Albertini 46'

31

Milan

0–0

Roma

32	Cagliari	1–1	Milan
	Francescoli 5'		Massaro 32'

33	Milan	1–1	Brescia
	Albertini 82'		Brunetti 84'

34	Genoa	2–2	Milan
	Caricola 14' Fortunato 90'		Simone 59' Papin 63'

Top Scorers

Coppa Italia

Second round

26 August 1992 First Leg	Milan	4 – 0	Ternana	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Savicević 23' (pen.), 60' Gullit 51' Massaro 69'			Referee: Luciano Luci

2 September 1992 Second Leg	Ternana	2 – 6	Milan	Stadio Libero Liberati, Terni
20:30	Negri 45' Ghezzi 85' (pen.)		Massaro 20' Cavezzi 22' (o.g.) Savicević 25' Gullit 59', 77' Evani 66'	Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Third round

7 October 1992 First Leg	Milan	3 – 0	Cagliari	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Papin 25', 26' Lentini 63'			Referee: Roberto Bettin

28 October 1992 Second Leg	Cagliari	0 – 0	Milan	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari
20:30				Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Quarter-finals

27 January 1993 First Leg	Milan	0 – 0	Internazionale	San Siro, Milan
20:30				Referee: Gianni Beschin

10 February 1993 Second Leg	Internazionale	0 – 3	Milan	San Siro, Milan
20:30			Papin 5', 12' Gullit 35'	Referee: Fabio Baldas

Semi-finals

10 March 1993 First Leg	Roma	2 – 0	Milan	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
20:30	Muzzi 12' Caniggia 89'			Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

31 March 1993 Second Leg	Milan	1 – 0	Roma	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Eranio 37'			Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

Supercoppa Italiana

30 August 1992	Milan	2 – 1	Parma	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Van Basten 14' Massaro 70'	Report	Melli 45'	Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

European Cup

First round

16 September 1992 First Leg	Milan	4 – 0	Olimpija Ljubljana	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Van Basten 5', 50' Albertini 7' Papin 64'	Report		Attendance: 14,324 Referee: Roman Steindl (Austria)

30 September 1992 Second Leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	0 – 3	Milan	Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana
20:30		Report	Massaro 33' Rijkaard 48' Tassotti 85'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jiri Ulrich (Czechoslovakia)

Second round

21 October 1992 First Leg	Slovan Bratislava	0 – 1	Milan	Tehelné pole, Bratislava
20:15		Report	Maldini 61'	Attendance: 33,467 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

4 November 1992 Second Leg	Milan	4 – 0	Slovan Bratislava	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Boban 28' Rijkaard 29' Simone 49' Papin 71'	Report		Attendance: 26,798 Referee: Antonio Martin Navarrete (Spain)

UEFA Champions League

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 Eindhoven	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1

25 November 1992 Round 1	Milan	4 – 0	IFK Göteborg	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Van Basten 33', 52' (pen.), 61', 62'	Report		Attendance: 55,697 Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

9 December 1992 Round 2	PSV Eindhoven	1 – 2	Milan	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
20:30	Romário 66'	Report	Rijkaard 19' Simone 62'	Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Alexey Spirin (Russia)

3 March 1993 Round 3	Porto	0 – 1	Milan	Estádio das Antas, Porto
19:30		Report	Papin 71'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

17 March 1993 Round 4	Milan	1 – 0	Porto	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Eranio 31'	Report		Attendance: 67,389 Referee: Philip Don (England)

7 April 1993 Round 5	IFK Göteborg	0 – 1	Milan	Ullevi, Gothenburg
20:30		Report	Massaro 70'	Attendance: 40,323 Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany)