1992–93 UEFA Champions League

1992–93 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	19 August – 2 September 1992 (qualifying); 16 September 1992 – 26 May 1993 (competition proper); 25 November 1992 – 21 April 1993 (UEFA Champions League)
Teams	8 (UEFA Champions League); 32 (first round); 36 (total)
Final positions
Champions	Marseille (1st title)
Runners-up	Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	82
Goals scored	195 (2.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Romário ; (7 goals)
	← 1991–92 (European Cup) 1993–94 →

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 logo (originally adopted only in the group stage).

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. Israel and the Faroe Islands were also represented for the first time.

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 Division 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 European Cup final. 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. In 1994 Marseille was also relegated to the Division 2.

Barcelona, the defending champions, were eliminated in the second round by CSKA Moscow.

Teams

Location of teams of the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League.

Purlple: Eliminated in the preliminary round;

Yellow: Eliminated in the first round;

Orange: Eliminated in the second round;

Red: Qualified for group stage.

Country	Team
Austria	Austria Wien
Belgium	Club Brugge
Bulgaria	CSKA Sofia
Cyprus	APOEL
Czechoslovakia	Slovan Bratislava
Denmark	Lyngby
England	Leeds United
Estonia	Norma Tallinn
Faroe Islands	KÍ
Finland	Kuusysi
France	Marseille
Germany	Stuttgart
Greece	AEK Athens
Hungary	Ferencváros
Iceland	Víkingur Reykjavík
Israel	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Italy	Milan
Latvia	Skonto
Lithuania	Žalgiris Vilnius
Luxembourg	Union Luxembourg
Malta	Valletta
Netherlands	PSV Eindhoven
Northern Ireland	Glentoran
Norway	Viking
Poland	Lech Poznań
Portugal	Porto
Republic of Ireland	Shelbourne
Romania	Dinamo București
Russia	CSKA Moscow
Scotland	Rangers
Slovenia	Olimpija Ljubljana
Spain	Barcelona
Sweden	IFK Göteborg
Switzerland	Sion
Turkey	Beşiktaş
Ukraine	Tavriya Simferopol

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 leg

19 August 1992

18:30 UTC+1

Shelbourne	0–0	Tavriya Simferopol
	Report

Tolka Park, Dublin

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)^{[citation needed]}

19 August 1992

17:30 UTC+1

Valletta	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Zerafa 75'	Report	Cohen 83' Nimni 88'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

19 August 1992

16:00 UTC+1

KÍ	1–3	Skonto
Danielsen 46'	Report	Astafjevs 28', 46' Semjonovs 90'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)^{[citation needed]}

19 August 1992

18:15 UTC+1

Olimpija Ljubljana	3–0	Norma Tallinn
Ubavič 48' Topič 50' Vrabac 60'	Report

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Referee: Daniel Roduit (Switzerland)^{[citation needed]}

Second leg

2 September 1992

19:00 UTC+1

Tavriya Simferopol	2–1	Shelbourne
Shevchenko 10' Sheykhametov 15'	Report	Dully 42'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)^{[citation needed]}

Tavriya Simferopol won 2–1 on aggregate.

2 September 1992

19:00 UTC+1

Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Valletta
Melika 24'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)^{[citation needed]}

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–1 on aggregate.

2 September 1992

18:00 UTC+2

Skonto	3–0	KÍ
Jelisejevs 4' Semjonovs 38' Astafjevs 52'	Report

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)^{[citation needed]}

Skonto won 6–1 on aggregate.

2 September 1992

17:00 UTC+1

Norma Tallinn	0–2	Olimpija Ljubljana
	Report	Zulič 26' Djuranovič 80'

Rannavärava, Tallinn

Referee: Finn Lambek (Denmark)

Olimpija Ljubljana won 5–0 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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^{[notes 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	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	3–3 (a)	APOEL	1–1	2–2
PSV Eindhoven	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

Notes:

^ 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.

First leg

16 September 1992