1992–93 Parma AC season

Parma

1992–93 season
President	Giorgio Pedraneschi
Manager	Nevio Scala
Stadium	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A	3rd
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
European Cup Winners' Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Alessandro Melli (12) All: Alessandro Melli (15)
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Parma Associazione Calcio played its third consecutive season in Serie A, and had arguably its best ever season, even when considering its glorious years in the late 1990s. It finished third in the domestic league competition and won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup following a 3–1 final victory against Royal Antwerp.

Players

Goalkeepers

• Cláudio Taffarel
• Marco Ballotta
• Marco Ferrari

Defenders

• Antonio Benarrivo
• Alberto Di Chiara
• Lorenzo Minotti
• Luigi Apolloni
• Georges Grün
• Stefano Nava
• Cornelio Donati
• Salvatore Matrecano
• Gianluca Franchini

Midfielders

• Tomas Brolin
• Daniele Zoratto
• Stefano Cuoghi
• Gabriele Pin
• Ivo Pulga
• Sergio Berti
• Marco Osio
• Fausto Pizzi
• Aldo Monza

Forwards

• Faustino Asprilla
• Giovanni Sorce
• Alessandro Melli
• Gianluca Hervatin

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1992–93 Serie A

Matches

Atalanta v Parma

1	Atalanta	2–1	Parma
	Ganz 25' Rambaudi 78'		Melli 88'

Parma v Udinese

2	Parma	3–1	Udinese
	Grün 5' Asprilla 45' Melli 66'		Balbo 49'

Torino v Parma

3	Torino	3–0	Parma
	Aguilera 22, 47' Casagrande 66'

Parma v Brescia

4	Parma	2–0	Brescia
	Osio 23' Cuoghi 41'

Lazio v Parma

5	Lazio	5–2	Parma
	Signori 12', 34', 71' (pen.) Fuser 24, 38'		Osio 30, 43'

Parma v Ancona

6	Parma	3–0	Ancona
	Melli 48' Pizzi 51' (pen.) Minotti 88'

Parma v Milan

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

Foggia v Parma

8	Foggia	1–0	Parma
	Biagioni 90+1'

Parma v Pescara

9	Parma	1–0	Pescara
	Pizzi 63'

Cagliari v Parma

10	Cagliari	0–1	Parma
			Brolin 73'

Parma v Sampdoria

11	Parma	1–0	Sampdoria
	Asprilla 48'

Roma v Parma

12	Roma	1–0	Parma
	Rizzitelli 89'

Parma v Fiorentina

13	Parma	1–1	Fiorentina
	Grün 58'		Baiano 54'

Juventus v Parma

14	Juventus	2–2	Parma
	R. Baggio 52' Vialli 86'		Kohler 41' (o.g.) Melli 65'

Parma v Genoa

15	Parma	1–0	Genoa
	Minotti 73'

Internazionale v Parma

16	Internazionale	2–1	Parma
	Sosa 60' Berti 72'		Melli 21'

Parma v Napoli

17	Parma	1–1	Napoli
	Asprilla 51'		Fonseca 59'

Parma v Atalanta

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Atalanta

Udinese v Parma

19	Udinese	1–0	Parma
	Balbo 60'

Parma v Torino

20	Parma	2–2	Torino
	Brolin 58' (pen.) Melli 90'		Sergio 45' Mussi 89'

Brescia v Parma

21	Brescia	0–1	Parma
			Hagi 75' (o.g.)

Parma v Lazio

22	Parma	2–1	Lazio
	Melli 15, 76'		Cravero 88'

Ancona v Parma

23	Ancona	1–1	Parma
	Sogliano 37'		Melli 88'

Milan v Parma

24	Milan	0–1	Parma
			Asprilla 58'

Parma v Foggia

25	Parma	4–0	Foggia
	Brolin 28' Asprilla 45' Melli 47' Di Chiara 58'

Pescara v Parma

26	Pescara	0–2	Parma
			Matrecano 56' Brolin 69'

Parma v Cagliari

27	Parma	3–1	Cagliari
	Firicano 16' (o.g.) Minotti 38' Asprilla 57'		Herrera 23'

Sampdoria v Parma

28	Sampdoria	2–1	Parma
	Mancini 22' (pen.) Lombardo 52'		Pizzi 85'

Parma v Roma

29	Parma	3–1	Roma
	Osio 4, 76' Pizzi 14' (pen.)		Aldair 73'

Fiorentina v Parma

30	Fiorentina	1–1	Parma
	Di Mauro 90'		Melli 42'

Parma v Juventus

31	Parma	2–1	Juventus
	Osio 50', 56'		R. Baggio 39'

Genoa v Parma

32	Genoa	1–1	Parma
	Padovano 65' (pen.)		Asprilla 27'

Parma v Internazionale

33	Parma	2–0	Internazionale
	Melli 15' Cuoghi 81'

Napoli v Parma

34	Napoli	1–1	Parma
	Policano 22'		Asprilla 87'

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1992–93 Coppa Italia

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Parma v Újpest

16 September 1992 First leg	Parma	1–0	Újpest	Parma, Italy
	Asprilla 48'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

Újpest v Parma

1 October 1992 Second leg	Újpest	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Parma	Újpest, Hungary
	Hetesi 62'		Grün 52'	Stadium: Ferenc Szusza Stadium

Second round

Parma v Boavista

21 October 1992 First leg	Parma	0–0	Boavista	Parma, Italy
				Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

Boavista v Parma

4 November 1992 Second leg	Boavista	0–2 (0–2 agg.)	Parma	Porto, Portugal
			Nogueira 11' (o.g.) Melli 78'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa

Quarter-finals

Sparta Prague v Parma

3 March 1993 First leg	Sparta Prague	0–0	Parma	Prague, Czech Republic
				Stadium: Stadion Letná

Parma v Sparta Prague

17 March 1993 Second leg	Parma	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Sparta Prague	Parma, Italy
	Melli 10' Asprilla 33'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

Semi-finals

Atlético Madrid v Parma

6 April 1993 First leg	Atlético Madrid	1–2	Parma	Madrid, Spain
	García 44'		Asprilla 57', 62'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Philip Don (England)

Parma v Atlético Madrid

22 April 1993 Second leg	Parma	0–1 (2a–2 agg.)	Atlético Madrid	Parma, Italy
			Sabas 77'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 21,915 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

Final

Main article: 1993 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

Parma v Royal Antwerp

12 May 1993 Final	Parma	3–1	Royal Antwerp	London, England
19:15	Minotti 9' Melli 30' Cuoghi 84'		Severeyns 11'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 37,393 Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany)

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Alessandro Melli 12
• Marco Osio 7
• Faustino Asprilla 7
• Fausto Pizzi 5
• Tomas Brolin 4