1993–94 Parma AC season

Parma

1993–94 season
President	Giorgio Pedraneschi
Manager	Nevio Scala
Stadium	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
European Cup Winners' Cup	Runners-up
European Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Gianfranco Zola (18) All: Gianfranco Zola (22)
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Parma Associazione Calcio once again troubled the top teams in both Italy and Europe, but had to settle for just the curtain-raising UEFA Super Cup as silverware in its ambitious ascent towards the top of Italian football. It almost repeated the victory in the 1992–93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup by reaching another final, but lost out to Arsenal.

The purchase of Gianfranco Zola from Napoli was successful, given his second place in the topscoring charts, beaten only by Giuseppe Signori of Lazio. Together with Tomas Brolin and Faustino Asprilla, Parma's attack left many teams without a chance, but the defence was not good enough to match the level of champions Milan, who conceded less than half of the 35 goals Parma did.

Players

Goalkeepers

• Luca Bucci
• Marco Ballotta

Defenders

• Antonio Benarrivo
• Luigi Apolloni
• Lorenzo Minotti
• Alberto Di Chiara
• Roberto Sensini
• Georges Grün
• David Balleri
• Salvatore Matrecano
• Roberto Maltagliati
• Gianluca Falsini

Midfielders

• Massimo Crippa
• Gabriele Pin
• Fausto Pizzi
• Tomas Brolin
• Daniele Zoratto
• Roberto Colacone

Forwards

• Faustino Asprilla
• Gianfranco Zola
• Giovanni Sorce
• Alessandro Melli

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1993–94 Serie A

Matches

Udinese v Parma

29 August 1993 1	Udinese	0–1	Parma	Udine
		Report	Melli 17'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Angelo Amendolia

Parma v Lecce

5 September 1993 2	Parma	1–0	Lecce	Parma
	Zola 29' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Lazio v Parma

8 September 1993 3	Lazio	2–1	Parma	Rome
	Fuser 28' Cravero 48' (pen.)	Report	Zola 40'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Parma v Genoa

12 September 1993 4	Parma	2–1	Genoa	Parma
	Zola 1' Crippa 87'	Report	Petrescu 19'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Stefano Braschi

Parma v Torino

19 September 1993 5	Parma	3–0	Torino	Parma
	Asprilla 59', 67', 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Gianni Beschin

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Coppa Italia

Main article: 1993–94 Coppa Italia

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Degerfors v Parma

14 September 1993 First leg	Degerfors	1–2	Parma	Degerfors, Sweden
	Berger 72'		Asprilla 87', 88'	Stadium: Stora Valla

Parma v Degerfors

28 September 1993 Second leg	Parma	2–0 (4–1 agg.)	Degerfors	Parma, Italy
	Brolin 2', 67'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

Second round

Maccabi Haifa v Parma

20 October 1993 First leg	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	Parma	Haifa, Israel
			Brolin 90'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium

Parma v Maccabi Haifa

3 November 1993 Second leg	Parma	0–1 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (3–1 p)	Maccabi Haifa	Parma, Italy
			Mizrahi 51'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
	Penalties
	Crippa Minotti Brolin		Mizrahi Glam Harazi Atar

Quarter-finals

Ajax v Parma

3 March 1994 First leg	Ajax	0–0	Parma	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00				Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Philip Don (England)

Parma v Ajax

16 March 1994 Second leg	Parma	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Ajax	Parma, Italy
17:45	Minotti 16' Brolin 49'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 24,212 Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

Semi-finals

Benfica v Parma

29 March 1994 First leg	Benfica	2–1	Parma	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00	Isaías 11' Rui Costa 60'		Zola 13'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Parma v Benfica

13 April 1994 Second leg	Parma	1–0 (2a–2 agg.)	Benfica	Parma, Italy
17:45	Sensini 74'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Final

Main article: 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

Arsenal v Parma

4 May 1994 Final	Arsenal	1–0	Parma	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:15	Smith 22' Adams  25' Selley  51' Campbell  78'		Crippa  44' Asprilla  45'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 33,765 Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

European Super Cup

Main article: 1993 European Super Cup

Parma v Milan

First leg

Parma

0–1

Milan

Milan v Parma

Second leg

Milan

0–2 (1–2 agg.)

Parma

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Gianfranco Zola 18
• Faustino Asprilla 10
• Tomas Brolin 5
• Alessandro Melli 4