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1993 European Cup Winners' Cup final

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1993 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
Match programme cover
Event1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup
Date12 May 1993
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeKarl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany)
Attendance37,393
1992
1994

The 1993 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Parma of Italy and Antwerp of Belgium. The final was held at Wembley Stadium in London, England on 12 May 1993. It was the final match of the 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 33rd European Cup Winners' Cup final. Parma beat Antwerp 3–1 and in doing so became the eighth different Italian team to win a European trophy.

The win gave Parma their first European trophy in their first European final; moreover, it was just their second season competing in European competition, and they were the first Italian team to appear in the final since Sampdoria, who appeared in consecutive years in 1989 and 1990. The most recent occasion on which a Belgian side had appeared in a Cup Winners' Cup final was in the second of Sampdoria's most recent appearances, in 1990. Sampdoria won the match 2–0 against Anderlecht, but needed extra time to do so. The 1993 edition also represented Antwerp's first appearance in a European final.

As the winners, Parma contested the 1993 European Super Cup against 1992–93 UEFA Champions League runners-up Milan, after champions Marseille had been banned from European competition over match-fixing allegations.

This was the last European club tournament final staged at the old Wembley, as it was going to be rebuilt to an all-new stadium.

Background

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The 1993 final was the first meeting between Parma and Antwerp. Both sides went into the final chasing their first piece of European silverware and the match was the first time Parma faced Belgian opposition. Neither manager had previously led a team to a European final.

Wembley Stadium in London had hosted the European Cup Winners' Cup final on one previous occasion: in 1965. Londoners West Ham United won the game by two goals to nil against West German opposition 1860 Munich in front of 97,974 people, the biggest ever attendance at a Cup Winners' Cup final.

Route to the final

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Italy Parma Opponent Belgium Antwerp
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Round Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Hungary Újpest 2–1 1–0 (H) 1–1 (A) First round Northern Ireland Glenavon 2–2 (3–1 p) 1–1 (A) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
Portugal Boavista 2–0 0–0 (H) 2–0 (A) Second round Austria Admira 7–6 4–2 (A) 3–4 (a.e.t.) (H)
Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 2–0 0–0 (A) 2–0 (H) Quarter-finals Romania Steaua București 1–1 (a) 0–0 (H) 1–1 (A)
Spain Atlético Madrid 2–2 (a) 2–1 (A) 0–1 (H) Semi-finals Russia Spartak Moscow 3–2 0–1 (A) 3–1 (H)

Match

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Summary

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Parma opened the scoring in the 10th minute when goalkeeper Stevan Stojanović misjudged a corner that allowed Parma's captain, Lorenzo Minotti to hook the ball home from the left of the penalty area. But Antwerp replied within two minutes, Alex Czerniatynski played a through-ball to Francis Severeyns who shot past the goalkeeper left footed to level the scores. The Italians began to dominate the game and Alessandro Melli headed them 2–1 ahead after half an hour after a cross from the right. The game was put beyond Antwerp six minutes from time when Stefano Cuoghi curled a shot past the goalkeeper from inside the area.

Details

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Parma Italy3–1Belgium Antwerp
Minotti 9'
Melli 30'
Cuoghi 84'
Report Severeyns 11'
Parma
Antwerp
GK 1 Italy Marco Ballotta
CB 6 Belgium Georges Grün
SW 4 Italy Lorenzo Minotti (c)
CB 5 Italy Luigi Apolloni
RWB  2 Italy Antonio Benarrivo
LWB  3 Italy Alberto Di Chiara Yellow card 32'
CM 9 Italy Marco Osio downward-facing red arrow 75'
CM 8 Italy Daniele Zoratto downward-facing red arrow 26'
CM 10 Italy Stefano Cuoghi
SS 11 Sweden Tomas Brolin
CF 7 Italy Alessandro Melli
Substitutes:
GK 12 Italy Marco Ferrari
DF 13 Italy Salvatore Matrecano
CM 14 Italy Gabriele Pin upward-facing green arrow 26'
MF 15 Italy Fausto Pizzi upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 16 Colombia Faustino Asprilla
Manager:
Italy Nevio Scala
GK 1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Stojanović
CB 4 Belgium Rudi Taeymans
SW 3 Belgium Nico Broeckaert Yellow card 82'
CB 5 Belgium Rudi Smidts (c)
RWB 2 Belgium Wim Kiekens
LWB 8 Belgium Didier Segers Yellow card 65' downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM 7 Belgium Ronny Van Rethy
CM 6 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Jakovljević downward-facing red arrow 51'
CM 10 Germany Hans-Peter Lehnhoff
CF 9 Belgium Francis Severeyns Yellow card 37'
CF 11 Belgium Alexandre Czerniatynski
Substitutes:
DF 12 Belgium Geert Emmerechts
MF 13 Belgium Garry De Graef
MF 14 Belgium Patrick Van Veirdeghem upward-facing green arrow 51'
FW 15 Morocco Noureddine Moukrim upward-facing green arrow 82'
GK 16 Belgium Wim De Coninck
Manager:
Belgium Walter Meeuws

Assistant referees:
Germany Klaus Plettenberg (Germany)
Germany Hans Wolf (Germany)
Fourth official:
Germany Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

See also

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