1993–94 AC Milan season

Associazione Calcio Milan
1993–94 season
President	Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Fabio Capello
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	1st
Supercoppa Italiana	Winners
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Winners
European Super Cup	Runners-up
Intercontinental Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Daniele Massaro (11); All: Daniele Massaro (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Associazione Calcio Milan enjoyed perhaps the greatest season in its history, winning three trophies, most memorable for the 4–0 victory against FC Barcelona in the Champions League Final in Athens. That game saw a goal explosion from a Milan side that had been extremely defensive during the entire league season. Milan won Serie A for a third consecutive time with a mere 36 goals scored in 34 games, but conceding only 15, which was largely down to their strong defensive line, with Franco Baresi and Paolo Maldini as key players to thank for their third consecutive domestic success. Milan's match against struggling Reggiana at San Siro on 1 May 1994 came on a day when the sporting world was overshadowed with the death of Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, but the football world was focused on AC Milan's attempts to seal a 13th title. It was a narrow 1–0 defeat by Reggiana, with a goal from Massimiliano Esposito, but mathematically enough to seal the Scudetto by league trophy handover ceremony. This team is widely regarded as one of the best teams of all time.^[1]^[2]

This season was the first not to feature any contributions from the famous Dutch trio of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, and Frank Rijkaard. While the former was unable to play all throughout the season due to ankle injury treatment, the latter two transferred out of the club during pre-season.

Overview

Competition	Record								Result	Top Scorer
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Result	Top Scorer
Serie A	34	19	12	3	36	15	+21	055.88	Winners	Daniele Massaro, 11
Coppa Italia	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	025.00	3rd Round	5 Players, 1
Supercoppa Italiana	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	Winners	Marco Simone, 1
UEFA Champions League	12	7	5	0	21	2	+19	058.33	Winners	Daniele Massaro, 4 Jean-Pierre Papin, 4
European Super Cup	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00	Runners-up	Jean-Pierre Papin, 1
Intercontinental Cup	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00	Runners-up	Daniele Massaro, 1 Jean-Pierre Papin, 1
Total	54	29	19	6	66	25	+41	053.70		Daniele Massaro, 16

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	ITA	Mario Ielpo
1	GK	ITA	Sebastiano Rossi
12	GK	ITA	Francesco Antonioli
6	DF	ITA	Franco Baresi
5	DF	ITA	Alessandro Costacurta
14	DF	ITA	Filippo Galli
3	DF	ITA	Paolo Maldini
15	DF	ITA	Stefano Nava
2	DF	ITA	Christian Panucci
13	DF	ITA	Mauro Tassotti
4	MF	ITA	Demetrio Albertini
20	MF	CRO	Zvonimir Boban


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ITA	Fernando De Napoli
8	MF	FRA	Marcel Desailly
7	MF	ITA	Roberto Donadoni
7	MF	ITA	Gianluigi Lentini
10	MF	YUG	Dejan Savićević
11	FW	ITA	Daniele Massaro
9	FW	FRA	Jean-Pierre Papin
9	FW	ROU	Florin Răducioiu
11	FW	ITA	Marco Simone
9	FW	NED	Marco van Basten
11	FW	DEN	Brian Laudrup

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Christian Panucci	Genoa C.F.C.
FW	Florin Răducioiu	Brescia Calcio
GK	Mario Ielpo	Cagliari Calcio
DF	Alessandro Orlando	Udinese Calcio
DF	Rufo Emiliano Verga	Fiorentina
FW	Brian Laudrup	Fiorentina	loan
DF	Roberto Lorenzini	Ancona	loan ended
MF	Angelo Carbone	S.S.C. Napoli	loan ended
FW	Massimiliano Cappellini	Como	loan ended
FW	Giovane Élber	Grasshoppers	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Ruud Gullit	Sampdoria	loan
MF	Frank Rijkaard	AFC Ajax	end of contract
MF	Alberigo Evani	Sampdoria
FW	Massimiliano Cappellini	Foggia Calcio
GK	Carlo Cudicini	Como	loan
DF	Enzo Gambaro	S.S.C. Napoli	loan
DF	Roberto Lorenzini	Genoa C.F.C.	co-ownership
FW	Giovane Élber	Grasshoppers	loan
FW	Aldo Serena	-	retired

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Marcel Desailly	Olympique Marseille

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Francesco Antonioli	Pisa
DF	Rufo Emiliano Verga	Lecce

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Milan (C)	34	19	12	3	36	15	+21	50	Qualified to Champions League
2	Juventus	34	17	13	4	58	25	+33	47	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Sampdoria	34	18	8	8	64	39	+25	44	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
4	Lazio	34	17	10	7	55	40	+15	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup
5	Parma	34	17	7	10	50	35	+15	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup

Source: 1993–94 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[3]
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	-	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1993–94 UEFA Champions League; = 1993–94 UEFA Cup

Matches

29 August 1993 1	Lecce	0–1	Milan	Lecce
		Report	Boban 51'	Stadium: Via del Mare Attendance: 34 418 Referee: Luci

5 September 1993 2	Milan	1–0	Genoa	Napoli
	Massaro 40'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo^[4] Attendance: 64 466 Referee: Collina

8 September 1993 3	Piacenza	0–0	Milan	Piacenza
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Galleana Attendance: 20 673 Referee: Cinciripini

12 September 1993 4	Milan	2–0	Atalanta	Milan
	Papin 23' Răducioiu 52'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65 838 Referee: Trentalange

19 September 1993 5	Milan	2–0	Roma	Milan
	Papin 45' Nava 70'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63 131 Referee: Ceccarini

26 September 1993 6	Cremonese	0–2	Milan	Cremona
		Report	Papin 9' Simone 20'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 15 714 Referee: Pairetto

3 October 1993 7	Milan	0–0	Lazio	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63 279 Referee: Nicchi

17 October 1993 8	Foggia	1–1	Milan	Foggia
	Kolyvanov 60'	Report	Boban 80'	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 19 284 Referee: Beschin

24 October 1993 9	Milan	1–1	Juventus	Milan
	Albertini 75'	Report	R. Baggio 60' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80 290 Referee: Luci

31 October 1993 10	Sampdoria	3–2	Milan	Genova
	Katanec 56' Mancini 71' (pen.) Gullit 78'	Report	Albertini 11' B. Laudrup 25'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 38 954 Referee: Nicchi

7 November 1993 11	Inter	1–2	Milan	Milan
	Bergkamp 64' (pen.)	Report	Panucci 34' Papin 52'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 79 705 Referee: Baldas

21 November 1993 12	Milan	2–1	Napoli	Milan
	Panucci 61' Albertini 90'	Report	Pecchia 45'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63 193 Referee: Bazzoli

28 November 1993 13	Parma	0–0	Milan	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 28 803 Referee: Ceccarini

5 December 1993 14	Milan	1–0	Torino	Milan
	Răducioiu 27'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65 848 Referee: Stafoggia

19 December 1993 16	Milan	2–1	Cagliari	Milan
	Massaro 32, 34'	Report	M. Villa 37'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60 785 Referee: Amendolia

2 January 1994 17	Reggiana	0–1	Milan	Reggio Emilia
		Report	Desailly 28'	Stadium: Stadio Mirabello Attendance: 14 577 Referee: Rosica

6 January 1994 15	Udinese	0–0	Milan	Udine
		Report		Stadium: Friuli Attendance: 22 760 Referee: Cinciripini
Note: Match rescheduled from 12 December 1993 due to Milan participation on 1993 Intercontinental Cup at Tokyo, Japan.^[5]

9 January 1994 18	Milan	0–0	Lecce	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 59 263 Referee: Pellegrino

16 January 1994 19	Genoa	0–0	Milan	Genova
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30 291 Referee: Bazzoli

23 January 1994 20	Milan	2–0	Piacenza	Milan
	Massaro 72' Papin 76'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62 538 Referee: Rodomonti

30 January 1994 21	Atalanta	0–1	Milan	Bergamo
		Report	Massaro 55'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 29 215 Referee: Baldas

6 February 1994 22	Roma	0–2	Milan	Roma
		Report	Massaro 11' Maldini 77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 53 565 Referee: Amendolia

13 February 1994 23	Milan	1–0	Cremonese	Milan
	Simone 63'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61 088 Referee: Quartuccio

20 February 1994 24	Lazio	0–1	Milan	Roma
		Report	Massaro 45'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 70 854 Referee: Beschin

27 February 1994 25	Milan	2–1	Foggia	Milan
	Boban 45' Massaro 54'	Report	Kolyvanov 66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65 485

6 March 1994 26	Juventus	0–1	Milan	Torino
		Report	Eranio 60'	Stadium: delle Alpi Attendance: 57 844 Referee: Collina

13 March 1994 27	Milan	1–0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Massaro 25'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79 126 Referee: Stafoggia

20 March 1994 28	Milan	2–1	Inter	Milan
	Bergomi 46' (o.g.) Massaro 89'	Report	Schillaci 86'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76 348 Referee: Ceccarini

27 March 1994 29	Napoli	1–0	Milan	Napoli
	Di Canio 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 56 777 Referee: Rodomonti

2 April 1994 30	Milan	1–1	Parma	Milan
	Massaro 73'	Report	Zola 84' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 67 270 Referee: Boggi

10 April 1994 31	Torino	0–0	Milan	Torino
		Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 32 348 Referee: Cesari

17 April 1994 32	Milan	2–2	Udinese	Milan
	Boban 60' Simone 70'	Report	Borgonovo 69' Rossitto 71'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72 003 Referee: Luci

24 April 1994 33	Cagliari	0–0	Milan	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 23 651 Referee: Collina

1 May 1994 34	Milan	0–1	Reggiana	Milan
		Report	Esposito 71'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 70 404 Referee: Cesari

Top scorers

Coppa Italia

Second round

6 October 1993 First Leg	Milan	3–0	Vicenza	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Carbone 2' Răducioiu 42' Eranio 71'			Referee: Stefano Braschi

27 October 1993 Second Leg	Vicenza	1–1	Milan	Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza
20:30	Civeriati 71'		Savicević 53'	Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Third round

10 November 1993 First Leg	Milan	1–1	Piacenza	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Orlando 25'		Maccoppi 84'	Referee: Roberto Bettin

15 December 1993 Second Leg	Piacenza	1–0	Milan	Galleana, Piacenza
20:30	Piovani 90'			Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Supercoppa Italiana

21 August 1993	Milan	1–0	Torino	RFK, Washington, D.C.
14:45	Simone 4'	Report		Attendance: 25,268 Referee: Helder Dias

UEFA Champions League

First round

15 September 1993 First Leg	FC Aarau	0–1	Milan	Hardturm, Zürich
20:30		Report	Papin 54'	Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

29 September 1993 Second Leg	Milan	0–0	FC Aarau	San Siro, Milan
20:30		Report		Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Second round

20 October 1993 First Leg	Copenhagen	0–6	Milan	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
20:15		Report	Papin 1', 72' Simone 6', 16' Laudrup 44' Orlando 61'	Attendance: 34,285 Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

3 November 1993 Second Leg	Milan	1–0	Copenhagen	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Papin 45'	Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIL	POR	BRM	AND
1	Milan	6	2	4	0	6	2	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	2–1	0–0
2	Porto	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	3–2	2–0
3	Werder Bremen	6	2	1	3	11	15	−4	5		1–1	0–5	—	5–3
4	Anderlecht	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	4		0–0	1–0	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

24 November 1993 1	Anderlecht	0–0	Milan	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
20:30		Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

1 December 1993 2^[6]	Milan	3–0	Porto	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Răducioiu 18' Panucci 40' Massaro 64'	Report		Attendance: 31,915 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

2 March 1994 3	Milan	2–1	Werder Bremen	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Maldini 48' Savićević 68'	Report	Basler 54'	Attendance: 41,239 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

16 March 1994 4	Werder Bremen	1–1	Milan	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:30	Rufer 52' (pen.)	Report	Savićević 74'	Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

30 March 1994 5	Milan	0–0	Anderlecht	San Siro, Milan
20:30		Report		Attendance: 39,576 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

13 April 1994 6	Porto	0–0	Milan	Estádio das Antas, Porto
19:30		Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Semi-final

27 April 1994	Milan	3–0	AS Monaco	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Desailly 14' Albertini 48' Massaro 66'	Report		Attendance: 78,650 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Final

18 May 1994	Milan	4–0	Barcelona	Olympic Stadium, Athens
21:15	Massaro 22', 45+2' Savićević 47' Desailly 58'	Report		Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Philip Don (England)

Intercontinental Cup

12 December 1993	Milan	2–3	São Paulo	National Stadium, Tokyo
12:00	Massaro 48' Papin 81'	Report	Palhinha 19' Cerezo 59' Müller 88'	Attendance: 52,275 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

European Super Cup

12 January 1994 First Leg	Parma	0–1	Milan	Ennio Tardini, Parma
20:30			Papin 44'	Attendance: 8,083 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

2 February 1994 Second Leg	Milan	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Parma	San Siro, Milan
20:30			Sensini 23' Crippa 95'	Attendance: 24,074 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Champions League		Coppa
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Rossi	42	-13	31	-11	11	-2
	DF	ITA	Tassotti	31	0	18+3	0	8+1	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Costacurta	43	0	30	0	11	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Baresi	40	0	31	0	9	0
	DF	ITA	Maldini	42	2	30	1	10	1	2	0
	MF	CRO	Boban	29	4	20	4	8	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Albertini	37	4	25+1	3	8+3	1
	MF	FRA	Desailly	28	3	21	1	6	2	1	0
	MF	ITA	Donadoni	43	0	23+9	0	8	0	3	0
	FW	YUG	Savicevic	30	4	20	0	7	3	3	1
	FW	ITA	Massaro	43	15	17+12	11	8+3	4	3	0
	GK	ITA	Ielpo	8	-7	3	-4	1	0	4	-3
	MF	ITA	Eranio	26	2	20+1	1	3	0	2	1
	FW	FRA	Papin	26	9	18	5	6	4	2	0
	FW	ITA	Simone	33	5	16+9	3	3+4	2	1	0
	DF	ITA	Panucci	29	3	16+3	2	6+1	1	3	0
	MF	DEN	Laudrup	17	2	8+1	1	6	1	2	0
	MF	ITA	Orlando	21	2	7+6	0	5	1	3	1
	DF	ITA	Galli	18	0	5+3	0	3+3	0	4	0
	FW	ROU	Raducioiu	12	4	5+2	2	2	1	3	1
	MF	ITA	Carbone	13	0	3+6	0	1+3	0
	MF	ITA	Lentini	9	0	3+4	0	0+1	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	De Napoli	10	0	1+4	0	2	0	3	0
	DF	ITA	Nava	5	0	0	0	0+2	0	3	0
	GK	ITA	Antonioli	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Sadotti
	DF	ITA	Verga
	MF	ITA	Cozza
	FW	NED	Van Basten	0	0	0	0

Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1993-943015.html

References

^ "The 50 Greatest World Football Club Teams of All Time". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ Elaine. "The Perfect Defense". Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ due to a ban on San Siro
^ "Udinese Milan rinviata al 6 gennaio". Corriere della Sera. 18 December 1993. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^ The game was originally scheduled for December 8, but later was advanced a week so that Milan has more time to prepare for the 1993 Intercontinental Cup.

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1993/94

[1] "The 50 Greatest World Football Club Teams of All Time". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2023-11-28.

[2] Elaine. "The Perfect Defense". Retrieved 2023-11-28.

[3] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[4] ue to a ban on San Siro

[5] "Udinese Milan rinviata al 6 gennaio". Corriere della Sera. 18 December 1993. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[6] The game was originally scheduled for December 8, but later was advanced a week so that Milan has more time to prepare for the 1993 Intercontinental Cup.

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Overview

Players

Transfers

Winter

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Results by round

Matches

Top scorers

Coppa Italia

Second round

Third round

Supercoppa Italiana

UEFA Champions League

First round

Second round

Group stage

Semi-final

Final

Intercontinental Cup

European Super Cup

Statistics

Players statistics

See also

References

Sources