1993–94 UEFA Champions League

39th season of the UEFA club football tournament

1993–94 UEFA Champions LeagueTournament details

Dates| Qualifying:
18 August – 1 September 1993
Competition proper:
15 September 1993 – 18 May 1994
Teams| Competition proper: 32
Total: 42
Final positions
Champions|  AC Milan (5th title)
Runners-up|  Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 75
Goals scored| 217 (2.89 per match)
Attendance| 2,082,730 (27,770 per match)
Top scorer(s)| Ronald Koeman (Barcelona)
Wynton Rufer (Werder Bremen)
8 goals each

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The 1993–94 UEFA Champions League was the 39th season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier club football tournament, and the second season with the UEFA Champions League logo (it was adopted in the group stage and semi-finals, the rest of the tournament continued to be called "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup"). The competition was won by AC Milan, their fifth title, beating Barcelona 4–0 in the final. Marseille were the defending champions, but were not allowed to enter the competition due their involvement in a match-fixing scandal in Division 1 the season prior. This saw them stripped of their league title and demoted to Division 2 at the end of 1993–94. This was the first and only time which the defending champions did not participate in the following season of the competition. Third-placed Monaco took the vacated French berth (second-placed Paris Saint-Germain, who refused the defaulted French title, competed in the Cup Winners' Cup instead as Coupe de France winners).

There were changes made to the UEFA Champions League's format from the previous year. After two seasons, with the groups, it introduced one legged semi-finals taking place after the group stage, meaning the two sides qualified from each group as group winners playing the semi-finals at home.

This edition was marked by the absence of Yugoslav participants because Yugoslavia was under UN economic sanctions. Yugoslav participants were frequently present in advanced stages of the competition with Red Star Belgrade having won the European Cup in 1991 and finished second in the group the following season. FK Partizan were to represent Yugoslavia in this edition, but were not allowed to participate. Meanwhile, Croatia, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia and Wales entered their champions for the first time in this edition.

## Teams[edit]

Partizani

Austria

Anderlecht

Din Minsk

Levski

Zagreb

Omonia

Sparta

Copenhagen

Man. United

Barcelona

Norma Tallinn

HJK

Monaco

B68 Toftir

Din. Tbilisi

Bremen

AEK

Honvéd

Cork

Beitar

Milan

Ekranas

Avenir

Skonto

Zimbru Chișinău

Floriana

Feyenoord

Linfield

Lech

Rosenborg

Porto

Steaua

Spartak

Rangers

Aarau

Olimpija

AIK

Galatasaray

Dyn. Kyiv

Cwmbrân Town

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Location of teams of the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League.
Purple: Eliminated in the preliminary round; Yellow: Eliminated in the first round;  Orange: Eliminated in the second round;  Red: Qualified for group stage.

42 national champions participated in 1993–94 UEFA Champions League season. 20 lowest-ranked of them by 1993 UEFA club ranking[1] entered in the Preliminary Round, 22 best-ranked champions entered in the First Round.

First round

Milan (1st) |  Barcelona (1st) |  Manchester United (1st) |  Werder Bremen (1st)
Anderlecht (1st) |  Monaco (3rd)[Note FRA] |  Porto (1st) |  Spartak Moscow (1st)
Rangers (1st) |  Steaua București (1st) |  Feyenoord (1st) |  Galatasaray (1st)
Sparta Prague (1st)[Note CZE] |  Lech Poznań (1st) |  Austria Wien (1st) |  Copenhagen (1st)
AEK Athens (1st) |  AIK (1st) |  Dynamo Kyiv (1st) |  Kispest Honvéd (1st)
Dinamo Minsk (1st) |  Levski Sofia (1st) |  |
Preliminary round
Rosenborg (1st) |  Aarau (1st) |  HJK (1st) |  Linfield (1st)
Croatia Zagreb (1st) |  ÍA (1st) |  Partizani (1st) |  Avenir Beggen (1st)
Omonia (1st) |  Cwmbrân Town (1st) |  Floriana (1st) |  Cork City (1st)
Skonto (1st) |  B68 Toftir (1st) |  Beitar Jerusalem (1st) |  Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)
Ekranas (1st) |  Norma Tallinn (1st) |  Olimpija Ljubljana (1st) |  Zimbru Chișinău (1st)

Notes

1. ^

France (FRA): Champions League title holders Marseille (who also finished 1st in 1992–93 French Division 1) were not allowed to enter due to their involvement in a match-fixing scandal in Division 1. They were subsequently stripped of their league title and demoted to Division 2 at the end of the 1993–94 season. Third-placed Monaco took the vacated French berth since league runners-up Paris Saint-Germain refused to take the title from Marseille on commercial grounds, instead participating in the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup as 1992–93 Coupe de France winners.

2. ^

Czech Republic (CZE): Sparta Prague qualified as winners of Czechoslovakia domestic league, but represented its successor association Czech Republic.

3. ^

FR Yugoslavia (FRY): 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia champions FK Partizan not admitted as a result of UN economic sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia.

## Round and draw dates[edit]

The schedule of the competition is as follows. All draws were held in Geneva, Switzerland.

Phase  | Round  | Draw date  | First leg  | Second leg

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Qualifying round  | 14 July 1993  | 18 August 1993  | 1 September 1993
First round  | 15 September 1993  | 29 September 1993
Second round  | 1 October 1993  | 20 October 1993  | 3 November 1993
Group stage  | Matchday 1  | 5 November 1993  | 24 November 1993
Matchday 2  | 8 December 1993
Matchday 3  | 2 March 1994
Matchday 4  | 16 March 1994
Matchday 5  | 30 March 1994
Matchday 6  | 13 April 1994
Knockout phase  | Semi-finals  | 27 April 1994
Final  | 18 May 1994 at Olympic Stadium, Athens

## Preliminary round[edit]

Main article: 1993–94 UEFA Champions League preliminary round

The first legs were played on 18 and 22 August, and the second legs on 1 September 1993.

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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HJK | 2–1  |  Norma Tallinn | 1–1 | 1–0
Ekranas | 0–2  |  Floriana | 0–1 | 0–1
B68 Toftir | 0–11  |  Croatia Zagreb | 0–5 | 0–6
Skonto | 1–1 (11–10 p) |  Olimpija Ljubljana | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.)
Cwmbrân Town | 4–4 (a)  |  Cork City | 3–2 | 1–2
Dinamo Tbilisi | w/o[note 1] |  Linfield | 2–1 | 1–1
Avenir Beggen | 0–3  |  Rosenborg | 0–2 | 0–1
Partizani | 0–3  |  ÍA | 0–0 | 0–3
Omonia | 2–3  |  Aarau | 2–1 | 0–2
Zimbru Chișinău | 1–3  |  Beitar Jerusalem | 1–1 | 0–2

## First round[edit]

Main article: 1993–94 UEFA Champions League first round

The first legs were played on 15 and 16 September, and the second legs on 28 and 29 September 1993.

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Porto | 2–0  |  Floriana | 2–0 | 0–0
ÍA | 1–3  |  Feyenoord | 1–0 | 0–3
Monaco | 2–1  |  AEK Athens | 1–0 | 1–1
Steaua București | 4–4 (a)  |  Croatia Zagreb | 1–2 | 3–2
Rangers | 4–4 (a)  |  Levski Sofia | 3–2 | 1–2
Werder Bremen | 6–3  |  Dinamo Minsk | 5–2 | 1–1
Linfield | 3–4  |  Copenhagen | 3–0 | 0–4 (a.e.t.)
Aarau | 0–1  |  Milan | 0–1 | 0–0
AIK | 1–2  |  Sparta Prague | 1–0 | 0–2
HJK | 0–6  |  Anderlecht | 0–3 | 0–3
Kispest Honvéd | 3–5  |  Manchester United | 2–3 | 1–2
Galatasaray | 3–1  |  Cork City | 2–1 | 1–0
Lech Poznań | 7–2  |  Beitar Jerusalem | 3–0 | 4–2
Skonto | 0–9  |  Spartak Moscow | 0–5 | 0–4
Dynamo Kyiv | 4–5  |  Barcelona | 3–1 | 1–4
Rosenborg | 4–5  |  Austria Wien | 3–1 | 1–4

## Second round[edit]

Main article: 1993–94 UEFA Champions League second round

The first legs were played on 20 October, and the second legs on 3 November 1993.

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Porto | 1–0  |  Feyenoord | 1–0 | 0–0
Monaco | 4–2  |  Steaua București | 4–1 | 0–1
Levski Sofia | 2–3  |  Werder Bremen | 2–2 | 0–1
Copenhagen | 0–7  |  Milan | 0–6 | 0–1
Sparta Prague | 2–5  |  Anderlecht | 0–1 | 2–4
Manchester United | 3–3 (a)  |  Galatasaray | 3–3 | 0–0
Lech Poznań | 2–7  |  Spartak Moscow | 1–5 | 1–2
Barcelona | 5–1  |  Austria Wien | 3–0 | 2–1

## Group stage[edit]

Main article: 1993–94 UEFA Champions League group stage

Anderlecht

Barcelona

Monaco

Bremen

Milan

Porto

Spartak

Galatasaray

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Location of teams of the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League.
Brown: Group A;  Red: Group B;

The group stage began on 24 November 1993 and ended on 13 April 1994. The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, and the teams in each group played against each other on a home-and-away basis, meaning that each team played a total of six group matches. For each win, teams were awarded two points, with one point awarded for each draw. At the end of the group stage, the two teams in each group with the most points advanced to the semi-finals.

All teams except Milan and Porto made their group stage debuts. Two of these teams (Barcelona and Anderlecht) had previously contested the 1991–92 group stage, the only season of the European Cup to adopt such a format.

### Group A[edit]

Pos | Team

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1  |  Barcelona | 6  | 4  | 2  | 0  | 13  | 3  | +10  | 10  | Advance to knockout stage |  | -- | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0
2  |  Monaco | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 9  | 4  | +5  | 7  |  | 0–1 | -- | 4–1 | 3–0
3  |  Spartak Moscow | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 6  | 12  | −6  | 5  |  |  | 2–2 | 0–0 | -- | 0–0
4  |  Galatasaray | 6  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 1  | 10  | −9  | 2  |  | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | --

Source: UEFA

### Group B[edit]

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  MIL |  POR |  BRM |  AND

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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  |  | 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

## Knockout stage[edit]

Main article: 1993–94 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

### Bracket[edit]

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 27 April 1994 – Milan| |

|  Milan| 3

| 18 May 1994 – Athens

|  Monaco| 0 |

|  Milan| 4

| 27 April 1994 – Barcelona

| |  Barcelona| 0

|  Barcelona| 3

|  Porto| 0 |

### Semi-finals[edit]

The matches were played on 27 April 1994.

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Milan | 3–0 |  Monaco
Barcelona | 3–0 |  Porto

### Final[edit]

Main article: 1994 UEFA Champions League final

The final was played on 18 May 1994 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens.

18 May 1994 (1994-05-18)

21:15 EEST

Milan | 4–0|  Barcelona

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* Massaro 22', 45+2'
* Savićević 47'
* Desailly 58'

| Report |

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 70,000[2]

Referee: Philip Don (England)

## Top goalscorers[edit]

The top scorers from the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank  | Name  | Team  | Goals

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1  |  Ronald Koeman |  Barcelona | 8
Wynton Rufer |  Werder Bremen | 8
3  |  Luc Nilis |  Anderlecht | 7
Hristo Stoichkov |  Barcelona | 7
5  |  Bernd Hobsch |  Werder Bremen | 5
Valery Karpin |  Spartak Moscow | 5
7  |  Marco Bode |  Werder Bremen | 4
Jürgen Klinsmann |  Monaco | 4
Daniele Massaro |  Milan | 4
Viktor Onopko |  Spartak Moscow | 4
Jean-Pierre Papin |  Milan | 4
Nikolai Pisarev |  Spartak Moscow | 4
Sergey Rodionov |  Spartak Moscow | 4
Kubilay Türkyilmaz |  Galatasaray | 4

## See also[edit]

* 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup
* 1993–94 UEFA Cup

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Dinamo Tbilisi were ejected from the competition by UEFA after a failed attempt to bribe the referee for the first leg.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Seeding for the European Cups - 1993/94 Champions League
2. ^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

## External links[edit]

* 1993–94 All matches – season at UEFA website
* European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
* All scorers 1993–94 UEFA Champions League (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA \+ all scorers preliminary round
* 1993/94 UEFA Champions League \- results and line-ups (archive)

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