1992–93 Leeds United A.F.C. season

The 1992–93 season saw Leeds United A.F.C. compete in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League. As winners of the 1991–92 First Division title, United also competed in the UEFA Champions League.

Season summary

Despite finishing first the previous season, Leeds suffered something of a reversal this season: they were eliminated from the Champions League by Rangers and finished in 17th place in the Premier League. Although their home form was amongst the best in the Premier League – they lost only once at home, admittedly in a 4–1 thrashing by a Nottingham Forest side that finished the season last, and managed to put 5 goals past both Blackburn and Tottenham, both of whom finished in the top eight – a failure to win away from home all season cost Leeds dearly. As the season drew to a close Leeds were in danger of being only the second team to relegated a season after winning the league title, but managed to secure safety with a few matches to spare, although they did finish only two points away from relegation.

Final league table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United !Manchester United (C)	42	24	12	6	67	31	+36	84	1993–94 UEFA Champions League First round
2	Aston Villa !Aston Villa	42	21	11	10	57	40	+17	74	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
3	Norwich City !Norwich City	42	21	9	12	61	65	−4	72	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
4	Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	42	20	11	11	68	46	+22	71
5	Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	42	17	12	13	63	55	+8	63
6	Liverpool !Liverpool	42	16	11	15	62	55	+7	59
7	Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	14	13	55	51	+4	59
8	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15	60	66	−6	59
9	Manchester City !Manchester City	42	15	12	15	56	51	+5	57
10	Arsenal !Arsenal	42	15	11	16	40	38	+2	56	1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
11	Chelsea !Chelsea	42	14	14	14	51	54	−3	56
12	Wimbledon !Wimbledon	42	14	12	16	56	55	+1	54
13	Everton !Everton	42	15	8	19	53	55	−2	53
14	Sheffield United !Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	54	53	+1	52
15	Coventry City !Coventry City	42	13	13	16	52	57	−5	52
16	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	42	12	16	14	50	55	−5	52
17	Leeds United !Leeds United	42	12	15	15	57	62	−5	51
18	Southampton !Southampton	42	13	11	18	54	61	−7	50
19	Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	42	13	10	19	63	74	−11	49
20	Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace (R)	42	11	16	15	48	61	−13	49	Relegation to 1993–94 Football League First Division
21	Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough (R)	42	11	11	20	54	75	−21	44
22	Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest (R)	42	10	10	22	41	62	−21	40

Updated to games played on 11 May 1993.
Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Arsenal qualified by winning the FA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Leeds United's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Wimbledon	H	2–1	25,795	Chapman (2)
19 August 1992	Aston Villa	A	1–1	29,151	Speed
22 August 1992	Middlesbrough	A	1–4	18,649	Cantona
25 August 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	5–0	28,218	Wallace, Cantona (3), Chapman
29 August 1992	Liverpool	H	2–2	29,597	McAllister, Chapman
1 September 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	2–2	13,848	Cantona (2)
6 September 1992	Manchester United	A	0–2	31,296
13 September 1992	Aston Villa	H	1–1	27,817	Hodge
19 September 1992	Southampton	A	1–1	16,229	Speed
26 September 1992	Everton	H	2–0	27,915	McAllister, Chapman
3 October 1992	Ipswich Town	A	2–4	21,200	Chapman, Speed
17 October 1992	Sheffield United	H	3–1	29,706	Chapman, Speed, Whyte
24 October 1992	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–2	19,326	Strachan
31 October 1992	Coventry City	H	2–2	28,018	Chapman, Fairclough
7 November 1992	Manchester City	A	0–4	27,255
21 November 1992	Arsenal	H	3–0	30,516	Fairclough, Chapman, McAllister
29 November 1992	Chelsea	A	0–1	24,345
5 December 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	1–4	29,364	Speed
12 December 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–1	29,770	Speed, Chapman, Varadi
20 December 1992	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	14,462
26 December 1992	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–3	19,910	McAllister
28 December 1992	Norwich City	H	0–0	30,282
9 January 1993	Southampton	H	2–1	26,071	Chapman, Speed
16 January 1993	Everton	A	0–2	21,031
30 January 1993	Middlesbrough	H	3–0	30,344	Strandli, Batty, Fairclough
6 February 1993	Wimbledon	A	0–1	6,704
8 February 1993	Manchester United	H	0–0	34,166
13 February 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	27,654	McAllister, Chapman
20 February 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–4	32,040
24 February 1993	Arsenal	A	0–0	21,061
27 February 1993	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	28,848	Dorigo
13 March 1993	Manchester City	H	1–0	30,840	Rocastle
21 March 1993	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	25,148	Wallace
24 March 1993	Chelsea	H	1–1	28,135	Wetherall
6 April 1993	Sheffield United	A	1–2	20,562	Strandli
10 April 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	5–2	31,789	Strachan (3), Wallace, Chapman
14 April 1993	Norwich City	A	2–4	18,613	Chapman, Wallace
17 April 1993	Crystal Palace	H	0–0	27,545
21 April 1993	Liverpool	A	0–2	34,992
1 May 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	31,408	Hodge
4 May 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	26,855	King (own goal)
8 May 1993	Coventry City	A	3–3	19,591	Wallace (3)

FA Charity Shield


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
8 August 1992	Liverpool	N	4–3	61,291	Dorigo, Cantona (3)

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	21,287	Speed
R3R	13 January 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	3–1	8,337	Garland (own goal), Speed, McAllister
R4	25 January 1993	Arsenal	A	2–2	26,516	Speed, Chapman
R4R	3 February 1993	Arsenal	H	2–3 (a.e.t.)	26,449	Shutt, McAllister

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	22 September 1992	Scunthorpe United	H	4–1	10,113	Shutt, Speed, Chapman, Strachan
R2 Second Leg	27 October 1992	Scunthorpe United	A	2–2 (won 6-3 on agg)	7,419	Chapman, Wallace
R3	10 November 1992	Watford	A	1–2	18,035	McAllister

UEFA Champions League


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	16 September 1992	Stuttgart	A	0–3	38,000
R1 Second Leg	30 September 1992	Stuttgart	H	4–1^{[notes 1]}	20,457	Speed, Cantona, Chapman, McAllister (pen)
R1R	9 October 1992	Stuttgart	A	2–1	7,400	Shutt, Strachan
R2 Second Leg	21 October 1992	Rangers	A	1–2	43,251	McAllister
R2 Second Leg	4 November 1992	Rangers	H	1–2 (lost 2-4 on agg)	25,118	Cantona

Notes:

↑ Stuttgart would have won on away goals; however, it was realised that in the second leg between Leeds United and Stuttgart, Stuttgart had substituted a fourth foreign player. At the time, a maximum of three foreign players was allowed. The game was awarded to Leeds United with a score of 3–0, making it 3–3 on aggregate with no difference in away goals. A play-off match in Barcelona was ordered, which Leeds United won 2–1.

First-team squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Mark Beeney
		GK	Mervyn Day
		GK	John Lukic
		GK	Paul Pettinger
		DF	Rob Bowman
		DF	Chris Fairclough
		DF	David Kerslake
		DF	Tony Dorigo
		DF	Jon Newsome
		DF	Kevin Sharp^[3]
		DF	Mel Sterland
		DF	Ray Wallace
		DF	David Wetherall
		DF	Chris Whyte
		DF	Dylan Kerr

No.		Position	Player
		MF	David Batty
		MF	David Rocastle
		MF	Mark Tinkler
		MF	Gary Speed
		MF	Gary McAllister
		MF	Gordon Strachan (captain)
		FW	Lee Chapman
		FW	Jamie Forrester
		FW	Steve Hodge
		FW	Carl Shutt
		FW	Rod Wallace
		FW	Noel Whelan
		FW	Frank Strandli
		FW	Imre Varadi

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Scott Sellars (to Newcastle United)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Eric Cantona (to Manchester United)

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

GK: John Lukic, 40
RB: Jon Newsome, 31
CB: Chris Fairclough, 30
CB: Chris Whyte, 35
LB: Tony Dorigo, 34
RM: Gordon Strachan, 25
CM: Gary McAllister, 33
CM: David Batty, 31
LM: Gary Speed, 40
CF: Lee Chapman, 37
CF: Rod Wallace, 32

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date	P	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 Jul 1992	MF	Scott Sellars	Blackburn Rovers	£800,000
23 Jul 1992	MF	David Rocastle	Arsenal	£2,000,000^†
23 Jul 1992	GK	Paul Pettinger	Youth	—
20 Oct 1992	FW	Jamie Forrester	Auxerre	Undisc.
20 Oct 1992	DF	Kevin Sharp	Auxerre	£60,000
20 Nov 1992	DF	Rob Bowman	Youth	—
20 Jan 1993	FW	Frank Strandli	IK Start	£250,000
5 Mar 1993	FW	Noel Whelan	Youth	—
5 Mar 1993	MF	Mark Ford	Youth	—
5 Mar 1993	MF	Andy Couzens	Youth	—
9 Mar 1993	DF	David Kerslake	Swindon Town	£500,000
22 Apr 1993	GK	Mark Beeney	Brighton & Hove Albion	£350,000

^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Transfers out

Date	P	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 Jun 1992	DF	Glynn Snodin	Hearts	Free
1 Aug 1992	FW	Bobby Davison	Leicester City	£50,000
12 Nov 1992	FW	Eric Cantona	Manchester United	£1,200,000
9 Mar 1993	MF	Scott Sellars	Newcastle United	£700,000

Total spending: £2,010,000

Loaned in

Start date	End date	P	Player	From club

Loaned out

Start date	End date	P	Player	To club

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leeds-united/1992-1993/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/1993
↑ Sharp was born in Sarnia, Canada, but represented England at U-18 level.

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