1993–94 UEFA Champions League

1993–94 UEFA Champions League

The Olympic Stadium in Athens hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	18 August – 1 September 1993 (qualifying) 15 September 1993 – 18 May 1994 (competition proper) 24 November 1993 – 27 April 1994 (UEFA Champions League)
Teams	8 (UEFA Champions League) 32 (first round) 42 (total)
Final positions
Champions	Milan (5th title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	75
Goals scored	217 (2.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ronald Koeman Wynton Rufer (8 goals)

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 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. Third-placed Monaco took the vacated French berth (second-placed Paris Saint-Germain opted for 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 that two sides qualified from each group with the group winners playing the semi-finals at home.

Regarding participants, this edition was marked by the absence of the Yugoslav participant due to the fact that Yugoslavia was under UN economic sanctions. Yugoslav participants were frequent presence in advanced stages of the competition with Red Star Belgrade having won the European Cup in 1991 and finished second in the group last season. FK Partizan were to represent the country in this edition, however, they were not allowed to participate due to the fact that the economic sanctions included country's participation in sports international events as well. Meanwhile, Croatia and Georgia entered their champions for the first time this edition.

Teams

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

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HJK Helsinki	2–1	FC Norma	1–1	1–0
FK Ekranas	0–2	Floriana	0–1	0–1
B68	0–11	Croatia Zagreb	0–5	0–6
Skonto	1–1 (p)	Olimpija Ljubljana	0–1	1–0
Cwmbran Town	4–4 (a)	Cork City	3–2	1–2
Dinamo Tbilisi	3–21	Linfield	2–1	1–1
Avenir Beggen	0–3	Rosenborg	0–2	0–1
KF Partizani	0–3	ÍA	0–0	0–3
Omonia	2–3	FC Aarau	2–1	0–2
Zimbru Chişinău	1–3	Beitar Jerusalem	1–1	0–2

¹ Dinamo Tbilisi was disqualified for attempting to bribe the referee in the first leg.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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 Bucureşti	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(aet)
FC Aarau	0–1	Milan	0–1	0–0
AIK	1–2	Sparta Prague	1–0	0–2
HJK Helsinki	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

First leg

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Second leg

Porto won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Monaco won 2–1 on aggregate.

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4–4 on aggregate; Steaua București won on away goals.

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4–4 on aggregate; Levski Sofia won on away goals.

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Werder Bremen won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Copenhagen won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Sparta Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Manchester United won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Galatasaray won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Lech Poznań won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Spartak Moscow won 9–0 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Austria Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	1–0	Feyenoord	1–0	0–0
Monaco	4–2	Steaua Bucureşti	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

First leg

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Second leg

Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.

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AS Monaco won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Werder Bremen won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

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3–3 on aggregate; Galatasaray won on away goals.

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Spartak Moscow won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

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 European Cup featuring league tables.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Barcelona 6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 10 Monaco 6 3 1 2 9 4 +5 7 Spartak Moscow 6 1 3 2 6 12 −6 5 Galatasaray 6 0 2 4 1 10 −9 2

BAR GAL MON SPA Barcelona – 3–0 2–0 5–1 Galatasaray 0–0 – 0–2 1–2 Monaco 0–1 3–0 – 4–1 Spartak Moscow 2–2 0–0 0–0 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Milan 6 2 4 0 6 2 +4 8 Porto 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 7 Werder Bremen 6 2 1 3 11 15 −4 5 Anderlecht 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 4

AND MIL POR BRM Anderlecht – 0–0 1–0 1–2 Milan 0–0 – 3–0 2–1 Porto 2–0 0–0 – 3–2 Werder Bremen 5–3 1–1 0–5 –

Knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League was played on 27 April 1994, over one leg. If both teams scored the same number of goals, matches would go to extra time and then penalties if the teams could not be separated after extra time.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 April – Milan (San Siro)
	Milan	3
	Monaco	0
					18 May – Athens (Olympic Stadium)
					Milan	4
					Barcelona	0
	27 April – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
	Barcelona	3
	Porto	0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Milan	3–0	Monaco
Barcelona	3–0	Porto

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Final

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
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

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

References

External links

• 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)