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1992–93 UEFA Champions League

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1992–93 UEFA Champions League
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The 1992–93 UEFA Champions League, originally known as the 1992–93 European Cup, was the 38th European Cup, the premier European club football tournament, and the first season with the UEFA Champions League branding (originally adopted only in the group stage).[1]

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It was the second season of the competition in which the eight second round winners would be split into two groups, with the winner of each one meeting in the final. In addition, a preliminary round was required as this was the first season after the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, resulting in many new countries eligible to enter the champions of their own leagues into the competition. Israel and the Faroe Islands were also represented for the first time.

The tournament was won for the first time by Marseille, defeating Milan in the final, becoming the first French team to win the European Cup/Champions League.

However, soon after Marseille's victory allegations of match fixing were levelled at them and their president Bernard Tapie. This involved a league game that took place 6 days before the final where Marseille, it emerged, had fixed their title-clinching Division 1 game against Valenciennes so they could concentrate on the final against Milan. It is believed that Tapie bribed Valenciennes to lose so that Marseille would win the French league earlier, and above all that they would not injure the Marseille players before the final against Milan. Before the 1991 European Cup final against Red Star Belgrade, Marseille had a few injured players, Tapie did not want to repeat this mistake. This resulted in Marseille being stripped of their league title by the French Football Federation (although not the European Cup, as the match in question was not in that competition). They were banned from defending their European title in the 1993–94 season, and contesting the Intercontinental Cup and Super Cup. During the 1995 trial over Marseille's financial accounts, it was revealed that they had an annual budget of Fr5 million (about €760,000) dedicated to the purchase of matches from 1989 to 1993. UEFA, along with the French Federation and French authorities, investigated several Marseille matches during the 1992–93 season. These investigations have not established any formal proof concerning alleged match-fixing in the Champions League. Therefore, Marseille's status as 1993 European champion was not affected.[2]

Barcelona, the defending champions, were eliminated in the second round by CSKA Moscow.

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Teams

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In total, 36 national champions participated in 1992–93 UEFA Champions League season. The 8 lowest-ranked champions according to the 1992 club seeding coefficients entered in the preliminary round, while the 28 best-ranked champions entered in the first round.

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Since the title holders (Barcelona) qualified via their domestic league, the title holder spot was vacated and the following changes to the default access list were made:

  • The champions ranked 27th and 28th (APOEL and Union Luxembourg) were promoted from the preliminary round to the first round.

Ranking

The teams were ranked according to their 1992 UEFA seeding coefficients, which took into account performances in European competitions from 1987–88 to 1991–92. Each club and national association had a seeding coefficient calculated (total points divided by total matches), with both values added together to determine the club's final coefficient. This ranking then determined the round each team would enter.[3][4]

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Associations without a participating team

Notes

  1. ^
    Albania (ALB): Albanian clubs were excluded from European competitions for the 1992–93 season, after the political situation in Albania collapsed and the national team could not complete the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying. Vllaznia would have qualified as champions of the 1991–92 Albanian National Championship.
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    FR Yugoslavia (YUG): 1991–92 Yugoslav First League champions Red Star Belgrade were not admitted as a result of UN economic sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia.
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Round and draw dates

All draws for the competition were held in Geneva, Switzerland.[5]

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  1. An additional play-off match for the first round was held on 9 October 1992.
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Preliminary round

The first legs were played on 19 August, and the second legs on 2 September 1992.

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First round

The first legs were played on 16 September, and the second legs on 30 September 1992. An additional play-off was held on 9 October.

Notes:
  1. The second leg originally finished as a 4–1 win for Leeds United (thus 4–4 on aggregate, with VfB Stuttgart winning on away goals). The match was later awarded as a 3–0 victory for Leeds due to Stuttgart's illegal use of foreign players, resulting in a 3–3 aggregate score and a play-off being ordered to determine the winner.
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Second round

The first legs were played on 21 October, and the second legs on 4 November 1992.

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Group stage

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Location of teams of the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B

The group stage began on 25 November 1992 and ended on 21 April 1993. 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 first team in each group advanced to the final.

Group A

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Group B

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Final

The final was played on 26 May 1993 at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany.

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Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

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