1992–93 A.C. Milan season
Associazione Calcio Milan won two trophies in the 1992–93 season, which was crowned when it reached the European Cup final and won the domestic league for the second year running.
1992–93 season | |||
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President | Silvio Berlusconi | ||
Manager | Fabio Capello | ||
Stadium | San Siro | ||
Serie A | 1st | ||
Supercoppa Italiana | Winners | ||
Coppa Italia | Semi-finals | ||
UEFA Champions League | Runners-up | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Marco van Basten, Jean-Pierre Papin (13) All: Marco van Basten, Jean-Pierre Papin (20) | ||
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None of the other Serie A teams came close to challenging Milan in the league, with new signing Jean-Pierre Papin playing a vital role in the absence of lethal striker Marco van Basten[1] , who albeit scored 13 goals in just 15 matches. Some defensive slips were redeemed by the 65 goals scored, which was the most of all teams in the league, and enough to clinch the title in front of city rivals Internazionale by four points. The season also saw memorable displays against Pescara, Fiorentina and Lazio in the beginning of the season. Against Pescara, Milan won 5–4 away from home, then beat Fiorentina 7–3 and Lazio at home by 5–3. In those three matches, van Basten totaled seven goals. Milan also crushed Napoli 5–1 at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples, with van Basten scoring four goals in Serie A for the first (and only) time.
The season also saw Milan set the world transfer record following an intensive bidding battle against Juventus to sign Gianluigi Lentini from 1992's surprise Torino team[2]. Lentini did not perform to expectations, and was considered a disappointment, especially following a car accident in 1993, from which he recovered[3], but never rediscovered his form prior to the accident.
Players
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Milan (C) | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 50 | Qualification to Champions League first round |
2 | Internazionale | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Parma[lower-alpha 1] | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
4 | Juventus | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
5 | Lazio | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 38 |
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).[4]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
- Parma qualified to 1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.
Matches
13 September 1992 2 | Pescara | 4–5 | Milan | Pescara |
Allegri Baresi Massara |
Report | Maldini Lentini Van Basten |
Stadium: Stadio Adriatico |
4 October 1992 5 | Fiorentina | 3–7 | Milan | Florence |
Baiano Effenberg Di Mauro |
Report | Massaro Lentini Gullit Van Basten |
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi |
18 October 1992 6 | Milan | 5–3 | Lazio | Milan |
Gullit Papin Van Basten Simone |
Report | Winter Fuser Signori |
Stadium: San Siro |
8 November 1992 9 | Napoli | 1–5 | Milan | Naples |
Zola |
Report | Van Basten Eranio |
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo |
22 November 1992 10 | Milan | 1–1 | Internazionale | Milan |
Lentini |
Report | De Agostini |
Stadium: San Siro |
23 December 1992[5] 4 | Sampdoria | 1–2 | Milan | Genoa |
Bonetti |
Report | Simone Gullit |
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris |
31 January 1993 18 | Foggia | 2–2 | Milan | Foggia |
Bresciani Seno |
Report | Papin Rijkaard |
Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria |
7 February 1993 19 | Milan | 4–0 | Pescara | Milan |
Savićević Papin Donadoni |
Report | Stadium: San Siro |
14 February 1993 20 | Atalanta | 1–1 | Milan | Bergamo |
Ganz |
Report | Papin |
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia |
14 March 1993 23 | Lazio | 2–2 | Milan | Rome |
Gascoigne Bergodi |
Report | Papin Winter |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico |
4 April 1993 26 | Milan | 2–2 | Napoli | Milan |
Lentini |
Report | Careca Policano |
Stadium: San Siro |
18 April 1993 28 | Milan | 1–3 | Juventus | Milan |
Simone |
Report | Möller R. Baggio |
Stadium: San Siro |
25 April 1993 29 | Udinese | 0–0 | Milan | Udine |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli |
8 May 1993 30 | Ancona | 1–3 | Milan | Ancona |
Vecchiola |
Report | Gullit Van Basten Albertini |
Stadium: Stadio del Conero |
23 May 1993 32 | Cagliari | 1–1 | Milan | Cagliari |
Francescoli |
Report | Massaro |
Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia |
Top scorers
Coppa Italia
Second round
Third round
7 October 1992 First Leg | Milan | 3–0 | Cagliari | San Siro, Milan |
20:30 | Papin Lentini |
Referee: Roberto Bettin |
28 October 1992 Second Leg | Cagliari | 0–0 | Milan | Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari |
20:30 | Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti |
Quarter-finals
27 January 1993 First Leg | Milan | 0–0 | Internazionale | San Siro, Milan |
20:30 | Referee: Gianni Beschin |
10 February 1993 Second Leg | Internazionale | 0–3 | Milan | San Siro, Milan |
20:30 | Papin Gullit |
Referee: Fabio Baldas |
Supercoppa Italiana
30 August 1992 | Milan | 2–1 | Parma | San Siro, Milan |
20:30 | Van Basten Massaro |
Report | Melli |
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto |
European Cup
First round
Second round
21 October 1992 First Leg | Slovan Bratislava | 0–1 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava | |
20:15 | Report | Maldini |
Attendance: 33,467 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
UEFA Champions League
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 12 | Advance to final | |
2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | ||
3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 |
25 November 1992 Round 1 | Milan | 4–0 | San Siro, Milan | |
20:30 | Van Basten |
Report | Attendance: 55,697 Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium) |
9 December 1992 Round 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 1–2 | Philips Stadion, Eindhoven | |
20:30 | Romário |
Report | Rijkaard Simone |
Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Alexey Spirin (Russia) |
3 March 1993 Round 3 | Porto | 0–1 | Estádio das Antas, Porto | |
19:30 | Report | Papin |
Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany) |
17 March 1993 Round 4 | Milan | 1–0 | San Siro, Milan | |
20:30 | Eranio |
Report | Attendance: 67,389 Referee: Philip Don (England) |
7 April 1993 Round 5 | IFK Göteborg | 0–1 | Ullevi, Gothenburg | |
20:30 | Report | Massaro |
Attendance: 40,323 Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany) |
21 April 1993 Round 6 | Milan | 2–0 | San Siro, Milan | |
20:30 | Simone |
Report | Attendance: 56,862 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary) |
Final
26 May 1993 | Marseille | 1–0 | Olympiastadion, Munich | |
20:15 | Boli |
Report | Attendance: 64,400 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland) |
References
- Bandini, Paolo (14 December 2007). "How Capello won his nine league titles". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- Oliver Irish (2 September 2001). "The 10 biggest wastes of money in football history". The Observer. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- "Lentini 'will recover' from car crash injuries". The Independent. 4 August 1993. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- 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.
- Suspended on 27 September 1992 due to rain.