1993–94 VfB Leipzig season

The 1993–94 season was VfB Leipzig's only season in the Bundesliga to date. It was a difficult season for the club, which saw them finish bottom of the table with just three wins (all 1–0).

VfB Leipzig

1993–94 season
Manager	Bernd Stange (to 21 February) Jürgen Sundermann (22 February - 9 April) Damian Halata (from 10 April)
Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	Dirk Anders (8)

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GER Maik Kischko — GK  GER Ingo Saager — DF  GER Holger Bühner (to January) — DF  USA John Doyle — DF  GER Frank Edmond — DF  GER Helmut Gabriel — DF  GER Marco Gräfe — DF  GER Rico Kauerhof — DF  GER Torsten Kracht (from January) — DF  GER Matthias Lindner — MF  GER Dirk Anders — MF  GER Uwe Bredow — MF  GER Nico Däbritz

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Jörg Engelmann — MF  GER Dieter Hecking — MF  GER Steffen Heidrich — MF  GER Matthias Liebers — MF  GHA Alexander Opoku — MF  GER René Schmidt — MF  GER Uwe Trommer — FW  BRA Franklin — FW  MKD Darko Pancev (from January) — FW  GER Jürgen Rische — FW  GER Frank Turnier — FW  GER Florian Weichert

Results

Bundesliga

VfB Leipzig v Dynamo Dresden

7 August 1993	VfB Leipzig	3–3	Dynamo Dresden	Leipzig
15:30	Lindner  10' Anders  17', 25'	Report	Marschall  15', 27', 69'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 31,400 Referee: Manfred Amerell (Munich)

Werder Bremen v VfB Leipzig

17 August 1993	Werder Bremen	3–1	VfB Leipzig	Bremen
20:00	Hobsch  16' Beiersdorfer  54' Basler  86'	Report	Rische  15'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 20,855 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

VfB Leipzig v MSV Duisburg

27 August 1993	VfB Leipzig	1–1	MSV Duisburg	Leipzig
20:00	Edmond  47'	Report	Tarnat  26'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Manfred Schmidt

Bayern Munich v VfB Leipzig

1 September 1993	Bayern Munich	3–0	VfB Leipzig	Munich
20:00	Nerlinger  13' Matthäus  55' Schupp  88'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

VfB Leipzig v SG Wattenscheid 09

4 September 1993	VfB Leipzig	0–0	SG Wattenscheid 09	Leipzig
15:30		Report		Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

Borussia Dortmund v VfB Leipzig

7 September 1993	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	VfB Leipzig	Dortmund
20:00		Report	Rische  9'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 40,590 Referee: Hans-Peter Best (Kämpfelbach)

VfB Stuttgart v VfB Leipzig

11 September 1993	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	VfB Leipzig	Stuttgart
20:00		Report		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

VfB Leipzig v Hamburger SV

17 September 1993	VfB Leipzig	1–4	Hamburger SV	Leipzig
20:00	Liebers  84'	Report	Bäron  25', 75' Von Heesen  37' Spies  88'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 17,800 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

1. FC Köln v VfB Leipzig

25 September 1993	1. FC Köln	3–1	VfB Leipzig	Cologne
15:30	Lehmann  56' Greiner  69' Jancker  87'	Report	Edmond  58'	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Eugen Strigel (Horb)

VfB Leipzig v Borussia Mönchengladbach

2 October 1993	VfB Leipzig	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leipzig
15:30	Anders  81' (pen.)	Report	Salou  66'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Leipzig

9 October 1993	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	VfB Leipzig	Frankfurt
15:30	Furtok  27', 87'	Report	Edmond  86'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

VfB Leipzig v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

17 October 1993	VfB Leipzig	0–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Leipzig
18:00		Report		Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

1. FC Nürnberg v VfB Leipzig

22 October 1993	1. FC Nürnberg	5–0	VfB Leipzig	Nuremberg
20:00	Golke  9' Zárate  36' Wück  40' Sutter  65' Kubik  74'	Report		Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Michael Malbranc (Hamburg)

VfB Leipzig v Karlsruher SC

30 October 1993	VfB Leipzig	1–0	Karlsruher SC	Leipzig
15:30	Heidrich  69'	Report		Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Markus Weber (Bergkamen)

FC Schalke 04 v VfB Leipzig

5 November 1993	FC Schalke 04	3–1	VfB Leipzig	Gelsenkirchen
20:00	Eckstein  28', 57' Anderbrügge  90' (pen.)	Report	Rische  87'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hans-Peter Dellwing (Trier)

VfB Leipzig v SC Freiburg

14 November 1993	VfB Leipzig	2–2	SC Freiburg	Leipzig
18:00	Weichert  60', 75'	Report	Cardoso  29' Zeyer  41'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Leipzig

20 November 1993	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	VfB Leipzig	Leverkusen
15:30	Schuster  57' Kirsten  67', 76'	Report	Heidrich  14'	Stadium: Ulrich Haberland Stadion Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Bernd Hauer (Celle)

Dynamo Dresden v VfB Leipzig

26 November 1993	Dynamo Dresden	1–0	VfB Leipzig	Dresden
15:30	Penksa  16'	Report		Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 12,120 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

VfB Leipzig v VfB Stuttgart

4 December 1993	VfB Leipzig	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Leipzig
15:30		Report		Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

VfB Leipzig v Werder Bremen

11 December 1993	VfB Leipzig	1–1	Werder Bremen	Leipzig
15:30	Bredow  36'	Report	Hobsch  51'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Manfred Führer (Steinhagen)

MSV Duisburg v VfB Leipzig

12 February 1994	MSV Duisburg	2–1	VfB Leipzig	Duisburg
15:30	Weidemann  29' Wohlert  69'	Report	Pancev  50'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 16,100 Referee: Hans Scheuerer (Munich)

VfB Leipzig v Bayern Munich

19 February 1994	VfB Leipzig	1–3	Bayern Munich	Leipzig
15:30	Anders  64'	Report	Scholl  3' Nerlinger  4' Ziege  33'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

SG Wattenscheid 09 v VfB Leipzig

27 February 1994	SG Wattenscheid 09	2–2	VfB Leipzig	Wattenscheid
15:30	Sané  29', 84'	Report	Weichert  5' Anders  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Lohrheidestadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

VfB Leipzig v Borussia Dortmund

5 March 1994	VfB Leipzig	2–3	Borussia Dortmund	Leipzig
15:30	Heidrich  30' Anders  81'	Report	Chapuisat  48' Sippel  71', 73'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Ottobrunn)

Hamburger SV v VfB Leipzig

12 March 1994	Hamburger SV	3–0	VfB Leipzig	Hamburg
15:30	Ivanauskas  44' Bäron  45' Spörl  67'	Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 23,463 Referee: Rainer Werthmann (Bochum)

VfB Leipzig v 1. FC Köln

18 March 1994	VfB Leipzig	2–3	1. FC Köln	Leipzig
15:30	Anders  84' Rische  90'	Report	Polster  49' (pen.), 89' Baumann  51'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Hans-Joachim Osmers (Bremen)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfB Leipzig

26 March 1994	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6–1	VfB Leipzig	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Dahlin  22', 43', 54' Klinkert  39' Kastenmaier  76' (pen.) Wynhoff  87'	Report	Rische  55'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

VfB Leipzig v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 April 1994	VfB Leipzig	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leipzig
15:30	Rische  29'	Report		Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Hans-Peter Dellwing (Trier)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfB Leipzig

5 April 1994	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	VfB Leipzig	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Sforza  88'	Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 30,511 Referee: Eugen Strigel (Horb)

VfB Leipzig v 1. FC Nürnberg

8 April 1994	VfB Leipzig	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Leipzig
20:00		Report	Kubik  4' Criens  73'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Fischenich)

Karlsruher SC v VfB Leipzig

16 April 1994	Karlsruher SC	3–2	VfB Leipzig	Karlsruhe
15:30	Shmarov  19' Schmitt  34' Schütterle  87'	Report	Heidrich  74' Pancev  90'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Manfred Führer (Steinhagen)

VfB Leipzig v FC Schalke 04

23 April 1994	VfB Leipzig	2–2	FC Schalke 04	Leipzig
15:30	Franklin  71' Anders  82' (pen.)	Report	Müller  31' Lugninger  45'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Hans Scheuerer (Munich)

SC Freiburg v VfB Leipzig

30 April 1994	SC Freiburg	1–0	VfB Leipzig	Freiburg
15:30	Cardoso  83'	Report		Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Markus Weber (Bergkamen)

VfB Leipzig v Bayer Leverkusen

7 May 1994	VfB Leipzig	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Leipzig
15:30	Okpoku  20' Edmond  79'	Report	Hecking  16' (o.g.) Paulo Sérgio  34' Kirsten  89'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Manfred Amerell (Munich)

DFB-Pokal

Bayer Uerdingen v VfB Leipzig

24 August 1993 Round 1	Bayer Uerdingen	1–0	VfB Leipzig	Krefeld
15:30	Feldhoff  8'	Report		Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Transfers

In Player From Date Holger Bühner Rot-Weiß Erfurt Summer John Doyle Örgryte Summer Marco Gräfe Unknown Summer Alexander Opoku Youth team Summer René Schmidt Youth team Summer Florian Weichert Hamburger SV Summer Torsten Kracht VfB Stuttgart Winter Darko Pancev Internazionale (loan) Winter

Out Player To Date Gennady Grishin Torpedo Moscow Summer Sarfo Gyamfi Hallescher FC Summer Hans-Jürgen Heidenreich Retired Summer Torsten Kracht VfB Stuttgart Summer Janusz Turowski Retired Summer Holger Bühner Hansa Rostock Winter

External links

• Season details at fussballdaten (in German)