| Season | 1992–93 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 August 1992 – 2 June 1993 |
| Champions | unattributed |
| Relegated | Valenciennes Toulon Nîmes |
| Champions League | Monaco |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Paris Saint-Germain |
| UEFA Cup | Bordeaux Nantes Auxerre |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 887 (2.33 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alen Bokšić (23 goals) |
1993–94 → | |
The1992–93 Division 1 season was the 55th since its establishment.Marseille finished in first with 53 points, but were stripped of their title due to abribery scandal.Paris Saint-Germain, who had finished second, refused to accept the title, resulting in no team being crowned champions for the season.
The European Cup was renamed the Champions League in1992–93, and Marseille reached the final for the second time in three years. They defeatedMilan to become the first French team to win a European Trophy.[1]
Acorruption scandal involving a league match againstValenciennes emerged a few days before the Champions League final.[2] It was alleged that club presidentBernard Tapie had bribed Valenciennes to lose so that Olympique de Marseille would win the French League earlier, giving them more time to prepare for the Champions League final.[3] Valenciennes playersChristophe Robert,Jorge Burruchaga andJacques Glassmann claimed that Marseille midfielderJean-Jacques Eydelie offered them₣250,000 to "take the foot off of the gas" in the May 20 match.[4] Marseille were later stripped of their league title and relegated to Division 2 by theFrench Football Federation, while Tapie was forced to step down as the club's president. Marseille were not stripped of the Champions League, as the match in question was not in the competition, but were excluded from the1993–94 UEFA Champions League,[5] as well as regular reigning European champions match in1993 Intercontinental Cup and1993 European Super Cup.
No winner was declared for the1992–1993 season. The LFP allotted the title to Paris Saint-Germain but ownersCanal+ refused it. The TV chain feared the reactions of their subscribers inProvence and threatened to withdraw from football completely if the title was awarded to PSG.[citation needed] Ultimately the LFP decided that the 1993 title would remain unattributed. Canal+ refused to allow the club to participate in the following season's Champions League after Marseille's exclusion byUEFA.[6]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marseille(D) | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 71 | 36 | +35 | 53[a] | Disqualified from theChampions League[b] |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain(N) | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 29 | +32 | 51 | Qualification to theCup Winners' Cup first round[c] |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 51 | Qualification to theChampions League first round[d] |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 48 | Qualification to theUEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Nantes | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 45 | |
| 6 | Auxerre | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 43 | |
| 7 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 43 | |
| 8 | Strasbourg | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 40 | |
| 9 | Lens | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 40 | |
| 10 | Montpellier | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 36 | |
| 11 | Caen | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 35 | |
| 12 | Metz | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 35 | |
| 13 | Toulouse | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 34 | |
| 14 | Lyon | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 33 | |
| 15 | Le Havre | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 33 | |
| 16 | Sochaux | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 32 | |
| 17 | Lille | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 30 | |
| 18 | Valenciennes(R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 29[a] | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
| 19 | Toulon(D, R) | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 25 | Administratively relegated toChampionnat National[e] |
| 20 | Nîmes(R) | 38 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 32 | 66 | −34 | 22 | Relegation toFrench Division 2 |
Promoted from1992–93 French Division 2, who will play in1993–94 French Division 1
| Home \ Away | AUX | BOR | CAE | LHA | RCL | LIL | OL | OM | MET | ASM | MHS | FCN | NMS | PSG | STE | SOC | RCS | SCT | TFC | VFC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxerre | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Bordeaux | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| Caen | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
| Le Havre | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
| Lens | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Lille | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| Lyon | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Marseille | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Metz | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Monaco | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
| Montpellier | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
| Nantes | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
| Nîmes | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Paris SG | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | |
| Sochaux | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Strasbourg | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Toulon | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–5 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Toulouse | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Valenciennes | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | –[a] | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valenciennes | 1–3 | Cannes | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| # | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marseille | 27,010 |
| 2 | PSG | 26,704 |
| 3 | Girondins | 21,864 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 21,773 |
| 5 | Nantes | 20,216 |
| 6 | Saint-Étienne | 19,943 |
| 7 | Lens | 17,224 |
| 8 | Olympique lyonnais | 16,678 |
| 9 | Valenciennes | 11,846 |
| 10 | MHSC | 9,917 |
| 11 | Metz | 9,581 |
| 12 | AJA | 9,421 |
| 13 | Toulouse | 9,173 |
| 14 | Nîmes | 8,788 |
| 15 | Caen | 7,767 |
| 16 | Le Havre | 7,130 |
| 17 | LOSC | 6,326 |
| 18 | Monaco | 6,263 |
| 19 | Toulon | 4,212 |
| 20 | Sochaux | 3,691 |
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