 TheOlympic Stadium inAthens hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Qualifying: 18 August – 1 September 1993 Competition proper: 15 September 1993 – 18 May 1994 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 42 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Milan (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Barcelona |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 75 |
| Goals scored | 217 (2.89 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,082,730 (27,770 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ronald Koeman (Barcelona) Wynton Rufer (Werder Bremen) 8 goals each |
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The1993–94 UEFA Champions League, originally known as the1993–94 European Cup, was the 39th season of theUEFA Champions League,UEFA's premier clubfootball 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 Italian clubMilan, their fifth title, beating Spanish clubBarcelona 4–0 in thefinal.Marseille were the defending champions, but were not allowed to enter the competition due their involvement in amatch-fixing scandal inDivision 1 the season prior. This saw them stripped of their league title and demoted toDivision 2 at the end of 1993–94. This was the first and only time which the defending champions did not participate in the following season of the competition. Third-placedMonaco took the vacated French berth (second-placedParis Saint-Germain, who refused the defaulted French title, competed in theCup Winners' Cup instead asCoupe 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 the two sides qualified from each group as group winners playing the semi-finals at home.
This edition was marked by the absence of Yugoslav participants becauseYugoslavia was underUN economic sanctions. Yugoslav participants were frequently present in advanced stages of the competition withRed Star Belgrade having won the European Cup in1991 and finished second in the group the following season.Partizan were to represent Yugoslavia in this edition, but were not allowed to participate. Meanwhile,Croatia,Belarus,Moldova,Georgia andWales entered their champions for the first time in this edition.
In total, 42 national champions participated in 1993–94 UEFA Champions League season. The 20 lowest-ranked champions according to the 1993 club seeding coefficients entered in the preliminary round, while the 22 best-ranked champions entered in the first round.
| Round | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round |
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| Preliminary round (20 teams) |
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| First round (32 teams) |
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| Second round (16 teams) |
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| Group stage (8 teams) |
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| Knockout stage (4 teams) |
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Since the title holders (Marseille) originally qualified via their domestic league, the title holder spot was vacated and the following changes to the default access list were made:
Purple: Eliminated in the preliminary round;
Yellow: Eliminated in the first round;
Orange: Eliminated in the second round;
Red: Qualified for group stage.The teams were ranked according to their 1993 UEFA seeding coefficients, which took into account performances in European competitions from 1988–89 to 1992–93. 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.[1][2]
The schedule of the competition is as follows. All draws were held inGeneva,Switzerland.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying round | 14 July 1993 | 18 August 1993 | 1 September 1993 | |
| First round | 15 September 1993 | 29 September 1993 | ||
| Second round | 1 October 1993 | 20 October 1993 | 3 November 1993 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 5 November 1993 | 24 November 1993 | |
| Matchday 2 | 8 December 1993 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 2 March 1994 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 16 March 1994 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 30 March 1994 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 13 April 1994 | |||
| Knockout phase | Semi-finals | 27 April 1994 | ||
| Final | 18 May 1994 atOlympic Stadium,Athens | |||
The first legs were played on 18 and 22 August, and the second legs on 1 September 1993.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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HJK  | 2–1 |  Norma Tallinn | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Ekranas  | 0–2 |  Floriana | 0–1 | 0–1 |
B68  | 0–11 |  Croatia Zagreb | 0–5 | 0–6 |
Skonto  | 1–1 (11–10p) |  Olimpija Ljubljana | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
Cwmbrân Town  | 4–4 (a) |  Cork City | 3–2 | 1–2 |
Dinamo Tbilisi  | w/o[a] |  Linfield | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Avenir Beggen  | 0–3 |  Rosenborg | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Partizani  | 0–3 |  ÍA | 0–0 | 0–3 |
Omonia  | 2–3 |  Aarau | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Zimbru Chișinău  | 1–3 |  Beitar Jerusalem | 1–1 | 0–2 |
The first legs were played on 15 and 16 September, and the second legs on 28 and 29 September 1993.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 București  | 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 (a.e.t.) |
| Aarau | 0–1 | Milan | 0–1 | 0–0 |
AIK  | 1–2 |  Sparta Prague | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| HJK | 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 |
The first legs were played on 20 October, and the second legs on 3 November 1993.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Porto | 1–0 | Feyenoord | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Monaco | 4–2 | Steaua București | 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 |
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B;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 exceptMilan andPorto made their group stage debuts. Two of these teams (Barcelona and Anderlecht) had previously contested the1991–92 group stage, the only season of the European Cup to adopt such a format.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | MON | SPM | GAL | |
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| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 10 | Advance toknockout stage | — | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 |  Spartak Moscow | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | POR | BRM | AND | |
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| 1 | Milan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Advance toknockout stage | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 5 | 1–1 | 0–5 | — | 5–3 | ||
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
| 27 April –Milan | ||||||||
| Milan | 3 | |||||||
| 18 May –Athens | ||||||||
| Monaco | 0 | |||||||
| Milan | 4 | |||||||
| 27 April –Barcelona | ||||||||
| Barcelona | 0 | |||||||
| Barcelona | 3 | |||||||
| Porto | 0 | |||||||
The semi-finals were played on 27 April 1994.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
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| Milan | 3–0 | Monaco |
| Barcelona | 3–0 | Porto |
The final was played on 18 May 1994 at theOlympic Stadium inAthens.
The top scorers from the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
Monaco accepted reluctantly an invitation to take Marseille's place in the European Cup on Wednesday as the defending champion continued its fight to stay in the competition.
