1992–93 UEFA Cup

1992–93 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates	15 September 1992 – 19 May 1993
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Italy Juventus (3rd title)
Runners-up	Germany Borussia Dortmund
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	394 (3.13 per match)
Attendance	2,337,805 (18,554 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gérald Baticle (Auxerre); 8 goals
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 UEFA Cup was the 22nd season of Europe's then-tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany, and at Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin, Italy. The competition was won by Italian club Juventus, who beat Borussia Dortmund of Germany by an aggregate result of 6–1, to claim their third UEFA Cup title. Juventus became the first club to win the UEFA Cup three times, and registered a record score for a two-legged UEFA Cup final. Due to the breakup of Yugoslavia and the international sanctions for the ongoing Yugoslav Wars, UEFA banned all Yugoslavian teams from competing. Slovenia, a former Yugoslav republic, was represented for the first time in the UEFA Cup, although Olimpija Ljubljana competed in its unofficial predecessor Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup in the late 1960s.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participated in the 1992–93 UEFA Cup, all entering from the first round over six knock-out rounds. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was originally used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
Associations 4–8 each have three teams qualify.
Associations 9–21 each have two teams qualify.
Associations 22–32 each have one team qualify.

The various political reorganizations and disputes in Europe resulted in various changes in the team allocation. Yugoslavia (association 10 in the ranking) and Albania were banned from entering the competition, and their three berths went to associations 9, 11 and 12 as a third berth. East Germany had ceased to exist as a country after the German reunification, and its results were erased from the UEFA ranking. As the place allocation was one team short, the newly formed Slovenia was allowed to enter the competition without a ranking coefficient.

Association ranking

For the 1992–93 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1991 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1986–87 to 1990–91. Therefore, it did not include any of the new football federations that had join UEFA in the prior months. Having returned to European competitions in 1990 after a five-year ban, England's score was limited to the last of the five seasons accounted for in the ranking, and only two English clubs competed in the UEFA Cup.

Association ranking for 1992–93 UEFA Cup

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
1	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	48.171	4
2	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	46.387
3	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	38.666
4	File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France	34.650	3
5	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	34.433
6	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	29.633
7	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	26.150
8	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union - File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia - File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine	25.566		^{[Note SOV]}
9	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	24.500
10	File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg FR Yugoslavia	24.466	0	^{[Note YUG]}
11	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	24.300	3
12	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	21.000	3
-	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany	19.250	0	^{[Note DDR]}
13	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	17.600	2
14	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	15.748	2
-	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	15.000	0	^{[Note WAL]}

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
15	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	15.000	2
16	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia	14.600
17	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland	14.250
18	File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece	13.000
19	File:Flag of England.svg England	12.500
20	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria	12.416
21	File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey	11.665
22	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	10.415	1
23	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	10.250	1
24	File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania	8.999	0	^{[Note ALB]}
25	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	5.999	1
26	File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg Cyprus	4.666
27	File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland	4.000
28	File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland	3.666
29	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland	1.999
30	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg	1.998
31	File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta	1.666
-	File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia	0.000		^{[Note DDR]}

Unranked countries entered in other European competitions
Association	EC	CWC
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia	Yes	No
File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands	Yes	Yes
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel	Yes	Yes
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia	Yes	No
File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein	No	Yes
File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania	Yes	No
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine	Yes	Yes

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Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup, so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best-placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup, which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Its virtual ranking is only an original research, because the UEFA country ranking was only used to allocate the UEFA Cup spots at time, so Wales was not included.

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East Germany: The slots previously allocated to East Germany did not apply due to the reunification of Germany, and the end of the NOFV-Oberliga the previous year. It was the first time a country disappeared since the introduction of the UEFA ranking, requiring an unprecedented decision. As two spots vacated, UEFA no more considered East Germany. Consequently, Turkey moved to the additional spot zone, and another place became available at the bottom of the list for the title holders. As the latter was not needed, it was given to a new country, Slovenia.

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Soviet Union, Russia & Ukraine: The Soviet Union was formally dissolved shortly after the end of the 1991 Soviet Top League. Following an agreement between Russia, Ukraine and UEFA, Ukraine relinquished all Soviet football heritage to Russia, that in turn immediately accepted a separate Ukrainian representation in the UEFA Champions League and the Cup Winners' Cup through the 1992 Vyshcha Liha and the 1992 Ukrainian Cup. On the other hand, the UEFA Cup slots were still awarded through the Soviet League results, although teams would compete for their own associations. After the results of the Ukrainian competitions, two Russian sides and one Ukrainian side took the Soviet spots.

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Albania: All 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. Their berth in the UEFA Cup was allocated as a third berth to association 9, Scotland. In Albania, Partizani would have qualified for the UEFA Cup.

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Yugoslavia: One week after the 1991-92 Yugoslav First League was finished, Yugoslavia was disqualified from European club competitions, after a United Nations ban due to the breakup of the country and the ensuing warfare there. Their two slots in the UEFA Cup were allocated as a third berth for associations 11-12, namely Romania and Austria. In Yugoslavia, Vojvodina and OFK Beograd would have qualified by league position.

Teams

The labels in parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

TH: Title holders
CW: Cup winners
CR: Cup runners-up
LC: League Cup winners
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners

Qualified teams for 1992–93 UEFA Cup
Italy Juventus (2nd)	Italy Torino (3rd)	Italy Napoli (4th)	Italy Roma (5th)
Germany Borussia Dortmund (2nd)	Germany Eintracht Frankfurt (3rd)	Germany Köln (4th)	Germany Kaiserslautern (5th)
Spain Real Madrid (2nd)	Spain Valencia (4th)	Spain Real Sociedad (5th)	Spain Zaragoza (6th)
France Paris Saint-Germain (3rd)	France Auxerre (4th)	France Caen (5th)	Belgium Anderlecht (2nd)
Belgium Standard Liège (3rd)	Belgium Mechelen (4th)	Portugal Benfica (2nd)	Portugal Sporting CP (4th)
Portugal Vitória de Guimarães (5th)	Netherlands Ajax (2nd)^TH	Netherlands Vitesse (4th)	Netherlands Groningen (5th)
Russia Torpedo Moscow (3rd)	Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (5th)	Russia Dynamo Moscow (6th)^{[Note RUS]}	Scotland Heart of Midlothian (2nd)
Scotland Celtic (3rd)	Scotland Hibernian (LC)	Romania Electroputere Craiova (3rd)	Romania Universitatea Craiova (4th)
Romania Politehnica Timișoara (5th)	Austria Austria Salzburg (2nd)	Austria Wacker Innsbruck (3rd)^{[Note AUT]}	Austria Rapid Wien (5th)
Sweden Norrköping (2nd)	Sweden Örebro (3rd)	Denmark Copenhagen (2nd)	Denmark Frem (3rd)
Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax (2nd)	Switzerland Grasshopper (3rd)	Czechoslovakia Sigma Olomouc (3rd)	Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague (4th)
Poland GKS Katowice (2nd)	Poland Widzew Łódź (3rd)	Greece Panathinaikos (3rd)	Greece PAOK (4th)
England Manchester United (2nd)	England Sheffield Wednesday (3rd)	Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv (3rd)	Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv (4th)
Turkey Fenerbahçe (2nd)	Turkey Galatasaray (3rd)	Finland MP Mikkeli (2nd)	Hungary Vác (2nd)
Norway Rosenborg (2nd)	Cyprus Anorthosis (2nd)	Iceland Fram (2nd)	Northern Ireland Portadown (2nd)
Republic of Ireland Derry City (2nd)	Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg (3rd)	Malta Floriana (2nd)	Slovenia Izola (3rd)

Notes

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Russia/Ukraine: As per the original agreement between Russia and Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, teams qualified for the UEFA Cup through the 1991 Soviet Top League would compete for their own federations, with two Ukrainian sides and one Russian side, while Ukraine was allowed to obtain a place of their own for the UEFA Champions League and the European Cup Winners' Cup. Chornomorets, one of the Ukrainian sides that had qualified for the UEFA Cup, won the 1992 Ukrainian Cup and entered the European Cup Winners' Cup, relinquishing the spot to the next best non-qualified team. This was Dynamo Moscow, giving Russia a second team along a single Ukrainian side.
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Austria: FC Swarovski Tirol qualified for the UEFA Cup, but the team was dissolved and its licence in the Austrian Football Bundesliga was taken by Wacker Innsbruck. While considered a new team, Wacker Innsbruck retained the UEFA Cup placing, effectively reversing the events of 1986.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, with the first four rounds effectively splitting matches across all three days. The first leg of the semi-finals was played on a Tuesday, while the second leg was played on a Tuesday and a Thursday, but the final was still played on Wednesdays.

Schedule for 1992–93 UEFA Cup
Round	First leg	Second leg
First round	15–17 September 1992	29 September – 1 October 1992
Second round	20–22 October 1992	3–5 November 1992
Third round	24–26 November 1992	8–10 December 1992
Quarter-finals	2–4 March 1993	16–18 March 1993
Semi-finals	6 April 1993	20–22 April 1993
Final	5 May 1993	19 May 1993

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Köln Germany	2–3	Scotland Celtic	2–0	0–3
Dynamo Moscow Russia	5–3	Norway Rosenborg	5–1	0–2
Electroputere Craiova Romania	0–10	Greece Panathinaikos	0–6	0–4
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine	3–3 (a)	Austria Rapid Wien	1–0	2–3
Copenhagen Denmark	10–1	Finland MP Mikkeli	5–0	5–1
Wacker Innsbruck Austria	1–5	Italy Roma	1–4	0–1
Politehnica Timișoara Romania	1–5	Spain Real Madrid	1–1	0–4
Fenerbahçe Turkey	5–3	Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv	3–1	2–2
Floriana Malta	2–8	Germany Borussia Dortmund	0–1	2–7
GKS Katowice Poland	1–2	Turkey Galatasaray	0–0	1–2
Grasshopper Switzerland	4–3	Portugal Sporting CP	1–2	3–1 (a.e.t.)
Hibernian Scotland	3–3 (a)	Belgium Anderlecht	2–2	1–1
IFK Norrköping Sweden	1–3	Italy Torino	1–0	0–3
Juventus Italy	10–1	Cyprus Anorthosis	6–1	4–0
Fram Iceland	0–7	Germany Kaiserslautern	0–3	0–4
Manchester United England	0–0 (3–4 p)	Russia Torpedo Moscow	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland	3–6	Denmark BK Frem	2–2	1–4
Paris Saint-Germain France	5–0	Greece PAOK	2–0	3–0¹
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria	3–9	France Auxerre	2–2	1–7
Casino Salzburg Austria	1–6	Netherlands Ajax	0–3	1–3
Sheffield Wednesday England	10–2	Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg	8–1	2–1
Sigma Olomouc Czechoslovakia	3–1	Romania Universitatea Craiova	1–0	2–1
Slavia Prague Czechoslovakia	3–4	Scotland Heart of Midlothian	1–0	2–4
Benfica Portugal	8–0	Slovenia Belvedur Izola	3–0	5–0
Caen France	3–4	Spain Real Zaragoza	3–2	0–2
Standard Liège Belgium	5–0	Northern Ireland Portadown	5–0	0–0
Vác Hungary	2–1	Netherlands Groningen	1–0	1–1
Valencia Spain	1–6	Italy Napoli	1–5	0–1
Vitesse Netherlands	5–1	Republic of Ireland Derry City	3–0	2–1
Vítoria de Guimarães Portugal	3–2	Spain Real Sociedad	3–0	0–2
Widzew Łódź Poland	2–11	Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	0–9
Mechelen Belgium	2–1	Sweden Örebro	2–1	0–0

¹: The match was stopped in the 51st minute, while Paris Saint-Germain were leading by 2–0, due to incidents in the stands. Paris Saint-Germain were later awarded a 0–3 walkover win by UEFA.

First leg

15 September 1992