1992–93 AC Milan season
Milan 1992–93 football season
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Silvio Berlusconi | ||
| Manager | Fabio Capello | ||
| Stadium | San Siro | ||
| Serie A | 1st (In 1993–94 European Cup) | ||
| Supercoppa Italiana | Winners | ||
| Coppa Italia | Semi-finals | ||
| UEFA Champions League | Runners-up | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Marco van Basten Jean-Pierre Papin (13 each) All: Marco van Basten Jean-Pierre Papin (20 each) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 75,830[1] | ||
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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,[2] 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.[3] Lentini did not perform to expectations, and was considered a disappointment, especially following a car accident in 1993, from which he recovered,[4] but never rediscovered his form prior to the accident.
This season was also the last to feature every piece of the famous Dutch trio of Marco Van Basten, Ruud Gullit, and Frank Rijkaard; while the former would stay with Milan for another two years without playing due to a recurring ankle injury (and, eventually, retiring in August 1995), the latter two transferred out of Milan during post-season summer transfer window, with Gullit briefly returning for half the 1994–95 season.
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Jean-Pierre Papin | Olympique de Marseille | |
| MF | Gianluigi Lentini | Torino | |
| MF | Dejan Savićević | Crvena Zvezda | |
| MF | Stefano Eranio | Genoa CFC | |
| DF | Stefano Nava | Parma Calcio 1913 | - |
| MF | Fernando De Napoli | SSC Napoli | |
| FW | Massimiliano Cappellini | Piacenza Calcio 1919 | loan ended |
| GK | Massimo Taibi | Como 1907 | loan ended |
| MF | Zvonimir Boban | SSC Bari | loan ended |
| MF | Angelo Carbone | SSC Bari | loan ended |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Carlo Ancelotti | retired | |
| MF | Diego Fuser | SS Lazio | |
| GK | Massimo Taibi | Piacenza Calcio | |
| FW | Giovanni Cornacchini | AC Perugia Calcio | |
| MF | Angelo Carbone | SSC Napoli | loan |
| FW | Massimiliano Cappellini | Atalanta BC | loan |
Winter
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Massimiliano Cappellini | Atalanta BC | loan ended |
| GK | Guido Bistazzoni | released | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Massimiliano Cappellini | Como 1907 | loan |
Competitions
Supercoppa
| 30 August 1992 | Milan | 2–1 | Parma | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Van Basten  14'Massaro 70' |
Report | Melli 45' |
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto |
Serie A
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan (C) | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 50 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Internazionale | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Parma[a] | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 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:[5]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- Parma qualified to 1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 68 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 20 | +17 |
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1992–93 European Cup; = 1992–93 UEFA Cup
Matches
| 13 September 1992 2 | Pescara | 4–5 | Milan | Pescara |
| Allegri 1' Baresi  12', 14' (o.g.)Massara 23' |
Report | Maldini 3' Lentini 5'Van Basten 37', 39', 72' |
Stadium: Stadio Adriatico |
| 4 October 1992 5 | Fiorentina | 3–7 | Milan | Florence |
| Baiano 13' Effenberg 48'Di Mauro 89' |
Report | Massaro 25', 45' Lentini 33'Gullit 41', 86'Van Basten 79', 90' |
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi |
| 18 October 1992 6 | Milan | 5–3 | Lazio | Milan |
| Gullit 13' Papin 14'Van Basten 35' (pen.), 60' (pen.)Simone 80' |
Report | Winter 21' Fuser 52'Signori 65' |
Stadium: San Siro |
| 8 November 1992 9 | Napoli | 1–5 | Milan | Naples |
| Zola 83' |
Report | Van Basten 6', 26', 68', 74' Eranio 60' |
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo |
| 22 November 1992 10 | Milan | 1–1 | Internazionale | Milan |
| Lentini 40' |
Report | De Agostini 74' |
Stadium: San Siro |
| 23 December 1992[6] 4 | Sampdoria | 1–2 | Milan | Genoa |
| Bonetti 45' |
Report | Simone 28' Gullit 58' |
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris |
| 31 January 1993 18 | Foggia | 2–2 | Milan | Foggia |
| Bresciani 36' Seno 79' |
Report | Papin 56' Rijkaard 59' |
Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria |
| 7 February 1993 19 | Milan | 4–0 | Pescara | Milan |
| Savićević 13' Papin 17', 34'Donadoni 90' |
Report | Stadium: San Siro |
| 14 February 1993 20 | Atalanta | 1–1 | Milan | Bergamo |
| Ganz 86' |
Report | Papin 85' |
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia |
| 28 February 1993 21 | Milan | 4–0 | Sampdoria | Milan |
| Lentini 7', 69' Papin 21', 88' |
Report | Stadium: San Siro |
| 14 March 1993 23 | Lazio | 2–2 | Milan | Rome |
| Gascoigne 38' Bergodi 86' |
Report | Papin 9' Winter 37' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico |
| 4 April 1993 26 | Milan | 2–2 | Napoli | Milan |
| Lentini 62', 66' |
Report | Careca 15' Policano 37' |
Stadium: San Siro |
| 18 April 1993 28 | Milan | 1–3 | Juventus | Milan |
| Simone 6' |
Report | Möller 13', 20' R. Baggio 65' |
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 59' |
Report | Rijkaard 20' Van Basten 37'Albertini 46' |
Stadium: Stadio del Conero |
| 23 May 1993 32 | Cagliari | 1–1 | Milan | Cagliari |
| Francescoli 5' |
Report | Massaro 32' |
Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia |
Coppa Italia
Second round
Third round
| 7 October 1992 1 | Milan | 3–0 | Cagliari | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Papin 25', 26' Lentini 63' |
Referee: Roberto Bettin |
| 28 October 1992 2 | Cagliari | 0–0 (0–3 agg.) | Milan | Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari |
| 20:30 | Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti |
Quarter-finals
| 27 January 1993 1 | Milan | 0–0 | Internazionale | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Referee: Gianni Beschin |
| 10 February 1993 2 | Internazionale | 0–3 (0–3 agg.) | Milan | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Papin 5', 12' Gullit 35' |
Referee: Fabio Baldas |
Semi-finals
| 10 March 1993 1 | Roma | 2–0 | Milan | Stadio Olimpico, Rome |
| 20:30 | Muzzi 12' Caniggia 89' |
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto |
UEFA Champions League
First round
| 16 September 1992 1 | Milan  | 4–0 |  Olimpija Ljubljana | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Van Basten 5', 50' Albertini 7'Papin 64' |
Report | Attendance: 14,324 Referee: Roman Steindl (Austria) |
| 30 September 1992 2 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 0–3 (0–7 agg.) | Milan | Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana |
| 20:30 | Report | Massaro 33' Rijkaard 48'Tassotti 85' |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jiří Ulrich (Czechoslovakia) |
Second round
| 21 October 1992 1 | Slovan Bratislava  | 0–1 | Milan | Tehelné pole, Bratislava |
| 20:15 | Report | Maldini 61' |
Attendance: 33,467 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 12 | Advance to final |
| 2 |  IFK Göteborg |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Porto |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 |  PSV Eindhoven |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 |
| 25 November 1992 1 | Milan | 4–0 | IFK Göteborg | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Van Basten 33', 52' (pen.), 61', 62' |
Report | Attendance: 55,697 Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium) |
| 9 December 1992 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 1–2 | Milan | Philips Stadion, Eindhoven |
| 20:30 | Romário 66' |
Report | Rijkaard 19' Simone 62' |
Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Alexey Spirin (Russia) |
| 3 March 1993 3 | Porto | 0–1 | Milan | Estádio das Antas, Porto |
| 19:30 | Report | Papin 71' |
Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany) |
| 17 March 1993 4 | Milan | 1–0 | Porto | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Eranio 31' |
Report | Attendance: 67,389 Referee: Philip Don (England) |
| 7 April 1993 5 | IFK Göteborg | 0–1 | Milan | Ullevi, Gothenburg |
| 20:30 | Report | Massaro 70' |
Attendance: 40,323 Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany) |
| 21 April 1993 6 | Milan | 2–0 | PSV Eindhoven | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Simone 5', 18' |
Report | Attendance: 56,862 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary) |
Final
| 26 May 1993 | Marseille  | 1–0 | Milan | Olympiastadion, Munich |
| 20:15 | Boli 43' |
Report | Attendance: 64,400 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland) |
Statistics
Players statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa | European Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | ITA |
Rossi | 39 | -29 | 25+2 | -25 | 6 | -2 | 6 | -2 | |
| DF | ITA |
Tassotti | 41 | 1 | 26+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| DF | ITA |
Costacurta | 47 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Baresi | 44 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Maldini | 49 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| MF | ITA |
Donadoni | 26 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA |
Albertini | 42 | 3 | 23+6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| MF | NED |
Rijkaard | 33 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| MF | ITA |
Lentini | 45 | 8 | 28+2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| FW | ITA |
Massaro | 45 | 9 | 14+15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5+4 | 2 | |
| FW | FRA |
Papin | 33 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6+1 | 3 | |
| GK | ITA |
Antonioli | 14 | -7 | 9 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| FW | NED |
Van Basten | 21 | 19 | 14+1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| MF | ITA |
Eranio | 33 | 4 | 13+8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | |
| FW | NED |
Gullit | 25 | 11 | 13+2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Nava | 24 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |
| MF |  CRO |
Boban | 22 | 1 | 12+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| FW |  YUG |
Savicevic | 17 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA |
Evani | 28 | 1 | 8+10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | |
| FW | ITA |
Simone | 25 | 9 | 8+5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4+4 | 4 | |
| DF | ITA |
Gambaro | 20 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA |
De Napoli | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Galli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | ITA |
Serena | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GK | ITA |
Cudicini | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1+1 | 0 | |