1993–94 AC Milan season
Associazione Calcio Milan 1993–94 football season
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Associazione Calcio Milan enjoyed perhaps the greatest season in its history, winning three trophies, most memorable for the 4–0 victory against FC Barcelona in the Champions League Final in Athens. That game saw a goal explosion from a Milan side that had been extremely defensive during the entire league season. Milan won Serie A for a third consecutive time with a mere 36 goals scored in 34 games, but conceding only 15, which was largely down to their strong defensive line, with Franco Baresi and Paolo Maldini as key players to thank for their third consecutive domestic success. Milan's match against struggling Reggiana at San Siro on 1 May 1994 came on a day when the sporting world was overshadowed with the death of Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, but the football world was focused on AC Milan's attempts to seal a 13th title. It was a narrow 1–0 defeat by Reggiana, with a goal from Massimiliano Esposito, but mathematically enough to seal the Scudetto by league trophy handover ceremony. This team is widely regarded as one of the best teams of all time.[2][3]
| 1993–94 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Silvio Berlusconi | ||
| Manager | Fabio Capello | ||
| Stadium | San Siro | ||
| Serie A | 1st | ||
| Supercoppa Italiana | Winners | ||
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | ||
| UEFA Champions League | Winners | ||
| European Super Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Intercontinental Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Daniele Massaro (11) All: Daniele Massaro (15) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 65,708[1] | ||
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This season was the first not to feature any contributions from the famous Dutch trio of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, and Frank Rijkaard. While the former was unable to play all throughout the season due to ankle injury treatment, the latter two transferred out of the club during pre-season.
Overview
| Competition | Record | Result | Top Scorer | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Serie A | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 55.88 | Winners |  Daniele Massaro, 11 |
| Coppa Italia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 25.00 | 3rd Round | 5 Players, 1 |
| Supercoppa Italiana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | Winners | Marco Simone, 1 |
| UEFA Champions League | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 58.33 | Winners | Daniele Massaro, 4 Jean-Pierre Papin, 4 |
| European Super Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 50.00 | Runners-up | Jean-Pierre Papin, 1 |
| Intercontinental Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 | Runners-up | Daniele Massaro, 1 Jean-Pierre Papin, 1 |
| Total | 54 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 66 | 25 | +41 | 53.70 | Daniele Massaro, 16 | |
Players
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 |
| DF | Christian Panucci | Genoa CFC | |
| FW | Florin Răducioiu | Brescia Calcio | |
| GK | Mario Ielpo | Cagliari Calcio | |
| DF | Alessandro Orlando | Udinese Calcio | |
| DF | Rufo Emiliano Verga | Fiorentina | |
| FW | Brian Laudrup | Fiorentina | loan |
| DF | Roberto Lorenzini | Ancona | loan ended |
| MF | Angelo Carbone | SSC. Napoli | loan ended |
| FW | Massimiliano Cappellini | Como | loan ended |
| FW | Giovane Élber | Grasshoppers | loan ended |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Ruud Gullit | Sampdoria | loan |
| MF | Frank Rijkaard | AFC Ajax | end of contract |
| MF | Alberigo Evani | Sampdoria | |
| FW | Massimiliano Cappellini | Foggia | |
| GK | Carlo Cudicini | Como | loan |
| DF | Enzo Gambaro | SSC Napoli | loan |
| DF | Roberto Lorenzini | Genoa CFC | co-ownership |
| FW | Giovane Élber | Grasshoppers | loan |
| FW | Aldo Serena | - | retired |
Winter
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Marcel Desailly | Olympique de Marseille | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Francesco Antonioli | Pisa | |
| DF | Rufo Emiliano Verga | Lecce | |
Competitions
Serie A
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan (C) | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 50 | Qualified to Champions League |
| 2 | Juventus | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 58 | 25 | +33 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Lazio | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 44 | |
| 4 | Sampdoria | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 44 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | Parma | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
Source: 1993–94 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
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: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[4]
(C) Champions
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: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[4]
(C) 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 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 69 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1993–94 UEFA Champions League; = 1993–94 UEFA Cup
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1993–94 UEFA Champions League; = 1993–94 UEFA Cup
Matches
| 29 August 1993 1 | Lecce | 0–1 | Milan | Lecce |
| Report | Boban  51' |
Stadium: Via del Mare Attendance: 34 418 Referee: Luci |
| 5 September 1993 2 | Milan | 1–0 | Genoa | Naples |
| Massaro 40' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio San Paolo[5] Attendance: 64 466 Referee: Collina |
| 8 September 1993 3 | Piacenza | 0–0 | Milan | Piacenza |
| Report | Stadium: Stadio Galleana Attendance: 20 673 Referee: Cinciripini |
| 12 September 1993 4 | Milan | 2–0 | Atalanta | Milan |
| Papin 23' Răducioiu 52' |
Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65 838 Referee: Trentalange |
| 19 September 1993 5 | Milan | 2–0 | Roma | Milan |
| Papin 45' Nava 70' |
Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63 131 Referee: Ceccarini |
| 26 September 1993 6 | Cremonese | 0–2 | Milan | Cremona |
| Report | Papin 9' Simone 20' |
Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 15 714 Referee: Pairetto |
| 17 October 1993 8 | Foggia | 1–1 | Milan | Foggia |
| Kolyvanov 60' |
Report | Boban 80' |
Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 19 284 Referee: Beschin |
| 24 October 1993 9 | Milan | 1–1 | Juventus | Milan |
| Albertini 75' |
Report | R. Baggio 60' (pen.) |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80 290 Referee: Luci |
| 31 October 1993 10 | Sampdoria | 3–2 | Milan | Genoa |
| Katanec 56' Mancini 71' (pen.)Gullit 78' |
Report | Albertini 11' B. Laudrup 25' |
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 38 954 Referee: Nicchi |
| 7 November 1993 11 | Inter | 1–2 | Milan | Milan |
| Bergkamp 64' (pen.) |
Report | Panucci 34' Papin 52' |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79 705 Referee: Baldas |
| 21 November 1993 12 | Milan | 2–1 | Napoli | Milan |
| Panucci 61' Albertini 90' |
Report | Pecchia 45' |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63 193 Referee: Bazzoli |
| 28 November 1993 13 | Parma | 0–0 | Milan | Parma |
| Report | Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 28 803 Referee: Ceccarini |
| 5 December 1993 14 | Milan | 1–0 | Torino | Milan |
| Răducioiu 27' |
Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65 848 Referee: Stafoggia |
| 19 December 1993 16 | Milan | 2–1 | Cagliari | Milan |
| Massaro 32, 34' |
Report | M. Villa 37' |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60 785 Referee: Amendolia |
| 2 January 1994 17 | Reggiana | 0–1 | Milan | Reggio Emilia |
| Report | Desailly 28' |
Stadium: Stadio Mirabello Attendance: 14 577 Referee: Rosica |
| 6 January 1994 15 | Udinese | 0–0 | Milan | Udine |
| Report | Stadium: Friuli Attendance: 22 760 Referee: Cinciripini | |||
| Note: Match rescheduled from 12 December 1993 due to Milan participation on 1993 Intercontinental Cup at Tokyo, Japan.[6] | ||||
| 9 January 1994 18 | Milan | 0–0 | Lecce | Milan |
| Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 59 263 Referee: Pellegrino |
| 16 January 1994 19 | Genoa | 0–0 | Milan | Genoa |
| Report | Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30 291 Referee: Bazzoli |
| 23 January 1994 20 | Milan | 2–0 | Piacenza | Milan |
| Massaro 72' Papin 76' |
Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62 538 Referee: Rodomonti |
| 30 January 1994 21 | Atalanta | 0–1 | Milan | Bergamo |
| Report | Massaro 55' |
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 29 215 Referee: Baldas |
| 6 February 1994 22 | Roma | 0–2 | Milan | Rome |
| Report | Massaro 11' Maldini 77' |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 53 565 Referee: Amendolia |
| 13 February 1994 23 | Milan | 1–0 | Cremonese | Milan |
| Simone 63' |
Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61 088 Referee: Quartuccio |
| 20 February 1994 24 | Lazio | 0–1 | Milan | Rome |
| Report | Massaro 45' |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 70 854 Referee: Beschin |
| 27 February 1994 25 | Milan | 2–1 | Foggia | Milan |
| Boban 45' Massaro 54' |
Report | Kolyvanov 66' |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65 485 |
| 6 March 1994 26 | Juventus | 0–1 | Milan | Turin |
| Report | Eranio 60' |
Stadium: delle Alpi Attendance: 57 844 Referee: Collina |
| 13 March 1994 27 | Milan | 1–0 | Sampdoria | Milan |
| Massaro 25' |
Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79 126 Referee: Stafoggia |
| 20 March 1994 28 | Milan | 2–1 | Inter | Milan |
| Bergomi 46' (o.g.) Massaro 89' |
Report | Schillaci 86' |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76 348 Referee: Ceccarini |
| 27 March 1994 29 | Napoli | 1–0 | Milan | Naples |
| Di Canio 79' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 56 777 Referee: Rodomonti |
| 2 April 1994 30 | Milan | 1–1 | Parma | Milan |
| Massaro 73' |
Report | Zola 84' (pen.) |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 67 270 Referee: Boggi |
| 10 April 1994 31 | Torino | 0–0 | Milan | Turin |
| Report | Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 32 348 Referee: Cesari |
| 17 April 1994 32 | Milan | 2–2 | Udinese | Milan |
| Boban 60' Simone 70' |
Report | Borgonovo 69' Rossitto 71' |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72 003 Referee: Luci |
| 24 April 1994 33 | Cagliari | 0–0 | Milan | Cagliari |
| Report | Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 23 651 Referee: Collina |
Coppa Italia
Second round
Third round
Supercoppa Italiana
UEFA Champions League
First round
| 15 September 1993 First Leg | FC Aarau  | 0–1 | Milan | Hardturm, Zurich |
| 20:30 | Report | Papin 54' |
Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland) |
Second round
| 20 October 1993 First Leg | Copenhagen  | 0–6 | Milan | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen |
| 20:15 | Report | Papin 1', 72' Simone 6', 16'Laudrup 44'Orlando 61' |
Attendance: 34,285 Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium) |
| 3 November 1993 Second Leg | Milan | 1–0 (7–0 agg.) | Copenhagen | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Papin 45' |
Report | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary) |
Group stage
Source: UEFA
| 24 November 1993 1 | Anderlecht  | 0–0 | Milan | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht |
| 20:30 | Report MatchCentre | Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus) |
| 1 December 1993 2[7] | Milan | 3–0 |  Porto | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Răducioiu 18' Panucci 40'Massaro 64' |
Report | Attendance: 31,915 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden) |
| 2 March 1994 3 | Milan | 2–1 |  Werder Bremen | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Maldini 48' Savićević 68' |
Report | Basler 54' |
Attendance: 41,239 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland) |
| 16 March 1994 4 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | Milan | Weserstadion, Bremen |
| 20:30 | Rufer 52' (pen.) |
Report | Savićević 74' |
Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
| 30 March 1994 5 | Milan | 0–0 | Anderlecht | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Report | Attendance: 39,576 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France) |
| 13 April 1994 6 | Porto | 0–0 | Milan | Estádio das Antas, Porto |
| 19:30 | Report | Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary) |
Semi-final
Final
| 18 May 1994 | Milan | 4–0 |  Barcelona | Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 21:15 | Massaro 22', 45+2' Savićević 47'Desailly 58' |
Report | Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Philip Don (England) |
Intercontinental Cup
European Super Cup
| 12 January 1994 First Leg | Parma | 0–1 | Milan | Ennio Tardini, Parma |
| 20:30 | Papin 44' |
Attendance: 8,083 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain) |
| 2 February 1994 Second Leg | Milan | 0–2 (a.e.t.) (1–2 agg.) | Parma | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:30 | Sensini 23' Crippa 95' |
Attendance: 24,074 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland) |
Statistics
Players statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Champions League | Coppa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | ITA |
Rossi | 42 | -13 | 31 | -11 | 11 | -2 | |||
| DF | ITA |
Tassotti | 31 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Costacurta | 43 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Baresi | 40 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| DF | ITA |
Maldini | 42 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA |
Donadoni | 43 | 0 | 23+9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA |
Albertini | 37 | 4 | 25+1 | 3 | 8+3 | 1 | |||
| MF | FRA |
Desailly | 28 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF |  CRO |
Boban | 29 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW |  YUG |
Savicevic | 30 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| FW | ITA |
Massaro | 43 | 15 | 17+12 | 11 | 8+3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| GK | ITA |
Ielpo | 8 | -7 | 3 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | |
| MF | ITA |
Eranio | 26 | 2 | 20+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| FW | FRA |
Papin | 26 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | ITA |
Simone | 33 | 5 | 16+9 | 3 | 3+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Panucci | 29 | 3 | 16+3 | 2 | 6+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| MF | DEN |
Laudrup | 17 | 2 | 8+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Orlando | 21 | 2 | 7+6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| DF | ITA |
Galli | 18 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| FW |  ROU |
Raducioiu | 12 | 4 | 5+2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| MF | ITA |
Carbone | 13 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | |||
| MF | ITA |
Lentini | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | ITA |
De Napoli | 10 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | ITA |
Nava | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| GK | ITA |
Antonioli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | ITA |
Sadotti | |||||||||
| DF | ITA |
Verga | |||||||||
| MF | ITA |
Cozza | |||||||||
| FW |  NED |
Van Basten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||