1993-94 season | ||||
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Chairman | Ellenio Gallo | |||
Manager | Marcello Lippi | |||
Stadium | San Paolo | |||
Serie A | 6th (in UEFA Cup) | |||
Coppa Italia | Second Round | |||
Top goalscorer | Daniel Fonseca (15) | |||
S.S.C. Napoli once again struggled to reach the levels it had achieved previously , but still finished sixth in Serie A, which ended up with coach Marcello Lippi joining Juventus. Financial woes caused Napoli to sell its two prominent foreign players, Jonas Thern and Daniel Fonseca to Roma following the season's end.[ citation needed ]Skipper Ciro Ferrara also left, in his case for Juventus.[ citation needed ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
FW | Paolo Di Canio | Juventus | |
DF | Giovanni Bia | Cosenza Calcio | |
DF | Enzo Gambaro | A.C. Milan | loan |
MF | Fabio Pecchia | U.S. Avellino | |
MF | Renato Buso | Sampdoria | |
MF | Eugenio Corini | Sampdoria | loan |
MF | Roberto Bordin | Atalanta B.C. | |
MF | Mario Caruso | Modena | |
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
FW | Gianfranco Zola | Parma F.C. | |
MF | Massimo Crippa | Parma F.C. | |
FW | Careca | Kashiwa Reysol | |
MF | Angelo Carbone | A.C. Milan | |
MF | Massimo Mauro | retired | |
GK | Giovanni Galli | Torino F.C. | |
DF | Paolo Ziliani | Brescia Calcio | loan ended |
In | |||
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
FW | Carmelo Imbriani | ||
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
MF | Luca Altomare | Lucchesse | |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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4 | Lazio | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
5 | Parma | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 41 | |
6 | Napoli | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 36 | |
7 | Roma | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 35 | |
8 | Torino | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 34 |
29 August 19931 | Napoli | 1–2 | Sampdoria | Napoli |
Bresciani 81' | Report | Platt 31' Gullit 43' | Stadium: San Paolo |
12 September 1993 4 | Roma | 2–3 | Napoli | Roma |
Rizzitelli 45' Bonacina 54' | Report | Buso 25' Di Canio 51' Ferrara 67' | Stadium: Olimpico |
26 September 19936 | Napoli | 2–1 | Udinese | Napoli |
Altomare 12' Bia 68' | Report | Branca 40' | Stadium: San Paolo |
24 October 19939 | Napoli | 3–1 | Lecce | Napoli |
Fonseca 27' Policano 76' Pecchia 82' | Report | Padalino 32' | Stadium: San Paolo |
7 November 199311 | Napoli | 1–2 | Lazio | Napoli |
Fonseca 70' | Report | Favalli 68' Signori 82' (pen.) | Stadium: San Paolo |
28 November 199313 | Napoli | 5–0 | Reggiana | Napoli |
Fonseca 3, 20, 83' Di Canio 85' Buso 90' | Report | Stadium: San Paolo |
12 December 199315 | Napoli | 4–0 | Atalanta | Napoli |
Valentini 52' (o.g.) Policano 60, 75' Pecchia 67' | Report | Stadium: San Paolo |
19 December 199316 | Parma | 1–3 | Napoli | Parma |
Brolin 33' (pen.) | Report | Gambaro 3' Fonseca 60' Thern 82' | Stadium: Ennio Tardini |
9 January 199418 | Sampdoria | 4–1 | Napoli | Genova |
Lombardo 34' Gullit 52' Mancini 85, 90' | Report | Fonseca 51' | Stadium: Luigi Ferraris |
16 January 199419 | Napoli | 2–1 | Cremonese | Napoli |
Fonseca 4'12' (pen.) | Report | Gualco 80' | Stadium: San Paolo |
6 February 199422 | Napoli | 1–1 | Genoa | Napoli |
Di Canio 72' (pen.) | Report | van 't Schip 45' | Stadium: San Paolo |
13 February 199423 | Udinese | 3–1 | Napoli | Udine |
Branca 64, 85' Calori 66' | Report | Pecchia 63' | Stadium: Friuli |
20 February 199424 | Inter | 0–0 | Napoli | Milan |
Report | Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza |
27 February 199425 | Napoli | 1–2 | Cagliari | Napoli |
Fonseca 58' (pen.) | Report | L. Oliveira 15, 81' | Stadium: San Paolo |
Second round
6 October 1993 | Napoli | 0–0 | Ancona | Napoli |
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Dinelli |
10 May 1994Semifinals | Independiente | 3–2 | Napoli | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Gareca 9' Vidal 36' Cagna 78' (pen.) | Report | Bresciani 5' Bia 71' Di Canio 75' | Stadium: José Amalfitani Stadium Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina) |
12 May 1994Third place match | River Plate | 4–0 | Napoli | Mar del Plata, Argentina |
Facundo Villalba 7', 27', 90' Gamboa 58' Cedrés 77' | Report | Di Canio 38' Ferrara 46' | Stadium: Estadio José María Minella Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | 1993-94 Serie A | ||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ITA | Taglialatela | 29 | -27 | 29 | -27 | |
DF | ITA | Ciro Ferrara | 28 | 2 | 28 | 2 | |
DF | ITA | Fabio Cannavaro | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
DF | ITA | Giovanni Bia | 28 | 3 | 28 | 3 | |
DF | ITA | Enzo Gambaro | 33 | 1 | 33 | 1 | |
MF | SWE | Jonas Thern | 21 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | |
MF | ITA | Roberto Bordin | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
MF | ITA | Fabio Pecchia | 33 | 4 | 31+2 | 4 | |
MF | ITA | Renato Buso | 31 | 4 | 22+9 | 4 | |
FW | ITA | Paolo Di Canio | 26 | 5 | 26 | 5 | |
FW | URU | Daniel Fonseca | 27 | 15 | 27 | 15 | |
GK | ITA | Raffaele Di Fusco | 7 | -8 | 5+2 | -8 | |
DF | ITA | Giovanni Francini | 21 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | |
DF | ITA | Giancarlo Corradini | 22 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | |
MF | ITA | Eugenio Corini | 14 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | |
MF | ITA | Roberto Policano | 19 | 3 | 8+11 | 3 | |
DF | ITA | Sebastiano Nela | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | |
FW | ITA | Giorgio Bresciani | 11 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | |
MF | ITA | Fausto Pari | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | |
MF | ITA | Luca Altomare | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | |
MF | ITA | Mario Caruso | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | |
DF | ITA | Massimo Tarantino | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
DF | ITA | Alessandro Sbrizzo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
FW | ITA | Carmelo Imbriani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
GK | ITA | Angelo Pagotto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ITA | Ciro Caruso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ITA | Carlo Cornacchia |
The 1993–94 Serie A was won by Milan, being the 14th title for the rossoneri and their third in succession, complemented by glory in the UEFA Champions League. It was a disappointing season in the league for Internazionale, whose 13th-place finish saw them avoid relegation by a single point, but they compensated for this by winning the UEFA Cup. Piacenza, Udinese, Atalanta and Lecce were all relegated. Milan won the Scudetto during the penultimate match against Udinese. AC Milan also set an unprecedented record for securing the title by scoring just 36 goals, the lowest in Serie A history.
S.S. Lazio finished in fourth in Serie A.
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.
S.S. Lazio finished in fifth in Serie A and reached the quarter-final in the Coppa Italia. Prior to the season had Lazio with new Chairman Sergio Cragnotti made three important signings, with Paul Gascoigne, Giuseppe Signori and Aron Winter all joining the club.
Juventus Football Club finished second in Serie A this season.
Unione Calcio Sampdoria bounced back from a disappointing season the year before, and scored the most goals of all teams on its way to third in Serie A. It also won Coppa Italia following a furious second-half offensive against Ancona, winning both the match and on aggregate with a commanding 6–1.
Parma Associazione Calcio once again troubled the top teams in both Italy and Europe, but had to settle for just the curtain-raising UEFA Super Cup as silverware in its ambitious ascent towards the top of Italian football. It almost repeated the victory in the 1992–93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup by reaching another final, but lost out to Arsenal.
Associazione Sportiva Roma continued to trundle in the bigger clubs' wake, being unable to challenge for any trophies, and missing out on European qualification. New president Franco Sensi had won the battle to get the vacancy against Luciano Gaucci, who departed the club in a customary fit of rage. Sensi appointed Carlo Mazzone as coach, but the defensive-minded Mazzone did not have an easy baptism at Roma, the squad drawing 15 out of 34 matches in the league, which rendered missing out on Napoli's sixth place that guaranteed the UEFA Cup by a solitary point.
Juventus Football Club finished second in Serie A and reached the final of the Coppa Italia in this season.
F.C. Internazionale Milano returned to the top echelon of the domestic scene, finishing second to city rivals A.C. Milan in the championship. The relatively narrow four-points margin between the two sides, was explained by Milan drawing several matches when it had already clinched the title, so the result was a lot closer than it was during the course of the season.
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SSC Napoli got extremely close to a shock relegation to Serie B, and only held on to its top-flight status by two points. This was just three years since the club led by playmaker and legend Diego Maradona won the domestic league title. It actually spent Christmas of 1992 in the relegation zone, and climbed out of it thanks to a strong January '93 run. The reason Napoli survived was the above-average offensive skills. Gianfranco Zola, Daniel Fonseca and Careca was a trio capable of leading any teams' attack, and the club looked set to suffer when Zola (Parma) and Careca (Japan) departed at the end of the season. Fonseca's season is mostly remembered for an extremely unusual five goals in one match, as Napoli beat Valencia 5-1 away from home in the UEFA Cup. Then it lost to Paris SG in the next round, rendering it was out of Europe.
U.C. Sampdoria continued its decline and finished in seventh position in Serie A, once again missing out on international competitions. New coach Sven-Göran Eriksson came to a squad that had lost its main striker Gianluca Vialli, but despite his absence Sampdoria scored 50 goals in 34 matches, but the defence leaked in an uncharacteristic manner for Eriksson's teams.
Associazione Sportiva Roma was rejuvenated in Carlo Mazzone's second season as coach, much due to Abel Balbo being the goalscorer it had lacked for the previous years. The summer signings of 1994 helped, with internationally recognized players Jonas Thern and Daniel Fonseca joining the club from rivals Napoli. Also Francesco Moriero became a household player since he proved his worth in the club, recently coming from Cagliari.
Associazione Calcio Fiorentina had its best season for a long time, finishing tied for third in Serie A, plus winning the Coppa Italia following a clear double victory over Atalanta in the final. Strengthened by Stefan Schwarz and Michele Serena, Fiorentina were able to concede fewer goals than previously, but even though Rui Costa and Gabriel Batistuta continued their special partnership, the goals did not come with such ease as the year before.
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