1993 UEFA Champions League final

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1993 UEFA Champions League final
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Event 1992–93 UEFA Champions League
Marseille Milan
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Flag of Italy.svg
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Date26 May 1993
Venue Olympiastadion, Munich
Referee Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
Attendance64,444 [1]
← 1992 (European Cup)
1994 →

The 1993 UEFA Champions League final was a football match between French club Marseille and Italian club Milan, played on 26 May 1993 at the Olympiastadion in Munich.

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The final, which followed the second-ever UEFA Champions League group stage, saw Ivorian-born Marseille defender Basile Boli score the only goal of the match in the 43rd minute with a header to give l'OM their first European Cup title. It was the first time a French team had won the European Cup. No other French side – apart from Monaco-based AS Monaco, who play in the French league system – would reach the final until Paris Saint-Germain in 2020.

Marseille and their club president Bernard Tapie would later be found to have been involved in a match-fixing scandal during the 1992–93 season (in which Marseille allegedly paid Valenciennes to lose a match), which saw them relegated to Division 2 and banned from participation in European football for the following season. As the scandal affected only French league matches, Marseille's status as 1993 European champion was not affected.

The first Champions League final turned out to be the last game of Milan's highly accomplished but injury-prone Dutch forward Marco van Basten, who was 28 at the time; having been subbed off in the 86th minute due to fatigue and yet another ankle injury, he would spend the next two years in recovery before announcing his retirement in August 1995. [2]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.

TeamPrevious final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Marseille 1 (1991)
Flag of Italy.svg Milan 5 (1958, 1963, 1969, 1989 , 1990 )

Road to the final

Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Marseille Round Flag of Italy.svg Milan
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Ulster Banner.svg Glentoran 8–0 5–0 (A) 3–0 (H) First round Flag of Slovenia.svg Olimpija Ljubljana 7–0 4–0 (H) 3–0 (A)
Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo București 2–0 0–0 (A) 2–0 (H) Second round Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slovan Bratislava 5–0 1–0 (A) 4–0 (H)
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers 2–2 (A)Matchday 1 Flag of Sweden.svg IFK Göteborg 4–0 (H)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Club Brugge 3–0 (H)Matchday 2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven 2–1 (A)
Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg CSKA Moscow 1–1 (A)Matchday 3 Flag of Portugal.svg Porto 1–0 (A)
Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg CSKA Moscow 6–0 (H)Matchday 4 Flag of Portugal.svg Porto 1–0 (H)
Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers 1–1 (H)Matchday 5 Flag of Sweden.svg IFK Göteborg 1–0 (A)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Club Brugge 1–0 (A)Matchday 6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven 2–0 (H)
Group A winner

PosTeam
PldPts
1 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Marseille 69
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers 68
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Club Brugge 65
4 Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg CSKA Moscow 62
Source: UEFA
Final standings Group B winner

PosTeam
PldPts
1 Flag of Italy.svg Milan 612
2 Flag of Sweden.svg IFK Göteborg 66
3 Flag of Portugal.svg Porto 65
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven 61
Source: UEFA

Match

Details

Marseille Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 1–0 Flag of Italy.svg Milan
Boli Soccerball shade.svg44' Report
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 64,444 [1]
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
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Marseille
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Milan
GK1 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Fabien Barthez Yellow card.svg 70'
CB2 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jocelyn Angloma Sub off.svg 62'
LB3 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Éric Di Meco Yellow card.svg 31'
SW4 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Basile Boli Yellow card.svg 56'
CM5 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Franck Sauzée
CB6 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Marcel Desailly
RB7 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Jacques Eydelie
CF8 Flag of Croatia.svg Alen Bokšić
LF9 Flag of Germany.svg Rudi Völler Sub off.svg 79'
RF10 Flag of Ghana.svg Abedi Pele
CM11 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Didier Deschamps (c)
Substitutes:
MF12 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Christophe Thomas Sub on.svg 79'
DF13 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Bernard Casoni
MF14 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Philippe Durand Sub on.svg 62'
FW15 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Marc Ferreri
GK16 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Pascal Olmeta
Manager:
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Raymond Goethals
Marseille-Milan 1993-05-26.svg
GK1 Flag of Italy.svg Sebastiano Rossi
RB2 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Tassotti
LB3 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Maldini
CM4 Flag of Italy.svg Demetrio Albertini
CB5 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Costacurta
CB6 Flag of Italy.svg Franco Baresi (c)
LM7 Flag of Italy.svg Gianluigi Lentini Yellow card.svg 39'
CM8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Frank Rijkaard
CF9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marco van Basten Sub off.svg 86'
RM10 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Donadoni Sub off.svg 58'
CF11 Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Massaro
Substitutes:
GK12 Flag of Italy.svg Carlo Cudicini
DF13 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Nava
MF14 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Eranio Sub on.svg 86'
MF15 Flag of Italy.svg Alberico Evani
FW16 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Pierre Papin Sub on.svg 58'
Manager:
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Capello

Linesmen:
Zivanko Popović (Switzerland)
Erwin Kreig (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Aftermath

Marseille's triumph remains controversial due to accusations of doping alleged by Marcel Desailly, Jean-Jacques Eydelie, Chris Waddle and Tony Cascarino. According to Eydelie, "all (of them) took a series of injections" in the 1993 Champions League final, except Rudi Völler. Desailly and Cascarino claimed that club president Bernard Tapie distributed pills and injections himself. In an interview with French magazine Le Point, Jean-Pierre de Mondenard said Marseille had a blackboard in their team locker room that read "injections for everyone". Tapie only admitted that some players took captagon. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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