1993–94 SSC Napoli season

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Napoli
1993-94 season
Chairman Ellenio Gallo
Manager Marcello Lippi
Stadium San Paolo
Serie A 6th
(in UEFA Cup)
Coppa Italia Second Round
Top goalscorer Daniel Fonseca (15)
  1992–93
1994–95  

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 ]

Contents

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giuseppe Taglialatela
GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Raffaele Di Fusco
GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Angelo Pagotto
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Ciro Ferrara
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giovanni Francini
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Cannavaro
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giancarlo Corradini
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Massimo Tarantino
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Carlo Cornacchia
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sebastiano Nela
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Ciro Caruso
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alessandro Sbrizzo
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giovanni Bia
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Enzo Gambaro
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Jonas Thern
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fausto Pari
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberto Policano
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Pecchia
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Renato Buso
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Eugenio Corini
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Mario Caruso
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberto Bordin
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Luca Altomare
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Carmelo Imbriani
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Paolo Di Canio
FW Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Daniel Fonseca
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giorgio Bresciani

Transfers

Winter

In
Pos.NamefromType
FW Carmelo Imbriani
Out
Pos.NameToType
MF Luca Altomare Lucchesse

Competitions

Serie A

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
4 Lazio 34171075540+1544Qualification to UEFA Cup
5 Parma 34177105035+1541
6 Napoli 341212104135+636
7 Roma 34101593530+535
8 Torino 341112113937+234
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). [1]

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAAHHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLDWDWDWWDLLWLWWDLWDDDLDLWDLWLDDWW
Position11151411128876681081087787777778777677766
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 1994–95 UEFA Champions League ;   = 1994–95 UEFA Cup ;   = 1994–95 Serie B ; c = As Sampdoria clinched the Coppa and qualified to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, therefore, the 6th spot qualified to the 1994–95 UEFA Cup.

Matches

29 August 19931 Napoli 1–2 Sampdoria Napoli
Bresciani Soccerball shade.svg81' Report Platt Soccerball shade.svg31'
Gullit Soccerball shade.svg43'
Stadium: San Paolo
5 September 19932 Cremonese 2–0 Napoli Cremona
Tentoni Soccerball shade.svg38, 78' Report
8 September 19933 Napoli 0–0 Torino Napoli
Report Stadium: San Paolo
12 September 1993 4 Roma 2–3 Napoli Roma
Rizzitelli Soccerball shade.svg45'
Bonacina Soccerball shade.svg54'
Report Buso Soccerball shade.svg25'
Di Canio Soccerball shade.svg51'
Ferrara Soccerball shade.svg67'
Stadium: Olimpico
19 September 19935 Genoa 0–0 Napoli Genova
Report
26 September 19936 Napoli 2–1 Udinese Napoli
Altomare Soccerball shade.svg12'
Bia Soccerball shade.svg68'
Report Branca Soccerball shade.svg40'Stadium: San Paolo
3 October 19937 Napoli 0–0 Inter Naples
Report Stadium: San Paolo
17 October 19938 Cagliari 1–2 Napoli Cagliari
Cappioli Soccerball shade.svg37' Report Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg25, 28'
24 October 19939 Napoli 3–1 Lecce Napoli
Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg27'
Policano Soccerball shade.svg76'
Pecchia Soccerball shade.svg82'
Report Padalino Soccerball shade.svg32'Stadium: San Paolo
31 October 199310 Piacenza 1–1 Napoli Piacenza
Papais Soccerball shade.svg28' Report Bia Soccerball shade.svg18'
7 November 199311 Napoli 1–2 Lazio Napoli
Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg70' Report Favalli Soccerball shade.svg68'
Signori Soccerball shade.svg82' (pen.)
Stadium: San Paolo
21 November 199312 Milan 2–1 Napoli Milan
Panucci Soccerball shade.svg61'
Albertini Soccerball shade.svg90'
Report Pecchia Soccerball shade.svg45'
28 November 199313 Napoli 5–0 Reggiana Napoli
Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg3, 20, 83'
Di Canio Soccerball shade.svg85'
Buso Soccerball shade.svg90'
Report Stadium: San Paolo
5 December 1993 14 Juventus 1–0 Napoli Torino
Ferrara Soccerball shade.svg28' (o.g.) Report Stadium: delle Alpi
12 December 199315 Napoli 4–0 Atalanta Napoli
Valentini Soccerball shade.svg52' (o.g.)
Policano Soccerball shade.svg60, 75'
Pecchia Soccerball shade.svg67'
Report Stadium: San Paolo
19 December 199316 Parma 1–3 Napoli Parma
Brolin Soccerball shade.svg33' (pen.) Report Gambaro Soccerball shade.svg3'
Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg60'
Thern Soccerball shade.svg82'
Stadium: Ennio Tardini
2 January 199417 Napoli 1–1 Foggia Napoli
Bia Soccerball shade.svg50' Report Roy Soccerball shade.svg25'Stadium: San Paolo
9 January 199418 Sampdoria 4–1 Napoli Genova
Lombardo Soccerball shade.svg34'
Gullit Soccerball shade.svg52'
Mancini Soccerball shade.svg85, 90'
Report Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg51'Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
16 January 199419 Napoli 2–1 Cremonese Napoli
Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg4'Soccerball shade.svg12' (pen.) Report Gualco Soccerball shade.svg80'Stadium: San Paolo
23 January 199420 Torino 1–1 Napoli Torino
Carbone Soccerball shade.svg51' Report Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg70' (pen.)Stadium: delle Alpi
30 January 1994 21 Napoli 1–1 Roma Napoli
Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg90' (pen.) Report Balbo Soccerball shade.svg58'Stadium: San Paolo
6 February 199422 Napoli 1–1 Genoa Napoli
Di Canio Soccerball shade.svg72' (pen.) Report van 't Schip Soccerball shade.svg45'Stadium: San Paolo
13 February 199423 Udinese 3–1 Napoli Udine
Branca Soccerball shade.svg64, 85'
Calori Soccerball shade.svg66'
Report Pecchia Soccerball shade.svg63'Stadium: Friuli
20 February 199424 Inter 0–0 Napoli Milan
Report Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
27 February 199425 Napoli 1–2 Cagliari Napoli
Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg58' (pen.) Report L. Oliveira Soccerball shade.svg15, 81'Stadium: San Paolo
6 March 199426 Lecce 0–1 Napoli Lecce
Report Fonseca Soccerball shade.svg51'Stadium: Via del Mare
13 March 199427 Napoli 0–0 Piacenza Napoli
Report Stadium: San Paolo
20 March 199428 Lazio 3–0 Napoli Roma
Di Mauro Soccerball shade.svg29'
Signori Soccerball shade.svg53'
Bia Soccerball shade.svg54' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Olimpico
27 March 199429 Napoli 1–0 Milan Napoli
Di Canio Soccerball shade.svg79' Report Stadium: San Paolo
9 April 1994 31 Napoli 0–0 Juventus Napoli
Report Stadium: San Paolo
17 April 199432 Atalanta 1–1 Napoli Bergamo
Morfeo Soccerball shade.svg8' Report Buso Soccerball shade.svg15'
23 April 199433 Napoli 2–0 Parma Napoli
Buso Soccerball shade.svg20'
Ferrara Soccerball shade.svg45'
Report Stadium: San Paolo

Topscorers

Coppa Italia

Second round

6 October 1993 Napoli 0–0 Ancona Napoli
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Dinelli
27 October 1993 Ancona 3–2
(3-2 agg.)
Napoli Ancona
Gadda Soccerball shade.svg12'
Agostini Soccerball shade.svg21', 61'
Soccerball shade.svg71' Caruso
Soccerball shade.svg86' (aut.) Mazzarano
Stadium: Stadio Del Conero
Referee: Nicchi

Other tournaments

Carlos Menem Trophy

12 May 1994Third place match River Plate Flag of Argentina.svg 4–0 Napoli Mar del Plata, Argentina
Facundo Villalba  [ es ]Soccerball shade.svg7', 27', 90'
Gamboa Red card.svg 58'
Cedrés Soccerball shade.svg77'
Report Di Canio Red card.svg 38'
Ferrara Red card.svg 46'
Stadium: Estadio José María Minella
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

Statistics

Players statistics

No.PosNatPlayerTotal 1993-94 Serie A
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Taglialatela 29-2729-27
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Ciro Ferrara 282282
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Cannavaro 270270
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giovanni Bia 283283
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Enzo Gambaro 331331
MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Jonas Thern 21120+11
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberto Bordin 320320
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Pecchia 33431+24
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Renato Buso 31422+94
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Paolo Di Canio 265265
FW Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Daniel Fonseca 27152715
GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Raffaele Di Fusco 7-85+2-8
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giovanni Francini 21020+10
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giancarlo Corradini 22012+100
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Eugenio Corini 14012+20
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberto Policano 1938+113
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sebastiano Nela 1106+50
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giorgio Bresciani 1114+71
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fausto Pari 503+20
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Luca Altomare 411+31
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Mario Caruso 400+40
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Massimo Tarantino 200+20
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alessandro Sbrizzo 100+10
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Carmelo Imbriani 100+10
GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Angelo Pagotto 0000
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Ciro Caruso 0000
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Carlo Cornacchia

Related Research Articles

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.

Parma Associazione Calcio played its third consecutive season in Serie A, and had arguably its best ever season, even when considering its glorious years in the late 1990s. It finished third in the domestic league competition and won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup following a 3–1 final victory against Royal Antwerp.

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.

Piacenza Calcio did not manage to renew their stay in Serie A, in the club's debut season at the top level of Italian football. The performance from the team was not too poor however, considering it was only a point from the 14th place that would have kept Piacenza up.

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References

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