1993_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup_Final

1993 European Cup Winners' Cup final

1993 European Cup Winners' Cup final

Football match

The 1993 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Parma of Italy and Antwerp of Belgium. The final was held at Wembley Stadium in London, England on 12 May 1993. It was the final match of the 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 33rd European Cup Winners' Cup final. Parma beat Antwerp 3–1 and in doing so became the eighth different Italian team to win a European trophy.

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The win gave Parma their first European trophy in their first European final; moreover, it was just their second season competing in European competition, and they were the first Italian team to appear in the final since Sampdoria, who appeared in consecutive years in 1989 and 1990. The most recent occasion on which a Belgian side had appeared in a Cup Winners' Cup final was in the second of Sampdoria's most recent appearances, in 1990. Sampdoria won the match 2–0 against Anderlecht, but needed extra time to do so. The 1993 edition also represented Antwerp's first appearance in a European final.

As the winners, Parma contested the 1993 European Super Cup against 1992–93 UEFA Champions League runners-up Milan, after champions Marseille had been banned from European competition over match-fixing allegations.

This was the last European club tournament final staged at the old Wembley, as it was going to be rebuilt to an all-new stadium.

Background

The 1993 final was the first meeting between Parma and Antwerp. Both sides went into the final chasing their first piece of European silverware and the match was the first time Parma faced Belgian opposition. Neither manager had previously led a team to a European final.

Wembley Stadium in London had hosted the European Cup Winners' Cup final on one previous occasion: in 1965. Londoners West Ham United won the game by two goals to nil against West German opposition 1860 Munich in front of 97,974 people, the biggest ever attendance at a Cup Winners' Cup final. Wembley is famous for playing host to FA Cup finals, as well as the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final.

Route to the final

Further information: 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup
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Match

Summary

Parma opened the scoring in the 10th minute when goalkeeper Stevan Stojanović misjudged a corner that allowed Parma's captain, Lorenzo Minotti to hook the ball home from the left of the penalty area. But Antwerp replied within two minutes, Alex Czerniatynski played a through-ball to Francis Severeyns who shot past the goalkeeper left footed to level the scores. The Italians began to dominate the game and Alessandro Melli headed them 2–1 ahead after half an hour after a cross from the right. The game was put beyond Antwerp six minutes from time when Stefano Cuoghi curled a shot past the goalkeeper from inside the area.

Details

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Attendance: 37,393
Parma
Antwerp
GK1Italy Marco Ballotta
CB6Belgium Georges Grün
SW4Italy Lorenzo Minotti (c)
CB5Italy Luigi Apolloni
RWB 2Italy Antonio Benarrivo
LWB 3Italy Alberto Di ChiaraYellow card 32'
CM9Italy Marco Osiodownward-facing red arrow 75'
CM8Italy Daniele Zorattodownward-facing red arrow 26'
CM10Italy Stefano Cuoghi
SS11Sweden Tomas Brolin
CF7Italy Alessandro Melli
Substitutes:
GK12Italy Marco Ferrari
DF13Italy Salvatore Matrecano
CM14Italy Gabriele Pinupward-facing green arrow 26'
MF15Italy Fausto Pizziupward-facing green arrow 75'
FW16Colombia Faustino Asprilla
Manager:
Italy Nevio Scala
GK1Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Stojanović
CB4Belgium Rudi Taeymans
SW3Belgium Nico BroeckaertYellow card 82'
CB5Belgium Rudi Smidts (c)
RWB2Belgium Wim Kiekens
LWB8Belgium Didier SegersYellow card 65'downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM7Belgium Ronny Van Rethy
CM6Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Jakovljevićdownward-facing red arrow 51'
CM10Germany Hans-Peter Lehnhoff
CF9Belgium Francis SevereynsYellow card 37'
CF11Belgium Alexandre Czerniatynski
Substitutes:
DF12Belgium Geert Emmerechts
MF13Belgium Garry De Graef
MF14Belgium Patrick Van Veirdeghemupward-facing green arrow 51'
FW15Morocco Noureddine Moukrimupward-facing green arrow 82'
GK16Belgium Wim De Coninck
Manager:
Belgium Walter Meeuws

Assistant referees:
Germany Klaus Plettenberg (Germany)
Germany Hans Wolf (Germany)
Fourth official:
Germany Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

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