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1993–94 UEFA Champions League first round

The 1993–94 UEFA Champions League first round was the first stage of the competition proper of the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League, and featured 32 teams. It began on 15 September with the first legs and ended on 29 September 1993 with the second legs. The 16 winners advanced to the second round.

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA.

Teams

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In total, 32 teams participated in the first round: 22 teams which entered in this round, and 10 winners of the preliminary round.[1]

Key to colours
Winners of first round advanced to second round
First round participants
Team Notes Coeff.
Italy Milan 3.408
Spain Barcelona 2.986
England Manchester United 2.910
Germany Werder Bremen 2.848
Belgium Anderlecht 2.671
France Monaco [†] 2.667
Portugal Porto 2.589
Russia Spartak Moscow 2.536
Team Coeff.
Scotland Rangers 2.504
Romania Steaua București 2.366
Netherlands Feyenoord 2.325
Turkey Galatasaray 2.227
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2.205
Poland Lech Poznań 2.089
Austria Austria Wien 2.076
Denmark Copenhagen 2.053
Team Notes Coeff.
Greece AEK Athens 1.994
Sweden AIK 1.954
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1.692
Hungary Kispest Honvéd 1.573
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1.250
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1.125
Norway Rosenborg [PR] 0.971
Switzerland Aarau [PR] 0.939
Team Notes Coeff.
Finland HJK [PR] 0.855
Northern Ireland Linfield [PR] 0.833
Croatia Croatia Zagreb [PR] 0.750
Iceland ÍA [PR] 0.656
Malta Floriana [PR] 0.563
Republic of Ireland Cork City [PR] 0.500
Latvia Skonto [PR] 0.500
Israel Beitar Jerusalem [PR] 0.000

Notes

  1. † French club and Champions League title holders Marseille were disqualified from the competition by the UEFA Executive Committee on 6 September 1993 due to their involvement in a match-fixing scandal.[2][3] Monaco took the vacated French berth on 8 September.[4]
  2. PR Winners from the preliminary round

Format

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Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played. The away goals rule would be again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.

Seeding

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The draw for the first round was held on 14 July 1993 in Geneva, Switzerland.[5] The 32 teams were divided into a seeded and unseeded pot, each containing 16 teams, for the draw.[1][6]

Seeded Unseeded

Notes

  1. † French club and Champions League title holders Marseille originally took part in the draw, but were later banned and replaced by Monaco. Thus Monaco effectively took the automatic top seed reserved for the title holders in the draw.
  2. ‡ Winners of the preliminary round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 15 and 16 September, and the second legs on 28 and 29 September 1993.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Porto Portugal2–0Malta Floriana2–00–0
ÍA Iceland1–3Netherlands Feyenoord1–00–3
Monaco France2–1Greece AEK Athens1–01–1
Steaua București Romania4–4 (a)Croatia Croatia Zagreb1–23–2
Rangers Scotland4–4 (a)Bulgaria Levski Sofia3–21–2
Werder Bremen Germany6–3Belarus Dinamo Minsk5–21–1
Linfield Northern Ireland3–4Denmark Copenhagen3–00–4 (a.e.t.)
Aarau Switzerland0–1Italy Milan0–10–0
AIK Sweden1–2Czech Republic Sparta Prague1–00–2
HJK Finland0–6Belgium Anderlecht0–30–3
Kispest Honvéd Hungary3–5England Manchester United2–31–2
Galatasaray Turkey3–1Republic of Ireland Cork City2–11–0
Lech Poznań Poland7–2Israel Beitar Jerusalem3–04–2
Skonto Latvia0–9Russia Spartak Moscow0–50–4
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine4–5Spain Barcelona3–11–4
Rosenborg Norway4–5Austria Austria Wien3–11–4

Matches

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Porto Portugal2–0Malta Floriana
 Report
Attendance: 5,200[7]
Floriana Malta0–0Portugal Porto
Report
Attendance: 1,456[8]

Porto won 2–0 on aggregate.

ÍA Iceland1–0Netherlands Feyenoord
 Report
Attendance: 6,327[9]
Feyenoord Netherlands3–0Iceland ÍA
 Report
Attendance: 24,054[10]
Referee: Keith Burge (Wales)

Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.

Monaco France1–0Greece AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 7,344[11]
AEK Athens Greece1–1France Monaco
 Report
Attendance: 22,982[12]

Monaco won 2–1 on aggregate.

Steaua București Romania1–2Croatia Croatia Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 6,917[13]
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Croatia Zagreb Croatia2–3Romania Steaua București
 Report
Attendance: 5,000[15]

4–4 on aggregate; Steaua București won on away goals.

Rangers Scotland3–2Bulgaria Levski Sofia
 Report
Attendance: 37,013[16]
Levski Sofia Bulgaria2–1Scotland Rangers
 Report
Attendance: 40,000[17]

4–4 on aggregate; Levski Sofia won on away goals.

Werder Bremen Germany5–2Belarus Dinamo Minsk
 Report
Attendance: 10,274[18]
Dinamo Minsk Belarus1–1Germany Werder Bremen
 Report
Attendance: 8,700[19]

Werder Bremen won 6–3 on aggregate.

Linfield Northern Ireland3–0Denmark Copenhagen
 Report
Attendance: 4,375[20]
Copenhagen Denmark4–0 (a.e.t.)Northern Ireland Linfield
 Report
Attendance: 7,051[21]

Copenhagen won 4–3 on aggregate.

Aarau Switzerland0–1Italy Milan
Report
Attendance: 9,400[22]
Milan Italy0–0Switzerland Aarau
Report
Attendance: 58,993[23]
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

AIK Sweden1–0Czech Republic Sparta Prague
 Report
Attendance: 5,854[24]
Sparta Prague Czech Republic2–0Sweden AIK
 Report
Attendance: 16,654[25]

Sparta Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

HJK Finland0–3Belgium Anderlecht
Report
Attendance: 1,584[26]
Anderlecht Belgium3–0Finland HJK
 Report
Attendance: 12,225[27]

Anderlecht won 6–0 on aggregate.

Kispest Honvéd Hungary2–3England Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 8,000[28]
Manchester United England2–1Hungary Kispest Honvéd
 Report
Attendance: 35,718[29]

Manchester United won 5–3 on aggregate.

Galatasaray Turkey2–1Republic of Ireland Cork City
 Report
Attendance: 17,804[30]
Cork City Republic of Ireland0–1Turkey Galatasaray
Report
Attendance: 4,100[31]

Galatasaray won 3–1 on aggregate.

Lech Poznań Poland3–0Israel Beitar Jerusalem
 Report
Attendance: 4,184[32]
Beitar Jerusalem Israel2–4Poland Lech Poznań
 Report
Attendance: 2,500[33]

Lech Poznań won 7–2 on aggregate.

Skonto Latvia0–5Russia Spartak Moscow
Report
Attendance: 3,200[34]
Spartak Moscow Russia4–0Latvia Skonto
 Report
Attendance: 2,000[35]

Spartak Moscow won 9–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine3–1Spain Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 60,000[36]
Referee: Philip Don (England)
Barcelona Spain4–1Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 88,600[37]

Barcelona won 5–4 on aggregate.

Rosenborg Norway3–1Austria Austria Wien
 Report
Attendance: 9,619[38]
Austria Wien Austria4–1Norway Rosenborg
 Report
Attendance: 6,300[39]

Austria Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.

Notes

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  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 25 September 1993 (first legs), and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter (second legs).
  2. ^ Due to security issues caused by Operation Medak Pocket, Croatian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues indefinitely. Therefore, Croatia Zagreb played their first round home match at Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia, instead of their regular stadium, Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Seeding for the European Cups (from 1979/80): 1993/94". Pawel Mogielnicki. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Marseille's future in Uefa's hand". The Straits Times. Zurich. Associated Press. 7 September 1993. p. 33. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Marseille thrown out". The Straits Times. 7 September 1993. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Monaco agrees to step in for Marseille". The Straits Times. Paris. 10 September 1993. p. 38. Retrieved 29 January 2025. Monaco accepted reluctantly an invitation to take Marseille's place in the European Cup on Wednesday as the defending champion continued its fight to stay in the competition.
  5. ^ "Meetings and Events". Bulletin officiel de l'UEFA. No. 144. Union of European Football Associations. September 1993. p. 33.
  6. ^ "Remarks to the UEFA tables". Pawel Mogielnicki. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
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  9. ^ "IA Akranes vs. Feyenoord" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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  14. ^ "Football". Sport. The Courier. Dundee. 14 September 1993. Retrieved 17 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive. UEFA have cancelled all European ties in Croatia because of renewed clashes between Croat and Serb forces in the republic. Hajduk Split were due to play Dutch giants Ajax in the first leg of the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup tomorrow and Croatia Zagreb were scheduled to meet Steaua Bucharest in a second leg tie on September 28.
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  21. ^ "Copenhagen vs. Linfield" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  22. ^ "Aarau vs. Milan" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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  26. ^ "HJK vs. Anderlecht" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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  38. ^ "Rosenborg v Austria Wien" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  39. ^ "Austria Wien vs. Rosenborg" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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