1993–94 Parma AC season

Parma
1993–94 season
Owner	Parmalat
President	Giorgio Pedraneschi
Manager	Nevio Scala
Stadium	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
European Cup Winners' Cup	Runners-up
European Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Zola (18); All: ; Zola (22)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

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.

The purchase of Gianfranco Zola from Napoli was successful, given his second place in the topscoring charts, beaten only by Giuseppe Signori of Lazio. Together with Tomas Brolin and Faustino Asprilla, Parma's attack left many teams without a chance, but the defence was not good enough to match the level of champions Milan, who conceded less than half of the 35 goals Parma did.

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Luca Bucci
—	GK	ITA	Marco Ballotta
—	DF	ITA	Antonio Benarrivo
—	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Minotti
—	DF	ARG	Nestor Sensini
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Apolloni
—	DF	ITA	Alberto Di Chiara
—	DF	BEL	Georges Grün
—	DF	ITA	David Balleri
—	DF	ITA	Roberto Maltagliati
—	DF	ITA	Gianluca Falsini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Daniele Zoratto
—	MF	SWE	Tomas Brolin
—	MF	ITA	Massimo Crippa
—	MF	ITA	Gabriele Pin
—	MF	ITA	Salvatore Matrecano
—	MF	ITA	Fausto Pizzi
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Colacone
—	FW	COL	Faustino Asprilla
—	FW	ITA	Gianfranco Zola
—	FW	ITA	Alessandro Melli
—	FW	ITA	Giovanni Sorce

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Gianfranco Zola	SSC Napoli
MF	Massimo Crippa	Torino
GK	Luca Bucci	AC Reggiana
DF	David Balleri	Cosenza
DF	Nestor Sensini	Udinese

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Cláudio Taffarel	AC Reggiana
MF	Marco Osio	Torino
DF	Cornelio Donati		released
FW	Graziano Mannari	Fiorenzuola	loan
MF	Sergio Berti	River Plate
MF	Stefano Cuoghi		released
MF	Ivo Pulga	Vicenza
MF	Fausto Pizzi	Udinese

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Sampdoria	34	18	8	8	64	39	+25	44	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
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

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D
Position	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1994–95 UEFA Champions League; = 1994–95 UEFA Cup

Matches

29 August 1993 1	Udinese	0–1	Parma	Udine
		Report	Melli 17'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Angelo Amendolia

5 September 1993 2	Parma	1–0	Lecce	Parma
	Zola 29' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

8 September 1993 3	Lazio	2–1	Parma	Rome
	Fuser 28' Cravero 48' (pen.)	Report	Zola 40'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

12 September 1993 4	Parma	2–1	Genoa	Parma
	Zola 1' Crippa 87'	Report	Petrescu 19'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Stefano Braschi

19 September 1993 5	Parma	3–0	Torino	Parma
	Asprilla 59', 67', 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Gianni Beschin

26 September 1993 6	Sampdoria	1-1	Parma	Genova
	Lombardo 3'	Report	29' (aut.) Sacchetti	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Trentalange, Torino

3 October 1993 7	Parma	3-0	Foggia	Parma
	Zola 18', 86' Asprilla 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Racalbuto (Gallarate)

17 October 1993 8	Cremonese	0-0	Parma	Cremona
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Nicchi (Arezzo)

24 October 1993 9	Parma	1-0	Reggiana	Parma
	Melli 14'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Cinciripini (Ascoli Piceno)

31 October 1993 10	Inter	3-2	Parma	Milano
	Sosa 16', 37', 65'	Report	10' Grün 77' Minotti	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Collina (Viareggio)

7 November 1993 11	Parma	2-0	Juventus	Parma
	Zola 83' Brolin 87' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini Referee: Livio Bazzoli

21 November 1993 12	Atalanta	0-2	Parma	Bergamo
		Report	Brolin 63' Zola 84'	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Luciano Luci

28 November 1993 13	Parma	0-0	Milan	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Ceccarini (Livorno)

5 December 1993 14	A.S. Roma	2-0	Parma	Roma
	Comi 18' Cappioli 74'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Fabio Baldas

12 December 1993 15	Cagliari	0-4	Parma	Cagliari
		Report	Asprilla 40' Melli 65' Melli 72' Zola	Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Gianni Beschin

19 December 1993 16	Parma	1-3	Napoli	Parma
	Brolin 33' (rig.)	Report	3' Gambaro 60' Fonseca 82' Thern	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pairetto (Nichelino)

2 January 1994 17	Piacenza	1-1	Parma	Piacenza
	Ferrante 21'	Report	39' Balleri	Stadium: Stadio Galleana Referee: Boggi (Salerno)

9 January 1994 18	Parma	0-1	Udinese	Parma
		Report	Bertotto 33'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Loris Stafoggia

16 January 1994 19	Lecce	1-1	Parma	Lecce
	Ayew 32'	Report	Minotti 51'	Stadium: Via del Mare Referee: Francesco Arena

23 January 1994 20	Parma	2-0	Lazio	Parma
	Chiara 3' Asprilla 89'	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini Referee: Angelo Amendiola

30 January 1994 21	Genoa	0-4	Parma	Genova
		Report	43', 90' Zola 45' Brolin 85' (rig.) Asprilla	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Luci (Firenze)

6 February 1994 22	Torino	1-2	Parma	Torino
14:30 UTC+1	Francescoli 54'	Report	27' Apolloni 53' Zola	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 24.536 Referee: Stafoggia (Pesaro)

13 February 1994 23	Parma	2-1	Sampdoria	Parma
	Minotti 73' Zola 90'	Report	28' Jugović	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Collina (Viareggio)

20 February 1994 24	Foggia	3-2	Parma	Foggia
	Cappellini 35' Kolyvanov 68', 88'	Report	11' Zola 18' Asprilla	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Cinciripini (Ascoli Piceno)

27 February 1994 25	Parma	2-1	Cremonese	Parma
	Melli 57' Zola 85' (rig.)	Report	62' Maspero	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Ceccarini (Livorno)

6 March 1994 26	Reggiana	2-0	Parma	Reggio Emilia
	Esposito 49' Padovano 68' (rig.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mirabello Referee: Pairetto (Nichelino)

13 March 1994 27	Parma	4-1	Inter	Parma
	Zola 45', 58' Asprilla 63' Brolin 90'	Report	69' Sosa	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Bettin (Padova)

20 March 1994 28	Juventus	4-0	Parma	Torino
	Del Piero 20' Del Piero 57' Ravanelli 77' Del Piero 87'	Report		Stadium: Delle Alpi Referee: Loris Stafoggia

25 March 1994 29	Parma	2-1	Atalanta	Parma
	Minotti 13' Apolloni 48'	Report	Apolloni 11' (o.g)	Stadium: Ennio Tardini Referee: Gennaro Borriello

2 April 1994 30	Milan	1-1	Parma	Milano
	Massaro 73'	Report	84' (rig.) Zola	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Boggi (Salerno)

9 April 1994 31	Parma	0-2	A.S. Roma	Parma
		Report	Balbo 18' Festa 89'	Stadium: Ennio Tardini Referee: Fabio Baldas

17 April 1994 32	Parma	3-1	Cagliari	Parma
	Asprilla 30' Zola 45' Crippa 78'		Crinti 89'	Stadium: Ennio Tardini Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

24 April 1994 33	Napoli	2-0	Parma	Napoli
	Buso 20' Ferrara 45'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Cinciripini (Ascoli Piceno)

29 April 1994 34	Parma	0-0	Piacenza	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Baldas (Trieste)

Coppa Italia

Quarterfinals

4 January 1993	Foggia	0-3	Parma	Foggia
			12' Brolin 52' Zola 72' Asprilla	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Luci

26 January 1994	Parma	6-1	Foggia	Parma
	Brolin 15', 75' Zola 41' Sorce 77' (rig.) Di Chiara II 82' Matrecano 90'		56' Stroppa	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pellegrino

Semifinals

8 February 1994	Sampdoria	2-1	Parma	Genova
	Lombardo 55' Platt 56'		31' Asprilla	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Bazzoli

23 February 1994	Parma	0-1	Sampdoria	Parma
			22' Gullit	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Beschin

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

14 September 1993 First leg	Degerfors	1–2	Parma	Degerfors, Sweden
	Berger 72'		Asprilla 87', 88'	Stadium: Stora Valla

28 September 1993 Second leg	Parma	2–0 (4–1 agg.)	Degerfors	Parma, Italy
	Brolin 2', 67'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

Second round

20 October 1993 First leg	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	Parma	Haifa, Israel
			Brolin 90'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium

3 November 1993 Second leg	Parma	0–1 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (3–1 p)	Maccabi Haifa	Parma, Italy
			Mizrahi 51'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
	Penalties
	Crippa Minotti Brolin		Mizrahi Glam Harazi Atar

Quarter-finals

3 March 1994 First leg	Ajax	0–0	Parma	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00				Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Philip Don (England)

16 March 1994 Second leg	Parma	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Ajax	Parma, Italy
17:45	Minotti 16' Brolin 49'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 24,212 Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

Semi-finals

29 March 1994 First leg	Benfica	2–1	Parma	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00	Isaías 11' Rui Costa 60'		Zola 13'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

13 April 1994 Second leg	Parma	1–0 (2a–2 agg.)	Benfica	Parma, Italy
17:45	Sensini 74'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Final

4 May 1994 Final	Arsenal	1–0	Parma	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:15	Smith 22' Adams 25' Selley 51' Campbell 78'		Crippa 44' Asprilla 45'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 33,765 Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

European Super Cup

First leg

Parma

0–1

Milan

Second leg

Milan

0–2
(1–2 agg.)

Parma

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA CWC
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Bucci	41	-37	32	-32	0	0	9	-5
	DF	ITA	Benarrivo	41	0	28	0	6	0	7	0
	DF	ITA	Minotti	47	5	33	4	7	0	7	1
	DF	ARG	Sensini	31	1	20	0	6	0	5	1
	DF	ITA	Apolloni	43	2	30	2	5	0	8	0
	DF	ITA	Di Chiara	39	2	29	1	4	1	6	0
	MF	ITA	Zoratto	31	0	19+2	0	3	0	7	0
	MF	SWE	Brolin	45	12	29	5	7	4	9	3
	MF	ITA	Crippa	46	3	31	2	6	1	9	0
	FW	COL	Asprilla	42	16	24+3	10	7	4	8	2
	FW	ITA	Zola	49	22	33	18	7	3	9	1
	GK	ITA	Ballotta	11	-10	2+1	-3	8	-7	0	0
	DF	BEL	Grün	21	1	16	1	1	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Pin	37	0	15+7	0	8	0	7	0
	FW	ITA	Melli	32	8	13+9	5	6	3	4	0
	DF	ITA	Balleri	35	2	10+10	1	8	0	7	1
	MF	ITA	Matrecano	25	1	6+10	0	6	1	3	0
	DF	ITA	Maltagliati	16	0	4+6	0	4	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Pizzi	4	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Sorce	2	1	0+1	0	1	1	0	0
	MF	ITA	Colacone	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Falsini	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1993/1069/

References

^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[1] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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