1993–94 VfB Leipzig season

The 1993–94 season was VfB Leipzig's only season in the Bundesliga to date. It was a difficult season for the club, which saw them finish bottom of the table with just three wins (all 1–0).

VfB Leipzig
1993–94 season
ManagerGermany Bernd Stange (to 21 February)
Germany Jürgen Sundermann (22 February - 9 April)
Germany Damian Halata (from 10 April)
Bundesliga18th (relegated)
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerDirk Anders (8)

Squad

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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   GER Maik Kischko
GK   GER Ingo Saager
DF   GER Holger Bühner (to January)
DF   USA John Doyle
DF   GER Frank Edmond
DF   GER Helmut Gabriel
DF   GER Marco Gräfe
DF   GER Rico Kauerhof
DF   GER Torsten Kracht (from January)
DF   GER Matthias Lindner
MF   GER Dirk Anders
MF   GER Uwe Bredow
MF   GER Nico Däbritz
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Jörg Engelmann
MF   GER Dieter Hecking
MF   GER Steffen Heidrich
MF   GER Matthias Liebers
MF   GHA Alexander Opoku
MF   GER René Schmidt
MF   GER Uwe Trommer
FW   BRA Franklin
FW   MKD Darko Pancev (from January)
FW   GER Jürgen Rische
FW   GER Frank Turnier
FW   GER Florian Weichert

Results

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Bundesliga

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7 August 1993 VfB Leipzig 3–3 Dynamo Dresden Leipzig
15:30 Lindner   10'
Anders   17', 25'
Report Marschall   15', 27', 69' Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 31,400
Referee: Manfred Amerell (Munich)
17 August 1993 Werder Bremen 3–1 VfB Leipzig Bremen
20:00 Hobsch   16'
Beiersdorfer   54'
Basler   86'
Report Rische   15' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 20,855
Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
27 August 1993 VfB Leipzig 1–1 MSV Duisburg Leipzig
20:00 Edmond   47' Report Tarnat   26' Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Manfred Schmidt
1 September 1993 Bayern Munich 3–0 VfB Leipzig Munich
20:00 Nerlinger   13'
Matthäus   55'
Schupp   88'
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)
4 September 1993 VfB Leipzig 0–0 SG Wattenscheid 09 Leipzig
15:30 Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)
7 September 1993 Borussia Dortmund 0–1 VfB Leipzig Dortmund
20:00 Report Rische   9' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 40,590
Referee: Hans-Peter Best (Kämpfelbach)
11 September 1993 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 VfB Leipzig Stuttgart
20:00 Report Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
17 September 1993 VfB Leipzig 1–4 Hamburger SV Leipzig
20:00 Liebers   84' Report Bäron   25', 75'
Von Heesen   37'
Spies   88'
Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 17,800
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)
25 September 1993 1. FC Köln 3–1 VfB Leipzig Cologne
15:30 Lehmann   56'
Greiner   69'
Jancker   87'
Report Edmond   58' Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Eugen Strigel (Horb)
2 October 1993 VfB Leipzig 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Leipzig
15:30 Anders   81' (pen.) Report Salou   66' Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)
9 October 1993 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 VfB Leipzig Frankfurt
15:30 Furtok   27', 87' Report Edmond   86' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)
17 October 1993 VfB Leipzig 0–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Leipzig
18:00 Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)
22 October 1993 1. FC Nürnberg 5–0 VfB Leipzig Nuremberg
20:00 Golke   9'
Zárate   36'
Wück   40'
Sutter   65'
Kubik   74'
Report Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Michael Malbranc (Hamburg)
30 October 1993 VfB Leipzig 1–0 Karlsruher SC Leipzig
15:30 Heidrich   69' Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Markus Weber (Bergkamen)
5 November 1993 FC Schalke 04 3–1 VfB Leipzig Gelsenkirchen
20:00 Eckstein   28', 57'
Anderbrügge   90' (pen.)
Report Rische   87' Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hans-Peter Dellwing (Trier)
14 November 1993 VfB Leipzig 2–2 SC Freiburg Leipzig
18:00 Weichert   60', 75' Report Cardoso   29'
Zeyer   41'
Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)
20 November 1993 Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 VfB Leipzig Leverkusen
15:30 Schuster   57'
Kirsten   67', 76'
Report Heidrich   14' Stadium: Ulrich Haberland Stadion
Attendance: 8,300
Referee: Bernd Hauer (Celle)
26 November 1993 Dynamo Dresden 1–0 VfB Leipzig Dresden
15:30 Penksa   16' Report Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 12,120
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
4 December 1993 VfB Leipzig 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Leipzig
15:30 Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
11 December 1993 VfB Leipzig 1–1 Werder Bremen Leipzig
15:30 Bredow   36' Report Hobsch   51' Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Manfred Führer (Steinhagen)
12 February 1994 MSV Duisburg 2–1 VfB Leipzig Duisburg
15:30 Weidemann   29'
Wohlert   69'
Report Pancev   50' Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 16,100
Referee: Hans Scheuerer (Munich)
19 February 1994 VfB Leipzig 1–3 Bayern Munich Leipzig
15:30 Anders   64' Report Scholl   3'
Nerlinger   4'
Ziege   33'
Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)
27 February 1994 SG Wattenscheid 09 2–2 VfB Leipzig Wattenscheid
15:30 Sané   29', 84' Report Weichert   5'
Anders   88' (pen.)
Stadium: Lohrheidestadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
5 March 1994 VfB Leipzig 2–3 Borussia Dortmund Leipzig
15:30 Heidrich   30'
Anders   81'
Report Chapuisat   48'
Sippel   71', 73'
Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Ottobrunn)
12 March 1994 Hamburger SV 3–0 VfB Leipzig Hamburg
15:30 Ivanauskas   44'
Bäron   45'
Spörl   67'
Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 23,463
Referee: Rainer Werthmann (Bochum)
18 March 1994 VfB Leipzig 2–3 1. FC Köln Leipzig
15:30 Anders   84'
Rische   90'
Report Polster   49' (pen.), 89'
Baumann   51'
Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Hans-Joachim Osmers (Bremen)
26 March 1994 Borussia Mönchengladbach 6–1 VfB Leipzig Mönchengladbach
15:30 Dahlin   22', 43', 54'
Klinkert   39'
Kastenmaier   76' (pen.)
Wynhoff   87'
Report Rische   55' Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)
2 April 1994 VfB Leipzig 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Leipzig
15:30 Rische   29' Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Hans-Peter Dellwing (Trier)
5 April 1994 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–0 VfB Leipzig Kaiserslautern
15:30 Sforza   88' Report Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 30,511
Referee: Eugen Strigel (Horb)
8 April 1994 VfB Leipzig 0–2 1. FC Nürnberg Leipzig
20:00 Report Kubik   4'
Criens   73'
Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Fischenich)
16 April 1994 Karlsruher SC 3–2 VfB Leipzig Karlsruhe
15:30 Shmarov   19'
Schmitt   34'
Schütterle   87'
Report Heidrich   74'
Pancev   90'
Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Manfred Führer (Steinhagen)
23 April 1994 VfB Leipzig 2–2 FC Schalke 04 Leipzig
15:30 Franklin   71'
Anders   82' (pen.)
Report Müller   31'
Lugninger   45'
Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Hans Scheuerer (Munich)
30 April 1994 SC Freiburg 1–0 VfB Leipzig Freiburg
15:30 Cardoso   83' Report Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Markus Weber (Bergkamen)
7 May 1994 VfB Leipzig 2–3 Bayer Leverkusen Leipzig
15:30 Okpoku   20'
Edmond   79'
Report Hecking   16' (o.g.)
Paulo Sérgio   34'
Kirsten   89'
Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Manfred Amerell (Munich)

DFB-Pokal

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24 August 1993 Round 1 Bayer Uerdingen 1–0 VfB Leipzig Krefeld
15:30 Feldhoff   8' Report Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Transfers

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Player From Date
  Holger Bühner Rot-Weiß Erfurt Summer
  John Doyle Örgryte Summer
  Marco Gräfe Unknown Summer
  Alexander Opoku Youth team Summer
  René Schmidt Youth team Summer
  Florian Weichert Hamburger SV Summer
  Torsten Kracht VfB Stuttgart Winter
  Darko Pancev Internazionale (loan) Winter
Player To Date
  Gennady Grishin Torpedo Moscow Summer
  Sarfo Gyamfi Hallescher FC Summer
  Hans-Jürgen Heidenreich Retired Summer
  Torsten Kracht VfB Stuttgart Summer
  Janusz Turowski Retired Summer
  Holger Bühner Hansa Rostock Winter
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