# 1992–93 AC Milan season

Associazione Calcio Milan won two trophies in the 1992–93 season, which was crowned when it reached the European Cup final and won the domestic league for the second year running.
None of the other Serie A teams came close to challenging Milan in the league, with new signing Jean-Pierre Papin playing a vital role in the absence of lethal striker Marco van Basten, who albeit scored 13 goals in just 15 matches. Some defensive slips were redeemed by the 65 goals scored, which was the most of all teams in the league, and enough to clinch the title in front of city rivals Internazionale by four points. The season also saw memorable displays against Pescara, Fiorentina and Lazio in the beginning of the season. Against Pescara, Milan won 5–4 away from home, then beat Fiorentina 7–3 and Lazio at home by 5–3. In those three matches, van Basten totaled seven goals. Milan also crushed Napoli 5–1 at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples, with van Basten scoring four goals in Serie A for the first (and only) time.
The season also saw Milan set the world transfer record following an intensive bidding battle against Juventus to sign Gianluigi Lentini from 1992's surprise Torino team. Lentini did not perform to expectations, and was considered a disappointment, especially following a car accident in 1993, from which he recovered, but never rediscovered his form prior to the accident.
This season was also the last to feature every piece of the famous Dutch trio of Marco Van Basten, Ruud Gullit, and Frank Rijkaard; while the former would stay with Milan for another two years without playing due to a recurring ankle injury (and, eventually, retiring in August 1995), the latter two transferred out of Milan during post-season summer transfer window, with Gullit briefly returning for half the 1994–95 season.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Sebastiano Rossi |
| — | GK | ITA | Francesco Antonioli |
| — | GK | ITA | Carlo Cudicini |
| — | DF | ITA | Franco Baresi (Captain) |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Costacurta |
| — | DF | ITA | Filippo Galli |
| — | DF | ITA | Enzo Gambaro |
| — | DF | ITA | Paolo Maldini |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano Nava |
| — | DF | ITA | Mauro Tassotti |
| — | MF | ITA | Demetrio Albertini |
| — | MF | CRO | Zvonimir Boban |
| — | MF | ITA | Fernando De Napoli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Donadoni |
| — | MF | ITA | Stefano Eranio |
| — | MF | ITA | Alberigo Evani |
| — | MF | NED | Ruud Gullit |
| — | MF | NED | Frank Rijkaard |
| — | MF | YUG | Dejan Savićević |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianluigi Lentini |
| — | FW | ITA | Daniele Massaro |
| — | FW | FRA | Jean-Pierre Papin |
| — | FW | NED | Marco van Basten |
| — | FW | ITA | Aldo Serena |
| — | FW | ITA | Marco Simone |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Gianluigi Lentini | Torino F.C. | |
| FW | Jean-Pierre Papin | Olympique Marseille | |
| MF | Dejan Savicevic | Crvena Zvezda | |
| MF | Stefano Eranio | Genoa C.F.C. | |
| DF | Stefano Nava | Parma F.C. | - |
| MF | Fernando De Napoli | S.S.C. Napoli | |
| FW | Massimiliano Cappellini | Piacenza Calcio | loan ended |
| GK | Massimo Taibi | Como 1907 | loan ended |
| MF | Zvonimir Boban | S.S.C. Bari | loan ended |
| MF | Angelo Carbone | S.S.C. Bari | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Massimo Taibi | Piacenza Calcio | |
| MF | Carlo Ancelotti | | retired |
| MF | Angelo Carbone | S.S.C. Napoli | loan |
| MF | Diego Fuser | S.S. Lazio | - |
| FW | Massimiliano Cappellini | Atalanta B.C. | loan |
| FW | Giovanni Cornacchini | Perugia Calcio | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Massimiliano Cappellini | Atalanta B.C. | loan ended |
| GK | Guido Bistazzoni | | released |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Massimiliano Cappellini | Como 1907 | loan |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Milan (C) | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 50 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Internazionale | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Parma | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Lazio | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
* ↑ Parma qualified to 1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | 35 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | - | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Top scorers

* Marco van Basten 13
* Jean-Pierre Papin 13
* Ruud Gullit 7
* Gianluigi Lentini 7
* Daniele Massaro 5
* Marco Simone 5
* Dejan Savićević 4

## Champions League
### First round
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 12 | Advance to final |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Porto | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | |

### Final
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Rossi | 39 | -29 | 25+2 | -25 | 6 | -2 | 6 | -2 |
| | DF | ITA | Tassotti | 41 | 1 | 26+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Costacurta | 47 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Baresi | 44 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Maldini | 49 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Lentini | 45 | 8 | 28+2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Albertini | 42 | 3 | 23+6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| | MF | NED | Rijkaard | 33 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| | MF | ITA | Donadoni | 26 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Massaro | 45 | 9 | 14+15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5+4 | 2 |
| | FW | FRA | Papin | 33 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6+1 | 3 |
| | GK | ITA | Antonioli | 14 | -7 | 9 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | NED | Van Basten | 21 | 19 | 14+1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| | MF | ITA | Eranio | 33 | 4 | 13+8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 |
| | MF | NED | Gullit | 25 | 11 | 13+2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Nava | 24 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| | MF | CRO | Boban | 22 | 1 | 12+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | YUG | Savicevic | 17 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Evani | 28 | 1 | 8+10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Simone | 25 | 9 | 8+5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4+4 | 4 |
| | DF | ITA | Gambaro | 20 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | De Napoli | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Galli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Serena | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Cudicini | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1+1 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1992-933015.html