1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup Explained

Tourney Name:European Cup Winners' Cup
Year:1993–94
Dates:15 August 1993 – 4 May 1994
Num Teams:43
Champion Other: Arsenal
Count:1
Second Other: Parma
Matches:82
Goals:234
Attendance:1232562
Top Scorer:Ivaylo Andonov (CSKA Sofia)
Eoin Jess (Aberdeen)
Ulf Kirsten (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alon Mizrahi (Maccabi Haifa)
5 goals each
Prevseason:1992–93
Nextseason:1994–95

The 1993–94 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by English club Arsenal, who beat defending champions Parma in the final. The tournament would be renamed to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup the following season.

Teams

Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Croatia entered for the first time, as Czechoslovakia split between Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Qualifying round

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First leg

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Second leg

Balzers won 3–1 on aggregate.----Awarded. The match was never played due to RAF Jelgava's flight being cancelled. HB Tórshavn won 3–1 on aggregate.---- Lillestrøm won 8–1 on aggregate.---- Košice won 3–1 on aggregate.----Maccabi Haifa won 7–1 on aggregate.----Lugano won 6–2 on aggregate.----APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.----Shelbourne won 3–2 on aggregate.----Valur won 4–1 on aggregate.----Odense BK won 1–0 on aggregate.----Degerfors won 6–1 on aggregate.

First round

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First leg

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Second leg

Maccabi Haifa won 3–2 on aggregate.----Standard Liège won 8–3 on aggregate.----Parma won 4–1 on aggregate.----Paris Saint-Germain won 3-0 on aggregate.----Universitatea Craiova won 7–0 on aggregate.----Bayer Leverkusen won 5–0 on aggregate.----Aberdeen won 7–0 on aggregate.----Arsenal won 3–2 on aggregate.----Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.----Panathinaikos won 5–1 on aggregate.----CSKA Sofia won 11–1 on aggregate.----Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.----Beşiktaş won 3–2 on aggregate.----Tirol Innsbruck won 5–1 on aggregate.----Real Madrid won 6–1 on aggregate.----Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

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Second leg

Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.----Bayer Leverkusen won 5–3 on aggregate.----Paris Saint-Germain won 6–0 on aggregate.----Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate; Parma won 3–1 on penalties.----Torino won 5–3 on aggregate.----Arsenal won 10–0 on aggregate.----Real Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Second leg

Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate.----Paris Saint-Germain won 2–1 on aggregate.----5–5 on aggregate; Benfica won on away goals.----Parma won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Second leg

Arsenal won 2–1 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate; Parma won on away goals.

Final

See main article: 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup final.

Top goalscorers

The top goalscorers from the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Ivaylo Andonov CSKA Sofia5
Eoin Jess Aberdeen5
Ulf Kirsten Bayer Leverkusen5
Alon Mizrahi Maccabi Haifa5
5 Tomas Brolin Parma4
Kevin Campbell Arsenal4
Ionel Gane Universitatea Craiova4
Jari Litmanen Ajax4
Rui Costa Benfica4
Vanyo Shishkov CSKA Sofia4
Ian Wright Arsenal4

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