1993–94 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1993–94 season
Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Manager	George Graham
Stadium	Highbury
FA Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Cup Winners' Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Wright (23); All: Wright (35)
Average home league attendance	30,563
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

During the 1993–94 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary[]

Arsenal conquered their goalscoring problems which had restricted them to 10th place a year earlier, though they surrendered their defence of both domestic cup competitions. This time round they finished fourth in the league, and at one stage looked like the most likely team to threaten Manchester United's lead. But the real success of the campaign was a 1–0 win over Parma in Copenhagen which gave them glory in the European Cup Winners' Cup and their first European trophy since 1970.^[1]

1993–94 saw a great deal of change at Arsenal. The season began with the club's longest-serving player, 34-year-old defender David O'Leary, signing for Leeds and out-of-favour midfielder Colin Pates joining Brighton. Irish winger Eddie McGoldrick was captured from Crystal Palace; his arrival led to the sale of fellow winger Anders Limpar to Everton a few months later.

The close season saw Arsenal make swoops for Swedish midfielder Stefan Schwarz as manager George Graham prepared to maintain an Arsenal side that could challenge on all fronts the following season.

Players[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Cup Winners' Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	David Seaman	56	0	39	0	3	0	5	0	9	0
2	DF	ENG	Lee Dixon	48	0	32+1	0	3	0	4	0	8	0
3	DF	ENG	Nigel Winterburn	50	0	34	0	3	0	4	0	9	0
4	MF	ENG	Paul Davis	34	0	21+1	0	0	0	1+2	0	9	0
5	DF	ENG	Andy Linighan	27	0	20+1	0	0	0	4	0	1+1	0
6	DF	ENG	Tony Adams	48	4	35	0	3	2	2	0	8	2
7	FW	ENG	Kevin Campbell	52	19	28+9	14	3	0	2+2	1	7+1	4
8	FW	ENG	Ian Wright	52	34	39	23	3	1	4	6	6	4
9	FW	ENG	Alan Smith	41	7	21+4	3	1+1	1	4+1	1	7+2	2
10	MF	ENG	Paul Merson	47	12	24+9	7	2+1	0	4	2	7	3
11	MF	IRL	Eddie McGoldrick	37	1	23+3	0	1+1	0	4	0	3+2	1
12	DF	ENG	Steve Bould	37	1	23+2	1	3	0	3	0	5+1	0
13	GK	ENG	Alan Miller	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ENG	Martin Keown	46	0	23+10	0	2+1	0	3	0	4+3	0
15	MF	SWE	Anders Limpar [S]	12	0	9+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
17	MF	DEN	John Jensen	41	0	27	0	0+1	0	5	0	8	0
18	MF	ENG	David Hillier	22	0	11+4	0	3	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
21	DF	NIR	Steve Morrow	13	0	7+4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22	MF	ENG	Ian Selley	27	1	16+2	0	0	0	1+1	0	5+2	1
23	MF	ENG	Ray Parlour	32	2	24+3	2	3	0	2	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG	Mark Flatts	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Neil Heaney [S]	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	FW	SCO	Paul Dickov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[R] - Reserve team player [L] - Out on loan [S] - Sold

Results[]

Premier League[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Blackburn Rovers	42	25	9	8	63	36	+27	84	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Newcastle United	42	23	8	11	82	41	+41	77	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Arsenal	42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
5	Leeds United	42	18	16	8	65	39	+26	70
6	Wimbledon	42	18	11	13	56	53	+3	65

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the defending champions.

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	10	8	3	25	15	+10	8	9	4	28	13	+15

Matches[]

14 August 1993 1	Arsenal	0 – 3	Coventry City	London
15:00 BST			34', 62', 65' Quinn	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 24,897

16 August 1993 2	Tottenham Hotspur	0 – 1	Arsenal	London
20:00 BST			87' Wright	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 28,355

21 August 1993 3	Sheffield Wednesday	0 – 1	Arsenal	Sheffield
15:00 BST			9' Wright	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 26,023

24 August 1993 4	Arsenal	2 – 1	Leeds United	London
19:45 BST	Newsome 2' (o.g.) Merson 57'		70' Strachan	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 29,042

28 August 1993 5	Arsenal	2 – 0	Everton	London
15:00 BST	Wright 48', 78'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 29,063

1 September 1993 6	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 1	Arsenal	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Gallacher 36'		75' Campbell	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 14,051

11 September 1993 7	Arsenal	4 – 0	Ipswich Town	London
15:00 BST	Wright 30' Campbell 38', 55', 64'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 28,563

19 September 1993 8	Manchester United	1 – 0	Arsenal	Manchester
16:00 BST	Cantona 38'			Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 44,009

25 September 1993 9	Arsenal	1 – 0	Southampton	London
15:00 BST	Merson 45'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 26,902

2 October 1993 10	Liverpool	0 – 0	Arsenal	Liverpool
15:00 BST				Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,750

16 October 1993 11	Arsenal	0 – 0	Manchester City	London
15:00 BST				Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 29,567

23 October 1993 12	Oldham Athletic	0 – 0	Arsenal	Oldham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 12,105

30 October 1993 13	Arsenal	0 – 0	Norwich City	London
15:00 BST				Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 30,516

6 November 1993 14	Arsenal	1 – 2	Aston Villa	London
15:00 GMT	Wright 58'		74' Whittingham 90' Townsend	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 31,773

20 November 1993 15	Chelsea	0 – 2	Arsenal	London
15:00 GMT		Report	27' Smith 45' (pen.) Wright	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 26,839

24 November 1993 16	West Ham United	0 – 0	Arsenal	London
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 20,279

27 November 1993 17	Arsenal	2 – 1	Newcastle United	London
15:00 GMT	Wright 15' Smith 60'		61' Beardsley	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 36,091

4 December 1993 18	Coventry City	1 – 0	Arsenal	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Quinn 79'			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 12,722

6 December 1993 19	Arsenal	1 – 1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
20:00 GMT	Wright 65'		25' Anderton	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,669

12 December 1993 20	Arsenal	1 – 0	Sheffield Wednesday	London
16:00 GMT	Wright 90'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 22,026

18 December 1993 21	Leeds United	2 – 1	Arsenal	Leeds
15:00 GMT	McAllister 21' Adams 60' (o.g.)		27' Campbell	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 37,515

27 December 1993 22	Swindon Town	0 – 4	Arsenal	Swindon
12:00 GMT			19', 26', 68' Campbell 89' Wright	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,651

29 December 1993 23	Arsenal	3 – 0	Sheffield United	London
19:45 GMT	Campbell 11', 55' Wright 40'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 27,035

1 January 1994 24	Wimbledon	0 – 3	Arsenal	London
15:00 GMT			18' Campbell 23' Parlour 55' Wright	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 16,584

3 January 1994 25	Arsenal	0 – 0	Queens Park Rangers	London
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,935

15 January 1994 26	Manchester City	0 – 0	Arsenal	Manchester
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 25,642

22 January 1994 27	Arsenal	1 – 1	Oldham Athletic	London
15:00 GMT	Wright 45' (pen.)	Report	4' Sharp	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 26,524

13 February 1994 28	Norwich City	1 – 1	Arsenal	Norwich
17:00 GMT	Ekoku 57'		33' Campbell	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 17,667

19 February 1994 29	Everton	1 – 1	Arsenal	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Cottee 81'		56' Merson	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 19,891

26 February 1994 30	Arsenal	1 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	London
15:00 GMT	Merson 73'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,030

5 March 1994 31	Ipswich Town	1 – 5	Arsenal	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Dixon 70' (o.g.)	Report	18', 40' (pen.), 86' Wright 24' (o.g.) Youds 52' Parlour	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,656

19 March 1994 32	Southampton	0 – 4	Arsenal	Southampton
15:00 GMT		Report	18', 30', 68' (pen.) Wright 84' Campbell	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 16,790

22 March 1994 33	Arsenal	2 – 2	Manchester United	London
19:45 GMT	Pallister 36' (o.g.) Merson 78'		10', 53' Sharpe	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 36,203

26 March 1994 34	Arsenal	1 – 0	Liverpool	London
15:00 GMT	Merson 47'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,556

2 April 1994 35	Arsenal	1 – 1	Swindon Town	London
15:00 BST	Smith 4'		29' Bodin	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 31,634

4 April 1994 36	Sheffield United	1 – 1	Arsenal	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Rogers 54'		69' Campbell	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,019

16 April 1994 37	Arsenal	1 – 0	Chelsea	London
15:00 BST	Wright 72'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,314

19 April 1994 38	Arsenal	1 – 1	Wimbledon	London
19:45 BST	Bould 51'		37' Earle	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 21,292

23 April 1994 39	Aston Villa	1 – 2	Arsenal	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Houghton 57'	Report	30' (pen.), 90' Wright	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,580

27 April 1994 40	Queens Park Rangers	1 – 1	Arsenal	London
19:45 BST	Penrice 3'		46' Merson	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,442

30 April 1994 41	Arsenal	0 – 2	West Ham United	London
15:00 BST			77' Morley 88' Allen	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 33,701

7 May 1994 42	Newcastle United	2 – 0	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	Cole 46' Beardsley 66'			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 32,216

European Cup Winners' Cup[]

First round

15 September 1993 1st Leg	Odense BK	1 – 2	Arsenal	Odense
	Keown 18' (o.g.)		35' Wright 68' Merson	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 9,580

29 September 1993 2nd Leg	Arsenal	1 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.)	Odense BK	London
	Campbell 52'		86' Nielsen	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 25,689

Second round

20 October 1993 1st Leg	Arsenal	3 – 0	Standard Liège	London
	Wright 39', 63' Merson 50'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 25,258

3 November 1993 2nd Leg	Standard Liège	0 – 7 (0 – 10 agg.)	Arsenal	Liège
			Smith 2' Selley 20' Adams 36' Campbell 41', 79' Merson 73' McGoldrick 81'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 15,000

Quarter-finals

2 March 1994 1st Leg	Torino	0 – 0	Arsenal	Turin
				Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 32,480

15 March 1994 2nd Leg	Arsenal	1 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.)	Torino	London
	Adams 68'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,678

Semi-finals

29 March 1994 1st Leg	Paris Saint-Germain	1 – 1	Arsenal	Paris
	Ginola 49'		35' Wright	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,000

12 April 1994 2nd Leg	Arsenal	1 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	London
	Campbell 7'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 34,212

Final

4 May 1994	Arsenal	1 – 0	Parma	Copenhagen
20:15 CEST	Smith 20'			Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 33,765 Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

FA Cup[]

10 January 1994 R3	Millwall	0 – 1	Arsenal	London
				Stadium: The Den

31 January 1994 R4	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 2	Arsenal	Bolton
				Stadium:

9 February 1994 R4 Replay	Arsenal	1 – 3	Bolton Wanderers	London
				Stadium: Highbury

League Cup[]

21 September 1993 R2 1st Leg	Huddersfield Town	0 – 5	Arsenal	Huddersfield
				Stadium: Leeds Road, Huddersfield

5 October 1993 R2 2nd Leg	Arsenal	1 – 1 (6 – 1 agg.)	Huddersfield Town	London
				Stadium: Highbury

26 October 1993 R3	Arsenal	1 – 1	Norwich City	London
				Stadium: Highbury

10 November 1993 R3 Replay	Norwich City	0 – 3	Arsenal	Norwich
				Stadium: Carrow Road

30 November 1993 R4	Arsenal	0 – 1	Aston Villa	London
				Stadium: Highbury

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	David Seaman
2	DF	ENG	Lee Dixon
3	DF	ENG	Nigel Winterburn
4	MF	ENG	Paul Davis
5	DF	ENG	Andy Linighan
6	DF	ENG	Tony Adams
7	FW	ENG	Kevin Campbell
8	FW	ENG	Ian Wright
9	FW	ENG	Alan Smith
10	MF	ENG	Paul Merson
11	MF	IRL	Eddie McGoldrick


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	ENG	Steve Bould
13	GK	ENG	Alan Miller
14	DF	ENG	Martin Keown
17	MF	DEN	John Jensen
18	MF	ENG	David Hillier
21	DF	NIR	Steve Morrow
22	MF	ENG	Ian Selley
23	MF	ENG	Ray Parlour
24	MF	ENG	Mark Flatts
27	FW	SCO	Paul Dickov

Left club during season[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	SWE	Anders Limpar (to Everton)
25	MF	ENG	Neil Heaney (to Southampton)

Reserve squad[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	ENG	Jimmy Carter
20	DF	NOR	Pal Lydersen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	GK	SCO	James Will

References[]

^ "1993/94: Arsenal frustrate Parma's 'double' hopes". UEFA. 1 June 1994. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
^ "FootballSquads - Arsenal - 1993/94".

[table_note_res_UCWC10.50522718834934-2] Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the defending champions.

[1] "1993/94: Arsenal frustrate Parma's 'double' hopes". UEFA. 1 June 1994. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

[3] "FootballSquads - Arsenal - 1993/94".

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	10	8	3	25	15	+10	8	9	4	28	13	+15

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	10	8	3	25	15	+10	8	9	4	28	13	+15

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	10	8	3	25	15	+10	8	9	4	28	13	+15