1992–93 Real Zaragoza season

The 1992–93 season was the 58th season in existence for Real Zaragoza competed in La Liga for 15th consecutive year, Copa del Rey and in the UEFA Cup for the first time since the 1989-90 edition.

Real Zaragoza S.A.D.
1992–93 season
OwnerSolans Family (51%)
Estigeren (13%)
PresidentAlfonso Solans
Head coachVíctor Fernández
StadiumLa Romareda
La Liga9th
Copa del ReyRunners-up
UEFA CupEightfinals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Francisco Higuera (6 goals)

All:
Higuera (9 goals)
← 1991–93

Summary

During summer the club became a SAD (Anonymous Sport Society) with Pikolin group grabbing a majority of shareholders electing Alfonso Solans as its new President. [1] The newly arrived board transferred in several players such as: 1990 FIFA World Cup Champion Left back Defender Andreas Brehme from Internazionale[2] (after failed movements to FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid with his friends Johan Cruijff and Bernd Schuster respectively), Santiago Aragon from Real Madrid and midfielder Nayim from Tottenham Hotspur.[3] Owing to a weak defensive line the squad finished on 9th spot in League far away from European spots for the next year. Meanwhile in UEFA Cup the squad reached the Eightfinals only to be eliminated by future runners-up Borussia Dortmund thanks to a great performance of Stephane Chapuisat.

Finally, in Copa del Rey the team reached the Final for the first time since 1986 only to be defeated by Real Madrid 0-2 at Estadio Luis Casanova in front of 42,000 fans.[4]

Squad

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
MF  URUGustavo Poyet
MF  ESPNayim
MF  ESPSantiago Aragon
MF  ARGDario Franco
DF  ESPNarcís Julià
MF  ESPJesús Seba
MF  ESPRoberto Martinez
MF  ESPJose Aurelio Gay
FW  ESPMoises Garcia Leon
FW  ESPMiguel Pardeza
FW  ESPFrancisco Higuera
FW  ESPManuel Peña Escontrela

[5]

Transfers

Winter

In
Pos.NamefromType

Competitions

La Liga

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
7Sevilla38179124644+243[a]
8Athletic Bilbao38176155349+440
9Zaragoza381113143752−1535
10Osasuna381210164241+134[b]
11Celta de Vigo38916132532−734[b]
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Position by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWDDLWDLDLDDWLWDLWLDLWWWLDLDLWLLLWDLD
Position653468689991010913111111911111210999101091191010111010129

Matches

6 September 1992 1 Real Zaragoza 2–1 Español Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
13 September 1992 2 Cadiz 1–1 Real Zaragoza Cadiz
20 September 1992 3 Real Zaragoza 1–0 Real Oviedo Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
27 September 1992 4 Tenerife 0–0 Real Zaragoza Vallecas
Stadium: Campo Vallecas
4 October 1992 5 Real Zaragoza 0–0 Celta de Vigo Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
7 October 1992 6 Sevilla CF 1–0 Real Zaragoza Sevilla
Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan
18 October 1992 7 Real Zaragoza 3–2 Osasuna Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
25 October 1992 8 Real Sociedad 1–1 Real Zaragoza San Sebastian
Stadium: Estadio Anoeta
31 October 1992 9 Real Zaragoza 0–1 Real Madrid Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
8 November 1992 10 Tenerife 2–2 Real Zaragoza Santa Cruz de Tenerife
20 November 1992 11 Real Zaragoza 1-6 FC Barcelona Zaragoza
Pardeza 54' (pen.)Koeman 21' 25' (pen.)
Begiristain 41' 46'
Stoichkov 51' 67'
Stadium: La Romareda
29 November 1992 12 Real Burgos 1–1 Real Zaragoza Burgos
5 December 1992 13 Real Zaragoza 1–1 Sporting Gijon Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
13 December 1992 14 Albacete Balompié 1–3 Real Zaragoza Albacete
20 December 1992 15 Real Zaragoza 0–2 Deportivo La Coruña Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
3 January 1993 16 Valencia CF 0–1 Real Zaragoza Valencia
Stadium: Mestalla
10 January 1993 17 Real Zaragoza 1–1 Logroñes CF Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
17 January 1993 18 Athletic Bilbao 3–2 Real Zaragoza Bilbao
Stadium: San Mames
24 January 1993 19 Real Zaragoza 1–0 Atlético Madrid Zaragoza
Gay 65'ReportStadium: La Romareda
Referee: Miguel Marín López
31 January 1993 20 Español 2–0 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
7 February 1993 21 Real Zaragoza 0–0 Cadiz CF Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
14 February 1993 22 Real Oviedo 4–1 Real Zaragoza Oviedo
Stadium: Carlos Tartiere
21 February 1993 23 Real Zaragoza 2–0 Rayo Vallecano Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
28 February 1993 24 Celta de Vigo 0–1 Real Zaragoza Vigo
Stadium: Balaidos
7 March 1993 25 Real Zaragoza 2–1 Sevilla CF Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
14 March 1993 26 Osasuna 1–0 Real Zaragoza Pamplona
Stadium: El Sadar
21 March 1993 27 Real Zaragoza 1–1 Real Sociedad Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
4 April 1993 28 Real Madrid 4–0 Real Zaragoza Madrid
Stadium: Bernabeu
11 April 1993 29 Real Zaragoza 2–2 Tenerife Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
17 April 1993 30 FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
Laudrup 4'ReportStadium: Camp Nou
2 May 1993 31 Real Zaragoza 2–1 Real Burgos Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
8 May 1993 32 Sporting Gijon 3–1 Real Zaragoza Gijon
Stadium: El Molinon
16 May 1993 33 Real Zaragoza 0–1 Albacete Balompié Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
23 May 1993 34 Deportivo La Coruña 1–0 Real Zaragoza La Coruña
Stadium: Riazor
30 May 1993 35 Real Zaragoza 2–1 Valencia CF Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
6 June 1993 36 Logroñes CF 0–0 Real Zaragoza Logroño
13 June 1993 37 Real Zaragoza 0–3 Athletic Bilbao Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
20 June 1993 38 Atlético Madrid 2–2 Real Zaragoza Madrid
Juanito 74', 82'ReportLizarralde 40'
Moisés 72'
Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Referee: Juan Fernández Marín

Copa del Rey

Third round

bye as 1992-93 UEFA Cup qualified team.

Fourth round

bye as 1992-93 UEFA Cup qualified team.

Fifth round

bye as 1992-93 UEFA Cup qualified team.

Eightfinals

3 February 1993 Sporting Gijon Real Zaragoza Gijon
Stadium: El Molinon
17 February 1993 Real Zaragoza Sporting Gijon Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda

Quarterfinals

24 March 1993 Real Zaragoza Real Oviedo Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
14 April 1993 Real Oviedo Real Zaragoza Oviedo
Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere

Semifinals

10 June 1993 Valencia CF Real Zaragoza Mestalla
Stadium: Valencia
17 June 1993 Real Zaragoza Valencia CF Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda

Final

26 June 1993 Real Madrid 2 – 0 Real Zaragoza Valencia
21:00 CETButragueño 29'
Lasa 78'
Report (in Spanish)Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Joaquín Urío Velázquez

UEFA Cup

First round

v Real Zaragoza
15 September 1992 Caen 3–2 Real Zaragoza Caen
Gravelaine 7'
Paille 14', 37'
ReportGarcía Sanjuán 30'
Pardeza 79'
v Caen
30 September 1992 Real Zaragoza 2–0 Caen Zaragoza
Brehme 24'
Poyet 64'
ReportStadium: La Romareda

Second round

v BK Frem
4 November 1992 Real Zaragoza 5–1 BK Frem Zaragoza
Mateuț 7', 38', 82'
Seba 39', 70'
ReportColding 73'Stadium: La Romareda

Eightfinals

v Borussia Dortmund
8 December 1992 Real Zaragoza 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Zaragoza
Poyet 26'
Brehme 90'
ReportChapuisat 50'Stadium: La Romareda

Statistics

Players statistics

No.PosNatPlayerTotalLa LigaCopa del ReyUEFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK  ESPCedrún47-6334-467-96-8
DF  ESPEsteban43031+107040
DF  ESPNarcís Julià34023+207020
DF  ESPAguado4723526060
DF  ESPSolana41129+216040
MF  URUPoyet43932+165053
MF  ARGFranco3732912161
MF  GERBrehme3142412152
MF  ESPGay45925+757460
FW  ESPPardeza44532+145061
FW  ESPHiguera389276733+10
GK  ESPSanchez Broto4-64-600
MF  ESPGarcia Sanjuan42317+1326+101+41
DF  ESPAlberto Belsué26016+206020
DF  ESPSergi21015+10004+10
DF  ESPLizarralde27111+912+400+10
MF  ESPAragon102102
MF  ESPSeba2058+721+2122
FW  ESPPeña1806+600+302+10
FW  ESPMoises2444+1241+400+30
MF  ESPNayim4040
MF  ROUMateut601+50
DF  ESPCuartero1010
MF  ESPMartinez100+10
GK  ESPBelman

References