The 1993 European Cup Winners' Cup final was a football match contested between Parma of Italy and Antwerp of Belgium. The final was held at Wembley Stadium in London, England on 12 May 1993. It was the final match of the 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 33rd European Cup Winners' Cup final. Parma beat Antwerp 3–1 and in doing so became the eighth different Italian team to win a European trophy. Upon the abolition of the competition in 1999, this was the last final where the winners won by more than a goal.

The victory marked Parma’s first European trophy in only their second season of European competition. They were the first Italian team to appear in the Cup Winners' Cup final since Sampdoria, who had appeared in 1989 and 1990. Antwerp, meanwhile, made their first-ever appearance in a European final. The most recent Belgian finalist before 1993 had been Anderlecht in 1990, who lost 2–0 to Sampdoria after extra time.

As the winners, Parma contested the 1993 European Super Cup against 1992–93 UEFA Champions League runners-up Milan, after champions Marseille had been banned from European competition over match-fixing allegations.

This was the last European club tournament final staged at the old Wembley, as it was going to be rebuilt to an all-new stadium.

Background The 1993 final marked the first meeting between Parma and Antwerp. Both teams were seeking their first piece of European silverware, and it was Parma’s first encounter with Belgian opposition. Additionally, neither manager had previously guided a team to a European final.

Wembley Stadium in London had hosted the European Cup Winners' Cup final on one previous occasion: in 1965. Londoners West Ham United won the game by two goals to nil against West German opposition 1860 Munich in front of 97,974 people, the biggest ever attendance at a Cup Winners' Cup final.

Route to the final

ParmaOpponent AntwerpOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legRoundOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Újpest2–11–0 (H)1–1 (A)First round Glenavon2–2 1–1 (A)1–1 (H) Boavista2–00–0 (H)2–0 (A)Second round Admira7–64–2 (A)3–4 (H) Sparta Prague2–00–0 (A)2–0 (H)Quarter-finals Steaua București1–1 (a)0–0 (H)1–1 (A) Atlético Madrid2–2 (a)2–1 (A)0–1 (H)Semi-finals Spartak Moscow3–20–1 (A)3–1 (H)

Match Summary Parma opened the scoring in the 10th minute when goalkeeper Stevan Stojanović misjudged a corner that allowed Parma's captain, Lorenzo Minotti to hook the ball home from the left of the penalty area. But Antwerp replied within two minutes, Alex Czerniatynski played a through-ball to Francis Severeyns who shot past the goalkeeper left footed to level the scores. The Italians began to dominate the game and Alessandro Melli headed them 2–1 ahead after half an hour after a cross from the right. The game was put beyond Antwerp six minutes from time when Stefano Cuoghi curled a shot past the goalkeeper from inside the area.

Details

GK 1 Marco BallottaCB 6 Georges GrünSW 4 Lorenzo Minotti (c)CB 5 Luigi ApolloniRWB  2 Antonio BenarrivoLWB  3 Alberto Di Chiara CM 9 Marco Osio CM 8 Daniele Zoratto CM 10 Stefano CuoghiSS 11 Tomas BrolinCF 7 Alessandro MelliSubstitutes:GK 12 Marco FerrariDF 13 Salvatore MatrecanoCM 14 Gabriele Pin MF 15 Fausto Pizzi FW 16 Faustino AsprillaManager: Nevio Scala GK 1 Stevan StojanovićCB 4 Rudi TaeymansSW 3 Nico Broeckaert CB 5 Rudi Smidts (c)RWB 2 Wim KiekensLWB 8 Didier Segers CM 7 Ronny Van RethyCM 6 Dragan Jakovljević CM 10 Hans-Peter LehnhoffCF 9 Francis Severeyns CF 11 Alexandre CzerniatynskiSubstitutes:DF 12 Geert EmmerechtsMF 13 Garry De GraefMF 14 Patrick Van Veirdeghem FW 15 Noureddine Moukrim GK 16 Wim De ConinckManager: Walter Meeuws

Assistant referees: Klaus Plettenberg (Germany) Hans Wolf (Germany) Fourth official: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

See also 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup 1993 European Cup Final 1993 UEFA Cup Final Parma Calcio 1913 in European football Royal Antwerp F.C. in European football

External links UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation