1992–93 FC Zürich season

FC Zürich 1992–93 Sven Hotz Sven Hotz Head-coach Kurt Jara Letzigrund Qualification 6th of 12 Championship group 5th of 8 1992–93 Swiss Cup Quarter-finals Marco Grassi (9) Marco Grassi (13) 1991–92 1993–94 The 1992–93 season was FC Zürich's 96th season in their existence, since their foundation in 1896. It was their third season in the top flight of Swiss football, following their promotion at the end of 1989–90 season. Overview Since the AGM in 1986 the local businessman Sven Hotz was the club's chairman and patron. Kurt Jara Had taken over as head-coach in October of the previous year and he continued in that position for this season. The FCZ first team competed in this years domestic first-tier 1992–93 Nationalliga A with the clear intention of retaining their top level status. The team also competed in 1992–93 Swiss Cup. They had not qualified for any of the UEFA European tournaments and they did not enter the Intertoto Cup. FCZ played their home games in the Letzigrund and the stadium is located in the west of Zurich in the district of Altstetten, which is about three kilometers from the city center. Players The following is the list of the FCZ first team squad this season. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the domestic league season started, on 18 July 1992, but subsequently left the club after that date. SUI GK Patrick Mäder league games: 36 YUG DF Mirsad Baljić league games: 18 SUI DF Alexander Germann league games: 22 SUI DF Marcel Hotz league games: 26 SUI DF Urs Isler league games: 16 SUI DF Giuseppe Mazzarelli league games: 32 BRA MF Luiz Milton league games: 32 SUI DF Umberto Romano on loan to Wettingen SUI DF Beat Studer league games: 31 SUI DF Roland Widmer league games: 19 ITA MF Roberto Baldassarri league games: 25 SUI MF Matthias Bärlocher league games: 9 ITA MF Mario Casamento league games: 14 SUI MF Francesco Di Jorio on loan to Wettingen SUI MF Ralph Heydecker league games: 34 SUI MF Mario Kägi league games: 24 SAF MF August Makalakalane league games: 22 SUI MF Michael Mazenauer league games: 24 SUI FW Marco Grassi league games: 30 SUI FW David Sesa league games: 19 YUG FW Haris Škoro league games: 31 GER FW Herbert Waas league games: 19 Players who left the squad The following is the list of the FCZ first team players that left the squad during the previous season or in the off-season, before the new domestic season began. SUI GK Roberto Böckli to Grasshopper Club SUI GK Urs Suter to Wettingen SUI DF Peter Beer to Chiasso SUI DF Vincent Fournier retired SUI DF Christoph Gilli to Luzern ARG DF Víctor Sotomayor to Vélez Sarsfield ITA MF Roberto Di Matteo to Aarau SUI MF Roberto Fregno to Luzern SUI MF Daniele Moro to Chiasso NED FW Robert Kok to Basel COL FW John Jairo Tréllez to Atlético Nacional Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Nationalliga A 1992–93 Nationalliga A Qualification phase Round 1 18 July 1992 20:00 Young Boys 4–1 FCZ summaryYB summary Zürich Bregy 7 1:0Kunz 26 2:0Bregy 60 3:0Moser 82 4:0 2 8 35 Kägi51 Grassi58 Baljić84 4:1 Baljić Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 5,100 SUI Willy Hänni, (Cugy) L Round 2 22 July 1992 20:00 Zürich 0–1 FCZ summary Sion Škoro 35 31 Rey44 Quentin58 Biaggi80 0:1 Hottiger Letzigrund, Zürich 4,700 SUI Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf) L Round 3 25 July 1992 20:00 St. Gallen 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Thüler 13 1:0Irizik 67Wyss 82 15 Milton64 B. Studer80 1:1 Mazzarelli Espenmoos, St. Gallen 6,000 SUI Kurt Zuppinger (Bremgarten) D Round 4 31 July 1992 20:00 Zürich 0–2 FCZ summary Chiasso Germann 34 34 0:1 Şahin52 0:2 Şahin Letzigrund, Zürich 2,400 SUI Claude Détruche (Thônex) L Round 5 8 August 1992 20:00 FC Bulle 1–0 FCZ summary Zürich Eberhard 41 1:0Magnin 70 2:0Hartmann 90+1′ 27 Grassi76 Sesa85 Mazzarelli87 2:1 Škoro Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle 2,200 SUI Freddy Philippoz (Sion) L FCZ goalie Patrick Mäder held the penalty kick taken by Hartmann. Round 6 11 August 1992 20:00 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club Škoro 55 42 de Vicente Letzigrund, Zürich 8,100 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) D Round 7 18 August 1992 20:00 Aarau 1–1 FCZ summaryFCA summary Zürich Fluri 47Sutter 83 1:1 63 Baljić65 Mazzarelli66 0:1 Baljić70 Kägi Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 5,900 SUI Strässle (Steinach) D Round 8 22 August 1992 20:00 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summary Xamax Germann 26Škoro 39 Letzigrund, Zürich 3,900 SUI Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur) D Round 9 29 August 1992 20:00 Lausanne-Sport 3–2 FCZ summary Zürich Fink 24 1:0Badea 54 2:1J. Studer 65Fink 90+3 3:2 15 Kägi48 1:1 Kägi51 B. Studer54 Baldassarri85 2:2 Grassi86 Milton Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 4,900 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) L Round 10 2 September 1992 20:00 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Lugano Milton 2 1:0Kägi 64 2:1Kägi Baljić 25 1:1 Subiat Letzigrund, Zürich 3,700 SUI Freddy Philippoz (Sion) W Round 11 12 September 1992 20:00 Servette 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 51 0:1 Mazenauer53 Mazzarelli56 Germann83 Heydecker Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 6,600 SUI Urs Meier (Würenlos) W Round 12 19 September 1992 20:00 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Young Boys Kägi 45 1:0(Baumann) 76 og 87 2:1 Meier Letzigrund, Zürich 4.200 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) W Round 13 26 September 1992 20:00 Sion 0–0 FCZ summary Zürich Piffaretti 14Herr 44Quentin 53 0 6 Škoro14 Mäder76Grassi Stade Tourbillon, Sion 8,000 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) D Round 14 7 October 1992 20:00 Zürich 0–1 FCZ summary St. Gallen Fischer 0 14Grassi 36Mazzarelli 37Germann 76B. Studer 86 57 0:1 Hurtado Letzigrund, Zürich 4,500 SUI Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf) L Round 15 17 October 1992 20:00 Chiasso 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich Fargeon 54 81 0:1 Kägi Stadio Riva Quarto, Chiasso 1,000 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) W Round 16 24 October 1992 20:00 Zürich 2–0 FCZ summary Bulle Milton 57 1:0Kägi 58Waas 67 pen 31 Hartmann40 Corminboeuf Letzigrund, Zürich 2,000 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) W Round 17 1 November 1992 17:30 Grasshopper Club 3–1 FCZ summary Zürich Élber 63 1:1Bickel 90 2:1Élber 90+2 3:1 48 0:1 Waas Hardturm, Zürich 8,200 SUI Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur) L Round 18 8 November 1992 14:30 Zürich 2–0 FCZ summaryFCA summary Aarau Sesa 4Grassi 47 1:0Sesa 90+2 16 Rupf52 Di Matteo90+1 Pavličević Letzigrund, Zürich 5,300 SUI Daniel Roduit (Sion) W Round 19 14 November 1992 17:30 Xamax 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Sutter 48 1:0 89 1:1 Germann Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 7,600 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) D Round 20 22 November 1992 14:30 Zürich 1–0 FCZ summary Lausanne-Sport Grassi 52 1:0Hotz 78 48 Raschle Letzigrund, Zürich 3,700 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) W Round 21 29 November 1992 14:30 Lugano 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich Galvao 33Käslin 87 13 B. Studer52 0:1 Waas Cornaredo, Lugano 4,900 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) W Round 22 6 December 1992 14:30 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Servette Grassi 71 1:0 28 Rey67 Anderson73 1:1 Sinval Letzigrund, Zürich 7,100 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) D Qualification table main WDL First stage 5 2 Q YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1992-93 YB Saison 1992/93 YB season 1992/93 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 11 6 5 44 30 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1992-93.pdf Servette Rangliste 1992/93 Servette ranking 1992/93 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 10 7 5 32 18 SIO Sion 8 10 4 28 21 LS Lausanne-Sport 7 10 5 28 21 AAR Aarau Stephan Beck 2025 https://www.arowa.ch/index.php?page=fcaspielplan&saison=93 Schweizer Meisterschaft 1992/93FCA Rangliste de-ch Swiss Championship 1992/93 FCA Ranking arowa.ch 2025-11-16 9 6 7 30 34 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2025 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=14 FCZ Saison 1992/93 de-ch FCZ season 1992/93 dbFCZ 2025-11-16 8 7 7 21 22 NX Xamax 6 10 6 30 26 LUG Lugano 7 8 7 29 28 GCZ Grasshopper Club 5 11 6 27 27 STG St. Gallen 4 10 8 21 28 CHI Chiasso 5 6 11 15 26 BUL Bulle 4 5 13 18 42 yes green3 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CP CP CP CP CP CP CP CP red3 Continue to promotion/relegation round RP RP RP RP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Championship group The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. The championship group began on 28 February 1993 and was completed on 12 June. Round 1 28 February 1993 14:30 Lugano 2–0 FCZ summary Zürich Sylvestre 22 1:0Käslin 64Pelosi 87 2:0 2 24 68 Kägi55 Grassi74 Widmer Cornaredo, Lugano 3,000 SUI Daniel Roduit (Sion) L "A match played under the most adverse weather conditions" (NZZ). Round 2 6 March 1993 17:00 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summary Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich 1,500 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) D Round 3 14 March 1993 14:30 Servette 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich Ohrel 73 26 0:1 B. Studer41 Kägi42 Milton88 0:2 Grassi Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 4,200 SUI Karl Strässle (Steinach) W Round 4 24 March 1993 20:00 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summary Sion Grassi 25 61 Piffaretti Letzigrund, Zürich 2,800 SUI Karl Strässle (Steinach) D Round 5 3 April 1993 20:00 Xamax 3–0 FCZ summary Zürich Bonvin 53 1:0Rothenbühler 63 2:0Sutter 69 3:0 43 B. Studer75 Widmer Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 5,500 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) L Round 6 10 April 1993 20:00 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Lausanne-Sport Kägi 23 1:0Mazzarelli 43Kägi 60 2:0Waas 73 1 0:1 Vernaz35 Londono Letzigrund, Zürich 3,100 SUI Claude Détruche (Thônex) W Vernaz scored for Lausanne after 22 seconds. Round 7 24 April 1993 20:00 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summaryFCA summary Aarau Widmer 15 26 Bader31 Heldmann42 Di Matteo65 Wassmer Letzigrund, Zürich 7,200 SUI Manfred Schlup, (Grenchen) D Round 8 8 May 1993 20:00 Aarau 1–0 FCZ summaryFCA summary Zürich Romano 52Komornicki 88Heldmann 90 1:0 35 B. Studer50 Grassi88 Germann Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 3,500 SUI Manfred Schlup, (Grenchen) L Round 9 15 May 1993 20:00 Lausanne-Sport 2–0 FCZ summary Zürich Badea 65J. Studer 67 1:0Fink 74 2:0 59 Mazenauer Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 3,900 SUI Daniel Roduit (Sion) L Round 10 22 May 1993 20:00 Zürich 2–0 FCZ summary Xamax Škoro 14Škoro 46 1:0Škoro 51 pen 2 Fernandez86 Fasel Letzigrund, Zürich 2,000 SUI Karl Strässle (Steinach) W Round 11 25 May 1993 20:00 Sion 1–4 FCZ summary Zürich Assis 49 1:3 6 0:1 Škoro12 0:2 Grassi42 0:3 Waas49 Mazzarelli88 1:4 Grassi Stade Tourbillon, Sion 4,000 SUI Urs Meier (Würenlos) W Round 12 5 June 1993 20:00 Zürich 3–2 FCZ summary Servette Grassi 44 1:1Waas 56 2:1Grassi 75 penMäder 15 0:1 Renato59 Renato79 3:2 Gertschen Letzigrund, Zürich 8,500 SUI Serge Muhmenthaler (Grenchen) W The FC Aarau team, who had already won 2-1 against Sion during the afternoon, watched the game live at Letzigrund and afterwards celebrated their now confirmed championship title in front of the south stand. Round 13 9 June 1993 20:00 Young Boys 0–0 FCZ summary Zürich Widmer 10 11 Rotzetter Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 6,300 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr, Aargau) D Round 14 12 June 1993 20:00 Zürich 0–2 FCZ summary Lugano Morf 42Andrioli 49 16 0:1 Pelosi61 Grassi68 0:2 Colombo Letzigrund, Zürich 5,400 SUI Daniel Roduit (Sion) L Final league table main WDL Champions group 5 Q 2 y AAR Aarau 9 4 1 21 7 12 YB Young Boys 5 4 5 15 15 14 SER Servette 5 3 6 16 19 14 LUG Lugano 7 2 5 21 14 11 ZÜR Zürich 5 4 5 13 14 12 SIO Sion 4 3 7 17 22 13 NX Xamax 4 5 5 16 16 11 LS Lausanne-Sport 3 3 8 11 23 12 green1 Swiss champions, qualified for 1993–94 UEFA Champions League preliminary roundand entered 1993 Intertoto Cup EC blue1 Qualified for 1993–94 UEFA Cupand entered 1993 Intertoto Cup UC1 blue1 Qualified for 1993–94 UEFA Cup UC2 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup CW blue3 Entered 1993 Intertoto Cup IT1 blue3 Entered 1993 Intertoto Cup IT2 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup 1992–93 Swiss Cup The 12 clubs from the Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first two rounds and they joined the competition in round 3. Round 3 4 October 1992 FC Arbon (red) Ostschweizer Fussballverband 2025 https://matchcenter.ofv.swiss/default.aspx?v=1779&oid=9&lng=1 FC Arbon Ostschweizer Fussballverband de 2025-11-16 0–3 FCZ summary Zürich 24 0:1 Makalakalane36 0:2 Heydecker41 0:3 Casamento85 Makalakalane Stacherholz, Arbon 1,200 LIE Roland Beck (Triesenberg) W Round 4 20 March 1993 14:45 Mendrisio 0–3 FCZ summary Zürich Fontana 39 50 pen Grassi82 0:2 Sesa89 0:3 Sesa Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio 800 SUI Jürg Herrmann (Hinterkapplen (Wohlen bei Bern)) W Round 5 6 April 1993 FC Schaffhausen 0–5 FCZ summary Zürich 9 0:1 Grassi33 0:2 Waas37 0:3 Baldassari63 0:4 Škoro74 0:5 Grassi 83′ Sesa Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen 2,059 SUI Michel Zen Ruffinen W 83rd minute: Sesa hits the post with the penalty kick and the ball was then cleared. Quarter-final 20 April 1993 Lugano 4–2 FCZ summary Zürich Subiat 26 1:1Jensen 54 2:1Sylvestre 74 3:2Penzavalli 85 4:2 7 0:1 Studer57 2:2 Grassi Cornaredo, Lugano 3,500 SUI Gottfried Friedrich (Seedorf, Uri) L Friendly matches Pre-season Exhibition game 20 June 1992 FC Vils 0–6 FCZ summary Zürich Vils, Austria W Exhibition game 21 Jume 1992 SV Krün 3–17 FCZ summary Zürich Krün, Germany W Exhibition game 27 June 1992 Wacker Innsbruck 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich Škoro Baldassari Wörgl, Austria D Uhrencup semi-final 2 July 1992 19:30 Basel 1–6 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Jeitziner 40Sitek 49 1:3Jeitziner 90′ 14 0:1 Škoro24 0:2 Škoro29 0:3 Baljić61 Germann67 1:4 Baljić74 1:5 Kägi86 1:6 Kägi Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 600 SUI Dieter Schoch (Attiswil) L For various reasons, the players Baumgartner, Karrer, Marcolli, Micha Rahmen, Wagner, Walther and Zbinden were missing from the FCB squad, as were Casamento, Grassi and Milton from the FCZ squad. 90th minute: Mäder held the penalty-kick from Jeitziner. Uhrencup final 4 July 1992 Zürich 2–0 FCZ summary SR Delémont Grassi 21 1:0Baljić 73 2:0 63 Bonato68 Renzi Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 800 SUI Jürg Herrmann (Hinterkapplen) W Exhibition game 7 July 1992 Aarau 5–0 FCZ summary Zürich Aleksandrov 7 1:0Heldmann 20 2:0Aleksandrov 30 3:0Wassmer 35 4:0Heldmann 85 5:0 Sportplatz Breite, Erlinsbach, Solothurn 1,250 SUI Werner Müller (Obererlinsbach) L Exhibition game 10 July 1992 Zürich 6–0 FCZ summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Škoro 8 1:0Bärlocher 16 2:0Tzionas 32 3:0Sesa 47 4:0B. Studer 50 5:0Bärlocher 64 6:0 Lyss W Semi-final of the tournament in Lyss. A youth team from FCZ played in the final against Bulle on July 11, 1992, and lost 0-2. Exhibition game 11 July 1992 Zürich 2–6 FCZ summary Borussia Dortmund Baljić 3 1:0Germann 34 2:4 5 1:1 Poschner15 1:2 Chapuisat25 1:3 Reinhardt28 1:4 Chapuisat78 2:5 Mill87 2:6 Wegmann Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens 3,000 SUI Urs Meier (Würenlos) L Semi-final as part of the 9th tournament in Kriens. Exhibition game 14 July 1992 Kriens 0–4 FCZ summary Zürich 24 0:1 Baljić51 0:2 Sesa75 0:3 Baljić80 0:4 Baljić Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens SUI Meyer W Match for 3rd place as part of the 9th tournament in Kriens Exhibition game 23 September 1992 Zürich 0–2 FCZ summary Italy (national team) 40 0:1 Bianchi45 0:2 Vialli Letzigrund, Zürich 14,300 SUI Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur) L Winter break Exhibition game 19 January 1993 Winterthur 2–6 FCZ summary Zürich Ramsauer 73 1:5Brogno 85 2:6 7 0:1 Baljić25 0:2 Škoro30 0:3 Waas32 0:4 Mazenauer55 0:5 Bärlocher82 1:6 Sesa Schützenwiese, Winterthur W Exhibition game 23 January 1993 Luzern 3–0 FCZ summary Zürich Güntensperger 1:0Güntensperger 2:0Gerstenmájer 3:0 Buchrain L Exhibition game 29 January 1993 Karlsruher SC 3–1 FCZ summary Zürich Kirjakov 23 1:0Carl 81 2:1Bender 85 pen 69 1:1 Sesa Karlsruhe L Exhibition game 31 January 1993 SC Freiburg 4–0 FCZ summary Zürich Rraklli 21 1:0Braun 65 2:0Freund 87 3:0Heidenreich 90 4:0 Steinen, Baden-Württemberg L Exhibition game 5 February 1993 Los Angeles selection 1–5 FCZ summary Zürich 0:1 Baldassari0:2 Baldassari0:3 Grassi0:4 Grassi0:5 Škoro Los Angeles W Exhibition game 8 February 1993 LRI Malév SC (Hungary) 0–3 FCZ summary Zürich 0:1 Kägi0:2 Sesa0:3 Škoro Los Angeles W Exhibition game 9 February 1993 United States (national team) 2–1 FCZ summary Zürich Henderson 86 1:1Jones 90 2:1 31 0:1 Baljić Trabuco Hills High School Stadium, Mission Viejo, California 5,327 L Exhibition game 12 February 1993 San Diego Surf SC 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich 0:1 Grassi0:2 Mazenauer San Diego Exhibition game W Exhibition game 17 February 1993 20:00 Basel 0–0 FCZ summarySummary Zürich 37 Kägi 87′ Waas St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 736 SUI Kurt Röthlisberger (Suhr) D Exhibition game 21 February 1993 Aarau 2–1 FCZ summary Zürich Aleksandrov 71 1:1Meier 87 2:1 44 0:1 Škoro Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 800 L References Sources dbFCZ Homepage Switzerland 1992–93 at RSSSF FC Zürichseasons 1991–92 1993–94 Category:FC Zürich seasons Zürich