1992–93 French Division 1

55th season of French Division 1 Division 1 1992–93 8 August 1992 – 2 June 1993 unattributed ValenciennesToulonNîmes Champions League Monaco Cup Winners' Cup Paris Saint-Germain UEFA Cup BordeauxNantesAuxerre Alen Bokšić(23 goals) 380 887 1991–92 1993–94 The 1992–93 Division 1 season was the 55th since its establishment. Marseille finished in first with 53 points, but were stripped of their title due to a bribery scandal. Paris Saint-Germain, who had finished second, refused to accept the title, resulting in no team being crowned champions for the season. Affaire VA-OM French football bribery scandal The European Cup was renamed the Champions League in 1992–93, and Marseille reached the final for the second time in three years. They defeated Milan to become the first French team to win a European Trophy.1992/93: French first for Marseille https://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1992/intro.html UEFA 26 May 1993 7 December 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070102183853/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season%3D1992/intro.html 2 January 2007 A corruption scandal involving a league match against Valenciennes emerged a few days before the Champions League final. Tapie Directly Implicated As Marseille Trial Opens https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/14/sports/14iht-tapie.html International Herald Tribune 14 March 1995 1 February 2011 It was alleged that club president Bernard Tapie had bribed Valenciennes to lose so that Olympique de Marseille would win the French League earlier, giving them more time to prepare for the Champions League final. Scandal leaves a stain on the white shirt of Marseille https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-scandal-leaves-a-stain-on-the-white-shirt-of-marseille-allegations-of-matchfixing-of-francfilled-envelopes-buried-in-gardens-are-threatening-to-dethrone-the-kings-of-french-football-nick-bidwell-reports-1484695.html The Independent 13 July 1993 28 October 2009 Valenciennes players Christophe Robert, Jorge Burruchaga and Jacques Glassmann claimed that Marseille midfielder Jean-Jacques Eydelie offered them ₣250,000 to "take the foot off of the gas" in the May 20 match. From Glory to Disgrace: Soccer Saga Grips Marseille https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/12/news/12iht-soccer_7.html The New York Times 12 July 1993 1 February 2011 Marseille were later stripped of their league title and relegated to Division 2 by the French Football Federation, while Tapie was forced to step down as the club's president. Marseille were not stripped of the Champions League, as the match in question was not in the competition, but were excluded from the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League, Marseille: the French exception https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=33192/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090720115108/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=33192/index.html dead July 20, 2009 FIFA 13 August 2008 24 April 2010 as well as regular reigning European champions match in 1993 Intercontinental Cup and 1993 European Super Cup. No winner was declared for the 1992–1993 season. The LFP allotted the title to Paris Saint-Germain but owners Canal+ refused it. The TV chain feared the reactions of their subscribers in Provence and threatened to withdraw from football completely if the title was awarded to PSG.July 2024 Ultimately the LFP decided that the 1993 title would remain unattributed. Canal+ refused to allow the club to participate in the following season's Champions League after Marseille's exclusion by UEFA.Le PSG est vice-champion d'un championnat sans champion suite au déclassement de l'Olympique de Marseille (Affaire VA-OM). Canal+ a refusé le titre de champion pour le PSG car la chaîne cryptée ne voulait pas se fâcher avec ses abonnés de province. On lira sur cette affaire, Jean-François Pérès et Daniel Riolo, OM-PSG, PSG-OM. Les meilleurs ennemis, enquête sur une rivalité, Paris, Mango Sport, 2003, p. 131–133: "Dans cette affaire, le PSG va plutôt choisir l'« intérêt supérieur de Canal+ » et s'obstiner dans son refus." Participating teams France 350 right Location of teams in 1992–93 Division 1 France 47.786753 3.588664 Auxerre left France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 49.179461 -0.396767 Caen left France 49.501942 0.171061 Le Havre France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       bottom France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille right France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille top France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 43.727606 7.415614 AS Monaco right France 43.61194 3.97722 Montpellier bottom France 47.255631 -1.525375 Nantes bottom France 43.8377777 4.36083333 Nîmes top France 48.841422 2.393053 PSG France 45.460767 4.490117 St-Étienne left France 47.412417 6.9112 Sochaux top France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 43.126 5.902 Toulon right France 43.583314 1.434047 Toulouse bottom France 50.318925 3.626847 Valenciennes Auxerre Bordeaux SM Caen Le Havre AC Lens Lille Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco Montpellier HSC FC Nantes Atlantique Nîmes Olympique Paris Saint-Germain AS Saint-Étienne FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg Sporting Toulon Var Toulouse FC US Valenciennes Anzin League table main WDL QR 5 2 OM 1 Marseille PSG 2 Paris Saint-Germain ASM 3 Monaco BOR 4 Bordeaux FCN 5 Nantes AUX 6 Auxerre STE 7 Saint-Étienne STR 8 Strasbourg RCL 9 Lens MHS 10 Montpellier CAE 11 Caen MET 12 Metz TFC 13 Toulouse OL 14 Lyon LHA 15 Le Havre SOC 16 Sochaux LIL 17 Lille VAL 18 Valenciennes SCT 19 Toulon NMS 20 Nîmes 22 10 6 71 36 -1 D 20 11 7 61 29 N 21 9 8 56 29 18 12 8 42 25 17 11 10 54 39 18 7 13 57 44 13 17 8 34 26 12 16 10 58 57 12 16 10 36 41 12 12 14 36 41 13 9 16 55 54 11 13 14 44 45 9 16 13 36 45 9 15 14 40 45 11 11 16 42 53 11 10 17 33 50 7 16 15 26 48 9 12 17 42 56 R -1 6 13 19 31 57 DR 3 16 19 32 66 R white Disqualified from the Champions League Marseille were stripped of the title and barred from 1993–94 UEFA Champions League due to their involvement in the bribery scandal. Retained league status. DQ yellow1 Qualification to the Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1992–93 Coupe de France. green2 Qualification to the Champions League first round UCL Monaco qualified for the Champions League as league champions Marseille were disqualified and runners-up Paris Saint-Germain declined to participate. blue1 Qualification to the UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs RPO red1 Administratively relegated to Championnat National AR red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R Refused title and entry to the UCL Toulon was administratively relegated to Championnat National due to financial difficulties. Marseille and Valenciennes were deducted one point for their involvement in the French football bribery scandal. OM 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points complete Histoire du PSG Promoted from 1992–93 French Division 2, who will play in 1993–94 French Division 1 FC Martigues: Champions of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A Angers SCO: Runners-up, winners of Division 2 group B AS Cannes: Winners of playoffs against Valenciennes Results main FBR grey AUX BOR CAE LHA RCL LIL OL OM MET ASM MHS FCN NMS PSG STE SOC RCS SCT TFC VFC Auxerre 1–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 4–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 5–2 1–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–2 Bordeaux 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 Caen 2–1 1–0 3–3 0–1 4–3 3–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 Le Havre 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 Lens 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 Lille 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–2 Lyon 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 Marseille 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 6–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 5–0 5–2 2–1 2–1 Metz 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 5–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 Monaco 4–0 0–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 4–0 2–1 Montpellier 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 Nantes 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–2 3–2 4–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 6–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 4–1 3–1 Nîmes 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–6 0–1 1–1 2–1 Paris SG 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 Saint-Étienne 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 4–2 Sochaux 0–3 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 Strasbourg 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–4 1–1 0–4 2–2 6–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 Toulon 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–5 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–4 0–2 2–0 1–2 Toulouse 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 Valenciennes 3–3 1–0 3–2 4–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 The match Valenciennes-Marseille, initially concluded with the score 0–1, was declared a defeat for both teams with the score 0–0. complete March 2025 Relegation play-offs Valenciennes 1–3 Cannes 0–2 1–1 |} Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsDivision 1 - Saison 1992-1993 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com1CRO Alen BokšićMarseille232FRA Xavier GravelaineCaen203GER Jürgen KlinsmannMonaco194GER Rudi VöllerMarseille185CIV Joël TiéhiLe Havre14LBR George WeahParis Saint-Germain7FRA Nicolas OuédecNantes13FRA Bernard FerrerToulouse9FRA Franck SauzéeMarseille12FRA Youri DjorkaeffMonacoFRA Franck LeboeufStrasbourg Attendances # Club Average 1 Marseille 27,010 2 PSG 26,704 3 Girondins 21,864 4 Strasbourg 21,773 5 Nantes 20,216 6 Saint-Étienne 19,943 7 Lens 17,224 8 Olympique lyonnais 16,678 9 Valenciennes 11,846 10 MHSC 9,917 11 Metz 9,581 12 AJA 9,421 13 Toulouse 9,173 14 Nîmes 8,788 15 Caen 7,767 16 Le Havre 7,130 17 LOSC 6,326 18 Monaco 6,263 19 Toulon 4,212 20 Sochaux 3,691Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1993.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 26, 2026 References 1992–93 1 France