1992–93 Real Zaragoza season

Real Zaragoza S.A.D.

1992–93 season
Owner	Solans Family (51%) Estigeren (13%)
President	Alfonso Solans
Head coach	Víctor Fernández
Stadium	La Romareda
La Liga	9th
Copa del Rey	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Eightfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Francisco Higuera (6 goals) All: Higuera (9 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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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.

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. Nation Player — GK  ESP Andoni Cedrún — GK  ESP Javier Sanchez Broto — GK  ESP José Belman — DF  GER Andreas Brehme — DF  ESP Alberto Belsué — DF  ESP Jesús Solana — DF  ESP Xavier Aguado — DF  ESP Esteban — DF  ESP Luis Cuartero — DF  ESP Lizarralde — DF  ESP Sergi Lopez Segu — MF  ROU Dorin Mateut — MF  ESP Jesús García Sanjuan

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  URU Gustavo Poyet — MF  ESP Nayim — MF  ESP Santiago Aragon — MF  ARG Dario Franco — DF  ESP Narcís Julià — MF  ESP Jesús Seba — MF  ESP Roberto Martinez — MF  ESP Jose Aurelio Gay — FW  ESP Moises Garcia Leon — FW  ESP Miguel Pardeza — FW  ESP Francisco Higuera — FW  ESP Manuel Peña Escontrela

^[5]

Transfers

Winter

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Position by round

Matches

Real Zaragoza v FC Barcelona

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

Real Zaragoza v Atlético Madrid

24 January 1993 19	Real Zaragoza	1–0	Atlético Madrid	Zaragoza
	Gay 65'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Miguel Marín López

FC Barcelona v Real Zaragoza

17 April 1993 30	FC Barcelona	1-0	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona
	Laudrup 4'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou

Atlético Madrid v Real Zaragoza

20 June 1993 38	Atlético Madrid	2–2	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Juanito 74', 82'	Report	Lizarralde 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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Real Madrid v Real Zaragoza

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

UEFA Cup

First round

Caen v Real Zaragoza

15 September 1992	Caen	3–2	Real Zaragoza	Caen
	Gravelaine 7' Paille 14', 37'	Report	García Sanjuán 30' Pardeza 79'

Real Zaragoza v Caen

30 September 1992	Real Zaragoza	2–0	Caen	Zaragoza
	Brehme 24' Poyet 64'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda

Second round

BK Frem v Real Zaragoza

22 October 1992	BK Frem	0–1	Real Zaragoza	Copenhagen
		Report	Poyet 12'	Stadium: Valby

Real Zaragoza v BK Frem

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

Eightfinals

Borussia Dortmund v Real Zaragoza

24 November 1992	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Real Zaragoza	Dortmund
	Chapuisat 12' Zorc 23' (pen.) Povlsen 42'	Report	Franco 51'	Stadium: BVB Stadion Dortmund

Real Zaragoza v Borussia Dortmund

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

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Cedrún	47	-63	34	-46	7	-9	6	-8
	DF	ESP	Esteban	43	0	31+1	0	7	0	4	0
	DF	ESP	Narcís Julià	34	0	23+2	0	7	0	2	0
	DF	ESP	Aguado	47	2	35	2	6	0	6	0
	DF	ESP	Solana	41	1	29+2	1	6	0	4	0
	MF	URU	Poyet	43	9	32+1	6	5	0	5	3
	MF	ARG	Franco	37	3	29	1	2	1	6	1
	MF	GER	Brehme	31	4	24	1	2	1	5	2
	MF	ESP	Gay	45	9	25+7	5	7	4	6	0
	FW	ESP	Pardeza	44	5	32+1	4	5	0	6	1
	FW	ESP	Higuera	38	9	27	6	7	3	3+1	0
	GK	ESP	Sanchez Broto	4	-6	4	-6	0	0
	MF	ESP	Garcia Sanjuan	42	3	17+13	2	6+1	0	1+4	1
	DF	ESP	Alberto Belsué	26	0	16+2	0	6	0	2	0
	DF	ESP	Sergi	21	0	15+1	0	0	0	4+1	0
	DF	ESP	Lizarralde	27	1	11+9	1	2+4	0	0+1	0
	MF	ESP	Aragon	10	2	10	2
	MF	ESP	Seba	20	5	8+7	2	1+2	1	2	2
	FW	ESP	Peña	18	0	6+6	0	0+3	0	2+1	0
	FW	ESP	Moises	24	4	4+12	4	1+4	0	0+3	0
	MF	ESP	Nayim	4	0	4	0
	MF	ROU	Mateut	6	0	1+5	0
	DF	ESP	Cuartero	1	0	1	0
	MF	ESP	Martinez	1	0	0+1	0
	GK	ESP	Belman

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