The 1992–93 UEFA Cup was won by Juventus, who beat Borussia Dortmund 6–1 in the final aggregate over, a record score for a UEFA Cup final. It was the third victory in the competition for the Italian team. Three seasons had now passed since the ban on English clubs in European competitions as a result of the Heysel disaster had been lifted, and for this campaign the number of English clubs in the competition was increased from one to two. English league runners-up Manchester United were joined by third placed Sheffield Wednesday, though both teams ultimately had a short-lived run in the competition. Even Poland earned one more seat, while Finland and Hungary lost one. Ajax were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Auxerre.
First round
Former Soviet Union now Community of Independent States had three places, and clubs qualified according to 1991 Soviet Top League, but after that UEFA recognized to Ukraine its own spot in the Cup Winners Cup, Chornomorets ceded their place in UEFA Cup to Dynamo Moscow. The two places of defunct East Germany were divided between Scotland and new-born Slovenia. Yugoslavia was disqualified after UN ban: UEFA awarded one of its two places to Austria, while the other one was given to Romania. Albania retired, and its place was given to Turkey.
Celtic won 3-2 on aggregate. ---- Dynamo Moscow won 5–3 on aggregate. ---- Panathinaikos won 0–10 on aggregate. ---- Dynamo Kyiv 3–3 Rapid Wien. Dynamo Kyiv won on away goals rule. ---- FC Copenhagen won 10–1 on aggregate. ---- Roma won 5–1 on aggregate. ---- Real Madrid won 1–5 on aggregate. ---- Fenerbahçe won 5–3 on aggregate. ---- Borussia Dortmund won 8–2 on aggregate. ---- Galatasaray won 2–1 on aggregate. ---- Grasshopper won 4–3 on aggregate. ---- Hibernian 3–3 Anderlecht. Anderlecht won on away goals rule. ---- Torino won 3–1 on aggregate. ---- Juventus won 10–1 on aggregate. ---- Kaiserslautern won 0–7 on aggregate. ---- Torpedo Moscow 0–0 Manchester United on aggregate. Torpedo Moscow won 4–3 in penalty shootout. ---- BK Frem won 3–6 on aggregate. ---- Match abandoned after 51 mins with PSG leading 2–0, game awarded 0–3 to PSG.
Paris Saint-Germain won 5–0 on aggregate. ---- Auxerre won 9–3 on aggregate. ---- Ajax won 1–6 on aggregate. ---- Sheffield Wednesday won 10–2 on aggregate. ---- Sigma Olomouc won 3–1 on aggregate. ---- Hearts won 4-3 on aggregate. ---- Benfica won 9–0 on aggregate. ---- Real Zaragoza won 3–4 on aggregate. ---- Standard Liège won 5–0 on aggregate. ---- Vác FC-Samsung won 2–1 on aggregate. ---- Napoli won 6–1 on aggregate. ---- Vitesse won 5–1 on aggregate. ---- Vitória de Guimarães won 3–2 on aggregate. ---- Eintracht Frankfurt won 2–11 on aggregate. ---- KV Mechelen won 2–1 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 5–3 on aggregate. ---- Roma won 6–4 on aggregate. ---- Auxerre won 7–0 on aggregate. ---- Zaragoza won 1–6 on aggregate. ---- Borussia Dortmund won 3–1 on aggregate. ---- Galatasaray won 1–0 on aggregate. ---- Sigma Olomouc won 2–7 on aggregate. ---- Standard Liège won 2-0 on aggregate. ---- Juventus won 1–0 on aggregate. ---- Paris Saint-Germain won 2–0 on aggregate. ---- Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate. ---- Real Madrid won 7–5 on aggregate. ---- Benfica won 6–1 on aggregate. ---- Dynamo Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate. ---- Vitesse won 2–0 on aggregate. ---- Ajax won 1–5 on aggregate.
Third round
First leg
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Second leg
Roma won 5–4 on aggregate. ---- Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate. ---- Borussia Dortmund won 4–3 on aggregate. ---- Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate. ---- Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 Anderlecht on aggregate. Paris Saint-Germain won on away goals rule. ---- Juventus won 7–1 on aggregate. ---- Auxerre won 4–3 on aggregate. ---- Real Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
Borussia Dortmund won 2–1 on aggregate. ---- Auxerre won 4–3 on aggregate. ---- Paris Saint-Germain won 5–4 on aggregate. ---- Juventus won 4–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
Borussia Dortmund 2–2 Auxerre on aggregate. Borussia Dortmund won 6–5 on penalties ---- Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
Juventus won 6–1 on aggregate.
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1992–93 UEFA Cup are as follows:
Gérald Baticle
George Weah
Roberto Baggio
Daniel Fonseca
Marcel Witeczek
Fernando Hierro
Isaías
Benfica
Anthony Yeboah
Iván Zamorano
Stéphane Chapuisat
Michaël Goossens
Stefan Pettersson
Ajax
Krzysztof Warzycha
Panathinaikos