1992–93 French Division 1

Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1992/1993 of the French Association Football League with 55 points but lost its title due to a bribery scandal. The side that finished second, Paris Saint Germain refused it, making it still unattributed.

Affaire VA-OM

In 1993 Olympique de Marseille reached both the very pinnacle and the very bottom of the European club game. A corruption scandal and a Canal+'s shining light for Paris Saint-Germain would threaten their hegemony. The European Cup was denied, but the glory would eventually come for Marseille. As the European Cup was renamed the Champions League in 1992–93, Marseille reached the Final for the second time in three years, but this time they prevailed. "Les Phocéens" won Group A and suddenly found themselves in the final against Milan. Basile Boli hit home the winning goal as Marseille became the first French side to win a European trophy and the only to win the Champions League. Didier Deschamps and Fabien Barthez became the youngest captain and goalkeeper, respectively, to capture the title.^[1] Their fans greeted the triumph by chanting "A jamais les premiers" because they won the first "Classico" against PSG in 1971. The city exploded with a joy shared across the nation but no sooner had the trophy been hoist aloft than the celebrations were brought to a halt.^[2]

A corruption scandal revolving around a match against Valenciennes emerged a few days before the European Final.^[3] Allegations of match fixing were levelled at them and their president Bernard Tapie. It is believed that Tapie 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.^[4] Valenciennes players Christophe Robert, Jorge Burruchaga and Jacques Glassmann claimed that the Marseille midfielder Jean-Jacques Eydelie offered them ₣250,000 to "take the foot off of the gas" in a May 20 match against OM.^[5] Marseille was later stripped of their league title and relegated to Division 2 by the French Football Federation, while Bernard Tapie was forced to step down as its President. Marseille was not stripped of the Champions League, as the match in question was not in that competition, but lost the right to play in the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League.^[6] No winner was declared for the 1992–1993 season. The LFP allotted the title to Paris Saint-Germain but Canal + refused it. The TV chain feared the reactions of their subscribers in Provence and threatened to withdraw football completely if the title was allotted to PSG. Ultimately the LFP decided that the 1993 title would remain unattributed. Canal+ refused letting the club participate in next year's UEFA Champions League after OM's exclusion by the UEFA.^[7]

Participating teams

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Europe, Ligue 2
DSQ	Olympique Marseille	55	38	23	9	6	72	36	+36	Stripped of title. Barred from Champions League due to a bribery scandal. Retained league status.
1	Paris SG	51	38	20	11	7	61	29	+32	UEFA Cup Winner's Cup (winner of Coupe de France)
2	AS Monaco	51	38	21	9	8	56	29	+27	Champions League
3	Bordeaux	48	38	18	12	8	42	25	+17	UEFA Cup
4	FC Nantes Atlantique	45	38	17	11	10	54	39	+15	UEFA Cup
5	Auxerre	43	38	18	7	13	57	44	+13	UEFA Cup
6	AS Saint-Étienne	43	38	13	17	8	34	26	+8
7	RC Strasbourg	40	38	12	16	10	58	57	+1
8	Lens	40	38	12	16	10	36	41	-5
9	Montpellier HSC	36	38	12	12	14	36	41	-5
10	SM Caen	35	38	13	9	16	55	54	+1
11	FC Metz	35	38	11	13	14	44	45	-1
12	Toulouse FC	34	38	9	16	13	36	45	-9
13	Olympique Lyonnais	33	38	9	15	14	40	45	-5
14	Le Havre AC	33	38	11	11	16	42	53	-11
15	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	32	38	11	10	17	33	50	-17
16	Lille	30	38	7	16	15	26	48	-22
17	Valenciennes FC	29	38	9	11	16	42	57	-15	Relegated to Ligue 2
18	Sporting Toulon Var	25	38	6	13	19	31	57	-26	Administratively relegated to Championnat National due to financial problems
19	Nîmes Olympique	22	38	3	16	19	32	66	-34	Relegated to Ligue 2

(Victory:2 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points)

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1993/1994

FC Martigues:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group A
Angers SCO:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group B
AS Cannes:Winner of playoffs against Valenciennes FC

Top goalscorers

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Alen Bokšić	Croatia	Olympique Marseille	23
2	Xavier Gravelaine	France	SM Caen	20
3	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	AS Monaco	19
4	Rudi Völler	Germany	Olympique Marseille	18
5	Joël Tiéhi	Ivory Coast	Le Havre AC	14
5	George Weah	Liberia	Paris SG	14
7	Nicolas Ouédec	France	FC Nantes Atlantique	13
7	Bernard Ferrer	France	Toulouse FC	13
9	Franck Sauzée	France	Olympique Marseille	12
9	Youri Djorkaeff	France	AS Monaco	12
9	Franck Leboeuf	France	RC Strasbourg	12
12	François Omam-Biyik	Cameroon	RC Lens	11
12	Luboš Kubík	Czech Republic	FC Metz	11
12	Anthony Bancarel	France	Toulouse FC	11
15	Zinedine Zidane	France	Bordeaux	10
15	Japhet N'Doram	Chad	FC Nantes Atlantique	10
15	Lionel Prat	France	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	10
15	Jorge Burruchaga	Argentina	Valenciennes FC	10
19	Gérald Baticle	France	Auxerre	9
19	Lilian Laslandes	France	Auxerre	9
19	Stéphane Paille	France	SM Caen	9
19	Guia Gourouli	Georgia	Le Havre AC	9
19	Rémi Garde	France	Olympique Lyonnais	9
19	Jérôme Gnako	France	AS Monaco	9

^[8]

References

↑ "1992/93: French first for Marseille". UEFA. 26 May 1993. Archived from the original on January 2, 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
↑ "France's passion play". FIFA. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
↑ "Tapie Directly Implicated As Marseille Trial Opens". International Herald Tribune. 14 March 1995. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
↑ "Scandal leaves a stain on the white shirt of Marseille". The Independent. 13 July 1993. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
↑ "From Glory to Disgrace: Soccer Saga Grips Marseille". The New York Times. 12 July 1993. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
↑ "Marseille: the French exception". FIFA. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
↑ 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."
↑ Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1992-93

Division 1 / Ligue 1 seasons

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Match fixing in association football

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1992–93 in European football (UEFA)

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