1993–94 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United
1993–94 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver
Manager	Howard Wilkinson
Stadium	Elland Road
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rod Wallace (17); All: ; Rod Wallace (17)
Highest home attendance	41,125 vs Manchester United ; (27 April 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	22,167 vs Oxford United ; (9 February 1994, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance	34,493
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 season saw Leeds United competing in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) for a second successive season.

Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Newcastle United	42	23	8	11	82	41	+41	77	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Arsenal	42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
5	Leeds United	42	18	16	8	65	39	+26	70
6	Wimbledon	42	18	11	13	56	53	+3	65
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	16	10	76	54	+22	64

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the defending champions.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	12	15	15	57	62	−5	51	12	8	1	40	17	+23	0	7	14	17	45	−28

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W
Position	11	8	12	17	18	14	12	9	5	3	4	4	6	4	5	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	6	7	6	6	7	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 August 1993	Manchester City	A	1–1	Deane	32,366
17 August 1993	West Ham United	H	1–0	Speed	34,588
21 August 1993	Norwich City	H	0–4	—	32,008
24 August 1993	Arsenal	A	1–2	Strachan	29,042
28 August 1993	Liverpool	A	0–2	—	44,068
30 August 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	Strachan	28,717
11 September 1993	Southampton	A	2–0	Deane, Speed	13,511
19 September 1993	Sheffield United	H	2–1	Strachan, McAllister	33,892
25 September 1993	Coventry City	A	2–0	Wallace (2)	28,717
2 October 1993	Wimbledon	H	4–0	Speed (2), McAllister (2)	30,020
17 October 1993	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	—	17,548
23 October 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–3	Sherwood (o.g.), Newsome, McAllister (pen.)	37,827
30 October 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–3	Speed, Fairclough, Wallace	31,892
6 November 1993	Chelsea	H	4–1	Deane, Rocastle, Wallace (2)	35,022
20 November 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	Deane	31,275
23 November 1993	Everton	A	1–1	Wallace	17,066
27 November 1993	Swindon Town	H	3–0	Deane, Speed, Wallace	32,630
4 December 1993	Manchester City	H	3–2	Deane, Speed, Wallace	33,821
8 December 1993	West Ham United	A	1–0	Wallace	20,468
13 December 1993	Norwich City	A	1–2	Wallace	16,586
18 December 1993	Arsenal	H	2–1	Adams (o.g.), McAllister	37,515
22 December 1993	Newcastle United	A	1–1	Fairclough	36,388
29 December 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	Hodge	39,106
1 January 1994	Manchester United	A	0–0	—	44,724
15 January 1994	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	—	31,317
23 January 1994	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	Speed	16,938
6 February 1994	Aston Villa	A	0–1	—	26,919
19 February 1994	Liverpool	H	2–0	Wetherall, McAllister	40,053
28 February 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	McAllister	11,136
5 March 1994	Southampton	H	0–0	—	30,890
13 March 1994	Sheffield United	A	2–2	Deane, Speed	19,250
16 March 1994	Aston Villa	H	2–0	Deane, Wallace	33,120
19 March 1994	Coventry City	H	1–0	Wallace	30,023
26 March 1994	Wimbledon	A	0–1	—	9,035
1 April 1994	Newcastle United	H	1–1	Fairclough	40,005
4 April 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	4–0	Deane, White (2), Wallace	13,365
17 April 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	Wallace (2)	33,658
23 April 1994	Chelsea	A	1–1	Speed	18,544
27 April 1994	Manchester United	H	0–2	—	41,125
30 April 1994	Everton	H	3–0	White, Watson (o.g.), McAllister	35,487
3 May 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–2	White, Wallace	33,806
7 May 1994	Swindon Town	A	5–0	Deane (2), White, Fairclough, Wallace	17,228

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Third Round	8 January 1994	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–1	Deane, Forrester (2)	23,475
Fourth Round	29 January 1994	Oxford United	A	2–2	Speed, Wetherall	11,029
Fourth Round Replay	9 February 1994	Oxford United	H	2–3	White, Strachan	22,167

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Second Round First-Leg	21 September 1993	Sunderland	A	1–2	Speed	17,101
Second Round Second-Leg	6 October 1993	Sunderland	H	1–2	Whelan	22,265

Statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	John Lukic	20	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0
3	DF	Tony Dorigo	37	0	3	0	2	0	42	0	2	0
4	MF	David Batty	8+1	0	0	0	0	0	8+1	0	1	0
5	DF	Chris Fairclough	40	4	3	0	2	0	45	4	4	0
6	DF	David O'Leary	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0
7	MF	Gordon Strachan	32+1	3	3	1	2	0	37+1	4	0	0
8	FW	Rod Wallace	34+3	17	1+1	0	1	0	36+4	17	3	0
9	FW	Brian Deane	41	11	3	1	2	0	46	12	2	0
10	MF	Gary McAllister	42	8	3	0	2	0	47	8	3	0
11	MF	Gary Speed	35+1	10	2	1	2	0	39+1	11	3	0
12	DF	John Pemberton	6+3	0	0	0	0	0	6+3	0	3	0
13	GK	Mark Beeney	22	0	3	0	2	0	27	0	0	0
14	MF	Steve Hodge	7+1	1	1+2	0	1	0	9+3	1	1	0
14	FW	David White	9+6	5	3	1	0	0	12+6	6	0	0
15	MF	David Rocastle	6+1	1	0	0	0+1	0	6+2	1	0	0
16	DF	Jon Newsome	25+4	1	3	0	1	0	29+4	1	6	0
17	FW	Frank Strandli	0+4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	1+7	0	0	0
18	DF	David Wetherall	31+1	1	0+2	1	2	0	33+3	2	1	0
19	DF	Ray Wallace	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	DF	Kevin Sharp	7+3	0	0	0	0	0	7+3	0	1	0
22	DF	Gary Kelly	42	0	3	0	2	0	47	0	1	0
23	MF	Mark Tinkler	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
25	FW	Noel Whelan	6+10	0	0	0	1	1	7+10	1	1	0
26	FW	Jamie Forrester	2+1	0	1+2	2	0	0	3+3	2	0	0
27	MF	Mark Ford	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 1993	DF	David O'Leary	Arsenal	Free
14 July 1993	FW	Brian Deane	Sheffield United	£2,700,000
15 November 1993	DF	John Pemberton	Sheffield United	£250,000
27 December 1993	FW	David White	Manchester City	£2,000,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 1993	GK	Mervyn Day	Carlisle United	Free
1 July 1993	MF	Dylan Kerr	Reading	£75,000
1 August 1993	FW	Carl Shutt	Birmingham City	£50,000
1 August 1993	DF	Chris Whyte	Birmingham City	£250,000
7 August 1993	FW	Lee Chapman	Portsmouth	£250,000
1 September 1993	DF	David Kerslake	Tottenham Hotspur	£450,000
26 October 1993	MF	David Batty	Blackburn Rovers	£2,750,000
20 December 1993	MF	David Rocastle	Manchester City	£2,000,000
20 December 1993	DF	Mel Sterland	Retired

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
1 March 1994	31 May 1994	DF	Ray Wallace	Reading

References

[table_note_res_UCWC10.52381019830881-1] Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the defending champions.

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