1993–94 VfB Leipzig season

VfB Leipzig
1993–94 season
ManagerGermany Bernd Stange (to 21 February)
Germany Jürgen Sundermann (22 February - 9 April)
Germany Damian Halata (from 10 April)
Bundesliga18th (relegated)
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerDirk Anders (8)

The 1993–94 season was VfB Leipzig's only season in the Bundesliga to date. It was a difficult season for the club, which saw them finish bottom of the table with just three wins (all 1–0).

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Germany GER Maik Kischko
— GK Germany GER Ingo Saager
— DF Germany GER Holger Bühner (to January)
— DF United States USA John Doyle
— DF Germany GER Frank Edmond
— DF Germany GER Helmut Gabriel
— DF Germany GER Marco Gräfe
— DF Germany GER Rico Kauerhof
— DF Germany GER Torsten Kracht (from January)
— DF Germany GER Matthias Lindner
— MF Germany GER Dirk Anders
— MF Germany GER Uwe Bredow
— MF Germany GER Nico Däbritz
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Germany GER Jörg Engelmann
— MF Germany GER Dieter Hecking
— MF Germany GER Steffen Heidrich
— MF Germany GER Matthias Liebers
— MF Ghana GHA Alexander Opoku
— MF Germany GER René Schmidt
— MF Germany GER Uwe Trommer
— FW Brazil BRA Franklin
— FW North Macedonia MKD Darko Pancev (from January)
— FW Germany GER Jürgen Rische
— FW Germany GER Frank Turnier
— FW Germany GER Florian Weichert

Results

Bundesliga

7 August 1993 VfB Leipzig 3–3 Dynamo Dresden Leipzig
15:30 Lindner 10'
Anders 17', 25'		 Report Marschall 15', 27', 69' Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 31,400
Referee: Manfred Amerell (Munich)
17 August 1993 Werder Bremen 3–1 VfB Leipzig Bremen
20:00 Hobsch 16'
Beiersdorfer 54'
Basler 86'		 Report Rische 15' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 20,855
Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
27 August 1993 VfB Leipzig 1–1 MSV Duisburg Leipzig
20:00 Edmond 47' Report Tarnat 26' Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Manfred Schmidt
1 September 1993 Bayern Munich 3–0 VfB Leipzig Munich
20:00 Nerlinger 13'
Matthäus 55'
Schupp 88'		 Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)
4 September 1993 VfB Leipzig 0–0 SG Wattenscheid 09 Leipzig
15:30 Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)
7 September 1993 Borussia Dortmund 0–1 VfB Leipzig Dortmund
20:00 Report Rische 9' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 40,590
Referee: Hans-Peter Best (Kämpfelbach)
11 September 1993 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 VfB Leipzig Stuttgart
20:00 Report Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
17 September 1993 VfB Leipzig 1–4 Hamburger SV Leipzig
20:00 Liebers 84' Report Bäron 25', 75'
Von Heesen 37'
Spies 88'		 Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 17,800
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)
25 September 1993 1. FC Köln 3–1 VfB Leipzig Cologne
15:30 Lehmann 56'
Greiner 69'
Jancker 87'		 Report Edmond 58' Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Eugen Strigel (Horb)
2 October 1993 VfB Leipzig 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Leipzig
15:30 Anders 81' (pen.) Report Salou 66' Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)
9 October 1993 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 VfB Leipzig Frankfurt
15:30 Furtok 27', 87' Report Edmond 86' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)
17 October 1993 VfB Leipzig 0–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Leipzig
18:00 Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)
22 October 1993 1. FC Nürnberg 5–0 VfB Leipzig Nuremberg
20:00 Golke 9'
Zárate 36'
Wück 40'
Sutter 65'
Kubik 74'		 Report Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Michael Malbranc (Hamburg)
30 October 1993 VfB Leipzig 1–0 Karlsruher SC Leipzig
15:30 Heidrich 69' Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Markus Weber (Bergkamen)
5 November 1993 FC Schalke 04 3–1 VfB Leipzig Gelsenkirchen
20:00 Eckstein 28', 57'
Anderbrügge 90' (pen.)		 Report Rische 87' Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hans-Peter Dellwing (Trier)
14 November 1993 VfB Leipzig 2–2 SC Freiburg Leipzig
18:00 Weichert 60', 75' Report Cardoso 29'
Zeyer 41'		 Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)
20 November 1993 Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 VfB Leipzig Leverkusen
15:30 Schuster 57'
Kirsten 67', 76'		 Report Heidrich 14' Stadium: Ulrich Haberland Stadion
Attendance: 8,300
Referee: Bernd Hauer (Celle)
26 November 1993 Dynamo Dresden 1–0 VfB Leipzig Dresden
15:30 Penksa 16' Report Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 12,120
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
4 December 1993 VfB Leipzig 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Leipzig
15:30 Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
11 December 1993 VfB Leipzig 1–1 Werder Bremen Leipzig
15:30 Bredow 36' Report Hobsch 51' Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Manfred Führer (Steinhagen)
12 February 1994 MSV Duisburg 2–1 VfB Leipzig Duisburg
15:30 Weidemann 29'
Wohlert 69'		 Report Pancev 50' Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 16,100
Referee: Hans Scheuerer (Munich)
19 February 1994 VfB Leipzig 1–3 Bayern Munich Leipzig
15:30 Anders 64' Report Scholl 3'
Nerlinger 4'
Ziege 33'		 Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)
27 February 1994 SG Wattenscheid 09 2–2 VfB Leipzig Wattenscheid
15:30 Sané 29', 84' Report Weichert 5'
Anders 88' (pen.)		 Stadium: Lohrheidestadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
5 March 1994 VfB Leipzig 2–3 Borussia Dortmund Leipzig
15:30 Heidrich 30'
Anders 81'		 Report Chapuisat 48'
Sippel 71', 73'		 Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Ottobrunn)
12 March 1994 Hamburger SV 3–0 VfB Leipzig Hamburg
15:30 Ivanauskas 44'
Bäron 45'
Spörl 67'		 Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 23,463
Referee: Rainer Werthmann (Bochum)
18 March 1994 VfB Leipzig 2–3 1. FC Köln Leipzig
15:30 Anders 84'
Rische 90'		 Report Polster 49' (pen.), 89'
Baumann 51'		 Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Hans-Joachim Osmers (Bremen)
26 March 1994 Borussia Mönchengladbach 6–1 VfB Leipzig Mönchengladbach
15:30 Dahlin 22', 43', 54'
Klinkert 39'
Kastenmaier 76' (pen.)
Wynhoff 87'		 Report Rische 55' Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)
2 April 1994 VfB Leipzig 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Leipzig
15:30 Rische 29' Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Hans-Peter Dellwing (Trier)
5 April 1994 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–0 VfB Leipzig Kaiserslautern
15:30 Sforza 88' Report Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 30,511
Referee: Eugen Strigel (Horb)
8 April 1994 VfB Leipzig 0–2 1. FC Nürnberg Leipzig
20:00 Report Kubik 4'
Criens 73'		 Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Fischenich)
16 April 1994 Karlsruher SC 3–2 VfB Leipzig Karlsruhe
15:30 Shmarov 19'
Schmitt 34'
Schütterle 87'		 Report Heidrich 74'
Pancev 90'		 Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Manfred Führer (Steinhagen)
23 April 1994 VfB Leipzig 2–2 FC Schalke 04 Leipzig
15:30 Franklin 71'
Anders 82' (pen.)		 Report Müller 31'
Lugninger 45'		 Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Hans Scheuerer (Munich)
30 April 1994 SC Freiburg 1–0 VfB Leipzig Freiburg
15:30 Cardoso 83' Report Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Markus Weber (Bergkamen)
7 May 1994 VfB Leipzig 2–3 Bayer Leverkusen Leipzig
15:30 Okpoku 20'
Edmond 79'		 Report Hecking 16' (o.g.)
Paulo Sérgio 34'
Kirsten 89'		 Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Manfred Amerell (Munich)

DFB-Pokal

24 August 1993 Round 1 Bayer Uerdingen 1–0 VfB Leipzig Krefeld
15:30 Feldhoff 8' Report Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Transfers

In

Player From Date
Germany Holger Bühner Rot-Weiß Erfurt Summer
United States John Doyle Örgryte Summer
Germany Marco Gräfe Unknown Summer
Ghana Alexander Opoku Youth team Summer
Germany René Schmidt Youth team Summer
Germany Florian Weichert Hamburger SV Summer
Germany Torsten Kracht VfB Stuttgart Winter
North Macedonia Darko Pancev Internazionale (loan) Winter

Out

Player To Date
Russia Gennady Grishin Torpedo Moscow Summer
Ghana Sarfo Gyamfi Hallescher FC Summer
Germany Hans-Jürgen Heidenreich Retired Summer
Germany Torsten Kracht VfB Stuttgart Summer
Poland Janusz Turowski Retired Summer
Germany Holger Bühner Hansa Rostock Winter