1993–94 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

1993–94 season
Chairman	Richard Thompson
Manager	Gerry Francis
Stadium	Loftus Road
Premier League	9th (60 points)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Les Ferdinand (16) All: Les Ferdinand (18)
Average home league attendance	14,228
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

During the 1993–94 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. They finished the season in 9th place.

Season summary

Queens Park Rangers had another strong season, though they dipped slightly in the final table to finish ninth, a year after they had finished above all the other London clubs in fifth place. Manager Gerry Francis was even linked with the England job when Graham Taylor quit, but it went to Terry Venables - a former QPR manager himself.

Once again, striker Les Ferdinand was prolific up front and his name was constantly linked with big-money moves to top clubs as well as a regular England place. The rest of the squad performed solidly without attracting many headlines.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester United (C)	42	27	11	4	80	38	+42	92	UEFA Champions League 1994–95 Group stage
2	Blackburn Rovers	42	25	9	8	63	36	+27	84	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
3	Newcastle United	42	23	8	11	82	41	+41	77
4	Arsenal	42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round1
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
8	Liverpool	42	17	9	16	59	55	+4	60
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	12	14	62	61	+1	60
10	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	46	50	−4	57	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round2
11	Coventry City	42	14	14	14	43	45	−2	56
12	Norwich City	42	12	17	13	65	61	+4	53
13	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	47	58	−11	52
14	Chelsea	42	13	12	17	49	53	−4	51	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round3
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	12	19	54	59	−5	45
16	Manchester City	42	9	18	15	38	49	−11	45
17	Everton	42	12	8	22	42	63	−21	44
18	Southampton	42	12	7	23	49	66	−17	43
19	Ipswich Town	42	9	16	17	35	58	−23	43
20	Sheffield United (R)	42	8	18	16	42	60	−18	42	Relegated to Football League First Division 1994–95
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	42	9	13	20	42	68	−26	40
22	Swindon Town (R)	42	5	15	22	47	100	−53	30

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

¹ Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions

² Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

³ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up

P = Games Played; W = Games Won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals For; A = Goals Against; Pts = Points

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Aston Villa	A	1–4	32,994	Ferdinand
18 August 1993	Liverpool	H	1–3	19,365	Wilkins
21 August 1993	Southampton	H	2–1	10,613	Penrice, Wilson
25 August 1993	Chelsea	A	0–2	20,191
28 August 1993	West Ham United	A	4–0	18,084	Peacock, Ferdinand (2), Penrice
1 September 1993	Sheffield United	H	2–1	11,113	Sinclair, Wilson (pen)
11 September 1993	Manchester City	A	0–3	24,445
18 September 1993	Norwich City	H	2–2	13,359	Sinclair, Ferdinand
27 September 1993	Wimbledon	A	1–1	9,478	McDonald
2 October 1993	Ipswich Town	H	3–0	12,292	White (2), Barker
16 October 1993	Newcastle United	A	2–1	33,926	Ferdinand, Allen
23 October 1993	Coventry City	H	5–1	12,976	Allen (2), Ferdinand, Impey, Barker
30 October 1993	Manchester United	A	1–2	44,663	Allen
6 November 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	17,636	Hendry (own goal)
20 November 1993	Everton	A	3–0	13,860	Allen (3)
24 November 1993	Swindon Town	A	0–1	14,674
27 November 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	17,694	Ferdinand
4 December 1993	Aston Villa	H	2–2	14,915	McGrath (own goal), Penrice
8 December 1993	Liverpool	A	2–3	24,561	Ferdinand, Barker
11 December 1993	Southampton	A	1–0	11,946	Ferdinand
27 December 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	13,218	White, Penrice
29 December 1993	Leeds United	A	1–1	39,106	Meaker
1 January 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	16,858	Ferdinand
3 January 1994	Arsenal	A	0–0	34,935
16 January 1994	Newcastle United	H	1–2	15,000	Penrice
22 January 1994	Coventry City	A	1–0	12,107	White
5 February 1994	Manchester United	H	2–3	21,267	Ferdinand, Wilson (pen)
5 March 1994	Manchester City	H	1–1	13,474	Penrice
12 March 1994	Norwich City	A	4–3	16,499	Barker, White, Peacock, Penrice
16 March 1994	Sheffield United	A	1–1	14,183	Barker
19 March 1994	Wimbledon	H	1–0	11,368	Peacock
26 March 1994	Ipswich Town	A	3–1	15,182	Impey (2), Ferdinand
2 April 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	1–4	10,440	Ferdinand
4 April 1994	Leeds United	H	0–4	13,365
9 April 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–3	22,437	White
13 April 1994	Chelsea	H	1–1	15,735	Ferdinand
16 April 1994	Everton	H	2–1	13,330	White, Ferdinand
24 April 1994	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	19,913	Ready
27 April 1994	Arsenal	H	1–1	11,442	Penrice
30 April 1994	Swindon Town	H	1–3	9,875	Ferdinand
3 May 1994	West Ham United	H	0–0	10,850
7 May 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	26,105	Sinclair (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Stockport County	A	1–2	7,569	Barker

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	21 September 1993	Barnet	A	2–1	3,569	Ferdinand, Barker
R2 2nd leg	5 October 1993	Barnet	H	4–0 (won 6-1 on agg)	6,314	Allen (3), Impey
R3	27 October 1993	Millwall	H	3–0	14,190	Sinclair, Barker, Ferdinand
R4	1 December 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	13,253	Meaker

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Tony Roberts 2 DF David Bardsley 3 DF Clive Wilson 4 MF Ray Wilkins 5 DF Darren Peacock 6 DF Alan McDonald 7 MF Andrew Impey 8 MF Ian Holloway 9 FW Les Ferdinand 10 FW Bradley Allen 11 MF Trevor Sinclair 12 FW Gary Penrice 13 GK Jan Stejskal

No. Position Player 14 MF Simon Barker 15 DF Rufus Brevett 16 DF Danny Maddix 17 FW Dennis Bailey 18 DF Karl Ready 19 FW Devon White 20 FW Maurice Doyle 21 DF Tony Witter (on loan from Millwall) 22 MF Michael Meaker 23 GK Peter Caldwell 24 DF Steve Yates 25 DF Alan McCarthy

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player DF Marvin Bryan DF Robbie Herrera FW Danny Dichio

No. Position Player FW Kevin Gallen FW Dougie Freedman