1993–94 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

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

Queens Park Rangers

1993–94 season
Chairman	Richard Thompson
Manager	Gerry Francis
Stadium	Loftus Road
Premier League	9th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Les Ferdinand (16) All: Les Ferdinand (18)
Highest home attendance	19365 18 August 1993 Liverpool
Lowest home attendance	6,314 5 October Barnet
Average home league attendance	14,228
Biggest win	5-1 Vs Coventry City (23 October 1993)
Biggest defeat	0-4 Vs Leeds United (4 April 1994)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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.

Kit

Clubhouse become QPR's new kit manufacturers. electronics company CSF became new kit sponsors.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
11	Coventry City	42	14	14	14	43	45	−2	56

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

1. Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Position
14 August 1993	Aston Villa	A	1–4	Ferdinand	32,994	20
18 August 1993	Liverpool	H	1–3	Wilkins	19,365	22
21 August 1993	Southampton	H	2–1	Penrice, Wilson	10,613	15
25 August 1993	Chelsea	A	0–2		20,191	19
28 August 1993	West Ham United	A	4–0	Peacock, Ferdinand (2), Penrice	18,084	13
1 September 1993	Sheffield United	H	2–1	Sinclair, Wilson (pen)	11,113	12
11 September 1993	Manchester City	A	0–3		24,445	14
18 September 1993	Norwich City	H	2–2	Sinclair, Ferdinand	13,359	15
27 September 1993	Wimbledon	A	1–1	McDonald	9,478	16
2 October 1993	Ipswich Town	H	3–0	White (2), Barker	12,292	12
16 October 1993	Newcastle United	A	2–1	Ferdinand, Allen	33,926	8
23 October 1993	Coventry City	H	5–1	Allen (2), Ferdinand, Impey, Barker	12,976	5
30 October 1993	Manchester United	A	1–2	Allen	44,663	8
6 November 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	Hendry (own goal)	17,636	6
20 November 1993	Everton	A	3–0	Allen (3)	13,860	4
24 November 1993	Swindon Town	A	0–1		14,674	8
27 November 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	Ferdinand	17,694	8
4 December 1993	Aston Villa	H	2–2	McGrath (own goal), Penrice	14,915	8
8 December 1993	Liverpool	A	2–3	Ferdinand, Barker	24,561	9
11 December 1993	Southampton	A	1–0	Ferdinand	11,946	6
27 December 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	White, Penrice	13,218	7
29 December 1993	Leeds United	A	1–1	Meaker	39,106	6
1 January 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	Ferdinand	16,858	8
3 January 1994	Arsenal	A	0–0		34,935	9
16 January 1994	Newcastle United	H	1–2	Penrice	15,774	10
22 January 1994	Coventry City	A	1–0	White	12,107	8
5 February 1994	Manchester United	H	2–3	Ferdinand, Wilson (pen)	21,267	9
5 March 1994	Manchester City	H	1–1	Penrice	13,474	10
12 March 1994	Norwich City	A	4–3	Barker, White, Peacock, Penrice	16,499	10
16 March 1994	Sheffield United	A	1–1	Barker	14,183	9
19 March 1994	Wimbledon	H	1–0	Peacock	11,368	8
26 March 1994	Ipswich Town	A	3–1	Impey (2), Ferdinand	15,182	7
2 April 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	1–4	Ferdinand	10,440	9
4 April 1994	Leeds United	H	0–4		13,365	10
9 April 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–3	White	22,437	10
13 April 1994	Chelsea	H	1–1	Ferdinand	15,735	9
16 April 1994	Everton	H	2–1	White, Ferdinand	13,330	9
24 April 1994	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	Ready	19,913	9
27 April 1994	Arsenal	H	1–1	Penrice	11,442	9
30 April 1994	Swindon Town	H	1–3	Ferdinand	9,875	9
3 May 1994	West Ham United	H	0–0		10,850	9
7 May 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	Sinclair (2)	26,105	9

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

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	League.Cup Goals	F.A.Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	CZE	Jan Stejskal	26		5			31
GK	WAL	Tony Roberts	16		1			17
DF	ENG	Tony Witter	1					1
DF	WAL	Karl Ready	17	1				20
DF	NIR	Alan McDonald	12	1	4			16	1
DF	ENG	Alan McCarthy	4					4
DF	ENG	Rufus Brevett	3		5			8
DF	ENG	Clive Wilson	42	3	5			47	3
DF	ENG	David Bardsley	34		5			39
DF	ENG	Steve Yates	27		1			30
DF	ENG	Darren Peacock	30	3	5			35	3
MF	ENG	Ray Wilkins	39	1	5			44	1
MF	ENG	Andrew Impey	31	3	4	1		38	4
MF	ENG	Simon Barker	35	5	5	2	1	42	8
MF	ENG	Maurice Doyle	1					1
MF	ENG	Trevor Sinclair	30	4	4	1		36	5
MF	ENG	Ian Holloway	19		7			26
FW	ENG	Les Ferdinand	35	16	4	2		40	18
FW	ENG	Devon White	12	7	1			20	7
FW	WAL	Michael Meaker	11	1	2	1		16	2
FW	ENG	Bradley Allen	14	6	3	3		23	9
FW	ENG	Gary Penrice	23	8	2			28	8

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Marvin Bryan — DF  ENG Robbie Herrera — FW  ENG Danny Dichio

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ENG Kevin Gallen — FW  SCO Dougie Freedman

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Andy Sinton	Brentford	March 1989	£350,000	August 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	£2.750,000
Dennis Bailey	Birmingham City	2 July 1991	£175,000	October 1993	Charlton Athletic	Loan
Alan McCarthy	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	December 1989		November 1993	Watford	Loan
Brian Croft	Chester City	August 1992	£60,000	December 1993	Shrewsbury Town	Loan
Alan McCarthy	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	December 1989		February 1994	Plymouth Argyle	Loan
Dennis Bailey	Birmingham City	2 July 1991	£175,000	March 1994	Watford	Loan
Darren Peacock	Hereford United	December 1990	£200,000	24 March 1994	Newcastle United	£2.700,000
Ray Wilkins	Glasgow Rangers	November 1989		26 May 1994	Crystal Palace	Free transfer
Dougie Freedman	Dougie Freedman	May 1992		26 July 1994	Barnet	Free transfer
Jan Stejskal	Sparta Prague	October 1990	£625,000	July 1994	Slavia Prague

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Steve Yates	Bristol Rovers	August 1993	£650,000
Trevor Sinclair	Blackpool	August 1993	£600,000
Trevor Challis	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1994
Matt Brazier	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1994
Chris Plummer	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1994
Sieb Dijkstra	Motherwell	22 July 1994	£250,000

Notes

References

1. "Queens Park Rangers 1993-1994 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.