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The 1993–94 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 67th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Two, then the third tier of English football, finishing nineteenth.

Players

First team squad. ^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	ENG	Mark Grew
--	GK	ENG	Phil Kite
--	GK	WAL	Steve Williams
--	DF	WAL	Gareth Abraham
--	DF	WAL	Mark Aizlewood
--	DF	WAL	Lee Baddeley
--	DF	EIR	Derek Brazil
--	DF	WAL	Terry Evans
--	DF	WAL	Ben Graham
--	DF	WAL	Ian Jones
--	DF	WAL	Alan Knill
--	DF	WAL	Jason Perry
--	DF	WAL	Kevin Ratcliffe
--	DF	WAL	Damon Searle
--	DF	WAL	Scott Young
--	MF	ENG	Kevin Bartley
--	MF	ENG	Kevin Brock


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	ENG	John Cornwell
--	MF	ENG	Wayne Fereday
--	MF	GUY	Cohen Griffith
--	MF	ENG	Paul Hunt
--	MF	WAL	Robbie James
--	MF	NIR	Paul Millar
--	MF	ENG	Nick Richardson
--	MF	WAL	Lee Walker
--	MF	WAL	Nathan Wigg
--	MF	ENG	Darren Adams
--	FW	WAL	Tony Bird
--	FW	WAL	Nathan Blake
--	FW	WAL	Carl Dale
--	FW	WAL	Andy Evans
--	FW	ENG	Phil Stant
--	FW	ENG	Garry Thompson

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
17	Bournemouth	46	14	15	17	51	59	−8	57
18	Leyton Orient	46	14	14	18	57	71	−14	56
19	Cardiff City	46	13	15	18	66	79	−13	54
20	Blackpool	46	16	5	25	63	75	−12	53
21	Fulham	46	14	10	22	50	63	−13	52	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L
Position	~	~	3	4	6	11	17	19	19	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	19	18	18	17	15	16	17	17	18	20	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	17	18	18	19

Source: ^[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Second Division

14 August 1993 (1993-08-14) 1	Cardiff City	2–0	Leyton Orient	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake Cohen Griffith			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,920

21 August 1993 (1993-08-21) 2	Fulham	1–3	Cardiff City	London
	Lee Baddeley (og)		Nathan Blake Nathan Blake Garry Thompson	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 5,696

28 August 1993 (1993-08-28) 3	Cardiff City	2–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake John Cornwell		Kurt Nogan Stuart Munday	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,687

31 August 1993 (1993-08-31) 4	Exeter City	2–2	Cardiff City	Exeter
	Ronnie Jepson Stuart Storer		Cohen Griffith John Cornwell	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,044 Referee: Terry Holbrook (Walsall)

4 September 1993 (1993-09-04) 5	Port Vale	2–2	Cardiff City	Stoke
	Bernie Slaven Bernie Slaven		Nathan Blake Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 8,140

11 September 1993 (1993-09-11) 6	Cardiff City	3–4	Hull City	Cardiff
15:00	Garry Thompson Nick Richardson Nick Richardson (pen)		Chris Lee Chris Lee Steve Moran Matt Bound	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,421 Referee: Gurnam Singh (Wolverhampton)

18 September 1993 (1993-09-18) 7	Blackpool	1–0	Cardiff City	Blackpool
	Bryan Griffiths			Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,767

25 September 1993 (1993-09-25) 8	Cardiff City	2–3	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Paul Millar (footballer, born 1966)		Kevin Nugent Kevin Nugent Andy Comyn	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,632 Referee: John Brandwood (Lichfield)

2 October 1993 (1993-10-02) 9	York City	5–0	Cardiff City	York
	Derek Brazil (og) Steve Cooper Gary Swann Paul Barnes Jon McCarthy			Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3,762

10 October 1993 (1993-10-10) 10	Barnet	0–0	Cardiff City	Chipping Barnet
				Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 2,084

16 October 1993 (1993-10-16) 11	Cardiff City	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Nick Richardson (pen)		John Taylor John Taylor	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,563

23 October 1993 (1993-10-23) 12	Wrexham	3–1	Cardiff City	Wrexham
	Mark Taylor Mark Taylor Gary Bennett		Tony Bird	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 4,245

30 October 1993 (1993-10-30) 13	Cardiff City	2–2	Hartlepool United	Cardiff
15:00	Tony Bird 52' Nathan Blake 70' (pen)		3' Lenny Johnrose 20' Colin West	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,710

2 November 1993 (1993-11-02) 14	Brentford	1–1	Cardiff City	London
	Joe Allon		Nathan Blake	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,756

6 November 1993 (1993-11-06) 15	Cardiff City	3–1	Stockport County	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake Nathan Blake Nathan Blake (pen)		David Frain	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,738

19 November 1993 (1993-11-19) 16	Cambridge United	1–1	Cardiff City	Cambridge
	Steve Claridge		Tony Bird	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,076

27 November 1993 (1993-11-27) 17	Cardiff City	1–1	Bradford City	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant		Sean McCarthy	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,213

11 December 1993 (1993-12-11) 18	Cardiff City	1–0	Fulham	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Paul Vanes (West Midlands)

18 December 1993 (1993-12-18) 19	Leyton Orient	2–2	Cardiff City	London
	Mark Cooper Glenn Cockerill		Phil Stant Garry Thompson	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,691

22 December 1993 (1993-12-22) 20	Cardiff City	1–0	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:30	Garry Thompson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,815

1 January 1994 (1994-01-01) 21	Cardiff City	3–0	Reading	Cardiff
15:00	Cohen Griffith Mark Aizlewood Nick Richardson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,257 Referee: Paul Durkin (Dorset)

3 January 1994 (1994-01-03) 22	Rotherham United	5–2	Cardiff City	Rotherham
	Imre Varadi Imre Varadi Imre Varadi Shaun Goater Shaun Goodwin		(pen) Paul Millar (pen) Paul Millar	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 3,395

15 January 1994 (1994-01-15) 23	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Cardiff City	Bath, Somerset
	John Taylor Ian MacLean		Nathan Blake	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 5,683

22 January 1994 (1994-01-22) 24	Cardiff City	0–0	Barnet	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,698 Referee: Martin Bodenham (East Looe)

5 February 1994 (1994-02-05) 25	Cardiff City	5–1	Wrexham	Cardiff
15:00	Darren Adams Nick Richardson Tony Bird Nathan Blake Nathan Blake		(og) Lee Baddeley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,847

12 February 1994 (1994-02-12) 26	Burnley	2–0	Cardiff City	Burnley
	Tony Philliskirk 54' John Francis 69'			Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,276

1 March 1994 (1994-03-01) 27	Cardiff City	2–1	Burnley	Cardiff
19:30	Garry Thompson Phil Stant		18' Steve Davis	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,496

5 March 1994 (1994-03-05) 28	Hull City	1–0	Cardiff City	Hull
	Dean Windass (pen)			Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 4,998

12 March 1994 (1994-03-12) 29	Cardiff City	0–2	Blackpool	Cardiff
15:00			Andy Watson Bryan Griffiths	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,186

15 March 1994 (1994-03-15) 30	Bournemouth	3–2	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
	Steve Cotterill Steve Cotterill Gary Chivers		Carl Dale Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 2,385

19 March 1994 (1994-03-19) 31	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Cardiff City	Plymouth
	Mickey Evans		Phil Stant Phil Stant	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,587

22 March 1994 (1994-03-22) 32	Hartlepool United	3–0	Cardiff City	Hartlepool
	Paul Olsson 25' Nicky Southall 61' (pen) Keith Houchen 75'			Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,077

26 March 1994 (1994-03-26) 33	Cardiff City	0–0	York City	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,806

29 March 1994 (1994-03-29) 34	Cardiff City	1–0	Rotherham United	Cardiff
19:30	Tony Bird			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,583 Referee: Clive Wilkes (Oxford)

2 April 1994 (1994-04-02) 35	Swansea City	1–0	Cardiff City	Swansea
	David Penney			Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 3,711

4 April 1994 (1994-04-04) 36	Cardiff City	2–2	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:00	Kevin Brock Jason Perry		Phil Starbuck Simon Baldry	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,525

9 April 1994 (1994-04-09) 37	Reading	1–1	Cardiff City	Reading
	Michael Gilkes		(og) Jeff Hopkins	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 7,219

12 April 1994 (1994-04-12) 38	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–5	Cardiff City	Brighton
	Paul McCarthy Kurt Nogan Kurt Nogan (pen)		Paul Millar (pen) Paul Millar (pen) Paul Millar Phil Stant Wayne Fereday	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 7,653

16 April 1994 (1994-04-16) 39	Cardiff City	1–1	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00	Kevin Brock		Lee Harvey	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,268

19 April 1994 (1994-04-19) 40	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
	Andy Booth Andy Booth			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 6,267

21 April 1994 (1994-04-21) 41	Cardiff City	2–1	Bournemouth	Cardiff
19:30	Phil Stant Paul Millar (pen)		Steve Fletcher	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,838

23 April 1994 (1994-04-23) 42	Stockport County	2–2	Cardiff City	Stockport
	Bill Williams Jim Gannon		Phil Stant (og) Mike Flynn	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,455

26 April 1994 (1994-04-26) 43	Cardiff City	2–0	Exeter City	Cardiff
19:30	Mark Aizlewood Carl Dale			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,631

30 April 1994 (1994-04-30) 44	Cardiff City	2–7	Cambridge United	Cardiff
15:00	Cohen Griffith Carl Dale		Danny Granville Steve Butler Steve Butler Steve Butler Carlo Corazzin Carlo Corazzin Matthew Joseph	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,175

3 May 1994 (1994-05-03) 45	Cardiff City	1–3	Port Vale	Cardiff
19:30	Phil Stant		Kevin Kent David Lowe Ian Taylor	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,705

7 May 1994 (1994-05-07) 46	Bradford City	2–0	Cardiff City	Bradford
	Paul Reid Dean Richards			Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 6,642

Source ^[2] ^[3]

League Cup

17 August 1993 (1993-08-17) Round 1 (First leg)	Bournemouth	3–1	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
	Steve Fletcher Neil Masters Russell Beardsmore		Tony Bird	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 3,054

24 August 1993 (1993-08-24) Round 1 (Second leg)	Cardiff City	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	Bournemouth	Cardiff
19:30	Mark Morris (og)		Joe Parkinson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,549

FA Cup

13 November 1993 (1993-11-13) Round 1	Enfield	0–0	Cardiff City	Enfield, London
				Stadium: Southbury Road Attendance: 2,374

30 November 1993 (1993-11-30) Round 1 (Replay)	Cardiff City	1–0	Enfield	Cardiff
19:30	Nathan Blake			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,232

4 December 1993 (1993-12-04) Round 2	Brentford	1–3	Cardiff City	Brentford
	Marcus Gayle		(og) Shane Westley Phil Stant Tony Bird	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,845

8 January 1994 (1994-01-08) Round 3	Cardiff City	2–2	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Garry Thompson		Paul Wilkinson Alan Moore	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,750

19 January 1994 (1994-01-19) Round 3 (Replay)	Middlesbrough	1–2	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
	Graham Kavanagh		Phil Stant Nathan Blake	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 10,769

29 January 1994 (1994-01-29) Round 4	Cardiff City	1–0	Manchester City	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,486

20 February 1994 (1994-02-20) Round 5	Cardiff City	1–2	Luton Town	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant		Scott Oakes David Preece	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,296

UEFA Cup Winners Cup

15 September 1993 (1993-09-15) Round 1 (First leg)	Standard Liege	5–2	Cardiff City	Liege
	Roberto Bisconti 13' Marc Wilmots 63', 84' Andre Cruz 71' (pen) Patrick Asselman 76'		39', 62' Tony Bird	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 10,700

28 September 1993 (1993-09-28) Round 1 (Second leg)	Cardiff City	1–3 (3–8 agg.)	Standard Liege	Cardiff
20:00	Robbie James 59'		14' Marc Wilmots 36' Mohammed Lashaf 50' Roberto Bisconti	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,006 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Welsh Cup

26 October 1993 (1993-10-26) Round 3	Cardiff City	2–0	Afan Lido	Cardiff
19:30	Tony Bird Garry Thompson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,451

7 December 1993 (1993-12-07) Round 4	Wrexham	0–2	Cardiff City	Wrexham
			Tony Bird Phil Stant	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 2,142

9 February 1994 (1994-02-09) Round 5	Ebbw Vale	1–1	Cardiff City	Ebbw Vale
			Darren Adams	Stadium: Eugene Cross Park Attendance: 3,750

22 February 1994 (1994-02-22) Round 5 (Replay)	Cardiff City	3–0	Ebbw Vale	Cardiff
19:30	Garry Thompson Tony Bird Phil Stant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Roger Gifford (Llanbradach)

14 April 1994 (1994-04-14) Semi Final (First leg)	Swansea City	1–2	Cardiff City	Swansea
	John Cornforth		Phil Stant Phil Stant	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 3,286

28 April 1994 (1994-04-28) Semi Final (Second leg)	Cardiff City	4–1 (6–2 agg.)	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:30	Wayne Fereday Tony Bird Phil Stant Paul Millar (pen)		Andy McFarlane	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,606

15 May 1994 (1994-05-15) Final	Barry Town	2–1	Cardiff City	Cardiff
15:00	Dave D'Auria David Hough		Phil Stant	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: J Lloyd (Wrexham)

Autoglass Trophy

20 October 1993 (1993-10-20) Preliminary Round	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Cardiff City	Bath, Somerset
	Justin Skinner Marcus Stewart Marcus Stewart			Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 2,035

9 November 1993 (1993-11-09) Preliminary Round	Cardiff City	2–0	Torquay United	Cardiff
19:30	Garry Thompson Phil Stant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,642

14 December 1993 (1993-12-14) Round 2	Wycombe Wanderers	3–2	Cardiff City	High Wycombe
	Tim Langford Terry Evans Steve Guppy		Phil Stant Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 2,703

References

^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1994". 11v11. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Cardiff City 1993-94 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1994". 11v11. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

Bibliography

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
Rollin, Jack, ed. (1994). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1994-95. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7857-1.

"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.

Welsh Football Data Archive

[1] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1994". 11v11. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[results-2] "Cardiff City 1993-94 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[11v11results-3] "Cardiff City football club match record: 1994". 11v11. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

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