Coach: Neale Balme
Captain: Garry Lyon
Finishing Position: 10th
Best and Fairest: Todd Viney
Leading Goalkicker: Allen Jakovich (39)
Best First Year Player: David Neitz
Major sponsor: Pioneer Homes
Members: 10,097
| Matches | Ladder | Playing List | Best and Fairest | Reserves | |
After a disappointing 1992 campaign which saw a five year finals streak snapped John Northey left for Richmond and was replaced with ex-Tigers premiership player Neale Balme who had been coaching in the SANFL. A selection committee of Hassa Mann, Noel McMahen, Ray Manley and Steven Smith chose Balme over Stan Alves, Peter Hudson, Greg Wells, Reserves coach Mark Cross, Essendon Reserves coach Denis Pagan and Kevin Morris.
After significant financial losses over the previous two seasons, the club signed a $300,000 a year major sponsorship with Pioneer Homes, twice their 1992 deal with Snowy Mountain Water. Player salaries were slashed before the year to try and reign in some of the financial troubles. The club appealed to fans to helped by joining as members, but only saw an increase of around 1400 on 1992.
The AFL proposed to merge the Reserves (known under the name Victorian State Football League)) with the VFA, giving each Victorian club an Association affiliate. Melbourne would likely have partnered with Prahran but VFA clubs rejected the proposal. In 2000 a similar system was introduced, by which time Prahran had left the competition.
In a tight final ladder, the Demons finished 10th, two games out of the finals but only percentage above the 11th and 12th placed teams. The three teams who finished on ten wins for the season then had a lead of six games over the next placed side.
The Reserves won Melbourne's 12th and last premiership in the grade.
At the end of the year the Demons delisted Darren Bennett, Shane Burgmann, Darren Cuthbertson, Brett Evans, Andy Goodwin, Greg Healy, Brett Jeffrey, Rod Keogh, Matthew Mackay, Damon Munt, Michael Pickering, Scott Simister, Steven Stretch and David Taylor.
A purported seven-year, $2 million sponsorship deal signed with Tooheys at the end of the year proved controversial as the AFL was sponsored by their rivals Carlton and United. St Kilda had entered into a similar arrangement with Tooheys before the start of the season, with the AFL admitting they had no rules to prevent the partnership.
Practice matches
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| Northern Territory Football League | WIN | 54-31 | |||
| Footscray | WIN | 106-100 | |||
| Carlton | WIN | 123-119 | |||
Fosters Cup
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | Collingwood | WIN | 65-61 | ||
| QF | West Coast | LOSS | 39-75 | ||
Premiership season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | Hawthorn | LOSS | 70-93 | ||
| 2 | Footscray | LOSS | 95-103 | ||
| 3 | Brisbane | LOSS | 113-115 | ||
| 4 | North Melbourne | LOSS | 99-128 | ||
| 5 | Adelaide | WIN | 77-68 | ||
| 6 | Richmond | WIN | 153-63 | ||
| 7 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 78-79 | ||
| 8 | BYE | ||||
| 9 | West Coast | WIN | 101-88 | ||
| 10 | Carlton | LOSS | 74-128 | ||
| 11 | Collingwood | WIN | 160-109 | ||
| 12 | Essendon | WIN | 105-71 | ||
| 13 | Sydney | LOSS | 109-149 | ||
| 14 | St. Kilda | WIN | 92-46 | ||
| 15 | Geelong | WIN | 141-127 | ||
| 16 | Hawthorn | LOSS | 90-106 | ||
| 17 | Footscray | WIN | 110-97 | ||
| 18 | Brisbane | WIN | 138-49 | ||
| 19 | BYE | ||||
| 20 | Adelaide | LOSS | 46-105 | ||
| 21 | Richmond | WIN | 175-54 | ||
| 22 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 75-98 | ||
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Essendon | 13 | 1 | 6 | 119.1 | 54 |
| Carlton | 13 | 1 | 6 | 117.6 | 54 |
| North Melbourne | 13 | 0 | 7 | 120.8 | 52 |
| Hawthorn | 13 | 0 | 7 | 116.6 | 52 |
| Adelaide | 12 | 0 | 8 | 117.8 | 48 |
| West Coast | 12 | 0 | 8 | 115.8 | 48 |
| Geelong | 12 | 0 | 8 | 111.6 | 48 |
| Collingwood | 11 | 0 | 9 | 101.3 | 44 |
| Footscray | 11 | 0 | 9 | 99.0 | 44 |
| Melbourne | 10 | 0 | 10 | 112.2 | 40 |
| Fitzroy | 10 | 0 | 10 | 99.5 | 40 |
| St. Kilda | 10 | 0 | 10 | 94.2 | 40 |
| Brisbane | 4 | 0 | 16 | 75.3 | 16 |
| Richmond | 4 | 0 | 16 | 70.7 | 16 |
| Sydney | 1 | 0 | 19 | 63.3 | 4 |
Playing list
| Number | Player | Games | Goals | ||
| 1 | Adrian Campbell | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | Stephen Tingay | 20 | 13 | ||
| 3 | Garry Lyon | 18 | 36 | ||
| 5 | David Schwarz | 9 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Glenn Lovett | 20 | 19 | ||
| 7 | Darren Kowal | 17 | 21 | ||
| 8 | Graeme Yeats | 7 | 1 | ||
| 9 | Darren Cuthbertson | 5 | 9 | ||
| 11 | Jim Stynes | 20 | 6 | ||
| 12 | Todd Viney | 20 | 6 | ||
| 13 | Allen Jakovich | 9 | 39 | ||
| 14 | Rod Grinter | 15 | 21 | ||
| 15 | Haydn Robins | 6 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Andy Lovell | 18 | 21 | ||
| 17 | Brett Lovett | 18 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Steven Stretch | 14 | 17 | ||
| 19 | Darren Bennett | 2 | 4 | ||
| 20 | Matthew Febey | 18 | 9 | ||
| 21 | Steven Febey | 20 | 2 | ||
| 22 | Martin Pike | 8 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Kevin Dyson | 7 | 6 | ||
| 24 | Phil Gilbert | 15 | 1 | ||
| 25 | Jason Norrish | 5 | 1 | ||
| 26 | Greg Doyle | 2 | 1 | ||
| 27 | Sean Wight | 5 | 2 | ||
| 28 | Glenn Molloy | 1 | 1 | ||
| 29 | Andrew Obst | 19 | 15 | ||
| 30 | Paul Hopgood | 17 | 1 | ||
| 32 | Andy Goodwin | 4 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Greg Healy | 8 | 10 | ||
| 35 | Michael Pickering | 4 | 2 | ||
| 37 | Andrew Lamprill | 2 | 0 | ||
| 38 | David Neitz | 20 | 17 | ||
| 41 | Peter Rohde | 20 | 11 | ||
| 42 | Scott Simister | 3 | 2 | ||
| 44 | Sean Charles | 2 | 1 | ||
Best and Fairest
| Player | Votes | ||||
| 1st | Todd Viney | 394 | |||
| 2nd | Glenn Lovett | 279 | |||
| 3rd | Stephen Tingay | 255 | |||
| 4th | Steven Febey | 242 | |||
| 5th | Garry Lyon | 210 | |||
| 6th | Jim Stynes | 197 | |||
| 7th | Matthew Febey | 160 | |||
| 8th | David Neitz | 146 | |||
| 9th | Brett Lovett | 139 | |||
| 10th | Andy Lovell | 111 | |||
| 11th | Andrew Obst | 99 | |||
| 12th | Peter Rohde | 96 | |||
| 13th | Allen Jakovich | 83 | |||
| 14th | Phil Gilbert | 66 | |||
| 15th | Martin Pike | 53 | |||
| 16th | Darren Kowal | 49 | |||
| 17th | Greg Healy | 42 | |||
| 18th | Paul Hopgood | 40 | |||
| 19th | Steven Stretch | 26 | |||
| 20th | Sean Wight | 14 | |||
| 21st | Rod Grinter | 12 | |||
| 22nd | Kevin Dyson | 11 | |||
| 23rd | Adrian Campbell | 10 | |||
| 24th | Haydn Robins | 5 | |||
Awards
Most Consistent - Todd Viney
Most Improved - Matthew Febey
Best Team Player - Andrew Obst
Best Clubman (Redlegs Trophy) - Glenn Lovett
Tribunal
| Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
| Practice Match | Rod Grinter | Striking | Not Guilty | ||
| Fosters Cup R1 | Allen Jakovich | Wrestling | 1 Match | ||
| Round 3 | Matthew Febey | Striking | 2 matches | ||
| Round 7 Reserves | Allen Jakovich | Striking | Not guilty | ||
| Round 10 | Jim Stynes | Striking | Not Guilty | ||
| Round 10 | Phil Gilbert | Striking | Not Guilty | ||
| Round 11 | David Neitz | Striking | Not Guilty | ||
| Round 13 | Stephen Tingay | Striking | Not Guilty | ||
| Round 13 Reserves | Andy Goodwin | Misconduct | Unknown | ||
| Round 16 Reserves | Glenn Molloy | Striking | 2 matches | ||
| Round 16 Reserves | Andrew Lamprill | Striking | 1 match | ||
| Round 18 | Jim Stynes | Wrestling | Not Guilty | ||
| Round 19 Reserves | Jeff Hilton | Striking | 1 match | ||
| Round 19 Reserves | Shane Burgmann | Striking | 2 matches | ||
| Round 19 Reserves | David Schwarz | Abusive language | Unknown | ||
| Qualifying Final | Wayne Lamb | Striking | Unknown | ||
| Reserves Grand Final | Andy Goodwin | Striking | Unknown | ||
| Reserves Grand Final | Andrew Lamprill | Striking | Unknown | ||
Reserves
1993 Reserves Season
Best and Fairest - Rod Keogh
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Melbourne | 17 | 0 | 5 | 157.6 | 68 |
| Richmond | 17 | 0 | 5 | 121.3 | 68 |
| North Melbourne | 12 | 0 | 10 | 107.8 | 48 |
| Footscray | 11 | 0 | 11 | 105.3 | 44 |
| Essendon | 11 | 0 | 11 | 101.7 | 44 |
| Carlton | 11 | 0 | 11 | 94.2 | 44 |
| Hawthorn | 10 | 1 | 11 | 113.6 | 42 |
| Collingwood | 10 | 0 | 12 | 103.8 | 40 |
| St Kilda | 9 | 0 | 13 | 93.5 | 36 |
| Fitzroy | 9 | 0 | 13 | 82.2 | 36 |
| Sydney | 8 | 0 | 14 | 76.5 | 32 |
| Geelong | 6 | 1 | 15 | 74.8 | 26 |
Finals
| Round | Opposition | Result | __Score | ||
| QF | Richmond | WIN | 149-88 | ||
| SF | North Melbourne | WIN | 94-73 | ||
| GF | North Melbourne | WIN | 90-56 | ||
Media
Age - 27/09/1992, 04/12/1992, 24/03/1993, 19/10/1993
Inside Football - 30/09/1992
Canberra Times - 05/10/1993
Sydney Morning Herald - 08/04/2000