1996–97 Serie A

Serie A

Season	1996–97
Dates	7 September 1996 – 1 June 1997
Champions	Juventus 24th title
Relegated	Cagliari Perugia Verona Reggiana
Champions League	Juventus Parma
Cup Winners' Cup	Vicenza
UEFA Cup	Internazionale Lazio Udinese Sampdoria
Matches played	306
Goals scored	810 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Filippo Inzaghi (24 goals)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Atalanta

Bologna

Cagliari

Fiorentina

Internazionale
Milan

Juventus

Lazio
Roma

Napoli

Parma

Perugia

Piacenza

Reggiana

Sampdoria

Udinese

Hellas Verona

Vicenza

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Serie A 1996-97 team distribution

The 1996–97 Serie A title was won by Juventus, under head coach Marcello Lippi. Cagliari, Perugia, Hellas Verona and Reggiana were relegated.

Teams

Bologna, Hellas Verona, Perugia and Reggiana had been promoted from Serie B.

Events

Following the historical change of the UEFA Champions League entry list, Italy obtained a seventh place in Europe.

Personnel and Sponsoring

Team	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta	Emiliano Mondonico	Asics	Somet
Bologna	Renzo Ulivieri	Diadora	Carisbo
Cagliari	Carlo Mazzone	Reebok	Pecorino Sardo
Fiorentina	Claudio Ranieri	Reebok	Sammontana
Internazionale	Luciano Castellani	Umbro	Pirelli
Juventus	Marcello Lippi	Kappa	Sony
Lazio	Dino Zoff	Umbro	Cirio
Milan	Arrigo Sacchi	Lotto	Opel
Napoli	Vincenzo Montefusco	Lotto	Centrale del latte di Napoli
Parma	Carlo Ancelotti	Puma	Parmalat
Perugia	Nevio Scala	Galex	CEPU
Piacenza	Bortolo Mutti	ABM	Caripiacenza
Reggiana	Francesco Oddo	Asics	Burro Giglio
Roma	Nils Liedholm	Diadora	INA Assitalia
Sampdoria	Sven-Göran Eriksson	Asics	None
Udinese	Alberto Zaccheroni	Hummel	Millionaire Market
Hellas Verona	Luigi Cagni	Erreà	Ferroli
Vicenza	Francesco Guidolin	Biemme	Pal Zileri

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	34	17	14	3	51	24	+27	65	Qualified to Champions League group stage
2	Parma	34	18	9	7	41	26	+15	63	Qualified to Champions League qualifying round
3	Internazionale	34	15	14	5	51	35	+16	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Lazio	34	15	10	9	54	37	+17	55
5	Udinese	34	15	9	10	53	41	+12	54
6	Sampdoria	34	14	11	9	60	46	+14	53
7	Bologna	34	13	10	11	50	44	+6	49
8	Vicenza	34	12	11	11	43	38	+5	47	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
9	Fiorentina	34	10	15	9	46	41	+5	45
10	Atalanta	34	11	11	12	44	46	−2	44
11	Milan	34	11	10	13	43	45	−2	43
12	Roma	34	10	11	13	46	47	−1	41
13	Napoli	34	9	14	11	38	45	−7	41
14	Piacenza	34	7	16	11	29	45	−16	37	Relegation tie-breaker
15	Cagliari (R)	34	9	10	15	45	55	−10	37	Serie B after tie-breaker
16	Perugia (R)	34	10	7	17	48	62	−14	37	Relegation to Serie B
17	Hellas Verona (R)	34	6	9	19	38	64	−26	27
18	Reggiana (R)	34	2	13	19	28	67	−39	19

Source: Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	CAG	FIO	INT	JUV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PAR	PER	PIA	REA	ROM	SAM	UDI	HEL	VIC
Atalanta		1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	4–0	1–0	0–4	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–1
Bologna	3–1		3–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–1	0–0	6–1	0–0
Cagliari	2–0	2–2		4–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–4	1–2	3–2	2–1
Fiorentina	0–0	3–2	2–0		0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–4
Internazionale	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2		0–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–4	1–1	2–1	0–1
Juventus	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0		2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	0–3	3–2	2–0
Lazio	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–2		3–0	3–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	6–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–2
Milan	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–6	2–2		3–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	4–1	1–0
Napoli	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0		2–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Parma	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0		1–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	3–0
Perugia	3–1	5–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1
Piacenza	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1		3–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0
Reggiana	0–3	1–3	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–0		1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0
Roma	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	3–1	2–2		1–4	0–3	4–3	2–0
Sampdoria	2–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	5–2	3–0	3–0	1–2		4–0	0–0	2–1
Udinese	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–4	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	4–5		3–0	1–1
Hellas Verona	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–4	2–1	1–1	3–2		2–2
Vicenza	4–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–0

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Relegation tie-breaker

15 June 1997

Cagliari	1–3	Piacenza
Tovalieri 65'	Report	Luiso 5', 90+1' Berretta 38' (o.g.)

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Prato)

Cagliari relegated to 1997-98 Serie B.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Filippo Inzaghi	Atalanta	24
2	Vincenzo Montella	Sampdoria	22
3	Abel Balbo	Roma	17
4	Sandro Tovalieri	Reggiana, Cagliari	16
5	Roberto Mancini	Sampdoria	15
	Marco Negri	Perugia
	Giuseppe Signori	Lazio
8	Enrico Chiesa	Parma	14
	Youri Djorkaeff	Internazionale
	Pasquale Luiso	Piacenza

References and sources

• Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

External links

• it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1997 - Italian version with pictures and info.
• [1] - All results on RSSSF Website.
• 1996/1997 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.co.uk)