1994–95 Parma A.C. season

Parma

1994–95 season
President	Giorgio Pedraneschi
Manager	Nevio Scala
Stadium	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Gianfranco Zola (19) All: Gianfranco Zola (28)
Home colours Away colours
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

Parma Associazione Calcio had arguably its most successful season ever, thanks to a third-place finish in Serie A with the same points as runner-up Lazio, plus a victory against Juventus in the UEFA Cup Final. It also reached the Coppa Italia Final, where they were defeated by Juventus.

Players

Goalkeepers

• Luca Bucci
• Giovanni Galli

Defenders

• Antonio Benarrivo
• Luigi Apolloni
• Lorenzo Minotti
• Alberto Di Chiara
• Fernando Couto
• Néstor Sensini
• Massimo Susic
• Roberto Mussi
• Marcello Castellini
• Diego Pellegrini
• Gianfranco Cicarti

Midfielders

• Massimo Crippa
• Dino Baggio
• Stefano Fiore
• Gabriele Pin
• Tomas Brolin
• Mario Caruso
• Roberto Magnani

Forwards

• Faustino Asprilla
• Gianfranco Zola
• Marco Branca

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	34	23	4	7	59	32	+27	73	1995–96 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Lazio	34	19	6	9	69	34	+35	63	1995–96 UEFA Cup First round
3	Parma	34	18	9	7	51	31	+20	63	1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
4	Milan	34	17	9	8	53	32	+21	60	1995–96 UEFA Cup First round
5	Roma	34	16	11	7	46	25	+21	59
6	Internazionale	34	14	10	10	39	34	+5	052^1
7	Napoli	34	13	12	9	40	45	−5	51
8	Sampdoria	34	13	11	10	51	37	+14	50
9	Cagliari	34	13	10	11	40	39	+1	49
10	Fiorentina	34	12	11	11	61	57	+4	47
11	Torino	34	12	9	13	44	48	−4	45
12	Bari	34	12	8	14	40	43	−3	44
13	Cremonese	34	11	8	15	35	38	−3	41
14	Genoa (R)	34	10	10	14	34	49	−15	40	Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker
15	Padova	34	12	4	18	37	58	−21	40
16	Foggia (R)	34	8	10	16	32	50	−18	34	Relegation to Serie B
17	Reggiana (R)	34	4	6	24	24	59	−35	18
18	Brescia (R)	34	2	6	26	18	65	−47	12

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Internazionale gained entry to the 1995–96 UEFA Cup in place of defending champions Parma, who qualified for the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

• Parma-Cremonese 2-0
• 1-0 Fernando Couto (20)
• 2-0 Gianfranco Zola (60)
• Padova-Parma 0-3
• 0-1 Lorenzo Minotti (9)
• 0-2 Faustino Asprilla (28)
• 0-3 Faustino Asprilla (55)
• Parma-Cagliari 2-1
• 1-0 Dino Baggio (30)
• 2-0 Fernando Couto (45)
• 2-1 Luis Oliveira (56)
• Lazio-Parma 2-2
• 1-0 Giuseppe Signori (26)
• 1-1 Marco Branca (66)
• 1-2 Marco Branca (70)
• 2-2 Giuseppe Signori (74)
• Parma-Torino 2-0
• 1-0 Gianfranco Zola (57)
• 2-0 Marco Branca (83 pen)
• Sampdoria-Parma 3-1
• 0-1 Gianfranco Zola (43)
• 1-1 Riccardo Maspero (75)
• 2-1 Riccardo Maspero (81)
• 3-1 Roberto Mancini (87 pen)
• Parma-Reggiana 2-1
• 0-1 Paulo Futre (15)
• 1-1 Dino Baggio (61)
• 2-1 Marco Branca (79 pen)
• Parma-Roma 1-0
• 1-0 Gianfranco Zola (89)
• Milan-Parma 1-1
• 1-0 Daniele Massaro (33)
• 1-1 Massimo Crippa (74)
• Parma-Foggia 2-0
• 1-0 Dino Baggio (89)
• 2-0 Fernando Couto (90)
• Inter-Parma 1-1
• 1-0 Rubén Sosa (24 pen)
• 1-1 Marco Branca (61)
• Parma-Brescia 4-0
• 1-0 Massimo Crippa (45)
• 2-0 Gianfranco Zola (59)
• 3-0 Gianfranco Zola (65)
• 4-0 Dino Baggio (85)
• Genoa-Parma 0-0
• Bari-Parma 1-2
• 0-1 Gianfranco Zola (12)
• 1-1 Sandro Tovalieri (20)
• 1-2 Massimo Crippa (67)
• Parma-Juventus 1-3
• 1-0 Dino Baggio (57)
• 1-1 Paulo Sousa (61)
• 1-2 Fabrizio Ravanelli (70)
• 1-3 Fabrizio Ravanelli (74 pen)
• Fiorentina-Parma 1-1
• 1-0 Gabriel Batistuta (9)
• 1-1 Gabriele Pin (47)
• Parma-Napoli 2-0
• 1-0 Faustino Asprilla (4)
• 2-0 Gianfranco Zola (50 pen)
• Cremonese-Parma 1-1
• 0-1 Gianfranco Zola (48 pen)
• 1-1 Enrico Chiesa (70)
• Parma-Padova 1-0
• 1-0 Gianfranco Zola (72)
• Cagliari-Parma 2-0
• 1-0 Daniele Berretta (6)
• 2-0 Luis Oliveira (15)
• Parma-Lazio 2-0
• 1-0 Faustino Asprilla (11)
• 2-0 Faustino Asprilla (52)
• Torino-Parma 0-2
• 0-1 Gianfranco Zola (32)
• 0-2 Dino Baggio (88)
• Parma-Sampdoria 3-2
• 1-0 Gianfranco Zola (19)
• 2-0 Faustino Asprilla (22)
• 2-1 Attilio Lombardo (55 pen)
• 2-2 Ruud Gullit (64)
• 3-2 Gianfranco Zola (75)
• Reggiana-Parma 2-2
• 1-0 Massimiliano Esposito (14)
• 1-1 Fernando Couto (25)
• 1-2 Lorenzo Minotti (39)
• 2-2 Luigi Apolloni (67 og)
• Roma-Parma 1-0
• 1-0 Abel Balbo (23)
• Parma-Milan 2-3
• 0-1 Gianluigi Lentini (3)
• 0-2 Marco Simone (14 pen)
• 1-2 Gianfranco Zola (41 pen)
• 1-3 Marco Simone (53)
• 2-3 Gianfranco Zola (84)
• Foggia-Parma 0-0
• Parma-Inter 3-0
• 1-0 Néstor Sensini (54)
• 2-0 Gianfranco Zola (74)
• 3-0 Néstor Sensini (82)
• Brescia-Parma 1-2
• 0-1 Gianfranco Zola (7)
• 1-1 Maurizio Neri (21)
• 1-2 Gianfranco Zola (77 pen)
• Parma-Genoa 0-0
• Parma-Bari 1-0
• 1-0 Stefano Fiore (14)
• Juventus-Parma 4-0
• 1-0 Fabrizio Ravanelli (11)
• 2-0 Didier Deschamps (37)
• 3-0 Gianluca Vialli (64)
• 4-0 Fabrizio Ravanelli (68)
• Parma-Fiorentina 3-0
• 1-0 Marco Branca (75)
• 2-0 Gianfranco Zola (80)
• 3-0 Marco Branca (84 pen)
• Napoli-Parma 1-0
• 1-0 Massimo Agostini (24 pen)

Coppa Italia

UEFA Cup

First round

Vitesse Arnhem v Parma

13 September 1994 First leg	Vitesse Arnhem	1–0	Parma	Arnhem, Netherlands
19:00	Simons  23' Gillhaus  50'	Report	D. Baggio  29' Crippa  41' Couto  76'	Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Parma v Vitesse Arnhem

27 September 1994 Second leg	Parma	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Vitesse Arnhem	Parma, Italy
20:30	Zola  23', 72' D. Baggio  26' Branca  86'	Report	Vermeulen  51'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

Second round

AIK v Parma

20 October 1994 First leg	AIK	0–1	Parma	Solna, Sweden
18:00	Nordin  27'	Report	Asprilla  13' Crippa  27',  71' Apolloni  29' Di Chiara  67'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Referee: Gerald Ashby (England)

Parma v AIK

2 November 1994 Second leg	Parma	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	AIK	Parma, Italy
17:45	Minotti  5', 15'	Report	Johansson  0'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Patrick Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Third round

Athletic Bilbao v Parma

22 November 1994 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Parma	Bilbao, Spain
19:00	Ziganda  49'	Report	Minotti  44'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Parma v Athletic Bilbao

6 December 1994 Second leg	Parma	4–2 (4–3 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Parma, Italy
19:00	Crippa  7' Zola  20' D. Baggio  38', 47' Couto  63',  74' Franchini  85'	Report	Urrutia  34' Vales  56' Mendiguren  62' Guerrero  76' Ziganda  78'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 18,000 Referee: David Elleray (England)

Quarter-finals

Parma v Odense

2 March 1995 First leg	Parma	1–0	Odense	Parma, Italy
19:00	Susic  28' D. Baggio  33' Benarrivo  36' Asprilla  41' Zola  49' (pen.)	Report	O. Hansen  25' Dethlefsen  27' J. Hansen  45'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Odense v Parma

14 March 1995 Second leg	Odense	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Parma	Odense, Denmark
20:00		Report	Pin  38' Branca  48'	Stadium: Fionia Park Referee: Atanas Ouzounov (Bulgaria)

Semi-finals

Bayer Leverkusen v Parma

4 April 1995 First leg	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Parma	Leverkusen, Germany
19:00	Paulo Sérgio  20'	Report	Benarrivo  9' Sensini  43' D. Baggio  48' Asprilla  53'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Parma v Bayer Leverkusen

18 April 1995 Second leg	Parma	3–0 (5–1 agg.)	Bayer Leverkusen	Parma, Italy
18:30	Asprilla  3', 55' Crippa  51' Zola  67'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Final

Parma v Juventus

3 May 1995 First leg	Parma	1–0	Juventus	Parma, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	D. Baggio  5' Apolloni  16' Pin  42' Zola  54' Sensini  60'	Report	Deschamps  61' Tacchinardi  82'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 22,062 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Juventus v Parma

17 May 1995 Second leg	Juventus	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Parma	Turin, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ravanelli  16' Vialli  35',  43' Ferrara  63'	Report	Couto  2' Minotti  29' Crippa  47' D. Baggio  53' Asprilla  72' Castellini  86'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 80,754 Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Gianfranco Zola 19
• Marco Branca 7
• Dino Baggio 6
• Faustino Asprilla 6
• Fernando Couto 4

References