1995–96 A.C. Fiorentina season
| 1995–96 season | ||||
| President | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | |||
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| Manager | Claudio Ranieri | |||
| Stadium | Stadio Artemio Franchi | |||
| Serie A | 4th | |||
| Coppa Italia | Winners | |||
| Top goalscorer | 
League:  Gabriel Batistuta (19) All: Gabriel Batistuta (27)  | |||
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Associazione Calcio Fiorentina had its best season for a long time, finishing tied for third in Serie A, plus winning the Coppa Italia following a clear double victory over Atalanta in the final. Strengthened by Stefan Schwarz and Michele Serena, Fiorentina were able to concede fewer goals than previously, but even though Rui Costa and Gabriel Batistuta continued their special partnership, the goals did not come with such ease as the year before.
Players
Goalkeepers
-  
 Francesco Toldo -  
 Gianmatteo Mareggini -  
 Alessandro Zandonà 
Defenders
-  
 Daniele Carnasciali -  
 Michele Serena -  
 Lorenzo Amoruso -  
 Michele Pagano -  
 Pasquale Padalino -  
 Andrea Sottil -  
 Alessandro Orlando -  
 Alberto Malusci 
Midfielders
-  
 Giovanni Piacentini -  
 Stefan Schwarz -  
 Rui Costa -  
 Massimo Orlando -  
 Sandro Cois -  
 Federico Bettoni -  
 Nicola Binchi -  
 Emiliano Bigica -  
 Christian Amoroso -  
 Cristiano Zanetti 
Forwards
Competitions
Serie A
League table
| Pos | 
Team | 
Pld | 
W | 
D | 
L | 
GF | 
GA | 
GD | 
Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan (C) | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 73 | 1996–97 UEFA Champions League Group stage | 
| 2 | Juventus | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 651 | |
| 3 | Lazio | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 59 | 1996–97 UEFA Cup First round | 
| 4 | Fiorentina | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 59 | 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round | 
| 5 | Roma | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 58 | 1996–97 UEFA Cup First round | 
| 6 | Parma | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 58 | |
| 7 | Internazionale | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 54 | |
| 8 | Sampdoria | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 52 | |
| 9 | Vicenza | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 49 | |
| 10 | Cagliari | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 41 | |
| 11 | Udinese | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 41 | |
| 12 | Napoli | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 41 | |
| 13 | Atalanta | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 39 | |
| 14 | Piacenza | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 37 | |
| 15 | Bari (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B | 
| 16 | Torino (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 29 | |
| 17 | Cremonese (R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 27 | |
| 18 | Padova (R) | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 41 | 79 | −38 | 24 | 
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 Juventus gained entry to the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League as defending champions.
(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.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 
Last updated: 25 July 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | 
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | 
Last updated: 25 July 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Matches
| 27 August 1995 1 | Fiorentina | 2–0 | Torino | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Banchelli  | 
Report |  Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi  | 
| 10 September 1995 2 | Vicenza | 1–0 | Fiorentina | Vicenza | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Rossi  | 
Report |  Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi  | 
| 17 September 1995 3 | Fiorentina | 3–1 | Cagliari | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Baiano  Amoruso  | 
Report |  Amoruso  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Gianni Beschin  | 
| 24 September 1995 4 | Parma | 3–0 | Fiorentina | Parma | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Stoichkov  Crippa Benarrivo  | 
Report |  Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto  | 
| 1 October 1995 5 | Fiorentina | 3–2 | Cremonese | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Padalino  Baiano Batistuta  | 
Report |  Maspero  Fantini  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Emilio Pellegrino  | 
| 15 October 1995 6 | Napoli | 0–2 | Fiorentina | Naples | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |  Tarantino  Orlando  | 
 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Roberto Bettin  | 
| 22 October 1995 7 | Sampdoria | 2–1 | Fiorentina | Genoa | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Maniero  Salsano  | 
Report |  Rui Costa  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Cosimo Bolognino  | 
| 29 October 1995 8 | Fiorentina | 3–2 | Bari | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Robbiati  Rui Costa Batistuta  | 
Report |  Annoni  Protti  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Marcello Cardona  | 
| 5 November 1995 9 | Fiorentina | 2–0 | Lazio | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Batistuta  | 
Report |  Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto  | 
| 19 November 1995 10 | Juventus | 1–0 | Fiorentina | Turin | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Del Piero  | 
Report |  Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Livio Bazzoli  | 
| 26 November 1995 11 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | Internazionale | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Batistuta  | 
Report |  Ganz  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Alfredo Trentalange  | 
| 3 December 1995 12 | Padova | 0–1 | Fiorentina | Padua | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |  Batistuta  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Referee: Domenico Messina  | 
| 10 December 1995 13 | Fiorentina | 3–0 | Udinese | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Baiano  Batistuta  | 
Report |  Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Angelo Bonfrisco  | 
| 17 December 1995 14 | Atalanta | 1–3 | Fiorentina | Bergamo | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Morfeo  | 
Report |  Baiano  Batistuta  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Stefano Farina  | 
| 23 December 1995 15 | Fiorentina | 2–2 | Milan | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Robbiati  Baiano  | 
Report |  Weah  R. Baggio  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto  | 
| 7 January 1996 16 | Roma | 2–2 | Fiorentina | Rome | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Balbo  | 
Report |  Robbiati  Batistuta  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi  | 
| 14 January 1996 17 | Fiorentina | 2–1 | Piacenza | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Robbiati  Baiano  | 
Report |  Turrini  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Massimo De Santis  | 
| 21 January 1996 18 | Torino | 0–3 | Fiorentina | Turin | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |  Batistuta  Baiano  | 
 Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti P.  | 
| 28 January 1996 19 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | Vicenza | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Batistuta  | 
Report |  Di Carlo  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Gennaro Borriello  | 
| 4 February 1996 20 | Cagliari | 0–0 | Fiorentina | Cagliari | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |  Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Graziano Cesari  | 
| 11 February 1996 21 | Fiorentina | 1–0 | Parma | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Amoruso  | 
Report |  Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Domenico Messina  | 
| 18 February 1996 22 | Cremonese | 0–0 | Fiorentina | Cremona | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |  Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Pierluigi Collina  | 
| 25 February 1996 23 | Fiorentina | 3–0 | Napoli | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Batistuta  Robbiati  | 
Report |  Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Livio Bazzoli  | 
| 3 March 1996 24 | Fiorentina | 2–2 | Sampdoria | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Rui Costa  Robbiati  | 
Report |  Mancini  Karembeu  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi  | 
| 10 March 1996 25 | Bari | 1–1 | Fiorentina | Bari | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Andersson  | 
Report |  Baiano  | 
 Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti P.  | 
| 10 April 1996 26 | Lazio | 4–0 | Fiorentina | Rome | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Winter  Signori Casiraghi  | 
Report |  Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Pellegrino  | 
| 24 March 1996 27 | Fiorentina | 0–1 | Juventus | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |  Amoruso  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Graziano Cesari  | 
| 31 March 1996 28 | Internazionale | 1–2 | Fiorentina | Milan | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Centofanti  | 
Report |  Cois  Padalino  | 
 Stadium: San Siro Referee: Alfredo Trentalange  | 
| 6 April 1996 29 | Fiorentina | 6–4 | Padova | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Baiano  Robbiati Batistuta Banchelli Rosa  | 
Report |  Amoruso  Vlaović  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Daniele Tombolini  | 
| 14 April 1996 30 | Udinese | 1–0 | Fiorentina | Udine | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Poggi  | 
Report |  Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Graziano Cesari  | 
| 20 April 1996 31 | Fiorentina | 1–0 | Atalanta | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Banchelli  | 
Report |  Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti P.  | 
| 28 April 1996 32 | Milan | 3–1 | Fiorentina | Milan | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Savićević  R. Baggio Simone  | 
Report |  Rui Costa  | 
 Stadium: San Siro Referee: Walter Cinciripini  | 
| 5 May 1996 33 | Fiorentina | 1–4 | Roma | Florence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Batistuta  | 
Report |  Balbo  Delvecchio  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Emilio Pellegrino  | 
| 12 May 1996 34 | Piacenza | 0–1 | Fiorentina | Piacenza | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report |  Corini  | 
 Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Livio Bazzoli  | 
Coppa Italia
Statistics
Goalscorers
-  
 Gabriel Batistuta 19 (2) -  
 Francesco Baiano 11 (1) -  
 Anselmo Robbiati 6 -  
 Giacomo Banchelli 4 -  
 Rui Costa 4 (1) 
References
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