1995–96 Juventus F.C. season

Juventus
1995–96 season
President Vittorio Chiusano
Manager Marcello Lippi
Stadium Stadio delle Alpi
Serie A 2nd
Supercoppa Italiana Winners
Coppa Italia Round of 16
UEFA Champions League Winners
Top goalscorer League:
Fabrizio Ravanelli (12)
All:
Fabrizio Ravanelli (17)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Juventus Football Club finally managed to regain the European Cup trophy after 11 years, winning the Champions League final against Ajax on penalties in Rome. That was the climax of a successful season, that saw Juventus winning the Supercoppa Italiana in the late summer of 1995, before going on to finish second in the league. Following the Champions League title, strikers Gianluca Vialli and Fabrizio Ravanelli were unceremoniously sold to Chelsea and Middlesbrough, respectively. The club also dropped Pietro Vierchowod and Paulo Sousa, much to the surprise of outside observers, since they both were established in the first team. Also Massimo Carrera, who had lost his regular place in the first XI left. Instead, Juventus decided to sign playmaker Zinedine Zidane from Bordeaux, along with young striker Christian Vieri, who signed from Atalanta.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Angelo Peruzzi
2 Italy DF Ciro Ferrara
3 Italy DF Moreno Torricelli
4 Italy DF Massimo Carrera
5 Italy DF Sergio Porrini
6 Portugal MF Paulo Sousa
7 Italy MF Angelo Di Livio
8 Italy MF Antonio Conte
9 Italy FW Gianluca Vialli (captain)
10 Italy FW Alessandro Del Piero
11 Italy FW Fabrizio Ravanelli
12 Italy GK Michelangelo Rampulla
No. Position Player
13 Italy MF Giancarlo Marocchi
14 France MF Didier Deschamps
15 Italy MF Alessio Tacchinardi
18 Serbia and Montenegro MF Vladimir Jugović
19 Italy MF Attilio Lombardo
20 Italy DF Pietro Vierchowod
21 Italy FW Michele Padovano
22 Italy DF Gianluca Pessotto
23 Argentina MF Juan Pablo Sorín
24 Italy GK Nicola Visentin
26 Italy DF Simone Loria
Italy FW Tommaso Rocchi

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
16 Italy MF Luca Fusi (to Lugano)

Competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

Serie A

Main article: 1995–96 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 0651
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 36 371 49
10 Cagliari 34 11 8 15 34 4713 41
11 Udinese 34 11 8 15 41 498 41
12 Napoli 34 10 11 13 28 4113 41
13 Atalanta 34 11 6 17 38 5012 39
14 Piacenza 34 9 10 15 31 4817 37
15 Bari (R) 34 8 8 18 49 7122 32 Relegation to Serie B
16 Torino (R) 34 6 11 17 28 4618 29
17 Cremonese (R) 34 5 12 17 37 5720 27
18 Padova (R) 34 7 3 24 41 7938 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.

Matches

Top scorers

Coppa Italia

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Juventus 6411154+1113
Germany Borussia Dortmund 62318809
Romania Steaua București 61322536
Scotland Rangers 603361483

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

References

  1. "Juventus - 1995/96". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
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