1996–97 Parma A.C. season

Parma
1996–97 season
President Calisto Tanzi
Manager Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A 2nd
Coppa Italia Second round
UEFA Cup First round
Top goalscorer League:
Enrico Chiesa (14)
All:
Enrico Chiesa (16)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 1996–97 season was Parma Associazione Calcio's seventh consecutive season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Cup, where it suffered a shock first round exit to Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães.

Season review

Parma came the closest it had ever been to winning the Italian championship, but came up short by finishing only two points against Juventus. Young goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, along with new recruits Lilian Thuram, Enrico Chiesa and Hernán Crespo, proved to be the driving force in Parma's title bid, which nearly reached ultimate success. However, a dubious penalty for Juventus in a 1–1 draw against the Turin club in May sealed Juventus' title.

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
2 Italy DF Luigi Apolloni
3 Italy DF Antonio Benarrivo
6 France MF Daniel Bravo
7 Argentina DF Nestor Sensini
8 Italy MF Dino Baggio
9 Italy MF Massimo Crippa
11 Argentina FW Hernán Crespo
12 Italy GK Gianluigi Buffon
14 Italy DF Roberto Mussi
16 Italy FW Gianluca Triuzzi
17 Italy DF Fabio Cannavaro
18 Italy MF Pietro Strada
No. Position Player
19 Italy FW Alessandro Melli
20 Italy FW Enrico Chiesa
21 France DF Lilian Thuram
22 Brazil DF Zé Maria
23 Italy GK Alessandro Nista
24 Italy DF Luca Pinton
25 Italy MF Simone Barone
26 Croatia MF Mario Stanić
27 Italy DF Sebastiano Sapienza
29 Italy FW Fabrizio Miccoli
31 France MF Reynald Pedros
32 Sweden FW Tomas Brolin (on loan from Leeds United)

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
1 Italy GK Luca Bucci (to Perugia)
4 Italy DF Lorenzo Minotti (to Cagliari)
10 Italy FW Gianfranco Zola (to Chelsea)
No. Position Player
13 Brazil MF Amaral (to Benfica)
15 Italy MF Massimo Brambilla (to Bologna)

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1996–97 Serie A

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 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Parma 34 18 9 7 41 26+15 63 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Internazionale 34 15 14 5 51 35+16 59 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round
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 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
9 Fiorentina 34 10 15 9 46 41+5 45
10 Atalanta 34 11 11 12 44 462 44
11 Milan 34 11 10 13 43 452 43
12 Roma 34 10 11 13 46 471 41
12 Napoli 34 9 14 11 38 457 41
14 Cagliari (R) 34 9 10 15 45 5510 37 Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker
14 Piacenza 34 9 10 15 31 4817 37
14 Perugia (R) 34 10 7 17 48 6214 0371 Relegation to Serie B
17 Hellas Verona (R) 34 6 9 19 38 6426 27
18 Reggiana (R) 34 2 13 19 28 6739 19

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 Perugia relegated for direct matches.
(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

Coppa Italia

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup

First round

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

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