1996–97 Serie A

{{Short description|95th season of top-tier Italian football}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Serie A

| season = 1996–97

| dates = 7 September 1996 – 1 June 1997

| winners = Juventus
24th title

| relegated = Cagliari
Perugia
Verona
Reggiana

| continentalcup1 = Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Juventus
Parma

| continentalcup3 = UEFA Cup

| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Internazionale
Lazio
Udinese
Sampdoria

| continentalcup2 = Cup Winners' Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Vicenza

| league topscorer = Filippo Inzaghi
(24 goals)

| matches = 306

| total goals = 810

| prevseason = 1995–96

| nextseason = 1997–98

}}

{{Location map+|Italy|float=right|width=300|caption=Serie A 1996-97 team distribution|places=

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.965|long=9.67|label=Atalanta}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=44.5075|long=11.351389|label=Bologna}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=39.246389|long=9.0575|label=Cagliari}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=43.771667|long=11.253611|label=Fiorentina}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.4636|long=9.1884|label=Internazionale
Milan|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.066667|long=7.7|label=Juventus|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=41.9|long=12.5|label=Lazio
Roma|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=40.833333|long=14.25|label=Napoli|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=44.8|long=10.333333|label=Parma|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=43.1121|long=12.3888|label=Perugia}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.047778|long=9.700556|label=Piacenza}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=44.7|long=10.633333|label=Reggiana}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=44.4|long=8.916667|label=Sampdoria|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=46.066667|long=13.233333|label=Udinese|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.433333|long=10.983333|label=Hellas Verona|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.55|long=11.55|label=Vicenza}}

}}

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

class="wikitable sortable"

!Team

!Head Coach

!Kit manufacturer

!Shirt sponsor

Atalanta

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Emiliano Mondonico

|Asics

|Somet

Bologna

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Renzo Ulivieri

|Diadora

|Carisbo

Cagliari

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Carlo Mazzone

|Reebok

|Pecorino Sardo

Fiorentina

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Claudio Ranieri

|Reebok

|Sammontana

Internazionale

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Luciano Castellani

|Umbro

|Pirelli

Juventus

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Marcello Lippi

|Kappa

|Sony

Lazio

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Dino Zoff

|Umbro

|Cirio

Milan

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Arrigo Sacchi

|Lotto

|Opel

Napoli

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Vincenzo Montefusco

|Lotto

|Centrale del latte di Napoli

Parma

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Carlo Ancelotti

|Puma

|Parmalat

Perugia

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Nevio Scala

|Galex

|CEPU

Piacenza

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Bortolo Mutti

|ABM

|Caripiacenza

Reggiana

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Francesco Oddo

|Asics

|Burro Giglio

Roma

|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Nils Liedholm

|Diadora

|INA Assitalia

Sampdoria

|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sven-Göran Eriksson

|Asics

|None

Udinese

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Alberto Zaccheroni

|Hummel

|Millionaire Market

Hellas Verona

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Luigi Cagni

|Erreà

|Ferroli

Vicenza

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Francesco Guidolin

|Biemme

|Pal Zileri

League table

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a/league-table/1996-97 Serie A], [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital97.html RSSSF.com], [http://int.soccerway.com/national/italy/serie-a/1996-1997/round-1/r59/ Soccerway]

|team1=JUV |team2=PAR |team3=INT |team4=LAZ |team5=UDI |team6=SAM |team7=BOL |team8=VIC |team9=FIO

|team10=ATA |team11=MIL |team12=ROM |team13=NAP |team14=PIA |team15=CAG |team16=PER |team17=HEL |team18=REA

|result1=CLGS |result2=CLQR |result3=UC |result4=UC |result5=UC |result6=UC |result8=COPPA |result14=RT1 |result15=RT2 |result16=REL |result17=REL |result18=REL

|win_ATA=11|draw_ATA=11 |loss_ATA=12 |gf_ATA=44|ga_ATA=46

|win_BOL=13|draw_BOL=10|loss_BOL=11|gf_BOL=50|ga_BOL=44

|win_CAG=9|draw_CAG=10|loss_CAG=15|gf_CAG=45|ga_CAG=55

|win_FIO=10 |draw_FIO=15|loss_FIO=9|gf_FIO=46|ga_FIO=41|

|win_HEL=6|draw_HEL=9 |loss_HEL=19|gf_HEL=38|ga_HEL=64

|win_INT=15 |draw_INT=14|loss_INT=5|gf_INT=51|ga_INT=35

|win_JUV=17 |draw_JUV=14|loss_JUV=3|gf_JUV=51|ga_JUV=24

|win_LAZ=15|draw_LAZ=10 |loss_LAZ=9|gf_LAZ=54|ga_LAZ=37

|win_MIL=11|draw_MIL=10|loss_MIL=13 |gf_MIL=43|ga_MIL=45

|win_NAP=9|draw_NAP=14|loss_NAP=11|gf_NAP=38|ga_NAP=45

|win_PAR=18|draw_PAR=9|loss_PAR=7|gf_PAR=41|ga_PAR=26

|win_PER=10|draw_PER=7|loss_PER=17|gf_PER=48|ga_PER=62

|win_PIA=7 |draw_PIA=16|loss_PIA=11|gf_PIA=29|ga_PIA=45

|win_REA=2|draw_REA=13|loss_REA=19|gf_REA=28|ga_REA=67

|win_ROM=10|draw_ROM=11|loss_ROM=13 |gf_ROM=46|ga_ROM=47

|win_SAM=14|draw_SAM=11 |loss_SAM=9|gf_SAM=60|ga_SAM=46

|win_UDI=15|draw_UDI=9|loss_UDI=10|gf_UDI=53|ga_UDI=41

|win_VIC=12|draw_VIC=11|loss_VIC=11 |gf_VIC=43|ga_VIC=38

|name_ATA=Atalanta

|name_BOL=Bologna

|name_CAG=Cagliari|status_CAG=R

|name_FIO=Fiorentina

|name_HEL=Hellas Verona|status_HEL=R

|name_INT=Internazionale

|name_JUV=Juventus|status_JUV=C

|name_LAZ=Lazio

|name_MIL=Milan

|name_NAP=Napoli

|name_PAR=Parma

|name_PER=Perugia|status_PER=R

|name_PIA=Piacenza

|name_REA=Reggiana|status_REA=R

|name_ROM=Roma

|name_SAM=Sampdoria

|name_UDI=Udinese

|name_VIC=Vicenza

|update=complete

|hth_ROM=Roma finished ahead of Napoli on Goal difference: Roma -1, Napoli -7.

|hth_PIA= CAG: 7 pts; PIA: 5 pts; PER: 4 pts.

|hth_CAG= CAG: 7 pts; PIA: 5 pts; PER: 4 pts.

|hth_PER=Relegated to 1997-98 Serie B for direct matches.

|show_limit=5

|class_rules=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).Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 {{cite web |url=https://www.figc.it/media/55325/tit3_noif_art_da47a70_23-06-2017__________12-09-2018.pdf|title=Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6|publisher=Italian Football Federation|format=PDF|language=italian|date=12 September 2018|access-date=11 November 2018}}

|res_col_header=QR

|col_CLGS=green1 |text_CLGS=Qualified to Champions League group stage

|col_CLQR=green2 |text_CLQR=Qualified to Champions League qualifying round

|col_UC=blue1 |text_UC=Qualification to UEFA Cup

|col_COPPA=yellow1 |text_COPPA=Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup

|col_RT1= | text_RT1=Relegation tie-breaker

|col_RT2=red1 | text_RT2=Serie B after tie-breaker

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to Serie B

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=ATA|team2=BOL|team3=CAG|team4=FIO|team5=INT

|team6=JUV|team7=LAZ|team8=MIL|team9=NAP|team10=PAR

|team11=PER|team12=PIA|team13=REA|team14=ROM|team15=SAM

|team16=UDI|team17=HEL|team18=VIC

|name_ATA=Atalanta

|match_ATA_BOL=1–1

|match_ATA_CAG=4–1

|match_ATA_FIO=2–2

|match_ATA_INT=1–1

|match_ATA_JUV=1–1

|match_ATA_LAZ=2–1

|match_ATA_MIL=0–2

|match_ATA_NAP=2–2

|match_ATA_PAR=1–2

|match_ATA_PER=2–2

|match_ATA_PIA=4–0

|match_ATA_REA=1–0

|match_ATA_ROM=0–4

|match_ATA_SAM=4–0

|match_ATA_UDI=1–0

|match_ATA_HEL=1–0

|match_ATA_VIC=3–1

|name_BOL=Bologna

|match_BOL_ATA= 3–1

|match_BOL_CAG= 3–0

|match_BOL_FIO= 0–2

|match_BOL_INT= 2–2

|match_BOL_JUV= 0–1

|match_BOL_LAZ= 1–0

|match_BOL_MIL=1–2

|match_BOL_NAP= 2–1

|match_BOL_PAR=0–1

|match_BOL_PER=0–0

|match_BOL_PIA= 1–1

|match_BOL_REA= 3–2

|match_BOL_ROM= 3–2

|match_BOL_SAM=2–1

|match_BOL_UDI=0–0

|match_BOL_HEL= 6–1

|match_BOL_VIC=0–0

|name_CAG=Cagliari

|match_CAG_ATA=2–0

|match_CAG_BOL=2–2

|match_CAG_FIO=4–1

|match_CAG_INT=1–2

|match_CAG_JUV=0–0

|match_CAG_LAZ=0–0

|match_CAG_MIL=1–1

|match_CAG_NAP=1–1

|match_CAG_PAR=0–1

|match_CAG_PER=2–1

|match_CAG_PIA=1–0

|match_CAG_REA=1–1

|match_CAG_ROM=2–1

|match_CAG_SAM=3–4

|match_CAG_UDI=1–2

|match_CAG_HEL=3–2

|match_CAG_VIC=2–1

|name_FIO=Fiorentina

|match_FIO_ATA=0–0

|match_FIO_BOL=3–2

|match_FIO_CAG=2–0

|match_FIO_INT=0–0

|match_FIO_JUV=1–1

|match_FIO_LAZ=0–0

|match_FIO_MIL=1–0

|match_FIO_NAP=3–0

|match_FIO_PAR=1–0

|match_FIO_PER=4–1

|match_FIO_PIA=1–1

|match_FIO_REA=3–0

|match_FIO_ROM=2–1

|match_FIO_SAM=1–1

|match_FIO_UDI=2–3

|match_FIO_HEL=2–0

|match_FIO_VIC=2–4

|name_INT=Internazionale

|match_INT_ATA=2–0

|match_INT_BOL=0–2

|match_INT_CAG=2–2

|match_INT_FIO=2–2

|match_INT_JUV=0–0

|match_INT_LAZ=1–1

|match_INT_MIL=3–1

|match_INT_NAP=3–2

|match_INT_PAR=3–1

|match_INT_PER=1–0

|match_INT_PIA=2–0

|match_INT_REA=3–1

|match_INT_ROM=3–1

|match_INT_SAM=3–4

|match_INT_UDI=1–1

|match_INT_HEL=2–1

|match_INT_VIC=0–1

|name_JUV=Juventus

|match_JUV_ATA=0–0

|match_JUV_BOL=1–0

|match_JUV_CAG=2–1

|match_JUV_FIO=1–0

|match_JUV_INT=2–0

|match_JUV_LAZ=2–2

|match_JUV_MIL=0–0

|match_JUV_NAP=1–1

|match_JUV_PAR=1–1

|match_JUV_PER=2–1

|match_JUV_PIA=4–1

|match_JUV_REA=3–1

|match_JUV_ROM=3–0

|match_JUV_SAM=0–0

|match_JUV_UDI=0–3

|match_JUV_HEL=3–2

|match_JUV_VIC=2–0

|name_LAZ=Lazio

|match_LAZ_ATA=3–2

|match_LAZ_BOL=1–2

|match_LAZ_CAG=2–1

|match_LAZ_FIO=1–0

|match_LAZ_INT=2–2

|match_LAZ_JUV=0–2

|match_LAZ_MIL=3–0

|match_LAZ_NAP=3–2

|match_LAZ_PAR=2–1

|match_LAZ_PER=4–1

|match_LAZ_PIA=2–0

|match_LAZ_REA=6–1

|match_LAZ_ROM=0–0

|match_LAZ_SAM=1–1

|match_LAZ_UDI=0–1

|match_LAZ_HEL=4–1

|match_LAZ_VIC=0–2

|name_MIL=Milan

|match_MIL_ATA=1–1

|match_MIL_BOL= 2–0

|match_MIL_CAG=0–1

|match_MIL_FIO= 2–0

|match_MIL_INT=1–1

|match_MIL_JUV=1–6

|match_MIL_LAZ= 2–2

|match_MIL_NAP=3–1

|match_MIL_PAR=0–1

|match_MIL_PER=3–0

|match_MIL_PIA=0–0

|match_MIL_REA=3–1

|match_MIL_ROM= 1–1

|match_MIL_SAM=2–3

|match_MIL_UDI=2–1

|match_MIL_HEL=4–1

|match_MIL_VIC=1–0

|name_NAP=Napoli

|match_NAP_ATA=0–1

|match_NAP_BOL=3–2

|match_NAP_CAG=1–1

|match_NAP_FIO=2–2

|match_NAP_INT=1–2

|match_NAP_JUV=0–0

|match_NAP_LAZ=1–0

|match_NAP_MIL=0–0

|match_NAP_PAR=2–1

|match_NAP_PER=4–2

|match_NAP_PIA=1–1

|match_NAP_REA=1–0

|match_NAP_ROM=1–0

|match_NAP_SAM=1–1

|match_NAP_UDI=1–1

|match_NAP_HEL=1–0

|match_NAP_VIC=1–0

|name_PAR=Parma

|match_PAR_ATA=0–0

|match_PAR_BOL=1–0

|match_PAR_CAG=3–2

|match_PAR_FIO=0–0

|match_PAR_INT=1–0

|match_PAR_JUV=1–0

|match_PAR_LAZ=2–0

|match_PAR_MIL=1–1

|match_PAR_NAP=3–0

|match_PAR_PER=1–2

|match_PAR_PIA=1–0

|match_PAR_REA=3–2

|match_PAR_ROM=0–0

|match_PAR_SAM=3–0

|match_PAR_UDI=0–2

|match_PAR_HEL=1–0

|match_PAR_VIC=3–0

|name_PER=Perugia

|match_PER_ATA=3–1

|match_PER_BOL=5–1

|match_PER_CAG=3–2

|match_PER_FIO=1–1

|match_PER_INT=0–0

|match_PER_JUV=1–2

|match_PER_LAZ=1–2

|match_PER_MIL=1–0

|match_PER_NAP=1–1

|match_PER_PAR=1–2

|match_PER_PIA=1–1

|match_PER_REA=1–3

|match_PER_ROM=2–0

|match_PER_SAM=1–0

|match_PER_UDI=2–1

|match_PER_HEL=3–1

|match_PER_VIC=1–1

|name_PIA=Piacenza

|match_PIA_ATA=3–1

|match_PIA_BOL=1–1

|match_PIA_CAG=1–1

|match_PIA_FIO=1–1

|match_PIA_INT=0–3

|match_PIA_JUV=1–1

|match_PIA_LAZ=1–3

|match_PIA_MIL=3–2

|match_PIA_NAP=1–0

|match_PIA_PAR=0–0

|match_PIA_PER=2–1

|match_PIA_REA=3–0

|match_PIA_ROM=0–0

|match_PIA_SAM=2–2

|match_PIA_UDI=0–0

|match_PIA_HEL=2–0

|match_PIA_VIC=1–0

|name_REA=Reggiana

|match_REA_ATA=0–3

|match_REA_BOL=1–3

|match_REA_CAG=0–3

|match_REA_FIO=0–0

|match_REA_INT=1–1

|match_REA_JUV=1–1

|match_REA_LAZ=0–2

|match_REA_MIL=0–3

|match_REA_NAP=1–1

|match_REA_PAR=0–0

|match_REA_PER=1–4

|match_REA_PIA=0–0

|match_REA_ROM=1–1

|match_REA_SAM=1–1

|match_REA_UDI=0–0

|match_REA_HEL=2–2

|match_REA_VIC=0–0

|name_ROM=Roma

|match_ROM_ATA=0–2

|match_ROM_BOL=1–1

|match_ROM_CAG=3–1

|match_ROM_FIO=3–3

|match_ROM_INT=1–1

|match_ROM_JUV=1–1

|match_ROM_LAZ=1–1

|match_ROM_MIL=3–0

|match_ROM_NAP=1–0

|match_ROM_PAR=0–1

|match_ROM_PER=4–1

|match_ROM_PIA=3–1

|match_ROM_REA=2–2

|match_ROM_SAM=1–4

|match_ROM_UDI=0–3

|match_ROM_HEL=4–3

|match_ROM_VIC=2–0

|name_SAM=Sampdoria

|match_SAM_ATA=2–0

|match_SAM_BOL=1–2

|match_SAM_CAG=4–1

|match_SAM_FIO=1–1

|match_SAM_INT=1–2

|match_SAM_JUV=0–1

|match_SAM_LAZ=1–0

|match_SAM_MIL=2–1

|match_SAM_NAP=0–1

|match_SAM_PAR=1–1

|match_SAM_PER=5–2

|match_SAM_PIA=3–0

|match_SAM_REA=3–0

|match_SAM_ROM=1–2

|match_SAM_UDI=4–0

|match_SAM_HEL=0–0

|match_SAM_VIC=2–1

|name_UDI=Udinese

|match_UDI_ATA=2–0

|match_UDI_BOL=2–2

|match_UDI_CAG=1–0

|match_UDI_FIO=2–0

|match_UDI_INT=0–1

|match_UDI_JUV=1–4

|match_UDI_LAZ=2–3

|match_UDI_MIL=1–1

|match_UDI_NAP=2–2

|match_UDI_PAR=3–1

|match_UDI_PER=2–1

|match_UDI_PIA=4–0

|match_UDI_REA=2–1

|match_UDI_ROM=1–0

|match_UDI_SAM=4–5

|match_UDI_HEL=3–0

|match_UDI_VIC=1–1

|name_HEL=Hellas Verona

|match_HEL_ATA=1–1

|match_HEL_BOL=0–2

|match_HEL_CAG=2–2

|match_HEL_FIO=2–1

|match_HEL_INT=0–1

|match_HEL_JUV=0–2

|match_HEL_LAZ=1–1

|match_HEL_MIL=3–1

|match_HEL_NAP=2–0

|match_HEL_PAR=1–2

|match_HEL_PER=2–0

|match_HEL_PIA=0–0

|match_HEL_REA=2–4

|match_HEL_ROM=2–1

|match_HEL_SAM=1–1

|match_HEL_UDI=3–2

|match_HEL_VIC=2–2

|name_VIC=Vicenza

|match_VIC_ATA=4–1

|match_VIC_BOL=2–0

|match_VIC_CAG=2–0

|match_VIC_FIO=3–2

|match_VIC_INT=1–1

|match_VIC_JUV=2–1

|match_VIC_LAZ=0–2

|match_VIC_MIL=2–0

|match_VIC_NAP=2–2

|match_VIC_PAR=1–1

|match_VIC_PER=4–1

|match_VIC_PER_note=The match was played at Stadio Giglio.

|match_VIC_PIA=1–1

|match_VIC_REA=2–0

|match_VIC_ROM=0–2

|match_VIC_SAM=1–1

|match_VIC_UDI=2–0

|match_VIC_HEL=0–0

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060813073241/http://www.lega-calcio.it/ lega-calcio.it] {{in lang|it}}

}}

Relegation tie-breaker

{{football box

|date=15 June 1997

|time=

|team1=Cagliari

|score=1–3

|report= http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a/match-report/1996-97/SPARE/UNI/1/PIACAG

|team2=Piacenza

|goals1=Tovalieri {{goal|65}}

|goals2=Luiso {{goal|5||90+1}}
Berretta {{goal|38|o.g.}}

|stadium=Stadio San Paolo, Naples

|attendance= 25,000

|referee=Stefano Braschi (Prato)

}}

Cagliari relegated to 1997-98 Serie B.

Top goalscorers

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

1

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Filippo Inzaghi

|Atalanta

| style="text-align:center;"|24

2

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Vincenzo Montella

|Sampdoria

| style="text-align:center;"|22

3

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Abel Balbo

|Roma

| style="text-align:center;"|17

4

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sandro Tovalieri

|Reggiana, Cagliari

| style="text-align:center;"|16

rowspan="3"|5

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Mancini

|Sampdoria

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |15

{{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Negri

|Perugia

{{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Signori

|Lazio

rowspan="3"|8

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Enrico Chiesa

|Parma

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |14

{{flagicon|FRA}} Youri Djorkaeff

|Internazionale

{{flagicon|ITA}} Pasquale Luiso

|Piacenza

Footnotes

{{Reflist|1}}

References and sources

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