1996–97 Serie A

Serie A

Season	1996–97
Champions	Juventus 24th title
Relegated	Cagliari (relegation playoff) Perugia Verona Reggiana
Champions League	Juventus Parma
UEFA Cup	Internazionale Lazio Udinese Sampdoria
Cup Winners' Cup	Vicenza
Matches played	306
Goals scored	810 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Filippo Inzaghi (24)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Atalanta

Bologna

Cagliari

Fiorentina

Inter
Milan

Juventus

Lazio
Roma

Napoli

Parma

Perugia

Piacenza

Reggiana

Sampdoria

Udinese

Verona

Vicenza

Serie A 1996-97 team distribution

The 1996–97 Serie A title was won by Juventus, under head coach Marcello Lippi. Cagliari, Perugia, Verona, and Reggiana were relegated.

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	46	−2	44
11	Milan	34	11	10	13	43	45	−2	43
12	Roma	34	10	11	13	46	47	−1	41
12	Napoli	34	9	14	11	38	45	−7	41
14	Cagliari (R)	34	9	10	15	45	55	−10	37	Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker
14	Piacenza	34	7	16	11	31	48	−17	37
14	Perugia (R)	34	10	7	17	48	62	−14	0371	Relegation to Serie B
17	Hellas Verona (R)	34	6	9	19	38	64	−26	27
18	Reggiana (R)	34	2	13	19	28	67	−39	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.

Results

Home ╲ Away

ATA

BOL

CAG

FIO

INT

JUV

LAZ

MIL

NAP

PAR

PER

PIA

REA

ROM

SAM

UDI

HEL

VIC

Atalanta

1–1

4–1

2–2

1–1

1–1

2–1

0–2

2–2

1–2

2–2

4–0

1–0

0–4

4–0

1–0

1–0

3–1

Bologna

3–1

3–0

0–2

2–2

0–1

1–0

1–2

2–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

3–2

3–2

2–1

0–0

6–1

0–0

Cagliari

2–0

2–2

4–1

1–2

0–0

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

3–4

1–2

3–2

2–1

Fiorentina

0–0

3–2

2–0

0–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

3–0

1–0

4–1

1–1

3–0

2–1

1–1

2–3

2–0

2–4

Internazionale

2–0

0–2

2–2

2–2

0–0

1–1

3–1

3–2

3–1

1–0

2–0

3–1

3–1

3–4

1–1

2–1

0–1

Juventus

0–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

2–0

2–2

0–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

4–1

3–1

3–0

0–0

0–3

3–2

2–0

Lazio

3–2

1–2

2–1

1–0

2–2

0–2

3–0

3–2

2–1

4–1

2–0

6–1

0–0

1–1

0–1

4–1

0–2

Milan

1–1

2–0

0–1

2–0

1–1

1–6

2–2

3–1

0–1

3–0

0–0

3–1

1–1

2–3

2–1

4–1

1–0

Napoli

0–1

3–2

1–1

2–2

1–2

0–0

1–0

0–0

2–1

4–2

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–0

Parma

0–0

1–0

3–2

0–0

1–0

1–0

2–0

1–1

3–0

1–2

1–0

3–2

0–0

3–0

0–2

1–0

3–0

Perugia

3–1

5–1

3–2

1–1

0–0

1–2

1–2

1–0

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–3

2–0

1–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

Piacenza

3–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–3

1–1

1–3

3–2

1–0

0–0

2–1

3–0

0–0

2–2

0–0

2–0

1–0

Reggiana

0–3

1–3

0–3

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–2

0–3

1–1

0–0

1–4

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

2–2

0–0

Roma

0–2

1–1

3–1

3–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–0

1–0

0–1

4–1

3–1

2–2

1–4

0–3

4–3

2–0

Sampdoria

2–0

1–2

4–1

1–1

1–2

0–1

1–0

2–1

0–1

1–1

5–2

3–0

3–0

1–2

4–0

0–0

2–1

Udinese

2–0

2–2

1–0

2–0

0–1

1–4

2–3

1–1

2–2

3–1

2–1

4–0

2–1

1–0

4–5

3–0

1–1

Hellas Verona

1–1

0–2

2–2

2–1

0–1

0–2

1–1

3–1

2–0

1–2

2–0

0–0

2–4

2–1

1–1

3–2

2–2

Vicenza

4–1

2–0

2–0

3–2

1–1

2–1

0–2

2–0

2–2

1–1

4–1

1–1

2–0

0–2

1–1

2–0

0–0

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Relegation tie-breaker

Played on June 15 in Naples

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cagliari	1-3	Piacenza

Cagliari Calcio relegated to 1997-98 Serie B.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Filippo Inzaghi	Atalanta	24
2	Vincenzo Montella	Sampdoria	22
3	Abel Balbo	Roma	17
4	Sandro Tovalieri	Reggiana/Cagliari	16
5	Roberto Mancini	Sampdoria	15
	Marco Negri	Perugia	15
	Giuseppe Signori	Lazio	15
8	Enrico Chiesa	Parma	14
	Youri Djorkaeff	Internazionale	14
	Pasquale Luiso	Piacenza	14

References and sources

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

External links

• it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1997 - Italian version with pictures and info.
• [1] - All results on RSSSF Website.
• 1996/1997 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.co.uk)