1996–97 Juventus F.C. season

Juventus F.C. had a successful season, despite rebuilding large parts of the team in spite of the 1996 UEFA Champions League title. The result was another domestic title and a second consecutive Champions League final, where Karl-Heinz Riedle scored twice for Borussia Dortmund in a 3–1 victory, thus ensuring Juventus had to settle for only domestic glory.

It was a disappointing end to the season as the club had been impressive in the Champions League, winning 8 games out of 10 on their way to the final and losing none, and beating sides like Manchester United and Ajax both home and away. However, the team made a complete mess of the final played out in Munich, making uncharacteristic mistakes that were always likely to prove costly against opposition of Dortmund's quality.

New signing Zinedine Zidane was a revelation, but the most important feature in Juventus's league title was the spectacular form of Alessandro Del Piero, and a defensive force that Ciro Ferrara led towards glory together with Paolo Montero. Christian Vieri, another player signed in the summer of 1996, scored regularly in Champions League games but his less impressive league form (8 goals) saw him sold at the end of the season to make way for new signing Filippo Inzaghi. Vieri would go on to become top scorer of both the Spanish and Italian leagues for the clubs he subsequently played for.

1 Squad
2 Competitions
3 Sources

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Angelo Peruzzi
2	DF	Ciro Ferrara
3	DF	Moreno Torricelli
4	DF	Paolo Montero
5	DF	Sergio Porrini
6	DF	Dimas Teixeira
7	MF	Angelo Di Livio
8	MF	Antonio Conte (captain)
9	FW	Alen Bokšić
10	FW	Alessandro Del Piero
11	FW	Michele Padovano
12	GK	Michelangelo Rampulla
13	DF	Mark Iuliano
14	MF	Didier Deschamps

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	Christian Vieri
16	FW	Nicola Amoruso
17	GK	Davide Falcioni
18	MF	Vladimir Jugović
19	MF	Attilio Lombardo
20	MF	Alessio Tacchinardi
21	MF	Zinedine Zidane
22	DF	Gianluca Pessotto
26	MF	Raffaele Ametrano
28	MF	Ivano Trotta
29	MF	Davide Andorno
30	MF	Nicola Cingolani
31	MF	Paolo Chivaroli

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1996–97 Serie A

Matches

1	Reggiana	1–1	Juventus
	Tovalieri 9'		Vieri 7'

2	Juventus	2–1	Cagliari
	Bokšić 9' Ferrara 58'		Villa 62'

3	Perugia	1–2	Juventus
	Negri 90'		Padovano 84' Del Piero 89'

4	Juventus	1–0	Fiorentina
	Padovano 9'

5	Vicenza	2–1	Juventus
	Otero 19' Beghetto 71'		Ferrara 46'

6	Juventus	2–0	Inter
	Jugović 40' Zidane 62'

7	Roma	1–1	Juventus
	Delvecchio 90'		Padovano 60'

8	Juventus	1–1	Napoli
	Zidane 42'		Aglietti 53'

9	Juventus	0–0	Milan

10	Udinese	1–4	Juventus
	Cappioli 54'		Bokšić 23' Del Piero 39' (pen.), 54' (pen.) Deschamps 70'

11	Juventus	1–0	Bologna
	Zidane 51'

12	Sampdoria	0–1	Juventus
			Ferrara 33'

13	Juventus	3–2	Verona
	Porrini 45' Del Piero 64' (pen.), 72'		Maniero 24, 44'

14	Piacenza	1–1	Juventus
	Delli Carri 86'		Padovano 59'

15	Parma	1–0	Juventus
	Chiesa 2'

16	Juventus	0–0	Atalanta

17	Lazio	0–2	Juventus
			Padovano 31, 62'

18	Juventus	3–1	Reggiana
	Padovano 5' Jugović 26' Tacchinardi 88'		Parente 90'

19	Cagliari	0–0	Juventus

20	Juventus	2–1	Perugia
	Del Piero 37', 45' (pen.)		Materazzi 90'

21	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus
	Robbiati 90'		Del Piero 15'

22	Juventus	2–0	Vicenza
	Di Livio 22' Padovano 62' (pen.)

23	Inter	0–0	Juventus

24	Juventus	3–0	Roma
	Vieri 28, 44' Amoruso 85'

25	Napoli	0–0	Juventus

26	Milan	1–6	Juventus
	Simone 76'		Jugović 19, 51' Zidane 32' (pen.) Vieri 71, 81' Amoruso 73'

27	Juventus	0–3	Udinese
			M. Amoroso 42' (pen.), 49' Bierhoff 47'

28	Bologna	0–1	Juventus
			Bokšić 40'

29	Juventus	0–0	Sampdoria

30	Verona	0–2	Juventus
			Ferrara 44' Jugović 90'

31	Juventus	4–1	Piacenza
	Zidane 51' Vieri 54, 88' Jugović 76'		Luiso 56'

32	Juventus	1–1	Parma
	Amoruso 43' (pen.)		Zidane 29' (o.g.)

33	Atalanta	1–1	Juventus
	F. Inzaghi 19'		Iuliano 54'

34	Juventus	2–2	Lazio
	Vieri 31' Amoruso 52'		Casiraghi 73' Protti 85'

Top Scorers

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1996–97 Coppa Italia

Second Round 28 August 1996	Fidelis Andria	0 – 2	Juventus	Stadio degli Ulivi, Barletta
20:30 CEST			7' Vieri 38' Conte	Referee: Marcello Nicchi

Third Round First Leg 23 October 1996	Nocerina	0 – 0	Juventus	Stadio Partenio, Avellino
20:30 CEST			48' Torricelli	Referee: Roberto Bettin

Third Round Second Leg 6 November 1996	Juventus	2 – 1	Nocerina	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin
20:30 CET	Montero 45' Di Rocco 48' (o.g.) Trotta 87'		39' Marchegiani	Referee: Angelo Bonfrisco

Quarterfinals First Leg 13 November 1996	Juventus	0 – 3	Internazionale	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin
20:30 CET			32' Zamorano 76' Ince 89' Djorkaeff	Referee: Graziano Cesari

Quarterfinals Second Leg 18 December 1996	Internazionale	1 – 1	Juventus	San Siro, Milan
20:30 CET	32' Ganz		45' Amoruso	Referee: Marcello Nicchi

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League

Group Stage

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	6	5	1	0	11	1	+10	16
Manchester United	6	3	0	3	6	3	+3	9
Fenerbahçe	6	2	1	3	3	6	-3	7
Rapid Wien	6	0	2	4	2	12	-10	2

Round 1 11 September 1996	Juventus	1 – 0	Manchester United	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
20:45 CEST	Bokšić 34'	Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Markus Merk

Round 2 25 September 1996	Fenerbahçe	0 – 1	Juventus	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 CEST		Report	22' Bokšić	Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

Round 3 16 October 1996	Rapid Wien	1 – 1	Juventus	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
20:45 CEST	Lesiak 20'	Report	9' C. Vieri	Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

Round 4 30 October 1996	Juventus	5 – 0	Rapid Wien	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
20:45 CET	Bokšić 5', 61' Montero 28' Del Piero 29', 75'	Report		Attendance: 26,143 Referee: Hugh Dallas

Round 5 20 November 1996	Manchester United	0 – 1	Juventus	Old Trafford, Manchester
20:45 CET		Report	36' (pen.) Del Piero	Attendance: 53,529 Referee: José María García Aranda

Round 6 4 December 1996	Juventus	2 – 0	Fenerbahçe	Stadio delle Alpi, Torino
20:45 CET	Padovano 42' Amoruso 85'	Report		Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann

Knockout phase

Quarterfinals

First Leg 5 March 1997	Rosenborg	1 – 1	Juventus	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
20:45 CET	Soltvedt 51'	Report	53' C. Vieri	Attendance: 20,246 Referee: Marc Batta

Second Leg 19 March 1997	Juventus	2 – 0	Rosenborg	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
20:45 CET	Zidane 29' Amoruso 89' (pen.)	Report	Stensaas	Attendance: 35,371 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First Leg 9 April 1997	Ajax	1 – 2	Juventus	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45 CEST	Litmanen 66'	Report	14' Amoruso 41' C. Vieri	Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto

Second Leg 23 April 1997	Juventus	4 – 1	Ajax	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
20:45 CEST	Lombardo 34' C. Vieri 36' Amoruso 79' Zidane 80'	Report	75' Melchiot	Attendance: 62,377 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

Juventus won 6–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1997 UEFA Champions League Final

28 May 1997	Borussia Dortmund	3 – 1	Juventus	Olympiastadion, Munich
20:45 CEST	Riedle 29', 34' Ricken 71'	Report	65' Del Piero	Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl

UEFA Super Cup

Main article: 1996 UEFA Super Cup

First Leg 15 January 1997	Paris Saint-Germain	1 – 6	Juventus	Parc des Princes, Paris
20:30 CET	Raí 53' (pen.) Fournier 64'		5' Porrini 22', 40' Padovano 36' Ferrara 83' Lombardo 89' Amoruso	Attendance: 29,519 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov

Second Leg 5 February 1997	Juventus	3 – 1	Paris Saint-Germain	Stadio La Favorita, Palermo
20:30 CET	Del Piero 36', 70' Vieri 90'		64' (pen.) Raí	Attendance: 35,100 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

Juventus F.C. won 9–2 on aggregate.

Intercontinental Cup

Main article: 1996 Intercontinental Cup

26 November 1996	Juventus	1 – 0	River Plate	National Stadium, Tokyo
20:00 UTC+9	Del Piero 81'	Report		Attendance: 48,305 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas Man of the Match: Alessandro Del Piero

Sources

| RSSSF - Italy 1996/97

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