1997–98 Piacenza Calcio season

Piacenza

1997–98 season
Manager	Vincenzo Guerini
Serie A	12th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Davide Dionigi, Roberto Murgita, Gianpietro Piovani (5)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Piacenza Calcio recorded their best ever finish in the top echeleon of Italian football, finishing 12th in Serie A, but just two points above the relegation zone. This was in spite of key players Pasquale Luiso (Vicenza) and Eusebio Di Francesco (Roma) leaving the club before the season began.

Contents 1 Squad 1.1 Goalkeepers 1.2 Defenders 1.3 Midfielders 1.4 Attackers 2 Serie A 2.1 Matches 2.2 Top Scorers 3 Sources

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Matteo Sereni
• Sergio Marcon

Defenders

• Mirko Conte
• Daniele Delli Carri
• Marco Rossi
• Cleto Polonia
• Stefano Sacchetti
• Pietro Vierchowod
• Roberto Bordin
• Daniele Cozzi
• Andrea Tagliaferri

Midfielders

• Renato Buso
• Marco Piovanelli
• Alessandro Mazzola
• Giuseppe Scienza
• Giovanni Stroppa
• Aladino Valoti
• Fabian Valtolina
• Luca Matteassi
• Paolo Tramezzani
• Gianpietro Piovani

Attackers

• Simone Inzaghi
• Davide Dionigi
• Roberto Murgita
• Massimo Rastelli
• Francesco Zerbini
• Gabriele Ballotta

Serie A

Matches

1	Piacenza	1–1	Milan
	Delli Carri  64'		Delli Carri  29' (o.g.)

2	Vicenza	3–2	Piacenza
	Di Carlo  32' (pen.) Luiso  51' Di Napoli  60'		Tramezzani  29' Valtolina  69'

3	Piacenza	1–3	Parma
	Scienza  45'		Crespo  1, 63' Sensini  29'

4	Brescia	2–0	Piacenza
	Sabău  40' Hübner  48'

5	Piacenza	0–0	Bologna

6	Sampdoria	3–1	Piacenza
	Tovalieri  44, 74' Montella  52' (pen.)		Dionigi  47' (pen.)

7	Piacenza	0–0	Fiorentina

8	Udinese	2–0	Piacenza
	Poggi  45' Bierhoff  86' (pen.)

9	Piacenza	0–0	Lazio

10	Empoli	2–3	Piacenza
	C. Esposito  14' Bettella  43'		Dionigi  7, 38' Buso  88'

11	Piacenza	1–0	Napoli
	Rastelli  87'

12	Piacenza	1–1	Juventus
	Piovani  80'		Fonseca  78'

13	Bari	0–0	Piacenza

14	Atalanta	2–2	Piacenza
	Sgrò  68' Carrera  90 + 1'		Englaro  88' (o.g.) Vierchowod  90 + 5'

15	Piacenza	0–1	Inter
			Moriero  70'

16	Roma	1–1	Piacenza
	Aldair  6'		Rastelli  85'

17	Piacenza	1–0	Lecce
	Scienza  78'

18	Milan	1–0	Piacenza
	Maniero  90'

19	Piacenza	1–1	Vicenza
	Murgita  57'		Zauli  47'

20	Parma	1–1	Piacenza
	Crespo  13' (pen.)		Buso  28'

21	Piacenza	0–0	Brescia

22	Bologna	3–0	Piacenza
	K. Andersson  34, 51' R. Baggio  87'

23	Piacenza	1–0	Sampdoria
	Murgita  47'

24	Fiorentina	1–1	Piacenza
	Morfeo  71' (pen.)		Dionigi  28' (pen.)

25	Piacenza	0–2	Udinese
			Bierhoff  18' (pen.) Poggi  27'

26	Lazio	0–0	Piacenza

27	Piacenza	0–0	Empoli

28	Napoli	1–2	Piacenza
	Bellucci  51'		Scienza  33' Dionigi  84' (pen.)

29	Juventus	2–0	Piacenza
	Zidane  53' Del Piero  81'

30	Piacenza	0–1	Bari
			Masinga  25'

31	Piacenza	3–0	Atalanta
	Piovani  2', 54' (pen.) Murgita  64'

32	Inter	0–0	Piacenza

33	Piacenza	3–3	Roma
	Piovani  46' (pen.) Murgita  57' Valtolina  90 + 4'		Di Francesco  47' Totti  52' (pen.) Paulo Sérgio  86'

34	Lecce	1–3	Piacenza
	Palmieri  90 + 2' (pen.)		Murgita  40' Vierchowod  50' Piovani  71' (pen.)

Top Scorers

• Davide Dionigi 5 (2)
• Roberto Murgita 5
• Gianpietro Piovani 5 (2)
• Giuseppe Scienza 3

Sources

| RSSSF - Italy Championship 1997/98

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