1996–97 A.C. Fiorentina season

Fiorentina

1996–97 season
Chairman	Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
Serie A	9th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Cup Winners' Cup	Semi-finals
Supercoppa Italiana	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Gabriel Batistuta (13) All: Gabriel Batistuta (19)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

A.C. Fiorentina did not manage to repeat its spectacular 1995–96 season, and did not win any trophies the following year. A relatively meagre goal scoring season from superstar Gabriel Batistuta was one of the reasons for the declining performance, which had coach Claudio Ranieri sacked at the end of the season. The highlight of Fiorentina's season was reaching the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, where it lost to Barcelona with a 2–0 loss away from home, following a 1–1 draw at home.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Francesco Toldo
• Alessandro Zandonà
• Gianmatteo Mareggini
• Mattia Passarini

Defenders

• Daniele Carnasciali
• Michele Serena
• Lorenzo Amoruso
• Aldo Firicano
• Giulio Falcone
• Vittorio Pusceddu
• Pasquale Padalino
• Daniele Chiarini

Midfielders

• Giovanni Piacentini
• Stefan Schwarz
• Rui Costa
• Danilo Stefani
• Sandro Cois
• Roberto Mirri
• Massimo Orlando
• Emiliano Bigica
• Andrei Kanchelskis
• Mirko Benin

Attackers

• Francesco Baiano
• Gabriel Batistuta
• Luís Oliveira
• Marco Vendrame
• Anselmo Robbiati
• Andrea Mussi

Supercoppa Italiana

25 August 1996	Milan	1–2	Fiorentina	Milan
	Savićević  22'		Batistuta  12', 83'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Serie A

Matches

1 8 September 1996	Fiorentina	2–4	Vicenza	Florence
	Sartor  36' (o.g.) Luís Oliveira  80'	Report	Otero  8', 29', 67', 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Daniele Tombolini

2 15 September 1996	Atalanta	2–2	Fiorentina	Bergamo
	Inzaghi  56' (pen.), 62'	Report	Luís Oliveira  15' Batistuta  81'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

3 22 September 1996	Fiorentina	2–0	Verona	Florence
	Robbiati  6' Batistuta  49' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

4 29 September 1996	Juventus	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
	Padovano  9'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

5 12 October 1996	Fiorentina	0–0	Lazio	Florence
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Domenico Messina

6 20 October 1996	Bologna	0–2	Fiorentina	Bologna
		Report	Batistuta  44' De Marchi  80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Graziano Cesari

7 27 October 1996	Fiorentina	1–0	Milan	Florence
	Robbiati  84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

8 3 November 1996	Parma	0–0	Fiorentina	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Stefano Farina

9 16 November 1996	Internazionale	2–2	Fiorentina	Milan
	Ganz  50' Ince  83'	Report	Luís Oliveira  44', 64'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Livio Bazzoli

10 24 November 1996	Fiorentina	1–1	Piacenza	Florence
	Robbiati  26'	Report	Luiso  64' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Angelo Bonfrisco

11 1 December 1996	Roma	3–3	Fiorentina	Rome
	Balbo  15' (pen.) Delvecchio  72' Totti  87'	Report	Rui Costa  22' Batistuta  31', 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Collina

12 8 December 1996	Fiorentina	4–1	Perugia	Florence
	Batistuta  48' Rui Costa  62' Luís Oliveira  86' Rocco  90' (o.g.)	Report	Gautieri  56'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

13 15 December 1996	Udinese	2–0	Fiorentina	Udine
	M. Amoroso  19', 29'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Roberto Bettin

14 22 December 1996	Fiorentina	2–0	Cagliari	Florence
	Batistuta  65' Robbiati  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Giancarlo Lana

15 5 January 1997	Fiorentina	3–0	Napoli	Florence
	Colonnese  50' (o.g.) Luís Oliveira  54' Robbiati  90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pier Luigi Pairetto

16 12 January 1997	Reggiana	0–0	Fiorentina	Reggio Emilia
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giglio Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

17 19 January 1997	Fiorentina	1–1	Sampdoria	Florence
	Batistuta  31' (pen.)	Report	Franceschetti  89'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierluigi Collina

18 26 January 1997	Vicenza	3–2	Fiorentina	Vicenza
	Otero  1' Murgita  37' Ambrosetti  57'	Report	Padalino  22' Batistuta  65'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

19 2 February 1997	Fiorentina	0–0	Atalanta	Florence
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Gianni Beschin

20 16 February 1997	Verona	2–1	Fiorentina	Verona
	Falcone  1' (o.g.) Manetti  90'	Report	Batistuta  7'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

21 23 February 1997	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
	Robbiati  90'	Report	Del Piero  15'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

22 1 March 1997	Lazio	1–0	Fiorentina	Rome
	Negro  90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gennaro Borriello

23 9 March 1997	Fiorentina	3–2	Bologna	Florence
	Baiano  19' (pen.) Batistuta  61' Robbiati  79'	Report	K. Andersson  2' Firicano  25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti P.

24 15 March 1997	Milan	2–0	Fiorentina	Milan
	Desailly  62' Albertini  90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

25 23 March 1997	Fiorentina	1–0	Parma	Florence
	Thuram  34' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Domenico Messina

26 5 April 1997	Fiorentina	0–0	Internazionale	Florence
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Graziano Cesari

27 13 April 1997	Piacenza	1–1	Fiorentina	Piacenza
	Luiso  66'	Report	Amoruso  56'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Gianni Beschin

28 19 April 1997	Fiorentina	2–1	Roma	Florence
	Robbiati  7' Petruzzi  36' (o.g.)	Report	Balbo  77'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Stefano Farina

29 4 May 1997	Perugia	1–1	Fiorentina	Perugia
	Pizzi  89' (pen.)	Report	Robbiati  90'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Referee: Pier Luigi Pairetto

30 11 May 1997	Fiorentina	2–3	Udinese	Florence
	Padalino  5' Baiano  21'	Report	M. Amoroso  2', 60' (pen.) Pierini  82'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Gennaro Borriello

31 15 May 1997	Cagliari	4–1	Fiorentina	Cagliari
	Muzzi  14' Darío Silva  35' Lønstrup  37', 45'	Report	Luís Oliveira  34'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Domenico Messina

32 18 May 1997	Napoli	2–2	Fiorentina	Naples
	Aglietti  67' Esposito  83'	Report	Luís Oliveira  8', 40'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Roberto Bettin

33 25 May 1997	Fiorentina	3–0	Reggiana	Florence
	Batistuta  7', 62' Robbiati  18'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierangelo Pin

34 1 June 1997	Sampdoria	1–1	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Montella  37'	Report	Robbiati  23'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Lorenzo Branzoni L.

Top Scorers

• Gabriel Batistuta 13 (2)
• Anselmo Robbiati 12
• Luís Oliveira 9

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	15	9	46	41	+5	45	9	6	2	28	14	+14	1	9	7	18	27	−9

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1996/97

ACF Fiorentina seasons 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1944 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

1996–97 in Serie A Atalanta Bologna Cagliari Fiorentina Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Parma Perugia Piacenza Reggiana Roma Sampdoria Verona Vicenza Udinese