1996–97 A.C. Milan season

Milan

1996–97 season
Manager	Giorgio Morini Arrigo Sacchi
Serie A	11th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: George Weah (13) All: George Weah (16)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

A.C. Milan fell into pieces once Fabio Capello left his job to join Real Madrid. The new organisation with Giorgio Morini as manager and Óscar Tabárez as technical director completely miscued its signings, with neither Jesper Blomqvist, Edgar Davids, Christophe Dugarry or Michael Reiziger being successful. Due to a 2-1 defeat to Rosenborg at home in the Champions League, the duo was fired, and former championship winning coach Arrigo Sacchi managed to save the reigning champions' contract in Serie A by just six points. The miserable season also prompted captain Franco Baresi to end his active career, with Milan retiring the #6 shirt in his honour.

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Sebastiano Rossi 2 DF Christian Panucci 3 DF Paolo Maldini 4 MF Demetrio Albertini 5 DF Filippo Galli 6 DF Franco Baresi 7 MF Gianluigi Lentini 8 MF Marcel Desailly 9 FW George Weah 10 MF Dejan Savićević 11 DF Alessandro Costacurta 12 GK Mario Ielpo 13 DF Francesco Coco 14 DF Michael Reiziger 15 MF Massimo Ambrosini 16 MF Tomas Locatelli 17 GK Gabriele Aldegani

No. Position Player 18 FW Roberto Baggio 19 FW Christophe Dugarry 20 MF Zvonimir Boban 21 DF Giuseppe Cardone 21 DF Mauro Tassotti 22 MF Edgar Davids 23 FW Marco Simone 24 MF Stefano Eranio 25 GK Angelo Pagotto 26 FW Luca Saudati 28 FW Matteo Pelatti 29 DF Pietro Vierchowod 30 DF Christian Ziege此条信息有误，齐格是97-98才来的 33 DF Marcello Lambrughi 34 MF Jesper Blomqvist 35 DF Miodrag Vukotić

Results

Serie A

1	Milan	4–1	Verona
	Simone  49, 66' Weah  85' Baggio  90'		De Vitis  24'

2	Sampdoria	2–1	Milan
	S. Rossi  45' (o.g.) Mancini  76'		Weah  14'

3	Bologna	1–2	Milan
	Kolyvanov  62' (pen.)		Simone  46' Weah  71'

4	Milan	3–0	Perugia
	Weah  2, 73' Baggio  78'

5	Roma	3–0	Milan
	Totti  13' Cappioli  19' Balbo  90'

6	Milan	3–1	Napoli
	Weah  40, 58' Baggio  77'		André Cruz  61'

7	Fiorentina	1–0	Milan
	Robbiati  84'

8	Milan	1–1	Atalanta
	Albertini  53' (pen.)		F. Inzaghi  21'

9	Juventus	0–0	Milan

10	Milan	1–1	Inter
	Baggio  3'		Djorkaeff  13' (pen.)

11	Piacenza	3–2	Milan
	Valoti  9' Di Francesco  44' Luiso  71'		Dugarry  47, 68'

12	Milan	2–1	Udinese
	Savićević  52' Eranio  66'		Stroppa  56'

13	Reggiana	0–3	Milan
			Albertini  3', 71' (pen.), 78' (pen.)

14	Milan	0–1	Parma
			Stanić  45'

15	Lazio	3–0	Milan
	Signori  22' Casiraghi  45' Grandoni  65'

16	Milan	1–0	Vicenza
	Dugarry  21'

17	Cagliari	1–1	Milan
	Tovalieri  44'		Dugarry  65'

18	Verona	3–1	Milan
	Zanini  30' Bacci  38' Orlandini  54'		Boban  67'

19	Milan	2–3	Sampdoria
	Weah  37, 57'		Mancini  1' Mihajlović  74' Carparelli  79'

20	Milan	2–0	Bologna
	Albertini  45' (pen.) Blomqvist  85'

21	Perugia	1–0	Milan
	Negri  18'

22	Milan	1–1	Roma
	Vierchowod  65'		Fonseca  75'

23	Napoli	0–0	Milan

24	Milan	2–0	Fiorentina
	Desailly  62' Albertini  90' (pen.)

25	Atalanta	0–2	Milan
			Weah  11' Eranio  66'

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

27	Inter	3–1	Milan
	Djorkaeff  32' (pen.) Zamorano  43' Ganz  57'		Baggio  88'

28	Milan	0–0	Piacenza

29	Udinese	1–1	Milan
	Bierhoff  16'		Maldini  72'

30	Milan	3–1	Reggiana
	Dugarry  12' Albertini  69' (pen.) Weah  90'		Minetti  72'

31	Parma	1–1	Milan
	Chiesa  7'		Albertini  71' (pen.)

32	Milan	2–2	Lazio
	Weah  41, 64'		Boban  56' (o.g.) Nedvěd  86'

33	Verona	2–0	Milan
	Ambrosetti  6' Baresi  86' (o.g.)

34	Milan	0–1	Cagliari
			Muzzi  10'

Top Scorers

• George Weah 13
• Demetrio Albertini 8
• Roberto Baggio 5
• Christophe Dugarry 5
• Marco Simone 4

Coppa Italia

First round 28 August 1996	Empoli	1 – 1	Milan	Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli
20:30	Cappellini  20'		Locatelli  33'	Referee: Livio Bazzoli

First round Replay 1 September 1996	Milan	2 – 0	Empoli	San Siro, Milan
16:00	Simone  6', 41'			Referee: Roberto Bettin

Second round 23 October 1996	Reggiana	0 – 2	Milan	Stadio Giovanni Zini, Cremona
20:30			Baggio  73' (pen.), 90'	Referee: Stefano Braschi

Quarter-finals First Leg 13 November 1996	Milan	1 – 1	Vicenza	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Baggio  20'		Ambrosetti  11'	Referee: Robert Boggi

Quarter-finals Second Leg 27 November 1996	Vicenza	0 – 0	Milan	Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza
20:30				Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Supercoppa Italiana

25 August 1996	Milan	1 – 2	Fiorentina	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Savićević  22'	Report	Batistuta  12', 83'	Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	6	5	1	0	12	4	+8	16
Rosenborg	6	3	0	3	7	11	-4	9
Milan	6	2	1	3	13	11	+2	7
IFK Göteborg	6	1	0	5	7	13	-6	3

Round 1 11 September 1996	Milan	2 – 3	Porto	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Simone  14' Weah  69'	Report	Artur  52' Jardel  75', 83'	Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende

Round 2 25 September 1996	Rosenborg	1 – 4	Milan	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
20:30	Soltvedt  15'	Report	Simone  6', 21', 24' Weah  55'	Attendance: 20.849 Referee: David Elleray

Round 3 16 October 1996	IFK Göteborg	2 – 1	Milan	Ullevi, Gothenburg
20:30	Wahlstedt  75' Alexandersson  84'	Report	Weah  52'	Attendance: 42.450 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik

Round 4 30 October 1996	Milan	4 – 2	IFK Göteborg	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Boban  4' Albertini  14' (pen.) Locatelli  44' Baggio  90+2'	Report	Blomqvist  27' A. Andersson  32'	Attendance: 29.803 Referee: Marc Batta

Round 5 20 November 1996	Porto	1 – 1	Milan	Estádio das Antas, Porto
19:30	Edmilson  71'	Report	Davids  56'	Attendance: 50.000 Referee: Gerd Grabher

Round 6 4 December 1996	Milan	1 – 2	Rosenborg	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Dugarry  45'	Report	Brattbakk  29' Heggem  70'	Attendance: 28.695 Referee: Giorgos Bikas

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1996/97

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