1996–97 Parma A.C. season

Parma

1996–97 season
Chairman	Calisto Tanzi
Manager	Carlo Ancelotti
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Second round
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Enrico Chiesa (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

During the 1996–97 Italian football season, Parma competed in Serie A.

Season summary

Parma came the closest it had ever been to winning the Italian championship, but came up short by finishing only two points against Juventus. Young goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, along with new recruits Lilian Thuram, Enrico Chiesa and Hernán Crespo, proved to be the driving force in Parma's title bid, which nearly reached ultimate success. However, a dubious penalty for Juventus in a 1-1 draw against the Turin club in May sealed Juventus' title.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Luigi Apolloni 3 DF Antonio Benarrivo 6 MF Daniel Bravo 7 DF Nestor Sensini 8 MF Dino Baggio 9 MF Massimo Crippa 11 FW Hernán Crespo 12 GK Gianluigi Buffon 14 DF Roberto Mussi 16 FW Gianluca Triuzzi 17 DF Fabio Cannavaro 18 MF Pietro Strada

No. Position Player 19 FW Alessandro Melli 20 FW Enrico Chiesa 21 DF Lilian Thuram 22 DF Zé Maria 23 GK Alessandro Nista 24 DF Luca Pinton 25 MF Simone Barone 26 MF Mario Stanić 27 DF Sebastiano Sapienza 29 FW Fabrizio Miccoli 31 MF Reynald Pedros 32 FW Tomas Brolin (on loan from Leeds United)

Left club during season

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 Luca Bucci (to Perugia) 4 DF Lorenzo Minotti (to Cagliari) 10 FW Gianfranco Zola (to Chelsea)

No. Position Player 13 MF Amaral (to Benfica) 15 MF Massimo Brambilla (to Bologna)

Results

Serie A

• Parma-Napoli 3-0
• 1-0 Dino Baggio (14)
• 2-0 Enrico Chiesa (22)
• 3-0 Gianfranco Zola (87)

• Piacenza-Parma 0-0

• Parma-Reggiana 3-2
• 1-0 Georges Grün (10 og)
• 1-1 Ioan Sabău (25)
• 2-1 Enrico Chiesa (37 pen)
• 2-2 Sandro Tovalieri (58)
• 3-2 Gianfranco Zola (60)

• Lazio-Parma 2-1
• 1-0 Igor Protti (25)
• 2-0 Pierluigi Casiraghi (62)
• 2-1 Dino Baggio (66)

• Cagliari-Parma 0-1
• 0-1 Enrico Chiesa (5)

• Parma-Perugia 1-2
• 0-1 Federico Giunti (22)
• 0-2 Carmine Gautieri (25)
• 1-2 Enrico Chiesa (90)

• Inter-Parma 3-1
• 0-1 Hernán Crespo (1)
• 1-1 Iván Zamorano (6)
• 2-1 Javier Zanetti (24)
• 3-1 Iván Zamorano (54)

• Parma-Fiorentina 0-0

• Sampdoria-Parma 1-1
• 1-0 Marco Carparelli (32)
• 1-1 Enrico Chiesa (82)

• Parma-Roma 0-0

• Udinese-Parma 3-1
• 0-1 Zé Maria (40)
• 1-1 Luigi Apolloni (65 og)
• 2-1 Oliver Bierhoff (81)
• 3-1 Oliver Bierhoff (90)

• Parma-Atalanta 0-0

• Vicenza-Parma 1-1
• 1-0 Giampiero Maini (50)
• 1-1 Antonio Benarrivo (72)

• Milan-Parma 0-1
• 0-1 Mario Stanić (45)

• Parma-Juventus 1-0
• 1-0 Enrico Chiesa (2)

• Bologna-Parma 0-1
• 0-1 Pietro Strada (45)

• Parma-Verona 1-0
• 1-0 Mario Stanić (68)

• Napoli-Parma 2-1
• 1-0 Fabio Pecchia (22)
• 1-1 Enrico Chiesa (32)
• 2-1 André Cruz (56)

• Parma-Piacenza 1-0
• 1-0 Enrico Chiesa (58)

• Reggiana-Parma 0-0

• Parma-Lazio 2-0
• 1-0 Mario Stanić (3)
• 2-0 Enrico Chiesa (26)

• Parma-Cagliari 3-2
• 1-0 Lilian Thuram (16)
• 2-0 Hernán Crespo (45)
• 3-0 Hernán Crespo (50)
• 3-1 Sandro Tovalieri (73)
• 3-2 Sandro Tovalieri (89)

• Perugia-Parma 1-2
• 1-0 Roberto Goretti (11)
• 1-1 Hernán Crespo (12)
• 1-2 Massimo Crippa (17)

• Parma-Inter 1-0
• 1-0 Enrico Chiesa (22)

• Fiorentina-Parma 1-0
• 1-0 Lilian Thuram (34 og)

• Parma-Sampdoria 3-0
• 1-0 Hernán Crespo (34)
• 2-0 Néstor Sensini (68)
• 3-0 Hernán Crespo (84)

• Roma-Parma 0-1
• 0-1 Hernán Crespo (44)

• Parma-Udinese 0-2
• 0-1 Alessandro Pierini (67)
• 0-2 Oliver Bierhoff (87 pen)

• Atalanta-Parma 1-2
• 1-0 Gianluigi Lentini (37)
• 1-1 Hernán Crespo (45)
• 1-2 Enrico Chiesa (62)

• Parma-Vicenza 3-0
• 1-0 Hernán Crespo (13)
• 2-0 Hernán Crespo (56)
• 3-0 Hernán Crespo (60)

• Parma-Milan 1-1
• 1-0 Enrico Chiesa (7)
• 1-1 Demetrio Albertini (71 pen)

• Juventus-Parma 1-1
• 0-1 Zinedine Zidane (29 og)
• 1-1 Nicola Amoruso (43 pen)

• Parma-Bologna 1-0
• 1-0 Enrico Chiesa (73)

• Verona-Parma 1-2
• 1-0 Pierluigi Orlandini (6)
• 1-1 Enrico Chiesa (17)
• 1-2 Hernán Crespo (63)

Top scorers

Serie A

• Enrico Chiesa 14
• Hernán Crespo 12
• Mario Stanić 3
• Dino Baggio 2
• Gianfranco Zola 2

References

RSSSF - Italy 1996/97

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