1996–97 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1996–97
Champions	Juventus 24th title
Promoted	Bologna Reggiana Perugia Verona
Relegated	Cagliari (relegation playoff) Perugia Verona Reggiana
Champions League	Juventus Parma
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Vicenza
UEFA Cup	Internazionale Lazio Udinese Sampdoria
Matches played	306
Goals scored	810 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Filippo Inzaghi (24 goals)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Serie A 1995-96 Winners
Juventus 24th Title

Inter
Milan

Perugia

Piacenza

Serie A 1996-97 team distribution

The 1996–97 Serie A title was won by Juventus, under head coach Marcello Lippi.Cagliari, Perugia, Verona, Reggiana were relegated.

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	34	17	14	3	51	24	+27	65	1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Parma	34	18	9	7	41	26	+15	63	1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Internazionale	34	15	14	5	51	35	+16	59	1997–98 UEFA Cup First round
4	Lazio	34	15	10	9	54	37	+17	55
5	Udinese	34	15	9	10	53	41	+12	54
6	Sampdoria	34	14	11	9	60	46	+14	53
7	Bologna	34	13	10	11	50	44	+6	49
8	Vicenza	34	12	11	11	43	38	+5	47	1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
9	Fiorentina	34	10	15	9	46	41	+5	45
10	Atalanta	34	11	11	12	44	46	−2	44
11	Milan	34	11	10	13	43	45	−2	43
12	Roma	34	10	11	13	46	47	−1	41
12	Napoli	34	9	14	11	38	45	−7	41
14	Cagliari (R)	34	9	10	15	45	55	−10	37	Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker
14	Piacenza	34	9	10	15	31	48	−17	37	Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker
14	Perugia (R)	34	10	7	17	48	62	−14	037¹	Relegation to Serie B
17	Verona (R)	34	6	9	19	38	64	−26	27
18	Reggiana (R)	34	2	13	19	28	67	−39	19

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Perugia relegated for direct matches.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away^[1]	ATA	BOL	CAG	FIO	INT	JUV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PAR	PER	PIA	REA	ROM	SAM	UDI	VER	VIC
Atalanta		1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	4–0	1–0	0–4	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–1
Bologna	3–1		3–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–1	0–0	6–1	0–0
Cagliari	2–0	2–2		4–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–4	1–2	3–2	2–1
Fiorentina	0–0	3–2	2–0		0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–4
Internazionale	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2		0–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–4	1–1	2–1	0–1
Juventus	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0		2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	0–3	3–2	2–0
Lazio	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–2		3–0	3–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	6–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–2
Milan	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–6	2–2		3–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	4–1	1–0
Napoli	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0		2–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Parma	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0		1–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	3–0
Perugia	3–1	5–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1
Piacenza	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1		3–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0
Reggiana	0–3	1–3	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–0		1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0
Roma	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	3–1	2–2		1–4	0–3	4–3	2–0
Sampdoria	2–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	5–2	3–0	3–0	1–2		4–0	0–0	2–1
Udinese	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–4	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	4–5		3–0	1–1
Verona	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–4	2–1	1–1	3–2		2–2
Vicenza	4–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–0

Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Relegation tie-breaker

Played on June 15 in Naples

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cagliari	1-3	Piacenza

Cagliari Calcio relegated to 1997-98 Serie B.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Filippo Inzaghi	Atalanta	24
2	Vincenzo Montella	Sampdoria	22
3	Abel Balbo	Roma	17
4	Sandro Tovalieri	Reggiana/Cagliari	16
5	Roberto Mancini	Sampdoria	15
	Marco Negri	Perugia	15
	Giuseppe Signori	Lazio	15
8	Enrico Chiesa	Parma	14
	Youri Djorkaeff	Internazionale	14
	Pasquale Luiso	Piacenza	14

References and sources

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

External links

it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1997 - Italian version with pictures and info.
- All results on RSSSF Website.
1996/1997 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.co.uk)

Footnotes

Serie A

2014–15 clubs	Atalanta Cagliari Cesena Chievo Empoli Fiorentina Genoa Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Palermo Parma Roma Sampdoria Sassuolo Torino Udinese Verona

Former clubs	Alessandria Ancona Ascoli Avellino Bari Bologna Brescia Casale Catania Catanzaro Como Cremonese Foggia Lecce Lecco Legnano Livorno Lucchese Mantova Messina Modena Novara Padova Perugia Pescara Piacenza Pisa Pistoiese Pro Patria Pro Vercelli Reggiana Reggina Salernitana Siena SPAL Ternana Treviso Triestina Varese Venezia Vicenza

Organisations	Lega Serie A Football League Higher Divisions Directory

Competition	Champions Foreign players

Statistics	Records

Finances	Richest clubs: (Deloitte list) (Forbes' list) Average attendances

Associated competitions	Supercoppa Italiana UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Serie B

Serie A seasons

Prima Categoria Prima Divisione Divisione Nazionale	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29

Other	1921–22 (C.C.I.)^† 1944 1945–46^†

Serie A seasons	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 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 1999–00 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

^†Championships recognized as official by the Italian Football Federation

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Capocannoniere

International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women

Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio (defunct)

League competitions	Serie A Serie B Lega Pro Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria Lega Pro Prima Divisione (defunct) Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (defunct)

Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti

Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia

Awards	Oscar del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 2004–10 Italian football scandal 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–00 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 Italian football

Serie A Serie B Serie C1 Serie C2 Coppa Italia

1996–97 in European football (UEFA)

« 1995–96 1997–98 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '96 '97 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '96 '97 Latvia '96 '97 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '96 '97 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '96 '97 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Latvia '96 '97 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '96 '97 France Germany Iceland '96 '97 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup