1996–97 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese Calcio

1996–97 season
Chairman	Giampaolo Pozzo
Manager	Alberto Zaccheroni
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	Oliver Bierhoff (13) Paolo Poggi (13)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Udinese Calcio had its best season since the days of Zico in the club during the 1980s. With goal scoring trio Oliver Bierhoff, Márcio Amoroso and Paolo Poggi on top form, Udinese finished fifth, even troubling the top three in the standings. Bierhoff and Poggi scored 13 goals each, while Amoroso hit the back of the net on 12 occasions. Despite the sensational results, coach Alberto Zaccheroni remained at the small club, while 1997–98 looked set to become a further improvement for Udinese.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Luigi Turci
• Graziano Battistini
• Massimiliano Caniato

Defenders

• Thomas Helveg
• Alessandro Calori
• Raffaele Sergio
• Valerio Bertotto
• Alessandro Pierini
• Alessandro Orlando
• Mohamed Gargo
• Pier Luigi Nicoli
• Régis Genaux
• Stefano Pellegrini
• Luca Compagnon
• Marek Koźmiński

Midfielders

• Fabio Rossitto
• Massimiliano Cappioli
• Giuliano Giannichedda
• Stefano Desideri
• Giovanni Stroppa
• Tomas Locatelli
• David Stefani
• Giovanni Bia

Attackers

• Paolo Poggi
• Márcio Amoroso
• Oliver Bierhoff
• Claudio Clementi
• Hazem Ezam

Serie A

Matches

1	Udinese	0–1	Inter
			Sforza  10'

2	Lazio	0–1	Udinese
			Bia  73' (pen.)

3	Cagliari	1–2	Udinese
	Bia  19' (o.g.)		Poggi  9' Bierhoff  23'

4	Udinese	2–2	Bologna
	Bia  5' Bierhoff  16'		Marocchi  39' Nervo  86'

5	Napoli	1–1	Udinese
	Pecchia  59'		Bierhoff  76'

6	Udinese	1–1	Vicenza
	Poggi  71'		Maini  89'

7	Perugia	2–1	Udinese
	Allegri  42' Negri  70'		Poggi  6'

8	Udinese	2–1	Reggiana
	Bierhoff  48' Poggi  88'		Valencia  64'

9	Atalanta	1–0	Udinese
	Bertotto  29' (o.g.)

10	Udinese	1–4	Juventus
	Cappioli  54'		Bokšić  21' Del Piero  39' (pen.), 44' (pen.) Deschamps  70'

11	Udinese	3–1	Parma
	Apolloni  65' (o.g.) Bierhoff  81, 90'		Zé Maria  40'

12	Milan	2–1	Udinese
	Savićević  52' Eranio  61'		Stroppa  56'

13	Udinese	2–0	Fiorentina
	Amoroso  19, 29'

14	Verona	3–2	Udinese
	Maniero  47, 90' Orlandini  62' (pen.)		Poggi  19' Stroppa  52'

15	Udinese	4–5	Sampdoria
	Amoroso  33, 62' Cappioli  44' Bia  90' (pen.)		Mancini  5, 19, 33' Montella  11, 74'

16	Piacenza	0–0	Udinese

17	Udinese	1–0	Fiorentina
	Poggi  90'

18	Inter	1–1	Udinese
	Djorkaeff  62' (pen.)		Poggi  12'

19	Udinese	2–3	Lazio
	Amoroso  79' (pen.), 90'		Signori  17, 61' Nedvěd  88'

20	Udinese	1–0	Cagliari
	Bierhoff  76'

21	Bologna	0–0	Udinese

22	Udinese	2–2	Napoli
	Poggi  9, 76'		Pecchia  26' (o.g.) Helveg  46' (o.g.)

23	Vicenza	2–0	Udinese
	Maini  37' Murgita  50'

24	Udinese	2–1	Perugia
	Amoroso  22' Helveg  76'		Negri  3'

25	Reggiana	0–0	Udinese

26	Udinese	2–0	Atalanta
	Bierhoff  81' Amoroso  84'

27	Juventus	0–3	Udinese
			Amoroso  42' (pen.), 49' Bierhoff  47'

28	Parma	0–2	Udinese
			Pierini  67' Del Piero  87' (pen.)

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

30	Fiorentina	2–3	Udinese
	Padalino  5' Baiano  21'		Amoroso  2', 60' (pen.) Pierini  82'

31	Udinese	3–0	Verona
	Poggi  33' (pen.), 50' Bierhoff  84'

32	Sampdoria	4–0	Udinese
	Verón  40' Laigle  63' Montella  65' (pen.), 90' (pen.)

33	Udinese	4–0	Piacenza
	Sergio  13' Scienza  18' (o.g.) Poggi  45' Cappioli  85'

34	Roma	0–3	Udinese
			Poggi  42' Bierhoff  45' Bia  87'

Top Scorers

• Oliver Bierhoff 13
• Paolo Poggi 13
• Márcio Amoroso 12
• Giovanni Bia 4
• Massimiliano Cappioli 3

Sources

RSSSF – Italy 1996/97

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