1996–97 Serie A

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

The 1996–97 Serie A title was won by Juventus, under head coach Marcello Lippi. Cagliari, Perugia, Verona, and 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 44 462 44
11 Milan 34 11 10 13 43 452 43
12 Roma 34 10 11 13 46 471 41
12 Napoli 34 9 14 11 38 457 41
14 Cagliari (R) 34 9 10 15 45 5510 37 Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker
14 Piacenza 34 7 16 11 31 4817 37
14 Perugia (R) 34 10 7 17 48 6214 0371 Relegation to Serie B
17 Hellas Verona (R) 34 6 9 19 38 6426 27
18 Reggiana (R) 34 2 13 19 28 6739 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 ATA BOL CAGFIOINTJUVLAZMILNAPPARPERPIAREAROMSAMUDIHELVIC
Atalanta 11 41 22 11 11 21 02 22 12 22 40 10 04 40 10 10 31
Bologna 31 30 02 22 01 10 12 21 01 00 11 32 32 21 00 61 00
Cagliari 20 22 41 12 00 00 11 11 01 21 10 11 21 34 12 32 21
Fiorentina 00 32 20 00 11 00 10 30 10 41 11 30 21 11 23 20 24
Internazionale 20 02 22 22 00 11 31 32 31 10 20 31 31 34 11 21 01
Juventus 00 10 21 10 20 22 00 11 11 21 41 31 30 00 03 32 20
Lazio 32 12 21 10 22 02 30 32 21 41 20 61 00 11 01 41 02
Milan 11 20 01 20 11 16 22 31 01 30 00 31 11 23 21 41 10
Napoli 01 32 11 22 12 00 10 00 21 42 11 10 10 11 11 10 10
Parma 00 10 32 00 10 10 20 11 30 12 10 32 00 30 02 10 30
Perugia 31 51 32 11 00 12 12 10 11 12 11 13 20 10 21 31 11
Piacenza 31 11 11 11 03 11 13 32 10 00 21 30 00 22 00 20 10
Reggiana 03 13 03 00 11 11 02 03 11 00 14 00 11 11 00 22 00
Roma 02 11 31 33 11 11 11 30 10 01 41 31 22 14 03 43 20
Sampdoria 20 12 41 11 12 01 10 21 01 11 52 30 30 12 40 00 21
Udinese 20 22 10 20 01 14 23 11 22 31 21 40 21 10 45 30 11
Hellas Verona 11 02 22 21 01 02 11 31 20 12 20 00 24 21 11 32 22
Vicenza 41 20 20 32 11 21 02 20 22 11 41 11 20 02 11 20 00

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

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