# 1990–91 Parma AC season

The 1990–91 season was Parma Associazione Calcio's 78th in Italian football and their first ever season in the Serie A. It was Nevio Scala's second year at the club, as Parma achieved promotion the previous season, by finishing in fourth place. In their first season, they finished in sixth place, before securing a UEFA Cup spot. In the Coppa Italia, they were eliminated 2–0 on aggregate by Fiorentina in the second round, after two legs. Alberto Di Chiara, who went on to join the club the same season, and Stefano Borgonovo scored the goals.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | BRA | Cláudio Taffarel |
| — | GK | ITA | Marco Ferrari |
| — | DF | ITA | Enzo Gambaro |
| — | DF | ITA | Luigi Apolloni |
| — | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Minotti |
| — | DF | BEL | Georges Grün |
| — | DF | ITA | Cornelio Donati |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano Rossini |
| — | DF | ITA | Giovanni Bia |
| — | DF | ITA | Gianpaolo Morabito |
| — | DF | ITA | Antonio Sconziano |
| — | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Siviglia |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Daniele Zoratto |
| — | MF | ITA | Stefano Cuoghi |
| — | MF | ITA | Aldo Monza |
| — | MF | ITA | Tarcisio Catanese |
| — | MF | SWE | Tomas Brolin |
| — | MF | ITA | Marco Osio |
| — | MF | ITA | Rocco De Marco |
| — | FW | ITA | Alessandro Melli |
| — | FW | ITA | Giovanni Sorce |
| — | FW | ITA | Graziano Mannari |
| — | FW | ITA | Mario Lemme |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Tomas Brolin | IFK Norrköping |
| GK | Cláudio Taffarel | SC Internacional |
| DF | Georges Grün | RSC Anderlecht |
| MF | Stefano Rossini | Fiorentina |
| DF | Giovanni Bia | Perugia |
| MF | Stefano Cuoghi | Pisa |
| FW | Graziano Mannari | Como |
| MF | Giovanni Sorce | Licata |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Luca Bucci | Casertana | |
| GK | Giacomo Zunico | Lecce | |
| DF | Giovanni Bia | Trento | loan |
| DF | Alessandro Orlando | Udinese | |
| DF | Luca Somella | Avellino | |
| DF | Massimo Susic | Udinese | |
| MF | Carlo Bocchialini | Casertana | |
| MF | Vincenzo Esposito | Avellino | |
| MF | Marco Giandebiaggi | Cremonese | |
| FW | Maurizio Ganz | Brescia | |
| FW | Marcello Melli | | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Genoa | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 40 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Torino | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Parma | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Juventus | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 37 | |
| 8 | Napoli | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 37 | |
* ↑ Parma qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup as a substitute for the banned Milan.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 |

#### Goalscorers

* Alessandro Melli 13
* Tomas Brolin 7
* Marco Osio 6
* Lorenzo Minotti 4
* Georges Grün 2
* Giovanni Sorce 1

### Coppa Italia
#### Second round
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | BRA | Cláudio Taffarel | 34 | -30 | 34 | -30 |
| | DF | ITA | Cornelio Donati | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Enzo Gambaro | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Minotti | 33 | 4 | 33 | 4 |
| | DF | BEL | Georges Grün | 33 | 2 | 33 | 2 |
| | DF | ITA | Luigi Apolloni | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Daniele Zoratto | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Stefano Cuoghi | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| | MF | SWE | Tomas Brolin | 33 | 7 | 33 | 7 |
| | MF | ITA | Marco Osio | 30 | 6 | 30 | 6 |
| | FW | ITA | Alessandro Melli | 29 | 13 | 29 | 13 |
| | GK | ITA | Marco Ferrari | 1 | -1 | 0+1 | -1 |
| | MF | ITA | Tarcisio Catanese | 20 | 0 | 11+9 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Stefano Rossini | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Aldo Monza | 17 | 0 | 6+11 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Rocco De Marco | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Giovanni Sorce | 23 | 1 | 3+20 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Graziano Mannari | 12 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Giovanni Bia |
| | DF | ITA | Gianpaolo Morabito |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1990/1008/