# 1996–97 Juventus FC season

Juventus Football Club won the domestic title and reached a second consecutive Champions League final, where Karl-Heinz Riedle scored twice for Borussia Dortmund in a 3–1 defeat of Juventus.

## Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Result | Top Scorer |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Result | Top Scorer |
| Serie A | 34 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 050.00 | Winners | Alessandro Del Piero, 8 Michele Padovano, 8 Christian Vieri, 8 |
| Coppa Italia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 040.00 | Quarter Finals | 4 Players, 1 |
| UEFA Champions League | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 072.73 | Runners-up | 4 Players, 4 |
| UEFA Super Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 100.00 | Winners | Alessandro Del Piero, 2 Michele Padovano, 2 |
| Intercontinental Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | Winners | Alessandro Del Piero, 1 |
| Total | 53 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 87 | 49 | +38 | 056.60 | | Alessandro Del Piero, 15 |

## Players
### Squad information

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Angelo Peruzzi |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Ciro Ferrara |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Moreno Torricelli |
| 4 | DF | URU | Paolo Montero |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Sergio Porrini |
| 6 | DF | POR | Dimas |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Angelo Di Livio |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Antonio Conte (captain) |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Alen Bokšić |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Del Piero |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Michele Padovano |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Michelangelo Rampulla |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mark Iuliano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Didier Deschamps |
| 15 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Nicola Amoruso |
| 17 | GK | ITA | Davide Falcioni |
| 18 | MF | YUG | Vladimir Jugović |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Attilio Lombardo |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Alessio Tacchinardi |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Zinedine Zidane |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Pessotto |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Ivano Trotta |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Davide Andorno |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Nicola Cingolani |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Paolo Chivaroli |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Zinedine Zidane | Girondins Bordeaux | - |
| FW | Alen Bokšić | S.S. Lazio | - |
| DF | Paolo Montero | Atalanta B.C. | |
| FW | Christian Vieri | Atalanta B.C. | |
| FW | Nicola Amoruso | Calcio Padova | |
| MF | Raffaele Ametrano | Udinese Calcio | - |
| DF | Dimas Teixeira | Benfica | - |
| DF | Mark Iuliano | Salernitana | - |
| DF | Juan Pablo Sorín | River Plate | loan ended |
| GK | Davide Falcioni | Olbia | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Gianluca Vialli | Chelsea F.C. | free |
| FW | Fabrizio Ravanelli | Middlesbrough F.C. | - |
| DF | Pietro Vierchowod | Perugia Calcio | - |
| MF | Paulo Sousa | Borussia Dortmund | - |
| MF | Giancarlo Marocchi | Bologna F.C. | free |
| DF | Massimo Carrera | Atalanta B.C. | free |
| DF | Juan Pablo Sorín | River Plate | - |
| GK | Nicola Visentin | U.S. Viterbese | loan |

#### Winter

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Raffaele Ametrano (on loan to Verona) |

## Competitions

Times from 1 July to 27 October 1996 and from 30 March to 30 June 1997 are UTC+2, from 27 October 1996 to 30 March 1997 UTC+1.

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 34 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 65 | Qualified to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Parma | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 63 | Qualified to Champions League qualifying round |
| 3 | Internazionale | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Lazio | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Udinese | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | D |

#### Position 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 |
| Juventus | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Super Cup
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Champions League | Others | Others |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Peruzzi | 43 | -28 | 29 | -19 | 2 | -1 | 9 | -6 | 3 | -2 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Porrini | 40 | 2 | 19+4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Ferrara | 49 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Montero | 42 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Pessotto | 29 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DM | FRA | Deschamps | 41 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Di Livio | 50 | 1 | 27+5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | YUG | Jugovic | 42 | 7 | 26+4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | AM | FRA | Zidane | 44 | 7 | 28+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ITA | Vieri | 37 | 14 | 15+8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Del Piero | 35 | 15 | 18+4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Rampulla | 11 | -9 | 5+1 | -4 | 3 | -4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Torricelli | 28 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Dimas | 18 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Conte | 10 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Boksic | 33 | 7 | 20+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Padovano | 30 | 9 | 12+8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Iuliano | 33 | 1 | 9+12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Amoruso | 35 | 10 | 10+13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | GK | ITA | Falcioni | 1 | -1 | 0+1 | -1 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Lombardo | 34 | 2 | 8+14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Tacchinardi | 34 | 1 | 14+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Trotta | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Cingolani | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Ametrano | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1996/1119/