# 1996–97 SS Lazio season

The 1996–97 season was Società Sportiva Lazio's 97th season since the club's existence and their ninth consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. In this season, Lazio finished fourth in Serie A, reached the quarter-final of the Coppa Italia and the round of 32 in the UEFA Cup.

## Squad

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 | Luca Marchegiani |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Paolo Negro |
| 3 | DF | RSA | Mark Fish |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Dario Marcolin |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Favalli |
| 6 | DF | ARG | José Chamot |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Roberto Rambaudi |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Renato Buso |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Pierluigi Casiraghi |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Igor Protti |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Signori |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Fernando Orsi |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Nesta |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Diego Fuser |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Roberto Baronio |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Paul Okon |
| 17 | DF | SUI | Guerino Gottardi |
| 18 | MF | CZE | Pavel Nedvěd |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Daniele Franceschini |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Grandoni |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Marco Piovanelli |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Carlo Cudicini |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Giorgio Venturin |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Pavel Nedvěd | Sparta Praha | |
| FW | Igor Protti | A.S. Bari | |
| MF | Paul Okon | Club Brugge | |
| DF | Mark Fish | Orlando Pirates | |
| MF | Roberto Baronio | Brescia Calcio | |
| FW | Renato Buso | S.S.C. Napoli | |
| GK | Carlo Cudicini | A.C. Milan | loan |
| GK | Flavio Roma | Venezia F.C. | loan ended |
| MF | Giorgio Venturin | Cagliari Calcio | loan ended |
| FW | Marco Di Vaio | Hellas Verona | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Alen Bokšić | Juventus | |
| MF | Roberto Di Matteo | Chelsea F.C. | |
| MF | Aron Winter | Internazionale | |
| DF | Cristiano Bergodi | Padova Calcio | |
| DF | Alessandro Romano | Brescia Calcio | |
| MF | Massimiliano Esposito | S.S.C. Napoli | |
| GK | Francesco Mancini | Foggia Calcio | loan ended |
| GK | Flavio Roma | Fiorenzuola | loan |
| FW | Marco Di Vaio | A.S. Bari | loan |
| FW | Alessandro Iannuzzi | Vicenza Calcio | loan |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Daniele Franceschini | Castel di Sangro | loan |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Sampdoria | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Second round
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | UEFA | UEFA |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Marchegiani | 40 | -41 | 32 | -32 | 4 | -3 | 4 | -6 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Negro | 34 | 3 | 25+2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Chamot | 34 | 1 | 28+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Nesta | 33 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Favalli | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Fuser | 38 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Venturin | 16 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | CZE | Nedved | 38 | 10 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Rambaudi | 36 | 5 | 21+7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Signori | 39 | 15 | 30+2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Casiraghi | 31 | 11 | 22+2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Orsi | 3 | -4 | 2+1 | -4 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Protti | 34 | 7 | 16+11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Grandoni | 24 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Okon | 18 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RSA | Fish | 17 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SUI | Gottardi | 24 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Marcolin | 19 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Buso | 16 | 12 | 5+11 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Baronio | 18 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Piovanelli | 16 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Cudicini | 1 | -1 | 0+1 | -1 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Franceschini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Federici | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Di Lello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Paniccia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Cano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Belle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1996/1107/