# 1996–97 Vicenza Calcio season

During the 1996–97 Italian football season, Vicenza competed in Serie A.

## Summary

In the summer of 1996, Vicenza brought young forwards Alessandro Iannuzzi and Giovanni Cornacchini, the latter going on to become the top scorer in Coppa Italia, centre back Massimo Beghetto, teenage left back Pierre Wome who was discovered in Africa by technical director Sergio Vignoni, as well as 18-year old midfielder Fabio Firmani. Leaving the club were Joachim Bjorklund, Massimo Lombardini and Gabriele Grossi. In July 1996 the team started pre-season in Enego.
Vicenza had its best season ever, winning the Coppa Italia following a victory over Napoli in the final.

## 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 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Brivio |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Luca Mondini |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Roberto Verdi |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Massimo Beghetto |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Davide Belotti |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Dal Canto |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Gilberto D'Ignazio |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Lopez (captain) |
| 8 | DF | URU | Gustavo Mendez |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Paolo Pasqualin |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Luigi Sartor |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Gabriele Ambrosetti |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Daniele Amerini |
| — | MF | ITA | Carmine Coppola |
| — | MF | ITA | Massimo Dalle Nogare |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Domenico Di Carlo (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Fabio Firmani |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Giuliano Gentilini |
| 13 | MF | ITA | Giampiero Maini |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Margherita |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Stefano Mazzocco |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Maurizio Rossi |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Mariano Sotgia |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Fabio Viviani (vice-vice-captain) |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Pierre Wome |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Giovanni Cornacchini |
| — | FW | ITA | Marco Cunico |
| — | FW | ITA | Ferdinando Gasparini |
| 15 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Iannuzzi |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Mazzuoccolo |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Roberto Murgita |
| 19 | FW | URU | Marcelo Otero |

## Transfers

In :
| position | Name | from |
| GK | Roberto Verdi | Massese |
| DF | Massimo Beghetto | Perugia |
| DF | Alessandro Dal Canto | Torino |
| MF | Carmine Coppola | Nola |
| MF | Fabio Firmani | Lodigiani |
| MF | Mariano Sotgia | Cosenza |
| MF | Pierre Wome | Canon |
| FW | Giovanni Cornacchini | Bologna |
| FW | Marco Cunico | Treviso |
| FW | Ferdinando Gasparini | Fidelis Andria |
| FW | Alessandro Iannuzzi | S.S. Lazio |
Out :
| Position | Name | To |
| GK | Alessandro Zerman | Brescello |
| DF | Joachim Bjorklund | Glasgow Rangers |
| DF | Gabriele Grossi | Roma |
| MF | Massimo Lombardini | Torino |
| MF | Massimo Lovato | Juve Stabia |
| MF | Willi Pittana | Udinese Calcio |
| FW | Marco Franco | Solbiatese |
| FW | Diego Vaccaretti | Massese |

### Autumn-Winter

In :
| Position | Name | from | Date |
| MF | Giuliano Gentilini | Padova Calcio | 27 January 1997 |
Out :
| Position | Name | to | Date |
| FW | Ferdinando Gasparini | Ravenna | 31 October 1996 |
| DF | Alessandro Dal Canto | Venezia | 24 November 1996 |
| MF | Luca Margherita | Valdagno | 14 December 1996 |
| MF | Mariano Sotgia | Padova | 26 January 1997 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Sampdoria | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Bologna | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 49 | |
| 8 | Vicenza | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 47 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 45 | |
| 10 | Atalanta | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 44 | |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Final
## Statistics
### Squad

| Competition | Points | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | DR |
| Competition | Points | G | W | D | L | Gf | Gs | G | W | D | L | Gf | Gs | G | W | D | L | Gf | Gs | DR |
| Serie A | 47 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 38 | +5 |
| Coppa Italia | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
| Total | - | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 43 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 |

### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Mondini | 32 | -38 | 32 | -38 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | URU | Mendez | 29 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Sartor | 33 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Belotti | 34 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Lopez | 36 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Viviani | 37 | 2 | 24+5 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Di Carlo | 37 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ITA | Maini | 38 | 6 | 28+2 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Ambrosetti | 31 | 7 | 18+7 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Murgita | 39 | 7 | 25+7 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | URU | Otero | 29 | 13 | 22+2 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Brivio | 12 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | D'Ignazio | 36 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Beghetto | 39 | 4 | 21+10 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Cornacchini | 24 | 4 | 13+5 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Rossi | 37 | 2 | 11+18 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Amerini | 21 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ITA | Ianuzzi | 20 | 3 | 6+11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Gentilini | 11 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Sotgia | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Firmani | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Dal Canto | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Mazzocco | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Pasqualin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Verdi |
| | MF | ITA | Coppola |
| | MF | ITA | Nogare |
| | MF | ITA | Margherita |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Wome |
| | FW | ITA | Cunico |
| | FW | ITA | Gasparini |
| | FW | ITA | Mazzuocolo |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1996/1111/