# 1996–97 Udinese Calcio season

In the 1996–97 season, Udinese Calcio had its best season since the days of Zico during the 1980s. With goal-scoring trio Oliver Bierhoff, Márcio Amoroso and Paolo Poggi on top form, Udinese finished fifth. Bierhoff and Poggi scored 13 goals each, while Amoroso scored 12.

## Players
### First-team 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 | Graziano Battistini |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Thomas Helveg |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Raffaele Sergio |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Fabio Rossitto |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Calori |
| 6 | MF | ITA | David Stefani |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Márcio Amoroso |
| 8 | DF | GHA | Mohammed Gargo |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Claudio Clementi |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Stroppa |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Paolo Poggi |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Massimiliano Caniato |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Valerio Bertotto |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Stefano Desideri |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Luca Compagnon |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Giuliano Giannichedda |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Stefano Pellegrini |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Andrea Chiopris Gori |
| 20 | FW | GER | Oliver Bierhoff |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Orlando |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Luigi Turci |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Pierini |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Bia |
| 25 | DF | POL | Marek Koźmiński |
| 26 | DF | SUI | Pier Luigi Nicoli |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Massimiliano Cappioli |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Tomas Locatelli |
| 30 | DF | BEL | Régis Genaux |
| 31 | MF | EGY | Hazem Emam |
| 32 | DF | SUI | Fabio Pittilino |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | From |
| FW | Marcio Amoroso | Flamengo |
| GK | Luigi Turci | Cremonese |
| MF | Hazem Emam | Zamalek |
| MF | Massimiliano Cappioli | Roma |
| MF | Tomas Locatelli | Milan |
| DF | Regis Genaux | Coventry City |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Stefano Borgonovo | | Retired |
| MF | Igor Shalimov | Bologna | |
| FW | Francesco Marino | Reggina | |
| MF | Raffaele Ametrano | Juventus | |
| GK | Attilio Gregori | Hellas Verona | |
| MF | Jonathan Bachini | Lecce | Loan |
| MF | David Stefani | Savoia | Loan |
| DF | Stefano Pellegrini | Carpi | Loan |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 7 | Bologna | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 49 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 |

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1996–97 Serie A | 1996–97 Serie A | 1996–97 Coppa Italia | 1996–97 Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Turci | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Calori | 32 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Pierini | 24 | 2 | 19+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Bia | 23 | 4 | 21+2 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | DEN | Helveg | 31 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Rossitto | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Giannichedda | 24 | 0 | 12+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | ITA | Sergio | 29 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Amoroso | 29 | 12 | 22+6 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Bierhoff | 24 | 13 | 22+1 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Poggi | 33 | 13 | 30+2 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Battistini | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Bertotto | 25 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Desideri | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Orlando | 22 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Stroppa | 15 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Cappioli | 21 | 3 | 8+13 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | GHA | Gargo | 18 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SUI | Nicoli | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Locatelli | 12 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | BEL | Genaux | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Caniato | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Clementi | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | EGY | Emam | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Pellegrini | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Compagnon | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Stefani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POL | Kozminski | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Gori |
| 32 | DF | SUI | Pittilino |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/formazioni/1996/1122/

### Top scorers

* Oliver Bierhoff 13
* Paolo Poggi 13
* Márcio Amoroso 12
* Giovanni Bia 4
* Massimiliano Cappioli 3