# 1996–97 AS Roma season

Associazione Sportiva Roma did not have its best season, dropping into the lower half of the league, and only saving its Serie A status by a few points. New coach Carlos Bianchi failed to get the most out of a prolific squad, and was sacked in the middle of the season, with club advisor Nils Liedholm taking over at the helm for the rest of the championship.

## Players

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 | Giovanni Cervone |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Roberto Trotta |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Marco Lanna |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Enrico Annoni |
| 5 | MF | SWE | Jonas Thern |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Aldair |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Francesco Moriero |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Francesco Statuto |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Abel Balbo |
| 10 | FW | URU | Daniel Fonseca |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Amedeo Carboni |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Giorgio Sterchele |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Fabio Petruzzi |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Luigi Di Biagio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Massimiliano Cappioli |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Francesco Totti |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Damiano Tommasi |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Grossi |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Antonio Bernardini |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Giampaolo Di Magno |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Lampros Choutos |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Marco Delvecchio |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Stovini |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Berti |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Matteo Pivotto |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Daniele Conti |
| 31 | DF | RUS | Omari Tetradze |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Vincent Candela |
| — | MF | ITA | Daniele Beretta |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Damiano Tommasi | Hellas Verona |
| DF | Roberto Trotta | Velez Sarsfield |
| FW | Martin Dahlin | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| DF | Matteo Pivotto | Carpi |
| MF | Antonino Bernardini | Torino F.C. |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| MF | Giuseppe Giannini | Sturm Graz |
| MF | Massimiliano Cappioli | Udinese Calcio |
| MF | Daniele Berretta | Cagliari Calcio |
| DF | Gianluca Cherubini | A.C. Reggiana |
| DF | Gabriele Grossi | A.C. Reggiana |
| DF | Andrea Cupi | Lodigiani |
| MF | Alessio Scarchilli | Torino F.C. |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Vincent Candela | En Avant Guingamp | |
| GK | Gianluca Berti | Genoa C.F.C. | free |
| DF | Omari Tetradze | Alania | free |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Giorgio Sterchele | Cagliari Calcio | |
| DF | Roberto Trotta | CA River Plate | |
| FW | Martin Dahlin | Borussia Mönchengladbach | loan |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | 13th | 7 September 1996 | 1 June 1997 |
| Coppa Italia | Second round | Second round | 28 August 1996 | 28 August 1996 |
| UEFA Cup | First round | Second round | 12 September 1996 | 29 October 1996 |
Last updated: 1 June 1997

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Atalanta | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 44 | |
| 11 | Milan | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 43 | |
| 12 | Roma | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 41 | |
| 13 | Napoli | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 41 | |
| 14 | Piacenza | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 37 | Relegation tie-breaker |
* ↑ Roma finished ahead of Napoli on Goal difference: Roma -1, Napoli -7.
* ↑ CAG: 7 pts; PIA: 5 pts; PER: 4 pts.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 June 1997. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 |

#### 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 | Cervone | 15 | -19 | 15 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Lanna | 29 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Aldair | 36 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Petruzzi | 30 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Carboni | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Tommasi | 34 | 3 | 26+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Di Biagio | 32 | 3 | 24+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | SWE | Thern | 28 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Statuto | 25 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Balbo | 34 | 19 | 29+1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Totti | 30 | 5 | 23+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Sterchele | 21 | -30 | 16 | -22 | 1 | -3 | 4 | -5 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Delvecchio | 30 | 4 | 15+12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Candela | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Moriero | 22 | 3 | 12+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Annoni | 16 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Pivotto | 13 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | RUS | Tetradze | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | URU | Fonseca | 21 | 8 | 6+10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Trotta | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Bernardini | 18 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Cappioli | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ITA | Berti | 3 | -3 | 3 | -3 |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Dahlin | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Berretta | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Conti | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Di Magno | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Grossi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Choutos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Stovini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1996/1120/

### Goalscorers

* Abel Balbo 17 (5)
* Francesco Totti 5
* Marco Delvecchio 4
* Daniel Fonseca 4