# 1996–97 Atalanta BC season

During the 1996–97 season Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

## Summary

The squad finished in 10th place in Serie A. Striker Filippo Inzaghi became capocannoniere with 24 goals in 33 league matches for Atalanta, defeating Sampdoria striker Vincenzo Montella. Inzaghi tied Michel Platini's 1983-84 Serie A record, scoring against 15 different teams in the competition. Also, goalkeeper Davide Pinato attained a new club record: 757 minutes without conceding a goal.
On 12 February 1997, forward Federico Pisani died in a car accident with his BMW 320 convertible in the company of his girlfriend Alessandra Midali (who also died in the accident) and two friends (who were uninjured). In his honor, the club's number 14 was retired, and the Curva Nord (North stand) of the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia was named the Curva Pisani.

## 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 | Davide Micillo |
| 2 | MF | URU | José Oscar Herrera |
| 3 | MF | ITA | Valter Bonacina |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Massimo Carrera |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Fortunato |
| 6 | DF | YUG | Zoran Mirković |
| 7 | FW | URU | Federico Magallanes |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Joakim Persson |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Filippo Inzaghi |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Domenico Morfeo |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Fabio Gallo |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Davide Pinato |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Andrea Sottil |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Federico Pisani |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Marco Sgrò |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Tresoldi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Paolo Foglio |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Stefano Rossini |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Franco Rotella |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Gianluca Luppi |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Andrea Natali |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Fabio Rustico |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Fausto Rossini |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Gianluigi Lentini |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Mario Morfeo |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Massimo Mutarelli |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Marcandalli |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Angelo Carbone |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Arnaldo Bonfanti |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Pierre Giorgio Regonesi |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Luciano Zauri |
| — | DF | ITA | Cesare Natali |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| FW | Filippo Inzaghi | A.C. Parma |
| MF | Gianluigi Lentini | A.C. Milan |
| DF | Massimo Carrera | Juventus |
| DF | Zoran Mirkovic | FK Partizan |
| DF | Stefano Rossini | Piacenza Calcio |
| GK | Davide Micillo | A.C. Cesena |
| FW | Federico Magallanes | Peñarol |
| MF | Joakim Persson | Malmö FF |
| DF | Andrea Sottil | Fiorentina |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| FW | Christian Vieri | Juventus |
| FW | Sandro Tovalieri | A.C. Reggiana |
| DF | Paolo Montero | Juventus |
| GK | Fabrizio Ferron | Sampdoria |
| DF | Antonio Paganin | Hellas Verona |
| MF | Marco Zanchi | A.S. Bari |
| MF | Stefano Salvatori | Heart of Midlothian |
| DF | Mauro Valentini | Lucchese |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Angelo Carbone | A.C. Reggiana | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | José Oscar Herrera | Cruz Azul | loan |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 11 | Milan | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 43 | |
| 12 | Roma | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 41 | |
* ↑ Roma finished ahead of Napoli on Goal difference: Roma -1, Napoli -7.

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### First round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| Competition. | Points | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | GD |
| Competition. | Points | G | W | D | L | Gs | Ga | G | W | D | L | Gs | Ga | G | W | D | L | Gs | Ga | GD |
| Serie A | 44 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 46 | -2 |
| Coppa Italia | | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| Total | | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 48 | -3 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Pinato | 23 | -25 | 23 | -25 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCG | Mirkovic | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Carrera | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Rossini | 25 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Sottil | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Lentini | 31 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | ITA | Bonacina | 27 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Sgro | 32 | 3 | 30+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Gallo | 31 | 0 | 26+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Morfeo | 27 | 5 | 23+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Inzaghi | 34 | 25 | 32+1 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Micillo | 12 | -23 | 11 | -21 | 1 | -2 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Carbone | 19 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Foglio | 24 | 2 | 18+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Rustico | 24 | 0 | 11+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | URU | Herrera | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Fortunato | 21 | 1 | 9+11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Persson | 13 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Rotella | 12 | 1 | 3+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | URU | Magallanes | 11 | 1 | 2+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Luppi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Pisani | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Zauri | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Bonfanti | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Morfeo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Regonesi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Rossini | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Tresoldi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1996/1109/