# 1995–96 Atalanta BC season

During the 1995–96 season Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

## Summary

The club sold Argentine midfielder Leo Rodriguez to Universidad de Chile and young star striker Maurizio Ganz to Inter Milan, meanwhile bought Sandro Tovalieri from Bari and Christian Vieri from Torino to balance the offensive line. Additionally, central back José Oscar Herrera arrived from Cagliari Calcio and young midfielder Tomas Locatelli moved to AC Milan.
The club reached as high as third in the table in December with four consecutive wins. After that though, the club lost six matches, sending the club down the table to the relegation zone. The club secured safety from relegation during the final rounds. Striker Christian Vieri and attacking midfielder Domenico Morfeo both scored 22 goals during the season.
In the Coppa Italia, the squad reached the final for the first time in nine years. Along the way, Atalanta defeated Cremonese, Juventus by a goal from Fabio Gallo, Cagliari in the quarter-finals and Bologna in the semi-finals. They lost the two-legged final against Fiorentina by an aggregate score of 3–0.

## 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 | Fabrizio Ferron |
| 2 | MF | URU | José Oscar Herrera |
| 3 | MF | ITA | Valter Bonacina (vice-Captain) |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Nicola Boselli |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Daniele Fortunato (Captain) |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Fabio Gallo |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Luppi |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Minaudo |
| 9 | DF | URU | Paolo Montero |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Domenico Morfeo |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Antonio Paganin |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Davide Pinato |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Pavone |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Federico Pisani |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Franco Rotella |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Stefano Salvatori |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Marco Sgrò |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Sandro Tovalieri |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Mauro Valentini |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Marco Zanchi |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Filippo Zani |
| 27 | DF | SLE | Kewullay Conteh |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Massimo Mutarelli |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Temelin |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Stefano Lorenzi |
| — | DF | ITA | Denis Zanardo |

## Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Marco Ambrosio | Prato | loan ended |
| DF | Kewullay Conteh | Café Opera | |
| DF | José Oscar Herrera | Cagliari | |
| DF | Gianluca Luppi | Fiorentina | |
| DF | Antonio Paganin | Inter Milan | loan ended |
| MF | Fabio Gallo | Brescia | |
| MF | Giuseppe Minaudo | Piacenza | loan ended |
| MF | Marco Sgrò | Ancona | loan ended |
| FW | Sandro Tovalieri | Bari | |
| FW | Christian Vieri | Venezia | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Tebaldo Bigliardi | Leffe | |
| DF | Simone Pavan | Venezia | |
| DF | Emanuele Tresoldi | Pistoiese | loan |
| MF | Tomas Locatelli | AC Milan | loan |
| MF | Oscar Magoni | Genoa | |
| MF | Leonardo Rodríguez | Universidad de Chile | |
| MF | Cristiano Scapolo | Bologna | |
| MF | Sebastiano Vecchiola | Venezia | |
| FW | Vincenzo Chianese | Casarano | loan |
| FW | Maurizio Ganz | Inter Milan | |
| FW | Giampaolo Saurini | Brescia | |

### Autumn

Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Marco Ambrosio | Ravenna | |
| MF | Giuseppe Minaudo | Torino | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Udinese | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 41 | |
| 12 | Napoli | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 41 | |
| 13 | Atalanta | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 39 | |
| 14 | Piacenza | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 37 | |
| 15 | Bari (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Final
## 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 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 50 | -12 |
| Coppa Italia | | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |

### Player 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 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Ferron | 36 | -41 | 29 | -41 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | URU | Herrera | 36 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Valentini | 33 | 1 | 26+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Paganin | 35 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | URU | Montero | 29 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | ITA | Bonacina | 35 | 1 | 28+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Fortunato | 40 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Gallo | 37 | 1 | 25+6 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Tovalieri | 38 | 8 | 21+9 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Vieri | 21 | 10 | 18+1 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Morfeo | 37 | 12 | 23+7 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Pinato | 8 | -9 | 5+2 | -9 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Sgro | 36 | 2 | 21+9 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Luppi | 20 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Pisani | 32 | 5 | 11+15 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Rotella | 22 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Pavone | 18 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Salvatori | 28 | 0 | 9+13 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Boselli | 17 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Zanchi | 12 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Minaudo | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SLE | Conteh | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Zani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Mutarelli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Temelin | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ITA | Zanardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Lorenzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/