# 1996–97 AC Fiorentina season

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina did not manage to repeat its spectacular 1995–96 season, and did not win any trophies the following year. A relatively meagre goalscoring season from superstar Gabriel Batistuta was one of the reasons for the declining performance, for which head coach Claudio Ranieri was sacked at the end of the season. The highlight of Fiorentina's season was reaching the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, where it lost to Barcelona 2–0 at the Camp Nou, following a 1–1 draw in Florence.

## 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 |
| — | GK | ITA | Francesco Toldo |
| — | GK | ITA | Alessandro Zandonà |
| — | GK | ITA | Gianmatteo Mareggini |
| — | GK | ITA | Mattia Passarini |
| — | DF | ITA | Daniele Carnasciali |
| — | DF | ITA | Michele Serena |
| — | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Amoruso |
| — | DF | ITA | Aldo Firicano |
| — | DF | ITA | Giulio Falcone |
| — | DF | ITA | Vittorio Pusceddu |
| — | DF | ITA | Pasquale Padalino |
| — | DF | ITA | Daniele Chiarini |
| — | MF | ITA | Giovanni Piacentini |
| — | MF | SWE | Stefan Schwarz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | POR | Rui Costa |
| — | MF | ITA | Danilo Stefani |
| — | MF | ITA | Sandro Cois |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Mirri |
| — | MF | ITA | Massimo Orlando |
| — | MF | ITA | Emiliano Bigica |
| — | MF | RUS | Andrei Kanchelskis |
| — | MF | ITA | Mirko Benin |
| — | FW | ITA | Francesco Baiano |
| — | FW | ARG | Gabriel Batistuta |
| — | FW | BEL | Luís Oliveira |
| — | FW | ITA | Marco Vendrame |
| — | FW | ITA | Anselmo Robbiati |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Mussi |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| FW | Luis Oliveira | Cagliari Calcio |
| DF | Aldo Firicano | Cagliari Calcio |
| DF | Vittorio Pusceddu | Cagliari Calcio |
| DF | Giulio Falcone | Torino F.C. |
| MF | Danilo Stefani | Maceratese |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Giacomo Banchelli | Cagliari Calcio | |
| DF | Andrea Sottil | Atalanta B.C. | |
| DF | Alberto Malusci | Olympique Marseille | |
| DF | Alessandro Orlando | Udinese Calcio | |
| MF | Christian Amoroso | Empoli F.C. | loan |
| MF | Cristiano Zanetti | Venezia F.C. | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Andrei Kanchelskis | Everton F.C. | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Francesco Flachi | A.S. Bari | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 11 | Milan | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 43 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 July 2015. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
#### First round
#### Semi-finals
## 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 | Toldo | 32 | -40 | 32 | -40 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Carnasciali | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Amoruso | 23 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Pusceddu | 28 | 0 | 21+7 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Padalino | 21 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Falcone | 31 | 0 | 27+4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Schwarz | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Cois | 25 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Rui Costa | 28 | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Batistuta | 32 | 12 | 32 | 12 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Oliveira | 31 | 9 | 28+3 | 9 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Mareggini | 2 | -1 | 2 | -1 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Robbiati | 30 | 11 | 18+12 | 11 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Firicano | 18 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Piacentini | 23 | 0 | 15+8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Serena | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Bigica | 17 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ITA | Baiano | 21 | 2 | 9+12 | 2 |
| 32 | MF | RUS | Kanchelskis | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Orlando | 16 | 0 | 3+13 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Vendrame | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Benin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ITA | Stefani | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Chiarini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Zandona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Passarini |
| | MF | ITA | Mirri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Mussi |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1996/1110/

### Goalscorers

* Gabriel Batistuta 13 (2)
* Anselmo Robbiati 12
* Luís Oliveira 9