# 1996–97 Serie A

The 1996–97 Serie A title was won by Juventus, under head coach Marcello Lippi. Cagliari, Perugia, Hellas Verona and Reggiana were relegated.

## Teams

Bologna, Hellas Verona, Perugia and Reggiana had been promoted from Serie B.

## Events

Following the historical change of the UEFA Champions League entry list, Italy obtained a seventh place in Europe.

## Personnel and Sponsoring

| Team | Head Coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Atalanta | Emiliano Mondonico | Asics | Somet |
| Bologna | Renzo Ulivieri | Diadora | Carisbo |
| Cagliari | Carlo Mazzone | Reebok | Pecorino Sardo |
| Fiorentina | Claudio Ranieri | Reebok | Sammontana |
| Internazionale | Luciano Castellani | Umbro | Pirelli |
| Juventus | Marcello Lippi | Kappa | Sony |
| Lazio | Dino Zoff | Umbro | Cirio |
| Milan | Arrigo Sacchi | Lotto | Opel |
| Napoli | Vincenzo Montefusco | Lotto | Centrale del latte di Napoli |
| Parma | Carlo Ancelotti | Puma | Parmalat |
| Perugia | Nevio Scala | Galex | CEPU |
| Piacenza | Bortolo Mutti | ABM | Caripiacenza |
| Reggiana | Francesco Oddo | Asics | Burro Giglio |
| Roma | Nils Liedholm | Diadora | INA Assitalia |
| Sampdoria | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Asics | None |
| Udinese | Alberto Zaccheroni | Hummel | Millionaire Market |
| Hellas Verona | Luigi Cagni | Erreà | Ferroli |
| Vicenza | Francesco Guidolin | Biemme | Pal Zileri |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 34 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 65 | Qualified to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Parma | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 63 | Qualified to Champions League qualifying round |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 13 | Napoli | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 41 | |
| 14 | Piacenza | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 37 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 15 | Cagliari (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 37 | Serie B after tie-breaker |
| 16 | Perugia (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 37 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 17 | Hellas Verona (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 27 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 18 | Reggiana (R) | 34 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 67 | −39 | 19 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Roma finished ahead of Napoli on Goal difference: Roma -1, Napoli -7.
* ↑ CAG: 7 pts; PIA: 5 pts; PER: 4 pts.
* ↑ CAG: 7 pts; PIA: 5 pts; PER: 4 pts.
* ↑ Relegated to 1997-98 Serie B for direct matches.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | CAG | FIO | INT | JUV | LAZ | MIL | NAP | PAR | PER | PIA | REA | ROM | SAM | UDI | HEL | VIC |
| Atalanta | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Bologna | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 |
| Cagliari | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Fiorentina | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| Internazionale | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Juventus | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Lazio | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Milan | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Napoli | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Parma | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Perugia | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Piacenza | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Reggiana | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Roma | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 1–4 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| Sampdoria | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Udinese | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–5 | | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Hellas Verona | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 2–2 |
| Vicenza | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
* ↑ The match was played at Stadio Giglio.

## Relegation tie-breaker

Cagliari relegated to 1997-98 Serie B.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Filippo Inzaghi | Atalanta | 24 |
| 2 | Vincenzo Montella | Sampdoria | 22 |
| 3 | Abel Balbo | Roma | 17 |
| 4 | Sandro Tovalieri | Reggiana, Cagliari | 16 |
| 5 | Roberto Mancini | Sampdoria | 15 |
| 5 | Marco Negri | Perugia | 15 |
| 5 | Giuseppe Signori | Lazio | 15 |
| 8 | Enrico Chiesa | Parma | 14 |
| 8 | Youri Djorkaeff | Internazionale | 14 |
| 8 | Pasquale Luiso | Piacenza | 14 |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

## References and sources

* Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005