1996–97 A.C. Milan season

Milan Associazione Calcio
1996–97 season
Chairman	Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Oscar Tabarez ; (until 1 December 1996); Arrigo Sacchi; (from 1 December 1996)
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	11th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; George Weah (13); All: ; George Weah (16)
Highest home attendance	81 170 vs Juventus (6 April 1997)
Lowest home attendance	7 242 vs Vicenza Calcio (27 November 1996)
Average home league attendance	55 894
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

During the 1996–97 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia, UEFA Champions League and Supercoppa.

Summary[]

Milan Associazione Calcio fell into pieces once Fabio Capello left his job to join Real Madrid.^[3] The new organisation with Óscar Tabárez as technical director completely miscued its signings, with neither Jesper Blomqvist, Edgar Davids, Christophe Dugarry or Michael Reiziger being successful. After a Supercoppa Italiana defeat against Fiorentina at home at the San Siro, a 2–3 loss at Piacenza for the league cost the Uruguayan his position. Tabarez was replaced by former championship winning coach Arrigo Sacchi, the change did not happen and days later due to a 2–1 defeat to Rosenborg at home in the Champions League the team was not qualified to Quarterfinals. The Rossoneri eventually finished 11th managed to save the reigning champions' contract in Serie A by just six points.

The miserable season also prompted captain Franco Baresi to end his active career, with Milan retiring the #6 shirt in his honour.^[4]

Squad[]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (age)	Signed in	Signed from	Transfer Fee	Notes	Captain
Goalkeepers
1	Sebastiano Rossi	GK	(1964-07-20)20 July 1964 (age 33)	1990	Cesena
25	Angelo Pagotto	GK	(1973-11-21)21 November 1973 (age 23)	1996	UC Sampdoria	€300,000
17	Gabriele Aldegani	GK	(1976-05-10)10 May 1976 (age 20)	1995			From Youth system
Defenders
2	Christian Panucci	RB	(1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (age 23)	1993	Genoa Cricket and Football Club	€4,500,000	^[5]
3	Paolo Maldini	LB	(1968-06-26)26 June 1968(age 28)	1985	Milan Primavera		From Youth system
5	Filippo Galli	CB	(1963-05-19)19 May 1963 (age 33)	1983	Pescara		From Youth system
6	Franco Baresi	CB	(1960-05-08)8 May 1960 (age 36)	1977	Milan Primavera		From Youth system	Captain
11	Alessandro Costacurta	CB	(1966-04-24)24 April 1966 (age 30)	1986	Monza		From Youth system
13	Francesco Coco	LB	(1977-01-08)8 January 1977 (age 19)	1995	Milan Primavera		From Youth system
14	Michael Reiziger	RB	(1973-05-03)3 May 1973 (age 23)	1996	AFC Ajax	free
21	Mauro Tassotti	RB	(1960-01-19)19 January 1960 (age 36)	1980	SS Lazio		vice-captain
29	Pietro Vierchowod	CB	(1959-04-06)6 April 1959 (age 37)	1996^[6]	AC Perugia	€500,000
32	Daniele Daino	CB	(1979-09-08)8 September 1979 (age 17)	1996	Milan Primavera		From Youth system
35	Miodrag Vukotic	LB	(1973-11-08)8 November 1973 (age 23)	1996	FK Vojvodina	€500,000	^[7]
Midfielders
4	Demetrio Albertini	CM	(1971-08-23)23 August 1971 (age 25)	1991^[8]	Calcio Padova		From Youth system
8	Marcel Desailly	CM	(1968-08-23)23 August 1968 (age 28)	1993	Olympique de Marseille		^[9]
10	Dejan Savicevic	RW	(1966-09-15)15 September 1966 (age 31)	1992	Red Star Belgrade	€5,000,000
15	Massimo Ambrosini	CM	(1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (age 19)	1995	Cesena
16	Tomas Locatelli	RM	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (age 20)	1995	Atalanta BC		^[10]
20	Zvonimir Boban	LM	(1968-10-08)8 October 1968 (age 28)	1992	SSC Bari
22	Edgar Davids	LM	(1973-03-13)13 March 1973 (age 23)	1996	AFC Ajax	Free	^[11]
24	Stefano Eranio	RM	(1966-12-29)29 December 1966 (age 30)	1992	Genoa
34	Jesper Blomqvist	LM	(1974-02-05)5 February 1974 (age 22)	1996	IFK Goteborg	€2,500,000	^[12]
Forwards
9	George Weah	CF	(1966-10-01)1 October 1966 (age 30)	1995	Paris Saint-Germain	€9,000,000
18	Roberto Baggio	FW	(1967-02-18)18 February 1967 (age 29)	1995	Juventus	€12,000,000
19	Christophe Dugarry	FW	(1972-03-24)24 March 1972 (age 24)	1996	Girondins Bordeaux	€1,800,000
23	Marco Simone	FW	(1969-01-07)7 January 1969 (age 27)	1989	Como
17	Luca Saudati	FW	(1978-01-18)18 January 1978 (age 18)	1996	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth system^[13]
28	Matteo Pelatti	CF	(1978-01-03)3 January 1978 (age 18)	1996	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth system

Transfers[]

In[]

First Team
Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 July 1996	GK	25	Angelo Pagotto	UC Sampdoria	£0,5m
1 July 1996	DF	14	Michael Reiziger	AFC Ajax	Free
30 August 1996	DF	29	Pietro Vierchowod	AC Perugia
1 July 1996	MF	22	Edgar Davids	AFC Ajax	Free^[14]
1 July 1996	FW	19	Christophe Dugarry	Girondins Bordeaux
15 November 1996	MF	34	Jesper Blomqvist	IFK Goteborg	U$6,44m^[15]
1 December 1996	DF	35	Miodrag Vukotic	FK Budućnost	£1m

Academy and other
Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 July 1996	MF	—	Francesco De Francesco	AC Prato	£0m

Transfers out[]

First Team
Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 August 1996	GK	12	Mario Ielpo	Genoa	£0m
31 October 1996	DF	5	Filippo Galli	AC Reggiana	£0m
1 July 1996	DF	26	Gianluca Sordo	AC Reggiana	£0m
1 July 1996	FW	7	Paolo Di Canio	Celtic Glasgow	£2m
15 August 1996	MF	31	Patrick Vieira	Arsenal	£3,5m^[16]
1 July 1996	MF	28	Paulo Futre	West Ham United	£0m
10 August 1996	MF	14	Gianluigi Lentini	Atalanta BC	£0m
1 July 1996	DF	19	Stefano Nava	Servette FC	£0m
1 July 1996	DF	13	Roberto Lorenzini	Lucchese	£0m
10 January 1997	DF	2	Christian Panucci	Real Madrid CF	£10m
8 December 1996	MF	16	Tomas Locatelli	Udinese	£2m

Loans ended[]

First Team
Date	Position	Player	From club	Transfer fee
30 June 1996	MF	Francesco Cozza	Lucchese	£0m
30 June 1996	DF	Roberto Lorenzini	Piacenza Calcio	£0m
30 June 1996	DF	Stefano Nava	Padova	£0m

Loans out[]

First Team
Date	Position	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 July 1996	MF	Francesco Cozza	Cagliari Calcio	£0m
1 December 1996	FW	Luca Saudati	FC Lugano	£0m
1 December 1996	MF	Francesco De Francesco	Prato	£0m

Results[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Friendlies

27 July 1996 (1996-07-27) Friendly	Monza	0–1	Milan	Monza, Italy
			Roberto Baggio 74'	Attendance: 6 559

31 July 1996 (1996-07-31) Friendly	Como 1907	0–3	Milan	Como
			Stefano Eranio 8' Roberto Baggio 14' Gianluigi Lentini 85'

Costantino Rozzi Memorial

3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)	AC Perugia	*0–0(4:3)**	AC Milan	Ascoli, Italy
				Stadium: Dal Duca Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ciccoianni

3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)	Ascoli	*0–0(7:6)**	AC Milan	Ascoli, Italy
				Stadium: Dal Duca Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Verrucci

Trofeo de Navarra

7 August 1996 (1996-08-07)	Osasuna	0–4	Milan	Pamplona, Spain
			Weah 15' Savicevic 27' Boban 32' Yanguas 44'(o.g)	Stadium: Attendance: 12 000 Referee: Perez Izquierdo

Opel Masters Cup

12 August 1996 (1996-08-12)	Milan	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Munich, Germany
	Baggio 40'		Mboma 22' Roche 33'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Frohlich

12 August 1996 (1996-08-12)	Bayern Munchen	1–2	AC Milan	Munich, Germany
	Klinsmann 14'		Davids 43' Simone 45'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Fleiske

Amsterdam Arena Cup

14 August 1996 (1996-08-14)	Ajax	0–3	AC Milan	Amsterdam, Netherlands
			Savicevic 32' Simone 49' Albertini 87'pen	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: van der Ende

Luigi Berlusconi Trophy

21 August 1996 (1996-08-21)	AC Milan	1–0	Juventus FC	Milan, Italy
	Eranio 84'			Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 67,963 Referee: Ciccoianni

Competitions[]

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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^[a]
13	Napoli	34	9	14	11	38	45	−7	41

Source: Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[17]
Notes:

^ Roma finished ahead of Napoli on Goal difference: Roma -1, Napoli -7.

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	11	10	13	43	45	−2	43	8	5	4	28	20	+8	3	5	9	15	25	−10

Last updated: 26 May 2019.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L
Position	1	6	5	2	6	2	4	5	8	8	9	7	3	7	9	6	7	10	12	9	11	11	12	10	7	8	12	11	11	9	9	9	10	11

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying round; = 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round

Matches[]

8 September 1996 1	Milan	4–1	Hellas Verona	Milan
	Simone 49, 66' Weah 85' Baggio 90' Maldini	Report	De Vitis 24'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54 128 Referee: Rodomonti

15 September 1996 2	UC Sampdoria	2–1	Milan	Genova
	S. Rossi 45' (o.g.) Mancini 76'	Report	Weah 14' Vierchowod Boban	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 27 166 Referee: Treossi

22 September 1996 3	Bologna FC	1–2	Milan	Bologna
	Kolyvanov 62' (pen.)	Report	46' Simone 71' Weah 84' Savicevic Davids 86' Albertini	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 36 693 Referee: Braschi

29 September 1996 4	Milan	3–0	AC Perugia	Milan
	Weah 2, 73' Baggio 78' Boban 67' Panucci Eranio	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 50 994 Referee: Farina

12 October 1996 5	AS Roma	3–0	Milan	Roma
	Totti 13' Cappioli 19' Balbo 90'	Report	Maldini Eranio 58'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 63 217 Referee: Pairetto

20 October 1996 6	Milan	3–1	SSC Napoli	Milan
	Weah 40, 58' Baggio 77'	Report	André Cruz 61'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58 078 Referee: Ceccarini

27 October 1996 7	AC Fiorentina	1–0	Milan	Firenze
	Robbiati 84' Firicano 85'	Report	Eranio 45' Desailly Boban	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 48 986 Referee: Trentalange

3 November 1996 8	Milan	1–1	Atalanta BC	Milan
	Albertini 53' (pen.) Costacurta Baggio '87	Report	F. Inzaghi 21' F. Inzaghi 82'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53 821 Referee: Bettin

17 November 1996 9	Juventus FC	0–0	Milan	Torino
		Report	Albertini Davids	Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi Attendance: 54 985 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

24 November 1996 10	Milan	1–1	FC Inter	Milan
	Baggio 3' Maldini Desailly Davids	Report	Djorkaeff 13' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80 742 Referee: Braschi

1 December 1996 11	Piacenza Calcio	3–2	Milan	Piacenza
	9' Di Francesco 44' Luiso 71'	Report	Dugarry 47' Dugarry 68' Coco	Stadium: Attendance: 13 515 Referee: Messina

8 December 1996 12	Milan	2–1	Udinese Calcio	Milan
	Savićević 52' Eranio 66' Costacurta 83'	Report	Stroppa 56'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 49 087 Referee: Beschin

15 December 1996 13	AC Reggiana	0–3	Milan	Reggio Emilia
	Galli 78'	Report	Albertini 3', 71' (pen.), 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Giglio Attendance: 14 500 Referee: De Santis

22 December 1996 14	Milan	0–1	AC Parma	Milan
	Weah 29' Costacurta 62' Maldini 90'	Report	Stanić 45'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51 223 Referee: Bazzoli

5 January 1997 15	SS Lazio	3–0	Milan	Roma
	Signori 22' Casiraghi 45' Grandoni 65'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35 580 Referee: Treossi

12 January 1997 16	Milan	1–0	Vicenza Calcio	Milan
	Dugarry 21' Desailly 61'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 55 439 Referee: Rodomonti

19 January 1997 17	Cagliari Calcio	1–1	Milan	Cagliari
	Tovalieri 44'	Report	46'Simone 65' Dugarry 90' Ambrosini	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 21 713 Referee: Ceccarini

26 January 1997 18	Hellas Verona	3–1	Milan	Verona
	Zanini 30' 38' Orlandini 54'	Report	46' Eranio 67' Boban	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 30 795 Referee: Borriello

2 February 1997 19	Milan	2–3	UC Sampdoria	Milan
	Maldini 35' Weah 37' Weah 57'	Report	Mancini 1' Ferron 24' Mihajlović 74' Carparelli 79'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54 767 Referee: Bazzoli

16 February 1997 20	Milan	2–0	Bologna FC	Milan
	Albertini 45' (pen.) Boban 56' Blomqvist 85' Blomqvist 89'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54 860 Referee: Bettin

23 February 1997 21	AC Perugia	1–0	Milan	Perugia
	Negri 18'	Report	Dugarry 25' Davids 44' Maldini 45'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 27 842 Referee: Stafoggia

2 March 1997 22	Milan	1–1	AS Roma	Milan
	Vierchowod 65'	Report	Fonseca 75'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52 266 Referee: Treossi

9 March 1997 23	SSC Napoli	0–0	Milan	Napoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 55 071

15 March 1997 24	Milan	2–0	AC Fiorentina	Milan
	Desailly 62' Albertini 90' (pen)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52 983 Referee: Boggi

23 March 1997 25	Atalanta BC	0–2	Milan	Bergamo
		Report	Weah 11' Eranio 66'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 24 769 Referee: Ceccarini

6 April 1997 26	Milan	1–6	Juventus FC	Milan
	Simone 76'	Report	Jugović 19, 51' Zidane 32' (pen.) Vieri 71, 81' Amoruso 73'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 81 170 Referee: Braschi

13 April 1997 27	FC Inter	3–1	Milan	Milan
	Djorkaeff 32' (pen.) Zamorano 43' Ganz 57'	Report	Baggio 88'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 70 996 Referee: Boggi

20 April 1997 28	Milan	0–0	Piacenza Calcio	Milano
	Rossi 30'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 48 852 Referee: Messina

4 May 1997 29	Udinese Calcio	1–1	Milan	Udinese
	Bierhoff 16' 75'	Report	Maldini 72'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 27 743

11 May 1997 30	Milan	3–1	AC Reggiana	Milano
	Dugarry 12' Albertini 69' (pen.) Weah 90'	Report	Minetti 72'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 47 061 Referee: Rossi

15 May 1997 31	AC Parma	1–1	Milan	Parma
	Chiesa 7'	Report	Albertini 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 25 069 Referee: Boggi

18 May 1997 32	Milan	2–2	SS Lazio	Milan
	Baggio 39' Weah 41' Weah 64'	Report	Boban 56' (o.g.) Fuser 73' Nedvěd 86'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 48 604 Referee: Pairetto

25 May 1997 33	Vicenza Calcio	2–0	Milan	Vicenza
	Ambrosetti 6' Belotti 81' Baresi 86' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 15 416 Referee: Farina

1 June 1997 34	Milan	0–1	Cagliari Calcio	Milan
	Savicevic 64'	Report	Muzzi 10' Pancaro'41	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53 690 Referee: Cesari

Coppa Italia[]

Second Round

28 August 1996	Empoli FC	1–1	Milan	Empoli
20:30	Cappellini 20'	Report	Locatelli 33' Boban 79'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10 000 Referee:

1 September 1996 Replay	Milan	2–0	Empoli FC	Milan
16:00	Simone 6' Simone 41' Baresi 27'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 22 933 Referee:

Eightfinals

23 October 1996	AC Reggiana	0–2	Milan	Cremona
20:30	De Napoli 57'	Report	Baggio 73' (pen.), 90' Desailly	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini^[18] Attendance: 4 158 Referee: Stefano Braschi

Quarterfinals

13 November 1996	Milan	1–1	Vicenza Calcio	Milan
20:30	Baggio 20' Dugarry	Report	Ambrosetti 11' Lopez 45' Viviani	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 7 242 Referee: Robert Boggi

27 November 1996	Vicenza Calcio	0–0	Milan	Vicenza
20:30	Belotti 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 20 077 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Supercoppa Italiana[]

25 August 1996

Milan	1–2	Fiorentina
Savićević 22'	Report	Batistuta 12', 83'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 29,582

Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Porto	6	5	1	0	12	4	+8	16	Advance to knockout stage
2	Rosenborg	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Milan	6	2	1	3	13	11	+2	7
4	IFK Göteborg	6	1	0	5	7	13	−6	3

Source: UEFA

11 September 1996 1	Milan	2–3	Porto	Milan
20:30	Simone 14' Reiziger 40' Weah 69' 71' Albertini	Report	Artur 52' Jardel 75', 83'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende

25 September 1996 2	Rosenborg	1–4	Milan	Trondheim
20:30	Soltvedt 15'	Report	Simone 6', 21', 24' Weah 55' Costacurta Desailly	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 20.849 Referee: David Elleray

16 October 1996 3	IFK Göteborg	2–1	Milan	Gothenburg
20:30	Wahlstedt 75' Alexandersson 84'	Report	Weah 52'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 42.450 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik

30 October 1996 4	Milan	4–2	IFK Göteborg	Milan
20:30	Boban 4' Albertini 14' (pen.) Locatelli 44' Baggio 90+2'	Report	Blomqvist 27' A. Andersson 32'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 29.803 Referee: Marc Batta

20 November 1996 5	Porto	1–1	Milan	Porto
19:30	Edmilson 71'	Report	Davids 56' Eranio Desailly^[19]	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 50.000 Referee: Gerd Grabher

4 December 1996 6	Milan	1–2	Rosenborg	Milan
20:30	Dugarry 45'	Report	Brattbakk 29' Heggem 70'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 28.695 Referee:

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Supercoppa		Coppa		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Rossi	36	-49	26	-35	1	-2	3	-1	6	-11
11	DF	ITA	Costacurta	39	0	30	0	1	0	3	0	5	0
8	DF	GHA	Desailly	38	1	29	1	1	0	3	0	5	0
6	DF	ITA	Baresi	30	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF	ITA	Maldini	36	1	26	1	1	0	3	0	6	0
24	MF	ITA	Eranio	30	2	18+3	2	0+1	0	4	0	1+3	0
4	MF	ITA	Albertini	37	9	27+2	8	1	0	2	0	5	1
20	MF	CRO	Boban	36	2	26+2	1	1	0	2	0	5	1
34	MF	SWE	Blomqvist	19	1	13+6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	LBR	Weah	36	16	25+3	13	1	0	2	0	5	3
23	FW	ITA	Simone	33	10	18+5	4	1	0	3	2	4+2	4
25	GK	ITA	Pagotto	11	-11	8+1	-10	0	0	2	-1	0	0
18	FW	ITA	Baggio	33	9	16+7	5	0	0	5	3	3+2	1
29	DF	ITA	Vierchowod	18	1	16	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
13	DF	ITA	Coco	18	0	11+3	0	0	0	3	0	0+1	0
19	FW	FRA	Dugarry	26	6	10+11	5	0	0	2	0	1+2	1
10	MF	YUG	Savicevic	22	2	10+7	1	1	1	2	0	2	0
22	MF	NED	Davids	24	1	9+6	0	0+1	0	4	0	3+1	1
14	DF	NED	Reiziger	18	0	7+3	0	1	0	4	0	2+1	0
15	MF	ITA	Ambrosini	18	0	4+7	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
21	DF	ITA	Tassotti	12	0	2+8	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
38	DF	ITA	Comazzi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	ITA	Daino	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	ITA	Pelatti	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	ITA	Maiolo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	GK	ITA	Aldegani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	YUG	Vukotic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
2	DF	ITA	Panucci	20	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	5+1	0
5	DF	ITA	Galli	4	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
16	MF	ITA	Locatelli	10	2	3+2	0	0	0	3	1	1+1	1
27	FW	ITA	Saudati	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Supercoppa	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	Total
1	9	FW	George Weah	13	0	0	3	16
2	23	FW	Marco Simone	4	0	2	4	10
3	4	MF	Demetrio Albertini	8	0	0	1	9
3	18	FW	Roberto Baggio	5	0	3	1	9
5	19	FW	Christophe Dugarry	5	0	0	1	6
6	10	MF	Dejan Savicevic	1	1	0	0	2
	20	MF	Zvonimir Boban	1	0	0	1	2
	16	MF	Tomas Locatelli	0	0	1	1	2
9	3	DF	Paolo Maldini	1	0	0	0	1
	29	DF	Pietro Vierchowod	1	0	0	0	1
	17	MF	Marcel Desailly	1	0	0	0	1
	22	MF	Edgar Davids	0	0	0	1	1
	34	MF	Jesper Blomqvist	1	0	0	0	1
Totals				41	1	6	13	61

Players in italics left the team during the season.

Clean sheets[]

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	1	GK	Sebastiano Rossi	6	1	7
2	25	GK	Angelo Pagotto	3	2	5
Totals				9	3	12

Disciplinary record[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A			Supercoppa		Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	Total
13	DF		Zvonimir Boban	6		1	1		1	2	11		2
8	MF		Marcel Desailly	8				1	1		11		1
11	FW		Alessandro Costacurta	9	1						10	2
4	MF		Demetrio Albertini	6	1				1	2	6	0
24	DF		Stefano Eranio	5			1		1	1	6	1
3	DF		Paolo Maldini	5			1		1		5	1
19	FW		Christophe Dugarry	3			1			2	6		1
1			Sebastiano Rossi	4						0	4
2	DF		Christian Panucci	5		1					4		0
29	DF		Pietro Vierchowod	4						0	4
18	FW		Roberto Baggio	3							3
10	MF		Dejan Savicevic	3							3		1
23	FW		Marco Simone	2							2
15	MF		Massimo Ambrosini	2							2
34	MF		Jesper Blomqvist	1							1		1
13	DF		Francesco Coco	1							1
38	DF		Alberto Comazzi	1							1
32	DF		Daniele Daino	1							1
16	FW		Tomas Locatelli	1							1
14	DF		Michael Reiziger	1							1
21	DF		Mauro Tassotti	1							1

Players in italics left the team during the season.

References[]

^ "Leo avvisato: da Sacchi a Terim, al Milan o stelle o stalle" [Leo warned: from Sacchi to Terim, at Milan you either star or crash] (in Italian). Sky Italia. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 7 September 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
^ "1996–97 Serie A attendances" (in Italian).
^ "Revolucionó el Madrid en 1996 con seis fichajes". Diario AS (in Spanish). 29 December 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ Giorgio Dell'Arti (2 October 2013). "Biografia di Franco Baresi". Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 12 May 2017.
^ Transferred on 7 January 1997 to Real Madrid.
^ Previously played for Juventus in the 1995/96 season.
^ Transferred on 2 december 1996 from FK Vojvodina
^ Previously played for AC Milan in the 1989/90 season.
^ Marcel Desailly was born in Accra, Ghana.
^ Transferred on 1 January 1997 to Udinese Calcio.
^ Edgar Davids was born in Paramaribo, Suriname.
^ Transferred on 2 December 1996 from IFK Goteborg
^ Transferred on 2 December 1996 to Lugano on loan.
^ "Reiziger y Davids llegan al Milan" (in Spanish). elpais.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^ "El Milan ficha a Jesper Blomqvist" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 15 November 1996. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^ Hughes, Rob (15 August 1996). "Arsenal sign two but wait for Wenger". The Times. London. p. 32.
^ 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.
^ A.C. Reggiana 1919 were banned from playing their home match at the Città del Tricolore
^ Weah was banned from six European matches for breaking the nose of the Portuguese defender Jorge Costa in the players' tunnel. Weah said he exploded in frustration after putting up with racist tauntings from Costa during both of the teams' Champions League matches that autumn. Costa strenuously denied the accusations of racism and was not charged by UEFA as no witnesses could verify Weah's allegations, not even his Milan teammates. Weah later attempted to apologise to Costa but this was rebuffed by the Portuguese, who considered the charges of racist insults leveled against him to be defamatory and took Weah to court."Court postpones Weah trial". BBC Sport. 28 February 2001. Archived from the original on 10 September 2002. Retrieved 28 February 2001. The incident led to Costa undergoing facial surgery and he was subsequently sidelined for three weeks.

External links[]

RSSSF – Italy 1996/97

[table_hth_ROM0.0043728225884833-17] Roma finished ahead of Napoli on Goal difference: Roma -1, Napoli -7.

[1] "Leo avvisato: da Sacchi a Terim, al Milan o stelle o stalle" [Leo warned: from Sacchi to Terim, at Milan you either star or crash] (in Italian). Sky Italia. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 7 September 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2010.

[2] "1996–97 Serie A attendances" (in Italian).

[3] "Revolucionó el Madrid en 1996 con seis fichajes". Diario AS (in Spanish). 29 December 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[4] Giorgio Dell'Arti (2 October 2013). "Biografia di Franco Baresi". Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 12 May 2017.

[5] Transferred on 7 January 1997 to Real Madrid.

[6] Previously played for Juventus in the 1995/96 season.

[7] Transferred on 2 december 1996 from FK Vojvodina

[8] Previously played for AC Milan in the 1989/90 season.

[9] Marcel Desailly was born in Accra, Ghana.

[10] Transferred on 1 January 1997 to Udinese Calcio.

[11] Edgar Davids was born in Paramaribo, Suriname.

[12] Transferred on 2 December 1996 from IFK Goteborg

[13] Transferred on 2 December 1996 to Lugano on loan.

[14] "Reiziger y Davids llegan al Milan" (in Spanish). elpais.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

[15] "El Milan ficha a Jesper Blomqvist" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 15 November 1996. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

[sign-16] Hughes, Rob (15 August 1996). "Arsenal sign two but wait for Wenger". The Times. London. p. 32.

[18] 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.

[19] A.C. Reggiana 1919 were banned from playing their home match at the Città del Tricolore

[20] Weah was banned from six European matches for breaking the nose of the Portuguese defender Jorge Costa in the players' tunnel. Weah said he exploded in frustration after putting up with racist tauntings from Costa during both of the teams' Champions League matches that autumn. Costa strenuously denied the accusations of racism and was not charged by UEFA as no witnesses could verify Weah's allegations, not even his Milan teammates. Weah later attempted to apologise to Costa but this was rebuffed by the Portuguese, who considered the charges of racist insults leveled against him to be defamatory and took Weah to court."Court postpones Weah trial". BBC Sport. 28 February 2001. Archived from the original on 10 September 2002. Retrieved 28 February 2001. The incident led to Costa undergoing facial surgery and he was subsequently sidelined for three weeks.

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