1996–97 Juventus FC season

Juventus
1996–97 season
President	Vittorio Chiusano
Manager	Marcello Lippi
Stadium	Stadio delle Alpi
Serie A	1st
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Runners-up
UEFA Super Cup	Winners
Intercontinental Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alessandro Del Piero,; Michele Padovano,; Christian Vieri (8); All: ; Alessandro Del Piero (15)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Juventus Football Club won the domestic title and reached a second consecutive Champions League final, where Karl-Heinz Riedle scored twice for Borussia Dortmund in a 3–1 defeat of Juventus.

Overview

Competition	Record								Result	Top Scorer
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Result	Top Scorer
Serie A	34	17	14	3	51	24	+27	050.00	Winners	Alessandro Del Piero, 8 Michele Padovano, 8 Christian Vieri, 8
Coppa Italia	5	2	2	1	5	5	+0	040.00	Quarter Finals	4 Players, 1
UEFA Champions League	11	8	2	1	21	7	+14	072.73	Runners-up	4 Players, 4
UEFA Super Cup	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	100.00	Winners	Alessandro Del Piero, 2 Michele Padovano, 2
Intercontinental Cup	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	Winners	Alessandro Del Piero, 1
Total	53	30	18	5	87	49	+38	056.60		Alessandro Del Piero, 15

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season^[1]

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	Angelo Peruzzi
2	DF	ITA	Ciro Ferrara
3	DF	ITA	Moreno Torricelli
4	DF	URU	Paolo Montero
5	DF	ITA	Sergio Porrini
6	DF	POR	Dimas
7	MF	ITA	Angelo Di Livio
8	MF	ITA	Antonio Conte (captain)
9	FW	CRO	Alen Bokšić
10	FW	ITA	Alessandro Del Piero
11	FW	ITA	Michele Padovano
12	GK	ITA	Michelangelo Rampulla
13	DF	ITA	Mark Iuliano


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	FRA	Didier Deschamps
15	FW	ITA	Christian Vieri
16	FW	ITA	Nicola Amoruso
17	GK	ITA	Davide Falcioni
18	MF	YUG	Vladimir Jugović
19	MF	ITA	Attilio Lombardo
20	MF	ITA	Alessio Tacchinardi
21	MF	FRA	Zinedine Zidane
22	DF	ITA	Gianluca Pessotto
28	MF	ITA	Ivano Trotta
29	MF	ITA	Davide Andorno
30	MF	ITA	Nicola Cingolani
31	MF	ITA	Paolo Chivaroli

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Zinedine Zidane	Girondins Bordeaux	-
FW	Alen Bokšić	S.S. Lazio	-
DF	Paolo Montero	Atalanta B.C.
FW	Christian Vieri	Atalanta B.C.
FW	Nicola Amoruso	Calcio Padova
MF	Raffaele Ametrano	Udinese Calcio	-
DF	Dimas Teixeira	Benfica	-
DF	Mark Iuliano	Salernitana	-
DF	Juan Pablo Sorín	River Plate	loan ended
GK	Davide Falcioni	Olbia

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Gianluca Vialli	Chelsea F.C.	free
FW	Fabrizio Ravanelli	Middlesbrough F.C.	-
DF	Pietro Vierchowod	Perugia Calcio	-
MF	Paulo Sousa	Borussia Dortmund	-
MF	Giancarlo Marocchi	Bologna F.C.	free
DF	Massimo Carrera	Atalanta B.C.	free
DF	Juan Pablo Sorín	River Plate	-
GK	Nicola Visentin	U.S. Viterbese	loan

Winter

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
6	MF	ITA	Raffaele Ametrano (on loan to Verona)

Competitions

Times from 1 July to 27 October 1996 and from 30 March to 30 June 1997 are UTC+2, from 27 October 1996 to 30 March 1997 UTC+1.

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
5	Udinese	34	15	9	10	53	41	+12	54

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).^[2]
(C) Champions

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	D

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 1997. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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
Juventus	9	5	2	1	5	1	1	3	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Serie A
= 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	Reggiana	1–1	Juventus	Reggio Emilia
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tovalieri 9'	Report	Vieri 7'	Stadium: Stadio Giglio Referee: Stefano Farina

15 September 1996 2	Juventus	2–1	Cagliari	Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bokšić 9' Ferrara 58'	Report	Villa 62'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Gennaro Borriello

22 September 1996 3	Perugia	1–2	Juventus	Perugia
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Negri 90'	Report	Padovano 84' Del Piero 89'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Referee: Graziano Cesari

29 September 1996 4	Juventus	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Padovano 9'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

13 October 1996 5	Vicenza	2–1	Juventus	Vicenza
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Otero 19' Beghetto 71'	Report	Ferrara 46'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

20 October 1996 6	Juventus	2–0	Internazionale	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jugović 40' Zidane 62'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Stefano Braschi

26 October 1996 7	Roma	1–1	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Delvecchio 90'	Report	Padovano 60'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Livio Bazzoli

3 November 1996 8	Juventus	1–1	Napoli	Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zidane 42'	Report	Aglietti 53'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

17 November 1996 9	Juventus	0–0	Milan	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Pierluigi Collina

11 December 1996 10	Udinese	1–4	Juventus	Udine
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cappioli 54'	Report	Bokšić 33' Del Piero 39' (pen.), 44' (pen.) Deschamps 70'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

1 December 1996 11	Juventus	1–0	Bologna	Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zidane 51'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Piero Ceccarini

8 December 1996 12	Sampdoria	0–1	Juventus	Genoa
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Ferrara 33'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Stefano Braschi

15 December 1996 13	Juventus	3–2	Hellas Verona	Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Porrini 45' Del Piero 64' (pen.), 72'	Report	Maniero 24', 44'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Angelo Bonfrisco

22 December 1996 14	Piacenza	1–1	Juventus	Piacenza
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delli Carri 86'	Report	Padovano 59'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

5 January 1997 15	Parma	1–0	Juventus	Parma
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chiesa 2'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Piero Ceccarini

12 January 1997 16	Juventus	0–0	Atalanta	Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi

19 January 1997 17	Lazio	0–2	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Padovano 31', 62'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Domenico Messina

26 January 1997 18	Juventus	3–1	Reggiana	Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Padovano 5' Jugović 26' Tacchinardi 88'	Report	Parente 90'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

2 February 1997 19	Cagliari	0–0	Juventus	Cagliari
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

16 February 1997 20	Juventus	2–1	Perugia	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Del Piero 37', 45' (pen.)	Report	Materazzi 90'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Domenico Messina

23 February 1997 21	Fiorentina	1–1	Juventus	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Robbiati 90'	Report	Del Piero 15'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

1 March 1997 22	Juventus	2–0	Vicenza	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Livio 22' Padovano 62' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Massimo De Santis

9 March 1997 23	Internazionale	0–0	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pierluigi Collina

15 March 1997 24	Juventus	3–0	Roma	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vieri 28', 44' Amoruso 85'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Graziano Cesari

23 March 1997 25	Napoli	0–0	Juventus	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

6 April 1997 26	Milan	1–6	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Simone 76'	Report	Jugović 19', 51' Zidane 32' (pen.) Vieri 71', 81' Amoruso 73'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Stefano Braschi

13 April 1997 27	Juventus	0–3	Udinese	Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Amoroso 42' (pen.), 49' Bierhoff 47'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Roberto Bettin

19 April 1997 28	Bologna	0–1	Juventus	Bologna
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Bokšić 40'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Piero Ceccarini

4 May 1997 29	Juventus	0–0	Sampdoria	Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Domenico Messina

11 May 1997 30	Hellas Verona	0–2	Juventus	Verona
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Ferrara 44' Jugović 90'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

15 May 1997 31	Juventus	4–1	Piacenza	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zidane 51' Vieri 54', 88' Jugović 76'	Report	Luiso 56'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Graziano Cesari

18 May 1997 32	Juventus	1–1	Parma	Turin
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amoruso 43' (pen.)	Report	Zidane 29' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Pierluigi Collina

23 May 1997 33	Atalanta	1–1	Juventus	Bergamo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Inzaghi 19'	Report	Iuliano 54'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Roberto Bettin

1 June 1997 34	Juventus	2–2	Lazio	Turin
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vieri 31' Amoruso 52'	Report	Casiraghi 73' Protti 85'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Coppa Italia

28 August 1996 Second round	Fidelis Andria	0–2	Juventus	Barletta
20:30			Vieri 7' Conte 38'	Stadium: Stadio degli Ulivi Referee: Marcello Nicchi

23 October 1996 Third round	Nocerina	0–0	Juventus	Avellino
20:30			Torricelli 48'	Stadium: Stadio Partenio Referee: Roberto Bettin

6 November 1996 Replay	Juventus	2–1	Nocerina	Turin
20:30	Montero 45' Di Rocco 48' (o.g.) Trotta 87'		Marchegiani 39'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Angelo Bonfrisco

13 November 1996 Quarter-finals First leg	Juventus	0–3	Internazionale	Turin
20:30			Zamorano 32' Ince 76' Djorkaeff 89'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Graziano Cesari

18 December 1996 Quarter-finals Second leg	Internazionale	1–1	Juventus	Milan
20:30	Ganz 32'		Amoruso 45'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Marcello Nicchi

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group C
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	6	5	1	0	11	1	+10	16
Manchester United	6	3	0	3	6	3	+3	9
Fenerbahçe	6	2	1	3	3	6	–3	7
Rapid Wien	6	0	2	4	2	12	–10	2

11 September 1996 1	Juventus	1–0	Manchester United	Turin, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bokšić 34', 45' Deschamps 63' Peruzzi 90'	Report	G. Neville 29' Cruyff 43'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

25 September 1996 2	Fenerbahçe	0–1	Juventus	Istanbul, Turkey
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Bokšić 22'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

16 October 1996 3	Rapid Wien	1–1	Juventus	Vienna, Austria
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lesiak 20' Mandreko 74'	Report	Vieri 9' Porrini 83'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

30 October 1996 4	Juventus	5–0	Rapid Wien	Turin, Italy
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bokšić 5', 59' Montero 26' Del Piero 29', 75'	Report	Penksa 13' Zingler 81'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 26,143 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

20 November 1996 5	Manchester United	0–1	Juventus	Manchester, England
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cantona 27'	Report	Del Piero 36' (pen.) Jugović 60' Torricelli 63' Ferrara 76'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 53,529 Referee: José María García Aranda (Spain)

4 December 1996 6	Juventus	2–0	Fenerbahçe	Turin, Italy
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Padovano 42' Amoruso 85'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

5 March 1997 First leg	Rosenborg	1–1	Juventus	Trondheim, Norway
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soltvedt 51'	Report	Vieri 52' Iuliano 63'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 20,246 Referee: Marc Batta (France)

19 March 1997 Second leg	Juventus	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Rosenborg	Turin, Italy
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zidane 29' Amoruso 90' (pen.)	Report	Stensaas 88'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 35,371 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Semi-finals

9 April 1997 First leg	Ajax	1–2	Juventus	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Litmanen 66'	Report	Amoruso 14' Vieri 41' Di Livio 64' Tacchinardi 70' Jugović 85'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

23 April 1997 Second leg	Juventus	4–1 (6–2 agg.)	Ajax	Turin, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lombardo 34' Vieri 36', 65' Amoruso 79' Zidane 81'	Report	Bogarde 43' Melchiot 76'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 62,377 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Final

28 May 1997 Final	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Juventus	Munich, Germany
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Paulo Sousa 23' Riedle 29', 34' Ricken 71', 71'	Report	Porrini 19' Del Piero 65' Iuliano 90'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Intercontinental Cup

26 November 1996	Juventus	1–0	River Plate	Tokyo, Japan
11:15	Del Piero 81'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 48,305 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

UEFA Super Cup

15 January 1997 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	1–6	Juventus	Paris, France
20:30	Raí 53' (pen.) Fournier 64'		Porrini 5' Padovano 22', 40' Ferrara 36' Lombardo 83' Amoruso 89'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 29,519 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

5 February 1997 Second leg	Juventus	3–1 (9–2 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Palermo, Italy
20:30	Del Piero 36', 70' Vieri 90'		Raí 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Attendance: 35,100 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Champions League		Others ^[3]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Peruzzi	43	-28	29	-19	2	-1	9	-6	3	-2
5	DF	ITA	Porrini	40	2	19+4	1	5	0	9	0	3	1
2	DF	ITA	Ferrara	49	5	32	4	3	0	11	0	3	1
4	DF	URU	Montero	42	2	26	0	3	1	11	1	2	0
22	DF	ITA	Pessotto	29	0	16+4	0	2	0	5	0	2	0
14	DM	FRA	Deschamps	41	1	26	1	3	0	10	0	2	0
7	MF	ITA	Di Livio	50	1	27+5	1	4	0	11	0	3	0
18	MF	YUG	Jugovic	42	7	26+4	6	3	0	7	0	2	1
21	AM	FRA	Zidane	44	7	28+1	5	2	0	10	2	3	0
15	FW	ITA	Vieri	37	14	15+8	8	5	1	8	4	1	1
10	FW	ITA	Del Piero	35	15	18+4	8	4	0	6	4	3	3
12	GK	ITA	Rampulla	11	-9	5+1	-4	3	-4	2	-1	0	0
3	DF	ITA	Torricelli	28	0	15+2	0	3	0	5	0	3	0
6	DF	POR	Dimas	18	0	16+1	0	1	0
8	MF	ITA	Conte	10	1	3+3	0	1	1	3	0
9	FW	CRO	Boksic	33	7	20+2	3	2	0	8	4	1	0
11	FW	ITA	Padovano	30	9	12+8	8	2	0	5	1	3	0
13	DF	ITA	Iuliano	33	1	9+12	1	4	0	7	0	1	0
16	FW	ITA	Amoruso	35	10	10+13	4	4	1	7	4	1	1
17	GK	ITA	Falcioni	1	-1	0+1	-1
19	MF	ITA	Lombardo	34	2	8+14	0	4	0	6	1	2	1
20	MF	ITA	Tacchinardi	34	1	14+5	1	3	0	9	0	3	0
28	MF	ITA	Trotta	4	0	0+1	0	2	0	1	0
30	MF	ITA	Cingolani	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
31	MF	ITA	Ametrano	3	0	0+1	0	2	0