1996–97 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese
1996–97 season
President	Giampaolo Pozzo
Manager	Alberto Zaccheroni
Stadium	Stadio Friuli
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Second round
Top goalscorer	Oliver Bierhoff; Paolo Poggi; (13 goals)
	←1995–96 1997–98→

In the 1996–97 season,Udinese Calciohad its best season since the days ofZicoduring the 1980s. With goal-scoring trioOliver Bierhoff,Márcio AmorosoandPaolo Poggion top form, Udinese finished fifth. Bierhoff and Poggi scored 13 goals each, while Amoroso scored 12.

Players

First-team 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	Graziano Battistini
2	DF	DEN	Thomas Helveg
3	DF	ITA	Raffaele Sergio
4	MF	ITA	Fabio Rossitto
5	DF	ITA	Alessandro Calori
6	MF	ITA	David Stefani
7	FW	BRA	Márcio Amoroso
8	DF	GHA	Mohammed Gargo
9	FW	ITA	Claudio Clementi
10	MF	ITA	Giovanni Stroppa
11	FW	ITA	Paolo Poggi
12	GK	ITA	Massimiliano Caniato
13	DF	ITA	Valerio Bertotto
14	MF	ITA	Stefano Desideri
15	DF	ITA	Luca Compagnon


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ITA	Giuliano Giannichedda
17	DF	ITA	Stefano Pellegrini
18	MF	ITA	Andrea Chiopris Gori
20	FW	GER	Oliver Bierhoff
21	DF	ITA	Alessandro Orlando
22	GK	ITA	Luigi Turci
23	DF	ITA	Alessandro Pierini
24	DF	ITA	Giovanni Bia
25	DF	POL	Marek Koźmiński
26	DF	SUI	Pier Luigi Nicoli
27	MF	ITA	Massimiliano Cappioli
29	MF	ITA	Tomas Locatelli
30	DF	BEL	Régis Genaux
31	MF	EGY	Hazem Emam
32	DF	SUI	Fabio Pittilino

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	From	Type
FW	Marcio Amoroso	Flamengo
GK	Luigi Turci	Cremonese
MF	Hazem Emam	Zamalek
MF	Massimiliano Cappioli	Roma
MF	Tomas Locatelli	Milan
DF	Regis Genaux	Coventry City

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Stefano Borgonovo		Retired
MF	Igor Shalimov	Bologna
FW	Francesco Marino	Reggina
MF	Raffaele Ametrano	Juventus
GK	Attilio Gregori	Hellas Verona
MF	Jonathan Bachini	Lecce	Loan
MF	David Stefani	Savoia	Loan
DF	Stefano Pellegrini	Carpi	Loan

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Internazionale	34	15	14	5	51	35	+16	59	Qualification toUEFA Cup
4	Lazio	34	15	10	9	54	37	+17	55
5	Udinese	34	15	9	10	53	41	+12	54
6	Sampdoria	34	14	11	9	60	46	+14	53
7	Bologna	34	13	10	11	50	44	+6	49

Source:Serie A,RSSSF,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).^[1]

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

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;=1997–98 Serie B

Matches

7 September 19961	Udinese	0–1	Inter	Udine
		Report	10'Sforza	Stadium:Friuli

15 September 19962	Lazio	0–1	Udinese	Rome
		Report	Bia73' (pen.)	Stadium:Olimpico

22 September 19963	Cagliari	1–2	Udinese	Cagliari
	Bia19' (o.g.)	Report	9'Poggi 23'Bierhoff	Stadium:Stadio Sant'Elia

29 September 19964	Udinese	2–2	Bologna	Udine
	Bia5' Bierhoff16'	Report	Marocchi39' Nervo86'	Stadium:Friuli

13 October 19965	Napoli	1–1	Udinese	Napoli
	Pecchia59'	Report	76'Bierhoff	Stadium:San Paolo

20 October 19966	Udinese	1–1	Vicenza	Udine
	Poggi71'	Report	89'Maini	Stadium:Friuli

27 October 19967	Perugia	2–1	Udinese	Perugia
	Allegri42' Negri70'	Report	Poggi6'

3 November 19968	Udinese	2–1	Reggiana	Udine
	Bierhoff48' Poggi88'	Report	64'Valencia	Stadium:Friuli

17 November 19969	Atalanta	1–0	Udinese	Bergamo
	Bertotto29' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium:Atleti Azzurri D'Italia

1 December 199611	Udinese	3–1	Parma	Udine
	Apolloni65' (o.g.) Bierhoff81',90'	Report	40'Zé Maria	Stadium:Friuli

8 December 199612	Milan	2–1	Udinese	Milan
	Savićević52' Eranio61'	Report	56'Stroppa	Stadium:San Siro

11 December 199610	Udinese	1–4	Juventus	Udine
	Cappioli54'	Report	Bokšić21' Del Piero39' (pen.),44' (pen.) Deschamps70'	Stadium:Friuli
Note: Rescheduled from 24 November 1996 due toJuventus'sparticipation in the1996 Intercontinental Cup.

15 December 199613	Udinese	2–0	Fiorentina	Udine
	Amoroso19',29'	Report		Stadium:Friuli

22 December 199614	Verona	3–2	Udinese	Verona
	Maniero47',90' Orlandini62' (pen.)	Report	19'Poggi 52'Stroppa	Stadium:Marcantonio Bentegodi

5 January 199715	Udinese	4–5	Sampdoria	Udine
	Amoroso33',62' Cappioli44' Bia90' (pen.)	Report	Mancini5',19',33' Montella11',74'	Stadium:Friuli

12 January 199716	Piacenza	0–0	Udinese	Piacenza
		Report		Stadium:Galleana

19 January 199717	Udinese	1–0	Fiorentina	Udine
	Poggi90'	Report		Stadium:Friuli

26 January 199718	Inter	1–1	Udinese	Milan
	Djorkaeff62' (pen.)	Report	12'Poggi	Stadium:San Siro

2 February 199719	Udinese	2–3	Lazio	Udine
	Amoroso79' (pen.),90'	Report	Signori17',61' Nedvěd88'	Stadium:Friuli

16 February 199720	Udinese	1–0	Cagliari	Udine
	Bierhoff76'	Report		Stadium:Friuli

23 February 199721	Bologna	0–0	Udinese	Bologna
		Report		Stadium:Renato Dall'Ara

2 March 199722	Udinese	2–2	Napoli	Udine
	Poggi9',76'	Report	26' (o.g.)Pecchia 46' (o.g.)Helveg	Stadium:Friuli

9 March 199723	Vicenza	2–0	Udinese	Vicenza
	Maini37' Murgita50'	Report		Stadium:Romeo Menti

16 March 199724	Udinese	2–1	Perugia	Udine
	Amoroso22' Helveg76'	Report	Negri3'	Stadium:Friuli

23 March 199725	Reggiana	0–0	Udinese	Reggio Emilia
		Report		Stadium:Giglio Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi

6 April 199726	Udinese	2–0	Atalanta	Udine
	Bierhoff81' Amoroso84'	Report		Stadium:Friuli

13 April 199727	Juventus	0–3	Udinese	Torino
	Vieri56' Tacchinardi60' Zidane64'	Report	Genaux3' Amoroso42' (pen.),49' Bierhoff47'	Stadium:Delle Alpi
Note:UdineseGoalkeeperLuigi TurcisavedZinedine Zidane's penalty kick at 64'.

20 April 199728	Parma	0–2	Udinese	Parma
		Report	Pierini67' Del Piero87' (pen.)	Stadium:Ennio Tardini

4 May 199729	Udinese	1–1	Milan	Udine
	Bierhoff16'	Report	72'Maldini	Stadium:Friuli

11 May 199730	Fiorentina	2–3	Udinese	Florence
	Padalino5' Baiano21'	Report	2',60' (pen.)Amoroso 82'Pierini	Stadium:Artemio Franchi

15 May 199731	Udinese	3–0	Verona	Udine
	Poggi33' (pen.),50' Bierhoff84'	Report		Stadium:Friuli

18 May 199732	Sampdoria	4–0	Udinese	Genoa
	Verón40' Laigle63' Montella65' (pen.),90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium:Luigi Ferraris

25 May 199733	Udinese	4–0	Piacenza	Udine
	Sergio13' Scienza18' (o.g.) Poggi45' Cappioli85'	Report		Stadium:Friuli

1 June 199734	Roma	0–3	Udinese	Rome
		Report	Poggi42' Bierhoff45' Bia87'	Stadium:Olimpico

Coppa Italia

Second round

28 August 1996	Cremonese	2–1	Udinese	Cremona
	Aloisi35' Maspero49' (pen.)		3'Poggi	Stadium:Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee:Pairetto

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1996–97 Serie A		1996–97 Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
22	GK	ITA	Turci	20	0	20	0
5	DF	ITA	Calori	32	0	29+2	0	1	0
23	DF	ITA	Pierini	24	2	19+4	2	1	0
24	DF	ITA	Bia	23	4	21+2	4
2	MF	DEN	Helveg	31	1	30+1	1
4	MF	ITA	Rossitto	32	0	31	0	1	0
16	MF	ITA	Giannichedda	24	0	12+11	0	0+1	0
3	MF	ITA	Sergio	29	1	25+3	1	1	0
7	FW	BRA	Amoroso	29	12	22+6	12	1	0
20	FW	GER	Bierhoff	24	13	22+1	13	1	0
11	FW	ITA	Poggi	33	13	30+2	13	1	0
1	GK	ITA	Battistini	11	0	10	0	0+1	0
13	DF	ITA	Bertotto	25	0	19+5	0	1	0
14	MF	ITA	Desideri	20	0	19	0	1	0
21	DF	ITA	Orlando	22	0	17+5	0
10	MF	ITA	Stroppa	15	0	12+2	0	1	0
27	MF	ITA	Cappioli	21	3	8+13	3
8	DF	GHA	Gargo	18	0	7+11	0
26	DF	SUI	Nicoli	10	0	7+3	0
29	MF	ITA	Locatelli	12	0	5+7	0
30	DF	BEL	Genaux	8	0	4+4	0
12	GK	ITA	Caniato	6	0	4+1	0	1	0
9	FW	ITA	Clementi	7	0	1+6	0
31	MF	EGY	Emam	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0
17	DF	ITA	Pellegrini	2	0	0+2	0
15	DF	ITA	Compagnon	1	0	0+1	0
6	MF	ITA	Stefani	1	0	0+1	0
25	DF	POL	Kozminski	1	0	0+1	0
18	MF	ITA	Gori
32	DF	SUI	Pittilino

Source:http://calcio-seriea.net/formazioni/1996/1122/

Top scorers

References

^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.Retrieved11 November2018.

Sources

RSSSF – Italy 1996/97

[1] 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.Retrieved11 November2018.

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