1996–97 Juventus F.C. season

Juventus

1996–97 season
President	Vittorio Chiusano
Manager	Marcello Lippi
Stadium	Stadio delle Alpi
Serie A	1st
Coppa Italia	1996–97 Coppa ItaliaWinners
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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Juventus Football Club had a successful season, despite rebuilding large parts of the team in spite of the 1996 UEFA Champions League title. The result was another domestic title and a second consecutive Champions League final, where Karl-Heinz Riedle scored twice for Borussia Dortmund in a 3–1 victory, thus ensuring Juventus had to settle for only domestic glory.

It was a disappointing end to the season as the club had been impressive in the Champions League, winning 8 games out of 10 on their way to the final and losing none, and beating sides like Manchester United and Ajax both home and away. However, the team made a complete mess of the final played out in Munich, making uncharacteristic mistakes that were always likely to prove costly against opposition of Dortmund's quality.

New signing Zinedine Zidane was a revelation, but the most important feature in Juventus's league title was the spectacular form of Alessandro Del Piero, and a defensive force that Ciro Ferrara led towards glory together with Paolo Montero. Christian Vieri, another player signed in the summer of 1996, scored regularly in Champions League games but his less impressive league form (8 goals) saw him sold at the end of the season to make way for new signing Filippo Inzaghi. Vieri would go on to become top scorer of both the Spanish and Italian leagues for the clubs he subsequently played for.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Angelo Peruzzi 2 DF Ciro Ferrara 3 DF Moreno Torricelli 4 DF Paolo Montero 5 DF Sergio Porrini 6 DF Dimas 7 MF Angelo Di Livio 8 MF Antonio Conte (captain) 9 FW Alen Bokšić 10 FW Alessandro Del Piero 11 FW Michele Padovano 12 GK Michelangelo Rampulla 13 DF Mark Iuliano

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

Transfers

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 6 MF Raffaele Ametrano (on loan to Verona)

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1996–97 Serie A

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	1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Parma	34	18	9	7	41	26	+15	63	1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Internazionale	34	15	14	5	51	35	+16	59	1997–98 UEFA Cup First round
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
8	Vicenza	34	12	11	11	43	38	+5	47	1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
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
12	Napoli	34	9	14	11	38	45	−7	41
14	Cagliari (R)	34	9	10	15	45	55	−10	37	Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker
14	Piacenza	34	9	10	15	31	48	−17	37
14	Perugia (R)	34	10	7	17	48	62	−14	0371	Relegation to Serie B
17	Hellas Verona (R)	34	6	9	19	38	64	−26	27
18	Reggiana (R)	34	2	13	19	28	67	−39	19

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Perugia relegated for direct matches.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Reggiana v Juventus

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

Juventus v Cagliari

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

Perugia v Juventus

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

Juventus v Fiorentina

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

Vicenza v Juventus

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

Juventus v Internazionale

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

Roma v Juventus

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

Juventus v Napoli

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

Juventus v Milan

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

Udinese v Juventus

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

Juventus v Bologna

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

Sampdoria v Juventus

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

Juventus v Hellas Verona

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

Piacenza v Juventus

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

Parma v Juventus

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

Juventus v Atalanta

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

Lazio v Juventus

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

Juventus v Reggiana

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

Cagliari v Juventus

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

Juventus v Perugia

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

Fiorentina v Juventus

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

Juventus v Vicenza

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

Internazionale v Juventus

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

Juventus v Roma

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

Napoli v Juventus

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

Milan v Juventus

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

Juventus v Udinese

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

Bologna v Juventus

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

Juventus v Sampdoria

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

Hellas Verona v Juventus

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

Juventus v Piacenza

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

Juventus v Parma

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

Atalanta v Juventus

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

Juventus v Lazio

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

Top scorers

• Alessandro Del Piero 8 (4)
• Michele Padovano 8 (1)
• Christian Vieri 8
• Vladimir Jugović 6
• Zinedine Zidane 5 (1)
• Nicola Amoruso 4 (1)
• Ciro Ferrara 4

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1996–97 Coppa Italia

Fidelis Andria v Juventus

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

Nocerina v Juventus

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

Juventus v Nocerina

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

Juventus v Internazionale

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

Internazionale v Juventus

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

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C

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

Juventus v Manchester United

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)

Fenerbahçe v Juventus

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)

Rapid Wien v Juventus

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)

Juventus v Rapid Wien

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)

Manchester United v Juventus

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)

Juventus v Fenerbahçe

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

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Rosenborg v Juventus

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)

Juventus v Rosenborg

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

Ajax v Juventus

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)

Juventus v Ajax

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

Main article: 1997 UEFA Champions League Final

Borussia Dortmund v Juventus

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

Main article: 1996 Intercontinental Cup

Juventus v River Plate

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

Main article: 1996 UEFA Super Cup

Paris Saint-Germain v Juventus

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)

Juventus v Paris Saint-Germain

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)