1996–97 AS Roma season

Roma

1996–97 season
President	Franco Sensi
Manager	Carlos Bianchi (until 7 April 1997) Nils Liedholm
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	12th
Coppa Italia	Second round
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Abel Balbo (17) All: Abel Balbo (19)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Associazione Sportiva Roma did not have its best season, dropping into the lower half of the league, and only saving its Serie A status by a few points. New coach Carlos Bianchi failed to get the most out of a prolific squad, and was sacked in the middle of the season, with club advisor Nils Liedholm taking over at the helm for the rest of the championship.

Players

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 Giovanni Cervone 2 DF   ARG Roberto Trotta 3 DF   ITA Marco Lanna 4 DF   ITA Enrico Annoni 5 MF   SWE Jonas Thern 6 DF   BRA Aldair 7 MF   ITA Francesco Moriero 8 MF   ITA Francesco Statuto 9 FW   ARG Abel Balbo 10 FW   URU Daniel Fonseca 11 DF   ITA Amedeo Carboni 12 GK   ITA Giorgio Sterchele 13 DF   ITA Fabio Petruzzi 15 MF   ITA Luigi Di Biagio 16 FW   SWE Martin Dahlin

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   ITA Massimiliano Cappioli 17 FW   ITA Francesco Totti 18 MF   ITA Damiano Tommasi 20 DF   ITA Gabriele Grossi 21 MF   ITA Antonio Bernardini 22 GK   ITA Giampaolo Di Magno 22 FW   GRE Lampros Choutos 24 FW   ITA Marco Delvecchio 25 DF   ITA Lorenzo Stovini 26 DF   ITA Gianluca Berti 27 DF   ITA Matteo Pivotto 29 MF   ITA Daniele Conti 31 DF   RUS Omari Tetradze 32 DF   FRA Vincent Candela — MF   ITA Daniele Beretta

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Damiano Tommasi	Hellas Verona
DF	Roberto Trotta	Velez Sarsfield
FW	Martin Dahlin	Borussia Mönchengladbach
DF	Matteo Pivotto	Carpi
MF	Antonino Bernardini	Torino F.C.

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Giuseppe Giannini	Sturm Graz
MF	Massimiliano Cappioli	Udinese Calcio
MF	Daniele Berretta	Cagliari Calcio
DF	Gianluca Cherubini	A.C. Reggiana
DF	Gabriele Grossi	A.C. Reggiana
DF	Andrea Cupi	Lodigiani
MF	Alessio Scarchilli	Torino F.C.

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Vincent Candela	En Avant Guingamp
GK	Gianluca Berti	Genoa C.F.C.	free
DF	Omari Tetradze	Alania	free

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Giorgio Sterchele	Cagliari Calcio
DF	Roberto Trotta	CA River Plate
FW	Martin Dahlin	Borussia Mönchengladbach	loan

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	13th	7 September 1996	1 June 1997
Coppa Italia	Second round	Second round	28 August 1996
UEFA Cup	First round	Second round	12 September 1996	29 October 1996

Last updated: 1 June 1997

Serie A

Main article: 1996–97 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
14	Piacenza	34	7	16	11	29	45	−16	37 [b]	Relegation tie-breaker

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). ^[1]
Notes:

1. Roma finished ahead of Napoli on Goal difference: Roma -1, Napoli -7.
2. CAG: 7 pts; PIA: 5 pts; PER: 4 pts.

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	10	11	13	46	47	−1	41	7	6	4	30	25	+5	3	5	9	16	22	−6

Last updated: 1 June 1997.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L
Position	4	1	8	6	2	4	6	6	7	7	7	8	6	9	11	8	11	11	10	8	6	6	5	7	8	7	10	12	12	12	10	10	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 1997. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage ;   = 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying round ;   = 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round

Matches

Roma v Piacenza

7 September 19961	Roma	3–1	Piacenza	Rome
	Aldair 13' Balbo 38' Fonseca 73'	Report	Luiso 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Roberto Bettin

Vicenza v Roma

15 September 19962	Vicenza	0–2	Roma	Vicenza
		Report	Fonseca 32' Balbo 65'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Roma v Sampdoria

21 September 19963	Roma	1–4	Sampdoria	Rome
	Balbo 54'	Report	Aldair 64' (o.g.) Montella 73', 90' Mancini 88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Domenico Messina

Reggiana v Roma

29 September 19964	Reggiana	1–1	Roma	Reggio Emilia
	Valencia 78'	Report	Tommasi 6'	Stadium: Stadio Giglio Referee: Stefano Braschi

Roma v Milan

12 October 19965	Roma	3–0	Milan	Rome
	Totti 13' Cappioli 19' Balbo 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Hellas Verona v Roma

20 October 19966	Hellas Verona	2–1	Roma	Verona
	Giunta 31' Orlandini 81'	Report	Delvecchio 51'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Stefano Farina

Roma v Juventus

26 October 19967	Roma	1–1	Juventus	Rome
	Delvecchio 90'	Report	Padovano 60'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Bologna v Roma

3 November 19968	Bologna	3–2	Roma	Bologna
	Kolyvanov 41' Marocchi 54' Bresciani 78'	Report	Balbo 64' (pen.), 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Roma v Cagliari

17 November 19969	Roma	3–1	Cagliari	Rome
	Di Biagio 32' Balbo 58' (pen.), 80'	Report	Banchelli 71'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Marcello Nicchi

Parma v Roma

24 November 199610	Parma	0–0	Roma	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Roma v Fiorentina

1 December 199611	Roma	3–3	Fiorentina	Rome
	Balbo 15' (pen.) Delvecchio 72' Totti 87'	Report	Rui Costa 22' Batistuta 31', 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Lazio v Roma

8 December 1996 12	Lazio	0–0	Roma	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Roma v Napoli

15 December 1996 13	Roma	1–0	Napoli	Rome
	Aldair 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Stefano Braschi

Roma v Atalanta

22 December 199614	Roma	0–2	Atalanta	Rome
		Report	Lanna 30' (o.g.) Inzaghi 36'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Internazionale v Roma

5 January 199715	Internazionale	3–1	Roma	Milan
	Ganz 11' Djorkaeff 39' Fresi 69'	Report	Delvecchio 48'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Graziano Cesari

Roma v Perugia

12 January 199716	Roma	4–1	Perugia	Rome
	Balbo 26' (pen.), 86' Moriero 45' Thern 68'	Report	Rapaić 36'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Udinese v Roma

19 January 199717	Udinese	1–0	Roma	Udine
	Poggi 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Piacenza v Roma

26 January 199718	Piacenza	0–0	Roma	Piacenza
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Roberto Bettin

Roma v Vicenza

2 February 199719	Roma	2–0	Vicenza	Rome
	Balbo 7', 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Sampdoria v Roma

16 February 199720	Sampdoria	1–2	Roma	Genoa
	Montella 74'	Report	Moriero 45' Balbo 58'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Roma v Reggiana

23 February 199721	Roma	2–2	Reggiana	Rome
	Moriero 3' Totti 9'	Report	Simutenkov 65' Tetradze 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Angelo Bonfrisco

Milan v Roma

2 March 199722	Milan	1–1	Roma	Milan
	Vierchowod 65'	Report	Fonseca 75'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Roma v Hellas Verona

9 March 199723	Roma	4–3	Hellas Verona	Rome
	Di Biagio 3' Candela 44', 89' Totti 45'	Report	Maniero 32' Caverzan 36' Orlandini 61'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Giancarlo Lana

Juventus v Roma

15 March 199724	Juventus	3–0	Roma	Turin
	Vieri 28', 44' Amoruso 85'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Graziano Cesari

Roma v Bologna

23 March 199725	Roma	1–1	Bologna	Rome
	Fonseca 74'	Report	Schenardi 55'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Roberto Bettin

Cagliari v Roma

6 April 199726	Cagliari	2–1	Roma	Cagliari
	Tovalieri 6' Darío Silva 45'	Report	Carboni 24'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Roma v Parma

13 April 199727	Roma	0–1	Parma	Rome
		Report	Crespo 44'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Stefano Braschi

Fiorentina v Roma

19 April 199728	Fiorentina	2–1	Roma	Florence
	Robbiati 7' Petruzzi 36' (o.g.)	Report	Balbo 77'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Stefano Farina

Roma v Lazio

4 May 1997 29	Roma	1–1	Lazio	Rome
	Balbo 35'	Report	Protti 90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Napoli v Roma

11 May 1997 30	Napoli	1–0	Roma	Naples
	Caccia 32'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Atalanta v Roma

15 May 199731	Atalanta	0–4	Roma	Bergamo
		Report	Di Biagio 17' Balbo 22' Totti 61' Thern 78'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Roma v Internazionale

18 May 199732	Roma	1–1	Internazionale	Rome
	Statuto 55'	Report	Djorkaeff 83'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Perugia v Roma

25 May 199733	Perugia	2–0	Roma	Perugia
	Rapaić 25' Negri 61'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Referee: Domenico Messina

Roma v Udinese

1 June 199734	Roma	0–3	Udinese	Rome
		Report	Poggi 42' Bierhoff 45' Bia 87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1996–97 Coppa Italia

Cesena v Roma

28 August 1996 Second round	Cesena	3–1	Roma	Cesena
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hübner 3' (pen.), 87' Agostini 74'		Fonseca 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Referee: Graziano Cesari

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup

First round

Roma v Dynamo Moscow

10 September 1996 First leg	Roma	3–0	Dynamo Moscow	Rome, Italy
20:45	Tommasi 7',  71' Fonseca 18', 41' (pen.) Di Biagio  52'	Report	Nekrasov  6' Shtanyuk  53'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Dynamo Moscow v Roma

24 September 1996 Second leg	Dynamo Moscow	1–3 (1–6 agg.)	Roma	Moscow, Russia
22:30	Kobelev 18' (pen.)	Report	Fonseca 45' (pen.) Tommasi 71' Berretta 77'	Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Second round

Karlsruhe v Roma

15 October 1996 First leg	Karlsruhe	3–0	Roma	Karlsruhe, Germany
19:00	Hengen  18' Fink  30', 45', 74' Dundee 57'	Report	Trotta  80' Lanna  85' Balbo  88'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

Roma v Karlsruhe

29 October 1996 Second leg	Roma	2–1 (2–4 agg.)	Karlsruhe	Rome, Italy
20:45	Balbo 22', 27' Di Biagio  57' Totti  90'	Report	Reich  13' Wittwer  65' Keller 84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 46,400 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Cervone	15	-19	15	-19	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ITA	Lanna	29	0	22+2	0	1	0	4	0
6	DF	BRA	Aldair	36	2	32	2	0	0	4	0
13	DF	ITA	Petruzzi	30	0	26+2	0	1	0	1	0
11	DF	ITA	Carboni	24	1	23	1	0	0	1	0
18	MF	ITA	Tommasi	34	3	26+4	1	0	0	4	2
15	MF	ITA	Di Biagio	32	3	24+3	3	1	0	4	0
5	MF	SWE	Thern	28	2	25	2	1	0	2	0
8	MF	ITA	Statuto	25	1	19+4	1	1	0	1	0
9	FW	ARG	Balbo	34	19	29+1	17	0	0	4	2
17	FW	ITA	Totti	30	5	23+3	5	1	0	3	0
12	GK	ITA	Sterchele	21	-30	16	-22	1	-3	4	-5
24	FW	ITA	Delvecchio	30	4	15+12	4	1	0	2	0
32	DF	FRA	Candela	15	2	15	2
7	MF	ITA	Moriero	22	3	12+9	3	1	0
4	DF	ITA	Annoni	16	0	11+1	0	1	0	3	0
27	DF	ITA	Pivotto	13	0	9+4	0
31	DF	RUS	Tetradze	8	0	8	0
10	FW	URU	Fonseca	21	8	6+10	4	1	1	4	3
2	DF	ARG	Trotta	10	0	6	0	1	0	3	0
21	MF	ITA	Bernardini	18	0	5+11	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF	ITA	Cappioli	6	1	4	1	0	0	2	0
26	GK	ITA	Berti	3	-3	3	-3
16	FW	SWE	Dahlin	4	0	0+3	0	1	0
14	MF	ITA	Berretta	5	1	0+2	0	0	0	3	1
29	MF	ITA	Conti	1	0	0+1	0
22	GK	ITA	Di Magno	1	0	0+1	0
20	DF	ITA	Grossi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	FW	GRE	Choutos	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ITA	Stovini	0	0	0	0

• Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1996/1120/

Goalscorers

• Abel Balbo 17 (5)
• Francesco Totti 5
• Marco Delvecchio 4
• Daniel Fonseca 4

References

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. Retrieved 11 November 2018.