1991–92 Parma AC season

Parma
1991–92 season
Owner	Parmalat
President	Giorgio Pedraneschi
Manager	Nevio Scala
Stadium	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A	6th
Coppa Italia	Winners
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alessandro Melli (6); All: ; Alessandro Melli (11)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

Parma Associazione Calcio eased through the infamous second season following promotion, and ended it in style by winning Coppa Italia, the club's first ever significant silverware. That also qualified the club for the 1992–93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, a tournament it went on to win. Its inaugural European adventure was in the autumn of 1991, when it lost to CSKA Sofia of Bulgaria in the first round of the UEFA Cup. It did not improve on 1991's famous fifth place in Serie A as rookies, but only slipped one position, with the defence playing as well as ever. The lack of a top scorer cost Parma the chance to fight Torino for third in 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
—	GK	BRA	Cláudio Taffarel
—	GK	ITA	Marco Ballotta
—	DF	ITA	Antonio Benarrivo
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Apolloni
—	DF	ITA	Alberto Di Chiara
—	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Minotti
—	DF	ITA	Stefano Nava
—	DF	BEL	Georges Grün
—	DF	ITA	Cornelio Donati
—	DF	ITA	Giovanni Bia
—	DF	ITA	Antonio Sconziano
—	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Siviglia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Daniele Zoratto
—	MF	ITA	Stefano Cuoghi
—	MF	ITA	Tarcisio Catanese
—	MF	ITA	Ivo Pulga
—	MF	SWE	Tomas Brolin
—	MF	ITA	Marco Osio
—	MF	ITA	Diego Ficarra
—	FW	ITA	Alessandro Melli
—	FW	ITA	Massimo Agostini
—	FW	ITA	Mario Lemme

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Marco Ballotta	Cesena
DF	Antonio Benarrivo	Padova
DF	Alberto Di Chiara	Fiorentina
MF	Ivo Pulga	Cagliari
FW	Massimo Agostini	AC Milan
DF	Stefano Nava	AC Milan	loan

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Enzo Gambaro	AC Milan
MF	Stefano Rossini	Udinese
MF	Aldo Monza	Modena	loan
FW	Graziano Mannari	AC Siena	loan
MF	Giovanni Sorce	Lucchese	loan
GK	Marco Ferrari	Avellino	loan

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Roma	34	13	14	7	37	31	+6	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup
6	Sampdoria	34	11	16	7	38	31	+7	38
7	Parma	34	11	16	7	32	28	+4	38	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8	Internazionale	34	10	17	7	28	28	0	37
9	Foggia	34	12	11	11	58	58	0	35

Source: 1991–92 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[1]

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	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	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	D
Position	7	3	4	4	6	2	7	8	8	7	9	6	7	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	7

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1992–93 European Cup; = 1992–93 UEFA Cup; = 1992–93 Serie B; c = As 1991-92 Coppa Italia winners', qualified to 1992-93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Matches

1 September 1991 1	Lazio	1–1	Parma	Rome
	Nava 63' (o.g.)	Report	Osio 89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

8 September 1991 2	Parma	1–0	Bari	Parma
	Minotti 33'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Marcello Nicchi

15 September 1991 3	Napoli	2–2	Parma	Naples
	Zola 20' Careca 40'	Report	Corradini 14' (o.g.) Brolin 50' Cuoghi 62'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Walter Cinciripini

22 September 1991 4	Parma	1–1	Cremonese	Parma
	Agostini 53'	Report	Pulga 46' (o.g.) Giandebiaggi 51'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Fabio Baldas

29 September 1991 5	Foggia	1–1	Parma	Foggia
	Signori 70'	Report	Melli 87'	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Pietro D'Elia

6 October 1991 6	Parma	2–1	Sampdoria	Parma
	Minotti 13' Grün 59'	Report	Vialli 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Tullio Lanese

20 October 1991 7	Milan	2–0	Parma	Milan
	Gullit 59' van Basten 81'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 74,929 Referee: Loris Stafoggia

27 October 1991 8	Parma	0–0	Torino	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Livio Bazzoli

3 November 1991 9	Parma	1–1	Verona	Parma
	Icardi 89' (o.g.)	Report	Prytz 54' (pen.) Pellegrini 14'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

17 November 1991 10	Cagliari	0–0	Parma	Cagliari
		Report	Taffarel 13'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Massimo Chiesa

24 November 1991 11	Parma	1–1	Inter	Parma
	Cuoghi 31'	Report	Fontolan 14'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

1 December 1991 12	Atalanta	0–1	Parma	Bergamo
	Careca Bianchese 88'	Report	Melli 10'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Giuseppe Rosica

8 December 1991 13	Genoa	2–0	Parma	Genoa
	Aguilera 20' Grün 87' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

15 December 1991 14	Parma	3–1	Roma	Parma
	Nela 15' (o.g.) Osio 55' Melli 76'	Report	Di Mauro 12'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Gianni Beschin

5 January 1992 15	Juventus	1–0	Parma	Turin
	R. Baggio 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Luciano Luci

12 January 1992 16	Parma	2–0	Ascoli	Parma
	Melli 55' Minotti 59'	Report	Aloisi 90'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Paolo De Angelis

19 January 1992 17	Fiorentina	1–1	Parma	Florence
	Apolloni 1' (o.g.) Pioli 26'	Report	Grün 49'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Tullio Lanese

26 January 1992 18	Parma	1–0	Lazio	Parma
	Brolin 42'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Loris Stafoggia

2 February 1992 19	Bari	1–1	Parma	Bari
	Calcaterra 41' Fortunato 69'	Report	Di Chiara 28'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

9 February 1992 20	Parma	2–1	Napoli	Parma
	Melli 38' (pen.) Grün 90'	Report	Careca 21' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Gianni Beschin

16 February 1992 21	Cremonese	0–1	Parma	Cremona
		Report	Dezotti 19' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Piero Ceccarini

23 February 1992 22	Parma	2–0	Foggia	Parma
	Agostini 30, 55'	Report	Mancini 58'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Angelo Amendolia

1 March 1992 23	Sampdoria	2–0	Parma	Genoa
	Orlando 67' Mancini 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pierluigi Collina

8 March 1992 24	Parma	1–3	Milan	Parma
	Melli 33'	Report	Simone 48, 76' Grün 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 25,428 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

15 March 1992 25	Torino	0–0	Parma	Turin
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

29 March 1992 26	Verona	1–0	Parma	Verona
	Renica 39' L. Pellegrini 90'	Report	Zoratto 80' Di Chiara 90'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Piero Ceccarini

5 April 1992 27	Parma	1–1	Cagliari	Parma
	Agostini 45'	Report	Herrera 7'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Paolo Fabricatore

12 April 1992 28	Inter	0–0	Parma	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Marcello Nicchi

18 April 1992 29	Parma	0–0	Atalanta	Parma
		Report	Careca Bianchese 61'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

26 April 1992 30	Parma	2–0	Genoa	Parma
	Minotti 64' Brolin 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Loris Stafoggia

3 May 1992 31	Roma	1–0	Parma	Rome
	Rizzitelli 75'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

10 May 1992 32	Parma	0–0	Juventus	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

17 May 1992 33	Ascoli	2–3	Parma	Ascoli Piceno
	Troglio 4' Maniero 45'	Report	Catanese 17', 90' (pen.) Grün 51'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Gianni Beschin

24 May 1992 34	Parma	1–1	Fiorentina	Parma
	Brolin 89' (pen.)	Report	Maiellaro 43'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Massimo Chiesa

Coppa Italia

Second round

28 August 1991 First leg	Parma	0–0	Palermo	Parma
				Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Massimo Chiesa

3 September 1991 Second leg	Palermo	1–2	Parma	Palermo
	De Sensi 66'		Grün 1' Melli 84'	Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Round of 16

29 October 1991 First leg	Parma	0–0	Fiorentina	Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

4 December 1991 Second leg	Fiorentina	1–1	Parma	Florence
16:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Borgonovo 33'		Brolin 63'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Tullio Lanese

Quarter-finals

12 February 1992 First leg	Parma	2–0	Genoa	Parma
19:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Minotti 68' Catanese 87'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

27 February 1992 Second leg	Genoa	1–2	Parma	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Aguilera 10'		Signorini 16' (o.g.) Melli 53'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fabio Baldas

Semi-final

21 March 1992 First leg	Parma	1–0	Sampdoria	Parma
	Brolin 50'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gianni Beschin

30 April 1992 Second leg	Sampdoria	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Parma	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pari 77' Vierchowod 120'		Melli 97', 103' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Angelo Amendolia

Final

7 May 1992 First leg	Juventus	1–0	Parma	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baggio 23' (pen.) Júlio César da Silva 73'		Melli 45'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 47,872 Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

14 May 1992 Second leg	Parma	2–0	Juventus	Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Melli 45' Apolloni 50' Osio 61' Cuoghi 64' Minotti 73'		De Agostini 17' Schillaci 19' Reuter 33' Luppi 39' Kohler 45' Conte 88'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 24,471 Referee: Fabio Baldas

UEFA Cup

First round

19 September 1991 First leg	CSKA Sofia	0–0	Parma	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gueorguiev 4' Dimitrov 33' Vidov 68'	Report	Benarrivo 28' Cuoghi 32' Grün 50'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Stadium Referee: Ray Lewis (England)

2 October 1991 Second leg	Parma	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	CSKA Sofia	Parma, Italy
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Agostini 63', 71' Minotti 73' Pulga 88'	Report	Velinov 57' Dimitrov 61' Lechkov 70' Mitev 89'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	BRA	Cláudio Taffarel	39	-30	34	-28	3	-1	2	-1
	DF	ITA	Antonio Benarrivo	41	0	27+3	0	9	0	2	0
	DF	ITA	Alberto Di Chiara	39	1	31	1	7	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Minotti	45	5	33	4	10	1	2	0
	DF	BEL	Georges Grün	43	5	33	4	8	1	2	0
	DF	ITA	Luigi Apolloni	43	0	32	0	9	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Daniele Zoratto	44	0	32	0	10	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Stefano Cuoghi	41	1	31	1	8	0	2	0
	MF	SWE	Tomas Brolin	44	6	28+6	4	8	2	2	0
	MF	ITA	Marco Osio	36	3	23+3	2	9	1	1	0
	FW	ITA	Alessandro Melli	41	11	25+5	6	9	5	2	0
	GK	ITA	Marco Ballotta	8	-5	0+1	0	7	-5	0	0
	FW	ITA	Massimo Agostini	41	5	17+13	4	9	0	2	1
	DF	ITA	Stefano Nava	28	0	12+7	0	7	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Ivo Pulga	22	0	10+5	0	5	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Tarcisio Catanese	28	3	4+16	2	8	1
	DF	ITA	Cornelio Donati	7	0	1+3	0	3	0
	DF	ITA	Giovanni Bia	1	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Antonio Sconziano	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Diego Ficarra	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1991/1029/

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. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[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.

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