1996–97 SS Lazio season

Lazio
1996–97 season
Owner	Sergio Cragnotti
President	Dino Zoff
Manager	Zdeněk Zeman; (until 27 January 1997); Dino Zoff; (from 27 January 1997)
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Giuseppe Signori (15); All: ; Giuseppe Signori (15)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 season was Società Sportiva Lazio's 97th season since the club's existence and their ninth consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. In this season, Lazio finished fourth in Serie A, reached the quarter-final of the Coppa Italia and the round of 32 in the UEFA Cup.

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	Luca Marchegiani
2	DF	ITA	Paolo Negro
3	DF	RSA	Mark Fish
4	MF	ITA	Dario Marcolin
5	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Favalli
6	DF	ARG	José Chamot
7	FW	ITA	Roberto Rambaudi
8	MF	ITA	Renato Buso
9	FW	ITA	Pierluigi Casiraghi
10	FW	ITA	Igor Protti
11	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Signori


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	ITA	Fernando Orsi
13	DF	ITA	Alessandro Nesta
14	MF	ITA	Diego Fuser
15	MF	ITA	Roberto Baronio
16	MF	AUS	Paul Okon
17	DF	SUI	Guerino Gottardi
18	MF	CZE	Pavel Nedvěd
19	MF	ITA	Daniele Franceschini
20	DF	ITA	Alessandro Grandoni
21	MF	ITA	Marco Piovanelli
22	GK	ITA	Carlo Cudicini
23	MF	ITA	Giorgio Venturin

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Pavel Nedvěd	Sparta Praha
FW	Igor Protti	A.S. Bari
MF	Paul Okon	Club Brugge
DF	Mark Fish	Orlando Pirates
MF	Roberto Baronio	Brescia Calcio
FW	Renato Buso	S.S.C. Napoli
GK	Carlo Cudicini	A.C. Milan	loan
GK	Flavio Roma	Venezia F.C.	loan ended
MF	Giorgio Venturin	Cagliari Calcio	loan ended
FW	Marco Di Vaio	Hellas Verona	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Alen Bokšić	Juventus
MF	Roberto Di Matteo	Chelsea F.C.
MF	Aron Winter	Internazionale
DF	Cristiano Bergodi	Padova Calcio
DF	Alessandro Romano	Brescia Calcio
MF	Massimiliano Esposito	S.S.C. Napoli
GK	Francesco Mancini	Foggia Calcio	loan ended
GK	Flavio Roma	Fiorenzuola	loan
FW	Marco Di Vaio	A.S. Bari	loan
FW	Alessandro Iannuzzi	Vicenza Calcio	loan

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	To	Type

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Daniele Franceschini	Castel di Sangro	loan

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
6	Sampdoria	34	14	11	9	60	46	+14	53

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]

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	15	10	9	54	37	+17	55	10	3	4	34	19	+15	5	7	5	20	18	+2

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D
Position	11	17	16	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	10	9	10	7	9	12	12	11	12	12	9	10	9	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4

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; = Relegation to 1997–98 Serie B

Matches

7 September 1996 1	Bologna	1–0	Lazio	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fontolan 35'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 31,266 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

15 September 1996 2	Lazio	0–1	Udinese	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Bia 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 36,103 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

21 September 1996 3	Internazionale	1–1	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Angloma 40'	Report	Signori 33'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51,994 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

29 September 1996 4	Lazio	2–1	Parma	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Protti 25' Casiraghi 62'	Report	D. Baggio 66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 39,489 Referee: Robert Boggi

12 October 1996 5	Fiorentina	0–0	Lazio	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Batistuta 33' Baiano 82'	Report	Grandoni 71'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 37,076 Referee: Domenico Messina

20 October 1996 6	Lazio	2–1	Cagliari	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marchegiani 3' Nedvěd 22' Signori 49'	Report	Banchelli 77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,215 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

26 October 1996 7	Atalanta	2–1	Lazio	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lentini 4' Inzaghi 19', 49'	Report	Negro 75'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 17,032 Referee: Graziano Cesari

3 November 1996 8	Lazio	0–2	Vicenza	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Murgita 35' Maini 90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,344 Referee: Marcello Nicchi

17 November 1996 9	Piacenza	1–3	Lazio	Piacenza
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Scienza 27'	Report	Signori 5', 40' (pen.), 54'	Stadium: Stadio Galleana Attendance: 8,856 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

24 November 1996 10	Lazio	1–1	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Negro 82'	Report	Mancini 6' Pesaresi 79'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,813 Referee: Robert Boggi

1 December 1996 11	Reggiana	0–2	Lazio	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Beiersdorfer 49'	Report	Nedvěd 84' Casiraghi 90'	Stadium: Stadio Giglio Referee: Gennaro Borriello

8 December 1996 12	Lazio	0–0	Roma	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 64,488 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

15 December 1996 13	Perugia	1–2	Lazio	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Giunti 36' Gautieri 79'	Report	Rambaudi 71' Signori 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 19,886 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

22 December 1996 14	Napoli	1–0	Lazio	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	André Cruz 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 51,193 Referee: Marcello Nicchi

5 January 1997 15	Lazio	3–0	Milan	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Signori 22' Casiraghi 45' Grandoni 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,280 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

12 January 1997 16	Verona	1–1	Lazio	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Orlandini 61' (pen.)	Report	Fish 23'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 16,106 Referee: Stefano Braschi

19 January 1997 17	Lazio	0–2	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Padovano 31', 62'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 58,815 Referee: Domenico Messina

26 January 1997 18	Lazio	1–2	Bologna	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Casiraghi 46'	Report	K. Andersson 42' Nervo 59'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,560 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

2 February 1997 19	Udinese	2–3	Lazio	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Amoroso 79' (pen.), 90'	Report	Signori 17', 61' Favalli 68' Nedvěd 88'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 12,501 Referee: Stefano Farina

16 February 1997 20	Lazio	2–2	Internazionale	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fuser 24' Signori 72'	Report	Zamorano 60' Djorkaeff 62'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 44,517 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

23 February 1997 21	Parma	2–0	Lazio	Parma
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stanić 3' Chiesa 26'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 20,690 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

1 March 1997 22	Lazio	1–0	Fiorentina	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Negro 90'	Report	Amoruso 72'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,883 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

9 March 1997 23	Cagliari	0–0	Lazio	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 14,698 Referee: Stefano Farina

16 March 1997 24	Lazio	3–2	Atalanta	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mirković 36' (o.g.) Sottil 38' (o.g.) Buso 84'	Report	Lentini 53' Morfeo 83'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,111 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

23 March 1997 25	Vicenza	0–2	Lazio	Vicenza
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lopez 81' Di Carlo 90+9'	Report	Nedvěd 19' Fuser 90' Buso 90+9'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 15,963 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

6 April 1997 26	Lazio	2–0	Piacenza	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Signori 31' (pen.) Rambaudi 73'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,535 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

13 April 1997 27	Sampdoria	1–0	Lazio	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montella 67' (pen.) R. Mancini 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 24,383 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

20 April 1997 28	Lazio	6–1	Reggiana	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Signori 12' (pen.) Nedvěd 16', 86' Protti 22', 32', 37' Chamot 69'	Report	Simutenkov 42', 69'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,633 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

4 May 1997 29	Roma	1–1	Lazio	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balbo 35'	Report	Favalli 76' Protti 90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 73,409 Referee: Robert Boggi

11 May 1997 30	Lazio	4–1	Perugia	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Signori 7' Rambaudi 45' Casiraghi 48', 51'	Report	Gautieri 72' Pizzi 86'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,089 Referee: Roberto Bettin

15 May 1997 31	Lazio	3–2	Napoli	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Casiraghi 24' Nedvěd 31' Fuser 39', 70' Buso 90+2'	Report	Ayala 10', 42' Pecchia 24' Longo 28' Beto 66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,288 Referee: Stefano Farina

18 May 1997 32	Milan	2–2	Lazio	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Weah 41', 64'	Report	Boban 56' (o.g.) Fuser 73' Nedvěd 86'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 48,604 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

25 May 1997 33	Lazio	4–1	Verona	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Signori 4', 35' Protti 23' Rambaudi 74'	Report	Ametrano 30' Maniero 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,492 Referee: Marcello Nicchi

1 June 1997 34	Juventus	2–2	Lazio	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vieri 31' Amoruso 52'	Report	Casiraghi 73' Protti 85'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 38,617 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Coppa Italia

Second round

28 August 1996	Avellino	0–1	Lazio	Avellino
			Casiraghi 26'	Stadium: Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Round of 16

23 October 1996	Verona	1–2	Lazio	Verona
	Orlandini 45'		Rambaudi 8' Nedvěd 23'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 9,136 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Quarter-finals

14 November 1996 First leg	Napoli	1–0	Lazio	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aglietti 3'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 30,352 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

27 November 1996 Second leg	Lazio	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Napoli	Rome
	Casiraghi 8' Nedvěd 86'		Caio 28' Baldini 45' Aglietti 48'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Collina

UEFA Cup

First round

10 September 1996 First leg	Lens	0–1	Lazio	Lens, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sikora 44'	Report	Favalli 27' 32' Signori 32' Nesta 80' Chamot 85'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 18,174 Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

24 September 1996 Second leg	Lazio	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Lens	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fuser 44' Signori 74' Chamot 89'	Report	Regis 44' Sikora 63' Šmicer 68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

Second round

15 October 1996 First leg	Lazio	1–0	Tenerife	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Favalli 63' Nedvěd 66'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

29 October 1996 Second leg	Tenerife	5–3 (5–4 agg.)	Lazio	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nesta 16' (o.g.) Paz 25' Kodro 27' Castaño 39', 62' Jokanović 48' Alexis 57' Llorente 74' Felipe Miñambres 83'	Report	Negro 14' Nedvěd 14', 82' Fuser 31' Casiraghi 47', 61' Signori 52' Marcolin 89'	Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Marchegiani	40	-41	32	-32	4	-3	4	-6
2	DF	ITA	Negro	34	3	25+2	3	3	0	4	0
6	DF	ARG	Chamot	34	1	28+1	0	2	0	3	1
13	DF	ITA	Nesta	33	0	25	0	4	0	4	0
5	DF	ITA	Favalli	31	0	26	0	3	0	2	0
14	MF	ITA	Fuser	38	6	31	4	3	0	4	2
23	MF	ITA	Venturin	16	0	13+3	0
18	MF	CZE	Nedved	38	10	32	7	3	1	3	2
7	MF	ITA	Rambaudi	36	5	21+7	4	4	1	4	0
11	FW	ITA	Signori	39	15	30+2	15	4	0	3	0
9	FW	ITA	Casiraghi	31	11	22+2	8	4	2	3	1
12	GK	ITA	Orsi	3	-4	2+1	-4
10	FW	ITA	Protti	34	7	16+11	7	3	0	4	0
20	DF	ITA	Grandoni	24	1	15+4	1	3	0	2	0
16	MF	AUS	Okon	18	0	13+1	0	2	0	2	0
3	DF	RSA	Fish	17	1	11+4	1	2	0
17	DF	SUI	Gottardi	24	0	10+8	0	3	0	3	0
4	MF	ITA	Marcolin	19	0	9+4	0	3	0	3	0
8	MF	ITA	Buso	16	12	5+11	12	0
15	MF	ITA	Baronio	18	0	5+10	0	2	0	1	0
21	MF	ITA	Piovanelli	16	0	3+8	0	2	0	3	0
22	GK	ITA	Cudicini	1	-1	0+1	-1
19	MF	ITA	Franceschini	1	0	0+1	0
28	FW	ITA	Federici	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ITA	Di Lello	0	0	0	0
27	MF	ITA	Paniccia	0	0	0	0
25	GK	ITA	Cano	0	0	0	0
24	MF	ITA	Belle	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1996/1107/

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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