1995–96 AC Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
1995–96 season
President	Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
Stadium	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gabriel Batistuta (19); All: ; Gabriel Batistuta (27)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina had its best season for a long time, finishing tied for third in Serie A, plus winning the Coppa Italia following a clear double victory over Atalanta in the final. Strengthened by Stefan Schwarz and Michele Serena, Fiorentina were able to concede fewer goals than previously, but even though Rui Costa and Gabriel Batistuta continued their special partnership, the goals did not come with such ease as the year before.

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Francesco Toldo
2	DF	ITA	Daniele Carnasciali
3	DF	ITA	Michele Serena
4	MF	ITA	Giovanni Piacentini
5	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Amoruso
6	DF	ITA	Alberto Malusci
7	MF	SWE	Stefan Schwarz
8	FW	ITA	Francesco Baiano
9	FW	ARG	Gabriel Batistuta
10	MF	POR	Rui Costa
11	MF	ITA	Massimo Orlando
12	GK	ITA	Alessandro Zandonà
14	MF	ITA	Sandro Cois


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	ITA	Federico Bettoni
16	MF	ITA	Nicola Binchi
17	MF	ITA	Emiliano Bigica
18	FW	ITA	Giacomo Banchelli
19	DF	ITA	Pasquale Padalino
20	DF	ITA	Andrea Sottil
21	FW	ITA	Francesco Flachi
22	GK	ITA	Gianmatteo Mareggini
23	FW	ITA	Anselmo Robbiati
25	MF	ITA	Cristiano Zanetti
26	DF	ITA	Alessandro Orlando
—	MF	ITA	Christian Amoroso

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Stefan Schwarz	Arsenal F.C.
DF	Michele Serena	Sampdoria
DF	Lorenzo Amoruso	A.S. Bari
DF	Alessandro Orlando	Juventus
DF	Pasquale Padalino	Foggia Calcio
MF	Mirko Benin	Varese
MF	Federico Bettoni	Lodigiani
MF	Emiliano Bigica	A.S. Bari
MF	Giovanni Piacentini	A.S. Roma
GK	Gianmatteo Mareggini	Palermo F.C.	loan ended
MF	Stefan Effenberg	Borussia Mönchengladbach	loan ended
MF	Massimo Orlando	A.C. Milan	loan ended
FW	Giacomo Banchelli	Udinese Calcio	loan ended
FW	Daniele Beltrammi	Lodigiani	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Márcio Santos	AFC Ajax
MF	Stefan Effenberg	Borussia Mönchengladbach
FW	Angelo Carbone	A.C. Milan	loan ended
DF	Gianluca Luppi	Atalanta B.C.
DF	Stefano Pioli	Padova Calcio
MF	Daniele Amerini	Vicenza Calcio
MF	Christian Cimarelli	Prato
MF	Fabrizio Di Mauro	A.C. Reggiana
MF	Giovanni Tedesco	Foggia Calcio
GK	Cristiano Scalabrelli	Lucchese	loan
DF	Duccio Innocenti	Pontedera	loan
FW	Sergio Campolo	Pistoiese	loan
FW	Daniele Beltrammi	Montevarchi	loan

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Juventus	34	19	8	7	58	35	+23	65^[a]	Qualified to Champions League
3	Lazio	34	17	8	9	66	38	+28	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Fiorentina	34	17	8	9	53	41	+12	59	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
5	Roma	34	16	10	8	51	34	+17	58^[b]	Qualification to UEFA Cup
6	Parma	34	16	10	8	44	31	+13	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup

Source: 1995–96 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:

^ Juventus qualified to 1996–97 UEFA Champions League as title holders.
^ ROM 1-1 PAR; PAR 1-1 ROM Roma is ahead due to Goal difference.

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	17	8	9	53	41	+12	59	11	4	2	36	21	+15	6	4	7	17	20	−3

Last updated: 25 July 2015.
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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W
Position	1	7	5	7	5	3	6	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1996–97 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1996–97 UEFA Cup First round

Matches

27 August 1995 1	Fiorentina	2–0	Torino	Florence
	Banchelli 56', 60'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

10 September 1995 2	Vicenza	1–0	Fiorentina	Vicenza
	Rossi 67'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

17 September 1995 3	Fiorentina	3–1	Cagliari	Florence
	Baiano 2', 15' Amoruso 20'	Report	Amoruso 17' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Gianni Beschin

24 September 1995 4	Parma	3–0	Fiorentina	Parma
	Stoichkov 35' Crippa 41' Benarrivo 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

1 October 1995 5	Fiorentina	3–2	Cremonese	Florence
	Padalino 40' Baiano 44' Batistuta 60'	Report	Maspero 41' Fantini 89'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

15 October 1995 6	Napoli	0–2	Fiorentina	Naples
		Report	Tarantino 78' (o.g.) Orlando 86'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Roberto Bettin

22 October 1995 7	Sampdoria	2–1	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Maniero 21' Salsano 71'	Report	Rui Costa 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

29 October 1995 8	Fiorentina	3–2	Bari	Florence
	Robbiati 43' Rui Costa 71' Batistuta 86'	Report	Annoni 79' Protti 90'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Marcello Cardona

5 November 1995 9	Fiorentina	2–0	Lazio	Florence
	Batistuta 46', 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

19 November 1995 10	Juventus	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
	Del Piero 11'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

26 November 1995 11	Fiorentina	1–1	Internazionale	Florence
	Batistuta 66'	Report	Ganz 17'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

3 December 1995 12	Padova	0–1	Fiorentina	Padua
		Report	Batistuta 90'	Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Referee: Domenico Messina

10 December 1995 13	Fiorentina	3–0	Udinese	Florence
	Baiano 17' Batistuta 61' (pen.), 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Angelo Bonfrisco

17 December 1995 14	Atalanta	1–3	Fiorentina	Bergamo
	Morfeo 71'	Report	Baiano 39' Batistuta 60', 73'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Stefano Farina

23 December 1995 15	Fiorentina	2–2	Milan	Florence
	Robbiati 13' Baiano 74'	Report	Weah 12' R. Baggio 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

7 January 1996 16	Roma	2–2	Fiorentina	Rome
	Balbo 5', 49'	Report	Robbiati 60' Batistuta 70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

14 January 1996 17	Fiorentina	2–1	Piacenza	Florence
	Robbiati 28' Baiano 38'	Report	Turrini 35'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Massimo De Santis

21 January 1996 18	Torino	0–3	Fiorentina	Turin
		Report	Batistuta 58', 90' Baiano 69'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

28 January 1996 19	Fiorentina	1–1	Vicenza	Florence
	Batistuta 7'	Report	Di Carlo 46'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Gennaro Borriello

4 February 1996 20	Cagliari	0–0	Fiorentina	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Graziano Cesari

11 February 1996 21	Fiorentina	1–0	Parma	Florence
	Amoruso 25'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Domenico Messina

18 February 1996 22	Cremonese	0–0	Fiorentina	Cremona
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Pierluigi Collina

25 February 1996 23	Fiorentina	3–0	Napoli	Florence
	Batistuta 36', 76' Robbiati 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

3 March 1996 24	Fiorentina	2–2	Sampdoria	Florence
	Rui Costa 48' Robbiati 76'	Report	Mancini 22' Karembeu 45'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

10 March 1996 25	Bari	1–1	Fiorentina	Bari
	Andersson 41'	Report	Baiano 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

10 April 1996 26	Lazio	4–0	Fiorentina	Rome
	Winter 14' Signori 32', 51' Casiraghi 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

24 March 1996 27	Fiorentina	0–1	Juventus	Florence
		Report	Amoruso 28' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Graziano Cesari

31 March 1996 28	Internazionale	1–2	Fiorentina	Milan
	Centofanti 10'	Report	Cois 26' Padalino 32'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

6 April 1996 29	Fiorentina	6–4	Padova	Florence
	Baiano 4' Robbiati 40' Batistuta 49', 80' (pen.) Banchelli 59' Rosa 64' (o.g.)	Report	Amoruso 56', 85' Vlaović 61', 62'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Daniele Tombolini

14 April 1996 30	Udinese	1–0	Fiorentina	Udine
	Poggi 8'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Graziano Cesari

20 April 1996 31	Fiorentina	1–0	Atalanta	Florence
	Banchelli 17'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

28 April 1996 32	Milan	3–1	Fiorentina	Milan
	Savićević 14' R. Baggio 45' (pen.) Simone 76'	Report	Rui Costa 13'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Walter Cinciripini

5 May 1996 33	Fiorentina	1–4	Roma	Florence
	Batistuta 9'	Report	Balbo 19' (pen.), 34' (pen.) Delvecchio 27', 90'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

12 May 1996 34	Piacenza	0–1	Fiorentina	Piacenza
		Report	Corini 21' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Galleana Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Coppa Italia

Second round

30 August 1995	Ascoli	1-2	Fiorentina	Ascoli Piceno
	Minuti 55'		Serena 59' Savio 70' (aut.)	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Roberto Bettin

Eightfinals

25 October 1995	Lecce	0-5	Fiorentina	Lecce
			Rui Costa 3' Batistuta 39' Baiano 54', 72' Robbiati 88'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Robert Boggi

Quarterfinals

30 November 1995	Fiorentina	1-0	Palermo F.C.	Firenze
	Batistuta 64' (pen)			Attendance: 24 000 Referee: Loris Stafoggia

13 December 1995	Palermo F.C.	1-2	Fiorentina	Palermo
	Scarafoni 72' (rig.)		Baiano 33' Rui Costa 57'	Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Attendance: 33 000 Referee: Gianni Beschin

Semifinals

15 February 1996	Fiorentina	3-1	Internazionale	Firenze
	Batistuta 14' (pen.) Batistuta 48' Batistuta 86'	Report	32' Ganz	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,645 Referee: Gianni Beschin

28 February 1996	Internazionale	0-1	Fiorentina	Milan
		Report	Batistuta 78'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53,737 Referee: Graziano Cesari

Final

2 May 1996	Fiorentina	1 – 0	Atalanta	Firenze
21:00	Batistuta 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Robert Boggi

18 May 1996	Atalanta	0 – 2	Fiorentina	Bergamo
21:00		Report	L. Amoruso 48' Batistuta 61'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Toldo	42	-44	34	-41	8	-3
2	DF	ITA	Carnasciali	37	0	31	0	6	0
19	DF	ITA	Padalino	37	2	30	2	7	0
5	DF	ITA	Amoruso	39	3	31	2	8	1
3	DF	ITA	Serena	30	1	24	0	6	1
7	MF	SWE	Schwarz	38	0	32	0	6	0
4	MF	ITA	Piacentini	34	0	27+2	0	5	0
17	MF	ITA	Bigica	33	0	22+5	0	6	0
10	MF	POR	Rui Costa	41	6	33+1	4	7	2
8	FW	ITA	Baiano	33	14	27+1	11	5	3
9	FW	ARG	Batistuta	39	27	31	19	8	8
22	GK	ITA	Mareggini	1	0	0	0	1	-0
14	MF	ITA	Cois	27	1	16+8	1	3	0
23	FW	ITA	Robbiati	39	7	11+21	6	7	1
20	DF	ITA	Sottil	21	0	7+9	0	5	0
18	FW	ITA	Banchelli	19	4	5+11	4	3	0
6	DF	ITA	Malusci	13	0	5+5	0	3	0
26	DF	ITA	Orlando	8	0	4+3	0	1	0
11	MF	ITA	Orlando M	13	1	2+7	1	4	0
15	MF	ITA	Bettoni	15	0	1+10	0	4	0
21	FW	ITA	Flachi	5	0	1+2	0	2	0
25	MF	ITA	Zanetti	4	0	0+2	0	2	0
16	MF	ITA	Binchi	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ITA	Zandona
	MF	ITA	Amoroso

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1995/1092/

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.

[table_hth_JUV0.95873368995205-1] Juventus qualified to 1996–97 UEFA Champions League as title holders.

[table_hth_ROM0.95873368995205-2] ROM 1-1 PAR; PAR 1-1 ROM Roma is ahead due to Goal difference.

[3] 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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