1996–97 Vicenza Calcio season

During the 1996–97 Italian football season, Vicenza competed in Serie A.

Vicenza

1996-97 season
Chairman	Pieraldo Dalle Carbonare Gianni Sacchetto,[1] Luigi Arena[2] Virgilio Marzot[3][4]
Manager	Francesco Guidolin
Stadium	Romeo Menti
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Marcelo Otero (13) All: Marcelo Otero (13)
Highest home attendance	22,000 vs Napoli (29 May 1997)
Lowest home attendance	8,678 vs Bologna (6 February 1997)
Average home league attendance	15,962
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Summary

In the summer of 1996 transferred in Vicenza the young forward Alessandro Iannuzzi, Giovanni Cornacchini who will be topscorer in Coppa Italia, Massimo Beghetto, teenager Pierre Wome discovered in Africa by technical director Sergio Vignoni[5] also 18-yr-old Fabio Firmani. Out of the team, Joachim Bjorklund, Massimo Lombardini and Gabriele Grossi. In July 1996 the team started pre-season in Enego.[6]

Vicenza had its best season for a long time, winning the Coppa Italia following a victory over Napoli in the final.

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  ITA Pierluigi Brivio 1 GK  ITA Luca Mondini 12 GK  ITA Roberto Verdi 16 DF  ITA Massimo Beghetto 5 DF  ITA Davide Belotti 20 DF  ITA Alessandro Dal Canto[7] 3 DF  ITA Gilberto D'Ignazio 6 DF  ITA Giovanni Lopez (captain) 8 DF  URU Gustavo Mendez 26 DF  ITA Paolo Pasqualin 2 DF  ITA Luigi Sartor 23 MF  ITA Gabriele Ambrosetti 18 MF  ITA Daniele Amerini — MF  ITA Carmine Coppola — MF  ITA Massimo Dalle Nogare 4 MF  ITA Domenico Di Carlo (vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  ITA Fabio Firmani 25 MF  ITA Giuliano Gentilini[8] 13 MF  ITA Giampiero Maini — MF  ITA Luca Margherita[7] 27 MF  ITA Stefano Mazzocco 7 MF  ITA Maurizio Rossi 14 MF  ITA Mariano Sotgia[7] 10 MF  ITA Fabio Viviani (vice-vice-captain) 17 MF  CMR Pierre Wome 11 FW  ITA Giovanni Cornacchini — FW  ITA Marco Cunico — FW  ITA Ferdinando Gasparini[7] 15 FW  ITA Alessandro Iannuzzi — FW  ITA Andrea Mazzuoccolo 9 FW  ITA Roberto Murgita 19 FW  URU Marcelo Otero

Transfers

In
position	Name	from
GK	Roberto Verdi	Massese
DF	Massimo Beghetto	Perugia
DF	Alessandro Dal Canto	Torino
MF	Carmine Coppola	Nola
MF	Fabio Firmani	Lodigiani
MF	Mariano Sotgia	Cosenza
MF	Pierre Wome	Canon
FW	Giovanni Cornacchini	Bologna
FW	Marco Cunico	Treviso
FW	Ferdinando Gasparini	Fidelis Andria
FW	Alessandro Iannuzzi	S.S. Lazio

Out
Position	Name	To
GK	Alessandro Zerman	Brescello
DF	Joachim Bjorklund	Glasgow Rangers
DF	Gabriele Grossi	Roma
MF	Massimo Lombardini	Torino
MF	Massimo Lovato	Juve Stabia
MF	Willi Pittana	Udinese Calcio
FW	Marco Franco	Solbiatese
FW	Diego Vaccaretti	Massese

Autumn-Winter

In
Position	Name	from	Date
MF	Giuliano Gentilini	Padova Calcio	27 January 1997

Out
Position	Name	to	Date
FW	Ferdinando Gasparini	Ravenna	31 October 1996
DF	Alessandro Dal Canto	Venezia	24 November 1996
MF	Luca Margherita	Valdagno	14 December 1996
MF	Mariano Sotgia	Padova	26 January 1997

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1996–97 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Sampdoria	34	14	11	9	60	46	+14	53	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7	Bologna	34	13	10	11	50	44	+6	49
8	Vicenza	34	12	11	11	43	38	+5	47	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
9	Fiorentina	34	10	15	9	46	41	+5	45
10	Atalanta	34	11	11	12	44	46	−2	44

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).[9]
Notes:

1. Vicenza qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners Cup first round by winning the 1996–97 Coppa Italia.

Matches

Fiorentina v Vicenza

8 September 1996 1	Fiorentina	2-4	Vicenza	Firenze
16:00[10]	Sartor  36' (o.g.) Luis Oliveira  80'	Report	8' Otero  29'Otero  67' Otero  90' (pen) Otero	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,273 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Vicenza v Roma

15 September 1996 2	Vicenza	0-2	Roma	Vicenza
16:00[10]		Report	32' Fonseca  65' Balbo	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Vicenza v Atalanta

22 September 1996 3	Vicenza	4-1	Atalanta	Vicenza
16:00[10]	Viviani  44' Rossini  45' (o.g.) Beghetto  70' D'Ignazio  85'	Report	40' (pen) Inzaghi	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Massimo De Santis

Piacenza v Vicenza

29 September 1996 4	Piacenza	1-0	Vicenza	Piacenza
16:00[10]	Luiso  44'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Galleana Referee: Giancarlo Lana

Vicenza v Juventus

13 October 1996 5	Vicenza	2-1	Juventus	Vicenza
15:30[10]	Otero  19' Beghetto  71'	Report	46' Ferrara	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Robert Boggi

Udinese v Vicenza

20 October 1996 6	Udinese	1-1	Vicenza	Udine
15:30[10]	Poggi  71'	Report	89' Maini	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Vicenza v Cagliari

27 October 1996 7	Vicenza	2-0	Cagliari	Vicenza
14:30[10]	Otero  35' Murgita  62'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Francesco Ercolino

Lazio v Vicenza

3 November 1996 8	Lazio	0-2	Vicenza	Roma
14:30[10]		Report	35' Murgita  90' Maini	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Marcello Nicchi

Hellas Verona v Vicenza

17 November 1996 9	Hellas Verona	2-2	Vicenza	Verona
14:30[10]	Lopez  13' (o.g) Maniero  24'	Report	36' Murgita  77' (o.g) Marco Baroni	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Vicenza v Reggiana

24 November 1996 10	Vicenza	2-0	Reggiana	Vicenza
14:30[10]	Ambrosetti  34', 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Gilberto Dagnello

Perugia v Vicenza

1 December 1996 11	Perugia	1-1	Vicenza	Perugia
14:30[10]	Gautieri  34'	Report	10' Iannuzzi	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Vicenza v Inter

8 December 1996 12	Vicenza	1-1	Inter	Vicenza
14:30[10]	Maini  19'	Report	63' (pen) Djorkaeff	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Graziano Cesari

Vicenza v Parma

15 December 1996 13	Vicenza	1-1	Parma	Vicenza
20:30[10]	Maini  50'	Report	72' Benarrivo	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Sampdoria v Vicenza

22 December 1996 14	Sampdoria	2-1	Vicenza	Genova
14:30[10]	Montella  15', 25'	Report	82' (pen) Otero	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Domenico Messina

Vicenza v Bologna

5 January 1997 15	Vicenza	2-0	Bologna	Vicenza
14:30[10]	Otero  64', 82' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Marcello Nicchi

Milan v Vicenza

12 January 1997 16	Milan	1-0	Vicenza	Milano
14:30[10]	Dugarry  21'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Vicenza v Napoli

19 January 1997 17	Vicenza	2-2	Napoli	Vicenza
14:30[10]	Murgita  12' Otero  32'	Report	38' (o.g) Mendez  55' Pecchia	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Vicenza v Fiorentina

26 January 1997 18	Vicenza	3-2	Fiorentina	Vicenza
14:30[10]	Otero  1' Murgita  37' Ambrosetti  57'	Report	22' Padalino  65' Batistuta	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 15,766 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Roma v Vicenza

2 February 1997 19	Roma	2-0	Vicenza	Roma
14:30[10]	Balbo  7', 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Atalanta v Vicenza

16 February 1997 20	Atalanta	3-1	Vicenza	Bergamo
15:00[10]	Foglio  58' Inzaghi  68', 89'	Report	88' (pen) Otero	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Stefano Braschi

Vicenza v Piacenza

23 February 1997 21	Vicenza	1-1	Piacenza	Vicenza
15:00[10]	Beghetto  14'	Report	4' Piovani	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Stefano Farina

Juventus v Vicenza

1 March 1997 22	Juventus	2-0	Vicenza	Torino
15:00[10]	Di Livio  22' Padovano  62' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Delle Alpi Referee: Massimo De Santis

Vicenza v Udinese

9 March 1997 23	Vicenza	2-0	Udinese	Vicenza
15:00[10]	Maini  37' Murgita  50'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Cagliari v Vicenza

16 March 1997 24	Cagliari	2-1	Vicenza	Cagliari
15:00[10]	Muzzi  36' Tovalieri  49'	Report	1' Lopez	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Vicenza v Lazio

23 March 1997 25	Vicenza	0-2	Lazio	Vicenza
15:00[10]		Report	19' Nedved  90' Fuser	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Vicenza v Hellas Verona

6 April 1997 26	Vicenza	0-0	Hellas Verona	Vicenza
16:00[10]		Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 14,675 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Reggiana v Vicenza

13 April 1997 27	Reggiana	0-0	Vicenza	Reggio Emilia
16:00[10]		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giglio Referee: Lorenzo Branzoni

Vicenza v Perugia

20 April 1997 28	Vicenza	4-1	Perugia	Reggio Emilia
16:00 [11]	Ambrosetti  24' Cornacchini  26' Otero  36' Beghetto  46'	Report	65' Goretti	Stadium: Stadio Giglio Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Inter v Vicenza

3 May 1997 29	Inter	0-1	Vicenza	Milano
20:30[10]		Report	22' Alessandro Iannuzzi	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 46,432 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Parma v Vicenza

11 May 1997 30	Parma	3-0	Vicenza	Parma
16:00[10]	Crespo  16', 56', 60'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Vicenza v Sampdoria

15 May 1997 31	Vicenza	1-1	Sampdoria	Vicenza
20:30[10]	Ambrosetti  2'	Report	1' Mancini	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Bologna v Vicenza

18 May 1997 32	Bologna	0-0	Vicenza	Bologna
16:30[10]		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Vicenza v Milan

25 May 1997 33	Vicenza	2-0	Milan	Vicenza
16:30[10]	Ambrosetti  6' Baresi  90' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 15,416 Referee: Stefano Farina

Napoli v Vicenza

1 June 1997 34	Napoli	1-0	Vicenza	Napoli
16:30[10]	Beto  4'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Giancarlo Lana

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1996–97 Coppa Italia

Second round

Lucchese v Vicenza

28 August 1996	Lucchese	1-2	Vicenza	Lucca
20:30[12]	Rastelli  31'	Report	8' Rossi  39' Cornacchini	Stadium: Stadio Porta Elisa Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Eightfinals

Genoa v Vicenza

23 October 1996	Genoa	1-1	Vicenza	Genova
20:30[12]	Masolini  72' (pen)	Report	52' (pen) Viviani	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Domenico Messina

Vicenza v Genoa

6 November 1996	Vicenza	1-0	Genoa	Vicenza
20:30[12]	Cornacchini  61'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Quarterfinals

Milan v Vicenza

12 November 1996	Milan	1-1	Vicenza	Milano
20:45[12]	Baggio  20'	Report	11' Ambrosetti	Referee: Robert Boggi

Vicenza v Milan

27 November 1996	Vicenza	0-0 (1a-1 agg.)	Milan	Vicenza
20:45[12]		Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Semifinals

Vicenza v Bologna

6 February 1997	Vicenza	1-0	Bologna	Vicenza
20:45 [13]	Murgita  45'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 8,678 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Bologna v Vicenza

25 February 1997	Bologna	1-1	Vicenza	Bologna
20:45[12]	Scapolo  43'	Report	88' Cornacchini	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Robert Boggi

Final

Main article: 1997 Coppa Italia Final

Napoli v Vicenza

8 May 1997	Napoli	1-0	Vicenza	Napoli
20:45[12]	Pecchia  20'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Vicenza v Napoli

29 May 1997	Vicenza	3-0 aet (3-1 agg.)	Napoli	Vicenza
20:45[12]	Maini  20' Rossi  118' Ianuzzi  120'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi

Statistics

Squad

Competition	Points	Home						Away						Total						DR
		G	W	D	L	Gf	Gs	G	W	D	L	Gf	Gs	G	W	D	L	Gf	Gs
Serie A	47	17	9	6	2	29	15	17	3	5	9	11	21	34	12	11	11	43	38	+5
Coppa Italia	-	4	3	1	0	5	0	5	1	3	1	5	5	9	4	4	1	10	5	+5
Total	-	21	12	7	2	34	15	22	4	8	10	16	26	43	16	15	12	53	43	+10

Position 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
Position	3	8	4	9	6	4	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	7	6	8	8	8	11	10	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8

Source: Competitive matches
  = Leader, 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage;   = 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying round;   = 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round

Players statistics

Goalscorers Serie A
13	Marcelo Otero
7	Gabriele Ambrosetti
6	Roberto Murgita
5	Massimo Beghetto
5	Giampiero Maini
2	Alessandro Iannuzzi
1	Giovanni Cornacchini
1	Gilberto D'Ignazio
1	Giuliano Gentilini
1	Giovanni Lopez
1	Fabio Viviani

Goalscorers Coppa Italia
3	Giovanni Cornacchini
2	Maurizio Rossi
1	Gabriele Ambrosetti
1	Alessandro Iannuzzi
1	Giampiero Maini
1	Roberto Murgita
1	Fabio Viviani

Appearances Serie A
32	Luca Mondini
32	Roberto Murgita
31	Massimo Beghetto
30	Giampiero Maini
29	Domenico Di Carlo
29	Giovanni Lopez
29	Maurizio Rossi
29	Fabio Viviani
27	Davide Belotti
27	Gilberto D'Ignazio
26	Luigi Sartor
25	Gabriele Ambrosetti
24	Marcelo Otero
23	Gustavo Mendez
18	Giovanni Cornacchini
17	Alessandro Iannuzzi
16	Daniele Amerini
8	Giuliano Gentilini
4	Mariano Sotgia
3	Pierluigi Brivio
3	Pierre Wome
2	Alessandro Dal Canto
2	Fabio Firmani
1	Stefano Mazzocco

Appearances Coppa Italia
9	Pierluigi Brivio
9	Gilberto D'Ignazio
8	Massimo Beghetto
8	Domenico Di Carlo
8	Giampiero Maini
8	Maurizio Rossi
8	Fabio Viviani
7	Davide Belotti
7	Giovanni Lopez
7	Roberto Murgita
7	Luigi Sartor
6	Gabriele Ambrosetti
6	Giovanni Cornacchini
6	Gustavo Mendez
5	Daniele Amerini
5	Marcelo Otero
3	Giuliano Gentilini
3	Alessandro Iannuzzi
1	Alessandro Dal Canto
1	Fabio Firmani
1	Mariano Sotgia

References

1. Alberta Mantovani (31 January 1997). "Vicenza: sequestro confermato" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport.
2. Massimo Manduzio (30 April 1997). "Caso Vicenza, Sacchetto interrogato ieri". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
3. Alberta Mantovani (1 May 1997). "Vicenza: arriva un nuovo presidente". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
4. Amministratore unico, nominato dal custode giudiziario Giuseppe Iannaccone, cfr. Alberta Mantovani (29 April 1997). ""Il Vicenza non corre rischi", parola di custode giudiziario". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
5. "Pierre Wome a Vicenza da Yaounde". L'Unità. 24 August 1996.
6. "Archivio Corriere della Sera". archivio.corriere.it. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
7. Transferred in autumn
8. Transferred in winter
9. 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.

10. http://www.clubbiancorossonoventavi.altervista.org/serie-a-1996-1997.html

11. 
    Match Vicenza-Perugia was played on neutral field stadio Giglio of Reggio Emilia due to field invasion by Vicenza fans on 23 March 1997 against Lazio sanctioned a ban on stadio Romeo Menti per one game.

12. http://www.clubbiancorossonoventavi.altervista.org/coppa-italia-1996-1997.html

13. On 30 January 1997 the match Vicenza-Bologna did not played due to intense fog and re-scheduled to 6 February 1997

External links

• "Club Biancorosso Noventa Vicentina Serie A 1996-1997". Archived from the original on 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
• "Club Biancorosso Noventa Vicentina Coppa Italia 1996-1997". Archived from the original on 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2020-01-19.