1996–97 Vicenza Calcio season

Vicenza
1996-97 season
Chairman	Pieraldo Dalle Carbonare ; Gianni Sacchetto, ; Luigi Arena; Virgilio Marzot
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
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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

Summary[edit]

In the summer of 1996, Vicenza brought young forwards Alessandro Iannuzzi and Giovanni Cornacchini, the latter going on to become the top scorer in Coppa Italia, centre back Massimo Beghetto, teenage left back Pierre Wome who was discovered in Africa by technical director Sergio Vignoni,^[5] as well as 18-year old midfielder Fabio Firmani. Leaving the club were Joachim Bjorklund, Massimo Lombardini and Gabriele Grossi. In July 1996 the team started pre-season in Enego.^[6]

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

Squad[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Serie A[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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
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
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]

Matches[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coppa Italia[edit]

Second round[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

Quarterfinals[edit]

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

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

Semifinals[edit]

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

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[edit]

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

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[edit]

Squad[edit]

Competition	Points	Home						Away						Total						DR
Competition	Points	G	W	D	L	Gf	Gs	G	W	D	L	Gf	Gs	G	W	D	L	Gf	Gs	DR
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[edit]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L
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
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying round; = 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round; C = 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Players statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Mondini	32	-38	32	-38	0	0
8	DF	URU	Mendez	29	0	21+2	0	6	0
2	DF	ITA	Sartor	33	0	25+1	0	7	0
5	DF	ITA	Belotti	34	0	26+1	0	7	0
6	DF	ITA	Lopez	36	1	29	1	7	0
10	MF	ITA	Viviani	37	2	24+5	1	8	1
4	MF	ITA	Di Carlo	37	0	27+2	0	8	0
13	MF	ITA	Maini	38	6	28+2	5	8	1
23	MF	ITA	Ambrosetti	31	7	18+7	6	6	1
9	FW	ITA	Murgita	39	7	25+7	6	7	1
19	FW	URU	Otero	29	13	22+2	13	5	0
22	GK	ITA	Brivio	12	0	2+1	0	9	0
3	DF	ITA	D'Ignazio	36	1	26+1	1	9	0
16	DF	ITA	Beghetto	39	4	21+10	4	8	0
11	FW	ITA	Cornacchini	24	4	13+5	1	6	3
7	MF	ITA	Rossi	37	2	11+18	0	8	2
18	MF	ITA	Amerini	21	0	9+7	0	5	0
15	FW	ITA	Ianuzzi	20	3	6+11	2	3	1
25	MF	ITA	Gentilini	11	0	4+4	0	3	0
14	MF	ITA	Sotgia	5	0	2+2	0	1	0
24	MF	ITA	Firmani	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
20	MF	ITA	Dal Canto	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
27	MF	ITA	Mazzocco	1	0	0+1	0
26	DF	ITA	Pasqualin	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ITA	Verdi
	MF	ITA	Coppola
	MF	ITA	Nogare
	MF	ITA	Margherita
17	MF	CMR	Wome
	FW	ITA	Cunico
	FW	ITA	Gasparini
	FW	ITA	Mazzuocolo

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1996/1111/

References[edit]

^ Alberta Mantovani (31 January 1997). "Vicenza: sequestro confermato" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport.
^ Massimo Manduzio (30 April 1997). "Caso Vicenza, Sacchetto interrogato ieri". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
^ Alberta Mantovani (1 May 1997). "Vicenza: arriva un nuovo presidente". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
^ 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.
^ "Pierre Wome a Vicenza da Yaounde". L'Unità. 24 August 1996.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Archivio Corriere della Sera". archivio.corriere.it. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Transferred in autumn
^ Transferred in winter
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag Serie A 1996-1997(in Italian) Archived 20 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine
^
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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Coppa Italia 1996/1997". Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^ On 30 January 1997 the match Vicenza-Bologna was not played due to intense fog and was re-scheduled to 6 February 1997

External links[edit]

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

[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.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] "Archivio Corriere della Sera". archivio.corriere.it. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[ReferenceA-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.

[http://www.clubbiancorossonoventavi.altervista.org/serie-a-1996-1997.html-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag Serie A 1996-1997(in Italian) Archived 20 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine

[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.

[http://www.clubbiancorossonoventavi.altervista.org/coppa-italia-1996-1997.html-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Coppa Italia 1996/1997". Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

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

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