1996–97 SSC Napoli season

April 2026 Napoli 1996–97 Corrado Ferlaino Corrado Ferlaino President San Paolo Luigi Simoni (until 21 April 1997) Vincenzo Montefusco Serie A 13th Alfredo Aglietti (8) Aglietti (9) Coppa Italia Runner-up _napoli9697h _napoli9697h _napoli9697h 749ee6 5f8ee6 749ee6 406ed0 _napoli9697t _napoli9697t _napoli9697t 709cc3 1b73c4 406ed0 _napoli9697a _napoli9697a _napoli9697a e0c412 FF0000 e0c412 222642 222642 1995–96 1997–98 S.S.C. Napoli continued its steady decline with another lacklustre season. Once more, goalscoring was at a premium, with only 28 goals being scored in the 34 league games. Coach Luigi Simoni was sacked and replaced by youth team coach Vincenzo Montefusco, who led the team to the Coppa Italia final against Vicenza, where Napoli won at home thanks to Fabio Pecchia's goal, but lost 3-0 away from home, and therefore failed to win the trophy. The 13th place in the domestic league was the worst for 14 years, and one year on, Napoli was ultimately relegated. Squad 1 GK ITA Giuseppe Taglialatela 12 GK ITA Raffaele Di Fusco 28 GK ITA Antonio Pietropaolo 2 DF ARG Roberto Ayala 3 DF ITA Mauro Milanese 6 DF BRA André Cruz 13 DF ITA Luigi Panarelli 15 DF ITA Francesco Baldini 16 DF ITA Francesco Colonnese 22 DF BEL Bertrand Crasson 30 DF ITA Luigi Malafronte 25 DF ITA Mirko Taccola 4 MF ITA Roberto Bordin 5 MF FRA Alain Boghossian 7 MF ITA Francesco Turrini 9 MF ITA Massimiliano Esposito 10 MF BRA Beto 11 MF ITA Fabio Pecchia 23 MF ITA Raffaele Longo 24 MF ITA Luca Altomare 21 MF ITA Roberto Policano 27 MF ITA Gennaro Scarlato 8 FW BRA Caio 14 FW ITA Alfredo Aglietti 18 FW ITA Nicola Caccia 20 FW ITA Arturo Di Napoli Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Alfredo Aglietti Reggina - MF Beto Botafogo free MF Nicola Caccia Piacenza - FW Caio Internazionale loan DF Bertrand Crasson Anderlecht - FW Massimiliano Esposito Lazio - MF Mauro Milanese Torino - DF Luigi Panarelli Taranto - DF Francesco Colonnese AS Roma loan MF Francesco Turrini Piacenza - Out Pos. Name To Type MF Renato Buso SS Lazio DF Massimo Tarantino Internazionale FW Massimo Agostini Cesena MF Carmelo Imbriani Pistoiese MF Fausto Pari Piacenza MF Fausto Pizzi Perugia left Winter In Pos. Name from Type Out Pos. Name To Type DF Mirko Taccola Cagliari - FW Arturo Di Napoli Internazionale - left Competitions Serie A 1996–97 Serie A League table NAP Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A Result L/W/D/W/D/L/W/D/W/D/D/W/L/W/L/L/D/W/D/L/D/D/D/L/D/D/D/L/L/W/L/D/L/W Position 18/12/11/8/9/14/9/10/5/5/5/5/7/3/6/10/10/8/8/10/9/10/11/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st Leader, 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage green2 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying round blue2 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round red1 Relegation to 1997–98 Serie B 1 June 1997 Competitive matches August 2015 Matches 1 7 September 1996 Parma 3–0 Napoli D. Baggio 14 Chiesa 22 Zola 87 Parma Il Tardini L 2 15 September 1996 Napoli 1–0 Reggiana Caccia 4 Naples San Paolo W 3 22 September 1996 Napoli 1–1 Piacenza Caccia 30 Luiso 67 Naples San Paolo D 4 29 September 1996 Sampdoria 0–1 Napoli Beto 73 Genoa Luigi Ferraris W 5 13 October 1996 Napoli 1–1 Udinese Pecchia 59 Bierhoff 76 Naples San Paolo D 6 20 October 1996 Milan 3–1 Napoli Weah 40, 58 R. Baggio 77 61 André Cruz Milan San Siro L 7 27 October 1996 Napoli 3–2 Bologna Caccia 42 pen. Aglietti 51 André Cruz 61 20 Nervo 74 P. Bresciani Naples San Paolo W 8 3 November 1996 Juventus 1–1 Napoli Zidane 42 Aglietti 53 Turin delle Alpi D 9 17 November 1996 Napoli 4–2 Perugia Aglietti 29, 59 Beto 46 André Cruz 90 Kreek 30 Allegri 66 Naples San Paolo W 10 24 November 1996 Cagliari 1–1 Napoli Muzzi 57 90 Pecchia Cagliari Sant'Elia D 11 1 December 1996 Atalanta 2–2 Napoli Morfeo 40 Sgrò 75 46 Aglietti 50 Caccia Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia D 12 8 December 1996 Napoli 1–0 Verona Milanese 90 Naples San Paolo W 13 15 December 1996 Roma 1–0 Napoli Aldair 78 L 14 22 December 1996 Napoli 1–0 Lazio André Cruz 90 Naples San Paolo W 15 5 January 1996 Fiorentina 3–0 Napoli Colonnese 50 o.g. L. Oliveira 54 Robbiati 90 L 16 12 January 1997 Napoli 1–2 Inter Milan Caccia 90 Branca 43 Djorkaeff 88 Naples San Paolo L 17 19 January 1997 Vicenza 2–2 Napoli Murgita 12 Otero 32 Méndez 38 o.g. Pecchia 55 D 18 26 January 1997 Napoli 2–1 Parma Pecchia 22 André Cruz 56 Chiesa 32 Naples San Paolo W 19 2 February 1997 Reggiana 1–1 Napoli Beiersdorfer 60 Aglietti 44 D 20 16 February 1997 Piacenza 1–0 Napoli Scienza 34 L 21 23 February 1997 Napoli 1–1 Sampdoria Boghossian 57 Mihajlović 88 Naples San Paolo D 22 2 March 1997 Udinese 2–2 Napoli Poggi 9, 77 Pecchia 26 Helveg 46 o.g. D 23 9 March 1997 Napoli 0–0 Milan Naples San Paolo D 24 16 March 1997 Bologna 2–1 Napoli K. Andersson 40 Kolyvanov 46 pen. Altomare 45 L 25 23 March 1997 Napoli 0–0 Juventus Naples San Paolo D 26 6 April 1997 Perugia 1–1 Napoli Rapaić 60 Aglietti 23 D 27 13 April 1997 Napoli 1–1 Cagliari Esposito 75 pen. Tovalieri 83 Naples San Paolo D 28 20 April 1997 Napoli 0–1 Atalanta F. Inzaghi 23 Naples San Paolo L 29 4 May 1997 Verona 2–0 Napoli Maniero 47 De Vitis 89 L 30 11 May 1997 Napoli 1–0 Roma Caccia 32 Naples San Paolo W 31 15 May 1997 Lazio 3–2 Napoli Casiraghi 24 Fuser 39, 70 Ayala 10 Beto 66 L 32 18 May 1997 Napoli 2–2 Fiorentina Aglietti 67 Esposito 83 L. Oliveira 8, 40 Naples San Paolo D 33 25 May 1997 Inter Milan 3–2 Napoli Ince 50 Zamorano 66 Djorkaeff 82 Ince 35 o.g. Caccia 90 L 34 1 June 1997 Napoli 1–0 Vicenza Beto 4 Naples San Paolo W Coppa Italia 1996-97 Coppa Italia Eightfinals 23 October 1996 Pescara Napoli 0–1 Pescara Stadio Adriatico 14.419 Fiorenzo Treossi Pecchia 19 W Quarter-finals 14 November 1996 20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Napoli 1–0 Lazio Aglietti 3 Stadio San Paolo Naples 30,352 Alfredo Trentalange W 27 November 1996 Lazio 1–1 Napoli Casiraghi 8Nedvěd 0 86 Caio 28Baldini 0 45Aglietti 0 48 Stadio Olimpico Rome Pierluigi Collina D Semifinals 29 January 1997 20:45 CET Inter Napoli 1–1 Milan Giuseppe Meazza Treossi Zamorano 5 11 Cruz D 26 February 1997 20:45 CET Napoli Inter 1–1 Naples San Paolo Pairetto Beto 73 11 Zanetti 5–4 Zamorano Djorkaeff Paganin Pistone Milanese Caccia Caio Turrini Boghossian D Final 1997 Coppa Italia Final 8 May 1997 20:45 Napoli Vicenza 1–0 http://www.clubbiancorossonoventavi.altervista.org/coppa-italia-1996-1997.html Naples Stadio San Paolo Piero Ceccarini Pecchia 20 W 29 May 1997 20:45 Vicenza Napoli 3–0 3–1 yes http://www.clubbiancorossonoventavi.altervista.org/coppa-italia-1996-1997.html Vicenza Stadio Romeo Menti 22,000 Stefano Braschi Maini 20Rossi 118Ianuzzi 120 L Statistics Players statistics 1996–97 Serie A 1996–97 Coppa Italia 1 GK ITA Giuseppe Taglialatela 34 -45 8 -6 16 DF ITA Francesco Colonnese 31 0 7 0 2 DF ARG Roberto Ayala 30 1 6 0 15 DF ITA Francesco Baldini 31+1 0 7 0 3 DF ITA Mauro Milanese 28+1 1 7 0 6 DM BRA André Cruz 22+2 5 5 1 7 MF ITA Francesco Turrini 23+1 0 6 0 5 MF FRA Alain Boghossian 20+2 1 7 0 11 AM ITA Fabio Pecchia 32 5 6 2 14 FW ITA Alfredo Aglietti 20+8 8 6 1 18 FW ITA Nicola Caccia 29+4 7 7 0 12 GK ITA Raffaele Di Fusco 0+1 0 0 0 10 MF BRA Beto 17+5 4 4 1 22 DF BEL Bertrand Crasson 13+9 0 5 0 9 MF ITA Massimiliano Esposito 10+12 2 5 1 4 MF ITA Roberto Bordin 10+7 0 5 0 23 MF ITA Raffaele Longo 9+5 0 4 0 24 MF ITA Luca Altomare 8+9 1 6 0 8 FW BRA Caio 6+14 0 4 1 25 DF ITA Mirko Taccola 1+1 0 21 MF ITA Roberto Policano 0+8 0 3 0 27 MF ITA Gennaro Scarlato 0+2 0 20 FW ITA Arturo Di Napoli 0+1 0 1 0 28 GK ITA Antonio Pietropaolo 0 0 13 DF ITA Luigi Panarelli 0 0 1 0 30 DF ITA Luigi Malafronte 0 0 February 2022 http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1996/1115/ References Sources RSSSF - Italy 1996/97 Category:SSC Napoli seasons Napoli