1996–97 AC Milan season

Milan
1996–97 season
Manager	Giorgio Morini ; Arrigo Sacchi
Serie A	11th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; George Weah (13); All: ; George Weah (16)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

A.C. Milan fell into pieces once Fabio Capello left his job to join Real Madrid. The new organisation with Giorgio Morini as manager and Óscar Tabárez as technical director completely miscued its signings, with neither Jesper Blomqvist, Edgar Davids, Christophe Dugarry or Michael Reiziger being successful. Due to a 2-1 defeat to Rosenborg at home in the Champions League, the duo was fired, and former championship winning coach Arrigo Sacchi managed to save the reigning champions' contract in Serie A by just six points. The miserable season also prompted captain Franco Baresi to end his active career, with Milan retiring the #6 shirt in his honour.

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
1	GK	ITA	Sebastiano Rossi
2	DF	ITA	Franco Baresi
3	DF	ITA	Paolo Maldini
4	MF	ITA	Demetrio Albertini
5	DF	ITA	Filippo Galli
6	DF	ITA	Christian Panucci
8	MF	FRA	Marcel Desailly
9	FW	LBR	George Weah
10	FW	ITA	Roberto Baggio
11	DF	ITA	Alessandro Costacurta
12	GK	ITA	Mario Ielpo
13	DF	ITA	Francesco Coco
14	MF	ITA	Massimo Ambrosini
15	DF	NED	Michael Reiziger
16	MF	ITA	Tomas Locatelli
17	GK	ITA	Gabriele Aldegani


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	SCG	Dejan Savicevic
19	FW	FRA	Christophe Dugarry
20	MF	CRO	Zvonimir Boban
21	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Cardone
21	DF	ITA	Mauro Tassotti
22	MF	NED	Edgar Davids
23	FW	ITA	Marco Simone
24	MF	ITA	Stefano Eranio
25	GK	ITA	Angelo Pagotto
26	FW	ITA	Luca Saudati
28	FW	ITA	Matteo Pelatti
29	DF	ITA	Pietro Vierchowod
33	DF	ITA	Marcello Lambrughi
34	MF	SWE	Jesper Blomqvist
35	DF	SCG	Miodrag Vukotić

Results

Serie A

1	Milan	4–1	Verona
	Simone 49, 66' Weah 85' Baggio 90'		De Vitis 24'

2	Sampdoria	2–1	Milan
	S. Rossi 45' (o.g.) Mancini 76'		Weah 14'

3	Bologna	1–2	Milan
	Kolyvanov 62' (pen.)		Simone 46' Weah 71'

4	Milan	3–0	Perugia
	Weah 2, 73' Baggio 78'

5	Roma	3–0	Milan
	Totti 13' Cappioli 19' Balbo 90'

6	Milan	3–1	Napoli
	Weah 40, 58' Baggio 77'		André Cruz 61'

7	Fiorentina	1–0	Milan
	Robbiati 84'

8	Milan	1–1	Atalanta
	Albertini 53' (pen.)		F. Inzaghi 21'

9

Juventus

0–0

Milan

10	Milan	1–1	Inter
	Baggio 3'		Djorkaeff 13' (pen.)

11	Piacenza	3–2	Milan
	Valoti 9' Di Francesco 44' Luiso 71'		Dugarry 47, 68'

12	Milan	2–1	Udinese
	Savićević 52' Eranio 66'		Stroppa 56'

13	Reggiana	0–3	Milan
			Albertini 3', 71' (pen.), 78' (pen.)

14	Milan	0–1	Parma
			Stanić 45'

15	Lazio	3–0	Milan
	Signori 22' Casiraghi 45' Grandoni 65'

16	Milan	1–0	Vicenza
	Dugarry 21'

17	Cagliari	1–1	Milan
	Tovalieri 44'		Dugarry 65'

18	Verona	3–1	Milan
	Zanini 30' Bacci 38' Orlandini 54'		Boban 67'

19	Milan	2–3	Sampdoria
	Weah 37, 57'		Mancini 1' Mihajlović 74' Carparelli 79'

20	Milan	2–0	Bologna
	Albertini 45' (pen.) Blomqvist 85'

21	Perugia	1–0	Milan
	Negri 18'

22	Milan	1–1	Roma
	Vierchowod 65'		Fonseca 75'

23

Napoli

0–0

Milan

24	Milan	2–0	Fiorentina
	Desailly 62' Albertini 90' (pen.)

25	Atalanta	0–2	Milan
			Weah 11' Eranio 66'

26	Milan	1–6	Juventus
	Simone 76'		Jugović 19, 51' Zidane 32' (pen.) Vieri 71, 81' Amoruso 73'

27	Inter	3–1	Milan
	Djorkaeff 32' (pen.) Zamorano 43' Ganz 57'		Baggio 88'

28

Milan

0–0

Piacenza

29	Udinese	1–1	Milan
	Bierhoff 16'		Maldini 72'

30	Milan	3–1	Reggiana
	Dugarry 12' Albertini 69' (pen.) Weah 90'		Minetti 72'

31	Parma	1–1	Milan
	Chiesa 7'		Albertini 71' (pen.)

32	Milan	2–2	Lazio
	Weah 41, 64'		Boban 56' (o.g.) Nedvěd 86'

33	Verona	2–0	Milan
	Ambrosetti 6' Baresi 86' (o.g.)

34	Milan	0–1	Cagliari
			Muzzi 10'

Top Scorers

Coppa Italia

28 August 1996 First round	Empoli	1 – 1	Milan	Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli
20:30	Cappellini 20'		Locatelli 33'	Referee: Livio Bazzoli

1 September 1996 First round Replay	Milan	2 – 0	Empoli	San Siro, Milan
16:00	Simone 6', 41'			Referee: Roberto Bettin

23 October 1996 Second round	Reggiana	0 – 2	Milan	Stadio Giovanni Zini, Cremona
20:30			Baggio 73' (pen.), 90'	Referee: Stefano Braschi

13 November 1996 Quarter-finals First Leg	Milan	1 – 1	Vicenza	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Baggio 20'		Ambrosetti 11'	Referee: Robert Boggi

27 November 1996 Quarter-finals Second Leg	Vicenza	0 – 0	Milan	Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza
20:30				Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Supercoppa Italiana

25 August 1996	Milan	1 – 2	Fiorentina	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Savićević 22'	Report	Batistuta 12', 83'	Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group D
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	6	5	1	0	12	4	+8	16
Rosenborg	6	3	0	3	7	11	-4	9
Milan	6	2	1	3	13	11	+2	7
IFK Göteborg	6	1	0	5	7	13	-6	3

11 September 1996 Round 1	Milan	2 – 3	Porto	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Simone 14' Weah 69'	Report	Artur 52' Jardel 75', 83'	Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende

25 September 1996 Round 2	Rosenborg	1 – 4	Milan	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
20:30	Soltvedt 15'	Report	Simone 6', 21', 24' Weah 55'	Attendance: 20.849 Referee: David Elleray

16 October 1996 Round 3	IFK Göteborg	2 – 1	Milan	Ullevi, Gothenburg
20:30	Wahlstedt 75' Alexandersson 84'	Report	Weah 52'	Attendance: 42.450 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik

30 October 1996 Round 4	Milan	4 – 2	IFK Göteborg	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Boban 4' Albertini 14' (pen.) Locatelli 44' Baggio 90+2'	Report	Blomqvist 27' A. Andersson 32'	Attendance: 29.803 Referee: Marc Batta

20 November 1996 Round 5	Porto	1 – 1	Milan	Estádio das Antas, Porto
19:30	Edmilson 71'	Report	Davids 56'	Attendance: 50.000 Referee: Gerd Grabher

4 December 1996 Round 6	Milan	1 – 2	Rosenborg	San Siro, Milan
20:30	Dugarry 45'	Report	Brattbakk 29' Heggem 70'	Attendance: 28.695 Referee: Giorgos Bikas

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1996/97

Template:1996-97 in Serie A

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