1996–97 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese Calcio had its best season since the days of Zico in the club during the 1980s. With goal scoring trio Oliver Bierhoff, Márcio Amoroso and Paolo Poggi on top form, Udinese finished fifth, even troubling the top three in the standings. Bierhoff and Poggi scored 13 goals each, while Amoroso hit the back of the net on 12 occasions. Despite the sensational results, coach Alberto Zaccheroni remained at the small club, while 1997–98 looked set to become a further improvement for Udinese.

Udinese
1996–97 season
PresidentGiampaolo Pozzo
ManagerAlberto Zaccheroni
StadiumStadio Friuli
Serie A5th
Coppa ItaliaSecond round
Top goalscorerOliver Bierhoff,
Paolo Poggi (13)

Players

First-team 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 Graziano Battistini
2 DF  DEN Thomas Helveg
3 DF  ITA Raffaele Sergio
4 MF  ITA Fabio Rossitto
5 DF  ITA Alessandro Calori
6 MF  BEL Johan Walem
7 FW  BRA Márcio Amoroso
8 DF  GHA Mohammed Gargo
9 FW  ITA Claudio Clementi
10 MF  ITA Giovanni Stroppa
11 FW  ITA Paolo Poggi
12 GK  ITA Massimiliano Caniato
13 DF  ITA Valerio Bertotto
14 MF  ITA Stefano Desideri
15 DF  ITA Luca Compagnon
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  ITA Giuliano Giannichedda
18 MF  ITA Andrea Chiopris Gori
20 FW  GER Oliver Bierhoff
21 DF  ITA Alessandro Orlando
22 GK  ITA Luigi Turci
23 DF  ITA Alessandro Pierini
24 DF  ITA Giovanni Bia
25 DF  POL Marek Koźmiński
26 DF   SUI Pier Luigi Nicoli
27 MF  ITA Massimiliano Cappioli
29 MF  ITA Tomas Locatelli
30 DF  BEL Régis Genaux
31 MF  EGY Hazem Emam
32 DF   SUI Fabio Pittilino

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF  ITA David Stefani (on loan to Savoia)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  ITA Stefano Pellegrini (to Carpi)

Results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Internazionale 34 15 14 5 51 35 +16 59 Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Lazio 34 15 10 9 54 37 +17 55
5 Udinese 34 15 9 10 53 41 +12 54
6 Sampdoria 34 14 11 9 60 46 +14 53
7 Bologna 34 13 10 11 50 44 +6 49
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).[1]

Position by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Udinese1311978913811121113111213131313131313131312121277875765
Source: Serie A
  = 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round

Matches
1 Udinese 0–1 Inter
Sforza  10'
2 Lazio 0–1 Udinese
Bia  73' (pen.)
3 Cagliari 1–2 Udinese
Bia  19' (o.g.) Poggi  9'
Bierhoff  23'
4 Udinese 2–2 Bologna
Bia  5'
Bierhoff  16'		 Marocchi  39'
Nervo  86'
5 Napoli 1–1 Udinese
Pecchia  59' Bierhoff  76'
6 Udinese 1–1 Vicenza
Poggi  71' Maini  89'
7 Perugia 2–1 Udinese
Allegri  42'
Negri  70'		 Poggi  6'
8 Udinese 2–1 Reggiana
Bierhoff  48'
Poggi  88'		 Valencia  64'
9 Atalanta 1–0 Udinese
Bertotto  29' (o.g.)
10 Udinese 1–4 Juventus
Cappioli  54' Bokšić  21'
Del Piero  39' (pen.), 44' (pen.)
Deschamps  70'
11 Udinese 3–1 Parma
Apolloni  65' (o.g.)
Bierhoff  81, 90'		 Zé Maria  40'
12 Milan 2–1 Udinese
Savićević  52'
Eranio  61'		 Stroppa  56'
13 Udinese 2–0 Fiorentina
Amoroso  19, 29'
14 Verona 3–2 Udinese
Maniero  47, 90'
Orlandini  62' (pen.)		 Poggi  19'
Stroppa  52'
15 Udinese 4–5 Sampdoria
Amoroso  33, 62'
Cappioli  44'
Bia  90' (pen.)		 Mancini  5, 19, 33'
Montella  11, 74'
16 Piacenza 0–0 Udinese
17 Udinese 1–0 Fiorentina
Poggi  90'
18 Inter 1–1 Udinese
Djorkaeff  62' (pen.) Poggi  12'
19 Udinese 2–3 Lazio
Amoroso  79' (pen.), 90' Signori  17, 61'
Nedvěd  88'
20 Udinese 1–0 Cagliari
Bierhoff  76'
21 Bologna 0–0 Udinese
22 Udinese 2–2 Napoli
Poggi  9, 76' Pecchia  26' (o.g.)
Helveg  46' (o.g.)
23 Vicenza 2–0 Udinese
Maini  37'
Murgita  50'
24 Udinese 2–1 Perugia
Amoroso  22'
Helveg  76'		 Negri  3'
25 Reggiana 0–0 Udinese
26 Udinese 2–0 Atalanta
Bierhoff  81'
Amoroso  84'
27 Juventus 0–3 Udinese
Amoroso  42' (pen.), 49'
Bierhoff  47'
28 Parma 0–2 Udinese
Pierini  67'
Del Piero  87' (pen.)
29 Udinese 1–1 Milan
Bierhoff  16' Maldini  72'
30 Fiorentina 2–3 Udinese
Padalino  5'
Baiano  21'		 Amoroso  2', 60' (pen.)
Pierini  82'
31 Udinese 3–0 Verona
Poggi  33' (pen.), 50'
Bierhoff  84'
32 Sampdoria 4–0 Udinese
Verón  40'
Laigle  63'
Montella  65' (pen.), 90' (pen.)
33 Udinese 4–0 Piacenza
Sergio  13'
Scienza  18' (o.g.)
Poggi  45'
Cappioli  85'
34 Roma 0–3 Udinese
Poggi  42'
Bierhoff  45'
Bia  87'

Statistics

Top scorers

References
  1. 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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