1995–96 Atalanta BC season

Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio
1995–96 season
President	Ivan Ruggeri
Manager	Emiliano Mondonico
Stadium	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Serie A	13th
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Domenico Morfeo (11); All: Domenico Morfeo (12)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 season Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

Summary

The club sold Argentine midfielder Leo Rodriguez to Universidad de Chile and young star striker Maurizio Ganz to Inter Milan,^[1] meanwhile bought Sandro Tovalieri from Bari and Christian Vieri^[2] from Torino to balance the offensive line. Additionally, central back José Oscar Herrera arrived from Cagliari Calcio and young midfielder Tomas Locatelli moved to AC Milan.

The club reached as high as third in the table in December with four consecutive wins. After that though, the club lost six matches, sending the club down the table to the relegation zone. The club secured safety from relegation during the final rounds. Striker Christian Vieri and attacking midfielder Domenico Morfeo^[3] both scored 22 goals during the season.

In the Coppa Italia, the squad reached the final for the first time in nine years. Along the way, Atalanta defeated Cremonese, Juventus by a goal from Fabio Gallo, Cagliari in the quarter-finals and Bologna in the semi-finals. They lost the two-legged final against Fiorentina by an aggregate score of 3–0.^[4]

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	Fabrizio Ferron
2	MF	URU	José Oscar Herrera
3	MF	ITA	Valter Bonacina (vice-Captain)
4	DF	ITA	Nicola Boselli
5	MF	ITA	Daniele Fortunato (Captain)
6	MF	ITA	Fabio Gallo
7	DF	ITA	Gianluca Luppi
8	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Minaudo^[5]
9	DF	URU	Paolo Montero
10	MF	ITA	Domenico Morfeo
11	DF	ITA	Antonio Paganin
12	GK	ITA	Davide Pinato
13	DF	ITA	Cristiano Pavone


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	ITA	Federico Pisani
15	MF	ITA	Franco Rotella
16	MF	ITA	Stefano Salvatori
17	MF	ITA	Marco Sgrò
18	FW	ITA	Sandro Tovalieri
19	DF	ITA	Mauro Valentini
20	FW	ITA	Christian Vieri
21	DF	ITA	Marco Zanchi
22	GK	ITA	Filippo Zani
27	DF	SLE	Kewullay Conteh
28	MF	ITA	Massimo Mutarelli^[6]
30	FW	ITA	Gianluca Temelin^[7]
31	DF	ITA	Stefano Lorenzi^[8]
—	DF	ITA	Denis Zanardo^[9]

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Marco Ambrosio	Prato	loan ended
DF	Kewullay Conteh	Café Opera
DF	José Oscar Herrera	Cagliari
DF	Gianluca Luppi	Fiorentina
DF	Antonio Paganin	Inter Milan	loan ended
MF	Fabio Gallo	Brescia
MF	Giuseppe Minaudo	Piacenza	loan ended
MF	Marco Sgrò	Ancona	loan ended
FW	Sandro Tovalieri	Bari
FW	Christian Vieri	Venezia

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Tebaldo Bigliardi	Leffe
DF	Simone Pavan	Venezia
DF	Emanuele Tresoldi	Pistoiese	loan
MF	Tomas Locatelli	AC Milan	loan
MF	Oscar Magoni	Genoa
MF	Leonardo Rodríguez	Universidad de Chile
MF	Cristiano Scapolo	Bologna
MF	Sebastiano Vecchiola	Venezia
FW	Vincenzo Chianese	Casarano	loan
FW	Maurizio Ganz	Inter Milan
FW	Giampaolo Saurini	Brescia

Autumn

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Marco Ambrosio	Ravenna
MF	Giuseppe Minaudo	Torino

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Udinese	34	11	8	15	41	49	−8	41
12	Napoli	34	10	11	13	28	41	−13	41
13	Atalanta	34	11	6	17	38	50	−12	39
14	Piacenza	34	9	10	15	31	48	−17	37
15	Bari (R)	34	8	8	18	49	71	−22	32	Relegation to Serie B

Source: 1995–96 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).^[10]
(R) Relegated

Results 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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W
Position	7	4	8	11	8	8	9	9	8	7	3	3	4	5	7	9	11	12	10	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	11	12	13	11	12	13	14	13

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1996–97 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1996–97 UEFA Cup First round

Matches

27 August 1995 1	Atalanta	1–1	Parma	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

10 September 1995 2	Roma	0–1	Atalanta	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

17 September 1995 3	Atalanta	1–3	Napoli	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

24 September 1995 4	AC Milan	3–0	Atalanta	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro

1 October 1995 5	Atalanta	2–0	Piacenza	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

15 October 1995 6	Atalanta	1–1	Inter	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

22 October 1995 7	Cremonese	1–1	Atalanta	Cremona
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria

29 October 1995 8	Atalanta	0–0	Udinese	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

5 November 1995 9	Bari	1–3	Atalanta	Bari
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

19 November 1995 10	Atalanta	3–2	Sampdoria	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

26 November 1995 11	Torino	0–1	Atalanta	Torino
		Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi

3 December 1995 12	Atalanta	3–1	Vicenza	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

10 December 1995 13	Cagliari	2–0	Atalanta	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia

17 December 1995 14	Atalanta	1–3	Fiorentina	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

23 December 1995 15	Lazio	5–1	Atalanta	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

7 January 1996 16	Atalanta	0–1	Juventus	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

14 January 1996 17	Padova	3–2	Atalanta	Padova
		Report

21 January 1996 18	Parma	2–0	Atalanta	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

28 January 1996 19	Atalanta	2–1	Roma	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

4 February 1996 20	Napoli	2–0	Atalanta	Napoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

11 February 1996 21	Atalanta	0–1	AC Milan	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

18 February 1996 22	Piacenza	2–2	Atalanta	Piacenza
		Report

25 February 1996 23	Inter Milan	1–0	Atalanta	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Siro

3 March 1996 24	Atalanta	1–1	Cremonese	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

10 March 1996 25	Udinese	3–0	Atalanta	Udine
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli

10 April 1996 26	Atalanta	1–2	Bari	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

24 March 1996 27	Sampdoria	2–3	Atalanta	Genova
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

31 March 1996 28	Atalanta	1–0	Torino	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

6 April 1996 29	Vicenza	1–0	Atalanta	Vicenza
		Report

14 April 1996 30	Atalanta	3–0	Cagliari	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

21 April 1996 31	Fiorentina	1–0	Atalanta	Firenze
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

28 April 1996 32	Atalanta	1–3	Lazio	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

5 May 1996 33	Juventus	1–0	Atalanta	Torino
		Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi

12 May 1996 34	Atalanta	3–0	Padova	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

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Coppa Italia

Eightfinals

25 October 1995	Atalanta	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Juventus	Bergamo
20:30	Gallo 118'			Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Roberto Bettin

Quarter-finals

29 November 1995 First leg	Cagliari Calcio	1–0	Atalanta	Cagliari
	O'Neill 35'			Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Marcello Nicchi

14 December 1995 Second leg	Atalanta	4–2 (4–3 agg.)	Cagliari Calcio	Bergamo
	Tovalieri 18', 83' Morfeo 24' F.Pisani 79'		Bressan 47' D.Silva 76'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Semi-finals

14 February 1996 First leg	Bologna	1–1	Atalanta	Bologna
	Antonio Paganin 50' (og)	Report	Valentini 84'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Marcello Nicchi

27 February 1996 Second leg	Atalanta	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Bologna	Bergamo
	Vieri 31' 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 12,428 Referee: Loris Stafoggia

Final

2 May 1996 First leg	Fiorentina	1–0	Atalanta	Florence
21:00	Batistuta 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 39,992 Referee: Robert Boggi

18 May 1996 Second leg	Atalanta	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Fiorentina	Bergamo
21:00		Report	L. Amoruso 48' Batistuta 61'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 25,977 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition	Points	Home						Away						Total						GD
Competition	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
Serie A	39	17	7	4	6	24	20	17	4	2	11	14	30	34	11	6	17	38	50	-12
Coppa Italia		5	3	1	1	9	6	3	0	1	2	1	3	8	3	2	3	10	9	+1

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Ferron	36	-41	29	-41	7	0
2	DF	URU	Herrera	36	2	28+1	2	7	0
19	DF	ITA	Valentini	33	1	26+1	0	6	1
11	DF	ITA	Paganin	35	0	25+2	0	8	0
9	DF	URU	Montero	29	0	23	0	6	0
3	MF	ITA	Bonacina	35	1	28+1	0	6	1
5	MF	ITA	Fortunato	40	2	32	2	8	0
6	MF	ITA	Gallo	37	1	25+6	0	6	1
18	FW	ITA	Tovalieri	38	8	21+9	6	8	2
20	FW	ITA	Vieri	21	10	18+1	8	2	2
10	FW	ITA	Morfeo	37	12	23+7	11	7	1
12	GK	ITA	Pinato	8	-9	5+2	-9	1	0
17	MF	ITA	Sgro	36	2	21+9	1	6	1
7	DF	ITA	Luppi	20	0	14+3	0	3	0
14	FW	ITA	Pisani	32	5	11+15	4	6	1
15	MF	ITA	Rotella	22	0	10+7	0	5	0
13	DF	ITA	Pavone	18	0	10+4	0	4	0
16	MF	ITA	Salvatori	28	0	9+13	0	6	0
4	DF	ITA	Boselli	17	0	8+7	0	2	0
21	DF	ITA	Zanchi	12	0	6+4	0	2	0
8	MF	ITA	Minaudo	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
27	DF	SLE	Conteh	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
22	GK	ITA	Zani	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
28	MF	ITA	Mutarelli	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	FW	ITA	Temelin	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
		ITA	Zanardo	1	0	0	0	1	0
31	DF	ITA	Lorenzi	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/

References

^ "Maurizio Ganz" (in Italian). AC Monza Brianza. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ "Sembrano proprio Rivera e Riva proviamo a giocare con il passato" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ "Domenico MORFEO" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
^ "DEA Finale 1996" (in Italian). mondiali.it.
^ Loaned out during Autumn
^ Added from Youth squad Primavera
^ Added from Youth squad Primavera
^ Added from Youth squad Primavera
^ Added from Youth squad Primavera
^ 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.

Bibliography

Elio Corbani; Pietro Serina. Cent'anni di Atalanta, 2007 (in Italian). SESAAB from Bergamo. ISBN 978-88-903088-0-2.

External links

"Serie A 1995/1996" (in Italian). calcio.com.

[1] "Maurizio Ganz" (in Italian). AC Monza Brianza. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

[2] "Sembrano proprio Rivera e Riva proviamo a giocare con il passato" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

[3] "Domenico MORFEO" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[4] "DEA Finale 1996" (in Italian). mondiali.it.

[5] Loaned out during Autumn

[6] Added from Youth squad Primavera

[7] Added from Youth squad Primavera

[8] Added from Youth squad Primavera

[9] Added from Youth squad Primavera

[10] 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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