1991–92 Parma A.C. season

Parma Associazione Calcio eased through the infamous second season following promotion, and ended it in style by winning Coppa Italia, the club's first ever significant silverware. That also qualified the club for the 1992–93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, a tournament it went on to win. Its inaugural European adventure was in the autumn of 1991, when it lost to CSKA Sofia of Bulgaria in the first round of the UEFA Cup. It did not improve on 1991's famous fifth place in Serie A as rookies, but only slipped one position, with the defence playing as well as ever. The lack of a top scorer cost Parma the chance to fight Torino for third in the championship.

Parma

1991–92 season
President	Giorgio Pedraneschi
Manager	Nevio Scala
Stadium	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A	6th
Coppa Italia	Winners
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Alessandro Melli (6) All: Alessandro Melli (11)
Home colours Away colours

Players

Goalkeepers

• Cláudio Taffarel
• Marco Ballotta

Defenders

• Antonio Benarrivo
• Luigi Apolloni
• Alberto Di Chiara
• Lorenzo Minotti
• Stefano Nava
• Georges Grün
• Cornelio Donati
• Giovanni Bia
• Antonio Sconziano
• Sebastiano Siviglia

Midfielders

• Daniele Zoratto
• Stefano Cuoghi
• Tarcisio Catanese
• Ivo Pulga
• Tomas Brolin
• Marco Osio
• Diego Ficarra

Forwards

• Alessandro Melli
• Massimo Agostini
• Mario Lemme

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Roma	34	13	14	7	37	31	+6	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup
6	Sampdoria	34	11	16	7	38	31	+7	38
7	Parma	34	11	16	7	32	28	+4	38	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8	Internazionale	34	10	17	7	28	28	0	37
9	Foggia	34	12	11	11	58	58	0	35

Source: 1991–92 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[1]

Matches

1 September 1991 1	Lazio	1–1	Parma	Rome
	Nava  63' (o.g.)	Report	Osio  89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

8 September 1991 2	Parma	1–0	Bari	Parma
	Minotti  33'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Marcello Nicchi

15 September 1991 3	Napoli	2–2	Parma	Naples
	Zola  20' Careca  40'	Report	Corradini  14' (o.g.) Brolin  50' Cuoghi  62'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Walter Cinciripini

22 September 1991 4	Parma	1–1	Cremonese	Parma
	Agostini  53'	Report	Pulga  46' (o.g.) Giandebiaggi  51'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Fabio Baldas

29 September 1991 5	Foggia	1–1	Parma	Foggia
	Signori  70'	Report	Melli  87'	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Pietro D'Elia

6 October 1991 6	Parma	2–1	Sampdoria	Parma
	Minotti  13' Grün  59'	Report	Vialli  57' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Tullio Lanese

20 October 1991 7	Milan	2–0	Parma	Milan
	Gullit  59' van Basten  81'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 74,929 Referee: Loris Stafoggia

27 October 1991 8	Parma	0–0	Torino	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Livio Bazzoli

3 November 1991 9	Parma	1–1	Verona	Parma
	Icardi  89' (o.g.)	Report	Prytz  54' (pen.) Pellegrini  14'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

17 November 1991 10	Cagliari	0–0	Parma	Cagliari
		Report	Taffarel  13'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Massimo Chiesa

24 November 1991 11	Parma	1–1	Inter	Parma
	Cuoghi  31'	Report	Fontolan  14'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

1 December 1991 12	Atalanta	0–1	Parma	Bergamo
	Careca Bianchese  88'	Report	Melli  10'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Giuseppe Rosica

8 December 1991 13	Genoa	2–0	Parma	Genoa
	Aguilera  20' Grün  87' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

15 December 1991 14	Parma	3–1	Roma	Parma
	Nela  15' (o.g.) Osio  55' Melli  76'	Report	Di Mauro  12'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Gianni Beschin

5 January 1992 15	Juventus	1–0	Parma	Turin
	R. Baggio  71'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Luciano Luci

12 January 1992 16	Parma	2–0	Ascoli	Parma
	Melli  55' Minotti  59'	Report	Aloisi  90'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Paolo De Angelis

19 January 1992 17	Fiorentina	1–1	Parma	Florence
	Apolloni  1' (o.g.) Pioli  26'	Report	Grün  49'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Tullio Lanese

26 January 1992 18	Parma	1–0	Lazio	Parma
	Brolin  42'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Loris Stafoggia

2 February 1992 19	Bari	1–1	Parma	Bari
	Calcaterra  41' Fortunato  69'	Report	Di Chiara  28'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

9 February 1992 20	Parma	2–1	Napoli	Parma
	Melli  38' (pen.) Grün  90'	Report	Careca  21' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Gianni Beschin

16 February 1992 21	Cremonese	0–1	Parma	Cremona
		Report	Dezotti  19' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Piero Ceccarini

23 February 1992 22	Parma	2–0	Foggia	Parma
	Agostini  30, 55'	Report	Mancini  58'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Angelo Amendolia

1 March 1992 23	Sampdoria	2–0	Parma	Genoa
	Orlando  67' Mancini  90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pierluigi Collina

8 March 1992 24	Parma	1–3	Milan	Parma
	Melli  33'	Report	Simone  48, 76' Grün  84' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 25,428 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

15 March 1992 25	Torino	0–0	Parma	Turin
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

29 March 1992 26	Verona	1–0	Parma	Verona
	Renica  39' L. Pellegrini  90'	Report	Zoratto  80' Di Chiara  90'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Piero Ceccarini

5 April 1992 27	Parma	1–1	Cagliari	Parma
	Agostini  45'	Report	Herrera  7'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Paolo Fabricatore

12 April 1992 28	Inter	0–0	Parma	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Marcello Nicchi

18 April 1992 29	Parma	0–0	Atalanta	Parma
		Report	Careca Bianchese  61'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

26 April 1992 30	Parma	2–0	Genoa	Parma
	Minotti  64' Brolin  78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Loris Stafoggia

3 May 1992 31	Roma	1–0	Parma	Rome
	Rizzitelli  75'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

10 May 1992 32	Parma	0–0	Juventus	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

17 May 1992 33	Ascoli	2–3	Parma	Ascoli Piceno
	Troglio  4' Maniero  45'	Report	Catanese  17', 90' (pen.) Grün  51'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Gianni Beschin

24 May 1992 34	Parma	1–1	Fiorentina	Parma
	Brolin  89' (pen.)	Report	Maiellaro  43'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Massimo Chiesa

Coppa Italia

Second round

28 August 1991 First leg	Parma	0–0	Palermo	Parma
				Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Massimo Chiesa

3 September 1991 Second leg	Palermo	1–2	Parma	Palermo
	De Sensi  66'		Grün  1' Melli  84'	Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Round of 16

29 October 1991 First leg	Parma	0–0	Fiorentina	Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

4 December 1991 Second leg	Fiorentina	1–1	Parma	Florence
16:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Borgonovo  33'		Brolin  63'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Tullio Lanese

Quarter-finals

12 February 1992 First leg	Parma	2–0	Genoa	Parma
19:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Minotti  68' Catanese  87'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

27 February 1992 Second leg	Genoa	1–2	Parma	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Aguilera  10'		Signorini  16' (o.g.) Melli  53'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fabio Baldas

Semi-final

21 March 1992 First leg	Parma	1–0	Sampdoria	Parma
	Brolin  50'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gianni Beschin

30 April 1992 Second leg	Sampdoria	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Parma	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pari  77' Vierchowod  120'		Melli  97', 103' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Angelo Amendolia

Final

7 May 1992 First leg	Juventus	1–0	Parma	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baggio  23' (pen.) Júlio César da Silva  73'		Melli  45'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 47,872 Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

14 May 1992 Second leg	Parma	2–0	Juventus	Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Melli  45' Apolloni  50' Osio  61' Cuoghi  64' Minotti  73'		De Agostini  17' Schillaci  19' Reuter  33' Luppi  39' Kohler  45' Conte  88'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 24,471 Referee: Fabio Baldas

UEFA Cup

First round

19 September 1991 First leg	CSKA Sofia	0–0	Parma	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gueorguiev  4' Dimitrov  33' Vidov  68'	Report	Benarrivo  28' Cuoghi  32' Grün  50'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Stadium Referee: Ray Lewis (England)

2 October 1991 Second leg	Parma	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	CSKA Sofia	Parma, Italy
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Agostini  63',  71' Minotti  73' Pulga  88'	Report	Velinov  57' Dimitrov  61' Lechkov  70' Mitev  89'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Alessandro Melli 6
• Tomas Brolin 4
• Massimo Agostini 4
• Georges Grün 4
• Lorenzo Minotti 4

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.