1995–96 A.C. Fiorentina season

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina had its best season for a long time, finishing tied for third in Serie A, plus winning the Coppa Italia following a clear double victory over Atalanta in the final. Strengthened by Stefan Schwarz and Michele Serena, Fiorentina were able to concede fewer goals than previously, but even though Rui Costa and Gabriel Batistuta continued their special partnership, the goals did not come with such ease as the year before.

Fiorentina

1995–96 season
President	Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
Stadium	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Gabriel Batistuta (19) All: Gabriel Batistuta (27)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Goalkeepers

• Francesco Toldo
• Gianmatteo Mareggini
• Alessandro Zandonà

Defenders

• Daniele Carnasciali
• Michele Serena
• Lorenzo Amoruso
• Michele Pagano
• Pasquale Padalino
• Andrea Sottil
• Alessandro Orlando
• Alberto Malusci

Midfielders

• Giovanni Piacentini
• Stefan Schwarz
• Rui Costa
• Massimo Orlando
• Sandro Cois
• Federico Bettoni
• Nicola Binchi
• Emiliano Bigica
• Christian Amoroso
• Cristiano Zanetti

Forwards

• Francesco Baiano
• Gabriel Batistuta
• Giacomo Banchelli
• Anselmo Robbiati
• Francesco Flachi

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Juventus	34	19	8	7	58	35	+23	65[lower-alpha 1]	Qualified to Champions League
3	Lazio	34	17	8	9	66	38	+28	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Fiorentina	34	17	8	9	53	41	+12	59	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
5	Roma	34	16	10	8	51	34	+17	58[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to UEFA Cup
6	Parma	34	16	10	8	44	31	+13	58

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).[1]
Notes:

1. Juventus qualified to 1996–97 UEFA Champions League as title holders.
2. ROM 1-1 PAR; PAR 1-1 ROM Roma is ahead due to Goal difference.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	17	8	9	53	41	+12	59	11	4	2	36	21	+15	6	4	7	17	20	−3

Last updated: 25 July 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

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	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

27 August 1995 1	Fiorentina	2–0	Torino	Florence
	Banchelli  56', 60'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

10 September 1995 2	Vicenza	1–0	Fiorentina	Vicenza
	Rossi  67'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

17 September 1995 3	Fiorentina	3–1	Cagliari	Florence
	Baiano  2', 15' Amoruso  20'	Report	Amoruso  17' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Gianni Beschin

24 September 1995 4	Parma	3–0	Fiorentina	Parma
	Stoichkov  35' Crippa  41' Benarrivo  64'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

1 October 1995 5	Fiorentina	3–2	Cremonese	Florence
	Padalino  40' Baiano  44' Batistuta  60'	Report	Maspero  41' Fantini  89'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

15 October 1995 6	Napoli	0–2	Fiorentina	Naples
		Report	Tarantino  78' (o.g.) Orlando  86'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Roberto Bettin

22 October 1995 7	Sampdoria	2–1	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Maniero  21' Salsano  71'	Report	Rui Costa  57' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

29 October 1995 8	Fiorentina	3–2	Bari	Florence
	Robbiati  43' Rui Costa  71' Batistuta  86'	Report	Annoni  79' Protti  90'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Marcello Cardona

5 November 1995 9	Fiorentina	2–0	Lazio	Florence
	Batistuta  46', 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

19 November 1995 10	Juventus	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
	Del Piero  11'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

26 November 1995 11	Fiorentina	1–1	Internazionale	Florence
	Batistuta  66'	Report	Ganz  17'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

3 December 1995 12	Padova	0–1	Fiorentina	Padua
		Report	Batistuta  90'	Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Referee: Domenico Messina

10 December 1995 13	Fiorentina	3–0	Udinese	Florence
	Baiano  17' Batistuta  61' (pen.), 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Angelo Bonfrisco

17 December 1995 14	Atalanta	1–3	Fiorentina	Bergamo
	Morfeo  71'	Report	Baiano  39' Batistuta  60', 73'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Stefano Farina

23 December 1995 15	Fiorentina	2–2	Milan	Florence
	Robbiati  13' Baiano  74'	Report	Weah  12' R. Baggio  54' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

7 January 1996 16	Roma	2–2	Fiorentina	Rome
	Balbo  5', 49'	Report	Robbiati  60' Batistuta  70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

14 January 1996 17	Fiorentina	2–1	Piacenza	Florence
	Robbiati  28' Baiano  38'	Report	Turrini  35'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Massimo De Santis

21 January 1996 18	Torino	0–3	Fiorentina	Turin
		Report	Batistuta  58', 90' Baiano  69'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

28 January 1996 19	Fiorentina	1–1	Vicenza	Florence
	Batistuta  7'	Report	Di Carlo  46'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Gennaro Borriello

4 February 1996 20	Cagliari	0–0	Fiorentina	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Graziano Cesari

11 February 1996 21	Fiorentina	1–0	Parma	Florence
	Amoruso  25'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Domenico Messina

18 February 1996 22	Cremonese	0–0	Fiorentina	Cremona
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Pierluigi Collina

25 February 1996 23	Fiorentina	3–0	Napoli	Florence
	Batistuta  36', 76' Robbiati  79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

3 March 1996 24	Fiorentina	2–2	Sampdoria	Florence
	Rui Costa  48' Robbiati  76'	Report	Mancini  22' Karembeu  45'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

10 March 1996 25	Bari	1–1	Fiorentina	Bari
	Andersson  41'	Report	Baiano  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

10 April 1996 26	Lazio	4–0	Fiorentina	Rome
	Winter  14' Signori  32', 51' Casiraghi  83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

24 March 1996 27	Fiorentina	0–1	Juventus	Florence
		Report	Amoruso  28' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Graziano Cesari

31 March 1996 28	Internazionale	1–2	Fiorentina	Milan
	Centofanti  10'	Report	Cois  26' Padalino  32'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

6 April 1996 29	Fiorentina	6–4	Padova	Florence
	Baiano  4' Robbiati  40' Batistuta  49', 80' (pen.) Banchelli  59' Rosa  64' (o.g.)	Report	Amoruso  56', 85' Vlaović  61', 62'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Daniele Tombolini

14 April 1996 30	Udinese	1–0	Fiorentina	Udine
	Poggi  8'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Graziano Cesari

20 April 1996 31	Fiorentina	1–0	Atalanta	Florence
	Banchelli  17'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

28 April 1996 32	Milan	3–1	Fiorentina	Milan
	Savićević  14' R. Baggio  45' (pen.) Simone  76'	Report	Rui Costa  13'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Walter Cinciripini

5 May 1996 33	Fiorentina	1–4	Roma	Florence
	Batistuta  9'	Report	Balbo  19' (pen.), 34' (pen.) Delvecchio  27', 90'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

12 May 1996 34	Piacenza	0–1	Fiorentina	Piacenza
		Report	Corini  21' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Galleana Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Coppa Italia

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Gabriel Batistuta 19 (2)
• Francesco Baiano 11 (1)
• Anselmo Robbiati 6
• Giacomo Banchelli 4
• Rui Costa 4 (1)

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.