1995–96 A.S. Roma season

Associazione Sportiva Roma did not match city rivals Lazio for the fourth year running, but managed to finish in the top five of Serie A. Abel Balbo was once again the club's topscorer, but managed just 14 goals, eight less than his previous season.

Roma

1995–96 season
President	Franco Sensi
Manager	Carlo Mazzone
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Second round
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Abel Balbo (14) All: Abel Balbo (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Goalkeepers

• 1 Giovanni Cervone
• 12 Giorgio Sterchele
• Giampaolo Di Magno

Defenders

• 2 Enrico Annoni
• 3 Marco Lanna
• 4 Fabio Petruzzi
• 5 Aldair
• 23 Gianluca Cherubini

Midfielders

• 6 Amedeo Carboni
• 7 Francesco Moriero
• 8 Francesco Statuto
• 10 Giuseppe Giannini
• 13 Luigi Di Biagio
• 14 Jonas Thern
• 15 Alessio Scarchilli
• 17 Massimiliano Cappioli
• 18 Daniele Berretta
• 19 Franco Florio

Forwards

• 9 Abel Balbo
• 11 Daniel Fonseca
• 17 Francesco Totti
• 24 Marco Delvecchio
• Marco Branca
• Lampros Choutos

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	6th	27 August 1995	12 May 1996
Coppa Italia	Second round	Second round	30 August 1995
UEFA Cup	First round	Quarter-finals	12 September 1995	19 March 1996

Last updated: 12 May 1996

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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 1]	Qualification to UEFA Cup
6	Parma	34	16	10	8	44	31	+13	58
7	Internazionale	34	15	9	10	51	30	+21	54

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. 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	16	10	8	51	34	+17	58	9	6	2	28	15	+13	7	4	6	23	19	+4

Last updated: 12 May 1996.
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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 1996. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

27 August 1995 1	Sampdoria	1–1	Roma	Genoa
	Karembeu  22'	Report	Branca  24'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

10 September 1995 2	Roma	0–1	Atalanta	Rome
		Report	Vieri  49' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Stefano Farina

17 September 1995 3	Roma	1–2	Milan	Rome
	Balbo  15'	Report	Weah  45', 76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Collina

24 September 1995 4	Cremonese	0–1	Roma	Cremona
		Report	Tentoni  68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

1 October 1995 5	Roma	0–0	Lazio	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Graziano Cesari

15 October 1995 6	Torino	2–2	Roma	Turin
	Abedi Pele  16' Cervone  26' (o.g.)	Report	Branca  35' Cappioli  40'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

22 October 1995 7	Roma	1–1	Parma	Rome
	Fonseca  46'	Report	D. Baggio  75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Marcello Nicchi

29 October 1995 8	Cagliari	0–2	Roma	Cagliari
		Report	Fonseca  14', 68'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

5 November 1995 9	Roma	2–0	Padova	Rome
	Balbo  26' Fonseca  62'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gennaro Borriello

19 November 1995 10	Piacenza	1–0	Roma	Piacenza
	Di Francesco  18'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Galleana Referee: Roberto Bettin

26 November 1995 11	Roma	2–1	Bari	Rome
	Fonseca  69' Totti  72'	Report	Pedone  88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

3 December 1995 12	Udinese	1–1	Roma	Udine
	Bierhoff  64'	Report	Balbo  90'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gianni Beschin

10 December 1995 13	Roma	1–1	Vicenza	Rome
	Lopez  21' (o.g.)	Report	Viviani  41'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

17 December 1995 14	Napoli	0–2	Roma	Naples
		Report	Thern  13' Delvecchio  70'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Marcello Nicchi

23 December 1995 15	Juventus	0–2	Roma	Turin
		Report	Balbo  45' Ferrara  66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Pierluigi Collina

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	Internazionale	2–0	Roma	Milan
	Branca  17', 66'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Graziano Cesari

21 January 1996 18	Roma	3–1	Sampdoria	Rome
	Balbo  45' (pen.), 62', 90'	Report	Mannini  52'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Stefano Braschi

28 January 1996 19	Atalanta	2–1	Roma	Bergamo
	Pisani  78' Morfeo  83' (pen.)	Report	Delvecchio  21'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

4 February 1996 20	Milan	3–1	Roma	Milan
	Weah  7' Aldair  55' (o.g.) Panucci  86'	Report	Moriero  8'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Livio Bazzoli

11 February 1996 21	Roma	3–0	Cremonese	Rome
	Di Biagio  25' Balbo  33' Cappioli  89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

18 February 1996 22	Lazio	1–0	Roma	Rome
	Signori  84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Marcello Nicchi

25 February 1996 23	Roma	1–0	Torino	Rome
	Statuto  17'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Domenico Messina

2 March 1996 24	Parma	1–1	Roma	Parma
	Sensini  45'	Report	Fonseca  3'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Roberto Bettin

10 March 1996 25	Roma	1–1	Cagliari	Rome
	Balbo  18' (pen.)	Report	Oliveira  9' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

24 March 1996 27	Roma	2–1	Piacenza	Rome
	Delvecchio  16' Cappioli  24'	Report	Cappelini  51'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

31 March 1996 28	Bari	1–2	Roma	Bari
	Parente  2'	Report	Totti  51' Statuto  64'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

6 April 1996 29	Roma	2–1	Udinese	Rome
	Delvecchio  18' Moriero  55'	Report	Marino  90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gennaro Borriello

10 April 1996 26	Padova	1–2	Roma	Padua
	Vlaović  83'	Report	Fonseca  45' Cappioli  82'	Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

14 April 1996 30	Vicenza	2–1	Roma	Vicenza
	Otero  28' Murgita  81'	Report	Fonseca  44' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

20 April 1996 31	Roma	4–1	Napoli	Rome
	Delvecchio  41', 81', 85' André Cruz  50' (o.g.)	Report	Pecchia  72'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

28 April 1996 32	Roma	2–2	Juventus	Rome
	Delvecchio  4' Moriero  54'	Report	Cappioli  62' (o.g.) Padovano  72'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Collina

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	Roma	1–0	Internazionale	Rome
	Di Biagio  44' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Graziano Cesari

Coppa Italia

30 August 1995 Second round	Bologna	1–0	Roma	Bologna
	Morello  53'			Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Marcello Nicchi

UEFA Cup

First round

12 September 1995 First leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	1–1	Roma	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
20:30	Jeanneret  14' Pană  58'	Report	Moriero  20' Branca  69'	Stadium: Stade de la Maladière Referee: David Elleray (England)

26 September 1995 Second leg	Roma	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Neuchâtel Xamax	Rome, Italy
19:00	Statuto  15' Balbo  26', 36' Fonseca  32' Rueda  55' (o.g.)	Report	Bonalair  10'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Marnix Sandra (Belgium)

Second round

17 October 1995 First leg	Roma	4–0	Eendracht Aalst	Rome, Italy
20:30	Moriero  5' Cappioli  51' Balbo  69' Totti  77'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Sándor Varga (Hungary)

31 October 1995 Second leg	Eendracht Aalst	0–0 (0–4 agg.)	Roma	Aalst, Belgium
	Van Riel  5'	Report	Cappioli  37' Statuto  80'	Stadium: Pierre Cornelisstadion Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Third round

21 November 1995 First leg	Brøndby	2–1	Roma	Brøndby, Denmark
20:30	Nielsen  10' Risager  13',  45' Bjur  89'	Report	Fonseca  16' Aldair  26' Annoni  44' Moriero  45' Petruzzi  58'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

5 December 1995 Second leg	Roma	3–1 (4–3 agg.)	Brøndby	Rome, Italy
20:45	Totti  22' Balbo  72' Carboni  90'	Report	Bjur  84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Quarter-finals

5 March 1996 First leg	Slavia Prague	2–0	Roma	Prague, Czech Republic
20:30	Poborský  10' Vágner  50'	Report	Totti  63' Statuto  78' Petruzzi  80'	Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

19 March 1996 Second leg	Roma	3–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3a agg.)	Slavia Prague	Rome, Italy
20:30	Carboni  57' Moriero  61', 100',  101' Di Biagio  62' Statuto  76' Giannini  81',  82'	Report	Pěnička  12' Suchopárek  31' Stejskal  78' Vágner  99' Novotný  103' Vávra  113'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Atanas Ouzounov (Bulgaria)

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Abel Balbo 14 (4)
• Marco Delvecchio 10
• Daniel Fonseca 8 (1)
• Massimiliano Cappioli 4
• Francesco Moriero 3

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.