1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup Explained

The 1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup was the last Anglo-Italian Cup competition. The European football competition was played between eight clubs from England and eight clubs from Italy. Italian side Genoa lifted the trophy after beating English side Port Vale 5–2.

Format

For the competition there were eight English teams and eight Italian teams. These teams were split into two groups consisting of four English and four Italian teams each. Each team played against the four teams in their group from the opposing nation. In each group, the best team from each nation progressed to the regional semi-finals. The semi-finals were two-leg matches played between each nation's group winners. The winner of each semi-final then met in a final.[1]

Group stage

Group Italy
ABirmingham City
Luton Town
Oldham Athletic
Port Vale
Ancona
Cesena
Genoa
Perugia
BIpswich Town
Southend United
Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion
Brescia
Foggia
Reggiana
Salernitana

Group A games

Group A tables

English teams[1]
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Birmingham City4301859
Port Vale4220956
Oldham Athletic4121215
Luton Town41037103
Italian teams[1]
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Genoa4220728
Cesena4121565
Perugia4103793
Ancona4103293

Group B games

Group B tables

English teams[1]
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Ipswich Town43107310
West Bromwich Albion4220428
Stoke City4040444
Southend United4022352
Italian teams[1]
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Foggia4121445
Salernitana4121455
Brescia4031343
Reggiana4022352

Regional Semi-finals

English semi-final
Italian semi-final

Regional Finals

English final
Italian final

Tournament Final

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Genoa:
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GK 1 Luca Pastine
DF 2 Davide Nicola
DF 5 Fabio Galante
DF 6 Luca Cavallo
DF 3 Daniele Delli Carri
MF 4 Oscar Magoni
MF 7 Gennaro Ruotolo
MF 8 Mario Bortolazzi
MF 11 Roberto Onorati
FW 9 Vincenzo Montella
FW 10 Marco Nappi
Substitutes:
GK 12 Gianpaolo Spagnulo
MF 14 John van 't Schip
MF 13 Vincenzo Torrente
Manager:
Gaetano Salvemini
Port Vale
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GK Paul Musselwhite
DF Andy Hill
DF Gareth Griffiths
DF Neil Aspin
DF Dean Stokes
MF Jon McCarthy
MF Andy Porter
MF Ian Bogie
MF Steve Guppy
FW Martin Foyle
FW Lee Glover
Substitutes:
MF Ray Walker
MF Stewart Talbot
FW Tony Naylor
Manager:
John Rudge

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anglo-Italian Cup 1995/96. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 12 July 2010.