1995–96 Serie A Explained

Competition:Serie A
Season:–96
Dates:27 August 1995 – 12 May 1996
Winners:Milan
15th title
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Milan
Juventus
Continentalcup3:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Lazio
Roma
Parma
Internazionale
Continentalcup2:Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Fiorentina
Relegated:Bari
Torino
Cremonese
Padova
Matches:306
Total Goals:805
League Topscorer:Igor Protti
Giuseppe Signori
(24 goals each)
Prevseason:1994–95
Nextseason:1996–97

The 1995–96 Serie A title was won by Milan (15th title for the Milan-based club), with Juventus finishing as runners-up. Fourth placed Fiorentina tasted glory in the Coppa Italia, while seventh-placed Internazionale only narrowly managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup under the management of their new English head coach Roy Hodgson. In fact Internazionale needed both Fiorentina beating Atalanta in the 1995–96 Coppa Italia Final and their (Internazionale's) arch-rivals AC Milan and Juventus win the Serie A (Milan) and the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League Final (Juventus). Had one of these three things not occurred Internazionale would have missed out on european football for the second time in four years (having failed to qualify for any of the 1992–93 UEFA club competitions). Bari, Torino, Cremonese and Padova were all relegated.

Teams

Piacenza, Udinese, Vicenza and Atalanta had been promoted from Serie B.

Personnel and Sponsoring

TeamHead CoachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Atalanta Emiliano MondonicoAsicsSomet
Bari Eugenio FascettiAdidasCEPU
Cagliari Bruno GiorgiErreàPecorino Sardo
Cremonese Luigi SimoniUhlsportNegroni
Fiorentina Claudio RanieriReebokSammontana
Internazionale Roy HodgsonUmbroPirelli
Juventus Marcello LippiKappaSony
Lazio Zdeněk ZemanUmbroBanco di Roma
Milan Fabio CapelloLottoOpel
Napoli Vujadin BoškovLottoRecord Cucine
Padova Mauro SandreaniDiadoraAcqua Vera
Parma Nevio ScalaPumaParmalat
Piacenza Bortolo MuttiABMCaripiacenza
Roma Carlo MazzoneAsicsINA Assitalia
Sampdoria Sven-Göran ErikssonAsicsNuova Tirrena
Torino Lido VieriLottoSDA Express Courier
Udinese Alberto ZaccheroniHummelAlbatros Idromassaggio
Vicenza Francesco GuidolinBiemmePal Zileri

League table

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Igor ProttiBari24
Lazio
3 Enrico ChiesaSampdoria22
4Fiorentina19
Marco BrancaRoma, Internazionale
6Udinese17
7 Luis OliveiraCagliari16
8 Nicola AmorusoPadova14
Nicola CacciaPiacenza
Pierluigi CasiraghiLazio

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