1995–96 Parma A.C. season

Parma Associazione Calcio played its sixth consecutive Serie A season, which was the last under legendary coach Nevio Scala, who stepped down at the end of the season. Defensive stalwarts Alberto Di Chiara and Lorenzo Minotti also left the club following the season's conclusion. Despite being only one point behind third-placed Lazio, Parma finished 6th in the standings. In contrast to the previous four seasons, Parma did not win any cups either. The most significant moment of Parma's season was the debut of the club's new superstar, 17-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who saved a penalty on his debut against A.C. Milan.

Parma

1995–96 season
President	Giorgio Pedraneschi
Manager	Nevio Scala
Stadium	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A	6th
Coppa Italia	Second round
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Gianfranco Zola (10) All: Gianfranco Zola (12)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ITA Luca Bucci 2 DF   ITA Antonio Benarrivo 3 DF   ITA Alberto Di Chiara 4 DF   ITA Lorenzo Minotti 5 DF   ITA Luigi Apolloni 6 DF   POR Fernando Couto 7 DF   ARG Roberto Sensini 8 FW   BUL Hristo Stoichkov 9 MF   ITA Massimo Crippa 10 FW   ITA Gianfranco Zola 11 FW   SWE Tomas Brolin 12 GK   ITA Gianluigi Buffon 13 MF   ITA Tarcisio Catanese

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF   ITA Roberto Mussi 15 DF   ITA Massimo Susic 16 FW   ITA Filippo Inzaghi 17 DF   ITA Fabio Cannavaro 18 FW   COL Faustino Asprilla 19 FW   ITA Marco Ferrante 20 FW   ITA Alessandro Melli 21 DF   ITA Marcello Castellini 22 GK   ITA Giovanni Galli 23 MF   ITA Massimo Brambilla 24 MF   ITA Dino Baggio 25 MF   ITA Gabriele Pin 26 GK   ITA Alessandro Nista

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Hristo Stoichkov	FC Barcelona
DF	Fabio Cannavaro	SSC Napoli
FW	Filippo Inzaghi	Piacenza Calcio
DF	Tarcisio Catanese	AC Ancona
FW	Alessandro Melli	A.C. Milan	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Giovanni Galli	Lucchese
FW	Marco Branca	A.S. Roma
DF	Diego Pellegrini	A.C. Ancona
MF	Stefano Fiore	Padova Calcio
MF	Roberto Magnani	A.C. Ancona

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type

Out
Pos.	Name	to	Type
MF	Tomas Brolin	Leeds United
MF	Marco Libassi	Valdagno
FW	Faustino Asprilla	Newcastle United
FW	Marco Ferrante	Salernitana	co-ownership

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1995–96 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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^[a]	Qualification to UEFA Cup
6	Parma	34	16	10	8	44	31	+13	58
7	Internazionale	34	15	9	10	51	30	+21	54
8	Sampdoria	34	14	10	10	59	47	+12	52

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	44	31	+13	58	13	3	1	29	9	+20	3	7	7	15	22	−7

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L
Position	7	4	8	5	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	6

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = 1996–97 UEFA Champions League;   = 1996–97 UEFA Cup;   = 1996–97 Serie B

Matches

Atalanta v Parma

27 August 1995 1	Atalanta	1–1	Parma	Bergamo
	Vieri   90'	Report	Stoichkov   77'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Stefano Braschi

Parma v Internazionale

10 September 1995 2	Parma	2–1	Internazionale	Parma
	Zola   48' D. Baggio   52'	Report	Roberto Carlos   41'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Loris Stafoggia

Sampdoria v Parma

17 September 1995 3	Sampdoria	3–0	Parma	Genoa
	Karembeu   22', 75' Bellucci   88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Parma v Fiorentina

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

Padova v Parma

1 October 1995 5	Padova	1–3	Parma	Padua
	Amoruso   50' (pen.)	Report	Stoichkov   15', 37' Zola   77'	Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Parma v Udinese

15 October 1995 6	Parma	1–0	Udinese	Parma
	Melli   77'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Stefano Farina

Roma v Parma

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

Parma v Piacenza

29 October 1995 8	Parma	3–2	Piacenza	Parma
	Zola   23', 61' Inzaghi   90'	Report	Carbone   53' Rossini   81' Caccia   82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Cremonese v Parma

5 November 1995 9	Cremonese	0–2	Parma	Cremona
		Report	Cannavaro   43' Zola   74'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Parma v Milan

19 November 1995 10	Parma	0–0	Milan	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Parma v Juventus

26 November 1995 11	Parma	1–1	Juventus	Parma
	Asprilla   45'	Report	Ferrara   9'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Stefano Braschi

Napoli v Parma

3 December 1995 12	Napoli	1–1	Parma	Naples
	Pizzi   38'	Report	Zola   52' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Parma v Lazio

10 December 1995 13	Parma	2–1	Lazio	Parma
	Asprilla   36' Zola   47'	Report	Di Matteo   90'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Bari v Parma

17 December 1995 14	Bari	1–1	Parma	Bari
	Protti   45' (pen.)	Report	Asprilla   83' Melli   87'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Parma v Vicenza

23 December 1995 15	Parma	0–1	Vicenza	Parma
		Report	Murgita   56'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

Torino v Parma

7 January 1996 16	Torino	2–2	Parma	Turin
	Dionigi   43' Cristallini   68' Angloma   78'	Report	Sensini   27' D. Baggio   67'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Graziano Cesari

Parma v Cagliari

14 January 1996 17	Parma	4–0	Cagliari	Parma
	Mussi   17' Apolloni   57' Di Chiara   66', 90' Firicano   69' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Loris Stafoggia

Parma v Atalanta

21 January 1996 18	Parma	2–0	Atalanta	Parma
	Pin   37' Melli   45'	Report	Vieri   52'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Internazionale v Parma

28 January 1996 19	Internazionale	1–1	Parma	Milan
	Branca   83'	Report	Stoichkov   5'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Parma v Sampdoria

4 February 1996 20	Parma	1–0	Sampdoria	Parma
	Lamonica   19' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Gianni Beschin

Fiorentina v Parma

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

Parma v Padova

18 February 2016 22	Parma	2–1	Padova	Parma
	Melli   11' Benarrivo   58'	Report	Kreek   89'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Udinese v Parma

25 February 1996 23	Udinese	0–0	Parma	Udine
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Stefano Braschi

Parma v Roma

2 March 1996 24	Parma	1–1	Roma	Parma
	Sensini   45' Crippa   45'	Report	Fonseca   3',   45' Giannini   90'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Roberto Bettin

Piacenza v Parma

10 March 1996 25	Piacenza	2–1	Parma	Piacenza
	Caccia   2', 45' (pen.)	Report	Arioli   71'	Stadium: Stadio Galleana Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Milan v Parma

24 March 1996 27	Milan	3–0	Parma	Milan
	R. Baggio   10',   43' Donadoni   48' Savićević   72'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Juventus v Parma

30 March 1996 28	Juventus	1–0	Parma	Turin
	Bucci   63' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Loris Stafoggia

Parma v Napoli

6 April 1996 29	Parma	1–0	Napoli	Parma
	Apolloni   15',   70' Di Chiara   60'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Parma v Cremonese

10 April 1996 26	Parma	2–0	Cremonese	Parma
	Mussi   56' Zola   90'	Report	Perović   51'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Lazio v Parma

14 April 1996 30	Lazio	2–1	Parma	Rome
	Fuser   14' Casiraghi   39'	Report	Zola   80'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Parma v Bari

20 April 1996 31	Parma	3–1	Bari	Parma
	D. Baggio   8' Inzaghi   26' Piro   90'	Report	Andersson   12'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Graziano Cesari

Vicenza v Parma

28 April 1996 32	Vicenza	0–1	Parma	Vicenza
		Report	Benarrivo   78'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Parma v Torino

5 May 1996 33	Parma	1–0	Torino	Parma
	Zola   36'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Massimo De Santis

Cagliari v Parma

12 May 1996 34	Cagliari	2–0	Parma	Cagliari
	Sensini   41' (o.g.) Oliveira   75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Stefano Farina

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1995–96 Coppa Italia

Palermo v Parma

30 August 1995 Second round	Palermo	3–0	Parma	Palermo
	Caterino   7' Vasari   46', 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 23,110 Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

KS Teuta   v   Parma

14 September 1995 First leg	KS Teuta	0–2	Parma	Tirana, Albania
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Zola   72', 85'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Dimitar Momirov (Bulgaria)

Parma   v   KS Teuta

28 September 1995 Second leg	Parma	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	KS Teuta	Parma, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Melli   8' Inzaghi   90'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 10,291 Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

Second round

Halmstad   v   Parma

19 October 1995 First leg	Halmstad	3–0	Parma	Gothenburg, Sweden
20:05 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Gudmundsson   7', 31' R. Andersson   76'			Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Attendance: 9,306 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Parma   v   Halmstad

2 November 1995 Second leg	Parma	4–0 (4–3 agg.)	Halmstad	Parma, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Inzaghi   2' D. Baggio   38' Stoichkov   53' Benarrivo   69'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 13,053 Referee: Finn Lambek (Denmark)

Quarter-finals

Parma   v   Paris Saint-Germain

7 March 1996 First leg	Parma	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Parma, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)	D. Baggio   54' Stoichkov   58' Mussi   74'		Loko   44'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 12,447 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Paris Saint-Germain   v   Parma

21 March 1996 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Parma	Paris, France
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Raí   9' (pen.), 69' (pen.),   83' Loko   38'		Melli   4',   26' Pin   59'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,686 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Supercoppa Italiana

Main article: 1995 Supercoppa Italiana

Juventus v Parma

17 January 1996	Juventus	1–0	Parma	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Vialli   33' Peruzzi   39'			Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 5,289 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Bucci	26	-25	26	-25
14	DF	ITA	Mussi	32	2	31+1	2
17	DF	ITA	Cannavaro	29	1	29	1
2	DF	ITA	Benarrivo	27	3	22+5	3
5	DF	ITA	Apolloni	26	1	26	1
23	MF	ITA	Brambilla	26	0	20+6	0
24	MF	ITA	Dino Baggio	28	4	28	4
7	MF	ARG	Sensini	31	2	30+1	2
9	MF	ITA	Crippa	31	1	24+7	1
10	FW	ITA	Zola	29	10	28+1	10
8	FW	BUL	Stoichkov	23	5	18+5	5
12	GK	ITA	Buffon	9	-6	7+2	-6
4	DF	ITA	Minotti	18	0	16+2	0
3	DF	ITA	Di Chiara	22	2	14+8	2
25	MF	ITA	Pin	20	1	14+6	1
20	FW	ITA	Melli	24	4	12+12	4
6	DF	POR	Couto	12	0	10+2	0
16	FW	ITA	Inzaghi	15	2	7+8	2
21	DF	ITA	Castellini	9	0	5+4	0
18	FW	COL	Asprilla	6	2	4+2	2
27	FW	ITA	Piro	6	1	1+5	1
13	MF	ITA	Catanese	5	0	1+4	0
26	GK	ITA	Nista	1	0	1	0
11	FW	SWE	Brolin	4	1	0+4	1
	MF	ITA	Arioli	1	1	0+1	1
15	DF	ITA	Susic	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ITA	Ferrante	0	0	0	0
22	GK	ITA	Galli	0	0	0	0

• Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1995/1089/

Goalscorers

•   Gianfranco Zola 10
•   Hristo Stoichkov 5
•   Dino Baggio 4
•   Alessandro Melli 4
•   Antonio Benarrivo 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.