The 1996–97 Serie A title was won by Juventus, under head coach Marcello Lippi. Cagliari, Perugia, Hellas Verona and Reggiana were relegated.
Teams Bologna, Hellas Verona, Perugia and Reggiana had been promoted from Serie B.
Events Following the historical change of the UEFA Champions League entry list, Italy obtained a seventh place in Europe.
Personnel and Sponsoring TeamHead CoachKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAtalanta Emiliano MondonicoAsicsSometBologna Renzo UlivieriDiadoraCarisboCagliari Carlo MazzoneReebokPecorino SardoFiorentina Claudio RanieriReebokSammontanaInternazionale Luciano CastellaniUmbroPirelliJuventus Marcello LippiKappaSonyLazio Dino ZoffUmbroCirioMilan Arrigo SacchiLottoOpelNapoli Vincenzo MontefuscoLottoCentrale del latte di NapoliParma Carlo AncelottiPumaParmalatPerugia Nevio ScalaGalexCEPUPiacenza Bortolo MuttiABMCaripiacenzaReggiana Francesco OddoAsicsBurro GiglioRoma Nils LiedholmDiadoraINA AssitaliaSampdoria Sven-Göran ErikssonAsicsNoneUdinese Alberto ZaccheroniHummelMillionaire MarketHellas Verona Luigi CagniErreàFerroliVicenza Francesco GuidolinBiemmePal Zileri
League table
Results
Relegation tie-breaker
Cagliari relegated to 1997-98 Serie B.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Filippo InzaghiAtalanta242 Vincenzo MontellaSampdoria223 Abel BalboRoma174 Sandro TovalieriReggiana, Cagliari165 Roberto ManciniSampdoria15 Marco NegriPerugia Giuseppe SignoriLazio8 Enrico ChiesaParma14 Youri DjorkaeffInternazionale Pasquale LuisoPiacenza
Attendances
Source:
# Club Avg. attendance 1 AC Milan 55,894 2 Internazionale 50,806 3 AS Roma 50,557 4 SSC Napoli 45,253 5 Juventus FC 39,271 6 SS Lazio 38,699 7 ACF Fiorentina 36,991 8 Bologna FC 27,922 9 UC Sampdoria 26,187 10 Parma AC 22,601 11 AC Perugia 20,580 12 Hellas Verona 20,456 13 Atalanta BC 19,030 14 Cagliari Calcio 18,172 15 Udinese Calcio 16,790 16 Vicenza Calcio 15,962 17 AC Reggiana 13,617 18 Piacenza Calcio 11,785
Footnotes
References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
External links
:it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1997 - Italian version with pictures and info. - All results on RSSSF Website. 1996/1997 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.co.uk)