During the 1996–97 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia, UEFA Champions League and Supercoppa.
Summary Milan Associazione Calcio fell into pieces once Fabio Capello left his job to join Real Madrid. The new organisation with Óscar Tabárez as technical director completely miscued its signings, with neither Jesper Blomqvist, Edgar Davids, Christophe Dugarry or Michael Reiziger being successful. After a Supercoppa Italiana defeat against Fiorentina at home at the San Siro, a 2–3 loss at Piacenza for the league cost the Uruguayan his position. Tabarez was replaced by former championship winning coach Arrigo Sacchi, the change did not happen and days later due to a 2–1 defeat to Rosenborg at home in the Champions League the team was not qualified to Quarterfinals. The Rossoneri eventually finished 11th managed to save the reigning champions' contract in Serie A by just six points.
The miserable season also prompted captain Franco Baresi to end his active career, with Milan retiring the #6 shirt in his honour.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from TypeMFEdgar DavidsAFC AjaxFreeDFMichael ReizigerAFC AjaxFreeGKAngelo PagottoUC Sampdoria€300,000FWChristophe DugarryBordeaux€1,800,000DFPietro VierchowodPerugia€500,000 DFGiuseppe CardoneLuccheseloan endedMFFrancesco CozzaLuccheseloan endedDFRoberto LorenziniPiacenzaloan endedDFStefano NavaPadovaloan ended MF Francesco De FrancescoPrato Out Pos. Name To TypeMFPatrick VieiraArsenal£3,5mFWPaolo Di CanioCeltic£2mMFPaulo Futre West Ham UnitedGKMario IelpoGenoaMFGianluigi LentiniAtalantaDFGiuseppe CardoneBolognaDFGianluca SordoReggianaDFStefano NavaServette FCDFRoberto LorenziniLuccheseMFFrancesco CozzaCagliariloan
Winter In Pos. Name from TypeMFJesper BlomqvistIFK GöteborgU$6,44mDFMiodrag VukotićFK Vojvodina€500,000 Out Pos. Name To Type DF Christian Panucci Real Madrid £10mDFFilippo GalliReggianaMFTomas LocatelliUdinese £2mFWLuca SaudatiFC LuganoloanMF Francesco De FrancescoPratoloan
Kits
Results Pre-season and friendlies
Friendlies
Costantino Rozzi Memorial
Trofeo de Navarra
Opel Master Cup
Amsterdam Arena Cup
Luigi Berlusconi Trophy
Competitions Supercoppa
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Second Round
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Matches
Statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Clean sheets NameSerie ASupercoppaCoppa ItaliaUEFA CLTotal11GKSebastiano Rossi6010 7225GKAngelo Pagotto3020 5Totals903012
Disciplinary record NameSerie ASupercoppaCoppa ItaliaUEFA CLTotal20MFZvonimir Boban611121128MFMarcel Desailly81111111DFAlessandro Costacurta911024MFDemetrio Albertini61126024DFStefano Eranio5111613DFPaolo Maldini51115119FWChristophe Dugarry3112611GKSebastiano Rossi4042DFChristian Panucci514029DFPietro Vierchowod40418FWRoberto Baggio3310MFDejan Savićević313123FWMarco Simone2215MFMassimo Ambrosini2234MFJesper Blomqvist111113DFFrancesco Coco1138DFAlberto Comazzi1132DFDaniele Daino1116FWTomas Locatelli1114DFMichael Reiziger1121DFMauro Tassotti11 Players in italics left the team during the season.
References
External links RSSSF – Italy 1996/97