During the 1995–96 season Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.
Summary The club sold Argentine midfielder Leo Rodriguez to Universidad de Chile and young star striker Maurizio Ganz to Inter Milan, meanwhile bought Sandro Tovalieri from Bari and Christian Vieri from Torino to balance the offensive line. Additionally, central back José Herrera arrived from Cagliari Calcio and young midfielder Tomas Locatelli moved to AC Milan.
The club reached as high as third in the table in December with four consecutive wins. After that though, the club lost six matches, sending the club down the table to the relegation zone. The club secured safety from relegation during the final rounds. Striker Christian Vieri and attacking midfielder Domenico Morfeo both scored 22 goals during the season.
In the Coppa Italia, the squad reached the final for the first time in nine years. Along the way, Atalanta defeated Cremonese, Juventus by a goal from Fabio Gallo, Cagliari in the quarter-finals and Bologna in the semi-finals. They lost the two-legged final against Fiorentina by an aggregate score of 3–0.
Squad
(vice-Captain)
(Captain)
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Sandro Tovalieri Bari DF José Herrera Cagliari DF Antonio Paganin Inter Milan loan ended DF Gianluca Luppi Fiorentina FW Christian Vieri Venezia GK Marco Ambrosio Prato loan ended DF Kewullay Conteh Café Opera MF Fabio Gallo Brescia MF Giuseppe Minaudo Piacenza loan ended MF Marco Sgrò Ancona loan ended Out Pos. Name To Type FW Maurizio Ganz Inter Milan MF Tomas Locatelli AC Milan loan DF Tebaldo Bigliardi Leffe DF Simone Pavan Venezia DF Emanuele Tresoldi Pistoiese loan MF Oscar Magoni Genoa MF Leonardo Rodríguez Universidad de Chile MF Cristiano Scapolo Bologna MF Sebastiano Vecchiola Venezia FW Vincenzo Chianese Casarano loan FW Giampaolo Saurini Brescia
Autumn Out Pos. Name To Type GK Marco Ambrosio Ravenna MF Giuseppe Minaudo Torino
Competitions Serie A
League table
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Eightfinals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Squad statistics Competition Points Home Away Total GD Serie A 39 17 7 4 6 24 20 17 4 2 11 14 30 34 11 6 17 38 50 -12 Coppa Italia 5 3 1 1 9 6 3 0 1 2 1 3 8 3 2 3 10 9 +1
Player statistics
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