title: 1996–97 AS Roma season
text: # 1996–97 AS Roma season
  
  Associazione Sportiva Roma did not have its best season, dropping into the lower half of the league, and only saving its Serie A status by a few points. New coach Carlos Bianchi failed to get the most out of a prolific squad, and was sacked in the middle of the season, with club advisor Nils Liedholm taking over at the helm for the rest of the championship.
  
  ## Players
  
  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 | Giovanni Cervone |
  | 2 | DF | ARG | Roberto Trotta |
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Marco Lanna |
  | 4 | DF | ITA | Enrico Annoni |
  | 5 | MF | SWE | Jonas Thern |
  | 6 | DF | BRA | Aldair |
  | 7 | MF | ITA | Francesco Moriero |
  | 8 | MF | ITA | Francesco Statuto |
  | 9 | FW | ARG | Abel Balbo |
  | 10 | FW | URU | Daniel Fonseca |
  | 11 | DF | ITA | Amedeo Carboni |
  | 12 | GK | ITA | Giorgio Sterchele |
  | 13 | DF | ITA | Fabio Petruzzi |
  | 15 | MF | ITA | Luigi Di Biagio |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 17 | MF | ITA | Massimiliano Cappioli |
  | 17 | FW | ITA | Francesco Totti |
  | 18 | MF | ITA | Damiano Tommasi |
  | 20 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Grossi |
  | 21 | MF | ITA | Antonio Bernardini |
  | 22 | GK | ITA | Giampaolo Di Magno |
  | 22 | FW | GRE | Lampros Choutos |
  | 24 | FW | ITA | Marco Delvecchio |
  | 25 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Stovini |
  | 26 | | ITA | Gianluca Berti |
  | 27 | DF | ITA | Matteo Pivotto |
  | 29 | MF | ITA | Daniele Conti |
  | 31 | DF | RUS | Omari Tetradze |
  | 32 | DF | FRA | Vincent Candela |
  | — | MF | ITA | Daniele Beretta |
  
  ### Transfers
  
  In :
  
  | Pos. | Name | from |
  | - | - | - |
  | MF | Damiano Tommasi | Hellas Verona |
  | DF | Roberto Trotta | Velez Sarsfield |
  | FW | Martin Dahlin | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
  | DF | Matteo Pivotto | Carpi |
  | MF | Antonino Bernardini | Torino F.C. |
  
  Out :
  
  | Pos. | Name | To |
  | - | - | - |
  | MF | Giuseppe Giannini | Sturm Graz |
  | MF | Massimiliano Cappioli | Udinese Calcio |
  | MF | Daniele Berretta | Cagliari Calcio |
  | DF | Gianluca Cherubini | A.C. Reggiana |
  | DF | Gabriele Grossi | A.C. Reggiana |
  | DF | Andrea Cupi | Lodigiani |
  | MF | Alessio Scarchilli | Torino F.C. |
  
  **Winter**
  
  In :
  
  | Pos. | Name | from | Type |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | DF | Vincent Candela | En Avant Guingamp | |
  | GK | Gianluca Berti | Genoa C.F.C. | free |
  | DF | Omari Tetradze | Alania | free |
  
  Out :
  
  | Pos. | Name | To | Type |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | GK | Giorgio Sterchele | Cagliari Calcio | |
  | DF | Roberto Trotta | CA River Plate | |
  | FW | Martin Dahlin | Borussia Mönchengladbach | loan |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall
  
  | Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Serie A | Matchday 1 | 13th | 7 September 1996 | 1 June 1997 |
  | Coppa Italia | Second round | Second round | 28 August 1996 | 28 August 1996 |
  | UEFA Cup | First round | Second round | 12 September 1996 | 29 October 1996 |
  
  Last updated: 1 June 1997
  
  ### Serie A
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 | Atalanta | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 44 | |
  | 11 | Milan | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 43 | |
  | 12 | Roma | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 41 | |
  | 13 | Napoli | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 41 | |
  | 14 | Piacenza | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 37 | Relegation tie-breaker |
  
  * ↑ Roma finished ahead of Napoli on Goal difference: Roma -1, Napoli -7.
  * ↑ CAG: 7 pts; PIA: 5 pts; PER: 4 pts.
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 1 June 1997. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L |
  | Position | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Players statistics
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | UEFA | UEFA |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 1 | GK | ITA | Cervone | 15 | -19 | 15 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Lanna | 29 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | BRA | Aldair | 36 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | ITA | Petruzzi | 30 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 11 | DF | ITA | Carboni | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 18 | MF | ITA | Tommasi | 34 | 3 | 26+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
  | 15 | MF | ITA | Di Biagio | 32 | 3 | 24+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 5 | MF | SWE | Thern | 28 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | ITA | Statuto | 25 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | ARG | Balbo | 34 | 19 | 29+1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
  | 17 | FW | ITA | Totti | 30 | 5 | 23+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 12 | GK | ITA | Sterchele | 21 | -30 | 16 | -22 | 1 | -3 | 4 | -5 |
  | 24 | FW | ITA | Delvecchio | 30 | 4 | 15+12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 32 | DF | FRA | Candela | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
  | 7 | MF | ITA | Moriero | 22 | 3 | 12+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | ITA | Annoni | 16 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 27 | DF | ITA | Pivotto | 13 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 |
  | 31 | DF | RUS | Tetradze | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | URU | Fonseca | 21 | 8 | 6+10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
  | 2 | DF | ARG | Trotta | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | ITA | Bernardini | 18 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | ITA | Cappioli | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 26 | GK | ITA | Berti | 3 | -3 | 3 | -3 |
  | 16 | FW | SWE | Dahlin | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | ITA | Berretta | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
  | 29 | MF | ITA | Conti | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 22 | GK | ITA | Di Magno | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 20 | DF | ITA | Grossi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 22 | FW | GRE | Choutos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | DF | ITA | Stovini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  * Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1996/1120/
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  * Abel Balbo 17 (5)
  * Francesco Totti 5
  * Marco Delvecchio 4
  * Daniel Fonseca 4
  