1995–96 Parma A.C. season
# 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.

## 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Parma | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Internazionale | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 8 | Sampdoria | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 52 | |

* ↑ ROM 1-1 PAR; PAR 1-1 ROM Roma is ahead due to Goal difference.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | 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 |

## Statistics

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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
