Milan Associazione Calcio

1996–97 season
Owner	Silvio Berlusconi
President	Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Oscar Tabarez (until 1 December 1996)[1] Arrigo Sacchi (from 1 December 1996)
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	11th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: George Weah (13) All: George Weah (16)
Highest home attendance	81 170 vs Juventus (6 April 1997)
Lowest home attendance	7 242 vs Vicenza Calcio (27 November 1996)
Average home league attendance	55 894[2]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Squad

No.	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of Birth (age)	Signed in	Signed from	Transfer Fee	Notes	Captain
Goalkeepers
1	Sebastiano Rossi		GK	(1964-07-20)20 July 1964 (age 33)	1990	Cesena
25	Angelo Pagotto		GK	(1973-11-21)21 November 1973 (age 23)	1996	UC Sampdoria	€300,000
17	Gabriele Aldegani		GK	(1976-05-10)10 May 1976 (age 20)	1995	Miranese		From Youth system
Defenders
2	Christian Panucci		RB	(1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (age 23)	1993	Genoa Cricket and Football Club	€4,500,000	[5]
3	Paolo Maldini		LB	(1968-06-26)26 June 1968(age 28)	1985	Milan Primavera		From Youth system
5	Filippo Galli		CB	(1963-05-19)19 May 1963 (age 33)	1983	Pescara		From Youth system
6	Franco Baresi		CB	(1960-05-08)8 May 1960 (age 36)	1977	Milan Primavera		From Youth system	Captain
11	Alessandro Costacurta		CB	(1966-04-24)24 April 1966 (age 30)	1986	Monza		From Youth system
13	Francesco Coco		LB	(1977-01-08)8 January 1977 (age 19)	1995	Milan Primavera		From Youth system
14	Michael Reiziger		RB	(1973-05-03)3 May 1973 (age 23)	1996	AFC Ajax	free
21	Mauro Tassotti		RB	(1960-01-19)19 January 1960 (age 36)	1980	SS Lazio		vice-captain
29	Pietro Vierchowod		CB	(1959-04-06)6 April 1959 (age 37)	1996[6]	AC Perugia	€500,000
32	Daniele Daino		CB	(1979-09-08)8 September 1979 (age 17)	1996	Milan Primavera		From Youth system
35	Miodrag Vukotic		LB	(1973-11-08)8 November 1973 (age 23)	1996	FK Vojvodina	€500,000	[7]
Midfielders
4	Demetrio Albertini		CM	(1971-08-23)23 August 1971 (age 25)	1991[8]	Calcio Padova		From Youth system
8	Marcel Desailly		CM	(1968-08-23)23 August 1968 (age 28)	1993	Olympique de Marseille		[9]
10	Dejan Savicevic		RW	(1966-09-15)15 September 1966 (age 31)	1992	Red Star Belgrade	€5,000,000
15	Massimo Ambrosini		CM	(1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (age 19)	1995	Cesena
16	Tomas Locatelli		RM	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (age 20)	1995	Atalanta BC		[10]
20	Zvonimir Boban		LM	(1968-10-08)8 October 1968 (age 28)	1992	SSC Bari
22	Edgar Davids		LM	(1973-03-13)13 March 1973 (age 23)	1996	AFC Ajax	Free	[11]
24	Stefano Eranio		RM	(1966-12-29)29 December 1966 (age 30)	1992	Genoa
34	Jesper Blomqvist		LM	(1974-02-05)5 February 1974 (age 22)	1996	IFK Goteborg	€2,500,000	[12]
Forwards
9	George Weah		CF	(1966-10-01)1 October 1966 (age 30)	1995	Paris Saint-Germain	€9,000,000
18	Roberto Baggio		FW	(1967-02-18)18 February 1967 (age 29)	1995	Juventus	€12,000,000
19	Christophe Dugarry		FW	(1972-03-24)24 March 1972 (age 24)	1996	Girondins Bordeaux	€1,800,000
23	Marco Simone		FW	(1969-01-07)7 January 1969 (age 27)	1989	Como
17	Luca Saudati		FW	(1978-01-18)18 January 1978 (age 18)	1996	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth system[13]
28	Matteo Pelatti		CF	(1978-01-03)3 January 1978 (age 18)	1996	Milan Primavera	Free	From Youth system

Transfers

In

First Team

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 July 1996	GK	25	Angelo Pagotto	UC Sampdoria	£0,5m
1 July 1996	DF	14	Michael Reiziger	AFC Ajax	Free
30 August 1996	DF	29	Pietro Vierchowod	AC Perugia
1 July 1996	MF	22	Edgar Davids	AFC Ajax	Free[14]
1 July 1996	FW	19	Christophe Dugarry	Girondins Bordeaux
15 November 1996	MF	34	Jesper Blomqvist	IFK Goteborg	U$6,44m[15]
1 December 1996	DF	35	Miodrag Vukotic	FK Budućnost	£1m

Academy and other

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 July 1996	MF	—	Francesco De Francesco	AC Prato	£0m

Transfers out

First Team

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 July 1996	DF		Giuseppe Cardone	Bologna F.C.	£0m
1 July 1996	DF	26	Gianluca Sordo	AC Reggiana	£0m
1 July 1996	FW	7	Paolo Di Canio	Celtic Glasgow	£2m
1 July 1996	MF	28	Paulo Futre	West Ham United	£0m
1 July 1996	DF	19	Stefano Nava	Servette FC	£0m
1 July 1996	DF	13	Roberto Lorenzini	Lucchese	£0m
1 August 1996	GK	12	Mario Ielpo	Genoa	£0m
10 August 1996	MF	14	Gianluigi Lentini	Atalanta BC	£0m
15 August 1996	MF	31	Patrick Vieira	Arsenal	£3,5m[16]
31 October 1996	DF	5	Filippo Galli	AC Reggiana	£0m
8 December 1996	MF	16	Tomas Locatelli	Udinese	£2m
10 January 1997	DF	2	Christian Panucci	Real Madrid CF	£10m

Loans ended

First Team

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
30 June 1996	DF		Giuseppe Cardone	Lucchese	£0m
30 June 1996	MF		Francesco Cozza	Lucchese	£0m
30 June 1996	DF		Roberto Lorenzini	Piacenza Calcio	£0m
30 June 1996	DF		Stefano Nava	Padova	£0m

Loans out

First Team

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 July 1996	MF		Francesco Cozza	Cagliari Calcio	£0m
1 December 1996	FW		Luca Saudati	FC Lugano	£0m
1 December 1996	MF		Francesco De Francesco	Prato	£0m

Special kit

For several matches the team wore a special kit.

Fourth colours Results Pre-season and friendlies Friendlies Monza v Milan 27 July 1996 (1996-07-27) Friendly Monza 0–1 Milan Monza, Italy Roberto Baggio 74' Attendance: 6 559 Como 1907 v Milan 31 July 1996 (1996-07-31) Friendly Como 1907 0–3 Milan Como Stefano Eranio 8' Roberto Baggio 14' Gianluigi Lentini 85' Costantino Rozzi Memorial AC Perugia v AC Milan 3 August 1996 (1996-08-03) AC Perugia 0–0*(4:3) AC Milan Ascoli, Italy Stadium: Dal Duca Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ciccoianni Ascoli v AC Milan 3 August 1996 (1996-08-03) Ascoli 0–0*(7:6) AC Milan Ascoli, Italy Stadium: Dal Duca Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Verrucci Trofeo de Navarra Osasuna v Milan 7 August 1996 (1996-08-07) Osasuna 0–4 Milan Pamplona, Spain Weah 15' Savicevic 27' Boban 32' Yanguas 44'(o.g) Stadium: Reino de Navarra Attendance: 12 000 Referee: Perez Izquierdo Opel Masters Cup Milan v Paris Saint-Germain 12 August 1996 (1996-08-12) Milan 1–2 Paris Saint-Germain Munich, Germany Baggio 40' Mboma 22' Roche 33' Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Frohlich Bayern Munchen v AC Milan 12 August 1996 (1996-08-12) Bayern Munchen 1–2 AC Milan Munich, Germany Klinsmann 14' Davids 43' Simone 45' Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Fleiske Amsterdam Arena Cup Ajax v AC Milan 14 August 1996 (1996-08-14) Ajax 0–3 AC Milan Amsterdam, Netherlands Savicevic 32' Simone 49' Albertini 87'pen Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: van der Ende Luigi Berlusconi Trophy AC Milan v Juventus FC 21 August 1996 (1996-08-21) AC Milan 1–0 Juventus FC Milan, Italy Eranio 84' Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 67,963 Referee: Ciccoianni Competitions Serie A Main article: 1996–97 Serie A League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 9 Fiorentina 34 10 15 9 46 41 +5 45 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[lower-alpha 1] 13 Napoli 34 9 14 11 38 45 −7 41 Source: Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[17] Notes: ↑ Roma finished ahead of Napoli on Goal difference: Roma -1, Napoli -7. Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 34 11 10 13 43 45  −2 43 8 5 4 28 20  +8 3 5 9 15 25  −10 Last updated: 26 May 2019. 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 A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H Result W L W W L W L D D D L W W L L W D L L W L D D W W L L D D W D D L L Position 1 6 5 2 6 2 4 5 8 8 9 7 3 7 9 6 7 10 12 9 11 11 12 10 7 8 12 11 11 9 9 9 10 11 Source: Competitive matches A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed;   = Leader, 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage;   = 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying round;   = 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round Matches Milan v Hellas Verona 8 September 1996 1 Milan 4–1 Hellas Verona Milan Simone 49, 66' Weah 85' Baggio 90' Maldini Report 24' De Vitis Binotto Orlandini Colucci Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54 128 Referee: Rodomonti UC Sampdoria v Milan 15 September 1996 2 UC Sampdoria 2–1 Milan Genova S. Rossi 45' (o.g.) Mancini 76' Balleri Laigle Iacopino Report Weah 14' Vierchowod Boban Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 27 166 Referee: Treossi Bologna FC v Milan 22 September 1996 3 Bologna FC 1–2 Milan Bologna Kolyvanov 62' (pen.) Magoni Marocchi Report 46' Simone 71' Weah 84' Savicevic Davids  86' Albertini Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 36 693 Referee: Braschi Milan v AC Perugia 29 September 1996 4 Milan 3–0 AC Perugia Milan Weah 2, 73' Baggio 78' Boban  67' Panucci Eranio Report Castellini Giunti Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 50 994 Referee: Farina AS Roma v Milan 12 October 1996 5 AS Roma 3–0 Milan Roma Totti 13' Cappioli 19' Balbo 90' Trotta Di Biagio Report Maldini Eranio 58' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 63 217 Referee: Pairetto Milan v SSC Napoli 20 October 1996 6 Milan 3–1 SSC Napoli Milan Weah 40, 58' Baggio 77' Report 61' André Cruz Baldini Ayala Turrini Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58 078 Referee: Ceccarini AC Fiorentina v Milan 27 October 1996 7 AC Fiorentina 1–0 Milan Firenze Robbiati 84' Firicano  85' Schwarz Batistuta Report Eranio  45' Desailly Boban Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 48 986 Referee: Trentalange Milan v Atalanta BC 3 November 1996 8 Milan 1–1 Atalanta BC Milan Albertini 53' (pen.) Costacurta Baggio '87 Report F. Inzaghi 21' F. Inzaghi  82' Carbone Herrera Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53 821 Referee: Bettin Juventus FC v Milan 17 November 1996 9 Juventus FC 0–0 Milan Torino Iuliano Zidane Jugovic Report Albertini Davids Ambrosini Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi Attendance: 54 985 Referee: Pierluigi Collina Milan v FC Inter 24 November 1996 10 Milan 1–1 FC Inter Milan Baggio 3' Maldini Desailly Davids Report Djorkaeff 13' (pen.) Galante Ince Fresi Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80 742 Referee: Braschi Piacenza Calcio v Milan 1 December 1996 11 Piacenza Calcio 3–2 Milan Piacenza Valoti 9' Di Francesco 44' Luiso 71' Polonia Tramezzani Report Dugarry 47' Dugarry 68' Coco Stadium: Galleana Attendance: 13 515 Referee: Messina Milan v Udinese Calcio 8 December 1996 12 Milan 2–1 Udinese Calcio Milan Savićević 52' Eranio 66' Costacurta  83' Report Stroppa 56' Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 49 087 Referee: Beschin AC Reggiana v Milan 15 December 1996 13 AC Reggiana 0–3 Milan Reggio Emilia Galli  78' Report Albertini 3', 71' (pen.), 78' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Giglio Attendance: 14 500 Referee: De Santis Milan v AC Parma 22 December 1996 14 Milan 0–1 AC Parma Milan Weah 29' Costacurta  62' Maldini 90' Report Stanić 45' Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51 223 Referee: Bazzoli SS Lazio v Milan 5 January 1997 15 SS Lazio 3–0 Milan Roma Signori 22' Casiraghi 45' Grandoni 65' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35 580 Referee: Treossi Milan v Vicenza Calcio 12 January 1997 16 Milan 1–0 Vicenza Calcio Milan Dugarry 21' Desailly  61' Report Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 55 439 Referee: Rodomonti Cagliari Calcio v Milan 19 January 1997 17 Cagliari Calcio 1–1 Milan Cagliari Tovalieri 44' Report 46'Simone 65' Dugarry 90' Ambrosini Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 21 713 Referee: Ceccarini Hellas Verona v Milan 26 January 1997 18 Hellas Verona 3–1 Milan Verona Zanini 30' Bacci 38' Orlandini 54' Report 46' Eranio 67' Boban Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 30 795 Referee: Borriello Milan v UC Sampdoria 2 February 1997 19 Milan 2–3 UC Sampdoria Milan Maldini 35' Weah 37' Weah 57' Report Mancini 1' Ferron  24' Mihajlović 74' Carparelli 79' Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54 767 Referee: Bazzoli Milan v Bologna FC 16 February 1997 20 Milan 2–0 Bologna FC Milan Albertini 45' (pen.) Boban 56' Blomqvist 85' Blomqvist  89' Report Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54 860 Referee: Bettin AC Perugia v Milan 23 February 1997 21 AC Perugia 1–0 Milan Perugia Negri 18' Report Dugarry 25' Davids 44' Maldini 45' Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 27 842 Referee: Stafoggia Milan v AS Roma 2 March 1997 22 Milan 1–1 AS Roma Milan Vierchowod 65' Report Fonseca 75' Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52 266 Referee: Treossi SSC Napoli v Milan 9 March 1997 23 SSC Napoli 0–0 Milan Napoli Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 55 071 Milan v AC Fiorentina 15 March 1997 24 Milan 2–0 AC Fiorentina Milan Desailly 62' Albertini 90' (pen) Report Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 52 983 Referee: Boggi Atalanta BC v Milan 23 March 1997 25 Atalanta BC 0–2 Milan Bergamo Report Weah 11' Eranio 66' Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 24 769 Referee: Ceccarini Milan v Juventus FC 6 April 1997 26 Milan 1–6 Juventus FC Milan Simone 76' Report Jugović 19, 51' Zidane 32' (pen.) Vieri 71, 81' Amoruso 73' Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 81 170 Referee: Braschi FC Inter v Milan 13 April 1997 27 FC Inter 3–1 Milan Milan Djorkaeff 32' (pen.) Zamorano 43' Ganz 57' Report Baggio 88' Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 70 996 Referee: Boggi Milan v Piacenza Calcio 20 April 1997 28 Milan 0–0 Piacenza Calcio Milano Rossi 30' Report Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 48 852 Referee: Messina Udinese Calcio v Milan 4 May 1997 29 Udinese Calcio 1–1 Milan Udinese Bierhoff 16' Nicoli  75' Report Maldini 72' Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 27 743 Milan v AC Reggiana 11 May 1997 30 Milan 3–1 AC Reggiana Milano Dugarry 12' Albertini 69' (pen.) Weah 90' Report Minetti 72' Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 47 061 Referee: Rossi AC Parma v Milan 15 May 1997 31 AC Parma 1–1 Milan Parma Chiesa 7' Report 53'Vierchowod Albertini 71' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 25 069 Referee: Boggi Milan v SS Lazio 18 May 1997 32 Milan 2–2 SS Lazio Milan Baggio 39' Weah 41' Weah 64' Report Boban 56' (o.g.) Fuser  73' Nedvěd 86' Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 48 604 Referee: Pairetto Vicenza Calcio v Milan 25 May 1997 33 Vicenza Calcio 2–0 Milan Vicenza Ambrosetti 6' Belotti  81' Baresi 86' (o.g.) Report 11' Eranio Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 15 416 Referee: Farina Milan v Cagliari Calcio 1 June 1997 34 Milan 0–1 Cagliari Calcio Milan Savicevic  64' Report Muzzi 10' Pancaro'41 Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53 690 Referee: Cesari Coppa Italia Main article: 1996–97 Coppa Italia Second Round Empoli FC v Milan 28 August 1996 Empoli FC 1–1 Milan Empoli 20:30 Cappellini 20' Report Locatelli 33' Boban  79' Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Livio Bazzoli Milan v Empoli FC 1 September 1996 Replay Milan 2–0 Empoli FC Milan 16:00 Simone 6' Simone 41' Baresi 27' Report Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 22 933 Referee: Roberto Bettin Eightfinals AC Reggiana v Milan 23 October 1996 AC Reggiana 0–2 Milan Cremona 20:30 De Napoli  57' Beiersdorfer Report Baggio 73' (pen.), 90' Desailly Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini[18] Attendance: 4 158 Referee: Stefano Braschi Quarterfinals Milan v Vicenza Calcio 13 November 1996 Milan 1–1 Vicenza Calcio Milan 20:30 Baggio 20' Dugarry Report Ambrosetti 11' Lopez  45'  Viviani Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 7 242 Referee: Robert Boggi Vicenza Calcio v Milan 27 November 1996 Vicenza Calcio 0–0 Milan Vicenza 20:30 Belotti  88' Report Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 20 077 Referee: Piero Ceccarini Supercoppa Italiana Main article: 1996 Supercoppa Italiana 25 August 1996 Milan 1–2 Fiorentina Savićević 22' Report Batistuta 12', 83' San Siro, Milan Attendance: 29,582 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi UEFA Champions League Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League Group stage Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Porto 6 5 1 0 12 4 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage 2 Rosenborg 6 3 0 3 7 11 −4 9 3 Milan 6 2 1 3 13 11 +2 7 4 IFK Göteborg 6 1 0 5 7 13 −6 3 Source: UEFA Milan v Porto 11 September 1996 1 Milan 2–3 Porto Milan 20:30 Simone 14' 89' Reiziger 40' Weah 69' 71' Albertini 78' Report 52'  21' Artur 75', 83' Jardel  75' Fernando Mendes  74' Jorge Costa  60' Paulinho Santos Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende Rosenborg v Milan 25 September 1996 2 Rosenborg 1–4 Milan Trondheim 20:30 Soltvedt 15' Report 6', 21', 24' Simone  37' Desailly 42'Savicevic 55'Weah  84' Costacurta Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 20.849 Referee: David Elleray IFK Göteborg v Milan 16 October 1996 3 IFK Göteborg 2–1 Milan Gothenburg 20:30 Wahlstedt 75' Alexandersson 84' Report 52' 84'Weah 70' Locatelli Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 42.450 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik Milan v IFK Göteborg 30 October 1996 4 Milan 4–2 IFK Göteborg Milan 20:30 Boban 4' Albertini 14' (pen.) 81' Locatelli 44' Baggio 90+2' Eranio  57' Report Blomqvist 27' A. Andersson 32' Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 29.803 Referee: Marc Batta Porto v Milan 20 November 1996 5 Porto 1–1 Milan Porto 19:30 Edmilson 71' Sergio Conceicao  67' Zahovic  69' Report Davids 56' 88' Eranio 4' Desailly 2' Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 50.000 Referee: Gerd Grabher Note: Weah was banned from six European matches for breaking the nose of the Portuguese defender Jorge Costa in the players' tunnel. Weah said he exploded in frustration after putting up with racist tauntings from Costa during both of the teams' Champions League matches that autumn. Costa strenuously denied the accusations of racism and was not charged by UEFA as no witnesses could verify Weah's allegations, not even his Milan teammates. Weah later attempted to apologise to Costa but this was rebuffed by the Portuguese, who considered the charges of racist insults leveled against him to be defamatory and took Weah to court. The incident led to Costa undergoing facial surgery and he was subsequently sidelined for three weeks.[19] Milan v Rosenborg 4 December 1996 6 Milan 1–2 Rosenborg Milan 20:30 Dugarry 45' Report Brattbakk 29' Heggem 70' Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 28.695 Referee: Giorgos Bikas Statistics Appearances and goals No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Champions League Supercoppa Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK  ITA Rossi 36 -49 26 -35 3 -1 6 -11 1 -2 11 DF  ITA Costacurta 39 0 30 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 29 DF  ITA Vierchowod 18 1 16 1 2 0 6 DF  ITA Baresi 30 0 26 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 DF  ITA Maldini 36 1 26 1 3 0 6 0 1 0 24 MF  ITA Eranio 30 2 18+3 2 3+1 0 1+3 0 0+1 0 4 MF  ITA Albertini 37 9 27+2 8 2 0 5 1 1 0 8 MF  GHA Desailly 38 1 29 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 20 MF  CRO Boban 36 2 26+2 1 2 0 5 1 1 0 9 FW  LBR Weah 36 16 25+3 13 1+1 0 5 3 1 0 23 FW  ITA Simone 33 10 18+5 4 2+1 2 4+2 4 1 0 25 GK  ITA Pagotto 11 -11 8+1 -10 2 -1 0 0 0 0 18 FW  ITA Baggio 33 9 16+7 5 5 3 3+2 1 34 MF  SWE Blomqvist 19 1 13+6 1 13 DF  ITA Coco 18 0 11+3 0 3 0 0+1 0 19 FW  FRA Dugarry 26 6 10+11 5 2 0 1+2 1 10 MF  YUG Savicevic 22 2 10+7 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 22 MF  NED Davids 24 1 9+6 0 4 0 3+1 1 0+1 0 14 DF  NED Reiziger 18 0 7+3 0 3+1 0 2+1 0 1 0 15 MF  ITA Ambrosini 18 0 4+7 0 2+1 0 4 0 0 0 21 DF  ITA Tassotti 12 0 2+8 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 38 DF  ITA Comazzi 1 0 1 0 0 0 32 DF  ITA Daino 6 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 28 FW  ITA Pelatti 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 31 MF  ITA Maiolo 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 MF  ITA De Francesco 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 35 DF  YUG Vukotic 0 0 0 0 36 DF  ITA Placida 0 0 0 0 27 MF  ITA Corrent 0 0 0 0 40 MF  ITA Grego 0 0 0 0 42 FW  ITA Maccarone 0 0 0 0 31 GK  ITA Prete 0 0 0 0 17 GK  ITA Aldegani Players transferred out during the season 2 DF  ITA Panucci 20 0 13 0 1 0 5+1 0 5 DF  ITA Galli 4 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0 16 MF  ITA Locatelli 10 2 3+2 0 1+2 1 1+1 1 0 0 26 FW  ITA Saudati 3 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1996/1112/ Goalscorers Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Supercoppa Coppa Italia UEFA CL Total 1 9 FW George Weah 13 0 0 3 16 2 23 FW Marco Simone 4 0 2 4 10 3 4 MF Demetrio Albertini 8 0 0 1 9 18 FW Roberto Baggio 5 0 3 1 9 5 19 FW Christophe Dugarry 5 0 0 1 6 6 10 MF Dejan Savicevic 1 1 0 0 2 20 MF Zvonimir Boban 1 0 0 1 2 16 MF Tomas Locatelli 0 0 1 1 2 9 3 DF Paolo Maldini 1 0 0 0 1 29 DF Pietro Vierchowod 1 0 0 0 1 8 MF Marcel Desailly 1 0 0 0 1 22 MF Edgar Davids 0 0 0 1 1 34 MF Jesper Blomqvist 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 41 1 6 13 61 Players in italics left the team during the season. Clean sheets Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Supercoppa Coppa Italia UEFA CL Total 1 1 GK Sebastiano Rossi 6 0 1 0 7 2 25 GK Angelo Pagotto 3 0 2 0 5 Totals 9 0 3 0 12 Disciplinary record No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Supercoppa Coppa Italia UEFA CL Total           20 MF Zvonimir Boban 6 1 1 1 2 11 2 8 MF Marcel Desailly 8 1 1 11 1 11 DF Alessandro Costacurta 9 1 10 2 4 MF Demetrio Albertini 6 1 1 2 6 0 24 DF Stefano Eranio 5 1 1 1 6 1 3 DF Paolo Maldini 5 1 1 5 1 19 FW Christophe Dugarry 3 1 2 6 1 1 GK Sebastiano Rossi 4 0 4 2 DF Christian Panucci 5 1 4 0 29 DF Pietro Vierchowod 4 0 4 18 FW Roberto Baggio 3 3 10 MF Dejan Savicevic 3 3 1 23 FW Marco Simone 2 2 15 MF Massimo Ambrosini 2 2 34 MF Jesper Blomqvist 1 1 1 13 DF Francesco Coco 1 1 38 DF Alberto Comazzi 1 1 32 DF Daniele Daino 1 1 16 FW Tomas Locatelli 1 1 14 DF Michael Reiziger 1 1 21 DF Mauro Tassotti 1 1 Players in italics left the team during the season. 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