1994–95 Parma AC season

Parma Associazione Calcio had one of its most successful seasons ever, thanks to a third-place finish in Serie A with the same points as runner-up Lazio, plus a victory against Juventus in the UEFA Cup Final. It also reached the Coppa Italia Final, where they were defeated by Juventus.

Parma

1994–95 season
Owner	Parmalat
President	Giorgio Pedraneschi
Manager	Nevio Scala
Stadium	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Zola (19) All: Zola (28)
Home colours Away colours
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Luca Bucci — GK  ITA Giovanni Galli — GK  ITA Rocco Bachini — DF  ITA Antonio Benarrivo — DF  ITA Luigi Apolloni — DF  ITA Lorenzo Minotti — DF  ITA Alberto Di Chiara — DF  POR Fernando Couto — DF  ARG Roberto Sensini — DF  ITA Massimo Susic — DF  ITA Roberto Mussi — DF  ITA Marcello Castellini — DF  ITA Diego Pellegrini

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ITA Gianfranco Cicarti — MF  ITA Massimo Crippa — MF  ITA Dino Baggio — MF  ITA Stefano Fiore — MF  ITA Gabriele Pin — MF  SWE Tomas Brolin — MF  ITA Mario Caruso — MF  ITA Roberto Magnani — FW  COL Faustino Asprilla — FW  ITA Gianfranco Zola — FW  ITA Marco Branca

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Dino Baggio	Juventus
DF	Fernando Couto	FC Porto
FW	Marco Branca	Udinese Calcio
GK	Giovanni Galli	Torino F.C.
DF	Massimo Susic	Pisa Calcio
DF	Roberto Mussi	Torino F.C.
DF	Marcello Castellini	Perugia Calcio
DF	Diego Pellegrini	Vicenza Calcio
MF	Stefano Fiore	Cosenza Calcio

Out
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Alessandro Melli	Sampdoria
GK	Marco Ballotta	Brescia Calcio
DF	Georges Grün	RSC Anderlecht
DF	David Balleri	Padova Calcio
DF	Salvatore Matrecano	S.S.C. Napoli
DF	Roberto Maltagliati	Torino F.C.
MF	Daniele Zoratto	Padova Calcio
MF	Roberto Colacone	Carrarese Calcio
MF	Giovanni Sorce		released

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1994–95 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	34	23	4	7	59	32	+27	73	Qualified to Champions League
2	Lazio	34	19	6	9	69	34	+35	63	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Parma	34	18	9	7	51	31	+20	63	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
4	Milan	34	17	9	8	53	32	+21	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup
5	Roma	34	16	11	7	46	25	+21	59

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).^[1]
(C) Champions

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 1995–96 UEFA Champions League Group stage;   = 1995–96 UEFA Cup First round

Matches

Parma v Cremonese

4 September 1994 1	Parma	2–0	Cremonese	Parma
	Couto 20' Zola 60' D. Baggio	Report	De Agostini Cristiani	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Padova v Parma

11 September 1994 2	Padova	0–3	Parma	Padua
		Report	Minotti 9' Asprilla 28', 55'	Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Walter Cinciripini

Parma v Cagliari

18 September 1994 3	Parma	2–1	Cagliari	Parma
	D. Baggio 30' Couto 45', Castellini	Report	Oliveira 56' (pen.) Herrera Bellucci Lantignotti Pancaro  57'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Liberto Brignoccoli

Lazio v Parma

25 September 1994 4	Lazio	2–2	Parma	Rome
	Signori 26', 74'	Report	Branca 66', 70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Parma v Torino

2 October 1994 5	Parma	2–0	Torino	Parma
	Zola 57' Branca 83' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Sampdoria v Parma

15 October 1994 6	Sampdoria	3–1	Parma	Genoa
	Maspero 75' (pen.), 81' (pen.) Mancini 87'	Report	Zola 43' Di Chiara  86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Gianni Beschin

Parma v Reggiana

23 October 1994 7	Parma	2–1	Reggiana	Parma
	D. Baggio 61' Branca 79' (pen.)	Report	Futre 15'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Roberto Bettin

Parma v Roma

30 October 1994 8	Parma	1–0	Roma	Parma
	Zola 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Loris Stafoggia

Milan v Parma

6 November 1994 9	Milan	1–1	Parma	Milan
	Massaro 33'	Report	Crippa 74'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Parma v Foggia

20 November 1994 10	Parma	2–0	Foggia	Parma
	D. Baggio 89' Couto 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Graziano Cesari

Internazionale v Parma

27 November 1994 11	Internazionale	1–1	Parma	Milan
	Sosa 24' (pen.)	Report	Branca 61' Apolloni  85'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Parma v Brescia

4 December 1994 12	Parma	4–0	Brescia	Parma
	Crippa 45' Zola 59', 65' D. Baggio 85'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Gennaro Borriello

Genoa v Parma

11 December 1994 13	Genoa	0–0	Parma	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Bari v Parma

18 December 1994 14	Bari	1–2	Parma	Bari
	Tovalieri 20' Mangone Amoruso	Report	Zola 12' Crippa 67'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Loris Stafoggia

Parma v Juventus

8 January 1995 15	Parma	1–3	Juventus	Parma
	D. Baggio 57' Minotti Crippa Asprilla Couto   87'	Report	Sousa 61', Ravanelli 70', 74' (pen.) Torricelli Jarni	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Fiorentina v Parma

15 January 1995 16	Fiorentina	1–1	Parma	Florence
	Batistuta 9'	Report	Pin 47' Benarrivo Susic	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Parma v Napoli

22 January 1995 17	Parma	2–0	Napoli	Parma
	Asprilla 4',  90' Zola 50' (pen.) Crippa 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Cremonese v Parma

29 January 1995 18	Cremonese	1–1	Parma	Cremona
	Chiesa 70'	Report	Zola 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Angelo Amendolia

Parma v Padova

12 February 1995 19	Parma	1–0	Padova	Parma
	Zola 72'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Cagliari v Parma

19 February 1995 20	Cagliari	2–0	Parma	Cagliari
	Berretta 6' Oliveira 15'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Marcello Nicchi

Parma v Lazio

26 February 1995 21	Parma	2–0	Lazio	Parma
	Asprilla 11', 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Torino v Parma

5 March 1995 22	Torino	0–2	Parma	Turin
		Report	Zola 32' D. Baggio 88'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Graziano Cesari

Parma v Sampdoria

12 March 1995 23	Parma	3–2	Sampdoria	Parma
	Zola 19', 75', 67' Asprilla 22'	Report	Lombardo 55' (pen.) Gullit 64' Mannini  77'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Reggiana v Parma

19 March 1995 24	Reggiana	2–2	Parma	Reggio Emilia
	Esposito 14' Apolloni 67' (o.g.)	Report	Couto 25' Minotti 39'	Stadium: Stadio Giglio Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

Roma v Parma

1 April 1995 25	Roma	1–0	Parma	Rome
	Balbo 23'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Parma v Milan

9 April 1995 26	Parma	2–3	Milan	Parma
	Zola 41' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Couto Branca	Report	Lentini 3', Simone 14' (pen.), 53' Desailly Baresi  64'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 24,449 Referee: Loris Stafoggia

Foggia v Parma

15 April 1995 27	Foggia	0–0	Parma	Foggia
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Parma v Internazionale

23 April 1995 28	Parma	3–0	Internazionale	Parma
	Sensini 54', 82' Zola 74'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Marcello Nicchi

Brescia v Parma

29 April 1995 29	Brescia	1–2	Parma	Brescia
	Neri 21'	Report	Zola 7', 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Gianni Beschin

Parma v Genoa

7 May 1995 30	Parma	0–0	Genoa	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Stefano Braschi

Parma v Bari

13 May 1995 31	Parma	1–0	Bari	Parma
	Fiore 14'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Juventus v Parma

21 May 1995 32	Juventus	4–0	Parma	Turin
	Ravanelli 11', 68' Deschamps 37' Vialli 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Piero Ceccarini

Parma v Fiorentina

28 May 1995 33	Parma	3–0	Fiorentina	Parma
	Branca 75', 84' Zola 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Napoli v Parma

4 June 1995 34	Napoli	1–0	Parma	Naples
	Agostini 24' (pen.)	Report	Brolin  23'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Walter Cinciripini

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1994–95 Coppa Italia

Second round

Parma v Perugia

31 August 1994 First leg	Parma	4–0	Perugia	Parma
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zola 15' Branca 16', 19', 26' Apolloni	Report	Dicara	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 6,849 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

Perugia v Parma

21 September 1994 Second leg	Perugia	1–0 (1–4 agg.)	Parma	Perugia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pin 40' (o.g.) Ferrante	Report	Di Chiara Castellini	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Francesco Arena

Eightfinals

Parma v Cagliari

12 October 1994 First leg	Parma	2–0	Cagliari	Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	D. Baggio 10' Couto 42'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Cagliari v Parma

27 October 1994 Second leg	Cagliari	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Parma	Cagliari
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Herrera  27' Bisoli  76' Valdés 90'	Report	Couto  29' Sensini 90'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

Quarter-finals

Parma v Fiorentina

30 November 1994 First leg	Parma	2–0	Fiorentina	Parma
20:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Couto  5' Zola 45' Branca 52'	Report	Baiano  5' Amerini  17' Luppi  66'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 13,492 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

Fiorentina v Parma

15 December 1994 Second leg	Fiorentina	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Parma	Florence
20:40 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Sensini 58' (o.g.) Malusci Luppi	Report	Zola 49' Branca 70' Crippa	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Walter Cinciripini

Semi-final

Foggia v Parma

9 March 1995 First leg	Foggia	1–1	Parma	Foggia
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Di Biagio 31'	Report	Asprilla  37' Couto 58'	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 4,841 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Parma v Foggia

12 April 1995 Second leg	Parma	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Foggia	Parma
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Couto  39' Minotti 45' D. Baggio  48' Susic  57' Branca 63' Zola 80'	Report	Mandelli 42',  61' Biagioni  65'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 7,170 Referee: Virginio Quartuccio

Final

Main article: 1995 Coppa Italia Final

Juventus v Parma

7 June 1995 First leg	Juventus	1–0	Parma	Turin
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Porrini 10' Sousa  62'	Report	Crippa  76' Mussi  90'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 33,841 Referee: Angelo Amendolia

Parma v Juventus

11 June 1995 Second leg	Parma	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Juventus	Parma
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Apolloni  3'  86' Couto  41' Bucci  54' Zola  62'	Report	Porrini 26',  42' Marocchi  50' Ravanelli 54'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 23,823 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1994–95 UEFA Cup

First round

Vitesse v Parma

13 September 1994 First leg	Vitesse	1–0	Parma	Arnhem, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Simons  23' Gillhaus 50'	Report	D. Baggio  29' Crippa  41' Couto  76'	Stadium: Nieuw Monnikenhuize Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Parma v Vitesse

27 September 1994 Second leg	Parma	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Vitesse	Parma, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Zola 23', 72' D. Baggio  26' Branca  86'	Report	Vermeulen  51'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 9,081 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

Second round

AIK v Parma

18 October 1994 First leg	AIK	0–1	Parma	Solna, Sweden
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Nordin  27'	Report	Asprilla  13' Crippa  27', 71' Apolloni  29' Di Chiara  67'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gerald Ashby (England)

Parma v AIK

2 November 1994 Second leg	Parma	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	AIK	Parma, Italy
17:45 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Minotti 5', 15'	Report	Johansson  87'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 5,301 Referee: Patrick Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Eightfinals

Athletic Bilbao v Parma

22 November 1994 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Parma	Bilbao, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Ziganda 49'	Report	Minotti  44'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Parma v Athletic Bilbao

6 December 1994 Second leg	Parma	4–2 (4–3 agg.)	Athletic Bilbao	Parma, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Crippa  7' Zola 20' D. Baggio 38', 47' Couto 63',  74' Franchini  85'	Report	Urrutia  34' Vales 56' Mendiguren  62' Guerrero 76' Ziganda  78'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 14,627 Referee: David Elleray (England)

Quarter-finals

Parma v Odense

28 February 1995 First leg	Parma	1–0	Odense	Parma, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Susic  28' D. Baggio  33' Benarrivo  36' Asprilla  41' Zola 49' (pen.)	Report	O. Hansen  25' Dethlefsen  27' J. Hansen  45'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 6,319 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Odense v Parma

14 March 1995 Second leg	Odense	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Parma	Odense, Denmark
20:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Pin  38' Branca  48'	Stadium: Fionia Park Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Atanas Ouzounov (Bulgaria)

Semi-finals

Bayer Leverkusen v Parma

4 April 1995 First leg	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Parma	Leverkusen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Paulo Sérgio 20'	Report	Benarrivo  9' Sensini  43' D. Baggio 48' Asprilla 53'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Parma v Bayer Leverkusen

18 April 1995 Second leg	Parma	3–0 (5–1 agg.)	Bayer Leverkusen	Parma, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Asprilla 3', 55' Crippa  51' Zola 67'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Final

Main article: 1995 UEFA Cup Final

Parma v Juventus

3 May 1995 First leg	Parma	1–0	Juventus	Parma, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	D. Baggio 5' Apolloni  16' Pin  42' Zola  54' Sensini  60'	Report	Deschamps  61' Tacchinardi  82'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 22,062 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Juventus v Parma

17 May 1995 Second leg	Juventus	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Parma	Milan, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ravanelli  16' Vialli 35',  43' Ferrara  63'	Report	Couto  2' Minotti  29' Crippa  47' D. Baggio 53' Asprilla  72' Castellini  86'	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 80,754 Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Bucci	45	-35	30	-25	3	-4	12	-6
	DF	ITA	Mussi	43	0	19+9	0	8	0	4+3	0
	DF	ITA	Minotti	54	5	33	2	10	1	11	2
	DF	ITA	Di Chiara	48	0	30	0	8	0	10	0
	DF	POR	Couto	44	7	27	4	9	2	8	1
	DF	ITA	Apolloni	45	0	29	0	7	0	9	0
	MF	ITA	Crippa	48	4	27+4	3	9	0	8	1
	MF	ARG	Sensini	42	3	19+5	2	8	1	9+1	0
	MF	ITA	Dino Baggio	49	12	31	6	7	1	10+1	5
	FW	ITA	Zola	51	28	32	19	7	4	12	5
	FW	COL	Asprilla	40	9	24+1	6	7	0	7+1	3
	GK	ITA	Galli	17	-10	4+6	-6	7	-4	0	0
	DF	ITA	Benarrivo	22	2	14+3	2	0	0	5	0
	DF	ITA	Susic	18	0	6+3	0	4	0	5	0
	DF	ITA	Castellini	19	0	4+4	0	4	0	4+3	0
	DF	ITA	Pellegrini	3	0	0+1	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Pin	41	1	18+5	1	8	0	8+2	0
	MF	SWE	Brolin	16	0	10+1	0	1	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Fiore	20	1	4+4	1	6	0	2+4	0
	MF	ITA	Caruso	5	0	0+2	0	2	0	0+1	0
	MF	ITA	Magnani	1	0	0+1	0
	FW	ITA	Branca	40	13	13+12	7	8	6	4+3	0
	GK	ITA	Bachini
	GK	ITA	G. Franchini	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	G. Hervatin	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	M. Lemme	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Cicarti

• Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/rose/1994/1080/

Goalscorers

• Gianfranco Zola 19
• Marco Branca 7
• Dino Baggio 6
• Faustino Asprilla 6
• Fernando Couto 4

References

1. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.