1990–91 Parma AC season

Parma
1990–91 season
Owner	Calisto Tanzi
President	Giorgio Pedraneschi
Manager	Nevio Scala
Stadium	Ennio Tardini
Serie A	6th; (In 1991-92 UEFA Cup)
Coppa Italia	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alessandro Melli (13); All: ; Alessandro Melli (13)
Average home league attendance	18,005
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 season was Parma Associazione Calcio's 78th in Italian football and their first ever season in the Serie A. It was Nevio Scala's second year at the club, as Parma achieved promotion the previous season, by finishing in fourth place. In their first season, they finished in sixth place, before securing a UEFA Cup spot. In the Coppa Italia, they were eliminated 2–0 on aggregate by Fiorentina in the second round, after two legs.^[2] Alberto Di Chiara, who went on to join the club the same season, and Stefano Borgonovo scored the goals.

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BRA	Cláudio Taffarel
—	GK	ITA	Marco Ferrari
—	DF	ITA	Enzo Gambaro
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Apolloni
—	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Minotti
—	DF	BEL	Georges Grün
—	DF	ITA	Cornelio Donati
—	DF	ITA	Stefano Rossini
—	DF	ITA	Giovanni Bia
—	DF	ITA	Gianpaolo Morabito
—	DF	ITA	Antonio Sconziano
—	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Siviglia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Daniele Zoratto
—	MF	ITA	Stefano Cuoghi
—	MF	ITA	Aldo Monza
—	MF	ITA	Tarcisio Catanese
—	MF	SWE	Tomas Brolin
—	MF	ITA	Marco Osio
—	MF	ITA	Rocco De Marco
—	FW	ITA	Alessandro Melli
—	FW	ITA	Giovanni Sorce
—	FW	ITA	Graziano Mannari
—	FW	ITA	Mario Lemme

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Tomas Brolin	IFK Norrköping
GK	Cláudio Taffarel	SC Internacional
DF	Georges Grün	RSC Anderlecht
MF	Stefano Rossini	Fiorentina
DF	Giovanni Bia	Perugia
MF	Stefano Cuoghi	Pisa
FW	Graziano Mannari	Como
MF	Giovanni Sorce	Licata

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Luca Bucci	Casertana
GK	Giacomo Zunico	Lecce
DF	Giovanni Bia	Trento	loan
DF	Alessandro Orlando	Udinese
DF	Luca Somella	Avellino
DF	Massimo Susic	Udinese
MF	Carlo Bocchialini	Casertana
MF	Vincenzo Esposito	Avellino
MF	Marco Giandebiaggi	Cremonese
FW	Maurizio Ganz	Brescia
FW	Marcello Melli

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Genoa	34	14	12	8	51	36	+15	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup
5	Torino	34	12	14	8	40	29	+11	38
6	Parma^[a]	34	13	12	9	35	31	+4	38
7	Juventus	34	13	11	10	45	32	+13	37
8	Napoli	34	11	15	8	37	37	0	37

Source: 1990–91 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[3]
Notes:

^ Parma qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup as a substitute for the banned Milan.

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	D
Position	12	12	8	7	6	5	4	6	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	6	5	6

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1991–92 European Cup; = 1991–92 UEFA Cup; = 1991-92 Serie B

Matches

9 September 1990 1	Parma	1–2	Juventus	Parma
	Melli 88' (pen.)	Report	Napoli N. 24' Baggio 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Ennio Tardini

16 September 1990 2	Lazio	0–0	Parma	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Olimpico

23 September 1990 3	Parma	1–0	Napoli	Parma
	Osio 64'	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini Referee: Angelo Amendiola

30 September 1990 4	Bari	2–2	Parma	Bari
	Joao Paulo 39' Dicara 73'	Report	Brolin 59' Minotti 84'	Stadium: della Vittoria

7 October 1990 5	Parma	0–0	Sampdoria	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

21 October 1990 6	Fiorentina	2–3	Parma	Firenze
	Kubik 42' (pen.) Buso 73'	Report	Melli 17' Melli 20' Brolin 38'	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Giovanni Merlino

28 October 1990 7	Parma	2–1	Roma	Parma
	Brolin 33' Sebastiano Nela 45' (o.g.)	Report	Giannini 38'	Stadium: Ennio Tardini Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

11 November 1990 8	Internazionale	2–1	Parma	Milan
	Serena 35' Matthäus 37' (pen.)	Report	Melli 89'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

18 November 1990 9	Pisa	0–2	Parma	Pisa
		Report	Melli 24' Osio 75'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Referee: Roberto Boggi

25 November 1990 10	Parma	2–0	Cagliari	Parma
	Osio 50' Grun 90'	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini Referee: Bruno Di Cola

2 December 1990 11	Genoa	2–1	Parma	Genoa
	Carlos Aguilera 20' (pen.) Branco 38'	Report	Melli 46'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Marcello Cardona

9 December 1990 12	Parma	1–1	Bologna	Parma
	Melli 13'	Report	Turkyilmaz 88'	Stadium: Ennio Tardini

16 December 1990 13	Parma	1–0	Atalanta	Parma
	Melli 24'	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

30 December 1990 14	Torino	0–0	Parma	Torino
		Report		Stadium: Comunale

6 January 1991 15	Parma	0–0	Lecce	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

13 January 1991 16	Cesena	0–1	Parma	Cesena
		Report	Brolin 45'	Stadium: Dino Manuzzi

20 January 1991 17	Parma	2–0	Milan	Parma
	Melli 6' Melli 34'	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

27 January 1991 18	Juventus	5–0	Parma	Torino
	Júlio César 24' Casiraghi 57' Marocchi 73' Baggio 85' Baggio 87'			Stadium: delle Alpi

3 February 1991 19	Parma	0–0	Lazio	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

10 February 1991 20	Napoli	4–2	Parma	Napoli
	Maradona 25' (pen.) Maradona 69' (pen.) De Napoli 38' Careca 72'	Report	Minotti 52' Osio 81'	Stadium: San Paolo

17 February 1991 21	Parma	1–0	Bari	Parma
	Brambati 46' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

24 February 1991 22	Sampdoria	1–0	Parma	Genoa
	Mancini 90'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Stadium Attendance: 31 714 Referee: Magni

3 March 1991 23	Parma	1–0	Fiorentina	Parma
	Minotti 13'	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

10 March 1991 24	Roma	1–1	Parma	Rome
	Di Mauro 35'	Report	Brolin 30'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Tullio Lanese

17 March 1991 25	Parma	0–0	Internazionale	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

24 March 1991 26	Parma	2–3	Pisa	Parma
	Brolin 73' Melli 87' (pen.)	Report	Padovano 32' Neri 59' Padovano 61'	Stadium: Ennio Tardini

30 March 1991 27	Cagliari	2–1	Parma	Cagliari
	Fonseca 20' Herrera 90'	Report	Osio 58'	Stadium: Sant'Elia

7 April 1991 28	Parma	2–1	Genoa	Parma
	Melli 33' Sorce 64'	Report	Ferroni 35'	Stadium: Ennio Tardini

14 April 1991 29	Bologna	1–3	Parma	Bologna
	Turkyilmaz 37'	Report	Melli 33' Grun 82' Minotti 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

21 April 1991 30	Atalanta	0–0	Parma	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Comunale

5 May 1991 31	Parma	0–0	Torino	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

12 May 1991 32	Lecce	1–0	Parma	Lecce
	Benedetti P. 59'	Report		Stadium: Via del Mare

19 May 1991 33	Parma	2–0	Cesena	Parma
	Osio 16' Brolin 74'	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

26 May 1991 34	Milan	0–0	Parma	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro

Goalscorers

Coppa Italia

Second round

5 September 1990 (1990-09-05)	Fiorentina	1–0	Parma	Firenze
	Di Chiara 60'			Stadium: Artemio Franchi

12 September 1990 (1990-09-12)	Parma	0–1	Fiorentina	Parma
			Borgonovo 22'	Stadium: Ennio Tardini

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	BRA	Cláudio Taffarel	34	-30	34	-30
	DF	ITA	Cornelio Donati	25	0	25	0
	DF	ITA	Enzo Gambaro	34	0	34	0
	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Minotti	33	4	33	4
	DF	BEL	Georges Grün	33	2	33	2
	DF	ITA	Luigi Apolloni	32	0	32	0
	MF	ITA	Daniele Zoratto	32	0	32	0
	MF	ITA	Stefano Cuoghi	29	0	29	0
	MF	SWE	Tomas Brolin	33	7	33	7
	MF	ITA	Marco Osio	30	6	30	6
	FW	ITA	Alessandro Melli	29	13	29	13
	GK	ITA	Marco Ferrari	1	-1	0+1	-1
	MF	ITA	Tarcisio Catanese	20	0	11+9	0
	DF	ITA	Stefano Rossini	7	0	5+2	0
	MF	ITA	Aldo Monza	17	0	6+11	0
	MF	ITA	Rocco De Marco	8	0	4+4	0
	FW	ITA	Giovanni Sorce	23	1	3+20	1
	FW	ITA	Graziano Mannari	12	0	1+11	0
	DF	ITA	Giovanni Bia
	DF	ITA	Gianpaolo Morabito

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1990/1008/

References

^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A". Stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
^ Bruno Perucca (21 January 1991). "SuperMelli oscura Van Basten". La Stampa. p. 31.
^ 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.

[table_note_PAR0.86154987051224-3] Parma qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup as a substitute for the banned Milan.

[1] "Attendance Statistics of Serie A". Stadiapostcards.com. Retrieved 18 February 2012.

[2] Bruno Perucca (21 January 1991). "SuperMelli oscura Van Basten". La Stampa. p. 31.

[4] 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.

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