1990–91 A.S. Roma season

Associazione Sportiva Roma won the Coppa Italia and reached the final of the UEFA Cup, which compensated for Ottavio Bianchi's problematic league season, where Roma finished a mere 9th place, their worst season since 1979.

Roma

1990–91 season
President	Dino Viola
Manager	Ottavio Bianchi
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	9th
Coppa Italia	Winners
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Rudi Völler (11) All: Rudi Völler (21)
Home colours Away colours

In the UEFA Cup, Roma reached the two-legged final, where Inter won at home by 2–0, a result which a Ruggiero Rizzitelli goal in the return leg could not cancel out. Instead, a 3–1 win at home and a draw at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris against Sampdoria secured the 1990–91 Coppa Italia, the club's seventh Coppa Italia.

Players

Goalkeepers

• Giovanni Cervone
• Angelo Peruzzi
• Giuseppe Zinetti

Defenders

• Amedeo Carboni
• Aldair
• Antonio Comi
• Manuel Gerolin
• Thomas Berthold
• Sebastiano Nela
• Stefano Pellegrini
• Dario Rossi
• Antonio Tempestilli

Midfielders

• Bruno Conti
• Fabrizio Di Mauro
• Giampiero Maini
• Giuseppe Giannini
• Stefano Desideri
• Fausto Salsano
• Giovanni Piacentini
• Daniele Berretta

Forwards

• Ruggiero Rizzitelli
• Rudi Völler
• Andrea Carnevale
• Roberto Muzzi

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	9th	9 September 1990	26 May 1991
Coppa Italia	Second round	Winners	5 September 1990	9 June 1991
UEFA Cup	First round	Runners-up	19 September 1990	22 May 1991

Last updated: 9 June 1991

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Juventus	34	13	11	10	45	32	+13	37
8	Napoli	34	11	15	8	37	37	0	37
9	Roma	34	11	14	9	43	37	+6	36	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
10	Atalanta	34	11	13	10	38	37	+1	35
11	Lazio	34	8	19	7	33	36	−3	35

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.[1]

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	14	9	43	37	+6	47	8	6	3	27	12	+15	3	8	6	16	25	−9

Last updated: 26 May 1991.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 1991. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 September 1990 1	Roma	4–0	Fiorentina	Rome
	Völler  17' Salsano  42' Carnevale  62' (pen.), 65'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

16 September 1990 2	Genoa	3–0	Roma	Genoa
	Onorati  11' Aguilera  43', 48' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Gianni Beschin

23 September 1990 3	Roma	1–0	Bari	Rome
	Carnevale  48'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

30 September 1990 4	Internazionale	2–1	Roma	Milan
	Klinsmann  76' Pizzi  78'	Report	Carnevale  30'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pietro D'Elia

7 October 1990 5	Torino	1–0	Roma	Turin
	Romano  60'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Angelo Amendolia

21 October 1990 6	Roma	3–0	Lecce	Rome
	Salsano  54' Rizzitelli  63' Völler  73'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Fabio Baldas

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

11 November 1990 8	Roma	4–1	Cesena	Rome
	Desideri  48' Völler  51', 56' Muzzi  83'	Report	Gerolin  82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Walter Cinciripini

18 November 1990 9	Juventus	5–0	Roma	Turin
	Schillaci  23', 29', 61' Aldair  55' (o.g.) R. Baggio  90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Loris Stafoggia

25 November 1990 10	Roma	4–1	Bologna	Rome
	Berthold  27' Aldair  60' Desideri  88' Völler  90'	Report	Poli  37'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

2 December 1990 11	Lazio	1–1	Roma	Rome
	Sosa  55'	Report	Völler  45' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

16 December 1990 13	Roma	0–0	Milan	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Angelo Amendolia

30 December 1990 14	Atalanta	2–2	Roma	Bergamo
	Bordin  3' Caniggia  25'	Report	Bigliardi  52' (o.g.) Giannini  62'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

6 January 1991 15	Roma	0–0	Cagliari	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Giovanni Merlino

13 January 1991 16	Napoli	1–1	Roma	Naples
	Zola  15'	Report	Salsano  65'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Werter Cornieti

20 January 1991 17	Roma	0–2	Pisa	Rome
		Report	Larsen  59' Lucarelli  68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Moreno Frigerio

23 January 1991 12	Sampdoria	2–1	Roma	Genoa
	Tempestilli  12' (o.g.) Vialli  55'	Report	Tempestilli  13'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

27 January 1991 18	Fiorentina	1–1	Roma	Florence
	Buso  36'	Report	Salsano  48'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Tullio Lanese

3 February 1991 19	Roma	3–1	Genoa	Rome
	Giannini  40' Di Mauro  45' Völler  80'	Report	Aguilera  58'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luciano Luci

10 February 1991 20	Bari	0–1	Roma	Bari
		Report	Nela  83'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

17 February 1991 21	Roma	1–1	Internazionale	Rome
	Rizzitelli  81'	Report	Berti  67'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Piero Ceccarini

24 February 1991 22	Roma	2–0	Torino	Rome
	Aldair  18' Völler  83' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pietro D'Elia

3 March 1991 23	Lecce	1–1	Roma	Lecce
	Pasculli  29' (pen.)	Report	Muzzi  14'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

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	Cesena	1–1	Roma	Cesena
	Ciocci  65' (pen.)	Report	Völler  59'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Referee: Moreno Frigerio

24 March 1991 26	Roma	0–1	Juventus	Rome
		Report	Casiraghi  47'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Werter Cornieti

30 March 1991 27	Bologna	2–3	Roma	Bologna
	Détári  27' Türkyılmaz  31' (pen.)	Report	Rizzitelli  35' Desideri  64' Völler  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Luciano Luci

6 April 1991 28	Roma	1–1	Lazio	Rome
	Völler  53' (pen.)	Report	Sosa  80'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

14 April 1991 29	Roma	0–1	Sampdoria	Rome
		Report	Vierchowod  49'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Angelo Amendolia

20 April 1991 30	Milan	1–1	Roma	Milan
	Agostini  90'	Report	Rizzitelli  87'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

4 May 1991 31	Roma	2–1	Atalanta	Rome
	Bonacina  60' (o.g.) Rizzitelli  90'	Report	Catelli  42'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

12 May 1991 32	Cagliari	0–0	Roma	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Pierluigi Magni

18 May 1991 33	Roma	1–1	Napoli	Rome
	Carboni  15'	Report	Rizzardi  80'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gianni Beschin

26 May 1991 34	Pisa	0–1	Roma	Pisa
		Report	Muzzi  72'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Referee: Roberto Bettin

Coppa Italia

Second round

5 September 1990 First leg	Roma	1–0	Foggia	Rome
	Völler  9'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Moreno Frigerio

12 September 1990 Second leg	Foggia	1–3 (1–4 agg.)	Roma	Foggia
	Barone  32' (pen.)		Comi  15' Rizzitelli  34', 72'	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Moreno Frigerio

Round of 16

14 November 1990 First leg	Roma	2–0	Genoa	Rome
	Gerolin  41' Rizzitelli  66'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Piero Ceccarini

21 November 1990 Second leg	Genoa	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Roma	Genoa
	Pacione  81'		Völler  75'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Fabio Baldas

Quarter-finals

7 February 1991 First leg	Roma	1–1	Juventus	Rome
	Bonetti  45' (o.g.)		Casiraghi  56'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gianni Beschin

20 February 1991 Second leg	Juventus	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	Roma	Turin
			Berthold  35' Rizzitelli  44'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

Semi-finals

13 March 1991 First leg	Milan	0–0	Roma	Milan
				Stadium: San Siro Referee: Fabio Baldas

2 April 1991 Second leg	Roma	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Milan	Rome
	Van Basten  24' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pietro D'Elia

Final

30 May 1991 First leg	Roma	3–1	Sampdoria	Rome
	Pellegrini  12' (o.g.) Berthold  35' Völler  40' (pen.)		Katanec  29'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

9 June 1991 Second leg	Sampdoria	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	Roma	Genoa
	Aldair  79' (o.g.)		Völler  56' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

UEFA Cup

First round

19 September 1990 First leg	Roma	1–0	Benfica	Rome, Italy
20:30	Carnevale  1' Comi  26' Desideri  42'	Report	Vítor Paneira  32' Schwarz  71'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

3 October 1990 Second leg	Benfica	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Roma	Lisbon, Portugal
22:00	Veloso  78'	Report	Carnevale  28' Giannini  28' Nela  40' Carboni  66'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

Second round

24 October 1990 First leg	Valencia	1–1	Roma	Valencia, Spain
21:00	Penev  24' Arroyo  39'	Report	Desideri  6' Piacentini  20' Rizzitelli  72'	Stadium: Luís Casanova Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

7 November 1990 Second leg	Roma	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Valencia	Rome, Italy
20:30	Tempestilli  7' Giannini  36' Völler  63' (pen.) Salsano  74'	Report	Giner  36' Voro  78' Fernando  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 47,825 Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

Third round

28 November 1990 First leg	Roma	5–0	Bordeaux	Rome, Italy
20:30	Völler  10', 44' (pen.), 50' Tempestilli  58' Gerolin  61', 73'	Report	Sénac  43'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 48,699 Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

12 December 1990 Second leg	Bordeaux	0–2 (0–7 agg.)	Roma	Bordeaux, France
20:45	Bell  29'	Report	Salsano  65' Völler  73' (pen.) Piacentini  78' Desideri  90'	Stadium: Stade du Parc Lescure Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Quarter-finals

6 March 1991 First leg	Roma	3–0	Anderlecht	Rome, Italy
19:00	Desideri  44',  70' Nela  45' Völler  73' Giannini  75'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: George Courtney (England)

20 March 1991 Second leg	Anderlecht	2–3 (2–6 agg.)	Roma	Brussels, Belgium
20:00	Kooiman  73' Lamptey  82'	Report	Völler  24', 57', 70' Gerolin  72'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Semi-finals

10 April 1991 First leg	Brøndby	0–0	Roma	Brøndby, Denmark
19:00		Report		Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)

24 April 1991 Second leg	Roma	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Brøndby	Rome, Italy
19:00	Rizzitelli  33' Desideri  69' Völler  88'	Report	Jensen  55' Olsen  63' Nela  64' (o.g.) Rasmussen  72'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Final

8 May 1991 First leg	Internazionale	2–0	Roma	Milan, Italy
20:30	Matthäus  58' (pen.) Berti  67' Serena  78' Baresi  85'	Report	Comi  57' Aldair  67' Carboni  85'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)

22 May 1991 Second leg	Roma	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Internazionale	Rome, Italy
20:30	Tempestilli  39' Rizzitelli  81'	Report	Klinsmann  74' Bianchi  83'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Rudi Völler 11 (4)
• Ruggiero Rizzitelli 5
• Andrea Carnevale 4 (1)
• Fausto Salsano 4
• Giuseppe Giannini 3
• Stefano Desideri 3
• Roberto Muzzi 3

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.