The 1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup was the last Anglo-Italian Cup competition. The European football competition was played between eight clubs from England and eight clubs from Italy. Italian side Genoa lifted the trophy after beating English side Port Vale 5–2.

Format

For the competition there were eight English teams and eight Italian teams. These teams were split into two groups consisting of four English and four Italian teams each. Each team played against the four teams in their group from the opposing nation. In each group, the best team from each nation progressed to the regional semi-finals. The semi-finals were two-leg matches played between each nation's group winners. The winner of each semi-final then met in a final.[1]

Group stage

Group[1]  England[1]  Italy[1]
A Birmingham City
Luton Town
Oldham Athletic
Port Vale
Ancona
Cesena
Genoa
Perugia
B Ipswich Town
Southend United
Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion
Brescia
Foggia
Reggiana
Salernitana

Group A games

Ancona10Oldham Athletic
Birmingham City23Genoa
Cesena22Port Vale
Luton Town14Perugia
Genoa40Luton Town
Oldham Athletic00Cesena
Perugia01Birmingham City
Port Vale20Ancona
Ancona12Birmingham City
Cesena21Luton Town
Oldham Athletic20Perugia
Port Vale00Genoa
Birmingham City31Cesena
Genoa00Oldham Athletic
Luton Town50Ancona
Perugia35Port Vale

Group A tables

Group B games

Foggia11Stoke City
Salernitana00West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town21Reggiana
Southend United00Brescia
Brescia22Ipswich Town
Reggiana11Southend United
Stoke City22Salernitana
West Bromwich Albion11Foggia
Foggia01Ipswich Town
Salernitana21Southend United
Stoke City11Brescia
West Bromwich Albion21Reggiana
Brescia01West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town20Salernitana
Reggiana00[2]Stoke City
Southend United12Foggia

Group B tables

Regional Semi-finals

English semi-final
Ipswich Town24Port Vale
West Bromwich Albion(4) 22 (1)Birmingham City
Italian semi-final
Foggia12Cesena
Genoa(6) 00 (5)Salernitana

Regional Finals

English final
West Bromwich Albion00Port Vale
West Bromwich Albion13Port Vale
Italian final
Cesena04Genoa
Genoa10Cesena

Tournament Final

Genoa Italy52Port Vale England
Ruotolo 12', 54', 66'
Galante 21'
Montella 39'
Report Foyle 68', 82'
Genoa:
GK1Italy Luca Pastinedownward-facing red arrow 75'
DF2Italy Davide Nicoladownward-facing red arrow 50'
DF5Italy Fabio Galante
DF6Italy Luca Cavallo
DF3Italy Daniele Delli Carri
MF4Italy Oscar Magoni
MF7Italy Gennaro Ruotolo
MF8Italy Mario Bortolazzi
MF11Italy Roberto Onoratidownward-facing red arrow 46'
FW9Italy Vincenzo Montella
FW10Italy Marco Nappi
Substitutes:
GK12Italy Gianpaolo Spagnuloupward-facing green arrow 75'
MF14Netherlands John van 't Schipupward-facing green arrow 50'
MF13Italy Vincenzo Torrenteupward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Italy Gaetano Salvemini
Port Vale
GKEngland Paul Musselwhite
DFEngland Andy Hill
DFEngland Gareth Griffiths
DFEngland Neil Aspin
DFEngland Dean Stokesdownward-facing red arrow 37'
MFNorthern Ireland Jon McCarthy
MFEngland Andy Porter
MFEngland Ian Bogie
MFEngland Steve Guppydownward-facing red arrow 86'
FWEngland Martin Foyle
FWScotland Lee Gloverdownward-facing red arrow 59'
Substitutes:
MFEngland Ray Walkerupward-facing green arrow 37'
MFEngland Stewart Talbotupward-facing green arrow 86'
FWEngland Tony Naylorupward-facing green arrow 59'
Manager:
England John Rudge

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Anglo-Italian Cup 1995/96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. Ashdown, John. "Football's unbreakable records and the teams who can't play each other". Guardian.com. GuardianMedia. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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