Parma-Juve, Like a Derby

By: Francesco | November 8th, 2007

As central defender Massimo Paci said today in a press conference, walking around the city of Parma you get the atmosphere of a derby. Parma-Juventus has always been a derby like encounter, as both sides have provided such great games throughout the years. This “derby” was at it’s high point in the 90’s when Parma beat Juventus to win the 1995 UEFA Cup. After the jump we’ll go through some stats.

Probably the only Juventus player who will be applauded at the Tardini on Sunday will be the man in the picture, Gianluigi Buffon. After starring for Parma from 1995-2001, he went on to Juventus for a record setting fee for a goalkeeper. Although he was born in Tuscany, he was brought through the Parma youth system and made his debut as a 17 year old. He is still loved by the Gialloblu’ fans.

The only other ex-Parma player on the roster is winger Marco Marchionni. As you all know in the past they had Fabio Cannavaro and Lillian Thuram, two ex-Parma players.

Of course you also know that Claudio Ranieri coached Parma for the second half of last season, guiding the Gialloblu’ to a miraculous salvation.

And how about this little fun fact. In the mid 90’s, Juventus wanted to sell Dino Baggio to Parma. Baggio refused, and Juventus then were all ready to sell a young Alessandro Del Piero to the Gialloblu’. At the last minute, Baggio had a change of heart and accepted the transfer, and therefore Del Piero stayed at Juve and became a Juventus legend.

Parma-Juventus all-time results

1990/91
Parma-Juve 1-2 (Parma’s first ever game in Serie A)
Juve-Parma 5-0 (Not a good year for Parma vs. Juventus)

1991/92
Juve-Parma 1-0 (Roberto Baggio got Juve the win)
Parma-Juventus 0-0 (Parma gets better)

1992/1993
Juventus-Parma 2-2 (Parma almost gets their first win vs. Juve, but Vialli scores late to tie)
Parma-Juventus 2-1 (Finally, the first win vs. Juve. We finished 3rd place that year)

1993/1994
Parma-Juventus 2-0 (Two late goals from Zola and Brolin give Parma another win vs. Juve)
Juventus-Parma 4-0 (A young Alex Del Piero wins the game for Juve)

1994/1995
Parma-Juventus 1-3 (Dino Baggio scores vs. his former team, but it isn’t enough)
Juventus-Parma 4-0 (Juventus dominate us, but not in Europe, see below)
UEFA Cup Final- Parma-Juve 2-1 on aggregate, Parma wins 1st UEFA Cup

1995/1996
Parma-Juventus 1-1 (goals from Ciro Ferrara and Tino Asprilla)
Juventus-Parma 1-0 (unlucky own goal gets Juve the win)

1996/1997
Parma-Juventus 1-0 (early goal from Enrico Chiesa gives Parma the win)
Juventus-Parma 1-1 (own goal from Zinedine Zidane gives Parma a draw)

1997/1998
Juventus-Parma 2-2 (a late Amoruso goal gets Juventus a draw)
Parma-Juventus 2-2 (another 2-2, Juve comes from two goals down to draw)

1998/1999
Parma-Juventus 1-0 (Dino Baggio scores against Juve once again)
Juventus-Parma 2-4 (the famous Crespo hat trick. I posted the video in the last post)

1999/2000
Parma-Juventus 1-1 (Crespo scores an injury time equalizer)
Juventus-Parma 1-0 (Del Piero gives Juve it’s first win over Parma since 1996)

2000/2001
Juventus-Parma 1-0 (Ciro Ferrara with a rare goal)
Parma-Juventus 0-0 (Bad year for Parma-Juve)

2001/2002
Juventus-Parma 3-1 (Trezeguet makes his presence felt in Italian football)
Parma-Juventus 1-0 (2 minutes from the end Lamouchi scores to get Parma the win)

2002/2003
Juventus-Parma 2-2 (Parma is winning 2-1, but Del Piero scores in the 95th to get the point)
Parma-Juventus 1-2 (Marco Di Vaio scores against his former club for Juve)

2003/2004
Juventus-Parma 4-0 (demolition of the Gialloblu’ by the Bianconeri)
Parma-Juventus 2-2 (Another 90th minute goal gets Juventus the draw)

2004/2005
Parma-Juventus 1-1 (a late Marchionni goal gets Parma a draw)
Juventus-Parma 2-0 (Del Piero and Ibrahimovic get Juventus the win)

2005/2006
Parma-Juventus 1-2 (late Vieira goal gets Juventus the draw)
Juventus-Parma 1-1 (A Daniele Dessena goal gets a draw against Juve)

Of course last season there were no Parma-Juve encounters, so this will be the first one since 2006. We haven’t beaten Juventus since 2002, but Parma will give Juve a good fight.

This should be an interesting encounter. Avanti Crociati!

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