Parma Associazione Calcio once again troubled the top teams in both Italy and Europe, but had to settle for just the curtain-raising

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as silverware in its ambitious ascent towards the top of Italian football. It almost repeated the victory in the 1992–93

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by reaching another

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, but lost out to

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. The purchase of

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from

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was successful, given his second place in the topscoring charts, beaten only by

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. Together with

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and

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, Parma's attack left many teams without a chance, but the defence was not good enough to match the level of champions

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, who conceded less than half of the 35 goals Parma did.

Players

Transfers

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Quarterfinals Semifinals

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

European Super Cup

Statistics

Players statistics

References

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