1987–88 Serie A

Serie A
Season 1987 (1987)–88
Champions Milan
11th title
Relegated Avellino
Empoli
European Cup Milan
UEFA Cup Napoli
Roma
Internazionale
Juventus
Cup Winners' Cup Sampdoria
Matches played 240
Goals scored 504 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorer Diego Maradona
(15 goals)
All statistics correct as of 15 May 1988.

The 1987–88 Serie A was won by A.C. Milan.

Season summary

The summer of 1987 brought notable players in Italian championship: Vincenzo Scifo (for Internazionale), Ian Rush (Juventus), Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten (Milan).[1] Napoli started better than rivals, leading the group after five matches.[2] Inter and Juventus, en fact, had several issues.[3]

Reigning champions retained top-place in autumn and winter,[4][5] not meeting obstacles.[6] In spring times Napoli, however, got a slower step:[7] it was useful to help Milan's comeback, with Rossoneri able to recover a good amount of points.[8] Head-to-head match, played on 1 May 1988, smiled to Northern side that reported a 3–2 win.[9] Milan then got just two points but – for his chance – Napoli resulted worse losing both matches.[10] It led to Milan's 12th title and its first since 1979.[11] This season was the last with 16 teams playing, as two relegations and four promotions from Serie B caused, starting 1988–89, the presence of 18 clubs.

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Milan (C) 30 17 11 2 43 14 +29 45 European Cup First round
2 Napoli 30 18 6 6 55 27 +28 42 UEFA Cup
3 Roma 30 15 8 7 39 26 +13 38
4 Sampdoria 30 13 11 6 41 30 +11 37 Cup Winners' Cup
5 Internazionale 30 11 10 9 42 35 +7 32 UEFA Cup
6 Juventus 30 11 9 10 35 30 +5 31 UEFA Cup qualification
6 Torino 30 8 15 7 33 30 +3 31
8 Fiorentina 30 9 10 11 29 33 −4 28
9 Cesena 30 7 12 11 23 32 −9 26
10 Verona 30 7 11 12 23 30 −7 25
10 Como 30 6 13 11 22 37 −15 25
12 Ascoli 30 6 12 12 30 37 −7 24
12 Pisa 30 6 12 12 23 30 −7 24
12 Pescara 30 8 8 14 27 44 −17 24
15 Avellino 30 5 13 12 19 39 −20 23 Relegated to Serie B
16 Empoli 30 6 13 11 20 30 −10 20[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Empoli was penalised of 5 points from the start of the season.

Results

Home \ Away ASC AVE CES COM EMP FIO INT JUV MIL NAP PES PIS ROM SAM TOR VER
Ascoli — 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1
Avellino 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–0
Cesena 1–0 1–1 — 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
Como 3–1 0–0 2–0 — 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
Empoli 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 — 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–0
Fiorentina 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 — 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Inter 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 — 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–2 3–1 0–1 1–1
Juventus 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 — 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
Milan 2–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 — 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0
Napoli 2–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 — 6–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 4–1
Pescara 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 — 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–0
Pisa 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 2–0 — 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0
Roma 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 5–1 1–0 — 0–2 1–1 1–0
Sampdoria 2–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 — 1–1 3–1
Torino 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 — 1–1
Verona 2–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 —
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

UEFA Cup qualification

Juventus qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Diego Maradona Napoli 15
2 Brazil Careca Napoli 13
3 Italy Pietro Paolo Virdis Milan 11
Italy Giuseppe Giannini Roma 11
4 Italy Gianluca Vialli Sampdoria 10

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gianni Brera (12 September 1987). "I giorni del calcio". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 1.
  2. ↑ Gianni Mura (13 October 1987). "Il fenomeno Napoli". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 23.
  3. ↑ Gianni Brera (27 October 1987). "Qualcosa di travolgente". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 45.
  4. ↑ Gianni Brera (3 November 1987). "Maradona padre nostro". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 35.
  5. ↑ Gianni Brera (24 November 1987). "Caro Napoli, vai troppo forte". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 33.
  6. ↑ "Da Boniperti complimenti al Napoli". la Repubblica (in Italian). 24 December 1987. p. 19.
  7. ↑ Gianni Brera (22 March 1988). "Favole per la primavera". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 23.
  8. ↑ Gianni Mura (19 April 1988). "Vi dà fastidio lo scudetto bis?". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 34.
  9. ↑ Licia Granello (3 May 1988). "Ma non è ancora scudetto". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 34.
  10. ↑ Gianni Mura (15 May 1988). "La rivoluzione del sor Capanna". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 23.
  11. ↑ Massimo Agostini (17 May 1988). "Juve, ancora lacrime". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 26.

Sources

  • Panini Group, ed. (1988). Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 1989 (in Italian). Modena.
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