1987–88 Serie A

Serie A

Season	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)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Ascoli

Avellino

Cesena

Como

Empoli

Fiorentina

Inter
Milan

Juventus
Torino

Napoli

Pescara

Pisa

Roma

Sampdoria

Verona

Serie A 1987-88 team distribution

Serie A 1987-88 Winners
A.C. Milan 11th Title

The 1987–88 Serie A season marked A.C. Milan's first Scudetto under the Silvio Berlusconi era and their first since the 1978/1979 season. S.S.C. Napoli, with a team including Diego Maradona, Ciro Ferrara and Careca were pre-season favourites. The championship went down to the last day of the season, with Milan pipping Napoli by only 3 points.

A.C. Milan's Scudetto started a remarkable run of trophies which culminated in the winning of 2 European Cups in a row in 1988/1989 and 1989/1990. The 1987/1988 was also the last season comprising 16 teams with the 1988/1989 season comprising 18 teams, the expansion meaning that two teams were relegated to Serie B, with four gaining promotion to Serie A.

Final classification

P	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[1]

Results

	Ascoli	Avellino	Cesena	Como	Empoli	Fiorentina	Inter	Juventus	Milan	Napoli	Pescara	Pisa	Roma	Sampdoria	Torino	Verona
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

UEFA Cup qualification

Played on 23 May in Turin

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Juventus	0-0(aet) 4-2(pen)	Torino

Juventus F.C. qualified for 1988-89 UEFA Cup.

References and sources

• Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

Top Scorers

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

External links

• it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1989 - Italian version with pictures and info.
• Italy Championship 1987/88 - All results on RSSSF Website.

Footnotes

1. Empoli was penalised of 5 points from the start of the season.