1988–89 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1988–89
Dates	9 October 1988 – 25 June 1989
Champions	Internazionale; 13th title
Relegated	Torino; Pescara; Pisa; Calcio
European Cup	Internazionale; Milan
Cup Winners' Cup	Sampdoria
UEFA Cup	Napoli; Juventus; Atalanta; Fiorentina
Matches played	306
Goals scored	645 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aldo Serena; (22 goals)
Longest winning run	26 matches; Inter Milan
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches; Milan
Longest winless run	5 wins; Lazio
Longest losing run	18 matches; Como
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Ascoli

Atalanta

Serie A 1988-89 team distribution

The 1988–89 Serie A was won by Internazionale, who won the title comfortably by an 11-point margin over runners-up Napoli. Milan's triumph in the European Cup meant Italy would be entering two teams – both the two giant Milan sides – into the European Cup for the 1989–90 season. Relegated to Serie B were Torino, Pescara, Pisa and Como.

Teams

Bologna, Lecce, Lazio and Atalanta had been promoted from Serie B.

Events

Following the expansion of the league, a fourth relegation was added.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	34	26	6	2	67	19	+48	58	Qualification to European Cup
2	Napoli	34	18	11	5	57	28	+29	47	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Milan^[a]	34	16	14	4	61	25	+36	46	Qualification to European Cup
4	Juventus	34	15	13	6	51	36	+15	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup
5	Sampdoria	34	14	11	9	43	25	+18	39	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
6	Atalanta	34	11	14	9	37	32	+5	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup
7	Fiorentina^[b]	34	12	10	12	44	43	+1	34	Qualification to UEFA Cup
8	Roma	34	11	12	11	33	40	−7	34
9	Lecce	34	8	15	11	25	35	−10	31
10	Lazio	34	5	19	10	23	32	−9	29
11	Hellas Verona	34	5	19	10	18	27	−9	29
12	Ascoli	34	9	11	14	30	41	−11	29
13	Cesena	34	8	13	13	24	39	−15	29
14	Bologna	34	8	13	13	26	43	−17	29
15	Torino (R)	34	8	11	15	37	49	−12	27	Relegation to Serie B
16	Pescara (R)	34	5	17	12	28	43	−15	27
17	Pisa (R)	34	6	11	17	17	39	−22	23
18	Como (R)	34	6	10	18	24	49	−25	22

Source: 1988–89 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.
^ AC Fiorentina won the UEFA Cup qualification match against AS Roma then qualified to 1989–90 UEFA Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ASC	ATA	BOL	CES	COM	FIO	INT	JUV	LAZ	LEC	MIL	NAP	PES	PIS	ROM	SAM	TOR	VER
Ascoli	—	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–2	1–0	3–0
Atalanta	1–0	—	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–2
Bologna	1–0	1–1	—	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–6	3–4	0–0	2–1	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0
Cesena	2–1	0–0	2–0	—	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	0–0
Como	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	—	3–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–3	1–1
Fiorentina	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	3–1	—	4–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–2	3–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–1
Internazionale	3–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	—	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Juventus	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	4–2	1–0	0–0	3–5	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
Lazio	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
Lecce	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	2–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0
Milan	5–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	4–0	4–0	0–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	—	0–0	6–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
Napoli	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–4	1–1	4–0	4–1	—	8–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–0
Pescara	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	—	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0
Pisa	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
Roma	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–0	1–3	0–0
Sampdoria	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	0–2	—	5–1	2–1
Torino	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–3	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–3	—	1–1
Hellas Verona	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

UEFA Cup qualification

30 June 1989

Fiorentina	1–0	Roma
Pruzzo 11'

Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia

Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella (Frattamaggiore)

Fiorentina qualified for 1989–90 UEFA Cup.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aldo Serena	Internazionale	22
2	Marco van Basten	Milan	19
2	Careca	Napoli	19
4	Roberto Baggio	Fiorentina	15
5	Stefano Borgonovo	Fiorentina	14
5	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria	14
7	Andrea Carnevale	Napoli	13
8	Ramón Díaz	Internazionale	12
8	Rui Barros	Juventus	12
10	Massimo Agostini	Cesena	11
10	Müller	Torino	11
12	Rudi Völler	Roma	10
	Bruno Giordano	Ascoli
	Pietro Paolo Virdis	Milan
	Evair	Atalanta

[1] Capocannonieri

References and sources

^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.