1988–89 Serie A

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.

Serie A

Season	1988 (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

Bologna

Cesena

Como

Fiorentina

Internazionale
Milan

Juventus
Torino

Lazio
Roma

Lecce

Napoli

Pescara

Pisa

Sampdoria

Hellas Verona

Serie A 1988-89 team distribution

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
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:

1. Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.
2. 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

Fiorentina	1–0	Roma
Pruzzo 11'

30 June 1989

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
	Careca	Napoli
4	Roberto Baggio	Fiorentina	15
5	Stefano Borgonovo	Fiorentina	14
	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria
7	Andrea Carnevale	Napoli	13
8	Ramón Díaz	Internazionale	12
	Rui Barros	Juventus
10	Massimo Agostini	Cesena	11
	Müller	Torino
12	Rudi Völler	Roma	10
	Bruno Giordano	Ascoli
	Pietro Paolo Virdis	Milan
	Evair	Atalanta

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