1990–91 Serie A

The 1990-91 season saw Sampdoria win the Serie A title for the first time in their history, finishing five points ahead of second placed Milan.^[1] Third placed Internazionale were victorious in the UEFA Cup, with ninth-placed Roma compensating for their sub-standard league season with glory in the Coppa Italia, while Juventus's seventh-placed finish meant that they would be without European action for the first season in three decades. Lecce, Pisa, Cesena and Bologna were all relegated.

Serie A

Season	1990 (1990)–91
Dates	9 September 1990 – 26 May 1991
Champions	Sampdoria 1st title
Relegated	Lecce Pisa Cesena Bologna
European Cup	Sampdoria
Cup Winners' Cup	Roma
UEFA Cup	Internazionale Genoa Torino Parma
Matches played	306
Goals scored	702 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gianluca Vialli (19 goals)
Longest winning run	20 matches Sampdoria
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches Sampdoria
Longest winless run	4 matches Bologna
Longest losing run	20 matches Pisa
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Atalanta

Bari

Bologna

Cagliari

Cesena

Fiorentina

Genoa
Sampdoria

Internazionale
Milan

Juventus
Torino

Lazio
Roma

Lecce

Napoli

Parma

Pisa

Serie A 1990-91 team distribution

A notable record was set on 9 December 1990 in a Serie A fixture, when Bologna player Giuseppe Lorenzo was sent off after just 10 seconds for striking an opponent in the match against Parma. This was reportedly the fastest sending off in senior football worldwide at the time.^[2]

This is the most recent Serie A season to date in which a team won their first Italian title.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta	Bruno Giorgi	Ennerre	Tamoil
Bari	Gaetano Salvemini	Adidas	Sud Factoring
Bologna	Luigi Radice	Uhlsport	Mercatone Uno
Cagliari	Claudio Ranieri	Umbro	Formaggi Ovini Sardi
Cesena	Alberto Batistoni	Adidas	Amadori
Fiorentina	Sebastião Lazaroni	ABM	La Nazione
Genoa	Osvaldo Bagnoli	Erreà	Mita
Internazionale	Giovanni Trapattoni	Uhlsport	Misura
Juventus	Luigi Maifredi	Kappa	UPIM
Lazio	Dino Zoff	Umbro	Cassa di Risparmio di Roma
Lecce	Zbigniew Boniek	Adidas	Dreher
Milan	Arrigo Sacchi	Adidas	Mediolanum
Napoli	Alberto Bigon	Ennerre	Mars
Parma	Nevio Scala	Umbro	Parmalat
Pisa	Luca Giannini	Gems	Giocheria
Roma	Ottavio Bianchi	Ennerre	Barilla
Sampdoria	Vujadin Boškov	Asics	Erg
Torino	Emiliano Mondonico	ABM	Indesit

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sampdoria (C)	34	20	11	3	57	24	+33	51	Qualification to European Cup
2	Milan[a]	34	18	10	6	46	19	+27	46	Banned from European competition
3	Internazionale	34	18	10	6	56	31	+25	46	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Genoa	34	14	12	8	51	36	+15	40
5	Torino	34	12	14	8	40	29	+11	38
6	Parma[b]	34	13	12	9	35	31	+4	38
7	Juventus	34	13	11	10	45	32	+13	37
8	Napoli	34	11	15	8	37	37	0	37
9	Roma	34	11	14	9	43	37	+6	36	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
10	Atalanta	34	11	13	10	38	37	+1	35
11	Lazio	34	8	19	7	33	36	−3	35
12	Fiorentina	34	8	15	11	40	34	+6	31
13	Bari	34	9	11	14	41	47	−6	29
14	Cagliari	34	6	17	11	29	44	−15	29
15	Lecce (R)	34	6	13	15	20	47	−27	25	Relegation to Serie B
16	Pisa (R)	34	8	6	20	34	60	−26	22
17	Cesena (R)	34	5	9	20	28	58	−30	19
18	Bologna (R)	34	4	10	20	29	63	−34	18

Source: 1990–91 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.^[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. In March 1991, UEFA banned Milan from participating in European competition for one season due to refusing to resume their 1990-91 European Cup quarterfinal match away versus Olympique Marseille. The ban went into effect for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup.
2. Parma qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup as a substitute for the banned Milan.

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BAR	BOL	CAG	CES	FIO	GEN	INT	JUV	LAZ	LEC	MIL	NAP	PAR	PIS	ROM	SAM	TOR
Atalanta	—	2–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–1[a]	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1
Bari	4–1	—	4–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1
Bologna	1–1	3–0	—	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	2–3	0–3	1–0
Cagliari	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2
Cesena	0–1	4–2	3–2	3–0	—	0–4	1–1	1–5	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2
Fiorentina	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	—	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–0
Genoa	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	4–1	3–2	—	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	3–0	0–0	0–0
Internazionale	3–1	5–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	—	2–0	2–0	5–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	6–3	2–1	0–2	1–0
Juventus	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–2	—	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	5–0	4–2	5–0	0–0	1–2
Lazio	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	—	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–3	2–1
Lecce	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	0–2	0–1	1–0	—	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Milan	0–1	2–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	—	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0
Napoli	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	—	4–2	2–1	1–1	1–4	2–1
Parma	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	—	2–3	2–1	0–0	0–0
Pisa	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	0–4	0–0	0–1	1–5	0–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	—	0–1	0–3	2–0
Roma	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	4–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	0–1	2–0
Sampdoria	4–1	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	—	1–2
Torino	0–0	4–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	—

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

1. The match was played at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria	19
2	Lothar Matthäus	Internazionale	16
3	Carlos Aguilera	Genoa	15
	Tomáš Skuhravý	Genoa
5	Roberto Baggio	Juventus	14
	Jürgen Klinsmann	Internazionale
7	Giorgio Bresciani	Torino	13
	Massimo Ciocci	Cesena
	Alessandro Melli	Parma
	João Paulo	Bari

Sources

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