1989–90 Serie A
88th season of top-tier Italian football
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The 1989–90 Serie A season was another successful year for Napoli, with Diego Maradona being among the leading goalscorers in Serie A (16 goals), behind Marco van Basten of Milan (19 goals) and Roberto Baggio of Fiorentina (17 goals). But while Baggio's Fiorentina narrowly avoided relegation, Maradona's Napoli won their second Serie A title in four seasons, while Van Basten helped Milan retain the European Cup as compensation for their failure to win the Serie A title, having finished two points behind Napoli. Demoted to Serie B for 1990–91 were Udinese, Hellas Verona, Cremonese and Ascoli. In Europe, Sampdoria won the Cup Winners Cup and Juventus the UEFA Cup, making this year the most successful in Italian football history.
2nd title
Hellas Verona
Cremonese
Ascoli
| Season | 1989–90 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 August 1989 – 29 April 1990 |
| Champions | Napoli 2nd title |
| Relegated | Udinese Hellas Verona Cremonese Ascoli |
| European Cup | Napoli Milan |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Juventus Sampdoria |
| UEFA Cup | Internazionale Roma Atalanta Bologna |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 684 (2.24 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Marco van Basten (19 goals) |
| Longest winning run | 22 matches Milan |
| Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches Milan |
| Longest winless run | 4 matches Ascoli |
| Longest losing run | 17 matches Ascoli |
← 1988–89 1990–91 → | |
Teams
Personnel and sponsoring
| Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascoli |  Aldo Agroppi |
Adidas | Cocif |
| Atalanta | Emiliano Mondonico |
Ennerre | Tamoil |
| Bari | Gaetano Salvemini |
Adidas | Sud Leasing |
| Bologna | Luigi Maifredi |
Uhlsport | Mercatone Uno |
| Cesena | Marcello Lippi |
Adidas | Orogel |
| Cremonese | Tarcisio Burgnich |
Patrick | Majestic SpA |
| Fiorentina | Francesco Graziani |
ABM | La Nazione |
| Genoa | Franco Scoglio |
Erreà | Mita |
| Hellas Verona | Osvaldo Bagnoli |
Hummel | Tortellini Rana |
| Internazionale | Giovanni Trapattoni |
Uhlsport | Misura |
| Juventus | Dino Zoff |
Kappa | UPIM |
| Lazio | Giuseppe Materazzi |
Umbro | Cassa di Risparmio di Roma |
| Lecce | Carlo Mazzone |
Adidas | Ponti Aceto |
| Milan | Arrigo Sacchi |
Kappa | Mediolanum |
| Napoli | Alberto Bigon |
Ennerre | Mars |
| Roma | Luigi Radice |
Ennerre | Barilla |
| Sampdoria |  Vujadin Boškov |
Kappa | Erg |
| Udinese | Rino Marchesi |
ABM | Rex Elettrodomestici |
Final classification
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli (C) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 51 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Milan[a] | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 49 | |
| 3 | Internazionale | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 44 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | Sampdoria[b] | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 43 | |
| 6 | Roma | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Atalanta | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 35 | |
| 8 | Bologna | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 34 | |
| 9 | Lazio | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 31 | |
| 10 | Bari | 34 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 31 | |
| 11 | Genoa | 34 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 29 | |
| 12 | Fiorentina | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 28 | |
| 13 | Cesena | 34 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 28 | |
| 14 | Lecce | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 28 | |
| 15 | Udinese (R) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 27 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Hellas Verona (R) | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 25 | |
| 17 | Cremonese (R) | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 23 | |
| 18 | Ascoli (R) | 34 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 21 |
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 1990–91 European Cup as defending champions.
- Sampdoria qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.
Results
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Marco van Basten |
Milan | 19 |
| 2 | Roberto Baggio |
Fiorentina | 17 |
| 3 |  Diego Maradona |
Napoli | 16 |
| 4 | Salvatore Schillaci |
Juventus | 15 |
| 5 |  Rudi Völler |
Roma | 14 |
| 6 | Massimo Agostini |
Cesena | 13 |
| Gustavo Dezotti |
Cremonese | ||
| Jürgen Klinsmann |
Internazionale | ||
| 9 | Abel Balbo |
Udinese | 11 |
| Roberto Mancini |
Sampdoria | ||
| Lothar Matthäus |
Internazionale |
Season tickets
The season ticket sales as they were before the beginning of the season (Milan had the best record of sales):[2][3]
Source: Statistiche Spettatori Serie A 1989-1990
| Rank | Club | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan | 41,570 |
| 2 | Napoli | 38,346 |
| 3 | Inter | 32.920 |
| 4 | Sampdoria | 16.535 |
| 5 | Genoa | 14.800 |
| 6 | Udinese | 13.905 |
| 7 | Juventus | 12.780 |
| 8 | Bologna | 12.620 |
| 9 | Bari | 10.855 |
| 10 | Roma | 10.071 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 9.018 |
| 12 | Verona | 8.967 |
| 13 | Atalanta | 8.800 |
| 14 | Lazio | 8.716 |
| 15 | Cesena | 4.943 |
| 16 | Lecce | 4.922 |
| 17 | Ascoli | 4.814 |
| 18 | Cremonese | 3.712 |
Attendances
Source:[4]
| No. | Club | Average Attendance | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AC Milan | 59,054 | -18.3% |
| 2 | SSC Napoli | 58,264 | -5.7% |
| 3 | Internazionale | 50,142 | -13.8% |
| 4 | Juventus FC | 29,627 | -2.4% |
| 5 | Genoa CFC | 26,789 | 54.9% |
| 6 | Bologna FC | 26,391 | 16.7% |
| 7 | UC Sampdoria | 26,120 | 45.4% |
| 8 | AS Bari | 24,807 | 42.8% |
| 9 | Udinese Calcio | 23,472 | 5.7% |
| 10 | AS Roma | 22,067 | -36.8% |
| 11 | Atalanta BC | 21,966 | -11.1% |
| 12 | Hellas Verona | 21,429 | -15.1% |
| 13 | US Lecce | 20,816 | -8.3% |
| 14 | SS Lazio | 20,022 | -37.7% |
| 15 | ACF Fiorentina | 17,306 | -29.5% |
| 16 | AC Cesena | 16,583 | -4.3% |
| 17 | US Cremonese | 12,154 | 53.1% |
| 18 | Ascoli Picchio | 11,392 | -6.7% |
