1986–87 Serie A

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The 1986–87 Serie A season ended with Napoli completing the "domestic double", winning their first Scudetto and third Coppa Italia. They were under the leadership of captain Diego Maradona, who had also recently won the World Cup with Argentina.

Season1986 (1986)–87
Dates14 September 1986 – 17 May 1987
ChampionsNapoli
1st title
RelegatedBrescia
Atalanta
Udinese
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Serie A
Players of champion, SSC Napoli
Season1986 (1986)–87
Dates14 September 1986 – 17 May 1987
ChampionsNapoli
1st title
RelegatedBrescia
Atalanta
Udinese
European CupNapoli
Cup Winners' CupAtalanta
UEFA CupJuventus
Inter Milan
Hellas Verona
Milan
Matches240
Goals462 (1.93 per match)
Top goalscorerPaolo Virdis
(17 goals)
Longest winning run15 matches
Napoli
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Napoli
Longest winless run16 matches
Atalanta
Longest losing run16 matches
Atalanta
All statistics correct as of 17 May 1987.
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Events

Juventus, Inter Milan, Hellas Verona and Milan (beating Sampdoria after tie-breaker re-introduction) all qualified for the 1987/1988 UEFA Cup, while Brescia, Atalanta, and Udinese in consequence of Totonero 1986, were all relegated to Serie B.

Atalanta, while being relegated to Serie B, had the unusual distinction of also qualifying for the 1987/1988 Cup Winners' Cup as 1986–87 Coppa Italia runners-up.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Napoli (C) 30 15 12 3 41 21 +20 42 Qualification to European Cup
2 Juventus 30 14 11 5 42 27 +15 39 Qualification to UEFA Cup
3 Inter Milan 30 15 8 7 32 17 +15 38
4 Hellas Verona 30 12 12 6 36 25 +11 36
5 Milan[a] 30 13 9 8 31 21 +10 35
6 Sampdoria 30 13 9 8 37 21 +16 35
7 Roma 30 12 9 9 37 31 +6 33
8 Avellino 30 9 12 9 31 38 −7 30
9 Como 30 5 16 9 16 20 −4 26
10 Fiorentina 30 8 10 12 30 35 −5 26
11 Torino 30 8 10 12 26 32 −6 26
12 Ascoli 30 7 10 13 18 33 −15 24
13 Empoli 30 8 7 15 13 33 −20 23
14 Brescia (R) 30 7 8 15 25 35 −10 22 Relegation to Serie B
15 Atalanta[b] (R) 30 7 7 16 22 32 −10 21 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup and relegation to Serie B
16 Udinese[c] (R) 30 6 12 12 25 41 −16 15 Relegation to Serie B
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Source: 1986–87 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. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Milan won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Sampdoria 1–0, thus qualifying for the 1987–88 UEFA Cup.
  2. [b]
    Atalanta gained entry to the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup as 1986–87 Coppa Italia runner-up, as Napoli qualified for the 1987–88 European Cup.
  3. [c]
    Udinese was penalised 9 points from the start of the season for the Totonero 1986.

Teams

Ascoli, Brescia and Empoli had been promoted from Serie B.

Serie A 1986-87 team distribution

Results

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Home \ Away ASC ATA AVE BRE COM EMP FIO INT JUV MIL NAP ROM SAM TOR UDI VER
Ascoli — 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–5 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1
Atalanta 0–0 — 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 4–2 1–0
Avellino 0–0 2–1 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Brescia 1–2 1–0 2–0 — 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
Como 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 — 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1
Empoli 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
Fiorentina 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–3 1–2 1–1 — 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1
Inter Milan 3–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 — 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0
Juventus 2–2 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 — 0–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Milan 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 — 0–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0
Napoli 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 — 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Roma 1–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 — 0–3 1–0 4–0 0–0
Sampdoria 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 — 3–0 0–0 0–0
Torino 0–2 0–0 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 — 3–1 2–1
Udinese 3–0 1–0 2–6 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 — 2–2
Hellas Verona 2–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 —
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

UEFA Cup qualification

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Milan1–0 (a.e.t.)Sampdoria
Massaro 102'
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Milan qualified for 1987-88 UEFA Cup.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Pietro Paolo Virdis Milan 17
2 Italy Gianluca Vialli Sampdoria 12
3 Italy Alessandro Altobelli Inter Milan 11
4 Argentina Ramon Diaz Fiorentina 10
Italy Aldo Serena Juventus
Argentina Diego Maradona Napoli
7 Italy Andrea Carnevale Napoli 8
Denmark Preben Elkjaer Hellas Verona
Netherlands Wim Kieft Torino
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Attendances

Source:[2]

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No.ClubAverage
1Napoli72,714
2Milan66,210
3Inter Milan53,215
4Roma49,138
5Juventus35,554
6Fiorentina31,844
7Torino28,141
8Hellas Verona27,316
9Sampdoria26,655
10Udinese25,248
11Brescia23,597
12Avellino23,375
13Atalanta22,693
14Empoli14,819
15Como14,438
16Ascoli14,421
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