# 1988–89 SSC Napoli season

S.S.C. Napoli won an international trophy for the first time, defeating Stuttgart 2-1 and drawing 3-3 in the two-legged final. Napoli did not match Inter in the domestic league, but recorded a second place, its fourth consecutive podium finish in the final standings.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Giuliano Giuliani |
| — | GK | ITA | Raffaele Di Fusco |
| — | DF | ITA | Tebaldo Bigliardi |
| — | DF | ITA | Giancarlo Corradini |
| — | DF | ITA | Ciro Ferrara |
| — | DF | ITA | Giovanni Francini |
| — | DF | ITA | Massimo Filardi |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Renica |
| — | DF | ITA | Giovanni Di Rocco |
| — | DF | ITA | Antonio Carannante |
| — | MF | ITA | Massimo Crippa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Fernando De Napoli |
| — | MF | BRA | Alemão |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonio Bucciarelli |
| — | MF | ITA | Francesco Romano |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Fusi |
| — | MF | ITA | Maurizio Neri |
| — | FW | BRA | Careca |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Diego Maradona |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Carnevale |
| — | FW | ITA | Marco Ferrante |
| — | FW | ITA | Simone Giacchetta |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Massimo Crippa | Torino F.C. | |
| MF | Alemão | Atletico Madrid | |
| DF | Giancarlo Corradini | Torino F.C. | |
| GK | Giuliano Giuliani | Hellas Verona | |
| MF | Luca Fusi | Sampdoria | co-ownership |
| FW | Simone Giacchetta | Civitanovese | |
| FW | Maurizio Neri | Ancona Calcio | |
Cessioni :
| R. | Nome | a | Modalità |
| MF | Salvatore Bagni | Avellino | |
| GK | Claudio Garella | Udinese Calcio | |
| DF | Moreno Ferrario | A.S. Roma | loan |
| FW | Bruno Giordano | Ascoli | loan |
| MF | Paolo Miano | Pescara | |
| MF | Luciano Sola | Padova Calcio | |
| DF | Rosario Pergolizzi | Reggina Calcio | loan |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 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 |
* ↑ Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Topscorers

* Careca 19
* Andrea Carnevale 13
* Diego Maradona 9
* Alemão 3

### Coppa Italia

First Round- Group phase
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals

#### Final
### UEFA Cup
#### Final
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | 1988–89 UEFA Cup | 1988–89 UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Giuliani | 44 | -37 | 32 | -27 | 12 | -10 |
| | DF | ITA | Ferrara | 39 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Corradini | 44 | 0 | 30+2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Renica | 40 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Francini | 37 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| | MF | ITA | Crippa | 41 | 2 | 29+2 | 2 | 9+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | De Napoli | 39 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fusi | 42 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Carnevale | 36 | 16 | 27+1 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| | FW | BRA | Careca | 42 | 25 | 29+1 | 19 | 12 | 6 |
| | FW | ARG | Maradona | 38 | 12 | 24+2 | 9 | 12 | 3 |
| | GK | ITA | Di Fusco | 3 | -1 | 2+1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Carannante | 39 | 1 | 18+11 | 1 | 3+7 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Alemão | 24 | 4 | 15+1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Romano | 18 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Neri | 12 | 2 | 5+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Bigliardi | 12 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Filardi | 12 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Giacchetta | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Bucciarelli | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Ferrante | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Di Rocco | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Portalauri | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Chiaiese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Buonocore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1988-893003.html