# 1986–87 Serie B

The Serie B 1986–87 was the fifty-fifth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Parma, Modena, Messina and Taranto had been promoted from Serie C, while Pisa, Bari and Lecce had been relegated from Serie A.

## Events

Tiebreakers were restored in relegation zone.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Pescara (C, P) | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 44 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 1 | Pisa (C, P) | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 44 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Cesena (O, P) | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 43 | Qualification to Promotion tie-breaker |
| 4 | Lecce (Q) | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 43 | Qualification to Promotion tie-breaker |
| 5 | Cremonese (Q) | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 43 | Qualification to Promotion tie-breaker |
| 6 | Genoa | 38 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 42 | |
| 7 | Parma | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 40 | |
| 7 | Messina | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 40 | |
| 9 | Bari | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 39 | |
| 10 | Bologna | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 36 | |
| 11 | Triestina | 38 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 35 | |
| 11 | Arezzo | 38 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 35 | |
| 11 | Modena | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 35 | |
| 14 | Sambenedettese | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 34 | |
| 15 | Taranto (O) | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 33 | Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker |
| 16 | Lazio (O) | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 33 | Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker |
| 17 | Campobasso (R) | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 33 | Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker |
| 18 | Lanerossi Vicenza (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 32 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 18 | Catania (R) | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 32 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Cagliari (R) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 26 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
* ↑ Totonero 1986: 4 points deducted to Triestina
* ↑ Totonero 1986: 9 points deducted to Lazio
* ↑ Totonero 1986: 5 points deducted to Cagliari

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARE | BAR | BOL | CAG | CAM | CAT | CES | CRE | GEN | LRV | LAZ | LEC | MES | MOD | PAR | PES | PIS | SAM | TAR | TRI |
| Arezzo | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Bari | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Bologna | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Cagliari | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Campobasso | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Catania | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Cesena | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Cremonese | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Genoa | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| L.R. Vicenza | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Lazio | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Lecce | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Messina | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Modena | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Parma | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Pescara | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Pisa | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Samb. | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Taranto | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Triestina | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — |

## Tie-breakers
### Promotion tie-breaker

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Cesena | 0-0 | Lecce |
| Lecce | 4-1 | Cremonese |
| Cesena | 1-0 | Cremonese |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Cesena | 2-1 | Lecce |
Played in San Benedetto del Tronto on July 8
Cesena promoted to Serie A.

### Relegation tie-breaker

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Taranto | 1-0 | Lazio |
| Campobasso | 1-1 | Taranto |
| Lazio | 1-0 | Campobasso |
Campobasso relegated to Serie C1.

## References and sources

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

## Footnotes

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