# 1986–87 Serie A

The 1986–87 Serie A season ended with Napoli doing the "domestic double", winning their first Scudetto and third Coppa Italia, spurred on by their talismanic captain Diego Maradona, who had also just played a key part in World Cup glory for his home country of Argentina.

## Events

Juventus, Internazionale, 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

| 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 | Internazionale | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Hellas Verona | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Milan | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 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 (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 21 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup and relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Udinese (D, R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 15 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Milan won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Sampdoria 1–0 then qualified to 1987–88 UEFA Cup.
* ↑ Atalanta gained entry to 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup as 1986–87 Coppa Italia runner-up, as Napoli qualified for 1987–88 European Cup.
* ↑ Udinese was penalised of 9 points from the start of the season for the Totonero 1986.

## Teams

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

## Results

| 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 |
| Internazionale | 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 | — |

## UEFA Cup qualification

Milan qualified for 1987-88 UEFA Cup.

## Top goalscorers

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

## References and sources

* ↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
* Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005