# 1989–90 Serie A

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.

## Teams

Genoa, Bari, Udinese and Cremonese had been promoted from Serie B.

## 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 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 49 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 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 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 43 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 6 | Roma | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Atalanta | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 8 | Bologna | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 34 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 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 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 17 | Cremonese (R) | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 23 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 18 | Ascoli (R) | 34 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 21 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ 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

| Home \ Away | ASC | ATA | BAR | BOL | CES | CRE | FIO | GEN | INT | JUV | LAZ | LEC | MIL | NAP | ROM | SAM | UDI | VER |
| Ascoli | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Atalanta | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Bari | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Bologna | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Cesena | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Cremonese | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Fiorentina | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Genoa | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Internazionale | 0–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Juventus | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Lazio | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Lecce | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Milan | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Napoli | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Roma | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 |
| Sampdoria | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Udinese | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 2–1 |
| Hellas Verona | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — |
* ↑ The match was played at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia.

## 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 |
| 6 | Gustavo Dezotti | Cremonese | 13 |
| 6 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Internazionale | 13 |
| 9 | Abel Balbo | Udinese | 11 |
| 9 | Roberto Mancini | Sampdoria | 11 |
| 9 | Lothar Matthäus | Internazionale | 11 |

## References and sources

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