1988–89 SSC Napoli season

Napoli
1988–89 season
Chairman	Corrado Ferlaino
Manager	Ottavio Bianchi
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Careca (19); All: Careca (27)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

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
—	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	Team v t e	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^[a]	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

Source: 1988–89 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.^[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ 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

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1989–90 European Cup; = 1989–90 UEFA Cup

Matches

9 October 1988 1	Napoli	1–0	Atalanta	Napoli
	Giacchetta 90'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 55 678

16 October 1988 2	Lecce	1–0	Napoli	Lecce
	Baroni 10'	Report		Stadium: Via del Mare Attendance: 17 450

23 October 1988 3	Napoli	8–2	Pescara	Napoli
	Careca 3, 60' Carnevale 7, 51, 53' Maradona 36, 84' Alemão 39'	Report	Gasperini 59' (pen.) Edmar 65' (pen.)	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 63 330

30 October 1988 4	Cesena	0–1	Napoli	Cesena
		Report	Carnevale 14'	Attendance: 20 230

6 November 1988 5	Napoli	1–1	Lazio	Napoli
	Carnevale 28'	Report	Rizzolo 66'	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 67 780

20 November 1988 6	Juventus	3–5	Napoli	Torino
	Galia 48' Zavarov 55' De Agostini 77' (pen.)	Report	Carnevale 3' Careca 30, 44, 58' Renica 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 50 400

27 November 1988 7	Napoli	4–1	Milan	Napoli
	Maradona 42' Careca 45, 78' Francini 48'	Report	Virdis 65' (pen.)	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 72 300

4 December 1988 8	Napoli	2–0	Fiorentina	Napoli
	Maradona 30' (pen.) Careca 76'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 70 340

11 December 1988 9	Verona	0–1	Napoli	Verona
		Report	Crippa 53'	Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 27 780

18 December 1988 10	Napoli	3–1	Bologna	Napoli
	Careca 26' Maradona 53, 75'	Report	Demol 79' (pen.)	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 60 437

31 December 1988 11	Roma	1–0	Napoli	Olimpico
	Völler 87'	Report		Stadium: Roma Attendance: 68 800

8 January 1989 12	Torino	0–1	Napoli	Torino
		Report	Careca 30'	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 59 000

15 January 1989 13	Napoli	0–0	Inter	Naples
		Report		Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 73 388

22 January 1989 14	Sampdoria	0–0	Napoli	Genova
		Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 33 200

29 January 1989 15	Napoli	4–1	Ascoli	Napoli
	Careca 1' Maradona 33, 77' Crippa 81'	Report	Cvetković 9'	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 49 900

5 February 1989 16	Pisa	0–1	Napoli	Pisa
		Report	Carnevale 32'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Attendance: 22 240

12 February 1989 17	Napoli	3–2	Como	Napoli
	Crippa 11' Neri 63' Carnevale 82'	Report	Corneliusson 33' Simone 43'	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 51 110

19 February 1989 18	Atalanta	1–1	Napoli	Bergamo
	Nicolini 60'	Report	Maradona 40'	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 19 090

26 February 1989 19	Napoli	4–0	Lecce	Napoli
	Carnevale 3, 47' De Napoli 21' Alemão 68'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 50 300

5 March 1989 20	Pescara	0–0	Napoli	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Adriatico Attendance: 18 502

12 March 1989 21	Napoli	1–0	Cesena	Napoli
	Chiti 80' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 66 599

19 March 1989 22	Lazio	1–1	Napoli	Roma
	Sosa 31'	Report	Neri 19'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 60 319

2 April 1989 23	Napoli	2–4	Juventus	Napoli
	De Napoli 5' Careca 49'	Report	Napoli 8' Buso 31, 61' Magrin 90' (pen.)	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 77 430

9 April 1989 24	Milan	0–0	Napoli	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79 907

16 April 1989 25	Fiorentina	1–3	Napoli	Firenze
	D. Pellegrini 45'	Report	Careca 25' Carnevale 53, 70'	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 24 490

30 April 1989 26	Napoli	1–0	Verona	Napoli
	Alemão 19'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 64 480

7 May 1989 27	Bologna	1–1	Napoli	Bologna
	Lorenzo 22'	Report	Careca 25'	Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 20 489

14 May 1989 28	Napoli	1–1	Roma	Napoli
	Careca 58'	Report	Völler 74'	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 71 300

21 May 1989 29	Napoli	4–1	Torino	Napoli
	Carnevale 3' Romano 22' Careca 40' 48' (pen.)	Report	Cravero 52' (pen.)	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 67 708

28 May 1989 30	Inter	2–1	Napoli	Milan
	Fusi 49' (o.g.) Matthäus 83'	Report	Careca 36'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 75 560

4 June 1989 31	Napoli	1–1	Sampdoria	Napoli
	Carannante 40'	Report	Cerezo 75'	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 70 409

11 June 1989 32	Ascoli	2–0	Napoli	Ascoli Piceno
	Cvetković 17' Giordano 24' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 18 560

18 June 1989 33	Napoli	0–0	Pisa	Napoli
		Report		Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 59 094

25 June 1989 34	Como	0–1	Napoli	Como
		Report	Renica 36' (pen.)	Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 11 340

Topscorers

Coppa Italia

First Round- Group phase

21 August 1988 1	Spezia	1–3	Napoli
	Ceccaroni pen'		Francini Carnevale Carnevale	Attendance: 7 800

24 August 1988 2	S.S.C. Bari	2–0	Napoli	Bari
	Armenise Maiellaro			Attendance: 19 450

28 August 1988 3	Sambenedettese	0–2	Napoli
			Salvioni o.g.' Romano	Attendance: 13 455

31 August 1988 4	Napoli	3–0	Barletta	Napoli
	Renica Alemao Maradona			Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 34 560

3 September 1988 5	Napoli	1–0	Bologna
	Maradona			Attendance: 44 459

Second round

14 September 1988 1	Lecce	0–1	Napoli	Lecce
			Maradona	Stadium: Via del Mare Attendance: 14 400

21 September 1988 2	Napoli	2–0	Cesena	Napoli
	Carannante Maradona			Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 49 890

28 September 1988 3	Modena	0–4	Napoli	Modena
			Maradona pen' Careca Maradona Carannante	Attendance: 18 903

Quarter-finals

4 January 1989	Napoli	3–0	Ascoli	Napoli
	Corradini Neri Careca			Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 45 560

25 January 1989	Ascoli	3–1	Napoli	Ascoli Piceno
			Carnevale	Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 15 500

Semi-finals

1 February 1989	Pisa	0–2	Napoli	Pisa
			Carnevale Maradona	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Attendance: 19 934

8 February 1989 3	Napoli	1–0	Pisa	Napoli
	Romano			Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 60 200

Final

19 June 1989	Napoli	1–0	Sampdoria	Napoli
21:00	Renica 55'			Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Tullio Lanese

28 June 1989	Sampdoria	4–0 (4–1 agg.)	Napoli	Cremona
21:00	Vialli 32' Cerezo 38' Vierchowod 47' Mancini 59' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

UEFA Cup

7 September 1988 First round first leg	Napoli	1–0	PAOK	Napoli
20:30 CET	Maradona 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Aron Schmidhuber

6 October 1988 First round second leg	PAOK	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Napoli	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 CET	Skartados 61'	Report	Careca 17'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Horst Brummeier

26 October 1988 Second round first leg	Lokomotiv Leipzig	1–1	Napoli	Leipzig, East Germany
20:30 CET	Zimmerling 67'		Francini 72'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Referee: Alexis Ponnet

9 November 1988 Second round second leg	Napoli	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Lokomotiv Leipzig	Napoli
20:30 CET	Francini 2' Scholz 54' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Georges Sandoz

Eightfinals

23 November 1988 Round of 16 first leg	Girondins de Bordeaux	0–1	Napoli	Bordeaux, France
20:30 CET			Carnevale 5'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler

7 December 1988 Round of 16 second leg	Napoli	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Girondins de Bordeaux	Napoli
20:30 CET				Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Neil Midgley

Quarterfinals

1 March 1989 Quarter-final first leg	Juventus	2–0	Napoli	Torino, Italy
20:30 CET	Bruno 5' Corradini 45' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: George Courtney

15 March 1989 Quarter-final second leg	Napoli	3–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 agg.)	Juventus	Napoli
20:30 CET	Maradona 10' (pen.) Carnevale 45' Renica 119'			Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Siegfried Kirschen

Semifinals

5 April 1989 Semi-final first leg	Napoli	2–0	Bayern München	Napoli
20:30 CET	Careca 40' Carnevale 59'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Michel Vautrot

19 April 1989 Semi-final second leg	Bayern München	2–2 (2–4 agg.)	Napoli	Munich, West Germany
20:30 CET	Wohlfarth 63' Reuter 81'		Careca 61', 76'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Referee: David F.T. Syme

Final

3 May 1989 Final first leg	Napoli	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Napoli
21:00 CET	Maradona 68' (pen.) Careca 87'	Report	17' Gaudino	Stadium: San Paolo Attendance: 76,824 Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos

17 May 1989 Final second leg	VfB Stuttgart	3–3 (4–5 agg.)	Napoli	Stuttgart, West Germany
21:00 CET	Klinsmann 27' De Napoli 70' (o.g.) Schmäler 89'	Report	18' Alemão 39' Ferrara 62' Careca	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		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	Corradini	44	0	30+2	0	12	0
	DF	ITA	Ferrara	39	1	27	0	12	1
	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

References

^ 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.

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1988/89

[table_note_MIL0.31934480756491-1] Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.

[2] 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.

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