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

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

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.

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	Napoli
		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	Milano
		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	Milano
	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

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

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 (3–2 agg.)	Juventus	Napoli
20:30 CET	Maradona 10' (pen.) Carnevale 45' Renica 119'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Siegfried Kirschen

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

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

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_MIL0.14242977283077-1] 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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