1987–88 S.S.C. Napoli season

S.S.C. Napoli only just failed to defend its inaugural Serie A title, finishing two points behind A.C. Milan. Napoli proved to be the most offensive team in the entire league, with Careca and Diego Maradona dominating the scoring charts. Due to Milan's strong defence that was not enough for the title, and due to a 3-2 defeat at home to the eventual champions, the title defence got out of reach.

Napoli
1987-88 season
ChairmanCorrado Ferlaino
ManagerOttavio Bianchi
Serie A2nd
Coppa ItaliaQuarter Finals
European CupLast 32
Top goalscorerDiego Maradona (15)

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Serie A
Main article: 1987–88 Serie A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (C) 30 17 11 2 43 14 +29 45 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Napoli 30 18 6 6 55 27 +28 42 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Roma 30 15 8 7 39 26 +13 38
4 Sampdoria 30 13 11 6 41 30 +11 37 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Internazionale 30 11 10 9 42 35 +7 32 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
Source: 1987–88 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. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]
(C) Champion.

Matches
13 September 1987 1Cesena0–1NapoliCesena
Report Bagni  61' Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
20 September 1987 2Napoli2–1AscoliNapoli
Bagni  7'
Giordano  34'		 Report Scarafoni  18' Stadium: San Paolo
27 September 1987 3Pisa0–2[2]NapoliPisa
Report Stadium: Arena Garibaldi
4 October 1987 4Avellino0–1NapoliAvellino
Report Carnevale  86' Stadium: Partenio
11 October 1987 5Napoli6–0PescaraNapoli
Bagni  23'
Romano  29'
Careca  45'
Maradona  54' (pen.)
Giordano  75' (pen.)
Benini  83' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: San Paolo
25 October 1987 6Roma1–1NapoliRoma
Pruzzo  46' Report Francini  67' Stadium: Olimpico
1 November 1987 7Napoli2–1EmpoliNapoli
Maradona  17' (pen.) 35' Report Ekström  7' Stadium: San Paolo
8 November 1987 8Como0–0NapoliComo
Report Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia
22 November 1987 9Napoli3–1TorinoNapoli
Maradona  6'
Careca  44, 90'		 Report Berggreen  76' Stadium: San Paolo
29 November 1987 10Inter1–1NapoliMilano
De Napoli  59' (o.g.) Report Careca  20' Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
13 December 1987 11Napoli2–1JuventusNapoli
De Napoli  26'
Maradona  87' (pen.)		 Report Cabrini  76' Stadium: San Paolo
20 December 1987 12Napoli4–1VeronaNapoli
Bagni  14'
Giordano  29, 89'
Maradona  54'		 Report Bagni  35' (o.g.) Stadium: San Paolo
3 January 1988 13Milan4–1NapoliMilano
Colombo  19'
Virdis  24'
Gullit  73'
Donadoni  78'		 Report Careca  10' Stadium: San Siro
10 January 1988 14Napoli4–0FiorentinaNapoli
Giordano  3, 74'
Careca  33'
Maradona  35'		 Report Stadium: San Paolo
17 January 1988 15Sampdoria0–1NapoliGenova
Report Maradona  87' Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
24 January 1988 16Napoli2–0CesenaNapoli
Careca  9'
Maradona  43'		 Report Stadium: San Paolo
31 January 1988 17Ascoli1–3NapoliAscoli Piceno
Casagrande  8' Report Maradona  12' (pen.)
Giordano  26'
Careca  49'		 Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca
7 February 1988 18Napoli2–1PisaNapoli
Renica  13'
Maradona  76'		 Report Filardi  77' (o.g.) Stadium: San Paolo
14 February 1988 19Napoli4–0AvellinoNapoli
Renica  17'
Francini  19'
Maradona  22'
Romano  64'		 Report Stadium: San Paolo
28 February 1988 20Pescara0–1NapoliPescara
Report Giordano  38' Stadium: Adriatico
6 March 1988 21Napoli1–2RomaNapoli
Careca  80' Report Giannini  21'
Oddi  70'		 Stadium: San Paolo
13 March 1988 22Empoli0–0NapoliEmpoli
Report Stadium: Carlo Castellani
20 March 1988 23Napoli3–0ComoNapoli
Careca  10, 48'
De Napoli  43'		 Report Stadium: San Paolo
27 March 1988 24Torino0–0NapoliTorino
Report Stadium: Comunale
10 April 1988 25Napoli1–0InterNapoli
Maradona  24' Report Stadium: San Paolo
17 April 1988 26Juventus3–1NapoliTorino
Cabrini  19'
Rush  67'
De Agostini  74'		 Report Careca  83' Stadium: Comunale
24 April 1988 27Verona1–1NapoliVerona
Galia  65' Report Maradona  25' Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi
1 May 1988 28Napoli2–3MilanNapoli
Maradona  45'
Careca  78'		 Report Virdis  36, 68'
van Basten  76'		 Stadium: San Paolo
8 May 1988 29Fiorentina3–2NapoliFirenze
Di Chiara  8'
Díaz  58, 72'		 Report Ferrara  24'
Renica  90'		 Stadium: Comunale
15 May 1988 30Napoli1–2SampdoriaNapoli
Carnevale  7' Report Pellegrini  59'
Vialli  67'		 Stadium: San Paolo

Topscorers

Coppa Italia
Main article: 1987–88 Coppa Italia

First round

23 August 1987 1Napoli4-0ModenaNapoli
Stadium: San Paolo
26 August 1987 2Livorno0-2NapoliLivorno
Stadium: Armando Picchi
30 August 1987 3Udinese0-2NapoliUdine
Stadium: Friuli
2 September 1987 4Napoli1-0PadovaNapoli
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
6 September 1987 5Napoli2-1FiorentinaNapoli
Stadium: San Paolo

Eightfinals

6 January 1988 Napoli2-3FiorentinaNapoli
Maradona 18' (pen)
Careca 57'		 Carobbi 44'
Onorati 52'
Diaz 80'		 Stadium: San Paolo
20 January 1988 Fiorentina1-3
(4-5 agg.)		NapoliFirenze
Di Chiara 33' Carnevale 50'
Renica 72'
Carnevale 81'		 Stadium: Comunale

Quarterfinals

10 February 1988 Torino1-1NapoliTorino
Comi  4'  9' Renica Stadium: Comunale
2 March 1988 Napoli2-3
(3-4 agg.)		TorinoNapoli
Maradona  37', 50'  28' Gritti
 75' Comi
 80' Polster		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

European Cup

Round of 16

16 September 1987 Real Madrid2-0NapoliMadrid
Míchel  18' (pen)
De Napoli  76' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Referee: Igna
30 September 1987 Napoli1-1
(1-3 agg.)		Real MadridNapoli
Francini  9'  44' Butragueño Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 83 231
Referee: Pauly
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References
  1. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. Game abandoned due to an explosive threw to Alessandro Renica and awarded on table to Napoli by Italian Football Federation.

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