1988–89 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
1988–89 season
President	Ernesto Pellegrini
Manager	Giovanni Trapattoni
Stadium	Giuseppe Meazza
Serie A	1st ; (In 1989-90 European Cup)
Coppa Italia	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Aldo Serena (22); All: ; Serena (28)
Average home league attendance	56,455
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →
	All statistics correct as of 25 June 1989.

Last updated July 21, 2025

Season

After another disappointing season, Inter retained Giovanni Trapattoni and signed German footballers Brehme, a fullback, and Lothar Matthäus, a box-to-box midfielder, to strengthen the club.^[1]

Conversely, Inter dominated play in the domestic league,^[10] with Inter able to stay unbeaten for almost half of the season. Fiorentina were the first to beat Inter, on matchday 17.^[11] Following the defeat, a positive streak made the gap over rivals so large that Inter could celebrate the Scudetto on 28 May, after beating Napoli 2–1.^[12] During the last month, with five games to spare, the side had collected 26 wins, six draws and two losses: the final amount was 58 points, a still-unbeaten record for Serie A with 18 teams and two points for a win.^[13]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ITA	Walter Zenga
-	GK	ITA	Astutillo Malgioglio
-	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bergomi
-	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Baresi
-	DF	FRG	Andreas Brehme
-	DF	ITA	Riccardo Ferri
-	DF	ITA	Andrea Mandorlini
-	DF	ITA	Corrado Verdelli
-	DF	ITA	Romano Galvani
-	MF	ITA	Salvatore Nobile


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	FRG	Lothar Matthäus
-	MF	ITA	Alessandro Bianchi
-	MF	ITA	Nicola Berti
-	MF	ITA	Gianfranco Matteoli
-	MF	ITA	Alberto Rivolta
-	MF	ITA	Pietro Fanna
-	FW	ITA	Aldo Serena
-	FW	ITA	Dario Morello
-	FW	ITA	Massimo Ciocci
-	FW	ARG	Ramón Díaz

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Lothar Matthäus	Bayern München
DF	Andreas Brehme	Bayern München
FW	Ramón Díaz	Fiorentina	loan
MF	Nicola Berti	Fiorentina
MF	Alessandro Bianchi	Cesena
DF	Corrado Verdelli	Monza
MF	Enrico Cucchi	Empoli FC

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Alessandro Altobelli	Juventus
MF	Vincenzo Scifo	Bordeaux	co-ownership
DF	Daniel Passarella	River Plate
MF	Enrico Cucchi	Fiorentina	loan
MF	Pierluigi Di Già	Parma	co-ownership
MF	Adriano Piraccini	Cesena
MF	Giuseppe Minaudo	Udinese	definitivo
MF	Fausto Pizzi	Vicenza	co-ownership renewed

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Alberto Rivolta	Parma
MF	Romano Galvani	Bologna FC	loan

Out
Pos.	Name	to	Type
GK	Claudio Bozzini	Celano	loan
DF	Salvatore Nobile	Lecce
FW	Massimo Ciocci	Padova	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.^[14]
(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	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Matches

9 October 19881	Ascoli	1–3	Inter	Ascoli Piceno
	Giovannelli 56' (pen.)	Report	Mandorlini 4' Serena 73' (pen.), 82'	Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca

16 October 19882	Inter	4–1	Pisa	Milan
	Brehme 52' Díaz 75' Serena 84' Matthäus 88'	Report	Bernazzini 29'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

23 October 19883	Verona	0–0	Inter	Verona
		Report		Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi

30 October 19884	Inter	2–0	Roma	Milan
	Berti 19' Serena 84'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

6 November 19885	Inter	1–0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Berti 1'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

20 November 19886	Como	1–2	Inter	Como
	Giunta 60'	Report	Díaz 41' Serena 83'	Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia

27 November 19887	Inter	1–0	Cesena	Milan
	Matteoli 1'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

4 December 19888	Pescara	0–2	Inter	Pescara
		Report	Júnior 55' (o.g.) Matthäus 80'	Stadium: Adriatico

11 December 19889	Milan	0–1	Inter	Milan
		Report	Serena 26'	Stadium: San Siro

18 December 198810	Inter	1–1	Juventus	Milan
	Serena 20'	Report	Galia 54'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

31 December 198811	Lecce	0–3	Inter	Lecce
		Report	Díaz 70' Brehme 78' Berti 82'	Stadium: Via del Mare

8 January 198912	Inter	1–0	Bologna	Milan
	Serena 72'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

15 January 198913	Napoli	0–0	Inter	Naples
		Report		Stadium: San Paolo

22 January 198914	Inter	1–0	Lazio	Milan
	Mandorlini 40'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

29 January 198915	Atalanta	1–1	Inter	Bergamo
	Evair 61'	Report	Fortunato 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Comunale

5 February 198916	Inter	2–0	Torino	Milan
	Serena 3' Brambati 19' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

12 February 198917	Fiorentina	4–3	Inter	Firenze
	Baggio 33' Cucchi 52' Borgonovo 73, 85'	Report	Matthäus 13' (pen.) Serena 55, 57'	Stadium: Comunale

19 February 198918	Inter	3–1	Ascoli	Milan
	Berti 13' Serena 27' Díaz 69'	Report	Giordano 77'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

26 February 198919	Pisa	0–3	Inter	Pisa
		Report	Díaz 36' Serena 39, 51'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi

5 March 198920	Inter	1–0	Verona	Milan
	Berti 56'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

12 March 198921	Roma	0–3	Inter	Rome
		Report	Matthäus 12' Serena 22' Díaz 75'	Stadium: Olimpico

19 March 198922	Sampdoria	0–1	Inter	Genoa
		Report	Mandorlini 43'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

2 April 198923	Inter	4–0	Como	Milan
	Berti 2' Matthäus 71' (pen.), 77' Bianchi 78'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

9 April 198924	Cesena	1–2	Inter	Cesena
	Gelain 78'	Report	Bianchi 11' Bordin 49' (o.g.)

16 April 198925	Inter	2–1	Pescara	Milan
	Berti 20' Serena 27'	Report	Pagano 84'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

30 April 198926	Inter	0–0	Milan	Milan
		Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

7 May 198927	Juventus	1–1	Inter	Turin
	Rui Barros 29'	Report	Serena 55'	Stadium: Comunale

14 May 198928	Inter	2–0	Lecce	Milan
	Díaz 23' Serena 33'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

21 May 198929	Bologna	0–6	Inter	Bologna
		Report	Matthäus 31' (pen.) Díaz 54, 67' Serena 64, 83' Matteoli 86'	Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

28 May 198930	Inter	2–1	Napoli	Milan
	Fusi 49' (o.g.) Matthäus 83'	Report	Careca 36'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

4 June 198931	Lazio	1–3	Inter	Rome
	Dezotti 53'	Report	Bergomi 68' Díaz 79, 84'	Stadium: Olimpico

11 June 198932	Inter	4–2	Atalanta	Milan
	Matthäus 49' (pen.) Serena 59', 65' (pen.) Brehme 87'	Report	Nicolini 5' Madonna 60'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

18 June 198933	Torino	2–0	Inter	Turin
	Škoro 54' Müller 73'	Report		Stadium: Comunale

25 June 198934	Inter	2–0	Fiorentina	Milan
	Díaz 61' Bianchi 76'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

Coppa Italia

First round

21 August 19881	Parma	1-2	Inter	Parma
	Di Nicola 89'		78' (rig.) Matthäus 84' Morello	Stadium: Ennio Tardini Referee: Sguizzato

24 August 19882	Inter	1-0	Monopoli	Varese
	Serena 80'			Stadium: Franco Ossola Referee: Di Cola

28 August 19883	Ascoli	0-0	Inter	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Longhi

31 August 19884	Inter	3-0	Reggina	Varese
	Serena 23', 43' Ciocci 72'			Stadium: Franco Ossola Referee: Felicani

3 September 19885	Brescia Calcio	2-0	Inter	Brescia
	Cecconi 24' Corini 75'			Stadium: Mario Rigamonti Referee: Luci

Second round

14 September 19881	Udinese	1-1	Inter	Udine
	De Vitis 15' (pen.)		40' (pen.) Díaz	Stadium: Friuli Referee: Cornieti

21 September 19882	Lazio	1-1	Inter	Roma
	Dezotti 1'		6' Bianchi	Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Agnolin

28 September 19883	Inter	3-4	Fiorentina	Piacenza
	Matthäus 20' (pen.), 83' Morello 68'		28' Borgonovo 29', 52' (rig.) Baggio I 67' Mattei	Stadium: Galleana Referee: Baldas

Coppa UEFA

First round

7 September 1988	Inter	2-1	IK Brage	Milan
	Díaz 45' (pen.) Matteoli 89'		65' (pen.) Arnberg	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Crăciunescu

5 October 1988	IK Brage	1-2	Inter	Borlänge
	Hällman 45'		10' Berti 77' Morello	Stadium: Domnarvsvallen Referee: Scheurell

Second round

26 October 1988	Malmö FF	0-1	Inter	Malmö
			82' Serena	Stadium: Malmö Stadion Referee: Stiegler

9 November 1988	Inter	1-1	Malmö FF	Milan
	Díaz 12'		66' Nilsson	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Bouillet

Eightfinals

23 November 1988	Bayern München	0-2	Inter	München
			60' Serena 71' Berti	Stadium: Olympiastadion Referee: Ponnet

7 December 1988	Inter	1-3 (3-3a agg.)	Bayern München	Milan
	Serena 45'		33' Wohlfarth 38' Augenthaler 40' Wegmann	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Galler

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Zenga	43	-31	33	-19	5	-7	5	-5
	DF	ITA	Bergomi	46	1	32	1	8	0	6	0
	DF	ITA	Ferri	45	0	31	0	8	0	6	0
	DF	ITA	Mandorlini	38	3	26	3	8	0	4	0
	DF	FRG	Brehme	44	3	31	3	7	0	6	0
	MF	ITA	Bianchi	45	4	26+5	3	8	1	6	0
	MF	FRG	Matthäus	44	12	32	9	7	3	5	0
	MF	ITA	Matteoli	45	3	31+1	2	8	0	5	1
	MF	ITA	Berti	44	9	32	7	6	0	6	2
	FW	ITA	Serena	42	28	32	22	5	3	5	3
	FW	ARG	Diaz	43	15	33	12	7	1	3	2
	GK	ITA	Malgioglio	6	-3	1	0	3	-2	2	-1
	DF	ITA	Baresi	45	0	13+19	0	8	0	5	0
	DF	ITA	Verdelli	23	0	13+7	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Fanna	13	0	7+6	0
	DF	ITA	Galvani	3	0	1+2	0
	MF	ITA	Nobile	7	0	0	0	7	0
	MF	ITA	Rivolta	1	0	0+1	0
	FW	ITA	Morello	17	3	0+10	0	4	2	3	1
	FW	ITA	Ciocci	9	1	0	0	8	1	1	0
	FW	ITA	P. D. Rocco	6	0	0+1	0	3	0	2	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1988/963/

References

↑ Gianni Brera (August 3, 1988). "La certezza è il modulo". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 46.
↑ Licia Granello (June 22, 1988). "L' Inter rinuncia a Madjer". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 46.
↑ "Inter, Diaz batte Madjer..." la Repubblica (in Italian). July 21, 1988. p. 28.
↑ "Con Diaz e Matthaeus l' Inter diverte". la Repubblica (in Italian). August 2, 1988. p. 27.
↑ Licia Granello (September 1, 1988). "Diaz-Serena, ora funziona". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 50.
↑ Antonio Dipollina (September 29, 1988). "Audace Fiorentina". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 47.
↑ Licia Granello (September 1, 1988). "Diaz-Serena, ora funziona". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 50.
↑ Antonio Dipollina (September 29, 1988). "Audace Fiorentina". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 47.
↑ Gianni Mura (December 8, 1988). "Inter, massima follia Il Bayern la condanna". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 37.
↑ Gianni Brera (October 11, 1988). "La beffa di Virdis". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 48.
↑ Licia Granello (February 14, 1989). "L' Inter ritorna sulla terra". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 35.
↑ Licia Granello (May 30, 1989). "Quando la paura fa spettacolo". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 33.
↑ Gianni Brera (June 27, 1989). "Prima di tutto l' Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 27.
↑ 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

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[table_note_MIL0.18121684537326-14] Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.

[1] Gianni Brera (August 3, 1988). "La certezza è il modulo". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 46.

[2] Licia Granello (June 22, 1988). "L' Inter rinuncia a Madjer". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 46.

[3] "Inter, Diaz batte Madjer..." la Repubblica (in Italian). July 21, 1988. p. 28.

[4] "Con Diaz e Matthaeus l' Inter diverte". la Repubblica (in Italian). August 2, 1988. p. 27.

[5] Licia Granello (September 1, 1988). "Diaz-Serena, ora funziona". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 50.

[6] Antonio Dipollina (September 29, 1988). "Audace Fiorentina". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 47.

[7] Licia Granello (September 1, 1988). "Diaz-Serena, ora funziona". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 50.

[8] Antonio Dipollina (September 29, 1988). "Audace Fiorentina". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 47.

[9] Gianni Mura (December 8, 1988). "Inter, massima follia Il Bayern la condanna". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 37.

[10] Gianni Brera (October 11, 1988). "La beffa di Virdis". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 48.

[11] Licia Granello (February 14, 1989). "L' Inter ritorna sulla terra". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 35.

[12] Licia Granello (May 30, 1989). "Quando la paura fa spettacolo". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 33.

[13] Gianni Brera (June 27, 1989). "Prima di tutto l' Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 27.

[15] 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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