1988–89 SSC Napoli season

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Napoli
1988–89 season
Chairman Corrado Ferlaino
Manager Ottavio Bianchi
Serie A 2nd
Coppa Italia Runners-up
UEFA Cup Winners
Top goalscorerLeague: 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.

Contents

Squad

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giuliano Giuliani
GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Raffaele Di Fusco
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Tebaldo Bigliardi
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giancarlo Corradini
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Ciro Ferrara
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giovanni Francini
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Massimo Filardi
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alessandro Renica
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giovanni Di Rocco
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Antonio Carannante
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Massimo Crippa
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fernando De Napoli
MF Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  BRA Alemão
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Antonio Bucciarelli
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesco Romano
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Luca Fusi
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Maurizio Neri
FW Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  BRA Careca
FW Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Diego Maradona
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andrea Carnevale
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Marco Ferrante
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Simone Giacchetta

Transfers

Competitions

Serie A

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C)3426626719+4858Qualification to European Cup
2 Napoli 34181155728+2947Qualification to UEFA Cup
3 Milan [lower-alpha 1] 34161446125+3646Qualification to European Cup
4 Juventus 34151365136+1543Qualification to UEFA Cup
5 Sampdoria 34141194325+1839Qualification 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) Champion
Notes:
  1. Milan qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup as the 1988–89 European Cup defending champions.

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLWWDWWWWWLWDDWWWDWDWDLDWWDDWLDLDW
Position1743322222222222222222222222222222
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 Napoli 1–0 Atalanta Napoli
Giacchetta Soccerball shade.svg90' Report Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 55 678
16 October 19882 Lecce 1–0 Napoli Lecce
Baroni Soccerball shade.svg10' Report Stadium: Via del Mare
Attendance: 17 450
23 October 19883 Napoli 8–2 Pescara Napoli
Careca Soccerball shade.svg3, 60'
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg7, 51, 53'
Maradona Soccerball shade.svg36, 84'
Alemão Soccerball shade.svg39'
Report Gasperini Soccerball shade.svg59' (pen.)
Edmar Soccerball shade.svg65' (pen.)
Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 63 330
30 October 19884 Cesena 0–1 Napoli Cesena
Report Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg14'Attendance: 20 230
6 November 19885 Napoli 1–1 Lazio Napoli
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg28' Report Rizzolo Soccerball shade.svg66'Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 67 780
20 November 1988 6 Juventus 3–5 Napoli Torino
Galia Soccerball shade.svg48'
Zavarov Soccerball shade.svg55'
De Agostini Soccerball shade.svg77' (pen.)
Report Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg3'
Careca Soccerball shade.svg30, 44, 58'
Renica Soccerball shade.svg85' (pen.)
Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 50 400
27 November 19887 Napoli 4–1 Milan Napoli
Maradona Soccerball shade.svg42'
Careca Soccerball shade.svg45, 78'
Francini Soccerball shade.svg48'
Report Virdis Soccerball shade.svg65' (pen.)Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 72 300
4 December 19888 Napoli 2–0 Fiorentina Napoli
Maradona Soccerball shade.svg30' (pen.)
Careca Soccerball shade.svg76'
Report Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 70 340
11 December 19889 Verona 0–1 Napoli Verona
Report Crippa Soccerball shade.svg53'Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 27 780
18 December 198810 Napoli 3–1 Bologna Napoli
Careca Soccerball shade.svg26'
Maradona Soccerball shade.svg53, 75'
Report Demol Soccerball shade.svg79' (pen.)Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 60 437
31 December 1988 11 Roma 1–0 Napoli Olimpico
Völler Soccerball shade.svg87' Report Stadium: Roma
Attendance: 68 800
8 January 198912 Torino 0–1 Napoli Torino
Report Careca Soccerball shade.svg30'Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 59 000
15 January 198913 Napoli 0–0 Inter Naples
Report Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 73 388
22 January 198914 Sampdoria 0–0 Napoli Genova
Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 33 200
29 January 198915 Napoli 4–1 Ascoli Napoli
Careca Soccerball shade.svg1'
Maradona Soccerball shade.svg33, 77'
Crippa Soccerball shade.svg81'
Report Cvetković Soccerball shade.svg9'Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 49 900
5 February 198916 Pisa 0–1 Napoli Pisa
Report Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg32'Stadium: Arena Garibaldi
Attendance: 22 240
12 February 198917 Napoli 3–2 Como Napoli
Crippa Soccerball shade.svg11'
Neri Soccerball shade.svg63'
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg82'
Report Corneliusson Soccerball shade.svg33'
Simone Soccerball shade.svg43'
Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 51 110
19 February 198918 Atalanta 1–1 Napoli Bergamo
Nicolini Soccerball shade.svg60' Report Maradona Soccerball shade.svg40'Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 19 090
26 February 198919 Napoli 4–0 Lecce Napoli
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg3, 47'
De Napoli Soccerball shade.svg21'
Alemão Soccerball shade.svg68'
Report Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 50 300
5 March 198920 Pescara 0–0 Napoli Pescara
Report Stadium: Adriatico
Attendance: 18 502
12 March 198921 Napoli 1–0 Cesena Napoli
Chiti Soccerball shade.svg80' (o.g.) Report Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 66 599
19 March 198922 Lazio 1–1 Napoli Roma
Sosa Soccerball shade.svg31' Report Neri Soccerball shade.svg19'Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 60 319
2 April 1989 23 Napoli 2–4 Juventus Napoli
De Napoli Soccerball shade.svg5'
Careca Soccerball shade.svg49'
Report Napoli Soccerball shade.svg8'
Buso Soccerball shade.svg31, 61'
Magrin Soccerball shade.svg90' (pen.)
Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 77 430
9 April 198924 Milan 0–0 Napoli Milan
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79 907
16 April 198925 Fiorentina 1–3 Napoli Firenze
D. Pellegrini Soccerball shade.svg45' Report Careca Soccerball shade.svg25'
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg53, 70'
Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 24 490
30 April 198926 Napoli 1–0 Verona Napoli
Alemão Soccerball shade.svg19' Report Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 64 480
7 May 198927 Bologna 1–1 Napoli Bologna
Lorenzo Soccerball shade.svg22' Report Careca Soccerball shade.svg25'Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 20 489
14 May 1989 28 Napoli 1–1 Roma Napoli
Careca Soccerball shade.svg58' Report Völler Soccerball shade.svg74'Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 71 300
21 May 198929 Napoli 4–1 Torino Napoli
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg3'
Romano Soccerball shade.svg22'
Careca Soccerball shade.svg40'Soccerball shade.svg48' (pen.)
Report Cravero Soccerball shade.svg52' (pen.)Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 67 708
28 May 198930 Inter 2–1 Napoli Milan
Fusi Soccerball shade.svg49' (o.g.)
Matthäus Soccerball shade.svg83'
Report Careca Soccerball shade.svg36'Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 75 560
4 June 198931 Napoli 1–1 Sampdoria Napoli
Carannante Soccerball shade.svg40' Report Cerezo Soccerball shade.svg75'Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 70 409
11 June 198932 Ascoli 2–0 Napoli Ascoli Piceno
Cvetković Soccerball shade.svg17'
Giordano Soccerball shade.svg24' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Attendance: 18 560
18 June 198933 Napoli 0–0 Pisa Napoli
Report Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 59 094
25 June 198934 Como 0–1 Napoli Como
Report Renica Soccerball shade.svg36' (pen.)Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Attendance: 11 340

Topscorers

Coppa Italia

First Round- Group phase

21 August 19881 Spezia 1–3 Napoli
CeccaroniSoccerball shade.svgpen' Francini Soccerball shade.svg
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg
Attendance: 7 800
24 August 19882 S.S.C. Bari 2–0 Napoli Bari
ArmeniseSoccerball shade.svg
MaiellaroSoccerball shade.svg
Attendance: 19 450
28 August 19883 Sambenedettese 0–2 Napoli
SalvioniSoccerball shade.svgo.g.'
Romano Soccerball shade.svg
Attendance: 13 455
31 August 19884 Napoli 3–0 Barletta Napoli
Renica Soccerball shade.svg
Alemao Soccerball shade.svg
Maradona Soccerball shade.svg
Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 34 560
3 September 19885 Napoli 1–0 Bologna
Maradona Soccerball shade.svgAttendance: 44 459

Second round

14 September 19881 Lecce 0–1 Napoli Lecce
Maradona Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Via del Mare
Attendance: 14 400
21 September 19882 Napoli 2–0 Cesena Napoli
Carannante Soccerball shade.svg
Maradona Soccerball shade.svg
Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 49 890
28 September 19883 Modena 0–4 Napoli Modena
Maradona Soccerball shade.svgpen'
Careca Soccerball shade.svg
Maradona Soccerball shade.svg
Carannante Soccerball shade.svg
Attendance: 18 903

Quarter-finals

4 January 1989 Napoli 3–0 Ascoli Napoli
Corradini Soccerball shade.svg
Neri Soccerball shade.svg
Careca Soccerball shade.svg
Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 45 560
25 January 1989 Ascoli 3–1 Napoli Ascoli Piceno
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Attendance: 15 500

Semi-finals

1 February 1989 Pisa 0–2 Napoli Pisa
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg
Maradona Soccerball shade.svg
Stadium: Arena Garibaldi
Attendance: 19 934
8 February 19893 Napoli 1–0 Pisa Napoli
Romano Soccerball shade.svgStadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 60 200

Final

7 June 1989 Napoli 1–0 Sampdoria Napoli
21:00 Renica Soccerball shade.svg55'Stadium: San Paolo
Referee: Tullio Lanese
28 June 1989 Sampdoria 4–0
(4–1 agg.)
Napoli Cremona
21:00 Vialli Soccerball shade.svg32'
Cerezo Soccerball shade.svg38'
Vierchowod Soccerball shade.svg47'
Mancini Soccerball shade.svg59' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

UEFA Cup

7 September 1988First round first leg Napoli 1–0 Flag of Greece.svg PAOK Napoli
20:30 CET Maradona Soccerball shade.svg55' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Flag of Germany.svg Aron Schmidhuber
6 October 1988First round second leg Flag of Greece.svg PAOK 1–1
(1–2 agg.)
Napoli Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 CET Skartados Soccerball shade.svg61' Report Careca Soccerball shade.svg17'Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Flag of Austria.svg Horst Brummeier
26 October 1988Second round first leg Flag of East Germany.svg Lokomotiv Leipzig 1–1 Napoli Leipzig, East Germany
20:30 CET Zimmerling Soccerball shade.svg67' Francini Soccerball shade.svg72'Stadium: Zentralstadion
Referee: Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Alexis Ponnet
9 November 1988Second round second leg Napoli 2–0
(3–1 agg.)
Flag of East Germany.svg Lokomotiv Leipzig Napoli
20:30 CET Francini Soccerball shade.svg2'
Scholz Soccerball shade.svg54' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Georges Sandoz

Eightfinals

23 November 1988Round of 16 first leg Flag of France.svg Girondins de Bordeaux 0–1 Napoli Bordeaux, France
20:30 CET Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg5'Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Referee: Flag of Germany.svg Karl-Heinz Tritschler
7 December 1988Round of 16 second leg Napoli 0–0
(1–0 agg.)
Flag of France.svg Girondins de Bordeaux Napoli
20:30 CET Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Flag of England.svg Neil Midgley

Quarterfinals

1 March 1989Quarter-final first leg Juventus 2–0 Napoli Torino, Italy
20:30 CET Bruno Soccerball shade.svg5'
Corradini Soccerball shade.svg45' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Flag of England.svg George Courtney
15 March 1989Quarter-final second leg Napoli 3–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 agg.)
Juventus Napoli
20:30 CET Maradona Soccerball shade.svg10' (pen.)
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg45'
Renica Soccerball shade.svg119'
Stadium: San Paolo
Referee: Flag of East Germany.svg Siegfried Kirschen

Semifinals

5 April 1989Semi-final first leg Napoli 2–0 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern München Napoli
20:30 CET Careca Soccerball shade.svg40'
Carnevale Soccerball shade.svg59'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Flag of France.svg Michel Vautrot
19 April 1989Semi-final second leg Flag of Germany.svg Bayern München 2–2
(2–4 agg.)
Napoli Munich, West Germany
20:30 CET Wohlfarth Soccerball shade.svg63'
Reuter Soccerball shade.svg81'
Careca Soccerball shade.svg61', 76'Stadium: Olympiastadion
Referee: Flag of Scotland.svg David F.T. Syme

Final

3 May 1989 Final first leg Napoli 2–1 Flag of Germany.svg VfB Stuttgart Napoli
21:00 CET Maradona Soccerball shade.svg68' (pen.)
Careca Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report Soccerball shade.svg17' Gaudino Stadium: San Paolo
Attendance: 76,824
Referee: Flag of Greece.svg Gerassimos Germanakos
17 May 1989 Final second leg Flag of Germany.svg VfB Stuttgart 3–3
(4–5 agg.)
Napoli Stuttgart, West Germany
21:00 CET Klinsmann Soccerball shade.svg27'
De Napoli Soccerball shade.svg70' (o.g.)
Schmäler Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report Soccerball shade.svg18' Alemão
Soccerball shade.svg39' Ferrara
Soccerball shade.svg62' Careca
Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Flag of Spain.svg Victoriano Sánchez Arminio

Statistics

Players statistics

No.PosNatPlayerTotal Serie A 1988–89 UEFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giuliani 44-3732-2712-10
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Ferrara 391270121
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Corradini 44030+20120
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Renica 403282121
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francini 373261112
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Crippa 41229+229+10
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA De Napoli 39230290
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fusi 420310110
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Carnevale 361627+11383
FW Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  BRA Careca 422529+119126
FW Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Maradona 381224+29123
GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Di Fusco 3-12+1-100
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Carannante 39118+1113+70
MF Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  BRA Alemão 24415+1381
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Romano 1819+611+20
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Neri 1225+620+10
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Bigliardi 1205+400+30
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Filardi 1204+80
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giacchetta 511+210+20
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Bucciarelli 201+10
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Ferrante 1010
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Di Rocco 200+20
DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Portalauri200+20
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Chiaiese0000
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Buonocore0000

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