1988–89 AS Roma season

Roma
1988–89 season
President	Dino Viola
Manager	Nils Liedholm ; Luciano Spinosi
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	7th
Coppa Italia	Second round
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rudi Völler (10); All: ; Rudi Völler (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Last updated January 09, 2025

Associazione Sportiva Roma finished 7th in Serie A, dropping four places from the season before, even firing coach Nils Liedholm for just a few weeks. It also crashed out of the UEFA Cup against comparatively minnows Dynamo Dresden in the Last 16.

Players

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Atalanta	34	11	14	9	37	32	+5	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup
7	Fiorentina ^[a]	34	12	10	12	44	43	+1	34	Qualification to UEFA Cup
8	Roma	34	11	12	11	33	40	−7	34
9	Lecce	34	8	15	11	25	35	−10	31
10	Lazio	34	5	19	10	23	32	−9	29

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]
Notes:

↑ AC Fiorentina won the UEFA Cup qualification match against AS Roma then qualified to 1989–90 UEFA Cup.

Matches

9 October 19881	Pescara	0–0	Roma	Pescara
15:00		Report		Stadium: Adriatico Referee: Baldas

16 October 19882	Bologna	0–1	Roma	Bologna
14:30		Report	Desideri 87'	Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 22 000 Referee: Lo Bello

23 October 19883	Roma	1–1	Lecce	Roma
14:30	Rizzitelli 69'	Report	Pasculli 87'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 22 000 Referee: Cornieti

30 October 19884	Inter	2–0	Roma	Milan
14:30	Berti 19' Serena 84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 55.000 Referee: Pairetto

6 November 19885	Roma	2–1	Pisa	Roma
14:30	Rizzitelli 25' Tempestilli 69'	Report	Faccenda 40'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 38 000 Referee: Sguizzato

20 November 19886	Cesena	1–1	Roma	Cesena
14:30	Agostini 87'	Report	Nela 64'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Pezzella

27 November 19887	Roma	1–3	Torino	Roma
14:30	Policano 75'	Report	Edu 26' Fuser 71, 83'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 32.000 Referee: Magni

4 December 19888	Sampdoria	0–2	Roma	Genova
		Report	Völler 35' Massaro 77'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Amendolia

11 December 19889	Roma	1–0	Como	Roma
	Giannini 21'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 27.000 Referee: Beschin

18 December 198810	Ascoli	0–3	Roma	Ascoli Piceno
		Report	Nela 52' Massaro 80' Policano 89'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 9.000 Referee: Pairetto

31 December 198811	Roma	1–0	Napoli	Roma
	Völler 87'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 39.000 Referee: Agnolin

8 January 198912	Roma	1–3	Juventus	Roma
	Giannini 84' (pen.)	Report	Altobelli 12' Rui Barros 78' Cabrini 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 49.000 Referee: Baldas

15 January 198913	Lazio	1–0	Roma	Roma
14:30	Di Canio 25'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Roma Attendance: 45 000 Referee: D'Elia

22 January 198914	Roma	1–3	Milan	Roma
	Völler 11'	Report	Tassotti 7' van Basten 30' Virdis 79'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 41.000 Referee: Lanese

29 January 198915	Fiorentina	2–2	Roma	Firenze
14:30	Borgonovo 41, 72'	Report	Massaro 3' Conti 30'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 22.000 Referee: Lo Bello

5 February 198916	Roma	0–0	Verona	Roma
15:00		Report		Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Amendolia

12 February 198917	Atalanta	2–2	Roma	Bergamo
15:00	Evair 45' Madonna 88'	Report	Massaro 3' Völler 19'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 23 000 Referee: Sguizzato

18 February 198918	Roma	1–3	Pescara	Roma
	Giannini 62' (pen.)	Report	Tita 45' Tita 55' Tita 70'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 41.000 Referee: Luci

26 February 198919	Roma	1–1	Bologna	Roma
	Völler 9'	Report	De Marchi 67'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 29 000 Referee: Paparesta

5 March 198920	Lecce	0–0	Roma	Lecce
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Pairetto

12 March 198921	Roma	0–3	Inter	Roma
		Report	Matthäus 12' Serena 22' Díaz 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Roma Attendance: 58.000 Referee: Lanese

19 March 198922	Pisa	1–0	Roma	Pisa
15:00	Boccafresca 3'	Report		Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Attendance: 18.000 Referee: D'Elia

2 April 198923	Roma	1–0	Cesena	Roma
	Völler 54'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Roma Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Pezzella

9 April 198924	Torino	3–1	Roma	Torino
15:30	Müller 31, 83' Fuser 68'	Report	Völler 53'	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 27.000 Referee: Paparesta

16 April 198925	Roma	1–0	Sampdoria	Roma
15:30	Desideri 59'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Roma Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Magni

30 April 198926	Como	0–1	Roma	Como
		Report	Manfredonia 2'	Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Luci

7 May 198927	Roma	1–1	Ascoli	Roma
16:00	Policano 40'	Report	Giordano 57'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Roma Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Lanese

14 May 198928	Napoli	1–1	Roma	Napoli
18:45	Careca 58'	Report	Völler 74'	Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Lo Bello

21 May 198929	Juventus	2–1	Roma	Torino
16:00	Manfredonia 23' (o.g.) Magrin 84' (pen.)	Report	Giannini 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 23 000 Referee: Cornieti

28 May 198930	Roma	0–0	Lazio	Roma
16:30		Report		Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 60 000 Referee: D'Elia

4 June 198931	Milan	4–1	Roma	Milan
16:30	Tassotti 3' Tempestilli o.g.' van Basten 56' Baresi 83'	Report	Massaro 41'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60 000 Referee: Nicchi

11 June 198932	Roma	2–1	Fiorentina	Roma
16:30	Giannini 36' Völler 87'	Report	Borgonovo 33'	Stadium: Flaminio Attendance: 24 000 Referee: Frigerio

18 June 198933	Verona	0–0	Roma	Verona
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 18 000 Referee: Magni

25 June 198934	Roma	2–1	Atalanta	Roma
17:00	Giannini 43' Völler 66'	Report	Madonna 7' (pen.)	Stadium: Flaminio Attendance: 27 000 Referee: Amendolia

Coppa Italia

First round - Group 5

21 August 19881	Prato	1–3	Roma	Prato
20:45	Labadini 41' (pen.)	Report	27' Völler 38' Renato 57' Conti	Stadium: Stadio Lungobisenzio Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Frigeri

24 August 19882	Empoli	2–3	Roma	Empoli
20:45	Baiano 46' Cristiani 83'		7' Völler 53' Conti 60' Renato	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Lo Bello (Siracusa)

28 August 19883	Monza	2–1	Roma	Monza
17:30	Casiraghi 22' Mancuso 60'	Report	40' Giannini	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Attendance: circa 15,000 Referee: Pezzella (Frattamaggiore)

31 August 19884	Roma	2–0	Como	Roma
18:15	Giannini 44' (rig.) Rizzitelli 62'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Flaminio Attendance: 16,176 Referee: Pairetto (Torino)

3 September 19885	Roma	5–2	Piacenza	Roma
16:45	Conti 50' Rizzitelli 54', 58', 68' Renato 88'	Report	25' Madonna 79' Scaglia	Stadium: Stadio Flaminio Attendance: 15,592 Referee: Paparesta (Bari)

Second Round - Group 3

14 September 19881	Pisa	3–1	Roma	Pisa
20:30	Severeyns 50' Piovanelli 57' Been 85' (rig.)	Report	73' (rig.) Giannini	Stadium: Stadio Arena Garibaldi Attendance: circa 10,000 Referee: D'Elia (Salerno)

21 September 19882	Ancona	1–0	Roma	Ancona
20:30	Spigarelli 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Dorico Referee: Magni (Bergamo)

28 September 19883	Roma	4–1	Pescara	Roma
20:30	Policano 13' Völler 27' Giannini 55' Tempestilli 66'	Report	29' Júnior	Stadium: Stadio Flaminio Attendance: 11,423 Referee: Paparesta (Bari)

UEFA Cup

First round

7 September 1988First leg	Roma	1–2	Nürnberg	Roma
16:45 CET	Desideri 48'	Report	Sané 44' Eckstein 59'	Stadium: Stadio Flaminio Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

12 October 1988Second leg	Nürnberg	1–3 (3–4 agg.)	Roma	Nürnberg
20:00 CET	Eckstein 20'	Report	Völler 9' Policano 34' Renato 93'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)

Second round

26 October 1988First leg	Partizan	4–2	Roma	Belgrade
17:00 CET	Đukić 17', 77' Vermezović 31' Milojević 54'	Report	Conti 10', 68'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Referee: Lajos Hartmann (Hungary)

7 September 1988Second leg	Roma	2–0 (4a–4 agg.)	Partizan	Roma
16:45 CET	Völler 20' Giannini 71'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)

Third round

23 November 1988First leg	Dynamo Dresden	2–0	Roma	Dresden
17:00 CET	Gütschow 15' (pen.) Minge 81'	Report		Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

7 December 1988Second leg	Roma	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Dynamo Dresden	Roma
13:00 CET		Report	Gütschow 69' Kirsten 80'	Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Statistics

Goalscorers

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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.

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[table_note_FIO0.90783881764293-1] AC Fiorentina won the UEFA Cup qualification match against AS Roma then qualified to 1989–90 UEFA Cup.

[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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