1986–87 Serie A

Serie A
	Players of champion, SSC Napoli
Season	1986–87
Dates	14 September 1986 – 17 May 1987
Champions	Napoli; 1st title
Relegated	Brescia; Atalanta; Udinese
European Cup	Napoli
Cup Winners' Cup	Atalanta
UEFA Cup	Juventus; Inter Milan; Hellas Verona; Milan
Matches	240
Goals	462 (1.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paolo Virdis; (17 goals)
Longest winning run	15 matches; Napoli
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches; Napoli
Longest winless run	16 matches; Atalanta
Longest losing run	16 matches; Atalanta
	← 1985–86 1987–88 → All statistics correct as of 17 May 1987.

The 1986–87 Serie A season ended with Napoli completing the "domestic double", winning their first Scudetto and third Coppa Italia. They were under the leadership of captain Diego Maradona, who had also recently won the World Cup with Argentina.

Events

Juventus, Inter Milan, Hellas Verona and Milan (beating Sampdoria after tie-breaker re-introduction) all qualified for the 1987/1988 UEFA Cup, while Brescia, Atalanta, and Udinese in consequence of Totonero 1986, were all relegated to Serie B.

Atalanta, while being relegated to Serie B, had the unusual distinction of also qualifying for the 1987/1988 Cup Winners' Cup as 1986–87 Coppa Italia runners-up.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Napoli (C)	30	15	12	3	41	21	+20	42	Qualification to European Cup
2	Juventus	30	14	11	5	42	27	+15	39	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Inter Milan	30	15	8	7	32	17	+15	38
4	Hellas Verona	30	12	12	6	36	25	+11	36
5	Milan^[a]	30	13	9	8	31	21	+10	35
6	Sampdoria	30	13	9	8	37	21	+16	35
7	Roma	30	12	9	9	37	31	+6	33
8	Avellino	30	9	12	9	31	38	−7	30
9	Como	30	5	16	9	16	20	−4	26
10	Fiorentina	30	8	10	12	30	35	−5	26
11	Torino	30	8	10	12	26	32	−6	26
12	Ascoli	30	7	10	13	18	33	−15	24
13	Empoli	30	8	7	15	13	33	−20	23
14	Brescia (R)	30	7	8	15	25	35	−10	22	Relegation to Serie B
15	Atalanta^[b] (R)	30	7	7	16	22	32	−10	21	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup and relegation to Serie B
16	Udinese^[c] (R)	30	6	12	12	25	41	−16	15	Relegation to Serie B

Source: 1986–87 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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Milan won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Sampdoria 1–0, thus qualifying for the 1987–88 UEFA Cup.
↑ Atalanta gained entry to the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup as 1986–87 Coppa Italia runner-up, as Napoli qualified for the 1987–88 European Cup.
↑ Udinese was penalised 9 points from the start of the season for the Totonero 1986.

Teams

Ascoli, Brescia and Empoli had been promoted from Serie B.

Serie A 1986-87 team distribution

Results

Home \ Away	ASC	ATA	AVE	BRE	COM	EMP	FIO	INT	JUV	MIL	NAP	ROM	SAM	TOR	UDI	VER
Ascoli	—	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–5	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
Atalanta	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	4–2	1–0
Avellino	0–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1
Brescia	1–2	1–0	2–0	—	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Como	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	—	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1
Empoli	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0
Fiorentina	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–3	1–2	1–1	—	0–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1
Inter Milan	3–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	—	2–1	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0
Juventus	2–2	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	—	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1
Milan	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	4–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0
Napoli	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	—	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0
Roma	1–1	4–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	—	0–3	1–0	4–0	0–0
Sampdoria	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	4–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	—	3–0	0–0	0–0
Torino	0–2	0–0	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	—	3–1	2–1
Udinese	3–0	1–0	2–6	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	—	2–2
Hellas Verona	2–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

UEFA Cup qualification

23 May 1987

Milan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sampdoria
Massaro 102'

Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo, Turin

Referee: Tullio Lanese (Messina)

Milan qualified for 1987-88 UEFA Cup.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pietro Paolo Virdis	Milan	17
2	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria	12
3	Alessandro Altobelli	Inter Milan	11
4	Ramon Diaz	Fiorentina	10
	Aldo Serena	Juventus
	Diego Maradona	Napoli
7	Andrea Carnevale	Napoli	8
	Preben Elkjaer	Hellas Verona
	Wim Kieft	Torino

Attendances

Source:^[2]

No.	Club	Average
1	Napoli	72,714
2	Milan	66,210
3	Inter Milan	53,215
4	Roma	49,138
5	Juventus	35,554
6	Fiorentina	31,844
7	Torino	28,141
8	Hellas Verona	27,316
9	Sampdoria	26,655
10	Udinese	25,248
11	Brescia	23,597
12	Avellino	23,375
13	Atalanta	22,693
14	Empoli	14,819
15	Como	14,438
16	Ascoli	14,421

References and sources

↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
↑ "Archive Italy : 1986-1987". European-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2026.

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

External links

it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1987 - Italian version with pictures and info.
Italy Championship 1986/87 - All results on RSSSF Website.
A collection of goals

[table_note_MIL0.74076610605268-1] Milan won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Sampdoria 1–0, thus qualifying for the 1987–88 UEFA Cup.

[table_note_ATA0.74076610605268-2] Atalanta gained entry to the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup as 1986–87 Coppa Italia runner-up, as Napoli qualified for the 1987–88 European Cup.

[table_note_UDI0.74076610605268-3] Udinese was penalised 9 points from the start of the season for the Totonero 1986.

[4] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[5] "Archive Italy : 1986-1987". European-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2026.

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Serie A seasons
Prima Categoria	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 FIGC
Prima Divisione	1921–22 CCI 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26
Divisione Nazionale	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29
Serie A	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43
Divisione Nazionale	1943–44 1944–45 1945–46
Serie A	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 2026–27
Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia

1986–87 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '86 '87 England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87 Spain Sweden '86 '87 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '86 '87–'88