1987–88 Serie B

59th season of second-tier football league in Italy
Football league season
Serie B
Season1987–88
ChampionsBologna
1st title
← 1986–87
1988–89 →
1987–88 Serie B is located in Italy
Arezzo
Arezzo
Atalanta
Atalanta
Bari
Bari
Bologna
Bologna
Brescia
Brescia
Catanzaro
Catanzaro
Cremonese
Cremonese
Lazio
Lazio
Lecce
Lecce
Modena
Modena
Padova
Padova
Parma
Parma
Piacenza
Piacenza
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Serie B 1987-88 team distribution

The Serie B 1987–88 was the fifty-sixth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Piacenza, Padova, Catanzaro and Barletta had been promoted from Serie C, while Brescia, Atalanta and Udinese had been relegated from Serie A.

Events

A fourth promotion spot was added from this season.

A special relegation rule was applied for the expansion of the higher league.

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bologna (P, C) 38 17 17 4 62 37 +25 51 Promotion to Serie A
2 Lecce (P) 38 17 15 6 42 26 +16 49
3 Lazio (P) 38 15 17 6 42 25 +17 47
3 Atalanta (P) 38 14 19 5 50 34 +16 47
5 Catanzaro 38 14 18 6 36 24 +12 46
6 Cremonese 38 10 21 7 26 18 +8 41
6 Bari 38 12 17 9 30 27 +3 41
8 Brescia 38 11 17 10 30 26 +4 39
8 Padova 38 13 13 12 38 41 −3 39
10 Udinese 38 12 14 12 37 35 +2 38
10 Parma 38 9 20 9 33 33 0 38
12 Messina 38 12 11 15 36 38 −2 35
13 Piacenza 38 9 15 14 26 42 −16 33
14 Genoa 38 9 14 15 25 32 −7 32
14 Sambenedettese 38 5 22 11 26 37 −11 32
14 Taranto 38 9 14 15 40 54 −14 32
17 Barletta 38 7 17 14 27 37 −10 31
18 Modena (R) 38 7 16 15 30 46 −16 30 Relegation to Serie C1
19 Triestina[a] (D, R) 38 11 11 16 32 40 −8 28
20 Arezzo (R) 38 4 18 16 22 38 −16 26
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 5 points deducted

Results

Home \ Away ARE ATA BRI BRL BOL BRE CAT CRE GEN LAZ LEC MES MOD PAD PAR PIA SAM TAR TRI UDI
Arezzo 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1
Atalanta 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 3–3
Bari 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
Barletta 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Bologna 2–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 4–2 2–1
Brescia 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Catanzaro 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0
Cremonese 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Genoa 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0
Lazio 0–1 1–0 0–0 4–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 5–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0
Lecce 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–0
Messina 2–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0
Modena 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0
Padova 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–4 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–3
Parma 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2
Piacenza 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Samb. 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1
Taranto 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0
Triestina 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 4–6 1–0
Udinese 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References and sources

  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
  • 1987–88 in Italian Football at RSSSF.com
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