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1986–87 Serie A

85th season of top-tier Italian football

Field	Value
competition	Serie A
season	–87
dates	14 September 1986 – 17 May 1987
image	Napoli calcio team champion 1987.jpg
caption	Players of champion, SSC Napoli
winners	Napoli
1st title
continentalcup1	[European Cup](1987-88-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Napoli
continentalcup3	[UEFA Cup](1987-88-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Juventus
Internazionale
Hellas Verona
Milan
continentalcup2	[Cup Winners' Cup](1987-88-european-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Atalanta
relegated	Brescia
Atalanta
Udinese
league topscorer	Paolo Virdis
(17 goals)
matches	240
total goals	462
longest wins	15 matches
Napoli
longest unbeaten	15 matches
Napoli
longest winless	16 matches
Atalanta
longest losses	16 matches
Atalanta
updated	17 May 1987
prevseason	[1985–86](1985-86-serie-a)
nextseason	[1987–88](1987-88-serie-a)

1st title Internazionale Hellas Verona Milan Atalanta Udinese (17 goals) Napoli Napoli Atalanta Atalanta The 1986–87 Serie A season ended with Napoli doing the "domestic double", winning their first Scudetto and third Coppa Italia, spurred on by their talismanic captain Diego Maradona, who had also just played a key part in World Cup glory for his home country of Argentina.

Events

Juventus, Internazionale, 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

Teams

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

Results

UEFA Cup qualification

Milan qualified for 1987-88 UEFA Cup.

Top goalscorers

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

Attendances

Source:

No.	Club	Average
1	Napoli	72,714
2	Milan	66,210
3	Internazionale	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

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

References

(12 September 2018). "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6". [[Italian Football Federation]].
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita87.htm

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