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
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 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 Napoli7 Andrea CarnevaleNapoli8 Preben ElkjaerHellas Verona Wim KieftTorino
Attendances Source:
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
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