1987–88 Serie B

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

Serie B

Season	1987–88
Champions	Bologna 1st title
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Arezzo

Atalanta

Bari

Barletta

Bologna

Brescia

Catanzaro

Cremonese

Genoa

Lazio

Lecce

Messina

Modena

Padova

Parma

Piacenza

Sambenedettese

Taranto

Triestina

Udinese

Serie B 1987-88 team distribution

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 (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:

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

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Lazio	29,790
2	Bologna	24,010
3	Udinese	20,252
4	Lecce	18,024
5	Atalanta	17,388
6	Bari	15,830
7	Padova	12,849
8	Parma	10,292
9	Genoa	9,856
10	Messina	9,711
11	Catanzaro	9,349
12	Brescia	9,284
13	Barletta	8,763
14	Cremonese	8,525
15	Taranto	8,217
16	Modena	7,602
17	Piacenza	7,576
18	Triestina	7,246
19	Sambenedettese	5,938
20	Arezzo	5,075

Source:

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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