1986–87 Serie B

The Serie B 1986–87 was the fifty-fifth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B

Season	1986–87
Champions	Pescara Pisa shared title
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Arezzo

Bari

Bologna

Cagliari

Campobasso

Catania

Cesena

Cremonese

Genoa

LR Vicenza

Lazio

Lecce

Messina

Modena

Parma

Pescara

Pisa

Sambenedettese

Taranto

Triestina

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Serie B 1986-87 team distribution

Teams

Parma, Modena, Messina and Taranto had been promoted from Serie C, while Pisa, Bari and Lecce had been relegated from Serie A.

Events

Tiebreakers were restored in relegation zone.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Pescara (C, P)	38	16	12	10	43	33	+10	44	Promotion to Serie A
1	Pisa (C, P)	38	16	12	10	42	32	+10	44
3	Cesena (O, P)	38	15	13	10	38	29	+9	43	Qualification to Promotion tie-breaker
4	Lecce (Q)	38	15	13	10	38	32	+6	43
5	Cremonese (Q)	38	14	15	9	35	29	+6	43
6	Genoa	38	12	18	8	44	39	+5	42
7	Parma	38	11	18	9	30	26	+4	40
7	Messina	38	12	16	10	29	28	+1	40
9	Bari	38	11	17	10	33	32	+1	39
10	Bologna	38	10	16	12	40	38	+2	36
11	Triestina	38	10	19	9	31	26	+5	35
11	Arezzo	38	7	21	10	30	33	−3	35
11	Modena	38	10	15	13	32	50	−18	35
14	Sambenedettese	38	11	12	15	33	37	−4	34
15	Taranto (O)	38	10	13	15	37	40	−3	33	Qualification to Relegation tie-breaker
16	Lazio (O)	38	14	14	10	35	28	+7	33
17	Campobasso (R)	38	9	15	14	34	35	−1	33
18	Lanerossi Vicenza (R)	38	9	14	15	31	40	−9	32	Relegation to Serie C1
18	Catania (R)	38	8	16	14	25	38	−13	32
20	Cagliari (R)	38	9	13	16	32	47	−15	26

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	BAR	BOL	CAG	CAM	CAT	CES	CRE	GEN	LRV	LAZ	LEC	MES	MOD	PAR	PES	PIS	SAM	TAR	TRI
Arezzo	—	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0
Bari	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–4	1–0	1–1
Bologna	2–2	2–2	—	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0
Cagliari	0–0	2–2	0–0	—	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Campobasso	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	—	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–3
Catania	1–0	1–0	1–4	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0
Cesena	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	—	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0
Cremonese	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0
Genoa	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0
L.R. Vicenza	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Lazio	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	—	0–0	0–1	4–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1
Lecce	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	—	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1
Messina	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0
Modena	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–4	2–0	0–0
Parma	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Pescara	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	—	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0
Pisa	1–1	2–0	2–3	3–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	2–0	2–1
Samb.	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	—	1–1	1–0
Taranto	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	0–0
Triestina	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	—

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

Tie-breakers

Promotion tie-breaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cesena	0-0	Lecce
Lecce	4-1	Cremonese
Cesena	1-0	Cremonese

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cesena	2-1	Lecce

Played in San Benedetto del Tronto on July 8

Cesena promoted to Serie A.

Relegation tie-breaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Taranto	1-0	Lazio
Campobasso	1-1	Taranto
Lazio	1-0	Campobasso

Campobasso relegated to Serie C1.

References and sources

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