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

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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.

References and sources

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