| Season | 1989 (1989)–90 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 August 1989 – 29 April 1990 |
| Champions | Napoli 2nd title |
| Relegated | Udinese Hellas Verona Cremonese Ascoli |
| European Cup | Napoli Milan |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Juventus Sampdoria |
| UEFA Cup | Internazionale Roma Atalanta Bologna |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 684 (2.24 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Marco van Basten (19 goals) |
| Longest winning run | 22 matches Milan |
| Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches Milan |
| Longest winless run | 4 matches Ascoli |
| Longest losing run | 17 matches Ascoli |
1990–91 → | |
The1989–90 Serie A season was another successful year forNapoli, withDiego Maradona being among the leading goalscorers inSerie A (16 goals), behindMarco van Basten ofMilan (19 goals) andRoberto Baggio ofFiorentina (17 goals). But while Baggio's Fiorentina narrowly avoided relegation, Maradona's Napoli won their second Serie A title in four seasons, while Van Basten helped Milan retain the European Cup as compensation for their failure to win the Serie A title, having finished two points behind Napoli. Demoted toSerie B for 1990–91 wereUdinese,Hellas Verona,Cremonese andAscoli. In Europe,Sampdoria won theCup Winners Cup andJuventus theUEFA Cup, making this year the most successful in Italian football history.
Genoa,Bari,Udinese andCremonese had been promoted fromSerie B.
| Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascoli | Adidas | Cocif | |
| Atalanta | Ennerre | Tamoil | |
| Bari | Adidas | Sud Leasing | |
| Bologna | Uhlsport | Mercatone Uno | |
| Cesena | Adidas | Orogel | |
| Cremonese | Patrick | Majestic SpA | |
| Fiorentina | ABM | La Nazione | |
| Genoa | Erreà | Mita | |
| Hellas Verona | Hummel | Tortellini Rana | |
| Internazionale | Uhlsport | Misura | |
| Juventus | Kappa | UPIM | |
| Lazio | Umbro | Cassa di Risparmio di Roma | |
| Lecce | Adidas | Ponti Aceto | |
| Milan | Kappa | Mediolanum | |
| Napoli | Ennerre | Mars | |
| Roma | Ennerre | Barilla | |
| Sampdoria | Kappa | Erg | |
| Udinese | ABM | Rex Elettrodomestici |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli(C) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 51 | Qualification toEuropean Cup |
| 2 | Milan[a] | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 49 | |
| 3 | Internazionale | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 44 | Qualification toUEFA Cup |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 44 | Qualification toCup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | Sampdoria[b] | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 43 | |
| 6 | Roma | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 41 | Qualification toUEFA Cup |
| 7 | Atalanta | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 35 | |
| 8 | Bologna | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 34 | |
| 9 | Lazio | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 31 | |
| 10 | Bari | 34 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 31 | |
| 11 | Genoa | 34 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 29 | |
| 12 | Fiorentina | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 28 | |
| 13 | Cesena | 34 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 28 | |
| 14 | Lecce | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 28 | |
| 15 | Udinese(R) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 27 | Relegation toSerie B |
| 16 | Hellas Verona(R) | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 25 | |
| 17 | Cremonese(R) | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 23 | |
| 18 | Ascoli(R) | 34 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 21 |
| Home \ Away | ASC | ATA | BAR | BOL | CES | CRE | FIO | GEN | INT | JUV | LAZ | LEC | MIL | NAP | ROM | SAM | UDI | VER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascoli | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Atalanta | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Bari | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Bologna | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Cesena | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Cremonese | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Fiorentina | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Genoa | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Internazionale | 0–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Juventus | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Lazio | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Lecce | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Milan | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0[a] | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Napoli | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Roma | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 |
| Sampdoria | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Udinese | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 2–1 |
| Hellas Verona | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — |