1987–88 AS Roma season

A.S. Roma
1987–88 season
Manager	Nils Liedholm
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Giuseppe Giannini (11)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

A.S. Roma returned to prominence with a 3rd place in Serie A under returning coach Nils Liedholm. With new signings such as Rudi Völler and Lionello Manfredonia, Roma was able to qualify for international football once again, with playmaker Giuseppe Giannini arguably playing at his very peak, setting a career record 11 league goals from attacking midfield.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Milan (C)	30	17	11	2	43	14	+29	45	Qualification to European Cup
2	Napoli	30	18	6	6	55	27	+28	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Roma	30	15	8	7	39	26	+13	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Sampdoria	30	13	11	6	41	30	+11	37	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
5	Internazionale	30	11	10	9	42	35	+7	32	Qualification to UEFA Cup

Source: 1987–88 Serie A,RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[1]
(C) Champions

Matches

13 September 1987 1	Ascoli	1–1	Roma	Ascoli Piceno
	Scarafoni 30'	Report	Boniek 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

20 September 1987 2	Roma	2–0	Cesena	Roma
	Völler 73' Boniek 75'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

27 September 1987 3	Avellino	2–3	Roma	Avellino
	Tempestilli 11' (o.g.) Schachner 42'	Report	Boniek 5' Giannini 57' Collovati 79'	Stadium: Partenio

4 October 1987 4	Roma	1–0	Pisa	Roma
	Boniek 69' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

11 October 1987 5	Juventus	1–0	Roma	Torino
	Boniek 42' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Comunale

25 October 1987 6	Roma	1–1	Napoli	Roma
	Pruzzo 46'	Report	Francini 67'	Stadium: Olimpico

1 November 1987 7	Roma	3–1	Como	Roma
	Giannini 2' Völler 9' Boniek 57'	Report	Corneliusson 67'	Stadium: Olimpico

8 November 1987 8	Empoli	2–1	Roma	Empoli
	Cucchi 4' Ekström 10'	Report	Manfredonia 41'	Stadium: Carlo Castellani

22 November 1987 9	Roma	3–2	Inter	Roma
	Manfredonia 15' Giannini 19' Desideri 84'	Report	Fanna 13' Altobelli 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Olimpico

29 November 1987 10	Sampdoria	0–0	Roma	Genova
		Report		Stadium: Olimpico

13 December 1987 11	Milan	0–2^[2]	Roma	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro

20 December 1987 12	Roma	5–1	Pescara	Roma
	Agostini 6, 55' Galvani 24' (o.g.) Giannini 53' Policano 89'	Report	Slišković 80'	Stadium: Olimpico

3 January 1988 13	Fiorentina	1–0	Roma	Firenze
	Collovati 43' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Comunale

10 January 1988 14	Roma	1–1	Torino	Roma
	Völler 55'	Report	Gritti 78'	Stadium: Olimpico

17 January 1988 15	Verona	0–1	Roma	Verona
		Report	Boniek 71'	Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi

24 January 1988 16	Roma	3–0	Ascoli	Roma
	Giannini 31', 58' (pen.) Desideri 89'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

31 January 1988 17	Cesena	0–0	Roma	Cesena
		Report

7 February 1988 18	Roma	0–0	Avellino	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Olimpico

14 February 1988 19	Pisa	1–1	Roma	Pisa
	Piovanelli 84'	Report	Oddi 69'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi

28 February 1988 20	Roma	2–0	Juventus	Roma
	Desideri 69, 84'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

6 March 1988 21	Napoli	1–2	Roma	Napoli
	Careca 80'	Report	Giannini 21' Oddi 71'	Stadium: San Paolo

13 March 1988 22	Como	0–1	Roma	Como
		Report	Policano 49'	Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia

20 March 1988 23	Roma	1–0	Empoli	Roma
	Giannini 50'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

27 March 1988 24	Inter	4–2	Roma	Milan
	Altobelli 13' (pen.) Bergomi 17' Ciocci 30, 68'	Report	Giannini 38' (pen.) Bergomi 45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

10 April 1988 25	Roma	0–2	Sampdoria	Roma
		Report	Vialli 67' Bonomi 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Olimpico

17 April 1988 26	Roma	0–2	Milan	Roma
		Report	Virdis 25' Massaro 85'	Stadium: Olimpico

24 April 1988 27	Pescara	0–0	Roma	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Adriatico

1 May 1988 28	Roma	2–1	Fiorentina	Roma
	Giannini 32, 39'	Report	Rebonato 76'	Stadium: Olimpico

8 May 1988 29	Torino	2–0	Roma	Torino
	Gritti 54' Crippa 88'	Report		Stadium: Comunale

15 May 1988 30	Roma	1–0	Sampdoria	Roma
	Manfredonia 8'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

Top scorers

Coppa Italia

First Round - Group 6

23 August 1987 1	Roma	1-0	Monopoli	Roma
20:30	Agostini 62'	Report		Stadium: Flaminio Attendance: 18 000 Referee: Amendolia

26 August 1987 2	Triestina	0-2	Roma	Trieste
20:30		Report	31' Manfredonia 79' Völler	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Grezar Referee: Lanese

30 August 1987 3	Pescara	0-0 (3-4 p)	Roma	Pescara
20:30		Report		Stadium: Adriatico Attendance: 30 000 Referee: Lombardo
	Penalties
	Júnior Slišković Berlinghieri Loseto Pagano		Giannini Righetti Gerolin Agostini Völler

2 September 1987 4	Roma	2-1	Genoa	Roma
20:30	Gentilini 48' (o.g.) Giannini 63'	Report	30' (pen.) Briaschi	Stadium: Stadio Flaminio Referee: Pairetto

6 September 1987 5	Cagliari	1-1 (1-4 p)	Roma	Cagliari
20:30	Pallanch 85'	Report	48' Boniek	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Pezzella
	Penalties
	Bernardini Saurini Congiu		Desideri Boniek Giannini Gerolin

Eightfinals

6 January 1988	Empoli	2-1	Roma	Empoli
14:45	Zanoncelli 11' Brambati 24'	Report	90+1' Völler	Stadium: Carlo Castellani Attendance: 4 134 Referee: Magni

20 January 1988	Roma	0-0 (1-2 agg.)	Empoli	Roma
14:45		Report		Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 12 740 Referee: Pairetto

References

^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ Match abandoned and awarded on table to Roma due to an explosive launched to Roma's Goalkeeper and injuring him. Il calcio nelle mani dei folli pedardisti.

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1987/88

[1] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[2] Match abandoned and awarded on table to Roma due to an explosive launched to Roma's Goalkeeper and injuring him. Il calcio nelle mani dei folli pedardisti.

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