1988–89 Serie B

Serie B
Season	1988–89
Champions	Genoa
Promoted	Genoa; Bari; Udinese; Cremonese
Relegated	Empoli; Sambenedettese; Taranto; Piacenza
Matches played	380
Goals scored	634 (1.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Salvatore Schillaci (23 goals)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The Serie B 1988–89 was the fifty-seventh tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Cosenza

Serie B 1988-89 team distribution

Teams

Ancona, Monza, Licata, Cosenza and Reggina had been promoted from Serie C, while Avellino and Empoli had been relegated from Serie A.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Genoa (P)	38	16	19	3	35	13	+22	51	Promotion to Serie A
1	Bari (P)	38	16	19	3	38	21	+17	51
3	Udinese (P)	38	13	19	6	37	24	+13	45
4	Cremonese (P)	38	13	18	7	40	30	+10	44	Serie A after tie-breaker
5	Reggina	38	13	18	7	33	31	+2	44	Promotion tie-breaker[lower-alpha 1]
6	Cosenza	38	17	10	11	35	29	+6	44
7	Avellino	38	11	19	8	31	29	+2	41
8	Messina	38	13	12	13	46	42	+4	38
9	Licata	38	11	15	12	39	40	−1	37
9	Parma	38	8	21	9	29	31	−2	37
11	Catanzaro	38	8	19	11	24	26	−2	35
11	Barletta	38	8	19	11	40	43	−3	35
11	Ancona	38	6	23	9	28	35	−7	35
11	Padova	38	10	15	13	27	35	−8	35
15	Monza	38	7	20	11	31	32	−1	34
16	Brescia	38	9	16	13	27	29	−2	34	Relegation tie-breaker[lower-alpha 2]
17	Empoli (R)	38	8	18	12	29	33	−4	34	Serie C1 after tie-breaker
18	Sambenedettese (R)	38	7	17	14	21	30	−9	31	Relegation to Serie C1
19	Taranto (R)	38	8	13	17	24	40	−16	29
20	Piacenza (R)	38	7	12	19	20	41	−21	26

Source: Head-to-head points used for three or more clubs finishing at the same result.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Qualified to the promotion tie-breaker for best head-to-head points against Cosenza.
Qualified to the relegation tie-breaker for worst head-to-head points against Monza.

Results

Home \ Away	ANC	AVE	BRI	BRL	BRE	CAT	COS	CRE	EMP	GEN	LIC	MES	MON	PAD	PAR	PIA	REG	SAM	TAR	UDI
Ancona	—	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
Avellino	1–1	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0
Bari	3–1	0–0	—	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0
Barletta	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	0–0
Brescia	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	—	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1
Catanzaro	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	5–2
Cosenza	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	—	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Cremonese	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	—	1–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–3
Empoli	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–0
Genoa	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Licata	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	—	4–2	4–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Messina	2–3	1–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0
Monza	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0
Padova	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–4	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0
Parma	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Piacenza	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	—	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0
Reggina	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	—	2–1	1–0	2–1
Samb.	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–0
Taranto	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	—	0–0
Udinese	3–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	—

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

Tie-breakers

Promotion tie-breaker

25 June 1989

Cremonese	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Reggina

Penalties
Bivi Chiorri Maspero Citterio Lombardo	4–3	Onorato Raggi Sasso Bagnato Armenise

Stadio Adriatico, Pescara

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Cremonese promoted to Serie A.

Relegation tie-breaker

24 June 1989

Brescia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Empoli

Penalties
Turchetta Corini Bonometti Zoratto	3–0	Baiano Cipriani Soda

Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Carlo Longhi

Empoli relegated to Serie C1.

References and sources

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

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[table_note_res_PPL0.42100830116356-1] Qualified to the promotion tie-breaker for best head-to-head points against Cosenza.

[table_note_res_RP0.42100830116356-2] Qualified to the relegation tie-breaker for worst head-to-head points against Monza.

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