The 1989–90 Serie A season was another successful year for
Napoli, with
Diego Maradona being among the leading goalscorers in
Serie A (16 goals), behind
Marco van Basten
Marcel "Marco" van Basten (; born 31 October 1964) is a Dutch football manager and retired professional player, who played for Ajax and AC Milan, as well as the Netherlands national team, as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pl ...
of
Milan (19 goals) and
Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio (; born 18 February 1967) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, or as an attacking midfielder, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. He is the former pre ...
of
Fiorentina (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 to
Serie B for 1990–91 were
Udinese,
Hellas Verona,
Cremonese
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and
Ascoli. In Europe,
Sampdoria won the
Cup Winners Cup and
Juventus
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the
UEFA Cup, making this year the most successful in Italian football history.
Teams
Genoa,
Bari
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,
Udinese and
Cremonese
Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...
had been promoted from
Serie B.
Final classification
Results
Top goalscorers
References and sources
*''Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004'', Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
External links
*
:it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1990 - Italian version with pictures and info.
- All results on
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, RSSSF Website.
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Serie A seasons
Italy
1989–90 in Italian football leagues