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

Serie B
Season1988–89
ChampionsGenoa
PromotedGenoa
Bari
Udinese
Cremonese
RelegatedEmpoli
Sambenedettese
Taranto
Piacenza
Matches played380
Goals scored634 (1.67 per match)
Top goalscorerSalvatore Schillaci (23 goals)

Teams

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

Final classification

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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[a]
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[b]
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:
  1. ^ Qualified to the promotion tie-breaker for best head-to-head points against Cosenza.
  2. ^ Qualified to the relegation tie-breaker for worst head-to-head points against Monza.

Results

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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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Tie-breakers

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Promotion tie-breaker

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Cremonese promoted to Serie A.

Relegation tie-breaker

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Brescia0–0 (a.e.t.)Empoli
Penalties
Turchetta  
Corini  
Bonometti  
Zoratto  
3–0   Baiano
  Cipriani
  Soda
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Carlo Longhi

Empoli relegated to Serie C1.

References and sources

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