1986–87 AS Roma season

Roma 1986–87 football season

Roma

1986–87 season

Manager

Sven-Göran Eriksson
(until 3 May 1987)
Angelo Sormani
(since 4 May 1987)

Serie A

7th

Coppa Italia

Round of 32

Cup Winners' Cup

Round of 16

Top goalscorer

League:
Klaus Berggreen,
Stefano Desideri (5)
All:
Klaus Berggreen,
Stefano Desideri (5)

Home colours

Away colours

← 1985–86

1987–88 →

A.S. Roma dropped off the pace of the top teams during the 1986–87 season, which ended Sven-Göran Eriksson's first Italian employment prematurely. From being the top scoring team in the season before, Roma struggled with finding the back of the net, resulting in worsened results.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Attilio Gregori
Franco Tancredi

Defenders

Marco Baroni
Manuel Gerolin
Settimio Lucci
Paolo Mastrantonio
Sebastiano Nela
Emidio Oddi
Ubaldo Righetti

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Milan^[a]	30	13	9	8	31	21	+10	35	Qualification to UEFA Cup
6	Sampdoria	30	13	9	8	37	21	+16	35
7	Roma	30	12	9	9	37	31	+6	33
8	Avellino	30	9	12	9	31	38	−7	30
9	Como	30	5	16	9	16	20	−4	26

Source: 1986–87 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. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[1]
Notes:

^ Milan won the UEFA Cup qualification match against Sampdoria 1–0 then qualified to 1987–88 UEFA Cup.

Matches

Roma v Como

14 September 1986 1	Roma	0–0	Como	Rome
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

Atalanta v Roma

21 September 1986 2	Atalanta	0–1	Roma	Bergamo
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Ancelotti 44'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Tullio Lanese

Roma v Verona

28 September 1986 3	Roma	0–0	Verona	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Pruzzo 75'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Internazionale v Roma

5 October 1986 4	Internazionale	4–1	Roma	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Garlini 5' Altobelli 58', 67', 77', 66'	Report	Pruzzo 69'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Claudio Pieri

Roma v Brescia

12 October 1986 5	Roma	2–1	Brescia	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Ancelotti 44' Giannini 49' (pen.) Baroni 69'	Report	Baroni 53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Romeo Paparesta

Torino v Roma

19 October 1986 6	Torino	0–2	Roma	Turin
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Berggreen 75' Agostini 84'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Luigi Agnolin

Roma v Napoli

26 October 1986 7	Roma	0–1	Napoli	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Pruzzo 86'	Report	Maradona 46'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Giancarlo Redini

Empoli v Roma

2 November 1986 8	Empoli	1–3	Roma	Empoli
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Della Monica 24'	Report	Baldieri 55', 59' Desideri 90'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Roma v Udinese

9 November 1986 9	Roma	4–0	Udinese	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Berggreen 24' Ancelotti 28' Desideri 66' Giannini 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Fiorentina v Roma

23 November 1986 10	Fiorentina	2–1	Roma	Florence
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Díaz 21' Berti 68'	Report	Pruzzo 26'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Paolo Casarin

Roma v Juventus

30 November 1986 11	Roma	3–0	Juventus	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Berggreen 39' Desideri 41' Giannini 75'	Report	Serena 52'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Claudio Pieri

Ascoli v Roma

14 December 1986 12	Ascoli	1–1	Roma	Ascoli Piceno
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Vincenzi 75'	Report	Nela 76'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Tullio Lanese

Roma v Milan

21 December 1986 13	Roma	1–2	Milan	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Desideri 45' (pen.)	Report	Virdis 29' (pen.), 54'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luigi Agnolin

Sampdoria v Roma

4 January 1987 14	Sampdoria	0–0	Roma	Genoa
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Paolo Casarin

Roma v Avellino

11 January 1987 15	Roma	3–0	Avellino	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Boniek 36' Pruzzo 49' Agostini 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Claudio Pieri

Como v Roma

18 January 1987 16	Como	0–0	Roma	Como
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Referee: Giancarlo Redini

Roma v Atalanta

1 February 1987 17	Roma	4–2	Atalanta	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Berggreen 14' Di Carlo 55' Pruzzo 69' Agostini 88'	Report	Boniek 28' (o.g.) Strömberg 37'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Fabio Baldas

Verona v Roma

8 February 1987 18	Verona	0–1	Roma	Verona
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Nela 15'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Paolo Casarin

Roma v Internazionale

22 February 1987 19	Roma	1–0	Internazionale	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Berggreen 30'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Tullio Lanese

Brescia v Roma

1 March 1987 20	Brescia	1–1	Roma	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Gritti 66'	Report	Boniek 61'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Roma v Torino

8 March 1987 21	Roma	1–0	Torino	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Agostini 54' Boniek 54'	Report	Lerda 83'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Giancarlo Redini

Napoli v Roma

15 March 1987 22	Napoli	0–0	Roma	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Pierluigi Magni

Roma v Empoli

22 March 1987 23	Roma	2–1	Empoli	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Baroni 47' Baldieri 59'	Report	Salvadori 51'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Tullio Lanese

Udinese v Roma

29 March 1987 24	Udinese	2–1	Roma	Udine
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Graziani 50' Storgato 84'	Report	Nela 10'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Romeo Paparesta

Roma v Fiorentina

5 April 1987 25	Roma	1–1	Fiorentina	Rome
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boniek 76' (pen.)	Report	Díaz 7'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Claudio Pieri

Juventus v Roma

12 April 1987 26	Juventus	2–0	Roma	Turin
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Serena 6' Briaschi 57'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Paolo Casarin

Roma v Ascoli

26 April 1987 27	Roma	1–1	Ascoli	Rome
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Desideri 49' (pen.)	Report	Iachini 40'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Romeo Paparesta

Milan v Roma

3 May 1987 28	Milan	4–1	Roma	Milan
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Virdis 26', 52', 54' Donadoni 69'	Report	Boniek 10'	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Referee: Tullio Lanese

Roma v Sampdoria

10 May 1987 29	Roma	0–3	Sampdoria	Rome
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Vierchowod 22' Vialli 44', 51'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Magni

Avellino v Roma

17 May 1987 30	Avellino	2–1	Roma	Avellino
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tovalieri 79' Murelli 82'	Report	Conti 3'	Stadium: Stadio Partenio Referee: Fabio Baldas

Topscorers

Coppa Italia

First round: Group 8
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hellas Verona	5	4	1	0	8	2	+6	9
2	Roma	5	3	1	1	8	3	+5	7
3	Piacenza	5	1	3	1	6	7	−1	5
4	Bari	5	1	2	2	3	4	−1	4
5	Campobasso	5	0	3	2	0	5	−5	3
6	Perugia	5	0	2	3	2	6	−4	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Roma v Campobasso

24 August 1986 1	Roma	3–0	Campobasso	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Conti 11' Baroni 43' Boniek 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella

Piacenza v Roma

27 August 1986 2	Piacenza	2–4	Roma	Piacenza
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Madonna 51', 75' (pen.)		Agostini 18' Boniek 33' (pen.), 43' Oddi 76'	Stadium: Stadio Galleana Referee: Pierluigi Magni

Roma v Perugia

31 August 1986 3	Roma	1–0	Perugia	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boniek 8' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Luciano Luci

Bari v Roma

3 September 1986 4	Bari	0–0	Roma	Bari
20:20 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Verona v Roma

7 September 1986 5	Verona	1–0	Roma	Verona
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Volpati 39'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Romeo Paparesta

Round of 16

Roma v Bologna

25 February 1987 First leg	Roma	2–2	Bologna	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Di Carlo 2' Giannini 66'	Report	Stringara 29' Marronaro 32'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 12,024 Referee: Massimo Leni

Bologna v Roma

8 April 1987 Second leg	Bologna	1–1 (3a-3 agg.)	Roma	Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pradella 75'	Report	Pruzzo 52' Giannini 88'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Roma

Real Zaragoza

17 September 1986 First leg	Roma	2–0	Real Zaragoza	Rome, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Carlo 23' Gerolin 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (German Democratic Republic)

Real Zaragoza

Roma

1 October 1986 Second leg	Real Zaragoza	2–0 (4–3 p)	Roma	Zaragoza, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Señor 44', 47'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee: George Courtney (England)
	Penalties
	Cortés Mejías Yáñez Ayneto Señor		Desideri Giannini Baroni Boniek Ancelotti

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.

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1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
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1936–37
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1944
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2005–06
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2010–11
2011–12
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2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24

1986–87 in Italian football

Domestic leagues	Serie A Serie B Serie C1 Serie C2
Domestic cups	Coppa Italia Final
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Serie A	Atalanta Ascoli Avellino Brescia Como Empoli Fiorentina Internazionale Juventus Milan Napoli Roma Sampdoria Torino Udinese Verona