1987–88 A.S. Roma season

A.S. Roma

1987–88 season
Manager	Nils Liedholm
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Giuseppe Giannini (11)
← 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

• Franco Tancredi
• Angelo Peruzzi

Defenders

• Fulvio Collovati
• Manuel Gerolin
• Sebastiano Nela
• Emidio Oddi
• Ubaldo Righetti
• Gianluca Signorini
• Antonio Tempestilli

Midfielders

• Zbigniew Boniek
• Bruno Conti
• Sergio Domini
• Lionello Manfredonia
• Stefano Desideri
• Giuseppe Giannini
• Roberto Policano

Attackers

• Massimo Agostini
• Paolo Baldieri
• Roberto Pruzzo
• Rudi Völler

Serie A

Matches

Ascoli v Roma

1	Ascoli	1–1	Roma
	Scarafoni  30'		Boniek  74' (pen.)

Roma v Cesena

2	Roma	2–0	Cesena
	Völler  73' Boniek  75'

Avellino v Roma

3	Avellino	2–3	Roma
	Tempestilli  11' (o.g.) Schachner  42'		Boniek  5' Giannini  57' Collovati  79'

Roma v Pisa

4	Roma	1–0	Pisa
	Boniek  69' (pen.)

Juventus v Roma

5	Juventus	1–0	Roma
	Boniek  42' (o.g.)

Roma v Napoli

6	Roma	1–1	Napoli
	Pruzzo  46'		Francini  67'

Roma v Como

7	Roma	3–1	Como
	Giannini  2' Völler  9' Boniek  57'		Corneliusson  67'

Empoli v Roma

8	Empoli	2–1	Roma
	Cucchi  4' Ekström  10'		Manfredonia  41'

Roma v Inter

9	Roma	3–2	Inter
	Manfredonia  15' Giannini  19' Desideri  84'		Fanna  13' Altobelli  89' (pen.)

Sampdoria v Roma

10	Sampdoria	0–0	Roma

Milan v Roma

11	Milan	0–2	Roma
			game abandoned

Roma v Pescara

12	Roma	5–1	Pescara
	Agostini  6, 55' Galvani  24' (o.g.) Giannini  53' Policano  89'		Slišković  80'

Fiorentina v Roma

13	Fiorentina	1–0	Roma
	Collovati  43' (o.g.)

Roma v Torino

14	Roma	1–1	Torino
	Völler  55'		Gritti  78'

Verona v Roma

15	Verona	0–1	Roma
			Boniek  71'

Roma v Ascoli

16	Roma	3–0	Ascoli
	Giannini  31', 58' (pen.) Desideri  89'

Cesena v Roma

17	Cesena	0–0	Roma

Roma v Avellino

18	Roma	0–0	Avellino

Pisa v Roma

19	Pisa	1–1	Roma
	Piovanelli  84'		Oddi  69'

Roma v Juventus

20	Roma	2–0	Juventus
	Desideri  69, 84'

Napoli v Roma

21	Napoli	1–2	Roma
	Careca  80'		Giannini  21' Oddi  71'

Como v Roma

22	Como	0–1	Roma
			Policano  49'

Roma v Empoli

23	Roma	1–0	Empoli
	Giannini  50'

Inter v Roma

24	Inter	4–2	Roma
	Altobelli  13' (pen.) Bergomi  17' Ciocci  30, 68'		Giannini  38' (pen.) Bergomi  45' (o.g.)

Roma v Sampdoria

25	Roma	0–2	Sampdoria
			Vialli  67' Bonomi  76' (pen.)

Roma v Milan

26	Roma	0–2	Milan
			Virdis  25' Massaro  85'

Pescara v Roma

27	Pescara	0–0	Roma

Roma v Fiorentina

28	Roma	2–1	Fiorentina
	Giannini  32, 39'		Rebonato  76'

Torino v Roma

29	Torino	2–0	Roma
	Gritti  54' Crippa  88'

Roma v Sampdoria

30	Roma	1–0	Sampdoria
	Manfredonia  8'

Top Scorers

• Giuseppe Giannini 11 (2)
• Zbigniew Boniek 6 (2)
• Stefano Desideri 4
• Lionello Manfredonia 3
• Rudi Völler 3

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1987/88