1984–85 Serie A
Season | 1984 | –85
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Dates | 16 September 1984 – 19 May 1985 |
Champions | Hellas Verona 1st title |
Relegated | Ascoli Cremonese Lazio |
European Cup | Hellas Verona Juventus |
Cup Winners' Cup | Sampdoria |
UEFA Cup | Torino Internazionale Milan |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 504 (2.1 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Michel Platini (18 goals) |
Longest winning run | 15 matches Hellas Verona |
Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches Inter Milan and Hellas Verona |
Longest winless run | 19 matches Cremonese |
Longest losing run | 19 matches Cremonese |
← 1983–84 1985–86 →
All statistics correct as of 19 May 1985. |
The 1984–85 Serie A season heralded Hellas Verona's first and so far only Scudetto. Unusually, none of the big three of Juventus, Milan or Internazionale managed to finish in the top two. Ascoli, Lazio and Cremonese all were relegated to Serie B. Italy had one more place from the UEFA ranking.
It was the only season when referees were assigned to matches by way of a random draw instead of being assigned to a specific match by a special commission of referees ('designatori arbitrali'). After the betting scandal of the early 1980s (the 'calcioscommesse' scandal) it had been decided to clean up the image of Italian football by assigning referees randomly instead of picking them, in order to clear up all the suspicions and accusations.
Teams
[edit]Atalanta, Como and Cremonese, all from Lombardy, had been promoted from Serie B.
Final classification
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Hellas Verona (C) | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 43 | Qualification to European Cup |
2 | Torino | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
3 | Internazionale | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 38 | |
4 | Sampdoria | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 37 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
5 | Milan | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 36[a] | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
6 | Juventus[b] | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 36[a] | Qualification to European Cup |
7 | Roma | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 34 | |
8 | Napoli | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 33 | |
9 | Fiorentina | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 29 | |
10 | Atalanta | 30 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 28 | |
11 | Como | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 25 | |
12 | Udinese | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 25 | |
13 | Avellino | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 25 | |
14 | Ascoli (R) | 30 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 22 | Relegation to Serie B |
15 | Lazio (R) | 30 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 45 | −29 | 15 | |
16 | Cremonese (R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 48 | −26 | 15 |
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]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Position defined by head-to-head points: Milan: 3 pts; Juventus: 1 pt.
- ^ Juventus gained entry to the 1985–86 European Cup as defending champions.
Results
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Juventus | 18 |
2 | ![]() |
Internazionale | 17 |
3 | ![]() |
Napoli | 14 |
4 | ![]() |
Juventus | 12 |
5 | ![]() |
Napoli | 11 |
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Hellas Verona | ||
7 | ![]() |
Hellas Verona | 9 |
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Torino | ||
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Milan | ||
10 | ![]() |
Internazionale | 8 |
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Hellas Verona | ||
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Roma |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
References and sources
[edit]- Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
External links
[edit]- it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1985 - Italian version with pictures and info.
- [1] - All results on RSSSF Website.