1985–86 SSC Napoli season

Napoli

1985-86 season
Chairman	Corrado Ferlaino
Manager	Ottavio Bianchi
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	1st Round
Top goalscorer	Diego Maradona (11)

S.S.C. Napoli had its best league season in five years, finishing third in the 1985-86 league season. Due to Roma's collapse in the final rounds of the season, Napoli closed to within two points of second place, also having a significant margin to Torino in fourth. Diego Maradona prepared for his glorious World Cup with eleven goals and several assists.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Claudio Garella
• Enrico Zazzaro

Defenders

• Giuseppe Brusculotti
• Raimondo Marino
• Moreno Ferrario
• Ciro Ferrara
• Antonio Carannante
• Alessandro Renica
• Massimo Filardi

Midfielders

• Luigi Caffarelli
• Eraldo Pecci
• Costanzo Celestini
• Salvatore Bagni
• Massimiliano Favo
• Ruben Buriani

Attackers

• Diego Maradona
• Bruno Giordano
• Daniel Bertoni
• Francesco Baiano
• Domenico Penzo

Serie A

Matches

Napoli v Como

1	Napoli	2–1	Como
	Giordano 32' Bertoni 43'		Marino 78' (o.g.)

Pisa v Napoli

2	Pisa	1–1	Napoli
	Berggreen 33'		Giordano 50'

Napoli v Atalanta

3	Napoli	1–0	Atalanta
	Renica 51'

Napoli v Roma

4	Napoli	1–1	Roma
	Maradona 52' (pen.)		Tovalieri 37'

Lecce v Napoli

5

Lecce

0–0

Napoli

Fiorentina v Napoli

6

Fiorentina

0–0

Napoli

Napoli v Verona

7	Napoli	5–0	Verona
	Giordano 21' Bagni 48' Maradona 58' Bertoni 83' Pecci 85'

Torino v Napoli

8	Torino	2–1	Napoli
	Sabato 45' Comi 54'		Maradona 87'

Napoli v Juventus

9	Napoli	1–0	Juventus
	Maradona 72'

Inter v Napoli

10	Inter	1–1	Napoli
	Brady 73' (pen.)		Maradona 49'

Napoli v Udinese

11	Napoli	1–1	Udinese
	Maradona 9'		Galparoli 79'

Bari v Napoli

12	Bari	1–2	Napoli
	Sola 3'		Giordano 12, 59'

Napoli v Milan

13	Napoli	2–0	Milan
	Giordano 76' Bagni 86'

Sampdoria v Napoli

14	Sampdoria	2–0	Napoli
	Lorenzo 14' Mancini 41'

Napoli v Avellino

15	Napoli	1–0	Avellino
	Giordano 59'

Como v Napoli

16	Como	1–1	Napoli
	Renica 55' (o.g.)		Maradona 83' (pen.)

Napoli v Pisa

17	Napoli	0–1	Pisa
			Berggreen 39'

Atalanta v Napoli

18

Atalanta

0–0

Napoli

Roma v Napoli

19	Roma	2–0	Napoli
	Gerolin 42' Boniek 61'

Napoli v Lecce

20	Napoli	1–0	Lecce
	Bertoni 43'

Napoli v Fiorentina

21

Napoli

0–0

Fiorentina

Verona v Napoli

22	Verona	2–2	Napoli
	Sacchetti 28' Galderisi 53' (pen.)		Maradona 55' (pen.) 80'

Napoli v Torino

23	Napoli	3–1	Torino
	Ferri 15' (o.g.) Caffarelli 16' Bagni 50'		Mariani 14'

Juventus v Napoli

24	Juventus	1–1	Napoli
	Brio 49'		Favero 34' (o.g.)

Napoli v Inter

25	Napoli	1–0	Inter
	Maradona 71' (pen.)

Udinese v Napoli

26	Udinese	2–0	Napoli
	Carnevale 20, 61'

Napoli v Bari

27	Napoli	1–0	Bari
	Renica 51'

Milan v Napoli

28	Milan	1–2	Napoli
	Di Bartolomei 59'		Giordano 12' Maradona 23'

Napoli v Sampdoria

29	Napoli	3–0	Sampdoria
	Giordano 28' Bagni 40' Celestini 85'

Avellino v Napoli

30	Avellino	0–1	Napoli
			Giordano 52'

Topscorers

• Diego Maradona 11
• Bruno Giordano 10
• Daniel Bertoni 3