1984–85 AS Roma season

Associazione Sportiva Roma did not manage to repeat its successful previous two seasons, and instead took a step back to seventh in the league championship. New coach Sven-Göran Eriksson was soon to get to grips with Italian football, with Roma improving the next year to be a force for the title.

Roma

1984–85 season
President	Dino Viola
Manager	Sven-Göran Eriksson
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	7th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
European Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Roberto Pruzzo (8) All: Roberto Pruzzo (8)
Home colours Away colours
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Franco Tancredi
• Astutillo Malgioglio

Defenders

• Dario Bonetti
• Settimio Lucci
• Aldo Maldera
• Sebastiano Nela
• Emidio Oddi
• Ubaldo Righetti

Midfielders

• Carlo Ancelotti
• Ruben Buriani
• Toninho Cerezo
• Odoacre Chierico
• Bruno Conti
• Antonio Di Carlo
• Falcão
• Giuseppe Giannini

Attackers

• Roberto Pruzzo
• Francesco Graziani
• Roberto Antonelli
• Maurizio Iorio

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1984–85 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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

Source: 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:

1. Position defined by head-to-head points: Milan: 3 pts; Juventus: 1 pt.
2. Juventus gained entry to the 1985–86 European Cup as defending champions.

Matches

Avellino v Roma

16 September 1984 1	Avellino	0–0	Roma	Avellino
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Partenio Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Roma v Como

23 September 1984 2	Roma	1–1	Como	Rome
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cerezo 59'	Report	Corneliusson 77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Egidio Ballerini

Atalanta v Roma

30 September 1984 3	Atalanta	0–0	Roma	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Giancarlo Redini

Roma v Sampdoria

7 October 1984 4	Roma	1–1	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Pruzzo 14' (pen.)	Report	Souness 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Roberto Bianciardi

Milan v Roma

14 October 1984 5	Milan	2–1	Roma	Milan
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Di Bartolomei 58' Hateley 64'	Report	Cerezo 70' Conti  90' Oddi  90'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pietro D'Elia

Roma v Verona

21 October 1984 6	Roma	0–0	Verona	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Maurizio Mattei

Juventus v Roma

28 October 1984 7	Juventus	1–1	Roma	Turin
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Briaschi 19'	Report	Giannini 30'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Paolo Casarin

Roma v Lazio

11 November 1984 8	Roma	0–0	Lazio	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 68,895 Referee: Paolo Bergamo

Roma v Fiorentina

18 November 1984 9	Roma	2–1	Fiorentina	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Iorio 28' (pen.) Giannini 45'	Report	Sócrates 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Ascoli v Roma

25 November 1984 10	Ascoli	0–0	Roma	Ascoli Piceno
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Egidio Ballerini

Roma v Udinese

2 December 1984 11	Roma	2–1	Udinese	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Pruzzo 16' Graziani 82'	Report	Selvaggi 69'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Romeo Paparesta

Napoli v Roma

16 December 1984 12	Napoli	1–2	Roma	Naples
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Bertoni 45'	Report	Falcão 20' Marino 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Paolo Bergamo

Roma v Cremonese

23 December 1984 13	Roma	3–2	Cremonese	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Giannini 9' Ancelotti 50' Pruzzo 78'	Report	Finardi 56' (pen.), 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Magni

Internazionale v Roma

6 January 1985 14	Internazionale	0–0	Roma	Milan
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Roma v Torino

13 January 1985 15	Roma	1–0	Torino	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Pruzzo 38'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Paolo Bergamo

Roma v Avellino

20 January 1985 16	Roma	1–0	Avellino	Rome
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Pruzzo 61' (pen.)	Report	Colomba 87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Romeo Paparesta

Como v Roma

27 January 1985 17	Como	0–0	Roma	Como
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Referee: Giancarlo Redini

Roma v Atalanta

10 February 1985 18	Roma	1–1	Atalanta	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Cerezo 86'	Report	Pacione 27'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Sampdoria v Roma

17 February 1985 19	Sampdoria	3–0	Roma	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Vialli 45' Galia 58' Righetti 67' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pietro D'Elia

Roma v Milan

24 February 1985 20	Roma	0–1	Milan	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Virdis 12'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Egidio Ballerini

Verona v Roma

3 March 1985 21	Verona	1–0	Roma	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Elkjær 75'	Report	Conti  90'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Paolo Casarin

Roma v Juventus

17 March 1985 22	Roma	1–1	Juventus	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Nela 67'	Report	Boniek 54'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luigi Agnolin

Lazio v Roma

24 March 1985 23	Lazio	1–1	Roma	Rome
15:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Garlini  63' Giordano 73'	Report	Chierico  63' Antonelli 71'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Pietro D'Elia

Fiorentina v Roma

31 March 1985 24	Fiorentina	1–0	Roma	Florence
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Passarella 62'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Giancarlo Redini

Roma v Ascoli

14 April 1985 25	Roma	3–1	Ascoli	Rome
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Graziani 1' Dell'Oglio 19' Righetti 48'	Report	Dirceu 50'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Udinese v Roma

21 April 1985 26	Udinese	0–2	Roma	Udine
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Pruzzo 67' Chierico 90'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Paolo Casarin

Roma v Napoli

28 April 1985 27	Roma	1–1	Napoli	Rome
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dal Fiume 42' (o.g.)	Report	Bertoni 40'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luigi Agnolin

Cremonese v Roma

5 May 1985 28	Cremonese	0–5	Roma	Cremona
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Di Carlo 18', 42', 86' Pruzzo 38' (pen.) Ancelotti 87'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Claudio Pieri

Roma v Internazionale

12 May 1985 29	Roma	4–3	Internazionale	Rome
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ancelotti 25' Conti 38' Giannini 49' Pruzzo 51'	Report	Oddi 29' (o.g.) Rummenigge 59' Altobelli 65'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Massimo Leni

Torino v Roma

19 May 1985 30	Torino	1–0	Roma	Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Serena 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Carlo Sguizzato

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1984–85 Coppa Italia

Group stage

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Roma	5	3	2	0	8	2	+6	8
2	Genoa	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Lazio	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	6
4	Varese	5	0	5	0	2	2	0	5
5	Padova	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	4
6	Pistoiese	5	0	1	4	1	10	−9	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Pistoiese v Roma

22 August 1984 1	Pistoiese	0–1	Roma	Pistoia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Nela 76'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Egidio Ballerini

Roma v Padova

26 August 1984 2	Roma	2–2	Padova	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cerezo 4' Giannini 6'		Pradella 38' Sorbello 84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Salvatore Lombardo

Varese v Roma

29 August 1984 3	Varese	0–0	Roma	Varese
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Franco Ossola Referee: Maurizio Mattei

Roma v Genoa

2 September 1984 4	Roma	3–0	Genoa	Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Graziani 27', 83' Pruzzo 80'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Giancarlo Redini

Roma v Lazio

9 September 1984 5	Roma	2–0	Lazio	Rome
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iorio 66' (pen.) Di Carlo 75'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pietro D'Elia

Round of 16

Parma v Roma

13 February 1985 First leg	Parma	0–0	Roma	Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Massimo Leni

Roma v Parma

27 February 1985 Second leg	Roma	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Parma	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Iorio 28'		Marocchi 70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Maurizio Mattei

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Roma v Steaua București

19 September 1984 First leg	Roma	1–0	Steaua București	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Graziani 73'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Steaua București v Roma

3 October 1984 Second leg	Steaua București	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Roma	Bucharest, Romania
13:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Ghencea Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Second round

Roma v Wrexham

24 October 1984 First leg	Roma	2–0	Wrexham	Rome, Italy
14:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Pruzzo 37' (pen.) Cerezo 50'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 36,792 Referee: László Pádár (Hungary)

Wrexham v Roma

7 November 1984 Second leg	Wrexham	0–1 (0–3 agg.)	Roma	Wrexham, Wales
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Graziani 67'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 14,007 Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Quarter-finals

Bayern Munich v Roma

6 March 1985 First leg	Bayern Munich	2–0	Roma	Munich, Germany
20:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Augenthaler 44' Hoeneß 77'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)

Roma v Bayern Munich

20 March 1985 Second leg	Roma	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Bayern Munich	Rome, Italy
	Nela 79'	Report	Matthäus 32' (pen.) Kögl 80'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Roberto Pruzzo 8 (3)
• Giuseppe Giannini 4
• Antonio Di Carlo 3
• Carlo Ancelotti 3

References

1. "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.