1984–85 Serie A

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.

Serie A

Season	1984 (1984)–85
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.

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

Atalanta, Como and Cremonese, all from Lombardy, had been promoted from Serie B.

Ascoli

Atalanta

Avellino

Como

Cremonese

Fiorentina

Internazionale
Milan

Juventus
Torino

Lazio
Roma

Napoli

Sampdoria

Udinese

Hellas Verona

Serie A 1984-85 team distribution

Final classification

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

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]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
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.

Results

Home \ Away	ASC	ATA	AVE	COM	CRE	FIO	INT	JUV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	ROM	SAM	TOR	UDI	VER
Ascoli	—	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–3
Atalanta	0–0	—	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1
Avellino	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	4–1	2–1
Como	1–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0
Cremonese	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	—	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–5	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2
Fiorentina	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	3–1	1–3
Internazionale	5–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	—	4–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0
Juventus	2–2	5–1	2–1	2–0	5–1	1–2	3–1	—	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–1
Lazio	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–3	—	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–4	0–1
Milan	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	—	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0
Napoli	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	—	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–3	0–0
Roma	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	4–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0
Sampdoria	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	—	2–2	1–0	1–1
Torino	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	1–2
Udinese	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–3	5–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	—	3–5
Hellas Verona	2–0	1–1	4–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michel Platini	Juventus	18
2	Alessandro Altobelli	Internazionale	17
3	Diego Maradona	Napoli	14
4	Massimo Briaschi	Juventus	12
5	Daniel Bertoni	Napoli	11
	Giuseppe Galderisi	Hellas Verona
7	Hans-Peter Briegel	Hellas Verona	9
	Aldo Serena	Torino
	Pietro Paolo Virdis	Milan
10	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Internazionale	8
	Preben Elkjær	Hellas Verona
	Roberto Pruzzo	Roma

Attendances

#	Football club	Average attendance[2]
1	SSC Napoli	77,597
2	AC Milan	60,941
3	Internazionale	52,572
4	AS Roma	51,421
5	Fiorentina	42,360
6	Juventus	41,271
7	Hellas Verona	40,111
8	SS Lazio	38,544
9	Torino FC	37,328
10	Udinese	35,485
11	Atalanta BC	33,647
12	Sampdoria	32,544
13	US Avellino 1912	26,407
14	Ascoli Calcio	20,165
15	Como Calcio	16,329
16	Cremonese	15,222

Footnotes

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.
2. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita85.htm

References and sources

• Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

External links

• it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1985 - Italian version with pictures and info.
• - All results on RSSSF Website.