1984–85 S.S.C. Napoli season

Napoli

1984-85 season
Chairman	Corrado Ferlaino
Manager	Rino Marchesi
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Diego Maradona (14)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

S.S.C. Napoli improved by five positions in Diego Maradona at the club. The new #10 had been bought from FC Barcelona on a World record transfer fee, and he fulfilled expectations with 14 goals in his debut season, making him the third best scorer in the entire league. The teams' league performance, however, was only average, ending up eight of out 16 teams. The previous season had almost resulted in relegation, so Maradona's arrival certainly boosted the team well before its two scudetti.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Luciano Castellini
• Raffaele Di Fusco
• Enrico Zazzaro

Defenders

• Giuseppe Bruscolotti
• Raimondo Marino
• Moreno Ferrario
• Ciro Ferrara
• Antonio Carannante
• Simone Boldini
• Ugo Napolitano
• Marco De Simone

Midfielders

• Luigi Caffarelli
• Paolo Dal Fiume
• Costanzo Celestini
• Salvatore Bagni
• Massimiliano Fagno
• Walter De Vecchi

Attackers

• Diego Maradona
• Domenico Penzo
• Daniel Bertoni
• Pietro Puzone

Serie A

Matches

Verona v Napoli

1	Verona	3–1	Napoli
	Briegel  26' Galderisi  33' Di Gennaro  75'		Bertoni  58'

Napoli v Sampdoria

2	Napoli	1–1	Sampdoria
	Maradona  62' (pen.)		Salsano  72'

Torino v Napoli

3	Torino	3–0	Napoli
	Serena  1, 79' Francini  57'

Napoli v Como

4	Napoli	3–0	Como
	Bertoni  16' Maradona  27' Penzo  56'

Lazio v Napoli

5	Lazio	1–1	Napoli
	D'Amico  35'		Maradona  51'

Napoli v Milan

6	Napoli	0–0	Milan

Atalanta v Napoli

7	Atalanta	1–0	Napoli
	Soldà  32'

Napoli v Avellino

8	Napoli	0–0	Avellino

Ascoli v Napoli

9	Ascoli	1–1	Napoli
	Vincenzi  51'		Penzo  8'

Napoli v Cremonese

10	Napoli	1–0	Cremonese
	Bertoni  27'

Inter v Napoli

11	Inter	2–1	Napoli
	Rummenigge  63' Altobelli  88'		Caffarelli  47'

Napoli v Roma

12	Napoli	1–2	Roma
	Bertoni  45'		Falcão  20' Marino  78' (o.g.)

Juventus v Napoli

13	Juventus	2–0	Napoli
	Briaschi  42' Platini  62'

Napoli v Udinese

14	Napoli	4–3	Udinese
	Maradona  22' (pen.) 74' (pen.) Bertoni  40, 82'		Edinho  12' Miano  43' Billia  85'

Fiorentina v Napoli

15	Fiorentina	0–1	Napoli
			Maradona  49'

Napoli v Verona

16	Napoli	0–0	Verona

Sampdoria v Napoli

17	Sampdoria	0–0	Napoli

Napoli v Torino

18	Napoli	2–1	Torino
	Maradona  23' (pen.) Caffarelli  45'		Júnior  7'

Como v Napoli

19	Como	1–1	Napoli
	Todesco  58'		Maradona  17' (pen.)

Napoli v Lazio

20	Napoli	4–0	Lazio
	Maradona  58, 84, 87' Filisetti  78' (o.g.)

Milan v Napoli

21	Milan	2–1	Napoli
	Battistini  15' Incocciati  68'		Wilkins  35' (o.g.)

Napoli v Atalanta

22	Napoli	1–0	Atalanta
	Bertoni  21'

Avellino v Napoli

23	Avellino	0–1	Napoli
			Caffarelli  64'

Napoli v Ascoli

24	Napoli	1–1	Ascoli
	Maradona  84'		Cantarutti  56'

Cremonese v Napoli

25	Cremonese	1–1	Napoli
	Bonomi  57'		Bertoni  53'

Napoli v Inter

26	Napoli	3–1	Inter
	Bertoni  18, 63' Dal Fiume  50'		G. Baresi  39'

Roma v Napoli

27	Roma	1–1	Napoli
	Dal Fiume  72' (o.g.)		Bertoni  40'

Napoli v Juventus

28	Napoli	0–0	Juventus

Udinese v Napoli

29	Udinese	2–2	Napoli
	Galparoli  8' De Agostini  55'		Maradona  4, 88'

Napoli v Fiorentina

30	Napoli	1–0	Fiorentina
	Caffarelli  39'

Topscorers

• Diego Maradona 14
• Daniel Bertoni 11
• Luigi Caffarelli 4

Sources

• RSSSF - Italy 1984/85 (for stats)
• Italian Wikipedia (for squad)