1984–85 Serie A

Serie A

Season	1984 (1984)–85
Champions	Verona 1st title
Relegated	Ascoli Cremonese Lazio
European Cup	Verona Juventus (As defending champion)
UEFA Cup	Torino Internazionale Milan
Cup Winners' Cup	Sampdoria
Matches played	240
Goals scored	504 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michel Platini (18 goals)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Ascoli

Atalanta

Avellino

Como

Cremonese

Fiorentina

Inter
Milan

Juventus
Torino

Lazio
Roma

Napoli

Sampdoria

Udinese

Verona

Serie A 1984-85 team distribution

Serie A 1984-85 Winners
Hellas Verona A.C. 1st Title

The 1984–85 Serie A season heralded Hellas Verona's first and so far only Scudetto. Unusually, none of the big three of Juventus, AC Milan or Inter managed to finish in the top two. Ascoli, Lazio and Cremonese all got relegated to Serie B.

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 .

Final classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Verona (C)	30	15	13	2	42	19	+23	43	European Cup First round
2.	Torino	30	14	11	5	36	22	+14	39	UEFA Cup
3.	Internazionale	30	13	12	5	42	28	+14	38
4.	Sampdoria	30	12	13	5	36	21	+15	37	Cup Winners' Cup
5.	Milan	30	12	12	6	31	25	+6	36	UEFA Cup
5.	Juventus	30	11	14	5	48	33	+15	36	European Cup First round
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
11.	Udinese	30	10	5	15	43	46	-3	25
11.	Avellino	30	7	11	12	27	33	-6	25
14.	Ascoli	30	4	14	12	24	40	-16	22	Relegated to Serie B
15.	Lazio	30	2	11	17	16	45	-29	15
16.	Cremonese	30	4	7	19	22	48	-26	15

Results

	Ascoli	Atalanta	Avellino	Como	Cremonese	Fiorentina	Inter	Juventus	Lazio	Milan	Napoli	Roma	Sampdoria	Torino	Udinese	Verona
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
Inter	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
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

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michel Platini	Juventus	18
2	Alessandro Altobelli	Inter	17
3	Diego Maradona	Napoli	14
4	Massimo Briaschi	Juventus	12
5	Daniel Bertoni	Napoli	11
	Giuseppe Galderisi	Hellas Verona	11
6	Hans-Peter Briegel	Hellas Verona	9
	Aldo Serena	Torino	9
	Pietro Paolo Virdis	Milan	9

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.
• [1] - All results on RSSSF Website.