# 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.
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.

## 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Juventus | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 36 | 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 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Cremonese (R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 48 | −26 | 15 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 Position defined by head-to-head points: Milan: 3 pts; Juventus: 1 pt.
* ↑ 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 | — |

## 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 |
| 5 | Giuseppe Galderisi | Hellas Verona | 11 |
| 7 | Hans-Peter Briegel | Hellas Verona | 9 |
| 7 | Aldo Serena | Torino | 9 |
| 7 | Pietro Paolo Virdis | Milan | 9 |
| 10 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Internazionale | 8 |
| 10 | Preben Elkjær | Hellas Verona | 8 |
| 10 | Roberto Pruzzo | Roma | 8 |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Average attendance |
| 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

* ↑ "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.
* ↑ 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