# 1985–86 AS Roma season

During the 1985–86 season AS Roma competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

## Summary

Associazione Sportiva Roma had a successful season, in which Sven-Göran Eriksson's typical Scandinavian tactical approach was able to improve Roma's fortunes to a level where they once again fought for the league title. They also won the Coppa Italia, but the chance of a double disappeared in a 3–2 loss at home to bottom side Lecce, which all but secured Juventus's title. The most important part in Roma's revival was an efficient midfield with several top-class players in addition to striker Roberto Pruzzo, with several playmakers providing multiple assists to league topscorer Pruzzo.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Franco Tancredi |
| — | GK | ITA | Attilio Gregori |
| — | DF | ITA | Dario Bonetti |
| — | DF | ITA | Settimio Lucci |
| — | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Nela |
| — | DF | ITA | Emidio Oddi |
| — | DF | ITA | Ubaldo Righetti |
| — | MF | ITA | Manuel Gerolin |
| — | MF | ITA | Carlo Ancelotti |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Toninho Cerezo |
| — | MF | ITA | Bruno Conti |
| — | MF | ITA | Stefano Desideri |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonio Di Carlo |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Giannini |
| — | MF | ITA | Stefano Impallomeni |
| — | FW | POL | Zbigniew Boniek |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Pruzzo |
| — | FW | ITA | Francesco Graziani |
| — | FW | ITA | Sandro Tovalieri |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Zbigniew Boniek | Juventus | £3 mld |
| FW | Sandro Tovalieri | AC Arezzo | loan ended |
| MF | Manuel Gerolin | Udinese | |
| GK | Attilio Gregori | AC Reggiana | |
| DF | Marco Savorani | Piacenza | loan ended |
| MF | Stefano Desideri | Piacenza | loan ended |
| MF | Mark Tullio Strukelj | Pisa | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Paulo Roberto Falcão | Sao Paulo FC | released |
| DF | Aldo Maldera | Fiorentina | |
| FW | Maurizio Iorio | Fiorentina | £4 mld |
| GK | Astutillo Malgioglio | SS Lazio | |
| GK | Pietro Pappalardo | Cagliari | |
| DF | Roberto Fois | FC Venezia | |
| DF | Stefano Mattiuzzo | | |
| DF | Marco Savorani | Lodigiani | |
| DF | Maurizio Vincioni | Ancona | |
| MF | Ruben Buriani | SSC Napoli | |
| MF | Odoacre Chierico | Udinese | |
| MF | Angelo Di Livio | AC Reggiana | loan |
| MF | Marco Pizzoni | Atalanta | |
| MF | Mark Tullio Strukelj | Pisa | |
| FW | Roberto Antonelli | Genoa CFC | loan ended |
| FW | Stefano Sgherri | Barletta | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 17 | +26 | 45 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Roma | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Napoli | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Torino | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 33 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 33 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Group stage

Group 8 :
| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Roma(1) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 |
| 2 | Messina(2) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| 3 | Ascoli(2) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
| 4 | Campobasso(2) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bari(1) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 |
| 6 | Catanzaro(2) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 |

#### Final
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Franco Tancredi | 37 | -30 | 30 | -27 | 7 | -3 |
| | DF | ITA | Emidio Oddi | 40 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Dario Bonetti | 25 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Nela | 35 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Ubaldo Righetti | 35 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Manuel Gerolin | 36 | 2 | 24+3 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Toninho Cerezo | 24 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| | MF | ITA | Carlo Ancelotti | 33 | 0 | 25+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Bruno Conti | 31 | 2 | 23+1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | POL | Zbigniew Boniek | 34 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Roberto Pruzzo | 33 | 20 | 23+1 | 19 | 9 | 1 |
| | GK | ITA | Attilio Gregori | 7 | -6 | 0 | -0 | 7 | -6 |
| | FW | ITA | Sandro Tovalieri | 33 | 11 | 14+8 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Giannini | 35 | 5 | 14+8 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| | MF | ITA | Antonio Di Carlo | 31 | 1 | 12+7 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Francesco Graziani | 24 | 6 | 9+5 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Stefano Desideri | 16 | 3 | 5+2 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| | DF | ITA | Settimio Lucci | 19 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Stefano Impallomeni | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Mastrantonio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | V. Bencivenga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | A. Gespi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | F. Petiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Marra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | P. Santinelli |
| | FW | ITA | G. Belardinelli |
| | FW | ITA | P. Petitti |
| | FW | ITA | S. Papa |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1985/903/
* Roberto Pruzzo 19 (4)
* Zbigniew Boniek 7 (1)
* Francesco Graziani 5
* Toninho Cerezo 4
* Sandro Tovalieri 3