# 1984–85 SSC Napoli season

S.S.C. Napoli improved by three positions following the arrival of 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

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 | Luciano Castellini |
| — | GK | ITA | Raffaele Di Fusco |
| — | GK | ITA | Enrico Zazzaro |
| — | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Bruscolotti |
| — | DF | ITA | Raimondo Marino |
| — | DF | ITA | Moreno Ferrario |
| — | DF | ITA | Ciro Ferrara |
| — | DF | ITA | Antonio Carannante |
| — | DF | ITA | Simone Boldini |
| — | DF | ITA | Ugo Napolitano |
| — | DF | ITA | Marco De Simone |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Luigi Caffarelli |
| — | MF | ITA | Paolo Dal Fiume |
| — | MF | ITA | Costanzo Celestini |
| — | MF | ITA | Salvatore Bagni |
| — | MF | ITA | Massimiliano Fagno |
| — | MF | ITA | Walter De Vecchi |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Diego Maradona |
| — | FW | ITA | Domenico Penzo |
| — | FW | ARG | Daniel Bertoni |
| — | FW | ITA | Pietro Puzone |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Diego Maradona | FC Barcelona | U$ 10,5 million |
| MF | Daniel Bertoni | Fiorentina | |
| DF | Walter De Vecchi | Ascoli | |
| DF | Raimondo Marino | Catanzaro | loan ended |
| MF | Salvatore Bagni | Inter | |
| FW | Domenico Penzo | Juventus | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Dirceu | Ascoli | |
| DF | Ruud Krol | Cannes | |
| GK | Massimo Assante | Cavese | |
| DF | Carmine Della Pietra | Campobasso | |
| DF | Angelo Frappampina | Taranto | |
| DF | Marco Masi | Pisa | |
| MF | Pasquale Casale | Avellino | |
| MF | Ciro Muro | Monopoli | loan |
| FW | Massimo Palanca | Foligno | |
| FW | Claudio Pellegrini | Fiorentina | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | type |
| DF | Marco De Simone | Cagliari | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to | type |
| FW | Gianni De Rosa | Cagliari | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Juventus gained entry to the 1985–86 European Cup as defending champions.
* ↑ Position defined by head-to-head points: Milan: 3 pts; Juventus: 1 pt.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W |
| Position | 13 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Topscorers

* Diego Maradona 14
* Daniel Bertoni 11
* Luigi Caffarelli 6

### Coppa Italia

Group phase
Eightfinals

## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Castellini | 25 | -27 | 25 | -27 |
| | DF | ITA | Bruscolotti | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Marino | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Ferrario | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Caffarelli | 30 | 4 | 22+8 | 4 |
| | MF | ITA | De Vecchi | 23 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Dal Fiume | 24 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Celestini | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Bagni | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Maradona | 30 | 14 | 30 | 14 |
| | FW | ARG | Bertoni | 27 | 11 | 25+2 | 11 |
| | GK | ITA | Di Fusco | 8 | -2 | 5+3 | -2 |
| | DF | ITA | De Simone | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Boldini | 22 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Penzo | 15 | 2 | 12+3 | 2 |
| | DF | ITA | Carannante | 17 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Favo | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Ferrara | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Puzone | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Napolitano | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Zazzaro |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1984/913/

## Sources

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