1984–85 U.C. Sampdoria season

U.C. Sampdoria recorded its best league season since 1960-61, thanks to a fourth place-finish. President Mantovani had surprised the football world by signing Liverpool stalwart Graeme Souness to the squad, and it paid off, with Souness adapting quickly to Italian football, also helping the team to win the 1985 edition of Coppa Italia, which was the first ever title for the club. The defensive line, with Moreno Mannini, Pietro Vierchowod and Antonio Paganin among the crew, was the main reason for the success, Sampdoria conceding just 23 goals in 30 league matches played. Quite a few of the players were still with the club when it finally won the league title in 1991.

Sampdoria
1984-85 season
ChairmanPaolo Mantovani
ManagerEugenio Bersellini
Serie A4th
Coppa ItaliaChampions
Top goalscorerTrevor Francis (6)
Fausto Salsano (6)

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Torino 30 14 11 5 36 22 +14 39 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Internazionale 30 13 12 5 42 28 +14 38
4 Sampdoria 30 12 13 5 36 21 +15 37 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Milan 30 12 12 6 31 25 +6 36[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Juventus[lower-alpha 3] 30 11 14 5 48 33 +15 36[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to European Cup first round
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[2]
Notes:
  1. Sampdoria gained entry to the 1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup as 1984–85 Coppa Italia winners.[1]
  2. Position defined by head-to-head points: Milan: 3 pts; Juventus: 1 pt.
  3. Juventus gained entry to the 1985–86 European Cup as defending champions.

Matches

23 September 1984 2Napoli1-1SampdoriaNapoli
Maradona 62'pen Report Fausto Salsano 72' Stadium: San Paolo
30 September 1984 3Sampdoria2-0AscoliGenoa
Scanziani 21'
Bogoni 90'og
Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
7 October 1984 4Roma1-1SampdoriaRoma
Pruzzo 14'pen Report Souness 16'pen) Stadium: Olimpico
14 October 1984 5Sampdoria2-0FiorentinaGenoa
Alessandro Renica 52'
Passarella 67'og
Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
21 October 1984 6Udinese1-0SampdoriaUdine
Edinho 33' Report Stadium: Friuli
28 October 1984 7Sampdoria2-2TorinoGenoa
Souness 20'
Francis 90'
Report Galbiati 13'
Júnior 28'
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
11 November 1984 8Sampdoria1-0ComoGenoa
Mancini 7' Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
18 November 1984 9Verona0-0SampdoriaVerona
Report
25 November 1984 10Milan0-1SampdoriaMilano
Report Francis 64'pen Stadium: San Siro
2 December 1984 11Sampdoria2-2LazioGenoa
Mancini 3'
Salsano 19'
Report Calisti 78'
Batista 83'
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
23 December 1984 13Inter2-0SampdoriaMilano
Altobelli 9'
Rummenigge 82'
Report Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
20 January 1985 16Cremonese1-1SampdoriaCremona
Nicoletti 78' Report Salsano 35'
10 February 1985 18Ascoli2-0SampdoriaAscoli
Iachini 80'
Nicolini 85'pen
Report
17 February 1985 19Sampdoria3-0RomaGenoa
Vialli 45'
Galia 58'
Righetti 67'og
Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
24 February 1985 20Fiorentina0-3SampdoriaFirenze
Report Salsano 17'
Francis 27'
Francis 68' (pen)
Stadium: Artemio Franchi
17 March 1985 22Torino1-1SampdoriaTorino
Júnior 21' (pen) Report Corradini 62' (og) Stadium: Comunale
24 March 1985 23Como0-0SampdoriaComo
Report
31 March 1985 24Sampdoria1-1Hellas VeronaGenoa
Renica 11' Report Galderisi 6' Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
21 April 1985 26Lazio0-3SampdoriaRoma
Report Scanziani 23'
Salsano 45'
Vierchowod  54'
Stadium: Olimpico
28 April 1985 27Avellino2-1SampdoriaAvellino
Diaz 80'
Renica 86'
Report Francis 47' Stadium: Partenio
5 May 1985 28Sampdoria1-2InterGenoa
Scanziani 81' Report Brady 40'pen
Altobelli 65'
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

Topscorers

Coppa Italia

Group phase

Group 6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sampdoria 5 3 2 0 17 6 +11 8
2 Bari 5 3 1 1 10 4 +6 7
3 Catanzaro 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 7
4 Udinese 5 2 1 2 10 8 +2 5
5 Lecce 5 1 1 3 10 9 +1 3
6 Cavese 5 0 0 5 2 24 22 0
Source:

Eightfinals

13 February 1985 Pisa1-2SampdoriaPisa
27 February 1985 Sampdoria2-0PisaGenoa
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

Quarterfinals

12 June 1985 Sampdoria4-2TorinoGenoa
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
19 June 1985 Torino0-0SampdoriaTorino
Stadium: Comunale

Semifinals

23 June 1985 Fiorentina0-0SampdoriaFirenze
Stadium: Artemio Franchi
26 June 1985 Sampdoria3-1FiorentinaGenoa
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

Final

Milan0–1Sampdoria
Souness  24'
Referee: Giancarlo Redini
Sampdoria2–1Milan
Mancini  41' (pen.)
Vialli  61'
Virdis  66'

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1984/85

  1. "1984-85 Coppa Italia". RSSSF. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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