1983–84 AS Roma season

During the 1983–84 season Associazione Sportiva Roma competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

Associazione Sportiva Roma
1983-84 season
PresidentDino Viola
ManagerNils Liedholm
StadiumOlimpico
Serie A
Coppa ItaliaWinners
(in (UEFA Cup Winners' Cup)
European CupRunners- Up
Top goalscorerLeague: Pruzzo (8)
All: Pruzzo (15)
← 1982-83
1984-85 →

Summary edit

During the summer the club transferred in Brazilian midfielder Toninho Cerezo from Atletico Mineiro and forward Francesco Graziani from Fiorentina. Head coach Nils Liedholm changed the defensive style after the crucial centre–back Pietro Vierchowod's loan to Sampdoria ended. Another key player in midfielder Carlo Ancelotti was injured in early December during match against Juventus, thus missing the rest of the season. The squad finished second in the league behind champion Juventus.

Meanwhile, in the first round of the European Cup, the team defeated IFK Goteborg with an aggregate score of 4–2, after which the squad eliminated CSKA Sofia in the round of 16 and Dinamo Berlin in the quarter-finals. The semifinals pitted the Italians against Scottish outfit Dundee United. After losing the first leg 2–0, the Giallorossi won 3–0 in Roma, reaching the Final of the tournament for the first time in their history.[2] The match against the three-time European Cup champion and heavy favourite Liverpool, though played in its home venue Stadio Olimpico, was won by the English squad after a penalty shoot-out, with the Roman squad being unable to field crucial players such as Maldera and Carlo Ancelotti.[3]

Meanwhile, in June the squad won the Coppa Italia after defeating upcoming underdogs Hellas Verona:,[4] which proved to be the last match for Swedish manager Nils Liedholm, who was appointed by Giuseppe Farina as the new head coach of A.C. Milan for the next season, including the departure of midfielder and captain Agostino Di Bartolomei.

Squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ITA Attilio Gregori[5]
GK   ITA Astutillo Malgioglio
GK   ITA Marco Savorani
GK   ITA Franco Superchi
GK   ITA Franco Tancredi
DF   ITA Dario Bonetti
DF   ITA Roberto Fois
DF   ITA Settimio Lucci [6]
DF   ITA Aldo Maldera
DF   ITA Sebastiano Nela
DF   ITA Michele Nappi
DF   ITA Emidio Oddi
DF   ITA Paolo Petitti
DF   ITA Ubaldo Righetti
DF   ITA Viero Vignoli
MF   ITA Carlo Ancelotti
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   BRA Toninho Cerezo
MF   ITA Odoacre Chierico
MF   ITA Bruno Conti
MF   ITA Stefano Desideri
MF   ITA Agostino Di Bartolomei (Captain)
MF   ITA Fabrizio Di Mauro [7]
MF   BRA Paulo Roberto Falcão
MF   ITA Giuseppe Giannini
MF   ITA Stefano Impallomeni
MF   ITA Stefano Nobili
MF   ITA Mark Tullio Strukelj
FW   ITA Corrado Baglieri
FW   ITA Paolo Baldieri
FW   ITA Francesco Graziani
FW   ITA Roberto Pruzzo
FW   ITA Francesco Vincenzi

Transfers edit

In
Pos. Name from Type
GK Astutillo Malgioglio Pistoiese
DF Dario Bonetti Sampdoria loan ended
DF Emidio Oddi Hellas Verona
MF Toninho Cerezo Atletico Mineiro
MF Antonio Di Carlo Carrarese loan
MF Mark Tullio Strukelj Triestina co-ownership
FW Francesco Graziani Fiorentina
FW Francesco Vincenzi Pistoiese
FW Guido Ugolotti Pisa loan ended
Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Massimo Gregori Catania
DF Pietro Vierchowod Sampdoria loan ended
MF Gianni Boccia
MF Antonio Di Carlo Arezzo loan
MF Paolo Giovannelli Pisa
MF Herbert Prohaska Austria Wien
MF Claudio Valigi Perugia Calcio
FW Paolo Alberto Faccini Sambenedettese
FW Maurizio Iorio Hellas Verona co-ownership
FW Sandro Tovalieri Pescara loan
FW Guido Ugolotti Campobasso

Winter edit

Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Settimio Lucci Avellino loan

Competitions edit

Serie A edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 30 17 9 4 57 29 +28 43 Qualification to European Cup
2 Roma 30 15 11 4 48 28 +20 41 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3 Fiorentina 30 12 12 6 48 31 +17 36 Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Internazionale 30 12 11 7 37 23 +14 35
5 Torino 30 11 11 8 37 30 +7 33
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).[8]
(C) Champions

Position by result edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultWWWLWWWLDLDWDWLDDDWWDWWDWDDWDW
Position111221111322223334322222222222
Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1983/894/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed;   = Leader, 1984–85 European Cup;   = 1984–85 UEFA Cup

Matches edit

11 September 1983 1 Roma 2-0 Pisa Roma
16:00 Di Bartolomei   40' (rig.)
Conti   80'
Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 50 000
Referee: Pietro D'Elia
18 September 1983 2 Sampdoria 1-2 Roma Genova
16:00 Guerrini   34' Report   36' Nela
  63' Graziani
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 43 0000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin
25 September 1983 3 Roma 3-1 Milan Roma
15:00 Vincenzi   34'
Maldera   44'
Falcão   80'
Report   28' Battistini Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 70.000
Referee: Mattei
2 October 1983 4 Torino F.C. 2-1 Roma Torino
15:00 Hernández   7', 39' Report   89' (aut.) Zaccarelli Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: circa 40.000
9 October 1983 5 Roma 1-0 Genoa Roma
15:00 Conti   62' Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 70.000
23 October 1983 6 Lazio 0-2 Roma Roma
15:00 Report   4' Nela
  63' Pruzzo
Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 65.000
30 October 1983 7 Roma 5-1 Napoli Roma
14:30 Graziani   9'
Cerezo   20'
Falcão   33'
Conti   38', 80'
Report   70' Dal Fiume Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 60.000
6 November 1983 8 Udinese 1-0 Roma Udine
14:30 Zico   85' Report Stadium: Friuli
Attendance: circa 50.000
20 November 1983 9 Roma 1-1 Ascoli Roma
14:30 Pruzzo   60' Report   72' Novellino Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 48.000
27 November 1983 10 Inter 1-0 Roma Milano
14:30 Beccalossi   8' Report Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: circa 60.000
4 December 1983 11 Juventus 2-2 Roma Torino
14:30 Platini   72'
Penzo   77'
Report   62' Conti
  90' Pruzzo
Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Paolo Casarin
11 December 1983 12 Roma 3-2 Avellino Roma
14:30 Falcão   24', 57'
Maldera   89'
Report   81' Biagini
  87' Díaz
Stadium: Olimpico
18 December 1983 13 Fiorentina 0-0 Roma Firenze
14:30 Report Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: circa 50.000
31 December 1983 14 Roma 1-0 Catania Roma
14:30 Maldera   32' Report Stadium: Olimpico
8 January 1984 15 Hellas Verona 1-0 Roma Verona
14:30 Di Gennaro   82' Report Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi
15 January 1984 16 Pisa Calcio 1-1 Roma Pisa
Bonetti   56' (o.g.) Report   33' Strukelj Stadium: Stadio Arena Garibaldi
22 January 1984 17 Roma 1-1 Sampdoria Roma
14:30 Pruzzo   36' Report   53' Mancini Stadium: Olimpico
29 January 1984 18 Milan 1-1 Roma Milan
14:30 Verza   54' Report   69' Pruzzo Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
12 February 1984 19 Roma 2-1 Torino Roma
15:00 Maldera   28'
Pruzzo   83'
Report   31' Dossena Stadium: Olimpico
19 February 1984 20 Genoa 0-2 Roma Genova
15:00 Report   5', 82' Graziani Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
26 February 1984 21 Roma 2-2 Lazio Roma
15:00 Di Bartolomei   40' (rig.)
Cerezo   52'
Report   9', 25' (pen) D'Amico Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 63.000
11 March 1984 22 Napoli 1-2 Roma Napoli
15:00 Casale   59' Report   15' Graziani
  62' Bonetti I
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: circa 60.000
18 March 1984 23 Roma 4-1 Udinese Roma
15:00 Falcão   31'
Cerezo   68'
Conti   73'
Di Bartolomei   87'
Report   20' Edinho Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 49.000
25 March 1984 24 Ascoli 0-0 Roma Ascoli Piceno
15:30 Report Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
1 April 1984 25 Roma 1-0 Inter Roma
15:30 Di Bartolomei   24' (pen) Report Stadium: Olimpico
15 April 1984 26 Roma 0-0 Juventus Roma
15:30 Report Stadium: Olimpico
21 April 1984 27 Avellino 2-2 Roma Avellino
15:30 Díaz   64'
Tagliaferri   90'
Report   24' Pruzzo
  51' Cerezo
Stadium: Stadio Partenio
Attendance: circa 30.000
29 April 1984 28 Roma 2-1 Fiorentina Roma
16:00 Pruzzo   15'
Conti   40'
Report   60' Monelli Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Egidio Ballerini
6 May 1984 29 Catania 2-2 Roma Palermo
16:00 Carnevale   55'
Torrisi   83' (rig.)
Report   23' Maldera III
  29' Chierico
Stadium: La Favorita
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella
13 May 1984 30 Roma 3-2 Verona Roma
16:00 Cerezo   28', 50'
Di Bartolomei   46' (pen)
Report   1' Storgato
  41' Iorio
Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Giancarlo Redini

Coppa Italia edit

First round - Group 5 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Roma 5 4 1 0 11 4 +7 9
2 Milan 5 3 2 0 8 2 +6 8
3 Rimini 5 2 1 2 8 8 0 5
4 Atalanta 5 1 2 2 5 7 −2 4
5 Arezzo 5 0 3 2 2 5 −3 3
6 Padova 5 0 1 4 3 11 −8 1
21 August 1983 1 Rimini 1-3 Roma Rimini
21:00 Cinquetti   68'   54', 63' Vincenzi
  75' Pruzzo
Stadium: Romeo Neri
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
24 August 1983 2 Arezzo 0-1 Roma Arezzo
20:30 Report   52' Vincenzi Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 12 000
Referee: Maurizio Mattei
28 August 1983 3 Roma 2-0 Atalanta B.C. Roma
20:30 Pruzzo   24' (rig.)
Strukelj   70'
Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Egidio Ballerini
31 August 1983 4 Roma 4-2 Calcio Padova Roma
20:45 Cerezo   18', 70'
Graziani   31'
Maldera   42'
Report   14' Coppola
  66' Graziani
Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 20 000
Referee: Tullio Lanese
4 September 1983 5 A.C. Milan 1-1 Roma Milan
20:30 Battistini   32'   22' Vincenzi Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Gino Menicucci

Eightfinals edit

8 February 1984 1 Roma 2-0 A.C. Reggiana Roma
15:00 Vincenzi   45'
Graziani   81'
Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Salvatore Lombardo
22 February 1984 2 A.C. Reggiana 0-1 Roma Reggio Emilia
20:30 Report   37' Cerezo Stadium: Mirabello
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: Liberato Esposito

Quarterfinals edit

7 June 1984 1 Roma 1-1 A.C. Milan Roma
20:45 Di Bartolomei   56' (pen) Report   48' (o.g.) Nappi Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 70 000
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello
10 June 1984 2 A.C. Milan 1-2 (a.e.t.) Roma Milan
20:30 Carotti   33' Report   2', 94' Cerezo Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 57 259
Referee: Giancarlo Redini

Semifinals edit

13 June 1984 1 Torino 1-3 Roma Torino
20:30 Selvaggi   60' Report   6' Conti
  50', 80' Strukelj
Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 30 000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo
16 June 1984 2 Roma 1-0 Torino Roma
20:45 Conti   81' Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 29 136
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Finals edit

21 June 1984 1 Hellas Verona 1-1 Roma Verona
20:30 Storgato   73' Report   48' Cerezo Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Paolo Casarin
26 June 1984 2 Roma 1-0 Hellas Verona Roma
20:45 Ferroni   27' (aut.) Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 45 101
Referee: Paolo Casarin

European Cup edit

First round edit

14 September 1983 1 Roma   3-0  IFK Goteborg Roma
20:30 CET Vincenzi   51'
Conti   62'
Cerezo   70'
Report Stadium: Olimpico
Referee:   Docev
28 September 1983 2 IFK Goteborg  2-1   Roma Göteborg
Gardner   1'
Holmgren   73'
Report   60' Pruzzo Stadium: Ullevi
Referee:   Van Langenhove

Eightfinals edit

19 October 1983 1 CSKA Sofia   0-1   Roma Sofia
18:00 CET Report   63' Falcão Stadium: Vasil Levski National[9]
Referee:   Vautrot
2 November 1983 2 Roma   1-0   CSKA Sofia Roma
17:30 CET Graziani   80' Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 56 961
Referee:   Daina

Quarterfinals edit

7 March 1984 1 Roma   3-0   Dinamo Berlin Roma
15:00 CET Graziani   67'
Pruzzo   75'
Cerezo   90'
Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 65 000
Referee:   Keizer
21 March 1984 2 Dinamo Berlin   2-1   Roma East Berlin
20:00 CET Thom   76'
Ernst   86'
Report   56' Oddi Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
Referee:   Johansson

Semifinals edit

11 April 1984 1 Dundee United   2-0   Roma Dundee
20:30 CET Dodds   48'
Stark   60'
Report Stadium: Tannadice Park
Referee:   Kirschen
25 April 1984 2 Roma   3-0   Dundee United Roma
15:30 CET Pruzzo   23'
Pruzzo   38'
Di Bartolomei   58' (pen)
Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 73 000
Referee:   Vautrot

Final edit

30 May 1984 Liverpool   1-1 (a.e.t.)
(4-2 p)
  Roma Roma
20:15 CET Neal   14' Report   43' Pruzzo Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 69 693
Referee:  Fredriksson
Penalties
Nicol  
Neal  
Souness  
Rush  
Kennedy  
  Di Bartolomei
  Conti
  Righetti
  Graziani

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

Competition[10] Points Home Away Total GD
G W D L Gs Ga G W D L Gs Ga G W D L Gs Ga
Serie A 41 15 11 4 0 31 13 15 4 7 4 17 15 30 15 11 4 48 28 +20
Coppa Italia 6 5 1 0 11 3 7 5 2 0 12 5 13 10 3 0 23 8 +15
European Cup 4 4 0 0 10 0 5[11] 1 1 3 4 7 9 5 1 3 14 7 +7
Totals 25 20 5 0 52 16 27 10 10 7 33 27 52 30 15 7 85 43 +42

Player statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia European Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ITA Tancredi 50 -40 30 -26 11 -7 9 -7
DF   ITA Maldera 43 6 25 5 11 1 7 0
DF   ITA Nela 41 2 27 2 7 0 7 0
DF   ITA Oddi 36 1 16+2 0 11 0 7 1
DF   ITA Righetti 36 0 20+1 0 6 0 9 0
MF   BRA Cerezo 50 14 30 6 11 6 9 2
MF   ITA Conti 43 10 27 7 7 2 9 1
MF   ITA Di Bartolomei 48 7 28 5 12 1 8 1
MF   BRA Falcao 43 6 27 5 8 0 8 1
FW   ITA Graziani 43 9 22+2 5 10 2 9 2
FW   ITA Pruzzo 43 15 27 8 9 2 7 5
GK   ITA Malgioglio 4 -3 0+1 -2 3 -1 0 0
DF   ITA Bonetti 22 1 12+1 1 4 0 5 0
DF   ITA Nappi 23 0 10+1 0 10 0 2 0
MF   ITA Ancelotti 18 0 9 0 5 0 4 0
MF   ITA Chierico 33 1 8+9 1 9 0 7 0
MF   ITA Strukelj 20 4 6+5 1 8 3 1 0
FW   ITA Vincenzi 23 7 6+5 1 10 5 2 1
MF   ITA Giannini 5 0 0+2 0 3 0 0 0
DF   ITA Petitti 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   ITA Impallomeni 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   ITA Baglieri 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   ITA Baldieri 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
GK   ITA Savorani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   ITA Superchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   ITA Fois 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   ITA Lucci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   ITA Vignoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ITA Desideri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ITA Di Mauro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ITA Nobili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Media spettatori Serie A dal 74-75 al 85-86" (in Italian). stadiapostcards.com. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ Oliviero Beha (25 April 1984). "Was enough for Dundee a Battling Roma?" (in Italian). repubblica.it. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ^ Gianni Brera (31 May 1984). "It was finished with eleven-meters penalties shoot out" (in Italian). repubblica.it. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. ^ "The Coppa Italia goes to Roma". repubblica.it. 27 June 1984. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. ^ Transferred in from Young squad 'Primavera'.
  6. ^ Transferred out during Winter.
  7. ^ Transferred out during Winter.
  8. ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  9. ^ Played in Levski instead of its home venue the People's Army Stadium.
  10. ^ Beltrami, 1984 (1985). Almanacco illustrato del calcio 1984. Modena (in Italian). Panini. pp. 129, 276–285, 581–582.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link).
  11. ^ The 1984 European Cup Final was played in Stadio Olimpico, however for UEFA registrations is an away venue.

External links edit

  • Arrigo Beltrami (a cura di) (1983). Almanacco illustrato del calcio 1984. Modena. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Arrigo Beltrami (a cura di) (1984). Almanacco illustrato del calcio 1985. Modena. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Paolo Castellani; Massimilano Ceci (2012). La maglia che ci unisce. Storia delle divise dell'AS Roma dalla nascita ai giorni nostri. Roma. ISBN 978-88-908115-0-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

See also edit