1984–85 UC 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 ItaliaWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Trevor Francis
Fausto Salsano
(6 each)

All:
Trevor Francis (15 goals)

Squad

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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 Ivano Bordon
GK   ITA Roberto Bocchino
DF   ITA Moreno Mannini
DF   ITA Pietro Vierchowod
DF   ITA Luca Pellegrini
DF   ITA Alessandro Renica
DF   ITA Roberto Galia
DF   ITA Antonio Paganin
DF   ITA Enzo Gambaro
MF   ITA Fausto Pari
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SCO Graeme Souness
MF   ITA Alessandro Scanziani
MF   ITA Fausto Salsano
MF   ITA Evaristo Beccalossi
MF   ITA Francesco Casagrande
MF   ITA Giovanni Picasso
FW   ENG Trevor Francis
FW   ITA Roberto Mancini
FW   ITA Gianluca Vialli

Transfers

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Competitions

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Serie A

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League table

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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
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
5 Milan 30 12 12 6 31 25 +6 36[a] Qualification to UEFA Cup
6 Juventus[b] 30 11 14 5 48 33 +15 36[a] Qualification to European Cup
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).[1]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Position defined by head-to-head points: Milan: 3 pts; Juventus: 1 pt.
  2. ^ Juventus gained entry to the 1985–86 European Cup as defending champions.

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAAHAH
ResultWDWDWLDWDWDWLDDDDLWWWDDDWWLLDW
Position122223433233444556443342223444
Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1984/908/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = 1985–86 European Cup;   = 1985–86 UEFA Cup Following UEFA ranking changes and the English ban, Italy gained a third berth.

Matches

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16 September 1984 1 Sampdoria 1-0 Cremonese Genoa
Souness  37' Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
23 September 1984 2 Napoli 1-1 Sampdoria Napoli
Maradona  62'pen Report Fausto Salsano  72' Stadium: San Paolo
30 September 1984 3 Sampdoria 2-0 Ascoli Genoa
Scanziani  21'
Bogoni  90'og
Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
7 October 1984 4 Roma 1-1 Sampdoria Roma
Pruzzo  14'pen Report Souness  16'pen) Stadium: Olimpico
21 October 1984 6 Udinese 1-0 Sampdoria Udine
Edinho  33' Report Stadium: Friuli
28 October 1984 7 Sampdoria 2-2 Torino Genoa
Souness  20'
Francis  90'
Report Galbiati  13'
Júnior  28'
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
11 November 1984 8 Sampdoria 1-0 Como Genoa
Mancini  7' Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
18 November 1984 9 Verona 0-0 Sampdoria Verona
Report
25 November 1984 10 Milan 0-1 Sampdoria Milan
Report Francis  64'pen Stadium: San Siro
2 December 1984 11 Sampdoria 2-2 Lazio Genoa
Mancini  3'
Salsano  19'
Report Calisti  78'
Batista  83'
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
16 December 1984 12 Sampdoria 1-0 Avellino Genoa
Vialli  73' Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
23 December 1984 13 Inter 2-0 Sampdoria Milan
Altobelli  9'
Rummenigge  82'
Report Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
6 January 1985 14 Sampdoria 1-1 Juventus Genoa
Souness  74' Report Platini  5' Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
20 January 1985 16 Cremonese 1-1 Sampdoria Cremona
Nicoletti  78' Report Salsano  35'
27 January 1985 17 Sampdoria 0-0 Napoli Genoa
Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
10 February 1985 18 Ascoli 2-0 Sampdoria Ascoli
Iachini  80'
Nicolini  85'pen
Report
17 February 1985 19 Sampdoria 3-0 Roma Genoa
Vialli  45'
Galia  58'
Righetti  67'og
Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
24 February 1985 20 Fiorentina 0-3 Sampdoria Firenze
Report Salsano  17'
Francis  27'
Francis  68' (pen)
Stadium: Artemio Franchi
3 March 1985 21 Sampdoria 1-0 Udinese Genoa
Vialli  58' Report Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
17 March 1985 22 Torino 1-1 Sampdoria Torino
Júnior  21' (pen) Report Corradini  62' (og) Stadium: Comunale
24 March 1985 23 Como 0-0 Sampdoria Como
Report
14 April 1985 25 Sampdoria 2-1 Milan Genoa
Vierchowod  40'
Souness  72'
Report Battistini  83' Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
21 April 1985 26 Lazio 0-3 Sampdoria Roma
Report Scanziani  23'
Salsano  45'
Vierchowod   54'
Stadium: Olimpico
28 April 1985 27 Avellino 2-1 Sampdoria Avellino
Diaz  80'
Renica  86'
Report Francis  47' Stadium: Partenio
5 May 1985 28 Sampdoria 1-2 Inter Genoa
Scanziani  81' Report Brady  40'pen
Altobelli  65'
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

Topscorers

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Coppa Italia

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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: [citation needed]

Eightfinals

13 February 1985 Pisa 1-2 Sampdoria Pisa
27 February 1985 Sampdoria 2-0 Pisa Genoa
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

Quarterfinals

12 June 1985 Sampdoria 4-2 Torino Genoa
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
19 June 1985 Torino 0-0 Sampdoria Torino
Stadium: Comunale

Semifinals

23 June 1985 Fiorentina 0-0 Sampdoria Firenze
Stadium: Artemio Franchi
26 June 1985 Sampdoria 3-1 Fiorentina Genoa
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

Final

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30 June 1985 AC Milan 0–1 Sampdoria Milano
  24' Souness Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Giancarlo Redini
3 July 1985 Sampdoria 2–1
(3–1 agg.)
AC Milan Genoa
Mancini   41' (pen)
Vialli   61'
  66' Virdis Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Luigi Agnolin

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total 1984–85 Serie A 1984–85 Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ITA Ivano Bordon 30 -21 30 -21
DF   ITA Moreno Mannini 24 0 24 0
DF   ITA Luca Pellegrini 26 0 25+1 0
DF   ITA Pietro Vierchowod 29 2 29 2
DF   ITA Alessandro Renica 26 2 23+3 2
MF   ITA Alessandro Scanziani 29 4 29 4
MF   ITA Fausto Pari 29 0 27+2 0
MF   SCO Graeme Souness 28 5 28 5
MF   ITA Fausto Salsano 28 6 22+6 6
FW   ENG Trevor Francis 24 6 23+1 6
FW   ITA Gianluca Vialli 28 3 19+9 3
GK   ITA Roberto Bocchino 1 0 0+1 0
FW   ITA Roberto Mancini 24 3 19+5 3
DF   ITA Roberto Galia 24 1 18+6 1
MF   ITA Evaristo Beccalossi 9 0 8+1 0
MF   ITA Francesco Casagrande 11 0 5+6 0
DF   ITA Antonio Paganin 3 0 1+2 0
DF   ITA Enzo Gambaro 2 0 0+2 0
MF   ITA Giovanni Picasso 1 0 0+1 0

Sources

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RSSSF - Italy 1984/85

  1. ^ "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.