1984–85 UC Sampdoria season

Sampdoria
1984-85 season
Chairman	Paolo Mantovani
Manager	Eugenio Bersellini
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Trevor Francis ; Fausto Salsano ; (6 each); All: ; Trevor Francis (15 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Last updated January 10, 2024

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.

Squad

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

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Gianluca Vialli	Cremonese
MF	Graeme Souness	Liverpool
MF	Fausto Salsano	Parma	loan ended
DF	Moreno Mannini	Como
DF	Antonio Paganin	Bologna
MF	Evaristo Beccalossi	Internazionale

Out
Pos.	Name	to	Type
MF	Liam Brady	Internazionale
FW	Domenico Marocchino	Bologna FC
FW	Nicola Zanone	Perugia
DF	Giovanni Guerrini	Como
MF	Gianfranco Belloto		end of contract
FW	Alviero Chiorri	Cremonese
GK	Mauro Rosin	Perugia

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to UEFA Cup
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification to UEFA Cup
6	Juventus ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	30	11	14	5	48	33	+15	36^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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 2 Position defined by head-to-head points: Milan: 3 pts; Juventus: 1 pt.
↑ Juventus gained entry to the 1985–86 European Cup as defending champions.

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	W
Position	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4

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

16 September 19841	Sampdoria	1-0	Cremonese	Genoa
	Souness 37'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

23 September 19842	Napoli	1-1	Sampdoria	Napoli
	Maradona 62'pen	Report	Fausto Salsano 72'	Stadium: San Paolo

30 September 19843	Sampdoria	2-0	Ascoli	Genoa
	Scanziani 21' Bogoni 90'og	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

7 October 19844	Roma	1-1	Sampdoria	Roma
	Pruzzo 14'pen	Report	Souness 16'pen)	Stadium: Olimpico

14 October 19845	Sampdoria	2-0	Fiorentina	Genoa
	Alessandro Renica 52' Passarella 67'og	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

21 October 19846	Udinese	1-0	Sampdoria	Udine
	Edinho 33'	Report		Stadium: Friuli

28 October 19847	Sampdoria	2-2	Torino	Genoa
	Souness 20' Francis 90'	Report	Galbiati 13' Júnior 28'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

11 November 19848	Sampdoria	1-0	Como	Genoa
	Mancini 7'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

18 November 19849	Verona	0-0	Sampdoria	Verona
		Report

25 November 198410	Milan	0-1	Sampdoria	Milan
		Report	Francis 64'pen	Stadium: San Siro

2 December 198411	Sampdoria	2-2	Lazio	Genoa
	Mancini 3' Salsano 19'	Report	Calisti 78' Batista 83'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

16 December 198412	Sampdoria	1-0	Avellino	Genoa
	Vialli 73'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

23 December 198413	Inter	2-0	Sampdoria	Milan
	Altobelli 9' Rummenigge 82'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

6 January 198514	Sampdoria	1-1	Juventus	Genoa
	Souness 74'	Report	Platini 5'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

13 January 198515	Atalanta	0-0	Sampdoria	Bergamo
		Report

20 January 198516	Cremonese	1-1	Sampdoria	Cremona
	Nicoletti 78'	Report	Salsano 35'

27 January 198517	Sampdoria	0-0	Napoli	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

10 February 198518	Ascoli	2-0	Sampdoria	Ascoli
	Iachini 80' Nicolini 85'pen	Report

17 February 198519	Sampdoria	3-0	Roma	Genoa
	Vialli 45' Galia 58' Righetti 67'og	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

24 February 198520	Fiorentina	0-3	Sampdoria	Firenze
		Report	Salsano 17' Francis 27' Francis 68' (pen)	Stadium: Artemio Franchi

3 March 198521	Sampdoria	1-0	Udinese	Genoa
	Vialli 58'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

17 March 198522	Torino	1-1	Sampdoria	Torino
	Júnior 21' (pen)	Report	Corradini 62' (og)	Stadium: Comunale

24 March 198523	Como	0-0	Sampdoria	Como
		Report

31 March 198524	Sampdoria	1-1	Hellas Verona	Genoa
	Renica 11'	Report	Galderisi 6'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

14 April 198525	Sampdoria	2-1	Milan	Genoa
	Vierchowod 40' Souness 72'	Report	Battistini 83'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

21 April 198526	Lazio	0-3	Sampdoria	Roma
		Report	Scanziani 23' Salsano 45' Vierchowod 54'	Stadium: Olimpico

28 April 198527	Avellino	2-1	Sampdoria	Avellino
	Diaz 80' Renica 86'	Report	Francis 47'	Stadium: Partenio

5 May 198528	Sampdoria	1-2	Inter	Genoa
	Scanziani 81'	Report	Brady 40'pen Altobelli 65'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

12 May 198529	Juventus	1-1	Sampdoria	Torino
	Michel Platini 57'	Report	Alessandro Scanziani 76'	Stadium: Comunale

19 May 198530	Sampdoria	3-0	Atalanta	Genoa
	Trevor Francis 11' Fausto Salsano 19' Roberto Mancini 53'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

Topscorers

Coppa Italia

Group phase

Group 6
Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1984–85 Serie A		1984–85 Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1984/908/

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1984/85

↑ "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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[table_hth_MIL0.62695939169589-1] 1 2 Position defined by head-to-head points: Milan: 3 pts; Juventus: 1 pt.

[table_note_JUV0.62695939169589-2] Juventus gained entry to the 1985–86 European Cup as defending champions.

[3] "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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