1985–86 Serie A

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Serie A
Season1985 (1985)–86
Dates8 September 1985 – 27 April 1986
Champions Juventus
22nd title
Relegated Pisa
Bari
Lecce
European Cup Juventus
Cup Winners' Cup Roma
UEFA Cup Napoli
Fiorentina
Internazionale
Torino
Matches played240
Goals scored495 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorer Roberto Pruzzo
(19 goals)
Longest winning run19 matches
Roma
Longest unbeaten run19 matches
Roma
Longest winless run19 matches
Lecce
Longest losing run19 matches
Lecce
1986–87 →
All statistics correct as of 27 April 1986.
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Serie A 1985-86 team distribution

The 1985–86 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

Teams

Pisa, Lecce and Bari had been promoted from Serie B. They all will be relegated.

Contents

Events

Italy arrived at the top of the UEFA ranking.

Final classification

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C)3018934317+2645Qualification to European Cup
2 Roma 3019385127+2441Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3 Napoli 30141153521+1439Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Torino 30111183126+533
5 Fiorentina 30101372923+633
6 Internazionale 30128103633+332
7 Milan 30101192624+231
8 Atalanta 3071582726+129
9 Como 3071583232029
10 Hellas Verona 30910113140−928
11 Avellino 3099122838−1027
12 Sampdoria 30811112725+227
13 Udinese 30613113137−625
14 Pisa (R)30513122740−1323Relegation to Serie B
15 Bari (R)30512131831−1322
16 Lecce (R)3056192355−3216
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]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ATA AVE BAR COM FIO INT JUV LEC MIL NAP PIS ROM SAM TOR UDI VER
Atalanta —2–00–01–10–02–10–03–11–10–01–21–22–12–21–10–0
Avellino 1–0—0–01–43–11–00–02–01–10–11–11–02–10–02–23–1
Bari 0–00–1—1–10–11–30–32–00–11–20–02–00–01–01–03–1
Como 0–21–11–1—0–01–00–12–01–11–11–11–02–21–10–01–0
Fiorentina 0–01–00–01–0—3–02–03–12–00–01–11–11–00–01–00–0
Internazionale 1–33–11–03–22–0—1–13–01–01–13–12–11–03–32–10–0
Juventus 2–01–04–00–01–02–0—4–01–01–13–13–11–01–12–13–0
Lecce 2–12–21–11–42–10–12–3—0–20–01–10–30–10–02–01–0
Milan 1–13–00–01–01–02–20–01–0—1–21–00–12–21–02–01–1
Napoli 1–01–01–02–10–01–01–01–02–0—0–11–13–03–11–15–0
Pisa 1–11–11–14–11–21–01–13–00–11–1—2–40–20–00–00–1
Roma 4–05–12–10–02–13–13–02–32–12–01–0—1–02–01–02–1
Sampdoria 0–00–22–00–02–20–00–02–01–12–03–01–0—0–03–00–0
Torino 0–01–01–01–32–11–01–23–12–02–14–10–11–0—2–02–1
Udinese 1–03–12–22–22–21–11–22–10–02–01–10–22–10–0—5–1
Hellas Verona 0–32–02–03–02–20–00–12–21–02–23–03–22–11–01–1—
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Pruzzo Roma 19
2 Flag of Germany.svg Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Internazionale 13
3 Flag of France.svg Michel Platini Juventus 12
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Maradona Napoli 11
Flag of Argentina.svg Daniel Passarella Fiorentina
Flag of Italy.svg Aldo Serena Juventus
7 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Borgonovo Como 10
Flag of Argentina.svg Ramon Diaz Avellino
Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giordano Napoli
10 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Altobelli Internazionale 9
Flag of Italy.svg Aldo Cantarutti Atalanta
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Carnevale Udinese
Flag of Denmark.svg Preben Elkjær Hellas Verona
14 Flag of England.svg Mark Hateley Milan 8

References and sources

  1. ↑ "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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