The 1984–85 Serie A season heralded
Hellas Verona's first and so far only Scudetto. Unusually, none of the big three of
Juventus,
Milan
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or
Internazionale managed to finish in the top two.
Ascoli,
Lazio
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and
Cremonese all were relegated to
Serie B
The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...
. Italy had one more place from the
UEFA ranking.
It was the only season when referees were assigned to matches by way of a random draw instead of being assigned to a specific match by a special commission of referees ('designatori arbitrali'). After the betting scandal of the early 1980s (the 'calcioscommesse' scandal) it had been decided to clean up the image of Italian football by assigning referees randomly instead of picking them, in order to clear up all the suspicions and accusations.
Teams
Atalanta,
Como and
Cremonese, all from
Lombardy
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, had been promoted from
Serie B
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.
Final classification
Results
Top goalscorers
Attendances
Footnotes
References and sources
* ''Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004'', Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
External links
*
:it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1985 - Italian version with pictures and info.
- All results on
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, RSSSF Website.
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Italy
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1984–85 in Italian football leagues