1985–86 Serie A

84th season of top-tier Italian football

Football league season

Serie A
Season	1985 (1985)–86
Dates	8 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 played	240
Goals scored	495 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roberto Pruzzo (19 goals)
Longest winning run	19 matches Roma
Longest unbeaten run	19 matches Roma
Longest winless run	19 matches Lecce
Longest losing run	19 matches Lecce
← 1984–85 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.

Events

Italy arrived at the top of the UEFA ranking.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	30	18	9	3	43	17	+26	45	Qualification to European Cup
2	Roma	30	19	3	8	51	27	+24	41	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3	Napoli	30	14	11	5	35	21	+14	39	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Torino	30	11	11	8	31	26	+5	33
5	Fiorentina	30	10	13	7	29	23	+6	33
6	Internazionale	30	12	8	10	36	33	+3	32
7	Milan	30	10	11	9	26	24	+2	31
8	Atalanta	30	7	15	8	27	26	+1	29
9	Como	30	7	15	8	32	32	0	29
10	Hellas Verona	30	9	10	11	31	40	−9	28
11	Avellino	30	9	9	12	28	38	−10	27
12	Sampdoria	30	8	11	11	27	25	+2	27
13	Udinese	30	6	13	11	31	37	−6	25
14	Pisa (R)	30	5	13	12	27	40	−13	23	Relegation to Serie B
15	Bari (R)	30	5	12	13	18	31	−13	22
16	Lecce (R)	30	5	6	19	23	55	−32	16

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	—	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0
Avellino	1–0	—	0–0	1–4	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–1
Bari	0–0	0–1	—	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1
Como	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0
Fiorentina	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	—	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Internazionale	1–3	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	—	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–3	2–1	0–0
Juventus	2–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	—	4–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Lecce	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–1	2–3	—	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0
Milan	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	—	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1
Napoli	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	0–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	5–0
Pisa	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	—	2–4	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1
Roma	4–0	5–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Sampdoria	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	—	0–0	3–0	0–0
Torino	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	—	2–0	2–1
Udinese	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	—	5–1
Hellas Verona	0–3	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Roberto Pruzzo	Roma	19
2	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Internazionale	13
3	Michel Platini	Juventus	12
4	Diego Maradona	Napoli	11
	Daniel Passarella	Fiorentina
	Aldo Serena	Juventus
7	Stefano Borgonovo	Como	10
	Ramon Diaz	Avellino
	Bruno Giordano	Napoli
10	Alessandro Altobelli	Internazionale	9
	Aldo Cantarutti	Atalanta
	Andrea Carnevale	Udinese
	Preben Elkjær	Hellas Verona
14	Mark Hateley	Milan	8

References and sources

^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

External links

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[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

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1985–86 in Italian football

Domestic leagues	Serie A Serie B Serie C1 Serie C2
Domestic cups	Coppa Italia Final
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Serie A	Atalanta Avellino Bari Como Fiorentina Internazionale Juventus Lecce Milan Napoli Pisa Roma Sampdoria Torino Udinese Verona

v t e 1985–86 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '85 '86 England Finland '85 '86 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '85 '86 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '85 '86 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '85 '86 Spain Sweden '85 '86 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Finland '85 '86 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '85 '86 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '85 '86 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup