1984–85 AC Milan season

Milan 1984–85 Giuseppe Farina Nils Liedholm Giuseppe Farina President San Siro Serie A 5th Coppa Italia Runners-up _milan100o ff0000 _milan8386h 000000 _milan100o ff0000 ffffff _redtop 000000 _milan2642a ffffff _milan8485a ffffff _milan2642a ffffff ffffff ffffff Pietro Paolo Virdis (9) Pietro Paolo Virdis (13) https://www.stadiapostcards.com/a2.htm.htm Attendance Statistics of Serie A 22 May 2023 1983–84 1985–86 During the 1984–85 season, Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia. Summary In the summer of 1984, president Giuseppe Farina hired coach Nils Liedholm, who got to the Milan five years after the tenth scudetto, fresh from the triumphs obtained with Roma: it was the third time that the Swede was appointed coach of the Rossoneri, after having been at the helm of Milan from 1963 to 1966, and again from 1977 to 1979. As far as the transfer market is concerned, Farina signed strikers Pietro Paolo Virdis and Mark Hateley. In addition, the Manchester United playmaker Ray Wilkins, the sweeper Agostino Di Bartolomei from Roma and the goalkeeper Giuliano Terraneo. The 3 signings of the previous year start, Blissett, Gerets and Spinosi, all left the club. In Serie A, Milan started with a series of 7 consecutive positive results (three wins and four draws), even winning a derby for the first time in six years thanks to a header by English new signing Hateley. After the victory in the derby came the first defeat of the season, by Torino; Milan finished the first half of the season in 6th place, on equal points (17) with Juventus. Even at the beginning of the second round Milan achieved 7 consecutive games without losing, interrupted again by the defeat against Torino, and continued to remain in the upper areas of the standings. At the end of the championship the Rossoneri finished in 5th place in the standings with 36 points, still tied with Juventus, but ahead of the black and whites thanks to the wins in face-to-face matches: 3–2 and 1–1). This result allowed Milan to qualify to the 1985–86 UEFA Cup. During the competition, on 20 January 1985, in Udine, Paolo Maldini, son of Cesare, made his debut for Milan. In the coming years he would become captain of the club, setting the overall record for most appearances with the red and black shirt.https://medium.com/whatahowler/paolo-maldinis-milan-debut-39a7ddb9afe4 Paolo Maldini's Milan debut medium.com 22 May 2023 In the Coppa Italia, AC Milan got through the first round finishing their group in the first place, with 7 points, thanks to victories against Parma and Carrarese and draws with Brescia, Como and Triestina. In the round of 16, Milan eliminated Napoli (2–1 at San Siro and 1–1 at San Paolo), in the quarter-finals Juventus, who had recently become European champions (0–0 in Milan and 0–1 in Turin) and in the semifinals Inter (2–1 victory in the first leg and 1–1 draw in the second leg). Having reached their seventh final, Milan faced Sampdoria who, by beating the Rossoneri both in the first leg in Milan (1–0) and in the return leg in Genoa (2–1), won the trophy for the first time. Squad Goalkeepers ITA Giulio Nuciari ITA Giuliano Terraneo ITA Ottorino Piotti Defenders ITA Franco Baresi ITA Fabio Casiraghi ITA Catello Cimmino ITA Filippo Galli ITA Paolo Maldini ITA Luigi Russo ITA Mauro Tassotti Midfielders ITA Sergio Battistini ITA Gabriello Carotti ITA Agostino Di Bartolomei ITA Alberigo Evani ITA Massimo Gadda ITA Andrea Icardi ITA Andrea Manzo ITA Roberto Scarnecchia ITA Vinicio Verza ENG Ray Wilkins Attackers ITA Pietro Paolo Virdis ENG Mark Hateley ITA Giuseppe Incocciati ITA Salvatore Giunta ITA Paolo Valori Transfers In Pos. Name from Type GK Giuliano Terraneo Torino DF Fabio Casiraghi Sant'Angelo loan end MF Agostino Di Bartolomei Roma MF Massimo Gadda Reggiana loan end MF Ray Wilkins Manchester United MF Roberto Scarnecchia Pisa FW Alberto Cambiaghi Treviso loan end FW Mark Hateley Portsmouth FW Pietro Paolo Virdis Udinese Out Pos. Name To Type DF Eric Gerets MVV DF Luciano Spinosi Cesena MF Daniele Tacconi Monza FW Luther Blissett Watford FW Alberto Cambiaghi Reggiana loan FW Oscar Damiani New York Cosmos GK Ottorino Piotti Atalanta DF Fabio Casiraghi Pistoiese MF Massimo Gadda Reggiana loan FW Paolo Valori Casarano Competitions Serie A 1984–85 Serie A League table MIL Matches 1 16 September 1984 Milan 2–2 Udinese Virdis 19 Hateley 61 Gerolin 13 Carnevale 73 Milan San Siro D 2 23 September 1984 Fiorentina 0–0 Milan Florence D 3 30 September 1984 Milan 2–1 Cremonese Hateley 51 58 Nicoletti 39 Milan San Siro W 4 7 October 1984 Juventus 1–1 Milan Briaschi 32 Virdis 85 Turin Comunale D 5 14 October 1984 Milan 2–1 Roma Di Bartolomei 58 Hateley 64 Cerezo 70 Milan San Siro W 6 21 October 1984 Napoli 0–0 Milan Naples San Paolo D 7 28 October 1984 Milan 2–1 Inter Di Bartolomei 33 Hateley 64 Altobelli 10 Milan San Siro W 8 11 November 1984 Torino 2–0 Milan Schachner 80 Júnior 88 Turin Comunale L 9 18 November 1984 Avellino 0–0 Milan Avellino D 10 25 November 1984 Milan 0–1 Sampdoria Francis 64 pen. Milan San Siro L 11 2 December 1984 Verona 0–0 Milan Verona D 12 16 December 1984 Milan 2–2 Atalanta Battistini 16 Virdis 32 Strömberg 67 Gentile 87 Milan San Siro D 13 23 December 1984 Ascoli 0–1 Milan Tassotti 88 Ascoli Piceno Cino e Lillo de Luca W 14 7 January 1985 Lazio 0–1 Milan Virdis 21 Rome Olimpico W 15 13 January 1985 Milan 0–2 Como Matteoli 25 Bruno 40 Milan San Siro L 16 20 January 1985 Udinese 1–1 Milan Selvaggi 10 Hateley 63 Udine Friuli D 17 27 January 1985 Milan 1–1 Fiorentina Hateley 66 Monelli 11 Milan San Siro D 18 10 February 1985 Cremonese 0–1 Milan Di Bartolomei 90 pen. Cremona W 19 17 February 1985 Milan 3–2 Juventus Virdis 3 39 Di Bartolomei 46 pen. Platini 12 pen. Rossi 30 Milan San Siro W 20 24 February 1985 Roma 0–1 Milan Virdis 12 Rome Olimpico W 21 3 March 1985 Milan 2–1 Napoli Battistini 15 Incocciati 68 Wilkins 35 o.g. Milan San Siro W 22 17 March 1985 Inter 2–2 Milan Rummenigge 48 Altobelli 81 Virdis 22 Verza 85 Milan Giuseppe Meazza D 23 24 March 1985 Milan 0–1 Torino Schachner 61 Milan San Siro L 24 31 March 1985 Milan 2–0 Avellino Di Bartolomei 20 pen. 78 Milan San Siro W 25 14 April 1985 Sampdoria 2–1 Milan Vierchowod 40 Souness 72 Battistini 83 Genoa Luigi Ferraris L 26 21 April 1985 Milan 0–0 Verona Milan San Siro D 27 28 April 1985 Atalanta 1–0 Milan Magrin 83 Bergamo Atleti Azzurri d'Italia L 28 5 May 1985 Milan 2–1 Ascoli Battistini 1 Incocciati 37 Nicolini 47 pen. Milan San Siro W 29 12 May 1985 Milan 2–0 Lazio Virdis 16 Battistini 40 Milan San Siro W 30 19 May 1985 Como 0–0 Milan Como D Topscorers ITA Pietro Paolo Virdis 9 ENG Mark Hateley 7 ITA Agostino Di Bartolomei 6 ITA Sergio Battistini 5 Coppa Italia 1984-85 Coppa Italia First Round 22 August 1984 1 Parma Milan 1–2 Parma Ennio Tardini 15 050 Pairetto Aselli 10 15 pen. Di Bartolomei43 Hateley W 26 August 1984 2 Milan Brescia 1–1 Milan San Siro 45 000 Pellicanò Di Bartolomei 64 pen. 22 o.g. Galli D 29 August 1984 3 Carrarese Milan 0–2 Carrara Stadio dei Marmi 18 000 Paparesta 72 o.g. Rossi84 Virdis W 2 September 1984 4 Milan Como 1–1 Milan San Siro 40 000 Baldi Battistini 53 74 Todesco D 9 September 1984 5 Triestina Milan 0–0 Trieste Stadio Giuseppe Grezar 15 565 Lanese D Eightfinals 13 February 1985 Milan Napoli 2–1 Milan Stadio San Siro 35 000 Mattei Battistini 14Di Bartolomei 51 pen. 46 Bagni W 27 February 1985 Napoli Milan 1–1 Naples San Paolo 75 012 Baldi Caffarelli 78 40 Battistini D Quarterfinals 12 June 1985 Milan Juventus 0–0 Milan San Siro 43 548 Pieri D 19 June 1985 Juventus Milan 0–1 Turin Comunale 10 000 Lo Bello 27 Virdis W Semifinals 23 June 1985 Internazionale Milan 1–2 Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 45 886 Mattei Rummenigge 25 30 Virdis85 Icardi W 26 June 1985 Milan Internazionale 1–1 Milan San Siro 69 735 D'Elia Scarnecchia 77 54 pen. Brady D Final 1985 Coppa Italia Final firstleg secondleg Statistics Squad statistics Competitionhttps://www.magliarossonera.it/statistiche/riepStagResultComp.php?seasons=1984-1985 Milan Associazione Calcio 1984–85 magliarossonera.it 23 May 2023 PointsHome Away Total GD G Games W Won D Draw L Lost Gs Goals scored Ga Goals against G Games W Won D Draw L Lost Gs Goals scored Ga Goals against G Games W Won D Draw L Lost Gs Goals scored Ga Goals against 1984-85 Serie A 36 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 4 8 3 9 9 30 12 12 6 31 25 +6 15px|link= 1984-85 Coppa Italia – 6 1 4 1 5 5 7 4 2 1 9 5 13 5 6 2 14 10 +4 Total – 21 9 8 4 27 21 22 8 10 4 18 14 43 17 18 8 45 35 +10 Players statistics 1984-85 Serie A 1984-85 Coppa Italia GK ITA Terraneo 30 -25 13 -10 DF ITA Tassotti 24 1 10 0 DF ITA Baresi 26 0 10 0 DF ITA Battistini 29 5 11 3 DF ITA Galli 28 0 10 0 MF ITA Verza 23 1 8 0 MF ITA Di Bartolomei 29 6 12 3 MF ENG Wilkins 28 0 12 0 MF ITA Evani 26+1 0 10 0 FW ENG Hateley 21 7 7 1 FW ITA Virdis 28 9 12 4 GK ITA Nuciari 0 0 0 0 MF ITA Icardi 15+2 0 9 1 FW ITA Incocciati 8+5 2 8 0 FW ITA Scarnecchia 8+3 0 7 1 MF ITA Manzo 4+3 0 3 0 DF ITA Russo 3+3 0 5 0 DF ITA Maldini 0+1 0 0 0 MF ITA Giunta 0+1 0 0 0 DF ITA Casiraghi 0 0 1 0 DF ITA Cimmino 0 0 0 0 DF ITA Ferrari 0 0 0 0 MF ITA Carotti 0 0 5 0 MF ITA Gadda 0 0 0 0 FW ITA Valori 0 0 0 0 GK ITA Piotti 0 0 0 0 May 2023 https://www.magliarossonera.it/statistiche/generalStatsMatches.php?seasons=1984-1985 Milan Associazione Calcio 1984–85 it magliarossonera.it 23 May 2023 References Sources RSSSF – Italy 1984/85 Category:AC Milan seasons Milan