The 1984–85 Serie A season heralded Hellas Verona's first and so far only . Unusually, none of the big three of Juventus, Milan or Internazionale managed to finish in the top two. Ascoli, Lazio and Cremonese all were relegated to Serie 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 (). After the betting scandal of the early 1980s (the 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, had been promoted from Serie B.
Final classification
Results
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Michel Platini Juventus 18 2 Alessandro Altobelli Internazionale 17 3 Diego Maradona Napoli 14 4 Massimo Briaschi Juventus 12 5 Daniel Bertoni Napoli 11 Giuseppe Galderisi Hellas Verona 7 Hans-Peter Briegel Hellas Verona 9 Aldo Serena Torino Pietro Paolo Virdis Milan 10 Karl-Heinz RummeniggeInternazionale 8 Preben ElkjærHellas Verona Roberto PruzzoRoma
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 RSSSF Website.