1985–86 SSC Napoli season

Napoli
1985–86 season
Chairman	Corrado Ferlaino
Manager	Ottavio Bianchi
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Diego Maradona (11); All: Diego Maradona (13)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

S.S.C. Napoli had its best league season in five years, finishing third in the 1985–86 league season. Due to Roma's collapse in the final rounds of the season, Napoli closed to within two points of second place, also having a significant margin to Torino in fourth. Diego Maradona prepared for his glorious World Cup with eleven goals and several assists.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Claudio Garella
—	GK	ITA	Enrico Zazzaro
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bruscolotti
—	DF	ITA	Raimondo Marino
—	DF	ITA	Moreno Ferrario
—	DF	ITA	Ciro Ferrara
—	DF	ITA	Antonio Carannante
—	DF	ITA	Alessandro Renica
—	DF	ITA	Massimo Filardi
—	MF	ITA	Luigi Caffarelli


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Eraldo Pecci
—	MF	ITA	Costanzo Celestini
—	MF	ITA	Salvatore Bagni
—	MF	ITA	Massimiliano Favo
—	MF	ITA	Ruben Buriani
—	FW	ARG	Diego Maradona
—	FW	ITA	Bruno Giordano
—	FW	ARG	Daniel Bertoni
—	FW	ITA	Francesco Baiano
—	FW	ITA	Domenico Penzo

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Bruno Giordano	S.S. Lazio
DF	Alessandro Renica	Sampdoria
GK	Claudio Garella	Hellas Verona
MF	Eraldo Pecci	Fiorentina
MF	Ruben Buriani	A.S. Roma	loan
DF	Massimo Filardi	Varese

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Marco De Simone	Catania Calcio
MF	Walter De Vecchi	Bologna F.C.
DF	Simone Boldini	Atalanta B.C.
MF	Paolo Dal Fiume	Udinese Calcio
DF	Ugo Napolitano	Campania	loan
MF	Pietro Puzone	Catania Calcio	loan

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position	1	4	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, 1986–87 European Cup; = 1986–87 UEFA Cup; = 1986-87 Serie B

Matches

8 September 1985 1	Napoli	2–1	Como	Naples
	Giordano 32' Bertoni 43'	Report	Marino 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Marino

15 September 1985 2	Pisa	1–1	Napoli	Pisa
	Berggreen 33'	Report	Giordano 50'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Referee: Lanese

22 September 1985 3	Napoli	1–0	Atalanta	Naples
	Renica 51'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Lo Bello

29 September 1985 4	Napoli	1–1	Roma	Naples
	Maradona 52' (pen.)	Report	Tovalieri 37'	Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Pieri

6 October 1985 5	Lecce	0–0	Napoli	Lecce
		Report		Stadium: Via del Mare Referee: Casarin

13 October 1985 6	Fiorentina	0–0	Napoli	Florence
		Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee: Lanese

20 October 1985 7	Napoli	5–0	Verona	Naples
	Giordano 21' Bagni 48' Maradona 58' Bertoni 83' Pecci 85'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Lo Bello

27 October 1985 8	Torino	2–1	Napoli	Torino
	Sabato 45' Comi 54'	Report	Maradona 87'	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Bergamo

3 November 1985 9	Napoli	1–0	Juventus	Naples
	Maradona 72'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Redini

10 November 1985 10	Inter	1–1	Napoli	Milan
	Brady 73' (pen.)	Report	Maradona 49'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Longhi

24 November 1985 11	Napoli	1–1	Udinese	Naples
	Maradona 9'	Report	Galparoli 79'	Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Mattei

1 December 1985 12	Bari	1–2	Napoli	Bari
	Sola 3'	Report	Giordano 12, 59'	Stadium: della Vittoria Referee: Casarin

8 December 1985 13	Napoli	2–0	Milan	Naples
	Giordano 76' Bagni 86'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Lanese

15 December 1985 14	Sampdoria	2–0	Napoli	Genoa
	Lorenzo 14' Mancini 41'	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

22 December 1985 15	Napoli	1–0	Avellino	Naples
	Giordano 59'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo

5 January 1986 16	Como	1–1	Napoli	Como
	Renica 55' (o.g.)	Report	Maradona 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia Referee: Paparesta

12 January 1986 17	Napoli	0–1	Pisa	Naples
		Report	Berggreen 39'	Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Lombardo

19 January 1986 18	Atalanta	0–0	Napoli	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Agnolin

26 January 1986 19	Roma	2–0	Napoli	Rome
	Gerolin 42' Boniek 61'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Magni

9 February 1986 20	Napoli	1–0	Lecce	Naples
	Bertoni 43'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Longhi

16 February 1986 21	Napoli	0–0	Fiorentina	Naples
		Report		Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Lo Bello

23 February 1986 22	Verona	2–2	Napoli	Verona
	Sacchetti 28' Galderisi 53' (pen.)	Report	Maradona 55' (pen.) 80'	Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Bianciardi

2 March 1986 23	Napoli	3–1	Torino	Naples
	Ferri 15' (o.g.) Caffarelli 16' Bagni 50'	Report	Mariani 14'	Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Magni

9 March 1986 24	Juventus	1–1	Napoli	Turin
	Brio 49'	Report	Favero 34' (o.g.)	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Lo Bello

16 March 1986 25	Napoli	1–0	Inter	Naples
	Maradona 71' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Pairetto

23 March 1986 26	Udinese	2–0	Napoli	Udine
	Carnevale 20' Carnevale 61'	Report		Stadium: Friuli Referee: Casarin

6 April 1986 27	Napoli	1–0	Bari	Naples
	Renica 51'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Sguizzato

13 April 1986 28	Milan	1–2	Napoli	Milan
	Di Bartolomei 59'	Report	Giordano 12' Maradona 23'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Paparesta

20 April 1986 29	Napoli	3–0	Sampdoria	Naples
	Giordano 28' Bagni 40' Celestini 85'	Report		Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Pairetto

27 April 1986 30	Avellino	0–1	Napoli	Avellino
		Report	Giordano 52'	Stadium: Partenio Referee: Baldas

Topscorers

Coppa Italia

First round

21 August 1985 1	Napoli	0-0	Pescara	Naples
				Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Boschi

25 August 1985 2	Lanerossi	1-0	Napoli	Vicenza
	Filippi 30'			Stadium: Romeo Menti Referee: Longhi

28 August 1985 3	Padova	0-0	Napoli	Padua
				Stadium: Silvio Appiani Referee: Lanese

1 September 1985 4	Napoli	3-1	Salernitana	Naples
	Maradona 5', 35' (pen) Manzo 77' (o.g.)		25' (pen) Billia	Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Magni

4 September 1985 5	Napoli	2-0	Lecce	Naples
	Giordano 23' Bagni 85'			Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Mattei

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Garella	30	-21	30	-21
	DF	ITA	Brusculotti	25	0	25	0
	DF	ITA	Ferrario	26	0	26	0
	DF	ITA	Renica	28	2	28	2
	DF	ITA	Filardi	26	0	23+3	0
	MF	ITA	Pecci	24	1	24	1
	MF	ITA	Bagni	27	4	27	4
	MF	ITA	Celestini	25	1	23+2	1
	FW	ARG	Bertoni	26	3	24+2	3
	FW	ITA	Giordano	25	10	22+3	10
	FW	ARG	Maradona	29	11	29	11
	GK	ITA	Zazzaro	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Carannante	20	0	16+4	0
	MF	ITA	Caffarelli	26	1	14+12	1
	DF	ITA	Marino	12	0	8+4	0
	DF	ITA	Ferrara	14	0	4+10	0
	MF	ITA	Buriani	5	0	3+2	0
	FW	ITA	Penzo	6	0	2+4	0
	MF	ITA	Favo	5	0	1+4	0
	FW	ITA	Baiano	4	0	1+3	0
	MF	ITA	Cimmaruta	1	0	0+1	0
	DF	ITA	Maggiotto	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Ferrara	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1985/924/

References

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

[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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