1984–85 U.C. Sampdoria season

U.C. Sampdoria recorded its best league season since 1960-61, thanks to a fourth place-finish. President Mantovani had surprised the football world by signing Liverpool stalwart Graeme Souness to the squad, and it paid off, with Souness adapting quickly to Italian football, also helping the team to win the 1985 edition of Coppa Italia, which was the first ever title for the club. The defensive line, with Moreno Mannini, Pietro Vierchowod and Antonio Paganin among the crew, was the main reason for the success, Sampdoria conceding just 23 goals in 30 league matches played. Quite a few of the players were still with the club when it finally won the league title in 1991.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Ivano Bordon
• Roberto Bocchino

Defenders

• Pietro Vierchowod
• Luca Pellegrini
• Alessandro Renica
• Roberto Galia
• Antonio Paganin
• Enzo Gambaro

Midfielders

• Fausto Pari
• Graeme Souness
• Alessandro Scanziani
• Fausto Salsano
• Evaristo Beccalossi
• Francesco Casagrande
• Giovanni Picasso

Attackers

• Trevor Francis
• Roberto Mancini
• Gianluca Vialli

Serie A

Matches

• Sampdoria-Cremonese 1-0
• 1-0 Graeme Souness (37)
• Napoli-Sampdoria 1-1
• 1-0 Diego Maradona (62 pen)
• 1-1 Fausto Salsano (72)
• Sampdoria-Ascoli 2-0
• 1-0 Alessandro Scanziani (21)
• 2-0 Antonio Bogoni (90 og)
• Roma-Sampdoria 1-1
• 1-0 Roberto Pruzzo (14 pen)
• 1-1 Graeme Souness (16 pen)
• Sampdoria-Fiorentina 2-0
• 1-0 Alessandro Renica (52)
• 2-0 Daniel Passarella (67 og)
• Udinese-Sampdoria 1-0
• 1-0 Edinho (33)
• Sampdoria-Torino 2-2
• 0-1 Roberto Galbiati (13)
• 1-1 Graeme Souness (20)
• 1-2 Júnior (28)
• 2-2 Trevor Francis (90)
• Sampdoria-Como 1-0
• 1-0 Roberto Mancini (7)
• Verona-Sampdoria 0-0
• Milan-Sampdoria 0-1
• 0-1 Trevor Francis (64 pen)
• Sampdoria-Lazio 2-2
• 1-0 Roberto Mancini (3)
• 2-0 Fausto Salsano (19)
• 2-1 Ernesto Calisti (78)
• 2-2 Batista (83)
• Sampdoria-Avellino 1-0
• 1-0 Gianluca Vialli (73)
• Inter-Sampdoria 2-0
• 1-0 Alessandro Altobelli (9)
• 2-0 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (82)
• Sampdoria-Juventus 1-1
• 0-1 Michel Platini (5)
• 1-1 Graeme Souness (74)
• Atalanta-Sampdoria 0-0
• Cremonese-Sampdoria 1-1
• 0-1 Fausto Salsano (35)
• 1-1 Marco Nicoletti (78)
• Sampdoria-Napoli 0-0
• Ascoli-Sampdoria 2-0
• 1-0 Giuseppe Iachini (80)
• 2-0 Eligio Nicolini (85 pen)
• Sampdoria-Roma 3-0
• 1-0 Gianluca Vialli (45)
• 2-0 Roberto Galia (58)
• 3-0 Ubaldo Righetti (67 og)
• Fiorentina-Sampdoria 0-3
• 0-1 Fausto Salsano (17)
• 0-2 Trevor Francis (27)
• 0-3 Trevor Francis (68 pen)
• Sampdoria-Udinese 1-0
• 1-0 Gianluca Vialli (58)
• Torino-Sampdoria 1-1
• 1-0 Júnior (21 pen)
• 1-1 Giancarlo Corradini (62 og)
• Como-Sampdoria 0-0
• Sampdoria-Verona 1-1
• 0-1 Giuseppe Galderisi (6)
• 1-1 Alessandro Renica (11)
• Sampdoria-Milan 2-1
• 1-0 Pietro Vierchowod (40)
• 2-0 Graeme Souness (72)
• 2-1 Sergio Battistini (83)
• Lazio-Sampdoria 0-3
• 0-1 Alessandro Scanziani (23)
• 0-2 Fausto Salsano (45)
• 0-3 Pietro Vierchowod (54)
• Sampdoria-Inter 1-2
• 0-1 Liam Brady (40 pen)
• 0-2 Alessandro Altobelli (65)
• 1-2 Alessandro Scanziani (81)
• Juventus-Sampdoria 1-1
• 1-0 Michel Platini (57)
• 1-1 Alessandro Scanziani (76)
• Sampdoria-Atalanta 3-0
• 1-0 Trevor Francis (11)
• 2-0 Fausto Salsano (19)
• 3-0 Roberto Mancini (53)

Topscorers

• Trevor Francis 6
• Fausto Salsano 6
• Graeme Souness 5
• Alessandro Scanziani 4
• Roberto Mancini 3
• Gianluca Vialli 3

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1984/85