1984–85 A.C. Milan season
Encyclopedia
A.C. Milan
was a reliable force just under the top teams in Serie A, finishing in fifth position. It had the ability to win matches without impressing, having a goal difference of just +6, despite finishing in 5th place. The position was just enough to clinch a UEFA Cup
spot, despite losing the Coppa Italia
final to Sampdoria
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Fabio Casiraghi Catello Cimmino
Filippo Galli
Paolo Maldini
Luigi Russo Mauro Tassotti
Gabriello Carotti
Agostino Di Bartolomei
Alberigo Evani
Salvatore Giunta Andrea Icardo Andrea Manzo
Roberto Scarnecchia
Vinicio Verza
Ray Wilkins
9 Mark Hateley
7 Agostino Di Bartolomei
6 Sergio Battistini
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A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
was a reliable force just under the top teams in Serie A, finishing in fifth position. It had the ability to win matches without impressing, having a goal difference of just +6, despite finishing in 5th place. The position was just enough to clinch a UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
spot, despite losing the Coppa Italia
1984–85 Coppa Italia
-Second Leg:Sampdoria win 3–2 on aggregate.-References:...
final to Sampdoria
U.C. Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...
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Defenders
Franco BaresiFranco Baresi
Franco Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and former player. He played as a sweeper and spent his entire career with Serie A club AC Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "Little one"...
Fabio Casiraghi Catello Cimmino
Catello Cimmino
Catello Cimmino is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 4 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan, Ascoli Calcio 1898 and Calcio Como.-External links:*...
Filippo Galli
Filippo Galli
Filippo Galli is a former Italian football player with A.C. Milan who played as a Right back but was often called on to fill in at any defensive position...
Paolo Maldini
Paolo Maldini
Paolo Cesare Maldini is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club...
Luigi Russo Mauro Tassotti
Mauro Tassotti
Mauro Tassotti is a retired Italian footballer. He played for seventeen years with A.C. Milan, mostly at right back but could also fill in at centre back if required, thanks to his versatility and commitment...
Midfielders
Sergio BattistiniSergio Battistini
Sergio Battistini is a retired Italian footballer who played for AC Milan, Fiorentina, Inter Milan, Brescia and Spezia. He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
Gabriello Carotti
Gabriello Carotti
Gabriello Carotti is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 6 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan and Ascoli Calcio 1898.-External links:*...
Agostino Di Bartolomei
Agostino Di Bartolomei
Agostino Di Bartolomei was an Italian football player, who played as a midfielder. Famed for his elegant playmaking skills, he is regarded as one of A.S. Roma's greatest players ever, and one of the greatest players never to have been capped by the Italian national team.-Biography:Di Bartolomei...
Alberigo Evani
Alberigo Evani
Alberigo Evani is an Italian former football player in midfielder role. Born in Massa, Tuscany, he played in Serie A 353 times with 16 goals...
Salvatore Giunta Andrea Icardo Andrea Manzo
Andrea Manzo
Andrea Manzo is an Italian football manager and former midfielder.-Playing:Manzo started his professional career in 1978 with Padova. He then played for a number of Serie A and Serie B teams, most notably Fiorentina, AC Milan and Udinese...
Roberto Scarnecchia
Roberto Scarnecchia
Roberto Scarnecchia is a retired Italian professional football player.He played 8 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma, S.S.C. Napoli, Pisa Calcio and A.C. Milan.-External links:*...
Vinicio Verza
Vinicio Verza
Vinicio Verza is a retired Italian professional football player.-External links:*...
Ray Wilkins
Ray Wilkins
Raymond Colin Wilkins MBE , often known as "Butch" Wilkins, is an English former footballer and at present a television pundit...
Matches
Topscorers
Pietro Paolo VirdisPietro Paolo Virdis
Antonio Pietro Paolo Virdis is a former Italian footballer who played for Cagliari Calcio, Juventus F.C., Udinese Calcio, AC Milan and was part of their European Cup victory in 1989.-Club:...
9 Mark Hateley
Mark Hateley
Mark Wayne Hateley is a retired English football player who played as a centre-forward. He was capped 32 times for the English national team , and played in top-level football leagues in England, Italy, France and Scotland...
7 Agostino Di Bartolomei
Agostino Di Bartolomei
Agostino Di Bartolomei was an Italian football player, who played as a midfielder. Famed for his elegant playmaking skills, he is regarded as one of A.S. Roma's greatest players ever, and one of the greatest players never to have been capped by the Italian national team.-Biography:Di Bartolomei...
6 Sergio Battistini
Sergio Battistini
Sergio Battistini is a retired Italian footballer who played for AC Milan, Fiorentina, Inter Milan, Brescia and Spezia. He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
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