1983–84 AS Roma season

Roma
1983–84 season
PresidentDino Viola
ManagerNils Liedholm
StadiumOlimpico
Serie A2º
Coppa ItaliaWinners
(in (UEFA Cup Winners' Cup)
European CupRunners- Up
Top goalscorerLeague: Pruzzo (8)
All: Pruzzo (15)

During the 1983–84 season Associazione Sportiva Roma competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and European Cup.

Summary

During the summer the club transferred in Brazilian midfielder Toninho Cerezo from Atletico Mineiro and forward Francesco Graziani from Fiorentina. Head coach Nils Liedholm changed the defensive style after the crucial centre–back Pietro Vierchowod's loan to Sampdoria ended. Another key player in midfielder Carlo Ancelotti was injured in early December during match against Juventus, thus missing the rest of the season. The squad finished second in the league behind champion Juventus.

Meanwhile, in the first round of the European Cup, the team defeated IFK Goteborg with an aggregate score of 4–2, after which the squad eliminated CSKA Sofia in the round of 16 and Dinamo Berlin in the quarter-finals. The semifinals pitted the Italians against Scottish outfit Dundee United. After losing the first leg 2–0, the Giallorossi won 3–0 in Roma, reaching the Final of the tournament for the first time in their history.[2] The match against the three-time European Cup champion and heavy favourite Liverpool, though played in its home venue Stadio Olimpico, was won by the English squad after a penalty shoot-out, with the Roman squad being unable to field crucial players such as Maldera and Carlo Ancelotti.[3]

Meanwhile, in June the squad won the Coppa Italia after defeating upcoming underdogs Hellas Verona:,[4] which proved to be the last match for Swedish manager Nils Liedholm, who was appointed by Giuseppe Farina as the new head coach of A.C. Milan for the next season, including the departure of midfielder and captain Agostino Di Bartolomei.

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Italy ITA Attilio Gregori[5]
— GK Italy ITA Astutillo Malgioglio
— GK Italy ITA Marco Savorani
— GK Italy ITA Franco Superchi
— GK Italy ITA Franco Tancredi
— DF Italy ITA Dario Bonetti
— DF Italy ITA Roberto Fois
— DF Italy ITA Settimio Lucci [6]
— DF Italy ITA Aldo Maldera
— DF Italy ITA Sebastiano Nela
— DF Italy ITA Michele Nappi
— DF Italy ITA Emidio Oddi
— DF Italy ITA Paolo Petitti
— DF Italy ITA Ubaldo Righetti
— DF Italy ITA Viero Vignoli
— MF Italy ITA Carlo Ancelotti
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Brazil BRA Toninho Cerezo
— MF Italy ITA Odoacre Chierico
— MF Italy ITA Bruno Conti
— MF Italy ITA Stefano Desideri
— MF Italy ITA Agostino Di Bartolomei (Captain)
— MF Italy ITA Fabrizio Di Mauro [7]
— MF Brazil BRA Paulo Roberto Falcão
— MF Italy ITA Giuseppe Giannini
— MF Italy ITA Stefano Impallomeni
— MF Italy ITA Stefano Nobili
— MF Italy ITA Mark Tullio Strukelj
— FW Italy ITA Corrado Baglieri
— FW Italy ITA Paolo Baldieri
— FW Italy ITA Francesco Graziani
— FW Italy ITA Roberto Pruzzo
— FW Italy ITA Francesco Vincenzi

Transfers

In
Pos. Name from Type
GK Astutillo Malgioglio Pistoiese
DF Dario Bonetti Sampdoria loan ended
DF Emidio Oddi Hellas Verona
MF Toninho Cerezo Atletico Mineiro
MF Antonio Di Carlo Carrarese loan
MF Mark Tullio Strukelj Triestina co-ownership
FW Francesco Graziani Fiorentina
FW Francesco Vincenzi Pistoiese
FW Guido Ugolotti Pisa loan ended
Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Massimo Gregori Catania
DF Pietro Vierchowod Sampdoria loan ended
MF Gianni Boccia
MF Antonio Di Carlo Arezzo loan
MF Paolo Giovannelli Pisa
MF Herbert Prohaska Austria Wien
MF Claudio Valigi Perugia Calcio
FW Paolo Alberto Faccini Sambenedettese
FW Maurizio Iorio Hellas Verona co-ownership
FW Sandro Tovalieri Pescara loan
FW Guido Ugolotti Campobasso

Winter

Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Settimio Lucci Avellino loan

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1983–84 Serie A

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 30 17 9 4 57 29 +28 43 Qualification to European Cup
2 Roma 30 15 11 4 48 28 +20 41 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3 Fiorentina 30 12 12 6 48 31 +17 36 Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Internazionale 30 12 11 7 37 23 +14 35
5 Torino 30 11 11 8 37 30 +7 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).[8]
(C) Champions

Position by result

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultWWWLWWWLDLDWDWLDDDWWDWWDWDDWDW
Position111221111322223334322222222222
Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1983/894/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed;   = Leader, 1984–85 European Cup;   = 1984–85 UEFA Cup

Matches

11 September 1983 1 Roma 2–0 Pisa Roma
16:00 Di Bartolomei 40' (pen.)
Conti 80'		 Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 50 000
Referee: Pietro D'Elia
18 September 1983 2 Sampdoria 1–2 Roma Genova
16:00 Guerrini 34' Report 36' Nela
63' Graziani		 Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 43 0000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin
25 September 1983 3 Roma 3–1 Milan Roma
15:00 Vincenzi 34'
Maldera 44'
Falcão 80'		 Report 28' Battistini Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 70.000
Referee: Mattei
2 October 1983 4 Torino F.C. 2–1 Roma Torino
15:00 Hernández 7', 39' Report 89' (o.g.) Zaccarelli Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: circa 40.000
Referee: Redini
9 October 1983 5 Roma 1–0 Genoa Roma
15:00 Conti 62' Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 70.000
Referee: Paparesta
23 October 1983 6 Lazio 0–2 Roma Roma
15:00 Report 4' Nela
63' Pruzzo		 Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 65.000
Referee: Agnolin
30 October 1983 7 Roma 5–1 Napoli Roma
14:30 Graziani 9'
Cerezo 20'
Falcão 33'
Conti 38', 80'		 Report 70' Dal Fiume Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 60.000
Referee: Bergamo
6 November 1983 8 Udinese 1–0 Roma Udine
14:30 Zico 85' Report Stadium: Friuli
Attendance: circa 50.000
Referee: Pieri
20 November 1983 9 Roma 1–1 Ascoli Roma
14:30 Pruzzo 60' Report 72' Novellino Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 48.000
Referee: Vitali
27 November 1983 10 Inter 1–0 Roma Milano
14:30 Beccalossi 8' Report Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: circa 60.000
Referee: Redini
4 December 1983 11 Juventus 2–2 Roma Torino
14:30 Platini 72'
Penzo 77'		 Report 62' Conti
90' Pruzzo		 Stadium: Comunale
Referee: Paolo Casarin
11 December 1983 12 Roma 3–2 Avellino Roma
14:30 Falcão 24', 57'
Maldera 89'		 Report 81' Biagini
87' Díaz		 Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Lo Bello
18 December 1983 13 Fiorentina 0–0 Roma Firenze
14:30 Report Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: circa 50.000
Referee: Agnolin
31 December 1983 14 Roma 1–0 Catania Roma
14:30 Maldera 32' Report Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Bergamo
8 January 1984 15 Hellas Verona 1–0 Roma Verona
14:30 Di Gennaro 82' Report Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: D'Elia
15 January 1984 16 Pisa Calcio 1–1 Roma Pisa
Bonetti 56' (o.g.) Report 33' Strukelj Stadium: Stadio Arena Garibaldi
22 January 1984 17 Roma 1–1 Sampdoria Roma
14:30 Pruzzo 36' Report 53' Mancini Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Lo Bello
29 January 1984 18 Milan 1–1 Roma Milan
14:30 Verza 54' Report 69' Pruzzo Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Referee: Agnolin
12 February 1984 19 Roma 2–1 Torino Roma
15:00 Maldera 28'
Pruzzo 83'		 Report 31' Dossena Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Casarin
19 February 1984 20 Genoa 0–2 Roma Genova
15:00 Report 5', 82' Graziani Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Barbaresco
26 February 1984 21 Roma 2–2 Lazio Roma
15:00 Di Bartolomei 40' (pen.)
Cerezo 52'		 Report 9', 25' (pen.) D'Amico Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 63.000
Referee: Agnolin
11 March 1984 22 Napoli 1–2 Roma Napoli
15:00 Casale 59' Report 15' Graziani
62' Bonetti I		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: circa 60.000
Referee: Bergamo
18 March 1984 23 Roma 4–1 Udinese Roma
15:00 Falcão 31'
Cerezo 68'
Conti 73'
Di Bartolomei 87'		 Report 20' Edinho Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: circa 49.000
Referee: Mattei
25 March 1984 24 Ascoli 0–0 Roma Ascoli Piceno
15:30 Report Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Referee: Redini
1 April 1984 25 Roma 1–0 Inter Roma
15:30 Di Bartolomei 24' (pen.) Report Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: D'Elia
15 April 1984 26 Roma 0–0 Juventus Roma
15:30 Report Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Casarin
21 April 1984 27 Avellino 2–2 Roma Avellino
15:30 Díaz 64'
Tagliaferri 90'		 Report 24' Pruzzo
51' Cerezo		 Stadium: Stadio Partenio
Attendance: circa 30.000
Referee: Bergamo
29 April 1984 28 Roma 2–1 Fiorentina Roma
16:00 Pruzzo 15'
Conti 40'		 Report 60' Monelli Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Egidio Ballerini
6 May 1984 29 Catania 2–2 Roma Palermo
16:00 Carnevale 55'
Torrisi 83' (pen.)		 Report 23' Maldera III
29' Chierico		 Stadium: La Favorita
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella
13 May 1984 30 Roma 3–2 Verona Roma
16:00 Cerezo 28', 50'
Di Bartolomei 46' (pen.)		 Report 1' Storgato
41' Iorio		 Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Giancarlo Redini

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1983–84 Coppa Italia

First round - Group 5

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Roma 5 4 1 0 11 4 +7 9
2 Milan 5 3 2 0 8 2 +6 8
3 Rimini 5 2 1 2 8 8 0 5
4 Atalanta 5 1 2 2 5 7 −2 4
5 Arezzo 5 0 3 2 2 5 −3 3
6 Padova 5 0 1 4 3 11 −8 1
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italcup84.html
21 August 1983 1 Rimini 1–3 Roma Rimini
21:00 Cinquetti 68' 54', 63' Vincenzi
75' Pruzzo		 Stadium: Romeo Neri
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
24 August 1983 2 Arezzo 0–1 Roma Arezzo
20:30 Report 52' Vincenzi Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 12 000
Referee: Maurizio Mattei
28 August 1983 3 Roma 2–0 Atalanta B.C. Roma
20:30 Pruzzo 24' (pen.)
Strukelj 70'		 Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Egidio Ballerini
31 August 1983 4 Roma 4–2 Calcio Padova Roma
20:45 Cerezo 18', 70'
Graziani 31'
Maldera 42'		 Report 14' Coppola
66' Graziani		 Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 20 000
Referee: Tullio Lanese
4 September 1983 5 A.C. Milan 1–1 Roma Milan
20:30 Battistini 32' 22' Vincenzi Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Gino Menicucci

Round of 16

8 February 1984 First leg Roma 2–0 A.C. Reggiana Roma
15:00 Vincenzi 45'
Graziani 81'		 Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Salvatore Lombardo
22 February 1984 Second leg A.C. Reggiana 0–1
(0–3 agg.)		 Roma Reggio Emilia
20:30 Report 37' Cerezo Stadium: Mirabello
Attendance: 7 000
Referee: Liberato Esposito

Quarter-finals

7 June 1984 First leg Roma 1–1 A.C. Milan Roma
20:45 Di Bartolomei 56' (pen.) Report 48' (o.g.) Nappi Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 70 000
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello
10 June 1984 Second leg A.C. Milan 1–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 agg.)		 Roma Milan
20:30 Carotti 33' Report 2', 94' Cerezo Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 57 259
Referee: Giancarlo Redini

Semi-finals

13 June 1984 First leg Torino 1–3 Roma Torino
20:30 Selvaggi 60' Report 6' Conti
50', 80' Strukelj		 Stadium: Comunale
Attendance: 30 000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo
16 June 1984 Second leg Roma 1–0
(4–1 agg.)		 Torino Roma
20:45 Conti 81' Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 29 136
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

Final

Main article: 1984 Coppa Italia final
21 June 1984 First leg Hellas Verona 1–1 Roma Verona
20:30 Storgato 73' Report 48' Cerezo Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Paolo Casarin
26 June 1984 Second leg Roma 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Hellas Verona Roma
20:45 Ferroni 27' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 45 101
Referee: Paolo Casarin

European Cup

Main article: 1983–84 European Cup

First round

14 September 1983 First leg Roma Italy 3–0 Sweden IFK Goteborg Roma
20:30 CET Vincenzi 51'
Conti 62'
Cerezo 70'		 Report Stadium: Olimpico
Referee: Bulgaria Docev
28 September 1983 Second leg IFK Goteborg Sweden 2–1
(4–2 agg.)		 Italy Roma Göteborg
Gardner 1'
Holmgren 73'		 Report 60' Pruzzo Stadium: Ullevi
Referee: Belgium Van Langenhove

Second round

19 October 1983 First leg CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 0–1 Italy Roma Sofia
18:00 CET Report 63' Falcão Stadium: Vasil Levski National[9]
Referee: France Vautrot
2 November 1983 Second leg Roma Italy 1–0
(2–0 agg.)		 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Roma
17:30 CET Graziani 80' Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 56 961
Referee: Czech Republic Daina

Quarter-finals

7 March 1984 First leg Roma Italy 3–0 East Germany Dinamo Berlin Roma
15:00 CET Graziani 67'
Pruzzo 75'
Cerezo 90'		 Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 65 000
Referee: Netherlands Keizer
21 March 1984 Second leg Dinamo Berlin East Germany 2–1
(2–4 agg.)		 Italy Roma East Berlin
20:00 CET Thom 76'
Ernst 86'		 Report 56' Oddi Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
Referee: Sweden Johansson

Semi-finals

11 April 1984 First leg Dundee United Scotland 2–0 Italy Roma Dundee
20:30 CET Dodds 48'
Stark 60'		 Report Stadium: Tannadice Park
Referee: East Germany Kirschen
25 April 1984 Second leg Roma Italy 3–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Scotland Dundee United Roma
15:30 CET Pruzzo 23'
Pruzzo 38'
Di Bartolomei 58' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 73 000
Referee: France Vautrot

Final

Main article: 1984 European Cup final
30 May 1984 Liverpool England 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Italy Roma Roma
20:15 CET Neal 14' Report 43' Pruzzo Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 69 693
Referee: SwedenFredriksson
Penalties
Nicol soccer ball with red X
Neal soccer ball with check mark
Souness soccer ball with check mark
Rush soccer ball with check mark
Kennedy soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Di Bartolomei
soccer ball with red X Conti
soccer ball with check mark Righetti
soccer ball with red X Graziani

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition[10] Points Home Away Total GD
G W D L Gs Ga G W D L Gs Ga G W D L Gs Ga
Serie A 41 15 11 4 0 31 13 15 4 7 4 17 15 30 15 11 4 48 28 +20
Coppa Italia 6 5 1 0 11 3 7 5 2 0 12 5 13 10 3 0 23 8 +15
European Cup 4 4 0 0 10 0 5[11] 1 1 3 4 7 9 5 1 3 14 7 +7
Totals 25 20 5 0 52 16 27 10 10 7 33 27 52 30 15 7 85 43 +42

Player statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia European Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Italy ITA Tancredi 50 -40 30 -26 11 -7 9 -7
DF Italy ITA Maldera 43 6 25 5 11 1 7 0
DF Italy ITA Nela 41 2 27 2 7 0 7 0
DF Italy ITA Oddi 36 1 16+2 0 11 0 7 1
DF Italy ITA Righetti 36 0 20+1 0 6 0 9 0
MF Brazil BRA Cerezo 50 14 30 6 11 6 9 2
MF Italy ITA Conti 43 10 27 7 7 2 9 1
MF Italy ITA Di Bartolomei 48 7 28 5 12 1 8 1
MF Brazil BRA Falcao 43 6 27 5 8 0 8 1
FW Italy ITA Graziani 43 9 22+2 5 10 2 9 2
FW Italy ITA Pruzzo 43 15 27 8 9 2 7 5
GK Italy ITA Malgioglio 4 -3 0+1 -2 3 -1 0 0
DF Italy ITA Bonetti 22 1 12+1 1 4 0 5 0
DF Italy ITA Nappi 23 0 10+1 0 10 0 2 0
MF Italy ITA Ancelotti 18 0 9 0 5 0 4 0
MF Italy ITA Chierico 33 1 8+9 1 9 0 7 0
MF Italy ITA Strukelj 20 4 6+5 1 8 3 1 0
FW Italy ITA Vincenzi 23 7 6+5 1 10 5 2 1
MF Italy ITA Giannini 5 0 0+2 0 3 0 0 0
DF Italy ITA Petitti 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Italy ITA Impallomeni 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Italy ITA Baglieri 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Italy ITA Baldieri 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
GK Italy ITA Savorani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Italy ITA Superchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Italy ITA Fois 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Italy ITA Lucci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Italy ITA Vignoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Italy ITA Desideri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Italy ITA Di Mauro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Italy ITA Nobili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

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  2. ^ Oliviero Beha (25 April 1984). "Was enough for Dundee a Battling Roma?" (in Italian). repubblica.it. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ^ Gianni Brera (31 May 1984). "It was finished with eleven-meters penalties shoot out" (in Italian). repubblica.it. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. ^ "The Coppa Italia goes to Roma". repubblica.it. 27 June 1984. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. ^ Transferred in from Young squad 'Primavera'.
  6. ^ Transferred out during Winter.
  7. ^ Transferred out during Winter.
  8. ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  9. ^ Played in Levski instead of its home venue the People's Army Stadium.
  10. ^ Beltrami, 1984 (1985). Almanacco illustrato del calcio 1984. Modena (in Italian). Panini. pp. 129, 276–285, 581–582.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link).
  11. ^ The 1984 European Cup Final was played in Stadio Olimpico, however for UEFA registrations is an away venue.
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  • Arrigo Beltrami (a cura di) (1984). "Almanacco illustrato del calcio 1985". Modena. Panini.
  • Paolo Castellani; Massimilano Ceci (2012). "La maglia che ci unisce. Storia delle divise dell'AS Roma dalla nascita ai giorni nostri". Roma. Goalbook Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-908115-0-0.

See also