1983–84 AS Roma season

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

Roma

1983–84 season
President	Dino Viola
Manager	Nils Liedholm
Stadium	Olimpico
Serie A	2º
Coppa Italia	Winners (in (UEFA Cup Winners' Cup)
European Cup	Runners- Up
Top goalscorer	League: Pruzzo (8) All: Pruzzo (15)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Meanwhile, in June the squad won the Coppa Italia after defeating upcoming underdogs Hellas Verona:,^[3] 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  ITA Attilio Gregori[4] — GK  ITA Astutillo Malgioglio — GK  ITA Marco Savorani — GK  ITA Franco Superchi — GK  ITA Franco Tancredi — DF  ITA Dario Bonetti — DF  ITA Roberto Fois — DF  ITA Settimio Lucci [5] — DF  ITA Aldo Maldera — DF  ITA Sebastiano Nela — DF  ITA Michele Nappi — DF  ITA Emidio Oddi — DF  ITA Paolo Petitti — DF  ITA Ubaldo Righetti — DF  ITA Viero Vignoli — MF  ITA Carlo Ancelotti

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Toninho Cerezo — MF  ITA Odoacre Chierico — MF  ITA Bruno Conti — MF  ITA Stefano Desideri — MF  ITA Agostino Di Bartolomei (Captain) — MF  ITA Fabrizio Di Mauro [6] — MF  BRA Paulo Roberto Falcão — MF  ITA Giuseppe Giannini — MF  ITA Stefano Impallomeni — MF  ITA Stefano Nobili — MF  ITA Mark Tullio Strukelj — FW  ITA Corrado Baglieri — FW  ITA Paolo Baldieri — FW  ITA Francesco Graziani — FW  ITA Roberto Pruzzo — FW  ITA Francesco Vincenzi

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Toninho Cerezo	Atletico Mineiro
FW	Francesco Graziani	Fiorentina
GK	Astutillo Malgioglio	Pistoiese
DF	Emidio Oddi	Hellas Verona
FW	Francesco Vincenzi	Pistoiese
MF	Mark Tullio Strukelj	Triestina	co-ownership
DF	Dario Bonetti	Sampdoria	loan ended
MF	Antonio Di Carlo	Carrarese	loan
FW	Guido Ugolotti	Pisa	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Pietro Vierchowod	Sampdoria	loan ended
MF	Herbert Prohaska	Austria Wien
DF	Massimo Gregori	Catania
MF	Gianni Boccia
MF	Antonio Di Carlo	Arezzo	loan
MF	Paolo Giovannelli	Pisa
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 v t e	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).^[7]
(C) Champions

Position by result

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W
Position	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Roma v Pisa

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

Sampdoria v Roma

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

Roma v Milan

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

Torino F.C. v Roma

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

Roma v Genoa

9 October 1983 5	Roma	1–0	Genoa	Roma
15:00	Conti 62'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: circa 70.000 Referee: Paparesta

Lazio v Roma

23 October 1983 6	Lazio	0–2	Roma	Roma
15:00		Report	4' Nela 63' Pruzzo	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: circa 65.000 Referee: Agnolin

Roma v Napoli

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

Udinese v Roma

6 November 1983 8	Udinese	1–0	Roma	Udine
14:30	Zico 85'	Report		Stadium: Friuli Attendance: circa 50.000 Referee: Pieri

Roma v Ascoli

20 November 1983 9	Roma	1–1	Ascoli	Roma
14:30	Pruzzo 60'	Report	72' Novellino	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: circa 48.000 Referee: Vitali

Inter v Roma

27 November 1983 10	Inter	1–0	Roma	Milano
14:30	Beccalossi 8'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: circa 60.000 Referee: Redini

Juventus v Roma

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

Roma v Avellino

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

Fiorentina v Roma

18 December 1983 13	Fiorentina	0–0	Roma	Firenze
14:30		Report		Stadium: Comunale Attendance: circa 50.000 Referee: Agnolin

Roma v Catania

31 December 1983 14	Roma	1–0	Catania	Roma
14:30	Maldera 32'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Bergamo

Hellas Verona v Roma

8 January 1984 15	Hellas Verona	1–0	Roma	Verona
14:30	Di Gennaro 82'	Report		Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: D'Elia

Pisa Calcio v Roma

15 January 1984 16	Pisa Calcio	1–1	Roma	Pisa
	Bonetti 56' (o.g.)	Report	33' Strukelj	Stadium: Stadio Arena Garibaldi

Roma v Sampdoria

22 January 1984 17	Roma	1–1	Sampdoria	Roma
14:30	Pruzzo 36'	Report	53' Mancini	Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Lo Bello

Milan v Roma

29 January 1984 18	Milan	1–1	Roma	Milan
14:30	Verza 54'	Report	69' Pruzzo	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Agnolin

Roma v Torino

12 February 1984 19	Roma	2–1	Torino	Roma
15:00	Maldera 28' Pruzzo 83'	Report	31' Dossena	Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Casarin

Genoa v Roma

19 February 1984 20	Genoa	0–2	Roma	Genova
15:00		Report	5', 82' Graziani	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Barbaresco

Roma v Lazio

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

Napoli v Roma

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

Roma v Udinese

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

Ascoli v Roma

25 March 1984 24	Ascoli	0–0	Roma	Ascoli Piceno
15:30		Report		Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Redini

Roma v Inter

1 April 1984 25	Roma	1–0	Inter	Roma
15:30	Di Bartolomei 24' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Referee: D'Elia

Roma v Juventus

15 April 1984 26	Roma	0–0	Juventus	Roma
15:30		Report		Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Casarin

Avellino v Roma

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

Roma v Fiorentina

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

Catania v Roma

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

Roma v Verona

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 v t e	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

Rimini v Roma

21 August 1983 1	Rimini	1–3	Roma	Rimini
21:00	Cinquetti 68'		54', 63' Vincenzi 75' Pruzzo	Stadium: Romeo Neri Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

Arezzo v Roma

24 August 1983 2	Arezzo	0–1	Roma	Arezzo
20:30		Report	52' Vincenzi	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 12 000 Referee: Maurizio Mattei

Roma v Atalanta B.C.

28 August 1983 3	Roma	2–0	Atalanta B.C.	Roma
20:30	Pruzzo 24' (pen.) Strukelj 70'			Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Egidio Ballerini

Roma v Calcio Padova

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

A.C. Milan v Roma

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

Roma v A.C. Reggiana

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

A.C. Reggiana v Roma

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

Roma v A.C. Milan

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

A.C. Milan v Roma

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

Torino v Roma

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

Roma v Torino

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

Hellas Verona v Roma

21 June 1984 First leg	Hellas Verona	1–1	Roma	Verona
20:30	Storgato 73'	Report	48' Cerezo	Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Paolo Casarin

Roma v Hellas Verona

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

Roma v IFK Goteborg

14 September 1983 First leg	Roma	3–0	IFK Goteborg	Roma
20:30 CET	Vincenzi 51' Conti 62' Cerezo 70'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Docev

IFK Goteborg v Roma

28 September 1983 Second leg	IFK Goteborg	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Roma	Gothenburg
	Gardner 1' Holmgren 73'	Report	60' Pruzzo	Stadium: Ullevi Referee: Van Langenhove

Second round

CSKA Sofia v Roma

19 October 1983 First leg	CSKA Sofia	0–1	Roma	Sofia
18:00 CET		Report	63' Falcão	Stadium: Vasil Levski National[8] Referee: Vautrot

Roma v CSKA Sofia

2 November 1983 Second leg	Roma	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	CSKA Sofia	Roma
17:30 CET	Graziani 80'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 56 961 Referee: Daina

Quarter-finals

Roma v Dinamo Berlin

7 March 1984 First leg	Roma	3–0	Dinamo Berlin	Roma
15:00 CET	Graziani 67' Pruzzo 75' Cerezo 90'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 65 000 Referee: Keizer

Dinamo Berlin v Roma

21 March 1984 Second leg	Dinamo Berlin	2–1 (2–4 agg.)	Roma	East Berlin
20:00 CET	Thom 76' Ernst 86'	Report	56' Oddi	Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Referee: Johansson

Semi-finals

Dundee United v Roma

11 April 1984 First leg	Dundee United	2–0	Roma	Dundee
20:30 CET	Dodds 48' Stark 60'	Report		Stadium: Tannadice Park Referee: Kirschen

Roma v Dundee United

25 April 1984 Second leg	Roma	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Dundee United	Roma
15:30 CET	Pruzzo 23' Pruzzo 38' Di Bartolomei 58' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 73 000 Referee: Vautrot

Final

Main article: 1984 European Cup final

Liverpool v Roma

30 May 1984	Liverpool	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Roma	Roma
20:15 CET	Neal 14'	Report	43' Pruzzo	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 69 693 Referee: Fredriksson
	Penalties
	Nicol Neal Souness Rush Kennedy		Di Bartolomei Conti Righetti Graziani

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition[9]	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[10]	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	ITA	Tancredi	50	-40	30	-26	11	-7	9	-7
	DF	ITA	Maldera	43	6	25	5	11	1	7	0
	DF	ITA	Nela	41	2	27	2	7	0	7	0
	DF	ITA	Oddi	36	1	16+2	0	11	0	7	1
	DF	ITA	Righetti	36	0	20+1	0	6	0	9	0
	MF	BRA	Cerezo	50	14	30	6	11	6	9	2
	MF	ITA	Conti	43	10	27	7	7	2	9	1
	MF	ITA	Di Bartolomei	48	7	28	5	12	1	8	1
	MF	BRA	Falcao	43	6	27	5	8	0	8	1
	FW	ITA	Graziani	43	9	22+2	5	10	2	9	2
	FW	ITA	Pruzzo	43	15	27	8	9	2	7	5
	GK	ITA	Malgioglio	4	-3	0+1	-2	3	-1	0	0
	DF	ITA	Bonetti	22	1	12+1	1	4	0	5	0
	DF	ITA	Nappi	23	0	10+1	0	10	0	2	0
	MF	ITA	Ancelotti	18	0	9	0	5	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Chierico	33	1	8+9	1	9	0	7	0
	MF	ITA	Strukelj	20	4	6+5	1	8	3	1	0
	FW	ITA	Vincenzi	23	7	6+5	1	10	5	2	1
	MF	ITA	Giannini	5	0	0+2	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Petitti	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Impallomeni	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Baglieri	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Baldieri	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Savorani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Superchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Fois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Lucci	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Vignoli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Desideri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Di Mauro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ITA	Nobili	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1983/894/