1985–86 A.C. Milan season

A.C. Milan had a troubled season, with the president Farina going in exile to South Africa, suspected for stealing money from the club. At the end of the season Silvio Berlusconi bought the club, bringing it into a new era that was to be the most successful one in Italian footballing history.

Milan
1985–86 season
ManagerNils Liedholm
Serie A7th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerMark Hateley (8)

On the pitch, Milan finished 7th in the national championship, having severe problems with the goalscoring.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Serie A
Main article: 1985–86 Serie A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Fiorentina 30 10 13 7 29 23 +6 33 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Internazionale 30 12 8 10 36 33 +3 32
7 Milan 30 10 11 9 26 24 +2 31
8 Atalanta 30 7 15 8 27 26 +1 29
9 Como 30 7 15 8 32 32 0 29
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]

Matches
8 September 1985 1Bari0–1MilanBari
Report Icardi  79'
15 September 1985 2Milan1–0LecceMilano
Virdis  12' Report Stadium: San Siro
22 September 1985 3Fiorentina2–0MilanFirenze
Passarella  21'
Monelli  43'		 Report Stadium: Comunale
29 September 1985 4Milan3–0AvellinoMilano
Galli  30'
Hateley  56', 64'		 Report Stadium: San Siro
6 October 1985 5Sampdoria1–1MilanGenova
Vialli  58' Report Hateley  14' Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
13 October 1985 6Milan1–0ComoMilano
Galli  32' Report Stadium: San Siro
20 October 1985 7Milan1–0TorinoMilano
Di Bartolomei  38' Report Stadium: San Siro
27 October 1985 8Verona1–0MilanVerona
Elkjær  3' Report Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi
3 November 1985 9Milan1–0PisaMilano
Virdis  70' Report Stadium: San Siro
10 November 1985 10Udinese0–0MilanUdine
Report Stadium: Friuli
24 November 1985 11Roma2–1MilanRoma
Conti  5'
Cerezo  36'		 Report Virdis  27' (pen.) Stadium: Olimpico
1 December 1985 12Milan2–2InternazionaleMilano
Rossi  5', 89' Report Altobelli  29'
Brady  65' (pen.)		 Stadium: San Siro
8 December 1985 13Napoli2–0MilanNapoli
Giordano  76'
Bagni  86'		 Report Stadium: San Paolo
15 December 1985 14Milan0–0JuventusMilano
Report Stadium: San Siro
22 December 1985 15Atalanta1–1MilanBergamo
Simonini  90' Report Virdis  76' Stadium: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
5 January 1986 16Milan0–0BariMilano
Report Stadium: San Siro
12 January 1986 17Lecce0–2MilanLecce
Report Virdis  53' (pen.)
Hateley  76'		 Stadium: Via del Mare
19 January 1986 18Milan1–0FiorentinaMilano
Virdis  61' (pen.) Report Stadium: San Siro
26 January 1986 19Avellino1–1MilanAvellino
F. Colomba  5' (pen.) Report Wilkins  84' Stadium: Partenio
9 February 1986 20Milan2–2SampdoriaMilano
Salsano  7' (o.g.)
Wilkins  27'		 Report Vierchowod  13'
Mancini  29'		 Stadium: San Siro
16 February 1986 21Como1–1MilanComo
Borgonovo  62' Report Icardi  87'
23 February 1986 22Torino2–0MilanTorino
Comi  13', 65' Report Stadium: Comunale
2 March 1986 23Milan1–1VeronaMilano
S. Fontolan  70' (o.g.) Report Galderisi  83' (pen.) Stadium: San Siro
9 March 1986 24Pisa0–1MilanPisa
Report Hateley  42'
16 March 1986 25Milan2–0UdineseMilano
Hateley  44', 49' Report Stadium: San Siro
23 March 1986 26Milan0–1RomaMilano
Report Pruzzo  69' Stadium: San Siro
6 April 1986 27Internazionale1–0MilanMilano
Minaudo  77' Report Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
13 April 1986 28Milan1–2NapoliMilano
Di Bartolomei  59' Report Giordano  12'
Maradona  23'		 Stadium: San Siro
20 April 1986 29Juventus1–0MilanTorino
M. Laudrup  63' Report Stadium: Comunale
27 April 1986 30Milan1–1AtalantaMilano
Hateley  2' Report Cantarutti  78' Stadium: San Siro

Topscorers

Coppa Italia
Main article: 1985–86 Coppa Italia

First round
Group 6

21 August 1985 1Genoa2-2MilanGenova
Faccenda  8'
Marulla  90'		  68' (aut.) Mileti
 74' Virdis		 Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 30 000
Referee: Pairetto
25 August 1985 2Cagliari0-1MilanCagliari
 4' Hateley Stadium: Sant'Elia
Attendance: 45 000
Referee: D'Elia
28 August 1985 3Milan1-0ReggianaMilano
Virdis  68' Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 23 728
Referee: D'Innocenzo
1 September 1985 4Milan3-1ArezzoMilano
Di Bartolomei  61'
Wilkins  68'
Virdis  89'		  41' Ugolotti Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 21 269
Referee: Lo Bello
4 September 1985 5Udinese1-0MilanUdine
Carnevale  59' Stadium: Friuli
Attendance: 33 970
Referee: Pieri

Eightfinals

29 January 1986 Empoli1-0MilanEmpoli
Cecconi  85' Stadium: Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Baldi
12 February 1986 Milan1-1EmpoliMilano
Rossi  35'  53' Della Monica Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 6 624
Referee: Lo Bello

UEFA Cup
Main article: 1985–86 UEFA Cup

First Round

18 September 1985 Auxerre3-1MilanAuxerre
Garande  32', 63'
Danio  68'		  4' Virdis Stadium: Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 15 000
Referee: McGinlay
2 October 1985 Milan3-0AuxerreMilano
Virdis  30', 84'
Hateley  36'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58 364
Referee: Ponnet

Second Round

23 October 1985 Milan2-0Lokomotiv LeipzigMilano
Virdis  74' (rig.)
Hateley  76'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58 803
Referee: Wöhrer
6 November 1985 Lokomotiv Leipzig3-1MilanLeipzig
Moldt  6'
Leitzke  20'
Richter  75'		  47' Virdis Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 30 000
Referee: Sostarić

Eightfinals

27 November 1985 S.V. Zulte-Waregem1-1MilanWaregem
Veyt  65'  88' Virdis Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 19 000
Referee: Schmidhuber
11 December 1985 Milan1-2S.V. Zulte-WaregemMilano
Bortolazzi  38'  42' (rig.) Desmet
 67' Veyt		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 45 000
Referee: Christov

References
  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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