Italy. Suffice to say who played in Italy this season: Michel Platini (Fra) and Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) – Juventus; Falcao and Toninho Cerezo (Bra) – Roma; Daniel Passarella (Arg) and Socrates (Bra) – Fiorentina; Diego Maradona and Daniel Bertoni (Arg) – Napoli; Graeme Souness (Sco) and Trevor Francis (Eng) – Sampdoria; Ray Wilkins and Mark Hateley (Eng) – Milan; Edinho and Zico (Bra) – Udinese; Hansi Muller (BRD) and Dan Cornesiusson (Swe) – Como; Hans-Peter Briegel (BRD) and Preben Ekjaer-Larsen (Den) – Verona; Ludo Coeck (Bel), Dirceu (Bra), Patricio Hernandez (Arg) and Aleksandar Trifunovic (Yug) – Ascoli; Junior (Bra) and Walter Schachner (Aus) – Torino; Geronimo Barbadillo (Peru) and Ramon Diaz (Arg) – Avellino; Batista (Bra) and Michael Laudrup (Den) – Lazio; Glenn Stromberg and Lasse Larsson (Swe) – Atalanta; Julio Uribe (Peru) – Bologna; Jan Peters (Hol) and Eloi (Bra) – Genoa; Wladyslaw Zmuda (Pol) and Juary (Bra) – Cremonese; Klaus Berggreen (Den) and Wim Kift (Hol) – Pisa; Luvanor and Pedrinho (Bra) – Catania. Let add some ‘exotic’ names too: Silvano Martina (Bosna and Herzegovina) – Torino; Richard Mapuata (Switzerland) – Lazio; Massimo Bonini (San Marino) – Juventus; Marco Macina (San Marino) -Parma; Daniele Zoratto (Luxembourg) – Brescia; Enzo Concina (Canada) – Cesena. The top championship of the whole world, even without mentioning Italian stars! Of course, invisible from the lower levels of Italian football.
Forth Division – Serie C/2. 4 groups of 18 teams each, the top 2 promoted and the lowest 3 relegated. Girone A:
Imperia – 18th with 29 points. Relegated.
Nuorese – 17th with 29 points. Relegated.
Olbia – 16th with 29 points. Relegated.
Vogherese – 15th with 29 points.
Carbonia – 14th with 29 points.
Spezia – 13th with 29 points.
Civitavecchia – 12th with 31 points.
Montevarchi – 11th with 31 points.
Savona – 10th with 31 points.
Torres – 9th with 32 points.
Massese – 8th with 33 points.
Lodigiani – 7th with 35 points.
Pontedera – 6th with 39 points.
Lucchese – 5th with 39 points.
Derthona – 4th with 39 points.
Alessandria – 3rd with 42 points. Unlucky – lost promotion not even on goal-difference, but only because scored 1 goal less than the rivals. That is, the same happened in the play-off against Prato – 2-3.
Prato – 2nd with 42 points. Lucky – even their goal-difference matched Alessandria’s, but they scored 45 goals to Alessandria’s 44. The only team without a lost match at home, but this one goal… they won the play-off against Alessandria 3-2.
Siena – champions of the group with 44 points. Promoted.
Girone B.
Mira – 18th Relegated.
Gorizia – 17th with 19 points. Relegated.
Rhodense – 16th with 23 points. Relegated.
Venezia – 15th with 31 points.
Omegna – 14th with 32 points.
Pro Patria – 13th with 33 points.
Montebelluna – 12th with 34 points.
Mestre – 11th with 35 points.
Pievigina – 10th with 35 points.
Pordenone – 9th with 35 points.
Fanfulla – 8th with 35 points.
Pro Vercelli – 7th with 36 points.
Mantova – 6th with 36 points.
Novara – 5th with 38 points.
Pergocrema – 4th with 39 points.
Ospitaletto – 3rd with 44 point. Lost promotion after tough play-off against Trento (0-0 after overtime and 4-5 in the penalty shoot-out) and amusingly low scoring team: only 29 goals in 34 games.
Trento – 2nd with 44 points. Lucky – clinched promotion after play-off.
Virascit Boccaleone – group champions with 45 points. Tough battle with strong opposition, so the victory was sweeter. Promoted, of course.