In 1985, Hellas Verona won Serie A title for the first time: this success was the result of an upset season. Coached by Osvaldo Bagnoli, the squad mixed emerging players and mature stars such as Hans-Peter Briegel, Preben Elkjær Larsen, Pietro Fanna, Antonio Di Gennaro and Giuseppe Galderisi. In the first league fixture, Hellas got a great win over Napoli: it won by 3-1, against a team in which Diego Maradona made his debut. Others notable wins were against Juventus (2-0 in fifth matchday, when Eljkær Larsen scored a goal after losing a boot) and Udinese (beaten 5-3 in Friuli).
During the second half of season, Hellas wasn't headed: it got the arithmetical win on May 12, with a draw against Atalanta. In final table, it preceded Torino, Inter Milan and Sampdoria: Their record counted 15 wins, 13 draw and 2 losses (42 goals for, 19 goals against).
Claudio Garella
Sergio Spuri
Hans-Peter Briegel
Mauro Ferroni
Silvano Fontolan
Fabio Marangon
Luciano Marangon
Roberto Tricella
Luciano Bruni
Antonio Di Gennaro
Dario Donà
Pietro Fanna
Luigi Sacchetti
Domenico Volpati
Preben Elkjær
Giuseppe Galderisi
Franco Turchetta
Verona-Napoli 3-1
1-0 Hans-Peter Briegel (26)
2-0 Giuseppe Galderisi (33)
2-1 Daniel Bertoni (58)
3-1 Antonio Di Gennaro (75)
Ascoli-Verona 1-3
0-1 Antonio Di Gennaro (50)
0-2 Hans-Peter Briegel (60)
0-3 Preben Elkjær (70)
1-3 Patricio Hernández (75)
Verona-Udinese 1-0
1-0 Giuseppe Galderisi (59 pen)
Inter-Verona 0-0
Verona-Juventus 2-0
1-0 Giuseppe Galderisi (62)
2-0 Preben Elkjær (81)
Roma-Verona 0-0
Verona-Fiorentina 2-1
1-0 Luca Moz (25 og)
2-0 Giuseppe Galderisi (40)
2-1 Eraldo Pecci (58)
Cremonese-Verona 0-2
0-1 Giuseppe Galderisi (74 pen)
0-2 Hans-Peter Briegel (84)
Verona-Sampdoria 0-0
Torino-Verona 1-2
0-1 Hans-Peter Briegel (20)
1-1 Giuseppe Dossena (24)
1-2 Luciano Marangon (60)
Verona-Milan 0-0
Lazio-Verona 0-1
0-1 Gabriele Podavini (60 og)
Como-Verona 0-0
Verona-Atalanta 1-1
1-0 Luciano Bruni (35)
1-1 Marco Pacione (85)
Avellino-Verona 2-1
1-0 Domenico Volpati (32 og)
1-1 Luciano Marangon (38)
2-1 Angelo Colombo (84)
Napoli-Verona 0-0
Verona-Ascoli 2-0
1-0 Giuseppe Galderisi (28)
2-0 Luigi Sacchetti (33)
Udinese-Verona 3-5
0-1 Hans-Peter Briegel (3)
0-2 Giuseppe Galderisi (20)
0-3 Preben Elkjær (45)
1-3 Edinho (45)
2-3 Andrea Carnevale (53)
3-3 Massimo Mauro (59)
3-4 Preben Elkjær (61)
3-5 Hans-Peter Briegel (63)
Verona-Inter 1-1
0-1 Alessandro Altobelli (39)
1-1 Hans-Peter Briegel (48)
Juventus-Verona 1-1
1-0 Massimo Briaschi (74)
1-1 Antonio Di Gennaro (76)
Verona-Roma 1-0
1-0 Preben Elkjær (66)
Fiorentina-Verona 1-3
1-0 Paolo Monelli (11)
1-1 Silvano Fontolan (57)
1-2 Giuseppe Galderisi (70 pen)
1-3 Giuseppe Galderisi (83)
Verona-Cremonese 3-0
1-0 Antonio Di Gennaro (39)
2-0 Preben Elkjær (61)
3-0 Hans-Peter Briegel (90)
Sampdoria-Verona 1-1
0-1 Giuseppe Galderisi (5)
1-1 Alessandro Renica (11)
Verona-Torino 1-2
0-1 Aldo Serena (53)
0-2 Walter Schachner (65)
1-2 Hans-Peter Briegel (77)
Milan-Verona 0-0
Verona-Lazio 1-0
1-0 Pietro Fanna (78)
Verona-Como 0-0
Atalanta-Verona 1-1
1-0 Eugenio Perico (43)
1-1 Preben Elkjær (51)
Verona-Avellino 4-2
1-0 Pietro Fanna (8)
2-0 Stefano Garuti (40 og)
2-1 Paolo Alberto Faccini (42)
2-2 Ramón Díaz (46)
3-2 Giuseppe Galderisi (61 pen)
4-2 Preben Elkjær (90)
