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Torino with Inter and Sampdoria rounding out the top four spots.

This unusual final table of the Serie A ( with the most successful Italian teams of the time, Juventus and AS Roma, ending up much lower than expected ) has led to many speculations.

The 1984 / 1985 season was the only season when referees were assigned to matches by way of a random draw.

Before then each referee had always been assigned to a specific match by a special commission of referees ( designatori arbitrali ).

After the betting scandal of the early 1980 ( the Calcio Scommesse scandal ) it was decided to clean up the image of Italian football by assigning referees randomly instead of picking them, in order to clear up all the suspicions and accusations always accompanying Italy's football life.

This resulted in a quieter championship and in a completely unexpected final table.