1983–84 AS Roma season

During 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 transfer out of Centre-back Pietro Vierchowod to Sampdoria a loan ended. Another key player in midfielder Carlo Ancelotti was injured in early December during match against Juventus and he lost the rest of the season. The squad finished the campaign at the 2nd spot only behind Champion Juventus.

Meanwhile, in European Cup First round the team defeated IFK Goteborg with an aggregate score of 4–2, after that the squad eliminated in Eightfinals CSKA Sofia and in Quarterfinals Dinamo Berlin. The semifinals against Scottish club Dundee United: after lost the first leg 2-0 the Giallorosso win 3–0 in Roma reaching the Final of the tournament.[1] The match against three-time European Cup Champion and heavily favourite Liverpool, though played in its home venue Stadio Olimpico, finished won by the English squad after a penalty shoot-out series: with the Giallorosso squad could not play two crucial players such as Maldera, and Carlo Ancelotti.[2]

Meanwhile, during June the squad won the Coppa Italia, after defeated the upcoming underdogs Hellas Verona:[3] the last trophy for Swedish manager Nils Liedholm, who was appointing by Giuseppe Farina as new head coach of A.C. Milan for the next season along with the transferred out of midfielder and Captain Agostino Di Bartolomei.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

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• Paolo Castellani; Massimilano Ceci (2012). La maglia che ci unisce. Storia delle divise dell'AS Roma dalla nascita ai giorni nostri. Roma. Goalbook Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-908115-0-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

• "Sito ufficiale".
• "Serie A 1983-1984 su Rsssf.com".