Osvaldo Bagnoli is a former Italian football

Football in Italy

Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...

 coach.

During his long and illustrious career, he is best remembered for being the coach which led the underdogs Verona

Hellas Verona F.C.

Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...

 to its first (and so far the only) Serie A

Serie A

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 title in the 1984–85 season

Serie A 1984-85

The 1984/1985 Serie A season heralded Hellas Verona's first and so far only Scudetto. Unusually, none of the big three of Juventus, AC Milan or Inter managed to finish in the top two...

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He has also coached a number of other Serie A teams, including Genoa

Genoa C.F.C.

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 and Inter

F.C. Internazionale Milano

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In the 1990–91 season, Bagnoli took Genoa to fourth in the standings in his first year in charge. It was the team's best finishing position for more than 50 years.