1979–80 Serie A

The 1979–80 Serie A season was the 78th edition of Serie A, the top-level football competition in Italy. The championship was won by Internazionale. AC Milan were relegated for the first time in their history following a match fixing scandal.

Serie A
Season1979 (1979)–80
ChampionsInternazionale
12th title
RelegatedPescara
Milan
Lazio
European CupInternazionale
Cup Winners' CupRoma
UEFA CupJuventus
Torino
Matches played240
Goals scored452 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorerRoberto Bettega
(16 goals)
Serie A 1979–80 team distribution

Teams

Udinese, Cagliari and Pescara had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 30 14 13 3 44 25 +19 41 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Juventus 30 16 6 8 42 25 +17 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Torino 30 11 13 6 26 15 +11 35
4 Ascoli 30 11 12 7 35 28 +7 34
5 Fiorentina 30 11 11 8 33 27 +6 33
6 Roma 30 10 12 8 34 35 −1 32 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Bologna 30 8 14 8 23 24 −1 30
8 Cagliari 30 8 14 8 27 29 −2 30
9 Perugia 30 9 12 9 27 32 −5 30
10 Napoli 30 7 14 9 20 20 0 28
11 Avellino 30 7 13 10 24 32 −8 27
12 Catanzaro 30 5 14 11 20 34 −14 24
13 Udinese 30 3 15 12 24 38 −14 21
14 Pescara (R) 30 4 8 18 18 44 −26 16 Relegation to Serie B
15 Milan[lower-alpha 1] (R, D) 30 14 8 8 34 19 +15 36
16 Lazio[lower-alpha 1] (R, D) 30 5 15 10 21 25 −4 25
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]
Goal difference is used in case of equal points.
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. A.C. Milan and S.S. Lazio placed in the last position and relegated to Serie B by FIGC because of the Totonero 1980 scandal.

Results
Home \ Away ASC AVE BOL CAG CAT FIO INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP PER PES ROM TOR UDI
Ascoli — 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–0
Avellino 2–2 — 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–0
Bologna 0–0 1–0 — 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1
Cagliari 1–1 1–1 1–0 — 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 3–1
Catanzaro 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 — 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1
Fiorentina 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 — 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1
Internazionale 2–4 3–0 0–0 3–3 3–1 0–0 — 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1
Juventus 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 — 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1
Lazio 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 — 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0
Milan 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 — 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–0
Napoli 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 — 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0
Perugia 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 — 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–0
Pescara 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 — 2–3 0–2 1–1
Roma 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 — 1–1 1–1
Torino 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 — 1–1
Udinese 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Roberto Bettega Juventus 18
2 Alessandro Altobelli Internazionale 15
3 Paolo Rossi Perugia 13
4 Francesco Graziani Torino 12
Franco Selvaggi Cagliari
Roberto Pruzzo Roma
7 Giuseppe Savoldi Bologna 11
8 Massimo Palanca Catanzaro 9
Bruno Giordano Lazio
10 Gianfranco Bellotto Ascoli 8
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References
  1. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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