1979–80 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1979–80
Dates	16 September 1979 – 11 May 1980
Champions	Internazionale; 12th title
Relegated	Pescara; Milan; Lazio
European Cup	Internazionale
Cup Winners' Cup	Roma
UEFA Cup	Juventus; Torino
Matches	240
Goals	452 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roberto Bettega; (16 goals)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Ascoli

Avellino

Serie A 1979–80 team distribution

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. Milan were relegated for the first time in their history following a match fixing scandal.

Teams

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

Events

Following the creation of the UEFA ranking, Italy lost two out of its four places in the UEFA Cup inherited from the Fairs Cup.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Inter (C)	30	14	13	3	44	25	+19	41	Qualification to European Cup
2	Juventus	30	16	6	8	42	25	+17	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Torino^[a]	30	11	13	6	26	15	+11	35	Qualification to UEFA Cup
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
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^[a] (D, R)	30	14	8	8	34	19	+15	36
16	Lazio^[a] (D, R)	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) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1 2 3 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. Torino qualified to UEFA Cup instead of Milan.

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: ^{[citation needed]}
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
8	Bruno Giordano	Lazio	9
10	Gianfranco Bellotto	Ascoli	8
10	Giancarlo Antognoni	Fiorentina	8

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Napoli	55,535
2	Internazionale	49,656
3	Roma	44,589
4	Milan	40,660
5	Fiorentina	39,154
6	Lazio	31,560
7	Juventus	31,144
8	Cagliari	31,057
9	Torino	27,607
10	Bologna	27,039
11	Avellino	23,880
12	Udinese	21,757
13	Pescara	20,466
14	Perugia	20,338
15	Ascoli	19,141
16	Catanzaro	12,137

Source:^[2]

References

↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
↑ "Attendances Georgia average". European-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved July 2, 2026.

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

External links

Results, goalscorers, goal times and standings by round - RSSSF

[table_note_MIL0.83242972187345-1] 1 2 3 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. Torino qualified to UEFA Cup instead of Milan.

[2] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[3] "Attendances Georgia average". European-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved July 2, 2026.

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