1979–80 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1979 (1979)–80
Champions	Internazionale 12th title
Promoted	Cagliari Udinese Pescara
Relegated	Pescara Milan Lazio
European Cup	Internazionale
UEFA Cup	Juventus Torino
Cup Winners' Cup	Roma
Matches played	240
Goals scored	452 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roberto Bettega (18 goals)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Ascoli

Avellino

Catanzaro

Inter
Milan

Perugia

Pescara

Udinese

Serie A 1979–80 team distribution

Serie A 1979–80 Winners
F.C. Internazionale Milano 12th Title

The 1979–80 Serie A season was the 48th edition of Serie A, the top-level football competition in Italy. The championship was won by F.C. Internazionale Milano.

Final classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Internazionale (C)	30	14	13	3	44	25	+19	41	European Cup First round
2.	Juventus	30	16	6	8	42	25	+17	38	UEFA Cup
3.	Torino	30	11	13	6	26	15	+11	35	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	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	30	4	8	18	18	44	−26	16	Relegated to Serie B^[1]
15.	Milan	30	14	8	8	34	19	+15	36^[1]
15.	Lazio	30	5	15	10	21	25	−4	25^[1]

Results

Serie A 1979/80	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

Footnotes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.

Top Scorers

16 goals

Roberto Bettega (Juventus)

15 goals

Alessandro Altobelli (Internazionale)

13 goals

Paolo Rossi (Perugia)

References

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

External links

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

Serie A

2014–15 clubs	Atalanta Cagliari Cesena Chievo Empoli Fiorentina Genoa Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Palermo Parma Roma Sampdoria Sassuolo Torino Udinese Verona

Former clubs	Alessandria Ancona Ascoli Avellino Bari Bologna Brescia Casale Catania Catanzaro Como Cremonese Foggia Lecce Lecco Legnano Livorno Lucchese Mantova Messina Modena Novara Padova Perugia Pescara Piacenza Pisa Pistoiese Pro Patria Pro Vercelli Reggiana Reggina Salernitana Siena SPAL Ternana Treviso Triestina Varese Venezia Vicenza

Organisations	Lega Serie A Football League Higher Divisions Directory

Competition	Champions Foreign players

Statistics	Records

Finances	Richest clubs: (Deloitte list) (Forbes' list) Average attendances

Associated competitions	Supercoppa Italiana UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Serie B

Serie A seasons

Prima Categoria Prima Divisione Divisione Nazionale	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29

Other	1921–22 (C.C.I.)^† 1944 1945–46^†

Serie A seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

^†Championships recognized as official by the Italian Football Federation

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Capocannoniere

International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women

Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio (defunct)

League competitions	Serie A Serie B Lega Pro Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria Lega Pro Prima Divisione (defunct) Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (defunct)

Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti

Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia

Awards	Oscar del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 2004–10 Italian football scandal 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

1979-80 in Italian football

Serie A Serie B Serie C1 Serie C2 Coppa Italia

1979–80 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '79 '80 England Estonia '79 '80 Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Latvia '79 '80 Lithuania '79 '80 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '79 '80 Spain Sweden '79 '80 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup