1980–81 Serie A

Serie A
Season1980 (1980)–81
Dates14 September 1980 – 24 May 1981
ChampionsJuventus
19th title
RelegatedPerugia
Brescia
Pistoiese
European CupJuventus
Cup Winners' CupRoma
UEFA CupNapoli
Internazionale
Matches played240
Goals scored460 (1.92 per match)
Top goalscorerRoberto Pruzzo
(18 goals)
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Serie A 1980-81 team distribution

The 1980–81 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

Teams

Como, Pistoiese and Brescia had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 30 17 10 3 46 15 +31 44 Qualification to European Cup
2 Roma 30 14 14 2 43 20 +23 42 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3 Napoli 30 14 10 6 31 21 +10 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Internazionale 30 14 8 8 41 24 +17 36
5 Fiorentina 30 9 14 7 28 25 +3 32
6 Cagliari 30 8 14 8 29 30 −1 30
7 Bologna[a] 30 11 12 7 32 27 +5 29
8 Catanzaro 30 6 17 7 24 27 −3 29
9 Torino 30 8 10 12 26 29 −3 26
10 Avellino[a] 30 10 10 10 36 33 +3 25[b]
11 Ascoli 30 7 11 12 18 34 −16 25[b]
12 Udinese 30 6 13 11 24 39 −15 25[b]
13 Como 30 8 9 13 25 33 −8 25[b]
14 Brescia (R) 30 4 17 9 19 25 −6 25[b] Relegation to Serie B
15 Perugia[a] (R) 30 5 13 12 18 31 −13 18
16 Pistoiese (R) 30 6 4 20 19 46 −27 16
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Bologna, Avellino and Perugia started the season with a 5-point penalisation because of the Totonero 1980 scandal.
  2. ^ a b c d e Positions decided by head-to-head points. Avellino 10 pts; Ascoli 10 pts; Udinese 8 pts; Como 6 pts; Brescia 6 pts.

Results

Home \ Away ASC AVE BOL BRE CAG CAT COM FIO INT JUV NAP PER PIS ROM TOR UDI
Ascoli — 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
Avellino 4–2 — 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0
Bologna 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–5 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Brescia 0–1 1–2 0–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1
Cagliari 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 — 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Catanzaro 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 — 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–1
Como 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 — 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0
Fiorentina 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 — 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1
Internazionale 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 — 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–0
Juventus 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 — 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 4–0
Napoli 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 — 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–3 1–0
Perugia 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 — 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2
Pistoiese 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 — 0–4 1–1 1–1
Roma 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 — 2–0 3–1
Torino 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 — 0–0
Udinese 0–0 5–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–4 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Roberto Pruzzo Roma 18
2 Italy Massimo Palanca Catanzaro 13
3 Italy Alessandro Altobelli Internazionale 12
4 Italy Claudio Pellegrini Napoli 11
Italy Francesco Graziani Torino
6 Italy Giancarlo Antognoni Fiorentina 9
Italy Vito Chimenti Pistoiese
Italy Paolo Pulici Torino
9 Republic of Ireland Liam Brady Juventus 8
Italy Franco Selvaggi Cagliari
Italy Nicola Zanone Udinese
12 Italy Antonio Cabrini Juventus 7
Italy Marco Tardelli Juventus
Italy Evaristo Beccalossi Internazionale
Italy Giuliano Fiorini Bologna

References and sources

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