1980–81 Serie A

79th season of top-tier Italian football

Football league season

Serie ASeason| 1980 (1980)–81

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Dates| 14 September 1980 – 24 May 1981
Champions| Juventus
19th title
Relegated| Perugia
Brescia
Pistoiese
European Cup| Juventus
Cup Winners' Cup| Roma
UEFA Cup| Napoli
Internazionale
Matches played| 240
Goals scored| 460 (1.92 per match)
Top goalscorer| Roberto Pruzzo
(18 goals)

← 1979–80

1981–82 →

Ascoli

Avellino

Bologna

Brescia

Cagliari

Catanzaro

Como

Fiorentina

Internazionale

Juventus
Torino

Napoli

Perugia

Pistoiese

Roma

Udinese

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Serie A 1980-81 team distribution

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

## Teams

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

## Final classification

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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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

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Home \ Away  | ASC | AVE | BOL | BRE | CAG | CAT | COM | FIO | INT | JUV | NAP | PER | PIS | ROM | TOR | UDI

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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

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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

## References and sources

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

## External links

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* Serie A
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* Coppa Italia
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* Ascoli
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* Como
* Fiorentina
* Juventus
* Inter
* Napoli
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