Series A 1976/77

Series A 1976/77
master	Juventus Turin
European Cup of National Champions	Juventus Turin
Uefa cup	AC Turin , ACF Fiorentina , Inter Milan , Lazio Rome
Cup winners	AC Milan
European Cup Winners' Cup	AC Milan
Relegated	Sampdoria Genoa , US Catanzaro , AC Cesena
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	532  (ø 2.22 per game)
Top scorer	Francesco Graziani (AC Turin)
← Series A 1975/76 Series A 1977/78 →
Series B 1976/77 ↓

The Serie A 1976/77 was the 45th season in the top Italian football -Spielklasse of Lords. It began on October 3, 1976 and ended on May 22, 1977. The CFC Genoa 1893 , the US Catanzaro and US Foggia from the B series were added to the list.

Juventus Turin won the championship , becoming the successor to AC Turin . By winning the championship, Juventus was allowed to take part in the 1977/78 European Cup. For the UEFA Cup the following year, the AC Turin, qualified ACF Fiorentina , Inter Milan and Lazio Rome . The AC Milan qualified as winning the Coppa Italia for the 1977-78 European Cup Winners' Cup . Relegated to Serie B had to Sampdoria Genoa , Catanzaro and Cesena . The SSC Napoli got a point deducted because of fan riots.

Closing table

Inter Milan AC Milan SSC Naples Juventus Turin Bologna FC AS Roma Genoa 1893 AC Turin Hellas Verona AC Perugia US Foggia Sampdoria Genoa ACF Fiorentina US Catanzaro Lazio Rome AC Cesena

Participants in Serie A 1976/77

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Juventus Turin	30th	23	5	2	050:200	+30	51: 90
2.	AC Turin (M)	30th	21st	8th	1	051:140	+37	50:10
3.	ACF Fiorentina	30th	12	11	7th	038:310	+7	35:25
4th	Inter Milan	30th	10	13	7th	034:270	+7	33:27
5.	Lazio Rome	30th	10	11	9	034:280	+6	31:29
6th	AC Perugia	30th	9	11	10	032:280	+4	29:31
7th	SSC Napoli (P) 1	30th	9	11	10	037:380	−1	28:32
8th.	AS Roma	30th	9	10	11	027:330	−6	28:32
9.	Hellas Verona	30th	7th	14th	9	026:320	−6	28:32
10.	AC Milan	30th	5	17th	8th	030:330	−3	27:33
11.	CFC Genoa 1893 (N)	30th	8th	11	11	040:450	−5	27:33
12.	Bologna FC	30th	8th	11	11	024:310	−7	27:33
13.	US Foggia (N)	30th	10	6th	14th	033:390	−6	26:34
14th	Sampdoria Genoa	30th	6th	12	12	028:420	−14	24:36
15th	US Catanzaro (N)	30th	7th	7th	16	026:430	−17	21:39
16.	AC Cesena	30th	3	8th	19th	022:480	−26	14:46

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Italian champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1977/78

Participation in the 1977/78 UEFA Cup

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1977/78

Relegation to Serie B 1977/78

(M)	Italian champion 1975/76
(P)	Cup winner 1975/76
(N)	Newcomers from the B series 1975/76

¹ One point deduction for the SSC Napoli because of fan riots

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

1976/77
AC Turin		1: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 1	2-0	2-0	1-0	3: 1	3: 3	5: 1	3: 1	1-0
Juventus Turin	0: 2		2: 1	2-0	2: 1	3: 2	2: 1	1-0	0-0	1-0	2: 1	3-0	2-0	1-0	3-0	1-0
AC Milan	0-0	2: 3		1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0	3-0	2: 2	2: 2	3: 2	0-0
Inter Milan	0: 1	0: 2	0-0		3: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1
SSC Naples	0-0	0: 2	3: 1	0: 3		3: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 2
AC Cesena	0: 3	0: 1	0: 2	0-0	0: 2		0-0	0: 3	1: 2	4-0	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 3
Bologna FC	0: 3	0: 1	2: 2	1: 5	0: 1	0-0		1-0	2-0	2-0	0-0	4: 1	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
AC Perugia	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0: 1	4: 2	1-0	1-0		0-0	3-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0
ACF Fiorentina	0: 1	1: 3	1: 1	3-0	2: 1	2: 1	3-0	1-0		1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 1	4: 1
AS Roma	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	2: 3	0-0	2-0	1-0	2: 2	0-0		0-0	3-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	3: 1
Hellas Verona	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2: 1	3: 3	2-0	1: 2	1: 1		2: 2	0-0	3: 2	0-0	2: 1
Sampdoria Genoa	2: 3	0: 2	0-0	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 2	1-0	3: 1		0-0	1: 2	3: 1	2: 1
Lazio Rome	0-0	2: 3	1: 2	2: 1	0-0	3-0	3-0	1-0	4: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0		4: 1	0: 1	0-0
CFC Genoa 1893	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	2: 2	2: 3	4: 1	0: 2	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	1: 1	3: 1		2-0	1: 2
US Catanzaro	0: 4	0: 2	1-0	1: 3	0-0	4: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 2	2: 1		3: 1
US Foggia	0: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 2	0: 2	1-0	2: 1	2: 3	1-0	4: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 3	1-0

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Francesco Graziani	AC Turin	21st
2		Roberto Pruzzo	CFC Genoa 1893	18th
3		Roberto Bettega	Juventus Turin	17th
4th		Paolino Pulici	AC Turin	16
		Giuseppe Savoldi	SSC Naples	16
6th		Giuseppe Damiani	CFC Genoa 1893	11
7th		Roberto Boninsegna	Juventus Turin	10
		Bruno Giordano	Lazio Rome	10

Antonio Cabrini won the Scudetto with Juve

Champions team

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

Juventus Turin

Goal: Dino Zoff (30 / -) Defense: Antonio Cabrini (7 / -); Antonello Cuccureddu (29/1); Giuseppe Furino (26/1); Claudio Gentile (29/1); Francesco Morini (26 / -); Gaetano Scirea (30/1); Luciano Spinosi (7 / -) Midfield: Romeo Benetti (30/4); Franco Causio (30/5); Alberto Marchetti (6 / -); Marco Tardelli (28/4) Forward: Roberto Bettega (30/17); Roberto Boninsegna (29/10); Sergio Gori (7/1) Coach: Giovanni Trapattoni

Web links

• rsssf.com Serie A 1976/77
• weltfussball.de Results and table