Series A 1977/78

Series A 1977/78
master	Juventus Turin
European Cup of National Champions	Juventus Turin
Uefa cup	Lanerossi Vicenza , Torino Calcio , AC Milan , SSC Napoli
European Cup Winners' Cup	Inter Milan
Relegated	CFC Genoa 1893 , US Foggia , Pescara Calcio
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	512  (ø 2.13 per game)
Top scorer	Paolo Rossi ( Lanerossi Vicenza )
← Series A 1976/77 Series A 1978/79 →
Series B 1977/78 ↓

The Serie A 1977/78 was the 46th season in the top Italian football -Spielklasse of Lords. It began on September 11, 1977 and ended on May 7, 1978. Juventus Turin won their second Scudetto in a row. After a mixed start to the season, promoted Lanerossi Vicenza made it to second place and became runner-up thanks to Capocannoniere Paolo Rossi , who scored 24 goals. This was also the greatest success in the club's history. The quartet Torino Calcio , AC Milan , Inter Milan and SSC Napoli completed the starting field of international participants for the next season.

The CFC Genoa 1893 , US Foggia and Pescara Calcio were relegated to the B series . The Fiorentina made the league received on goal difference against Genoa and US Foggia.

On October 30, 1977, Renato Curi died on the field in the service of AC Perugia . The home game against Juventus Turin was canceled when the score was 0-0 and scored with this result.

Closing table

Milan Vicenza Bergamo Verona Turin Bologna Florence Perugia Genoa Rome Naples Foggia Pescara

Participants in Serie A 1977/78

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Juventus Turin (M)	30th	15th	14th	1	046:170	+29	44:16
2.	Lanerossi Vicenza (N)	30th	14th	11	5	050:340	+16	39:21
3.	Torino Calcio	30th	14th	11	5	036:230	+13	39:21
4th	AC Milan (P)	30th	12	13	5	038:250	+13	37:23
5.	Inter Milan	30th	13	10	7th	035:240	+11	36:24
6th	SSC Naples	30th	8th	14th	8th	035:310	+4	30:30
7th	AC Perugia	30th	10	10	10	036:350	+1	30:30
8th.	AS Roma	30th	8th	12	10	031:340	−3	28:32
9.	Atalanta Bergamo (N)	30th	6th	15th	9	028:320	−4	27:33
10.	Hellas Verona	30th	6th	14th	10	025:300	−5	26:34
11.	Lazio Rome	30th	8th	10	12	031:380	−7	26:34
12.	Bologna FC	30th	7th	12	11	021:320	−11	26:34
13.	AC Florence	30th	7th	11	12	028:370	−9	25:35
14th	CFC Genoa 1893	30th	5	15th	10	023:330	−10	25:35
15th	US Foggia	30th	8th	9	13	028:430	−15	25:35
16.	Pescara Calcio (N)	30th	4th	9	17th	021:440	−23	17:43

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

Italian champion and participation in the 1978/79 European Cup

Participation in the 1978/79 UEFA Cup

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1978/79

Relegation to Serie B 1978/79

(M)	Italian champion 1976/77
(P)	Cup winner 1976/77
(N)	Newcomers from the B series 1976/77

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.

1977/78
Juventus Turin		3: 2	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	2-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0	3-0	1-0	5: 1	4-0	6-0	2-0
Lanerossi Vicenza	0-0		0-0	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	3: 1	4: 3	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	3-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1
Torino Calcio	0-0	2: 2		1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 2	2: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	3: 1	3: 1	2-0
AC Milan	0-0	3: 1	1: 1		0-0	0: 1	2: 2	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	5: 1	2: 2	2-0	2-0
Inter Milan	0: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 3		1-0	2-0	4: 2	1-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	0-0
SSC Naples	1: 2	1: 4	1: 3	1: 1	2: 2		3: 2	0-0	2: 2	3-0	4: 3	0-0	0-0	0-0	5-0	1: 1
AC Perugia	0-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	2-0		3: 2	1: 1	0: 1	4-0	2-0	2: 1	0-0	3: 1	2: 1
AS Roma	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	2-0		3: 1	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	1-0	2-0
Atalanta Bergamo	0: 2	2: 4	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1		1-0	1: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	2-0
Hellas Verona	0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	0-0	0: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 2		2: 2	1: 1	0-0	2-0	3: 1	1-0
Lazio Rome	3-0	1: 3	1: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1		0: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 1
Bologna FC	1: 1	3: 2	1: 3	0-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 3	0-0	0-0	0: 3	2: 1		0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1
AC Florence	1: 1	1: 3	2-0	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 2	1: 2	0: 1	0-0		0-0	1: 1	3-0
CFC Genoa 1893	2: 2	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	2: 1		0-0	1-0
US Foggia	0-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	1-0	4-0	3: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1		2-0
Pescara Calcio	1: 2	1: 2	2: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1: 3	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	1: 2

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Paolo Rossi	Lanerossi Vicenza	24
2		Giuseppe Savoldi	SSC Naples	16
3		Bruno Giordano	Lazio Rome	13
4th		Paolino Pulici	Torino Calcio	12
5		Roberto Bettega	Juventus Turin	11
		Francesco Graziani	Torino Calcio	11
7th		Alessandro Altobelli	Inter Milan	10
		Roberto Boninsegna	Juventus Turin	10
		Agostino Di Bartolomei	AS Roma	10
10		Emiliano Mascetti	Hellas Verona	9
		Carlo Muraro	Inter Milan	9
		Roberto Pruzzo	CFC Genoa 1893	9

Champions team

Antonio Cabrini won the Scudetto with Juve

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

Juventus Turin

Goal: Dino Zoff (30 / -) Defense: Antonio Cabrini (15 / -); Antonello Cuccureddu (30/2); Giuseppe Furino (26 / -); Claudio Gentile (28/3); Francesco Morini (26 / -); Gaetano Scirea (29 / -); Luciano Spinosi (5 / -) Midfield: Romeo Benetti (27/5); Franco Causio (30/3); Pietro Fanna (13/2); Marco Tardelli (26/4), Vinicio Verza (5/1) Forward: Roberto Bettega (30/11); Roberto Boninsegna (21/10); Pietro Paolo Virdis (10/1) Coach: Giovanni Trapattoni

Web links

• Serie A 1977/78 at RSSSF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results and table. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved April 29, 2019 .