Series A 1980/81

Series A 1980/81
master	Juventus Turin
European Cup of National Champions	Juventus Turin
Uefa cup	SSC Napoli , Inter Milan
Cup winners	AS Roma
European Cup Winners' Cup	AS Roma
Relegated	Brescia Calcio , AC Perugia , AC Pistoiese
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	459  (ø 1.91 per game)
Top scorer	Roberto Pruzzo (AS Roma)
← Series A 1979/80 Series A 1981/82 →
Series B 1980/81 ↓

The Serie A 1980/81 was the 49th season in the top Italian football -Spielklasse of Lords. It began on September 14, 1980 and ended on May 24, 1981. Como Calcio , AC Pistoiese and Brescia Calcio from Serie B came to be promoted.

The season as champions ended the Juventus Turin and thus succeeded Inter Milan . Juventus qualified for the European Cup . SSC Napoli and Inter Milan qualified for the UEFA Cup . AS Roma secured participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup of the following year through Coppa Italia . Brescia, AC Perugia and Pistoiese had to relegate to Serie B. The FC Bologna , US Avellino and Perugia started with -5 points in the season as a result of the bribery scandal of the 1980th

Closing table

Inter Milan Como Calcio SSC Naples Juventus Turin Bologna FC AS Roma AC Perugia Torino Calcio Brescia Calcio Cagliari Calcio Ascoli Calcio US Avellino AC Florence Udinese Calcio US Catanzaro AC Pistoiese

Participants in Serie A 1980/81

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Juventus Turin	30th	17th	10	3	046:150	+31	44:16
2.	AS Roma (P)	30th	14th	14th	2	043:200	+23	42:18
3.	SSC Naples	30th	14th	10	6th	031:210	+10	38:22
4th	Inter Milan (M)	30th	14th	8th	8th	041:240	+17	36:24
5.	AC Florence	30th	9	14th	7th	028:250	+3	32:28
6th	Cagliari Calcio	30th	8th	14th	8th	029:300	−1	30:30
7th	Bologna FC 1	30th	11	12	7th	032:270	+5	29:26
8th.	US Catanzaro	30th	6th	17th	7th	024:270	−3	29:31
9.	Torino Calcio	30th	8th	10	12	026:290	−3	26:34
10.	US Avellino 1st	30th	10	10	10	036:330	+3	25:30
11.	Ascoli Calcio	30th	7th	11	12	018:340	−16	25:35
12.	Udinese Calcio	30th	6th	13	11	024:390	−15	25:35
13.	Como Calcio (N)	30th	8th	9	13	025:330	−8	25:35
14th	Brescia Calcio (N)	30th	4th	17th	9	019:250	−6	25:35
15th	AC Perugia 1st	30th	5	13	12	018:310	−13	18:37
16.	AC Pistoiese (N)	30th	6th	4th	20th	019:460	−27	16:44

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

For relegation : 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Italian champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1981/82

Participation in the UEFA Cup 1981/82

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1981/82

Relegation to Serie B in 1981/82

(M)	Italian champion 1979/80
(P)	Cup winner 1979/80
(N)	Newcomers from the B series 1979/80

¹ FC Bologna, US Avellino and AC Perugia started the season with −5 points each.

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.

1980/81
Inter Milan		1-0	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	2: 4	1-0	4: 1	3: 1	3-0	0-0	2: 2	2-0	2: 1	2-0	0-0
Juventus Turin	2: 1		1: 2	3-0	1-0	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	3-0	4-0	2-0	4: 1	2-0
Torino Calcio	0: 1	0: 2		3-0	1: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1: 2	2-0	0: 1	2-0	2-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1
Ascoli Calcio	0: 1	0-0	0-0		1-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 3	3: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	0-0	0-0
AC Florence	0-0	0: 1	2-0	2: 1		1: 1	2: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1-0
AS Roma	1-0	0-0	2-0	4: 1	1: 1		1: 1	1-0	5-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0
Bologna FC	2: 1	1: 5	1-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1		2: 1	4-0	1: 1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1
Cagliari Calcio	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	0-0	1-0	0-0		2: 1	0-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 2
AC Perugia	0: 2	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 1		0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	0-0	3-0	0-0
SSC Naples	1-0	0: 1	1: 3	1-0	1: 1	4-0	2: 1	2-0	0: 1		1-0	1: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1
US Avellino	1: 3	1: 1	3-0	4: 2	2: 3	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0		1-0	0-0	2: 1	3-0	1-0
US Catanzaro	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	0: 1	0-0	1: 1		2: 1	2-0	1: 3	0-0
Udinese Calcio	0: 4	0: 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	5: 4	2: 1		2-0	1-0	0-0
Como Calcio	1-0	1: 2	0: 2	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1-0	0: 1	2-0	0-0	2-0		1-0	2: 2
AC Pistoiese	1: 2	1: 3	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0: 4	0: 2	1: 3	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2-0		1-0
Brescia Calcio	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 2	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 2

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Roberto Pruzzo	AS Roma	18th
2		Massimo Palanca	US Catanzaro	13
3		Alessandro Altobelli	Inter Milan	12
4th		Francesco Graziani	Torino Calcio	11
		Claudio Pellegrini	SSC Naples	11
6th		Giancarlo Antognoni	AC Florence	9
		Vito Chimenti	AC Pistoiese	9
		Paolino Pulici	Torino Calcio	9
9		Liam Brady	Juventus Turin	8th
		Franco Selvaggi	Cagliari Calcio	8th
		Nicola Zanone	Udinese Calcio	8th

Champions team

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

Juventus Turin

Goal: Dino Zoff (30 / -) Defense: Sergio Brio (4 / -); Antonio Cabrini (28/7); Antonello Cuccureddu (29/1); Claudio Gentile (27 / -); Carlo Osti (6 / -); Gaetano Scirea (29/4); Massimo Storgato (1 / -) Midfield: Liam Brady (28/8); Franco Causio (25/2); Pietro Fanna (29/5); Giuseppe Furino (24 / -); Domenico Marocchino (24/5); Gabriele Pin (1 / -); Cesare Prandelli (20 / -); Marco Tardelli (28/7); Vinicio Verza (14 / -) Forward: Roberto Bettega (25/5); Giuseppe Galderisi (1 / -) Coach: Giovanni Trapattoni

Web links

• rsssf.com Serie A 1980/81
• weltfussball.de Results and table