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Serie A
Season1979 (1979)–80
Dates16 September 1979 – 11 May 1980
ChampionsInternazionale
12th title
RelegatedPescara
Milan
Lazio
European CupInternazionale
Cup Winners' CupRoma
UEFA CupJuventus
Torino
Matches played240
Goals scored452 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorerRoberto Bettega
(16 goals)

The 1979–80 Serie A season was the 78th edition of Serie A, the top-level football competition in Italy. The championship was won by Internazionale. Milan were relegated for the first time in their history following a match fixing scandal.

Teams

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Udinese, Cagliari and Pescara had been promoted from Serie B.

Events

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Following the creation of the UEFA ranking, Italy lost two out of its four places in the UEFA Cup inherited from the Fairs Cup.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Inter (C) 30 14 13 3 44 25 +19 41 Qualification to European Cup
2 Juventus 30 16 6 8 42 25 +17 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup
3 Torino[a] 30 11 13 6 26 15 +11 35
4 Ascoli 30 11 12 7 35 28 +7 34
5 Fiorentina 30 11 11 8 33 27 +6 33
6 Roma 30 10 12 8 34 35 −1 32 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
7 Bologna 30 8 14 8 23 24 −1 30
8 Cagliari 30 8 14 8 27 29 −2 30
9 Perugia 30 9 12 9 27 32 −5 30
10 Napoli 30 7 14 9 20 20 0 28
11 Avellino 30 7 13 10 24 32 −8 27
12 Catanzaro 30 5 14 11 20 34 −14 24
13 Udinese 30 3 15 12 24 38 −14 21
14 Pescara (R) 30 4 8 18 18 44 −26 16 Relegation to Serie B
15 Milan[a] (D, R) 30 14 8 8 34 19 +15 36
16 Lazio[a] (D, R) 30 5 15 10 21 25 −4 25
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]
Goal difference is used in case of equal points.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c A.C. Milan and S.S. Lazio placed in the last position and relegated to Serie B by FIGC because of the Totonero 1980 scandal. Torino qualified to UEFA Cup instead of Milan.

Results

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Home \ Away ASC AVE BOL CAG CAT FIO INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP PER PES ROM TOR UDI
Ascoli 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–0
Avellino 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–0
Bologna 0–0 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1
Cagliari 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 3–1
Catanzaro 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1
Fiorentina 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1
Internazionale 2–4 3–0 0–0 3–3 3–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1
Juventus 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1
Lazio 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0
Milan 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–0
Napoli 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0
Perugia 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–0
Pescara 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–1
Roma 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
Torino 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Udinese 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Roberto Bettega Juventus 18
2 Italy Alessandro Altobelli Internazionale 15
3 Italy Paolo Rossi Perugia 13
4 Italy Francesco Graziani Torino 12
Italy Franco Selvaggi Cagliari
Italy Roberto Pruzzo Roma
7 Italy Giuseppe Savoldi Bologna 11
8 Italy Massimo Palanca Catanzaro 9
Italy Bruno Giordano Lazio
10 Italy Gianfranco Bellotto Ascoli 8
Italy Giancarlo Antognoni Fiorentina

References

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  1. ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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