1980–81 Serie A

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Serie A
Season1980 (1980)–81
Dates14 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 played240
Goals scored460 (1.92 per match)
Top goalscorer Roberto Pruzzo
(18 goals)
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Serie A 1980-81 team distribution

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

Teams

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

Contents

Final classification

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C)30171034615+3144Qualification to European Cup
2 Roma 30141424320+2342Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3 Napoli 30141063121+1038Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Internazionale 3014884124+1736
5 Fiorentina 3091472825+332
6 Cagliari 3081482930−130
7 Bologna [lower-alpha 1] 30111273227+529
8 Catanzaro 3061772427−329
9 Torino 30810122629−326
10 Avellino [lower-alpha 1] 301010103633+325 [lower-alpha 2]
11 Ascoli 30711121834−1625 [lower-alpha 2]
12 Udinese 30613112439−1525 [lower-alpha 2]
13 Como 3089132533−825 [lower-alpha 2]
14 Brescia (R)3041791925−625 [lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Serie B
15 Perugia [lower-alpha 1] (R)30513121831−1318
16 Pistoiese (R)3064201946−2716
Source: Panini
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Bologna, Avellino and Perugia started the season with a 5-point penalisation because of the Totonero 1980 scandal.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Positions decided by head-to-head points. Avellino 10 pts; Ascoli 10 pts; Udinese 8 pts; Como 6 pts; Brescia 6 pts.

Results

Home \ Away ASC AVE BOL BRE CAG CAT COM FIO INT JUV NAP PER PIS ROM TOR UDI
Ascoli —1–11–10–00–01–22–11–00–10–03–20–30–00–00–01–0
Avellino 4–2—2–01–02–11–02–12–31–31–10–02–13–01–13–00–0
Bologna 1–00–0—0–12–10–01–12–12–11–51–14–02–01–11–01–0
Brescia 0–11–20–0—1–01–11–00–00–01–11–21–12–21–21–11–1
Cagliari 2–01–00–01–2—2–11–10–01–11–10–02–12–01–01–11–1
Catanzaro 2–01–12–20–00–0—2–02–20–00–00–00–11–31–11–02–1
Como 0–02–02–12–23–10–0—2–11–01–20–11–01–00–10–22–0
Fiorentina 2–12–12–11–00–01–11–1—0–00–10–11–01–21–12–01–1
Internazionale 1–20–01–00–04–12–22–11–2—1–03–03–12–02–41–12–0
Juventus 3–01–00–12–01–13–02–01–02–1—1–12–14–10–01–24–0
Napoli 1–01–02–11–12–01–12–01–11–00–1—0–11–04–01–31–0
Perugia 0–00–00–00–01–10–00–00–00–20–00–0—3–01–11–01–2
Pistoiese 0–12–10–21–01–30–12–00–11–21–30–11–0—0–41–11–1
Roma 4–11–11–11–01–00–01–11–11–00–01–15–01–0—2–03–1
Torino 3–02–01–21–11–22–01–11–10–10–20–12–01–00–2—0–0
Udinese 0–05–41–10–02–22–12–00–00–40–22–11–11–00–20–0—
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

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