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

Serie A
Season1980 (1980)–81
Dates14 September 1980 – 24 May 1981
ChampionsJuventus
19th title
RelegatedPerugia
Brescia
Pistoiese
European CupJuventus
Cup Winners' CupRoma
UEFA CupNapoli
Internazionale
Matches played240
Goals scored460 (1.92 per match)
Top goalscorerRoberto Pruzzo
(18 goals)

Teams

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

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 30 17 10 3 46 15 +31 44 Qualification to European Cup
2 Roma 30 14 14 2 43 20 +23 42 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3 Napoli 30 14 10 6 31 21 +10 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Internazionale 30 14 8 8 41 24 +17 36
5 Fiorentina 30 9 14 7 28 25 +3 32
6 Cagliari 30 8 14 8 29 30 −1 30
7 Bologna[a] 30 11 12 7 32 27 +5 29
8 Catanzaro 30 6 17 7 24 27 −3 29
9 Torino 30 8 10 12 26 29 −3 26
10 Avellino[a] 30 10 10 10 36 33 +3 25[b]
11 Ascoli 30 7 11 12 18 34 −16 25[b]
12 Udinese 30 6 13 11 24 39 −15 25[b]
13 Como 30 8 9 13 25 33 −8 25[b]
14 Brescia (R) 30 4 17 9 19 25 −6 25[b] Relegation to Serie B
15 Perugia[a] (R) 30 5 13 12 18 31 −13 18
16 Pistoiese (R) 30 6 4 20 19 46 −27 16
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Bologna, Avellino and Perugia started the season with a 5-point penalisation because of the Totonero 1980 scandal.
  2. ^ a b c d e Positions decided by head-to-head points. Avellino 10 pts; Ascoli 10 pts; Udinese 8 pts; Como 6 pts; Brescia 6 pts.

Results

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Home \ Away ASC AVE BOL BRE CAG CAT COM FIO INT JUV NAP PER PIS ROM TOR UDI
Ascoli 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
Avellino 4–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0
Bologna 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–5 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Brescia 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1
Cagliari 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Catanzaro 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–1
Como 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0
Fiorentina 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1
Internazionale 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–0
Juventus 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 4–0
Napoli 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–3 1–0
Perugia 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2
Pistoiese 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–1 1–1
Roma 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 3–1
Torino 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0
Udinese 0–0 5–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–4 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0
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   Roberto Pruzzo Roma 18
2   Massimo Palanca Catanzaro 13
3   Alessandro Altobelli Internazionale 12
4   Claudio Pellegrini Napoli 11
  Francesco Graziani Torino
6   Giancarlo Antognoni Fiorentina 9
  Vito Chimenti Pistoiese
  Paolo Pulici Torino
9   Liam Brady Juventus 8
  Franco Selvaggi Cagliari
  Nicola Zanone Udinese
12   Antonio Cabrini Juventus 7
  Marco Tardelli Juventus
  Evaristo Beccalossi Internazionale
  Giuliano Fiorini Bologna

References and sources

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  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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