1980–81 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1980–81
Dates	14 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 played	240
Goals scored	460 (1.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roberto Pruzzo; (18 goals)
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Ascoli

Avellino

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.

Final classification

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	Qualification to UEFA Cup
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:

^ ^a ^b ^c Bologna, Avellino and Perugia started the season with a 5-point penalisation because of the Totonero 1980 scandal.
^ ^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

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Roberto Pruzzo	Roma	18
2	Massimo Palanca	Catanzaro	13
3	Alessandro Altobelli	Internazionale	12
4	Claudio Pellegrini	Napoli	11
4	Francesco Graziani	Torino	11
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

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

External links

it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1981 - Italian version with pictures and info.
[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

[table_note_BOL0.25408434972823-1] Bologna, Avellino and Perugia started the season with a 5-point penalisation because of the Totonero 1980 scandal.

[table_hth_AVE0.25408434972823-2] Positions decided by head-to-head points. Avellino 10 pts; Ascoli 10 pts; Udinese 8 pts; Como 6 pts; Brescia 6 pts.

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