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	240
Goals	460 (1.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roberto Pruzzo; (18 goals)
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Napoli	56,807
2	Roma	51,103
3	Internazionale	42,248
4	Fiorentina	38,276
5	Juventus	33,929
6	Bologna	30,169
7	Udinese	28,660
8	Torino	24,294
9	Avellino	24,115
10	Cagliari	21,979
11	Brescia	19,924
12	Pistoiese	15,757
13	Ascoli	15,278
14	Catanzaro	13,742
15	Como	13,181
16	Perugia	12,875

Source:^[1]

References and sources

^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita81.htm

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.

[rdp-we-cite_note-table_note_BOL0.17526502962004-1] Bologna, Avellino and Perugia started the season with a 5-point penalisation because of the Totonero 1980 scandal.

[rdp-we-cite_note-table_hth_AVE0.17526502962004-2] Positions decided by head-to-head points. Avellino 10 pts; Ascoli 10 pts; Udinese 8 pts; Como 6 pts; Brescia 6 pts.

[rdp-we-cite_note-3] ttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita81.htm

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Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia

1980–81 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '80 '81 England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '80 '81 Spain Sweden '80 '81 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '81 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union '81
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

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