1980–81 Serie A
# 1980–81 Serie A

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 | 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 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 25 | |
| 11 | Ascoli | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 25 | |
| 12 | Udinese | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 25 | |
| 13 | Como | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 25 | |
| 14 | Brescia (R) | 30 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 25 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 15 | Perugia (R) | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 18 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Pistoiese (R) | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 46 | −27 | 16 | Relegation to Serie B |

* 1 2 3 Bologna, Avellino and Perugia started the season with a 5-point penalisation because of the Totonero 1980 scandal.
* 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 | — | 1–1 | 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 | — |

## 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 |
| 6 | Vito Chimenti | Pistoiese | 9 |
| 6 | Paolo Pulici | Torino | 9 |
| 9 | Liam Brady | Juventus | 8 |
| 9 | Franco Selvaggi | Cagliari | 8 |
| 9 | Nicola Zanone | Udinese | 8 |
| 12 | Antonio Cabrini | Juventus | 7 |
| 12 | Marco Tardelli | Juventus | 7 |
| 12 | Evaristo Beccalossi | Internazionale | 7 |
| 12 | Giuliano Fiorini | Bologna | 7 |

## References and sources

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