# 1980–81 Juventus FC season

The 1980–81 season was Juventus Football Club's 83rd in existence and 79th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.
In July 1980, after fourteen years of a transfer ban of foreigners, Irish midfielder Liam Brady transferred from Arsenal to Juventus and helped Juventus finish the season as Serie A champions. They also participated in UEFA Cup, being defeated at home in second round.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Dino Zoff |
| — | GK | ITA | Luciano Bodini |
| — | DF | ITA | Gaetano Scirea |
| — | DF | ITA | Antonio Cabrini |
| — | DF | ITA | Claudio Gentile |
| — | DF | ITA | Carlo Osti |
| — | DF | ITA | Sergio Brio |
| — | DF | ITA | Massimo Storgato |
| — | MF | IRL | Liam Brady |
| — | MF | ITA | Pietro Fanna |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonello Cuccureddu |
| — | MF | ITA | Franco Causio |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Furino (captain) |
| — | MF | ITA | Domenico Marocchino |
| — | MF | ITA | Claudio Cesare Prandelli |
| — | MF | ITA | Marco Tardelli |
| — | MF | ITA | Vinicio Verza |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Bettega |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Galderisi |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Liam Brady | Arsenal FC | |
| DF | Carlo Osti | Udinese | |
| DF | Massimo Storgato | Atalanta BC | loan ended |
| FW | Giuseppe Galderisi | | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Francesco Morini | | retired |
| FW | Pietro Paolo Virdis | Cagliari | loan |
| MF | Roberto Tavola | Cagliari | loan |
| GK | Maurizio Baratella | | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### First round

Group 1
| Team | Pt | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1. Juventus | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 |
| 2. Udinese | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| 3. Genoa | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| 4. Taranto | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| 5. Brescia | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 |

#### Semi-finals
### UEFA Cup
#### Second round
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | UEFA | UEFA |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Zoff | 42 | -31 | 30 | -15 | 8 | -8 | 4 | -8 |
| | DF | ITA | Gentile | 37 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Cuccureddu | 35 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Scirea | 41 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Cabrini | 38 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Tardelli | 37 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Causio | 34 | 3 | 19+6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Furino | 33 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Fanna | 40 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | IRL | Brady | 39 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Bettega | 37 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| | GK | ITA | Bodini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Marocchino | 30 | 5 | 16+8 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Prandelli | 29 | 1 | 10+10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Osti | 12 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Verza | 24 | 3 | 2+12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Brio | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Storgato | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Galderisi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Carraro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Pin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1980/839/