# 1978–79 Serie A

The 1978–79 Serie A season was won by Milan. Notably, Perugia were the first team during the round-robin era to go through the season undefeated, although due to their number of drawn matches, they finished second in the league.

## Teams

Ascoli, Catanzaro and Avellino had been promoted from Serie B.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Milan (C) | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 19 | +27 | 44 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Perugia | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Juventus | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 37 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 4 | Internazionale | 30 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Torino | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Napoli | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 32 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 32 | |
| 8 | Lazio | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Catanzaro | 30 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 28 | |
| 10 | Ascoli | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 26 | |
| 11 | Avellino | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 26 | |
| 12 | Roma | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 26 | |
| 13 | Bologna | 30 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 24 | |
| 14 | Vicenza (R) | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 24 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 15 | Atalanta (R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 24 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Hellas Verona (R) | 30 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 39 | −25 | 15 | Relegation to Serie B |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASC | ATA | AVE | BOL | CAT | FIO | INT | JUV | LRV | LAZ | MIL | NAP | PER | ROM | TOR | VER |
| Ascoli | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Atalanta | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Avellino | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Bologna | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Catanzaro | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Fiorentina | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Internazionale | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Juventus | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 |
| Vicenza | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Lazio | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Milan | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Napoli | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Perugia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Roma | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Torino | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Bruno Giordano | Lazio | 19 |
| 2 | Paolo Rossi | Vicenza | 15 |
| 3 | Alberto Bigon | Milan | 12 |
| 4 | Alessandro Altobelli | Internazionale | 11 |
| 4 | Carlo Muraro | Internazionale | 11 |
| 6 | Massimo Palanca | Catanzaro | 10 |
| 6 | Paolo Pulici | Torino | 10 |
| 8 | Roberto Bettega | Juventus | 9 |
| 8 | Aldo Maldera | Milan | 9 |
| 8 | Roberto Pruzzo | Roma | 9 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Savoldi | Napoli | 9 |
| 8 | Walter Speggiorin | Perugia | 9 |
| 8 | Francesco Graziani | Torino | 9 |

## References and sources

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