# 1980–81 Serie B

The Serie B 1980–81 was the forty-ninth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Varese, Rimini, Catania and Foggia had been promoted from Serie C, while Pescara, Milan and Lazio had been relegated from Serie A. Milan and Lazio had been relegated due to the 1980 Totonero scandal rather than performance in the league.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Milan (P, C) | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 50 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Genoa (P) | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 48 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Cesena (P) | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 48 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Lazio | 38 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 46 | |
| 5 | Sampdoria | 38 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 43 | |
| 6 | Pescara | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 41 | |
| 7 | Pisa | 38 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 39 | |
| 8 | Bari | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 37 | |
| 9 | Rimini | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 36 | |
| 9 | Foggia | 38 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 36 | |
| 9 | Lecce | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 36 | |
| 12 | S.P.A.L. | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 35 | |
| 12 | Catania | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 35 | |
| 14 | Palermo | 38 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 34 | |
| 14 | Varese | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 34 | |
| 14 | Verona | 38 | 6 | 22 | 10 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 34 | |
| 17 | Lanerossi Vicenza (R) | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 33 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 18 | Taranto (D, R) | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 30 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Atalanta (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 30 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Monza (R) | 38 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 25 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
* 1 2 5 points deducted for the Totonero 1980

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BAR | CAT | CES | FOG | GEN | LRV | LAZ | LEC | MIL | MON | PAL | PES | PIS | RIM | SAM | SPA | TAR | VAR | VER |
| Atalanta | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Bari | 1–0 | — | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Catania | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Cesena | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Foggia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Genoa | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| L.R. Vicenza | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Lazio | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Lecce | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Milan | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Monza | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Palermo | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Pescara | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Pisa | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Rimini | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Sampdoria | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Spal | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Taranto | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Varese | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Verona | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |

## References and sources

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