# 1979–80 Serie A

The 1979–80 Serie A season was the 78th edition of Serie A, the top-level football competition in Italy. The championship was won by Internazionale. Milan were relegated for the first time in their history following a match fixing scandal.

## Teams

Udinese, Cagliari and Pescara had been promoted from Serie B.

## Events

Following the creation of the UEFA ranking, Italy lost two out of its four places in the UEFA Cup inherited from the Fairs Cup.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Inter (C) | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 41 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Juventus | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Torino | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Ascoli | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 34 | |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 33 | |
| 6 | Roma | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 32 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 7 | Bologna | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 30 | |
| 8 | Cagliari | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 30 | |
| 9 | Perugia | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 30 | |
| 10 | Napoli | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 28 | |
| 11 | Avellino | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 27 | |
| 12 | Catanzaro | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 24 | |
| 13 | Udinese | 30 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 21 | |
| 14 | Pescara (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 44 | −26 | 16 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 15 | Milan (D, R) | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 36 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Lazio (D, R) | 30 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 25 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 3 A.C. Milan and S.S. Lazio placed in the last position and relegated to Serie B by FIGC because of the Totonero 1980 scandal. Torino qualified to UEFA Cup instead of Milan.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASC | AVE | BOL | CAG | CAT | FIO | INT | JUV | LAZ | MIL | NAP | PER | PES | ROM | TOR | UDI |
| Ascoli | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Avellino | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Bologna | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Cagliari | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Catanzaro | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Fiorentina | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Internazionale | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Juventus | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Lazio | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Milan | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Napoli | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Perugia | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Pescara | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Roma | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Torino | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Udinese | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Roberto Bettega | Juventus | 18 |
| 2 | Alessandro Altobelli | Internazionale | 15 |
| 3 | Paolo Rossi | Perugia | 13 |
| 4 | Francesco Graziani | Torino | 12 |
| 4 | Franco Selvaggi | Cagliari | 12 |
| 4 | Roberto Pruzzo | Roma | 12 |
| 7 | Giuseppe Savoldi | Bologna | 11 |
| 8 | Massimo Palanca | Catanzaro | 9 |
| 8 | Bruno Giordano | Lazio | 9 |
| 10 | Gianfranco Bellotto | Ascoli | 8 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Antognoni | Fiorentina | 8 |