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
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Roberto BettegaJuventus182 Alessandro AltobelliInternazionale153 Paolo RossiPerugia134 Francesco GrazianiTorino12 Franco SelvaggiCagliari Roberto PruzzoRoma7 Giuseppe SavoldiBologna118 Massimo PalancaCatanzaro9 Bruno GiordanoLazio10 Gianfranco BellottoAscoli8 Giancarlo AntognoniFiorentina
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Napoli 55,535 2 Internazionale 49,656 3 Roma 44,589 4 Milan 40,660 5 Fiorentina 39,154 6 Lazio 31,560 7 Juventus 31,144 8 Cagliari 31,057 9 Torino 27,607 10 Bologna 27,039 11 Avellino 23,880 12 Udinese 21,757 13 Pescara 20,466 14 Perugia 20,338 15 Ascoli 19,141 16 Catanzaro 12,137 Source:
References
Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
External links Results, goalscorers, goal times and standings by round - RSSSF