1978–79 Serie A

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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.

Serie A
Season1978 (1978)–79
Dates1 October 1978 – 13 May 1979
ChampionsMilan
10th title
RelegatedVicenza
Atalanta
Hellas Verona
European CupMilan
Cup Winners' CupJuventus
UEFA CupPerugia
Internazionale
Napoli
Torino
Matches played240
Goals scored455 (1.9 per match)
Top goalscorerBruno Giordano
(19 goals)

Teams edit

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

Final classification edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Milan (C)30171034619+2744Qualification to European Cup
2Perugia30111903416+1841Qualification to UEFA Cup
3Juventus30121354023+1737Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
4Internazionale30101643824+1436Qualification to UEFA Cup
5Torino30111453523+1236
6Napoli3091472321+232
7Fiorentina30101282626032
8Lazio30911103540−529
9Catanzaro3061682330−728
10Ascoli30712112631−526
11Avellino30614101926−726
12Roma30810122432−826
13Bologna30416102330−724
14Vicenza (R)30514112942−1324Relegation to Serie B
15Atalanta (R)30612122033−1324
16Hellas Verona (R)30211171439−2515
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results edit

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Ascoli1–02–02–21–12–11–21–00–00–00–10–00–00–03–01–0
Atalanta3–20–00–00–20–00–10–12–00–01–32–10–22–00–11–0
Avellino3–10–00–00–01–11–00–02–11–31–01–10–10–01–12–0
Bologna0–01–00–01–10–00–10–05–22–10–11–12–21–21–11–0
Catanzaro1–10–00–00–00–01–10–02–03–11–30–01–11–02–11–1
Fiorentina1–00–11–01–01–11–20–10–03–02–32–11–12–00–01–0
Internazionale1–12–22–00–00–01–22–10–04–02–22–01–11–20–04–0
Juventus1–03–03–31–13–11–11–11–22–11–01–01–24–11–16–2
Vicenza1–11–12–12–22–00–10–11–14–12–30–01–11–02–20–0
Lazio3–11–10–01–03–14–01–12–24–31–11–20–00–00–01–0
Milan0–01–11–00–04–04–11–00–00–02–00–11–11–01–02–1
Napoli2–12–03–02–11–00–00–00–02–20–21–11–11–00–11–0
Perugia2–02–00–03–11–01–02–20–02–02–01–12–01–10–01–1
Roma1–02–22–12–01–31–11–11–03–01–20–30–00–00–22–0
Torino3–13–01–03–13–01–13–30–14–02–20–30–00–01–00–0
Hellas Verona2–31–10–11–00–00–10–00–30–02–01–30–01–11–10–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers edit

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Bruno GiordanoLazio19
2 Paolo RossiVicenza15
3 Alberto BigonMilan12
4 Alessandro AltobelliInternazionale11
Carlo MuraroInternazionale
6 Massimo PalancaCatanzaro10
Paolo PuliciTorino
8 Roberto BettegaJuventus9
Aldo MalderaMilan
Roberto PruzzoRoma
Giuseppe SavoldiNapoli
Walter SpeggiorinPerugia
Francesco GrazianiTorino

References and sources edit

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

External links edit