1978–79 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1978–79
Dates	1 October 1978 – 13 May 1979
Champions	Milan; 10th title
Relegated	Vicenza; Atalanta; Hellas Verona
European Cup	Milan
Cup Winners' Cup	Juventus
UEFA Cup	Perugia; Internazionale; Napoli; Torino
Matches played	240
Goals scored	455 (1.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bruno Giordano; (19 goals)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Ascoli

Atalanta

Serie A 1978-79 team distribution

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
6	Napoli	30	9	14	7	23	21	+2	32
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
16	Hellas Verona (R)	30	2	11	17	14	39	−25	15

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
	Aldo Maldera	Milan
	Roberto Pruzzo	Roma
	Giuseppe Savoldi	Napoli
	Walter Speggiorin	Perugia
	Francesco Graziani	Torino

References and sources

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

External links

it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 1979 - Italian version with pictures and info.
[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

v t e Serie A
2024–25 clubs	Atalanta Bologna Cagliari Como Empoli Fiorentina Genoa Hellas Verona Inter Milan Juventus Lazio Lecce AC Milan Monza Napoli Parma Roma Torino Udinese Venezia
Former clubs	Alessandria Ancona Ascoli Avellino Bari Benevento Brescia Carpi Casale Catania Catanzaro Cesena Chievo Cremonese Crotone Foggia Frosinone Lecco Legnano Livorno Lucchese Mantova Messina Modena Novara Padova Palermo Perugia Pescara Piacenza Pisa Pistoiese Pro Patria Pro Vercelli Reggiana Reggina Salernitana Sampdoria Sassuolo Siena SPAL Spezia Ternana Treviso Triestina Varese Vicenza
Organisations	Lega Serie A Defunct: Lega Calcio Lega Alta Italia Direttorio Superiore Lega Nord
Competition	Teams winners Players foreign Managers Stadia
Statistics and awards	Records Serie A Awards Coach of the Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month Team of the Year Footballer of the Year Coach of the Year Goalkeeper of the Year Referee of the Year Football Club of the Year Italian Footballer of the Year Foreign Footballer of the Year Young Footballer of the Year Defender of the Year Top scorers Players with 100+ goals Hat-tricks
Finances	Richest clubs: Deloitte list Forbes list
History	Prima Divisione Divisione Nazionale
Associated competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Serie B Serie C Serie D European UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League

v t e Serie A seasons
Prima Categoria	1897–98 1898–99 1899-1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 FIGC
Prima Divisione	1921–22 CCI 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26
Divisione Nazionale	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29
Serie A	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43
Divisione Nazionale	1943–44 1944–45 1945–46
Serie A	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia

v t e 1978–79 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '78 '79 England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '78 '79 Spain Sweden '78 '79 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77–'78 '79–'80