1978–79 Serie A

Serie A

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

Ascoli

Atalanta

Avellino

Bologna

Catanzaro

Fiorentina

Inter
Milan

Juventus
Torino

L.R. Vicenza

Lazio
Roma

Napoli

Perugia

Verona

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Serie A 1978-79 team distribution

Serie A 1978-1979 Winners
A.C. Milan 10th Title

The 1978–79 Serie A season was won by A.C. Milan. Notably, A.C. Perugia were the first team to go through the season undefeated, although due to their number of drawn matches, they actually finished second in the league.

Final classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Milan (C)	30	17	10	3	46	19	+27	44	European Cup First round
2.	Perugia	30	11	19	0	34	16	+18	41	UEFA Cup
3.	Juventus	30	12	13	5	40	23	+17	37	Cup Winners' Cup
4.	Internazionale	30	10	16	4	38	24	+14	36	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	20	24	32	-8	26
13.	Bologna	30	4	16	10	23	30	-7	24
14.	Lanerossi Vicenza	30	5	14	11	29	42	-13	24	Relegated to Serie B
15.	Atalanta	30	6	12	12	20	33	-13	24
16.	Verona	30	2	11	17	14	39	-25	15

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
	Carlo Muraro	Internazionale
5	Massimo Palanca	Catanzaro	10
	Paolo Pulici	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.