1979–80 Juventus FC season

Juventus F.C.
1979–80 season
Head Coach	Giovanni Trapattoni
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Semi Final
Cup Winners' Cup	Semi Final
Top goalscorer	Roberto Bettega (16)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →
	All statistics correct as of 11 May 1980.

Juventus F.C. finished the season second in Serie A. They also reached the semi finals of Coppa Italia and the Cup Winners' Cup. It was the only season without trophies for Giovanni Trapattoni.^[1]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Dino Zoff
—	GK	ITA	Luciano Bodini
—	DF	ITA	Gaetano Scirea
—	DF	ITA	Claudio Gentile
—	DF	ITA	Antonio Cabrini
—	DF	ITA	Sergio Brio
—	DF	ITA	Fabio Marangon
—	MF	ITA	Franco Causio
—	MF	ITA	Antonello Cuccureddu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Furino
—	MF	ITA	Domenico Marocchino
—	MF	ITA	Pietro Fanna
—	MF	ITA	Marco Tardelli
—	MF	ITA	Cesare Prandelli
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Tavola
—	MF	ITA	Vinicio Verza
—	MF	ITA	Gabriele Pin
—	FW	ITA	Roberto Bettega
—	FW	ITA	Pietro Paolo Virdis

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]	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

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[2]
Goal difference is used in case of equal points.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ 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.

Matches

16 September 1979 1	Juventus	1–1	Bologna	Torino
	Causio 75' (pen.)		Savoldi 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Comunale

23 September 1979 2	Catanzaro	0–1	Juventus	Catanzaro
			Bettega 81'

30 September 1979 3	Juventus	3–0	Pescara	Torino
	Bettega 45, 87' Verza 50'			Stadium: Comunale

7 October 1979 4	Milan	2–1	Juventus	Milano
	Novellino 7' Antonelli 44'		Tardelli 46'	Stadium: San Siro

14 October 1979 5	Juventus	1–1	Udinese	Torino
	Tardelli 14'		Ulivieri 26'	Stadium: Comunale

21 October 1979 6	Torino	1–2	Juventus	Torino
	Graziani 30'		Bettega 34' Tardelli 68'	Stadium: Comunale

28 October 1979 7	Juventus	1–0	Napoli	Torino
	Scirea 13'			Stadium: Comunale

4 November 1979 8	Lazio	1–0	Juventus	Roma
	Verza 11' (o.g.)			Stadium: Olimpico

11 November 1979 9	Internazionale	4–0	Juventus	Milano
	Altobelli 48', 50' (pen.), 79' Muraro 74'			Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

25 November 1979 10	Juventus	1–0	Cagliari	Torino
	Causio 75'			Stadium: Comunale

2 December 1979 11	Avellino	1–0	Juventus	Avellino
	De Ponti 42' (pen.)			Stadium: Partenio

9 December 1979 12	Juventus	2–0	Roma	Torino
	Bettega 5' Marocchino 36'			Stadium: Comunale

16 December 1979 13	Perugia	1–0	Juventus	Perugia
	Rossi 19'

30 December 1979 14	Juventus	2–3	Ascoli	Torino
	Tavola 17' Cabrini 81'		Anastasi 8' Cuccureddu 34' (o.g.) Bellotto 67'	Stadium: Comunale

6 January 1980 15	Fiorentina	2–1	Juventus	Firenze
	Sacchetti 19' Tandi 29'		Bettega 39'	Stadium: Comunale

13 January 1980 16	Bologna	1–1	Juventus	Bologna
	Brio 69' (o.g.)		Causio 55'	Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

20 January 1980 17	Juventus	1–0	Catanzaro	Torino
	Causio 18'			Stadium: Comunale

27 January 1980 18	Pescara	0–2	Juventus	Pescara
			Virdis 14' Brio 89'

3 February 1980 19	Juventus	2–1	Milan	Torino
	Maldera 66' (o.g.) Bettega 78'		De Vecchi 10'	Stadium: Comunale

10 February 1980 20	Udinese	1–3	Juventus	Udine
	Ulivieri 85'		Bettega 29' Marocchino 64' Bettega 69'	Stadium: Friuli

24 February 1980 21	Juventus	0–0	Torino	Torino
				Stadium: Comunale

2 March 1980 22	Napoli	0–0	Juventus	Napoli
				Stadium: San Paolo

9 March 1980 23	Juventus	0–0	Lazio	Torino
				Stadium: Comunale

23 March 1980 24	Juventus	2–0	Internazionale	Torino
	Bettega 32' Fanna 79'			Stadium: Comunale

30 March 1980 25	Cagliari	2–1	Juventus	Cagliari
	Selvaggi 80' Bellini 89'		Bettega 44'	Stadium: Sant'Elia

5 April 1980 26	Juventus	2–0	Avellino	Torino
	Tardelli 62' Bettega 73'			Stadium: Comunale

13 April 1980 27	Roma	1–3	Juventus	Roma
	Pruzzo 36'		Gentile 2' Scirea 20' Bettega 77'	Stadium: Olimpico

27 April 1980 28	Juventus	3–0	Perugia	Torino
	Fanna 46' Tavola 58' Bettega 66' (pen.)			Stadium: Comunale

4 May 1980 29	Ascoli	2–3	Juventus	Ascoli Piceno
	Bellotto 48' Cuccureddu 72' (o.g.)		Scirea 51' Bettega 83, 85'	Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca

11 May 1980 30	Juventus	3–0	Fiorentina	Torino
	Fanna 7' Gentile 52' Bettega 60' (pen.)			Stadium: Comunale

Top Scorers

Coppa Italia

First round
bye as defending Champions
Quarterfinals

28 novembre 1979	Inter	1-2	Juventus	Milano
	Pancheri 60'		27' Prandelli 76' (aut.) Occhipinti	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

30 January 1980	Juventus	0-0 (2-1 agg.)	Inter	Torino
				Stadium: Comunale

Semifinals

	Juventus	0-0	Torino	Torino
				Stadium: Comunale

	Torino	0-0 (4-2pen agg.)	Juventus	Torino
				Stadium: Comunale

European Cup Winners' Cup

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

References

^ Granello, Licia; Bocca, Fabrizio (March 20, 1987). "C' eravamo tanto illusi..." la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 22.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[table_note_MIL0.40065578622774-2] 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.

[1] Granello, Licia; Bocca, Fabrizio (March 20, 1987). "C' eravamo tanto illusi..." la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 22.

[3] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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