1980–81 Serie B

52nd season of second-tier football league in Italy
Football league season
Serie B
Season1980–81
ChampionsMilan
1st title
← 1979–80
1981–82 →
1980–81 Serie B is located in Italy
Atalanta
Atalanta
Bari
Bari
Catania
Catania
Cesena
Cesena
Foggia
Foggia
1980–81 Serie B
Genoa Sampdoria
Genoa
Sampdoria
LR Vicenza
LR Vicenza
Lazio
Lazio
Lecce
Lecce
Milan
Milan
Pescara
Pescara
Pisa
Pisa
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Serie B 1980-81 team distribution

The Serie B 1980–81 was the forty-ninth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Varese, Rimini, Catania and Foggia had been promoted from Serie C, while Pescara, Milan and Lazio had been relegated from Serie A. Milan and Lazio had been relegated due to the 1980 Totonero scandal rather than performance in the league.

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Milan (P, C) 38 18 14 6 49 29 +20 50 Promotion to Serie A
2 Genoa (P) 38 17 14 7 47 29 +18 48
3 Cesena (P) 38 16 16 6 44 26 +18 48
4 Lazio 38 13 20 5 50 32 +18 46
5 Sampdoria 38 11 21 6 39 33 +6 43
6 Pescara 38 14 13 11 35 38 −3 41
7 Pisa 38 10 19 9 35 37 −2 39
8 Bari 38 13 11 14 40 41 −1 37
9 Rimini 38 10 16 12 40 42 −2 36
9 Foggia 38 8 20 10 32 38 −6 36
9 Lecce 38 11 14 13 33 40 −7 36
12 S.P.A.L. 38 10 15 13 45 46 −1 35
12 Catania 38 11 13 14 38 50 −12 35
14 Palermo[a] 38 9 21 8 35 33 +2 34
14 Varese 38 11 12 15 41 43 −2 34
14 Verona 38 6 22 10 24 28 −4 34
17 Lanerossi Vicenza (R) 38 8 17 13 34 40 −6 33 Relegation to Serie C1
18 Taranto[a] (D, R) 38 10 15 13 29 32 −3 30
19 Atalanta (R) 38 9 12 17 28 40 −12 30
20 Monza (R) 38 4 17 17 24 45 −21 25
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 5 points deducted for the Totonero 1980

Results

Home \ Away ATA BAR CAT CES FOG GEN LRV LAZ LEC MIL MON PAL PES PIS RIM SAM SPA TAR VAR VER
Atalanta 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Bari 1–0 1–4 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Catania 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Cesena 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–1
Foggia 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1
Genoa 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0
L.R. Vicenza 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Lazio 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Lecce 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
Milan 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1
Monza 3–2 1–1 3–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1
Palermo 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
Pescara 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0
Pisa 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0
Rimini 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 4–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Sampdoria 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0
Spal 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–4 1–1
Taranto 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0
Varese 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–0
Verona 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References and sources

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