1979–80 Juventus FC season

Juventus Football Club 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]

Juventus

1979–80 season
Owner	Agnelli family
President	Giampiero Boniperti
Head Coach	Giovanni Trapattoni
Stadium	Comunale
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.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 (Captain) — 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

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Domenico Marocchino	Atalanta BC
MF	Cesare Prandelli	Atalanta BC
MF	Roberto Tavola	Atalanta BC
GK	Luciano Bodini	Atalanta BC
GK	Maurizio Baratella

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Roberto Boninsegna	Hellas Verona
MF	Romeo Benetti	A.S. Roma
GK	Giancarlo Alessandrelli	Atalanta BC

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1979–80 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
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:

1. 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.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	4	3	1	3	3	2	2	3	5	2	6	3	5	8	10	10	7	5	4	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed;   = Leader, 1980–81 European Cup;   = 1980–81 UEFA Cup;   = 1980-81 Serie B; R = 1980-81 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Matches

Juventus v Bologna

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

Catanzaro v Juventus

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

Juventus v Pescara

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

Milan v Juventus

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

Juventus v Udinese

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

Torino v Juventus

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

Juventus v Napoli

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

Lazio v Juventus

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

Internazionale v Juventus

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

Juventus v Cagliari

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

Avellino v Juventus

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

Juventus v Roma

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

Perugia v Juventus

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

Juventus v Ascoli

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

Fiorentina v Juventus

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

Bologna v Juventus

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

Juventus v Catanzaro

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

Pescara v Juventus

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

Juventus v Milan

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

Udinese v Juventus

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

Juventus v Torino

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

Napoli v Juventus

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

Juventus v Lazio

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

Juventus v Internazionale

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

Cagliari v Juventus

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

Juventus v Avellino

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

Roma v Juventus

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

Juventus v Perugia

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

Ascoli v Juventus

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

Juventus v Fiorentina

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

Top Scorers

• Roberto Bettega 16
• Franco Causio 4
• Gaetano Scirea 4
• Pietro Fanna 3

Coppa Italia

First round
bye as defending Champions
Quarterfinals

Inter v Juventus

28 November 1979	Inter	1-2	Juventus	Milan
	Pancheri 60'		27' Prandelli 76' (o.g.) Occhipinti	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

Juventus v Inter

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

Semifinals

Juventus v Torino

26 March 1980	Juventus	0-0	Torino	Torino
				Stadium: Comunale

Torino v Juventus

30 April 1980	Torino	0-0 (4-2pen agg.)	Juventus	Torino
				Stadium: Comunale

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup

First Round

Juventus v Győri ETO

19 September 1979	Juventus	2–0	Győri ETO	Turin
	Pozsgai 64' (o.g.) Cabrini 73' (pen.)

Győri ETO v Juventus

3 October 1979	Győri ETO	2–1	Juventus	Győr
	Furino 4' (o.g.) Póczik 23'		Causio 52'

Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second Round

Beroe Stara Zagora v Juventus

24 October 1979	Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	Juventus	Stara Zagora
	Stoyanov 80' (pen.)

Juventus v Beroe Stara Zagora

7 November 1979	Juventus	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Beroe Stara Zagora	Turin
	Scirea 8' Causio 104' Verza 111'

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Rijeka v Juventus

5 March 1980

Rijeka

0–0

Juventus

Rijeka

Juventus v Rijeka

19 March 1980	Juventus	2–0	Rijeka	Torino
	Causio 5' Bettega 72'

Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Arsenal v Juventus

9 April 1980	Arsenal	1–1	Juventus	London
	Bettega 84' (o.g.)		11' Cabrini	Stadium: Highbury

Juventus v Arsenal

23 April 1980	Juventus	0–1	Arsenal	Torino
			88' Vaessen	Stadium: Comunale
Note: Arsenal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Dino Zoff	38	-29	30	-25	4	-1	4	-3
	DF	ITA	Gaetano Scirea	36	5	29	4	4	0	3	1
	DF	ITA	Antonello Cuccureddu	33	0	26	0	3	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Sergio Brio	26	1	19+1	1	3	0	3	0
	DF	ITA	Claudio Gentile	34	2	24+2	2	4	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Antonio Cabrini	32	2	24+2	1	3	0	3	1
	MF	ITA	Franco Causio	34	5	26	4	4	0	4	1
	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Furino	33	0	25	0	4	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Marco Tardelli	24	4	19	4	2	0	3	0
	FW	ITA	Domenico Marocchino	29	2	21+2	2	3	0	3	0
	FW	ITA	Roberto Bettega	36	17	28	16	4	0	4	1
	GK	ITA	Luciano Bodini	0	0	0	-0	0	-0	0	-0
	MF	ITA	Cesare Prandelli	22	1	16+2	0	2	1	2	0
	MF	ITA	Pietro Fanna	28	3	13+9	3	3	0	3	0
	MF	ITA	Roberto Tavola	18	2	13	2	3	0	2	0
	FW	ITA	Vinicio Verza	14	2	9+2	1	2	1	1	0
	FW	ITA	Pietro Paolo Virdis	16	1	7+5	1	3	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Gabriele Pin	0	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Maurizio Baratella	0	0	0	-0
	DF	ITA	Francesco Morini	0	0	0	0

• Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1979/828/