1979–80 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
1979–80 season
President	Ivanoe Fraizzoli
Manager	Eugenio Bersellini
Stadium	Giuseppe Meazza
Serie A	1st ; (In European Cup)
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Altobelli (15); All: ; Altobelli (22)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →
	All statistics correct as of 11 May 1980.

Last updated November 03, 2024

Season

Mazzola and Beltrami acquired on transfers, Roberto Mozzini (centre-back) and Domenico Caso (right winger) for a team who - in previous years - was told did not win due to the lack of planning.^[1]^[2] The line-up was completed by: Bordon (goalkeeper), Baresi and Pasinato (right and left full-back), Bini (sweeper and captain), Oriali (half-back), Marini (midfielder), Beccalossi (playmaker), Muraro (left winger) and Altobelli (centre-forward).^[1]^[2]

Inter retained the top of the league since matchday 1, beating Pescara 2–0.^[3] Autumnal highlights resulted to be the wins over Milan (2–0 with both goals scored by Beccalossi) and Juventus (4–0 with a hat-trick of Altobelli and a goal for Muraro).^[2] Toward the end of the first half, Inter lost some points losing to Roma and drawing with Fiorentina and Ascoli.^[2] However, by mid-season Inter was in first place with 21 points, two over the reigning champion of Milan.^[2] In the second half of the league, Inter earned another 20 points leaving all opponents behind.^[2] Their 12th Scudetto was won on 27 April 1980, with a 2–2 draw against Roma in which Mozzini scored his only goal of his Inter career.^[2] The final record was of 14 wins, 13 draws and three losses for a total of 41 points,^[2] three more than Juventus (38) and five more than Milan (36).^[1] During the 30 games, the side scored 44 goals with 11 different players (in order: Oriali, Altobelli, Beccalossi, Marini, Bini, Muraro, Pasinato, Baresi, Caso, Ambu and Mozzini).^[2]^[3] Altobelli hit the target for 15 times: just Roberto Bettega managed to do better, scoring 16 goals.^[2]^[3]

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	Ivano Bordon
—	GK	ITA	Renato Cipollini
—	DF	ITA	Roberto Mozzini
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Baresi
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bergomi
—	DF	ITA	Graziano Bini
—	DF	ITA	Nazzareno Canuti
—	DF	ITA	Gabriele Oriali
—	DF	ITA	Franco Pancheri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ITA	Giancarlo Pasinato
—	MF	ITA	Evaristo Beccalossi
—	MF	ITA	Domenico Caso
—	MF	ITA	Giampiero Marini
—	MF	ITA	Carlo Muraro
—	MF	ITA	Leonardo Occhipinti
—	FW	ITA	Alessandro Altobelli
—	FW	ITA	Claudio Ambu

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 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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).^[4]
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.

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	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

16 September 19791	Inter	2-0	Pescara	Milan
	Domenichini 12' (o.g.) Oriali 69'	Report		Stadium: San Siro

23 September 19792	Udinese	1-1	Inter	Udine
	Vagheggi 89'	Report	28' Altobelli	Stadium: Friuli

30 September 19793	Inter	2-1	Lazio	Milan
	Beccalossi 17' Marini 71'	Report	42' Giordano	Stadium: San Siro

7 October 19794	Bologna	1-2	Inter	Bologna
	Mastropasqua 7'	Report	36' Bini 40' Beccalossi	Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

14 October 19795	Inter	1-0	Napoli	Milan
	Altobelli 61'	Report		Stadium: San Siro

21 October 19796	Catanzaro	0-0	Inter	Catanzaro
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale

28 October 19797	Inter	2-0	Milan	Milan
	Beccalossi 14', 84'	Report		Stadium: San Siro

4 November 19798	Torino	0-0	Inter	Torino
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale

11 November 19799	Inter	4-0	Juventus	Milan
	Altobelli 48', 50', 79' Muraro 74'	Report		Stadium: San Siro

25 November 197910	Avellino	0-0	Inter	Avellino
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Partenio

2 December 197911	Cagliari	1-1	Inter	Cagliari
	Selvaggi 63'	Report	76' Altobelli	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia

9 December 197912	Inter	3-2	Perugia	Milan
	Beccalossi 4' Altobelli 75' (rig.) Pasinato 87'	Report	Rossi 19' Rossi 89'	Stadium: San Siro

16 December 197913	Roma	1-0	Inter	Roma
	Di Bartolomei 61'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

30 December 197914	Inter	0-0	Fiorentina	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro

6 January 198015	Ascoli	1-1	Inter	Ascoli Piceno
	Anastasi 59'	Report	3' Altobelli	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

13 January 198016	Pescara	0-2	Inter	Pescara
		Report	34' Beccalossi 62' Pasinato	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico

20 January 198017	Inter	2-1	Udinese	Milan
	Altobelli 42', 51' (rig.)	Report	45' Ulivieri	Stadium: San Siro

27 January 198018	Lazio	0-0	Inter	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

3 February 198019	Inter	0-0	Bologna	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro

10 February 198020	Napoli	3-4	Inter	Napoli
	Pasinato 22' (aut.) Improta 35' Guidetti 81'	Report	19', 32' Muraro 57' Altobelli 71' Baresi	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

24 February 198021	Inter	3-1	Catanzaro	Milan
	Beccalossi 15' Oriali 36' Altobelli 60'	Report	78' Bresciani	Stadium: San Siro

2 March 198022	Milan	0-1	Inter	Milan
		Report	77' Oriali	Stadium: San Siro

9 March 198023	Inter	1-1	Torino	Milan
	Muraro 82'	Report	20' Graziani	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

23 March 198024	Juventus	2-0	Inter	Torino
	Bettega 32' Fanna 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale

30 March 198025	Inter	3-0	Avellino	Milan
	Caso 16' Romano 68' (aut.) Ambu 82'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

5 April 198026	Inter	3-3	Cagliari	Milan
	Muraro 33' Oriali 49' Altobelli 57'	Report	3' (aut.) Baresi 6' Selvaggi 50' (aut.) Mozzini	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

13 April 198027	Perugia	0-0	Inter	Perugia
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

27 April 198028	Inter	2-2	Roma	Milan
	Oriali 36' Mozzini 88'	Report	18' Pruzzo 43' Turone	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

4 May 198029	Fiorentina	0-2	Inter	Firenze
		Report	6' Oriali 39' (aut.) Restelli	Stadium: Stadio Comunale

11 May 198030	Inter	2-4	Ascoli	Milan
	Altobelli 58', 73' (rig.)	Report	25' Torrisi 44' (aut.) Marini 55' Bellotto 66' Anastasi	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

Coppa Italia

First round

29 August 19792	Bologna	1-3	Inter	Bologna
	Castronaro 28'		36' Muraro 66' (rig.) Altobelli 87' Baresi	Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

2 September 19793	Inter	3-0	SPAL	Piacenza
	Beccalossi 31' Oriali 70' Altobelli 77'			Stadium: Stadio Galleana

5 September 19794	Inter	3-1	Sambenedettese	Como
	Caso 70' Pasinato 86' Altobelli 88' (rig.)		82' Bozzi	Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia

9 September 19795	Atalanta	0-2	Inter	Bergamo
			16' Altobelli 36' Muraro	Stadium: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

Quarterfinals

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

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

UEFA Cup

First round

19 September 1979	Inter	3-0	Real Sociedad	Milan
	Muraro 46' Baresi 48' Marini 78'			Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 60 000 Referee: Garrido

3 October 1979	Real Sociedad	2-0	Inter	San Sebastián
	Satrústegui 21', 73'			Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Partridge

Second round

24 October 1979	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1-1	Inter	Mönchengladbach
	Hannes 46'		55' Altobelli	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 38 000 Referee: Wurtz

7 November 1979	Inter	2-3 (3-4 aet agg.)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Milan
	Altobelli 25', 92'		Nickel 37' Ringels 103' Nickel 110' (pen)	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Palotai

Statistics

League result


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	13	3	44	25	+19	55	9	5	1	30	15	+15	5	8	2	14	10	+4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

2 points were awarded for every win, so Inter collected 41 points instead 56.^[3]

Player statistics

Appearances and goals are referred to domestic league.^[3]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1979-80 Serie A
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Ivano Bordon	30	-25	29+1	-25
	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Baresi	30	1	29+1	1
	DF	ITA	Graziano Bini	28	1	28	1
	DF	ITA	Nazzareno Canuti	26	0	25+1	0
	DF	ITA	Gabriele Oriali	25	6	25	6
	DF	ITA	Giancarlo Pasinato	27	2	27	2
	MF	ITA	Evaristo Beccalossi	27	7	26+1	7
	MF	ITA	Domenico Caso	29	1	26+3	1
	MF	ITA	Giampiero Marini	29	1	28+1	1
	MF	ITA	Carlo Muraro	24	5	22+2	5
	FW	ITA	Alessandro Altobelli	29	15	28+1	15
	GK	ITA	Renato Cipollini	1	0	1	0
	DF	ITA	Roberto Mozzini	22	1	22	1
	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bergomi	0	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Franco Pancheri	17	0	3+14	0
	MF	ITA	Leonardo Occhipinti	1	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Claudio Ambu	13	1	10+3	1

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/tabellini/1979/13490/

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References

1 2 3 Stefano Petrucci (2005). La storia dell'Inter (in Italian). L'Airone Editrice. pp. 41–43.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Filippo Grassia; Gianpiero Lotito (2008). INTER: Dalla nascita allo scudetto del centenario (in Italian). Vallardi Editore. pp. 152–155.
1 2 3 4 5 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 1981 (in Italian). Panini Group. 1980.
↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

Sources

- RSSSF Italy 1979/80

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[table_note_MIL0.70836246139759-4] 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.

[inter-1] 1 2 3 Stefano Petrucci (2005). La storia dell'Inter (in Italian). L'Airone Editrice. pp. 41–43.

[scudetto-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Filippo Grassia; Gianpiero Lotito (2008). INTER: Dalla nascita allo scudetto del centenario (in Italian). Vallardi Editore. pp. 152–155.

[Panini-3] 1 2 3 4 5 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 1981 (in Italian). Panini Group. 1980.

[5] "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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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	13	3	44	25	+19	55	9	5	1	30	15	+15	5	8	2	14	10	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	13	3	44	25	+19	55	9	5	1	30	15	+15	5	8	2	14	10	+4