1980–81 Serie B

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

Serie B

Season	1980–81
Champions	Milan 1st title
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Atalanta

Bari

Catania

Cesena

Foggia

Genoa
Sampdoria

LR Vicenza

Lazio

Lecce

Milan

Monza

Palermo

Pescara

Pisa

Rimini

Spal

Taranto

Varese

Verona

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Serie B 1980-81 team distribution

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	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 (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:

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:
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