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1978–79 Serie A

76th season of top-tier Italian football

Field	Value
competition	Serie A
season	–79
dates	1 October 1978 – 13 May 1979
winners	Milan
10th title [[File:Stella 10 Scudetti.svg	18px]]
relegated	Vicenza
Atalanta
Hellas Verona
continentalcup1	[European Cup](1979-80-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Milan
continentalcup3	[UEFA Cup](1979-80-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Perugia
Internazionale
Napoli
Torino
continentalcup2	[Cup Winners' Cup](1979-80-european-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Juventus
matches	240
total goals	455
league topscorer	Bruno Giordano
(19 goals)
prevseason	[1977–78](1977-78-serie-a)
nextseason	[1979–80](1979-80-serie-a)

10th title [[File:Stella 10 Scudetti.svg|18px]] Atalanta Hellas Verona Internazionale Napoli Torino (19 goals)

The 1978–79 Serie A season was won by Milan. Notably, Perugia were the first team during the round-robin era to go through the season undefeated, although due to their number of drawn matches, they finished second in the league.

Teams

Ascoli, Catanzaro and Avellino had been promoted from Serie B.

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	ITA Bruno Giordano	Lazio	19
2	ITA Paolo Rossi	Vicenza	15
3	ITA Alberto Bigon	Milan	12
4	ITA Alessandro Altobelli	Internazionale	11
ITA Carlo Muraro	Internazionale
6	ITA Massimo Palanca	Catanzaro	10
ITA Paolo Pulici	Torino
8	ITA Roberto Bettega	Juventus	9
ITA Aldo Maldera	Milan
ITA Roberto Pruzzo	Roma
ITA Giuseppe Savoldi	Napoli
ITA Walter Speggiorin	Perugia
ITA Francesco Graziani	Torino

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Napoli	59,359
2	Roma	48,768
3	Milan	48,358
4	Lazio	41,059
5	Fiorentina	40,911
6	Internazionale	36,544
7	Juventus	35,410
8	Torino	33,818
9	Bologna	31,429
10	Avellino	25,055
11	Ascoli	23,523
12	Vicenza	23,010
13	Atalanta	22,848
14	Perugia	20,984
15	Hellas Verona	17,504
16	Catanzaro	17,146

Source:

References and sources

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

References

https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita79.htm

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