1979–80 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
1979–80 season
Chairman	Ernesto Pellegrini
Manager	Eugenio Bersellini
Serie A	1st
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Altobelli (15); All: Altobelli (22)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 11 May 1980.

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.		Position	Player
		GK	Ivano Bordon
		GK	Renato Cipollini
		DF	Roberto Mozzini
		DF	Giuseppe Baresi
		DF	Giuseppe Bergomi
		DF	Graziano Bini
		DF	Nazzareno Canuti
		DF	Gabriele Oriali
		DF	Franco Pancheri

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

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	30	14	13	3	44	25	+19	41	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Juventus	30	16	6	8	42	25	+17	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Torino	30	11	13	6	26	15	+11	35	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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) Champion.

Matches

16 September 1979 1	Inter	2-0	Pescara	Milano
	Domenichini 12' (o.g.) Oriali 69'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

23 September 1979 2	Udinese	1-1	Inter	Udine
	Vagheggi 89'	Report	28' Altobelli	Stadium: Friuli

30 September 1979 3	Inter	2-1	Lazio	Milano
	Beccalossi 17' Marini 71'	Report	42' Giordano	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

7 October 1979 4	Bologna	1-2	Inter	Bologna
	Mastropasqua 7'	Report	36' Bini 40' Beccalossi	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

14 October 1979 5	Inter	1-0	Napoli	Milano
	Altobelli 61'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

21 October 1979 6	Catanzaro	0-0	Inter	Catanzaro
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale

28 October 1979 7	Inter	2-0	Milan	Milano
	Beccalossi 14', 84'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

4 November 1979 8	Torino	0-0	Inter	Torino
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale

11 November 1979 9	Inter	4-0	Juventus	Milano
	Altobelli 48', 50', 79' Muraro 74'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

25 November 1979 10	Avellino	0-0	Inter	Avellino
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Partenio

2 December 1979 11	Cagliari	1-1	Inter	Cagliari
	Selvaggi 63'	Report	76' Altobelli	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia

9 December 1979 12	Inter	3-2	Perugia	Milano
	Beccalossi 4' Altobelli 75' (rig.) Pasinato 87'	Report	Rossi 19' Rossi 89'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

16 December 1979 13	Roma	1-0	Inter	Roma
	Di Bartolomei 61'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico

30 December 1979 14	Inter	0-0	Fiorentina	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

6 January 1980 15	Ascoli	1-1	Inter	Ascoli Piceno
	Anastasi 59'	Report	3' Altobelli	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

13 January 1980 16	Pescara	0-2	Inter	Pescara
		Report	34' Beccalossi 62' Pasinato	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico

20 January 1980 17	Inter	2-1	Udinese	Milano
	Altobelli 42', 51' (rig.)	Report	45' Ulivieri	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

27 January 1980 18	Lazio	0-0	Inter	Roma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

3 February 1980 19	Inter	0-0	Bologna	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

10 February 1980 20	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 1980 21	Inter	3-1	Catanzaro	Milano
	Beccalossi 15' Oriali 36' Altobelli 60'	Report	78' Bresciani	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

2 March 1980 22	Milan	0-1	Inter	Milano
		Report	77' Oriali	Stadium: San Siro

9 March 1980 23	Inter	1-1	Torino	Milano
	Muraro 82'	Report	20' Graziani	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

23 March 1980 24	Juventus	2-0	Inter	Torino
	Bettega 32' Fanna 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale

30 March 1980 25	Inter	3-0	Avellino	Milano
	Caso 16' Romano 68' (aut.) Ambu 82'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

5 April 1980 26	Inter	3-3	Cagliari	Milano
	Muraro 33' Oriali 49' Altobelli 57'	Report	3' (aut.) Baresi 6' Selvaggi 50' (aut.) Mozzini	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

13 April 1980 27	Perugia	0-0	Inter	Perugia
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

27 April 1980 28	Inter	2-2	Roma	Milano
	Oriali 36' Mozzini 88'	Report	18' Pruzzo 43' Turone	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

4 May 1980 29	Fiorentina	0-2	Inter	Firenze
		Report	6' Oriali 39' (aut.) Restelli	Stadium: Stadio Comunale

11 May 1980 30	Inter	2-4	Ascoli	Milano
	Altobelli 58', 73' (rig.)	Report	25' Torrisi 44' (aut.) Marini 55' Bellotto 66' Anastasi	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

Coppa Italia

First round

29 August 1979 2	Bologna	1-3	Inter	Bologna
	Castronaro 28'		36' Muraro 66' (rig.) Altobelli 87' Baresi	Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

2 September 1979 3	Inter	3-0	SPAL	Piacenza
	Beccalossi 31' Oriali 70' Altobelli 77'			Stadium: Stadio Galleana

5 September 1979 4	Inter	3-1	Sambenedettese	Como
	Caso 70' Pasinato 86' Altobelli 88' (rig.)		82' Bozzi	Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia

9 September 1979 5	Atalanta	0-2	Inter	Bergamo
			16' Altobelli 36' Muraro	Stadium: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

Quarterfinals

28 novembre 1979	Inter	1-2	Juventus	Milano
	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	Milano
	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	Milano
	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:

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		Ivano Bordon	30	-25	30	-25
	GK		Renato Cipollini	1	0	1	0
	DF		Roberto Mozzini	22	1	22	1
	DF		Giuseppe Baresi	30	1	30	1
	DF		Giuseppe Bergomi	0	0	0	0
	DF		Graziano Bini	28	1	28	1
	DF		Nazzareno Canuti	26	0	26	0
	DF		Gabriele Oriali	25	6	25	6
	DF		Franco Pancheri	17	0	17	0
	DF		Giancarlo Pasinato	27	2	27	2
	MF		Evaristo Beccalossi	27	7	27	7
	MF		Domenico Caso	29	1	29	1
	MF		Giampiero Marini	29	1	29	1
	MF		Carlo Muraro	24	5	24	5
	MF		Leonardo Occhipinti	1	0	1	0
	FW		Alessandro Altobelli	29	15	29	15
	FW		Claudio Ambu	13	1	13	1

Source:

References

Stefano Petrucci (2005). La storia dell'Inter (in Italian). L'Airone Editrice. pp. 41–43.
Filippo Grassia; Gianpiero Lotito (2008). INTER: Dalla nascita allo scudetto del centenario (in Italian). Vallardi Editore. pp. 152–155.
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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[inter-1] Stefano Petrucci (2005). La storia dell'Inter (in Italian). L'Airone Editrice. pp. 41–43.

[scudetto-2] Filippo Grassia; Gianpiero Lotito (2008). INTER: Dalla nascita allo scudetto del centenario (in Italian). Vallardi Editore. pp. 152–155.

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

[4] "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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