1977–78 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1977–78
Dates	11 September 1977 – 7 May 1978
Champions	Juventus; 18th title
Relegated	Genoa; Foggia; Pescara
European Cup	Juventus
Cup Winners' Cup	Internazionale
UEFA Cup	Vicenza; Torino; Milan; Napoli
Matches played	240
Goals scored	512 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paolo Rossi; (24 goals)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Atalanta

Bologna

Serie A 1977-78 team distribution

The 1977–78 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

Teams

Vicenza, Atalanta and Pescara had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	30	15	14	1	46	17	+29	44	Qualification to European Cup
2	Vicenza	30	14	11	5	50	34	+16	39	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Torino	30	14	11	5	36	23	+13	39
4	Milan	30	12	13	5	38	25	+13	37
5	Internazionale	30	13	10	7	35	24	+11	36	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
6	Napoli	30	8	14	8	35	31	+4	30	Qualification to UEFA Cup
7	Perugia	30	10	10	10	36	35	+1	30
8	Roma	30	8	12	10	31	34	−3	28
9	Atalanta	30	6	15	9	28	32	−4	27
10	Hellas Verona	30	6	14	10	25	30	−5	26
11	Lazio	30	8	10	12	31	38	−7	26
12	Bologna	30	7	12	11	21	32	−11	26
13	Fiorentina	30	7	11	12	28	37	−9	25
14	Genoa (R)	30	5	15	10	23	33	−10	25	Relegation to Serie B
15	Foggia (R)	30	8	9	13	28	43	−15	25
16	Pescara (R)	30	4	9	17	21	44	−23	17

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	FIO	FOG	GEN	INT	JUV	LRV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PER	PES	ROM	TOR	HEL
Atalanta		0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0
Bologna	0–0		0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–3
Fiorentina	2–2	0–0		1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2
Foggia	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	4–0
Genoa	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0		1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2
Internazionale	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0		0–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	0–0
Juventus	1–1	1–0	5–1	6–0	4–0	2–2		3–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0
Vicenza	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–0		2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–3	0–0	1–0
Lazio	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–3		2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Milan	0–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2		0–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Napoli	2–2	0–0	0–0	5–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–4	4–3	1–1		3–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–0
Perugia	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–0		2–1	3–2	2–0	0–1
Pescara	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–1		1–1	2–1	2–2
Roma	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–0		2–1	2–1
Torino	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1		2–1
Hellas Verona	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Paolo Rossi	Vicenza	24
2	Giuseppe Savoldi	Napoli	16
3	Bruno Giordano	Lazio	12
3	Paolo Pulici	Torino	12
5	Roberto Bettega	Juventus	11
5	Francesco Graziani	Torino	11
7	Alessandro Altobelli	Internazionale	10
	Agostino Di Bartolomei	Roma
	Roberto Boninsegna	Juventus
10	Roberto Pruzzo	Genoa	9
	Emiliano Mascetti	Hellas Verona
	Carlo Muraro	Internazionale
13	Aldo Maldera	Milan	8
13	Walter Speggiorin	Perugia	8

References and sources

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

External links

[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

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Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '77 '78 England Faroe Islands '77 '78 Finland '77 '78 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 '78 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '77 '78 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '77 '78 Spain Sweden '77 '78 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
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League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77 '77–'78