1980–81 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
1980–81 season
Chairman	Ivanoe Fraizzoli
Manager	Eugenio Bersellini
Stadium	Giuseppe Meazza
Serie A	4th; (in UEFA Cup)
Coppa Italia	First round
European Cup	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: Altobelli (12); All: Altobelli (22)
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 72nd in existence and 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Summary

During the summer, the club acquired Herbert Prohaska^[1] from Austria Vienna, the Austrian becoming the first foreign transfer since 1966.^[2]^[3] The squad was eliminated from the Coppa Italia in early September despite defeating city rivals A.C. Milan. As incumbent champions the team closed the first half of the season as leader. However, the team collapsed in the second half to finish 4th in the lag, far behind Juventus and A.S. Roma.^[4] The campaign saw the league debut of club legend Giuseppe Bergomi in February against Como.^[5] Meanwhile, atter a 9-year absence, the club returned to the European Cup, where it reached the semi-finals, being defeated by Real Madrid. Alessandro Altobelli finished the campaign as the top scorer with 12 goals in League.^[6]

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
—	DF	ITA	Antonio Tempestilli


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ITA	Giancarlo Pasinato
—	MF	AUT	Herbert Prohaska
—	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
—	FW	ITA	Angelo Crialesi
—	FW	ITA	Amerigo Paradiso

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Giuseppe Bergomi
MF	Herbert Prohaska	Austria Vienna

Out
Pos.	Name	to	Type
MF	Leonardo Occhipinti	Pisa Calcio

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Roma	30	14	14	2	43	20	+23	42	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3	Napoli	30	14	10	6	31	21	+10	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Internazionale	30	14	8	8	41	24	+17	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup
5	Fiorentina	30	9	14	7	28	25	+3	32
6	Cagliari	30	8	14	8	29	30	−1	30

Source: Panini

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D
Position	1	1	3	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, 1981–82 European Cup; = 1981–82 UEFA Cup; = 1981-82 Serie B; R = 1981-82 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Matches

14 September 1980 1	Udinese	0-4	Inter	Udine
			13' Pasinato 28' Bini 54' Muraro 73' Altobelli	Stadium: Friuli Referee: D'Elia

21 September 1980 2	Inter	4-1	Cagliari Calcio	Milano
	Muraro 5', 74' Beccalossi 7' Altobelli 38' (pen)		21' Selvaggi	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Arnaldo Prati

28 September 1980 3	Como Calcio	1-0	Inter	Como
	Lombardi 45'			Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia Referee: Gianfranco Menegali

5 October 1980 4	Inter	3-0	S.S.C. Napoli	Milano
	Altobelli 9' Oriali 78' Krol 86' (aut.)			Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Bergamo

19 October 1980 5	Fiorentina	0-0	Inter	Firenze
				Stadium: Comunale Referee: Maurizio Mattei

26 October 1980 6	Inter	2-4	A.S. Roma	Milano
	Altobelli 57', 89' (pen)		2' (o.g.) Bini 12', 32', 80' (pen) R.Pruzzo	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Barbaresco

9 November 1980 7	Inter	2-0	Pistoiese	Milano
	Altobelli 3', 84' (pen)			Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Pietro D'Elia

23 November 1980 8	Juventus	2-1	Inter	Torino
	Brady 51' (pen) Scirea 69'		79' Ambu	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Michelotti

30 November 1980 9	Inter	1-0	Bologna F.C.	Milano
	Altobelli 68'			Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Massimo Ciulli

14 December 1980 10	Brescia Calcio	0-0	Inter	Brescia
				Stadium: Mario Rigamonti Referee: Carlo Longhi

21 December 1980 11	Inter	1-1	Torino F.C.	Milano
	Ambu 41'		21' Graziani	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Maurizio Mattei

28 December 1980 12	Ascoli Calcio	0-1	Inter	Ascoli Piceno
			10' Beccalossi	Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi

18 January 1981 13	Inter	0-0	Avellino	Milano
				Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Alberto Michelotti

25 January 1981 14	Perugia Calcio	0-2	Inter	Perugia
			19', 75' Oriali	Stadium: Renato Curi Referee: Claudio Pieri

1 February 1981 15	Inter	2-2	Catanzaro	Milano
	Prohaska 30' Beccalossi 35'		18' (o.g.) Canuti 78' De Giorgis	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Giancarlo Redini

8 February 1981 16	Inter	2-0	Udinese Calcio	Milano
	Prohaska 8' Altobelli 38'			Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Domenico Lops

15 February 1981 17	Cagliari Calcio	1-1	Inter	Cagliari
	Virdis 56'		15' (o.g.) Tavola	Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Enzo Barbaresco

22 February 1981 18	Inter	2-1	Como Calcio	Milano
	Ambu 7' Prohaska 81'		41' Gobbo	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Maurizio Mattei

1 March 1981 19	S.S.C. Napoli	1-0	Inter	Napoli
	Guidetti 14'			Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Alberto Michelotti

8 March 1981 20	Inter	1-2	Fiorentina	Milano
	Altobelli 25'		44' Guerini 48' Bertoni	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Luigi Agnolin

15 March 1981 21	A.S. Roma	1-0	Inter	Roma
	Pruzzo 86'			Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Paolo Bergamo

22 March 1981 22	Pistoiese	1-2	Inter	Pistoia
	V. Chimenti 34'		65', 74' (pen) Beccalossi	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Arnaldo Prati

29 March 1981 23	Inter	1-0	Juventus	Milano
	Muraro 61'			Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Enzo Barbaresco

4 April 1981 24	Bologna F.C.	2-1	Inter	Bologna
	Fabbri 40' Dossena 58'		77' (pen) Beccalossi	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Paolo Bergamo

12 April 1981 25	Inter	0-0	Brescia Calcio	Milano
				Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi

26 April 1981 26	Torino F.C.	0-1	Inter	Torino
			19' Prohaska	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Massimo Ciulli

3 May 1981 27	Inter	1-2	Ascoli Calcio	Milano
	Bini 81'		25' (pen) A. Moro 47' Scanziani	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Pietro D'Elia

10 May 1981 28	Avellino	1-3	Inter	Avellino
	Vignola 77'		15' Caso 32' Altobelli 63' Oriali	Stadium: Stadio Partenio Referee: Carlo Longhi

17 May 1981 29	Inter	3-1	Perugia Calcio	Milano
	Beccalossi 4' Prohaska 20' Altobelli 65' (pen)		81' Fortunato	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Luigi Altobelli

24 May 1981 30	Catanzaro	0-0	Inter	Catanzaro
				Stadium: Militare Referee: Roberto Bianciardi

Coppa Italia

First round

Group 2
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Avellino	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	6
2	Palermo	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Internazionale	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
4	Milan	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	3
5	Catania	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

20 August 1980 1	Catania Calcio	0-0	Inter	Catania
				Stadium: Cibali Referee: Massimo Ciulli

31 August 1980 3	Inter	1-2	Palermo F.C.	Milano
	Muraro 56'		25' Calloni 60' De Stefanis	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Romeo Paparesta

3 September 1980 4	Inter	1-1	Avellino	Milano
	Muraro 79'		84' Vignola	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Rosario Lo Bello

7 September 1980 5	A.C. Milan	0-1	Inter	Milano
			66' Altobelli	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi

European Cup

First round

17 September 1980	Inter	2-0	Universitatea Craiova	Milano
20:45 CET	Altobelli 8' (pen), 60'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Stumpf

1 October 1980	Universitatea Craiova	1-1	Inter	Craiova
20:45 CET	Beldeanu 18'	Report	8' Muraro	Stadium: Stadionul Central Referee: Tokat

Eightfinals

22 October 1980	FC Nantes	1-2	Inter	Nantes
20:30 CET	Rio 69' (pen)	Report	12' Altobelli 85' Prohaska	Stadium: Marcel-Saupin Referee: Christov

5 November 1980	Inter	1-1	FC Nantes	Milano
20:45 CET	Altobelli 29'	Report	75' Amisse	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Aldinger

Quarterfinals

4 March 1981	Inter	1-1	Crvena Zvezda	Milano
20:45 CET	Caso 45+2'	Report	75' Repčić	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Palotai

18 March 1981	Crvena Zvezda	0-1	Inter	Belgrado
17:30 CET		Report	13' Muraro	Stadium: Red Star Referee: Vautrot

Semifinals

8 April 1981	Real Madrid	2-0	Inter	Madrid
20:45 CET	Santillana 29' Juanito 47'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Corver

22 April 1981	Inter	1-0	Real Madrid	Milano
20:45 CET	Bini 56'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Ponnet

Statistics

Player statistics

Appearances and goals are referred to domestic league.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1980-81 Serie A
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Ivano Bordon	30	-24	30	-24
	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Baresi	26	0	25+1	0
	DF	ITA	Graziano Bini	25	2	25	2
	DF	ITA	Nazzareno Canuti	25	0	25	0
	DF	ITA	Gabriele Oriali	18	4	18	4
	MF	AUT	Herbert Prohaska	28	5	28	5
	MF	ITA	Evaristo Beccalossi	27	7	27	7
	MF	ITA	Domenico Caso	28	1	24+4	1
	MF	ITA	Giampiero Marini	27	0	27	0
	MF	ITA	Giancarlo Pasinato	23	1	16+7	1
	FW	ITA	Alessandro Altobelli	29	12	28+1	12
	GK	ITA	Renato Cipollini	1	0	0+1	0
	FW	ITA	Carlo Muraro	21	4	16+5	4
	DF	ITA	Roberto Mozzini	18	0	15+3	0
	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bergomi	12	0	11+1	0
	FW	ITA	Claudio Ambu	19	3	8+11	3
	DF	ITA	Antonio Tempestilli	5	0	4+1	0
	DF	ITA	Franco Pancheri	11	0	3+8	0
	MF	ITA	Fausto Pari	1	0	0+1	0
	FW	ITA	Angelo Crialesi	0	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Amerigo Paradiso	1	0	0+1	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1980/849/

References

^ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 439, 704. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
^ 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.
^ "Beppe Bergomi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 30 July 1999.
^ Cosentino, Antonio (19 June 2014). "Mondiali di calcio 1982. Altobelli o il gol della sicurezza". Mauro della Porta Raffo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

Sources

- RSSSF Italy 1980/81

[1] Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 439, 704. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.

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

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

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

[5] "Beppe Bergomi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 30 July 1999.

[6] Cosentino, Antonio (19 June 2014). "Mondiali di calcio 1982. Altobelli o il gol della sicurezza". Mauro della Porta Raffo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

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