1979–80 SS Lazio season

Lazio 1979–80 football season

Lazio

1979–80 season

Manager

Luigi Simoni

Serie A

13th

Coppa Italia

Quarter Final

Top goalscorer

Bruno Giordano (9)

Home colours

← 1978–79

1980–81 →

S.S. Lazio finished three points above the relegation zone, but were relegated due to involvement in a match-fixing scandal, that also saw Milan being demoted to Serie B.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Giuseppe Avagliano
Massimo Cacciatori

Defenders

Filippo Citterio
Lionello Manfredonia
Luigi Martini
Dario Pighin
Mauro Tassotti
Giuseppe Wilson

Midfielders

Riccardo Cenci
Vincenzo D'Amico
Stefano Ferretti
Antonio Labonia
Antonio Lopez
Mauro Manzoni
Maurizio Montesi
Salvatore Pesce
Fernando Viola
Vincenzo Zucchini

Attackers

Salvatore Campilongo
Renzo Garlaschelli
Bruno Giordano
Enrico Todesco

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Catanzaro	30	5	14	11	20	34	−14	24
13	Udinese	30	3	15	12	24	38	−14	21
14	Pescara (R)	30	4	8	18	18	44	−26	16	Relegation to Serie B
15	Milan^[a] (D, R)	30	14	8	8	34	19	+15	36
16	Lazio^[a] (D, R)	30	5	15	10	21	25	−4	25

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).^[1]
Goal difference is used in case of equal points.
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b A.C. Milan and S.S. Lazio placed in the last position and relegated to Serie B by FIGC because of the Totonero 1980 scandal. Torino qualified to UEFA Cup instead of Milan.

Matches

Avellino v Lazio

16 September 1979 1

Avellino

0-0

Lazio

Avellino

Lazio v Fiorentina

23 September 1979 2	Lazio	2-0	Fiorentina	Roma
	Giordano 12' Garlaschelli 90'			Stadium: Olimpico

Internazionale v Lazio

30 September 1979 3	Internazionale	2-1	Lazio	Milan
	Beccalossi 17' Marini 71'		Giordano 42'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

Lazio v Perugia

7 October 1979 4	Lazio	1-1	Perugia	Roma
	Giordano 61'		Rossi 41'	Stadium: Olimpico

Ascoli v Lazio

14 October 1979 5	Ascoli	1-1	Lazio	Ascoli Piceno
	Bellotto 9'		Giordano 57'	Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Lazio v Cagliari

21 October 1979 6	Lazio	1-1	Cagliari	Roma
	Giordano 30'		Marchetti 48'	Stadium: Olimpico

Roma v Lazio

28 October 1979 7	Roma	1-1	Lazio	Roma
	Pruzzo 16'		Zucchini 6'	Stadium: Olimpico

Lazio v Juventus

4 November 1979 8	Lazio	1-0	Juventus	Roma
	Verza 11' (og)			Stadium: Olimpico

Lazio v Pescara

11 October 1979 9	Lazio	2-0	Pescara	Roma
	Giordano 11' D'Amico 82'			Stadium: Olimpico

Catanzaro v Lazio

25 November 1979 10	Catanzaro	2-1	Lazio	Catanzaro
	Palanca 25' Palanca 77'		Zucchini 84'

Bologna v Lazio

2 December 1979 11	Bologna	1-0	Lazio	Bologna
	Chiarugi 74'			Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

Lazio v Udinese

9 December 1979 12	Lazio	0-0	Udinese	Roma
				Stadium: Olimpico

Napoli v Lazio

16 December 1979 13	Napoli	0-0	Lazio	Napoli
				Stadium: San Paolo

Lazio v Torino

30 December 1979 14	Lazio	2-1	Torino	Roma
	D'Amico 50' Citterio 68'		Mariani 1'	Stadium: Olimpico

Milan v Lazio

6 January 1980 15	Milan	2-1	Lazio	Milan
	Chiodi 4' Chiodi 39'		Giordano 90'	Stadium: San Siro

Lazio v Avellino

13 January 1980 16	Lazio	1-1	Avellino	Roma
				Stadium: Olimpico

Fiorentina v Lazio

20 January 1980 17	Fiorentina	0-0	Lazio	Firenze
				Stadium: Comunale

Lazio v Internazionale

27 January 1980 18	Lazio	0-0	Internazionale	Roma
				Stadium: Olimpico

Perugia v Lazio

3 February 1980 19

Perugia

0-0

Lazio

Perugia

Lazio v Ascoli

10 February 1980 20	Lazio	0-1	Ascoli	Roma
				Stadium: Olimpico

Cagliari v Lazio

24 February 1980 21	Cagliari	1-1	Lazio	Cagliari
				Stadium: Sant'Elia

Lazio v Roma

2 March 1980 22	Lazio	1-2	Roma	Roma
				Stadium: Olimpico

Juventus v Lazio

9 March 1980 23	Juventus	0-0	Lazio	Torino
				Stadium: Comunale

Pescara v Lazio

23 March 1980 24

Pescara

2-0

Lazio

Pescara

Lazio v Catanzaro

30 March 1980 25	Lazio	2-0	Catanzaro	Roma
				Stadium: Olimpico

Lazio v Bologna

5 April 1980 26	Lazio	0-1	Bologna	Roma
				Stadium: Olimpico

Udinese v Lazio

13 April 1980 27	Udinese	1-1	Lazio	Udine
				Stadium: Friuli

Lazio v Napoli

27 April 1980 28	Lazio	1-1	Napoli	Roma
				Stadium: Olimpico

Torino v Lazio

4 May 1980 29	Torino	1-0	Lazio	Torino
				Stadium: Comunale

Lazio v Milan

11 May 1980 30	Lazio	0-2	Milan	Roma
				Stadium: Olimpico

Coppa Italia

First Round
Group 5

Team	P.ti	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	DR
1. S.S. Lazio	7	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8
2. Udinese	7	4	3	1	0	5	0	+5
3. Brescia	3	4	1	1	2	1	3	-2
4. Pistoiese	2	4	1	0	3	3	5	-2
5. Matera	1	4	0	1	3	0	9	-9

Lazio v Matera

Lazio

5-0

Matera

Brescia v Lazio

Brescia

0-2

Lazio

Pistoiese v Lazio

Pistoiese

1-2

Lazio

Lazio v Udinese

Lazio

0-0

Udinese

Quarterfinals

Torino v Lazio

	Torino	0-0	Lazio	Torino
				Stadium: Comunale

Lazio v Torino

Lazio

0-0
(3-4pen. agg.)

Torino

Sources

RSSSF - Italy Championship 1979/80

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1979–80 in Italian football

Domestic leagues	Serie A Serie B Serie C1 Serie C2
Domestic cups	Coppa Italia Final
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Serie A	Ascoli Avellino Bologna Cagliari Catanzaro Fiorentina Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Perugia Pescara Roma Torino Udinese

^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.