1981–82 Serie A

Serie A
Season1981 (1981)–82
Dates13 September 1981 – 16 May 1982
ChampionsJuventus
20th title
RelegatedMilan
Bologna
Como
European CupJuventus
Cup Winners' CupInternazionale
UEFA CupRoma
Fiorentina
Napoli
Matches240
Goals474 (1.98 per match)
Top goalscorerRoberto Pruzzo
(15 goals)

The 1981–82 Serie A season was won by Juventus on 16 May 1982, coming down to a win by Juventus and a draw by Fiorentina. Going into the final week, both teams were tied at 44 points. Juventus defeated Catanzaro 1:0 while Fiorentina and Cagliari played to a 0:0 draw.

Teams

Milan, Cesena and Genoa had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus[a] (C) 30 19 8 3 48 14 +34 46 Qualification to European Cup
2 Fiorentina 30 17 11 2 36 17 +19 45 Qualification to UEFA Cup
3 Roma 30 15 8 7 40 29 +11 38
4 Napoli[b] 30 10 15 5 31 21 +10 35
5 Internazionale 30 11 13 6 39 34 +5 35 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
6 Ascoli 30 9 14 7 26 21 +5 32
7 Catanzaro 30 9 10 11 25 29 −4 28
8 Avellino 30 9 9 12 22 26 −4 27
9 Torino 30 8 11 11 25 30 −5 27
10 Cesena 30 8 11 11 34 41 −7 27
11 Udinese 30 9 8 13 27 37 −10 26
12 Cagliari 30 7 11 12 33 36 −3 25
13 Genoa 30 6 13 11 24 29 −5 25
14 Milan (R) 30 7 10 13 21 31 −10 24 Relegation to Serie B
15 Bologna (R) 30 6 11 13 25 37 −12 23
16 Como (R) 30 3 11 16 18 42 −24 17
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Juventus became the first team in Italian football to be awarded two golden stars, to commemorate their 20th title win.
  2. ↑ Napoli obtained a UEFA spot for the Albanian political renounce.

Results

Home \ Away ASC AVE BOL CAG CAT CES COM FIO GEN INT JUV MIL NAP ROM TOR UDI
Ascoli — 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–0
Avellino 1–0 — 0–1 1–4 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Bologna 2–1 1–0 — 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–2
Cagliari 1–0 0–0 2–2 — 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–0 1–1
Catanzaro 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
Cesena 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 4–1 — 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1
Como 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–4 0–1 0–1 0–2
Fiorentina 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 — 3–2 4–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0
Genoa 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 — 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1
Internazionale 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 4–0 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–1
Juventus 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 6–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 3–2 0–0 0–1 4–2 1–0
Milan 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 — 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1
Napoli 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 — 1–0 2–0 0–0
Roma 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 — 3–0 1–1
Torino 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 — 1–0
Udinese 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–5 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–2 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Roberto Pruzzo Roma 15
2 Italy Edi Bivi Catanzaro 12
3 Italy Claudio Pellegrini Napoli 11
4 Argentina Daniel Bertoni Fiorentina 9
Italy Francesco Graziani Fiorentina
Austria Walter Schachner Cesena
Italy Oliviero Garlini Cesena
Italy Roberto Mancini Bologna
Italy Pietro Paolo Virdis Juventus
Italy Alessandro Altobelli Internazionale
Italy Evaristo Beccalossi Internazionale
Italy Luigi Piras Cagliari

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1Napoli58,267
2Fiorentina47,660
3Milan45,781
4Roma45,289
5Internazionale43,970
6Juventus37,500
7Genoa34,767
8Udinese31,838
9Cagliari26,425
10Bologna25,917
11Torino24,105
12Avellino23,303
13Cesena20,222
14Ascoli17,596
15Catanzaro16,123
16Como12,301

Source:[1]

References and sources

  1. ↑ "Attendances Georgia average". European-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved July 2, 2026.
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 1983 (in Italian). Modena: Panini Group. 1982.