1959–60 Serie A

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The 1959–60 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

Serie A
1959–60 Juventus' line-up
Season1959–60
ChampionsJuventus
11th title
RelegatedPalermo
Alessandria
Genoa
European CupJuventus
Cup Winners' CupFiorentina
Inter-Cities Fairs CupInternazionale
Roma
Matches played306
Goals scored792 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerOmar Sivori
(28 goals)

Teams

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Atalanta and Palermo had been promoted from Serie B.

Events

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A modern professional structure was introduced, together with a third relegation.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 25 5 4 92 33 +59 55 Qualified for the European Cup
2 Fiorentina 34 20 7 7 68 31 +37 47 Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
3 Milan 34 17 10 7 56 37 +19 44
4 Internazionale 34 14 12 8 55 43 +12 40 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Bologna 34 14 8 12 50 42 +8 36
5 Padova 34 14 8 12 50 46 +4 36
5 SPAL 34 12 12 10 45 50 −5 36
8 Sampdoria 34 11 13 10 41 46 −5 35
9 Roma 34 13 8 13 53 53 0 34 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
10 Vicenza 34 11 10 13 39 42 −3 32
11 Atalanta 34 9 13 12 31 39 −8 31
12 Lazio 34 9 12 13 32 45 −13 30
13 Bari 34 9 11 14 32 42 −10 29
13 Napoli 34 8 13 13 33 48 −15 29
15 Udinese 34 6 16 12 39 54 −15 28
16 Palermo (R) 34 6 15 13 27 40 −13 27 Relegated to Serie B
17 Alessandria (R) 34 5 15 14 28 51 −23 25
18 Genoa[a] (R) 34 4 10 20 21 50 −29 0
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Genoa was penalized of 18 points for bribery, and 10 more in the following season. The points for the following seasons were reduced to 7 in appeal.

Inter and Roma were invited to the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away ALE ATA BAR BOL FIO GEN INT JUV LRV LAZ MIL NAP PAD PAL ROM SAM SPA UDI
Alessandria 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–3 0–2 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–1
Atalanta 5–1 3–0 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0
Bari 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 5–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–1
Bologna 2–1 5–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 4–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–3 2–0
Fiorentina 3–1 4–1 4–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 2–1
Genoa 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–6 0–2 2–4 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0
Internazionale 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 4–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 6–3 3–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 3–3
Juventus 7–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 5–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 3–1 4–3
Vicenza 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 1–0
Lazio 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–5 0–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–1
Milan 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 5–3 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 3–1
Napoli 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–4 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1
Padova 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–4 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 6–3 6–1
Palermo 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–0
Roma 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 6–1 1–1 2–2
Sampdoria 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 4–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 3–1
SPAL 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–6 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
Udinese 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 3–2
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

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Rank Player Club Goals
1     Omar Sívori Juventus 28
2   Kurt Hamrin Fiorentina 26
3   John Charles Juventus 23
4   Sergio Brighenti Padova 21
5     José Altafini Milan 20
6   Pedro Manfredini Roma 16
7   Lorenzo Bettini Udinese 14
  Gino Pivatelli Bologna
  Paolo Erba Bari
10   Arne Selmosson Roma 13
  Orlando Rozzoni Lazio
12   Mario Tortul Padova 12
  Eddie Firmani Internazionale
14     Antonio Valentín Angelillo Internazionale 11
  Bengt Lindskog Internazionale
  Egidio Morbello SPAL
  Oliviero Conti Vicenza

References and sources

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