1970–71 Cagliari Calcio season

Unione Sportiva Cagliari
1970–71 season
Chairman	Efisio Corrias
Manager	Manlio Scopigno
Stadium	Sant'Elia
Serie A	7th
Coppa Italia	First round
European Cup	Eightfinals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Angelo Domenghini (8); Riva (8); All: ; Luigi Riva (16)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

During the 1970–71 season Cagliari Calcio (then Unione Sportiva Cagliari) competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and 1970–71 European Cup.

Summary

The squad had a promising start of league campaign defeating Sampdoria (2–1), SS Lazio (2–4) and Inter (1–3) at San Siro. However, superstar Luigi Riva is injured at minute 76 on 31 October 1970 playing a Euro 1972 qualification match against Austria (2–1) by Austrian Defender Norbert Hof.^[1] The club transferred in Forward Giampaolo Menichelli, resulting in a flop only playing 8 matches without goal. Riva did not make a comeback to the squad until Spring with the team collapsed to a disappointing 7th place.

The season is best remembered by the club debut on the European Cup. In first round the squad defeated the French franchise AS Saint-Étienne with a global score of 3–1.^[2] In eightfinals the team won his first leg against Atlético Madrid by 2–1. For the second leg of the series at Manzanares, the club without Gigi Riva lost the match 3-0 being eliminated from the tournament.^[3]

In Coppa Italia the team surprisingly was early eliminated on first round after losing the first grupo match against Livorno in spite of two consecutive victories.

The club left the Stadio Amsicora after 50 years, replaced it by Stadio Sant'Elia on 12 September 1970.

In spite of the chaotic campaign, Eraldo Mancin became starter; Brazilian Nenè delivered a decent season,^[4] with 30 matches played no-replaced. Also, Angelo Domenghini, played at high-level during the entire season.

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	Enrico Albertosi
—	GK	ITA	Adriano Reginato
—	GK	ITA	Moriano Tampucci
—	DF	ITA	Pierluigi Cera (Captain)
—	DF	ITA	Eraldo Mancin
—	DF	ITA	Mario Martiradonna
—	DF	ITA	Comunardo Niccolai
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Tomasini
—	DF	ITA	Roberto De Petri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Mario Brugnera
—	MF	ITA	Angelo Domenghini
—	MF	ITA	Ricciotti Greatti
—	MF	BRA	Nené
—	MF	ITA	Cesare Poli
—	FW	ITA	Giampaolo Menichelli
—	FW	ITA	Sergio Gori
—	FW	ITA	Corrado Nastasio
—	FW	ITA	Gigi Riva

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Roberto De Petri	Vicenza
FW	Giampaolo Menichelli	Brescia

Out
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Giulio Zignoli	Milan
DF	Riccardo Dessì	Tharros	loan
DF	Salvatore Ferru
DF	Renato Roffi
DF	Roberto Sulis
MF	Renzo Bonelli
MF	Antonio Chessa
MF	Sergio Nocera
FW	Nino Cuttuogno
FW	Vittorio Petta
FW	Claudio Taddeini

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Bologna	30	10	14	6	30	24	+6	34	Qualification to UEFA Cup
6	Roma	30	7	18	5	32	25	+7	32
7	Cagliari	30	8	14	8	33	35	−2	30
8	Torino	30	6	14	10	27	30	−3	26	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
9	Varese	30	5	16	9	29	33	−4	26

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	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	W
Position	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/allenatori_squadra/1969/662/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1971-72 European Cup; = 1971–72 UEFA Cup

Matches

27 September 1970 1	Cagliari	2 – 1	Sampdoria	Cagliari
	Riva 76' (pen) Brugnera 79'		67' Salvi	Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Motta

7 October 1970 2	Lazio	2 – 4	Cagliari	Roma
	Legnaro 28' Chinaglia 72'		1', 61' Domenghini 23' Riva 79'’ Gori	Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Angonese

11 October 1970 3	Cagliari	1 – 1	Varese	Cagliari
	Niccolai 15'		10'’ Bonatti	Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Picasso

25 October 1970 4	Inter	1 – 3	Cagliari	Milano
	Mazzola 88'		7', 21' Riva 79' Domenghini	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Lo Bello

8 November 1970 5	Cagliari	1 – 1	Foggia	Cagliari
	Domenghini 40' (pen)		4' Bigon	Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Gussoni

15 November 1970 6	Juventus	2 – 1	Cagliari	Torino
	Anastasi 24', 90'		47' Gori	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Sbardella (Roma)

22 November 1970 7	Cagliari	2 – 0	Fiorentina	Cagliari
	Martiradonna 13' Nené 30'			Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Lo Bello

29 November 1970 8	Lanerossi Vicenza	1 – 1	Cagliari	Vicenza
	Ciccolo 90'		34' (o.g.) Castano	Stadium: Romeo Menti Referee: Giunti (Arezzo)

13 December 1970 9	AS Roma	0 – 0	Cagliari	Roma
				Stadium: Olimpico Referee: Lo Bello

20 December 1970 10	Cagliari	2 – 1	Bologna	Cagliari
	Domenghini 40', 56'		60' Savoldi	Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Gonella

27 December 1970 11	Catania	1 – 1	Cagliari	Catania
	Baisi 3'		68' Gori	Stadium: Cibali Referee: Pieroni

3 January 1971 12	Cagliari	0 – 0	Torino	Cagliari
				Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Bernardis

10 January 1971 13	Napoli	1 – 0	Cagliari	Napoli
	Altafini 54'			Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Arbitro: Referee: Sbardella (Roma)

17 January 1971 14	Cagliari	0 – 4	Milan	Cagliari
			22' Maldera 39' Benetti 44' Prati 71' Combin	Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Gonella

24 January 1971 15	Hellas Verona	2 – 0	Cagliari	Verona
	Clerici 27', 87'			Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Arbitro: Referee: Carminati (Milano)

31 January 1971 16	Sampdoria	0 – 0	Cagliari	Genova
				Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Francescon

7 February 1971 17	Cagliari	2 – 1	Lazio	Cagliari
	Domenghini 62' Brugnera 82'		90' Chinaglia	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Arbitro: Referee: Monti (Ancona)

14 February 1971 18	Varese	4 – 1	Cagliari	Varese
	Traspedini 2', 40' Braida 78', 87'		80' Domenghini	Stadium: Stadio Franco Ossola Arbitro: Referee: Lattanzi (Roma)

28 February 1971 19	Cagliari	0 – 0	Inter	Cagliari
				Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Sbardella

7 March 1971 20	Foggia	0 – 0	Cagliari	Foggia
				Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Panzino (Catanzaro)

14 March 1971 21	Cagliari	1 – 1	Juventus	Cagliari
	Greatti 9'		48' Capello	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Arbitro: Referee: Picasso (Chiavari)

21 March 1971 22	Fiorentina	1 – 2	Cagliari	Firenze
	D'Alessi 22'		32' Greatti 89' (o.g.) Chiarugi	Stadium: Comunale Arbitro: Referee: Bernardis (Roma)

28 March 1971 23	Cagliari	1 – 1	Lanerossi Vicenza	Cagliari
	Mancin 53'		85' Chinesinho	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Arbitro: Referee: Monti (Ancona)

4 April 1971 24	Cagliari	0 – 1	AS Roma	Cagliari
			50' Cappellini	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Lazzaroni

11 April 1971 25	Bologna	0 – 0	Cagliari	Bologna
				Stadium: Comunale Referee: Cantelli (Firenze)

18 April 1971 26	Cagliari	1 – 1	Catania	Cagliari
	Nastasio 46'		2' Schifilliti	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Gialluisi (Barletta)

25 April 1971 27	Torino	2 – 1	Cagliari	Torino
	Bui 17' Maddè 46' (pen)		34' Riva	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Branzoni (Pavia)

2 May 1971 28	Cagliari	1 – 1	Napoli	Cagliari
	Riva 63'		6' Ghio	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Giunti (Arezzo)

16 May 1971 29	Milan	3 – 1	Cagliari	Milano
	Prati 59' (pen), 73' (pen) Scarrone 61'		30' Riva	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Menegali (Roma)

23 May 1971 30	Cagliari	4 – 1	Hellas Verona	Cagliari
	Mancin 32', 40', 65' Riva 55'		70' Ferrari	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Calì

Coppa Italia

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Livorno	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	5
2	Cagliari	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	4
3	Massese	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	3
4	Pisa	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

30 August 1970 1	Livorno	2 – 0	Cagliari	Livorno
	Unere 80' Martini 89'			Stadium: Comunale Referee: Gussoni

6 September 1970 2	Pisa	2 – 4	Cagliari	Pisa
	Cosma 21' Piaceri 62'		13' (pen) Domenghini 29', 63', 83' Riva	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Referee: Carminati

12 September 1970 3	Cagliari	4 – 1	Massese	Cagliari
	Riva 15', 83' Gori 44' (pen) Zana 52' (o.g.)		58' Albanese	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Referee: Stagnoli (Bologna)

European Cup

First round

19 September 1970 1	Cagliari	3 – 0	AS Saint-Étienne	Cagliari
	Riva 7', 70' Nené 20'			Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Limona

30 September 1970 2	AS Saint-Étienne	1 – 0	Cagliari	Saint-Étienne
	Larqué 32'			Stadium: Stade Geoffroy Guichard Referee: Limona

Eightfinals

21 October 1970 1	Cagliari	2 – 1	Atlético Madrid	Cagliari
	Riva 42' Gori 45+1'		78' Aragonés	Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Krnavek

5 November 1970 2	Atlético Madrid	3 – 0	Cagliari	Madrid
	Aragonés 33', 71' (pen), 92'			Stadium: Vicente Calderon Referee: Jones

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Enrico Albertosi	36	-44	29	-34	3	-5	4	-5
	DF	ITA	Eraldo Mancin	35	4	28	4	3	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Mario Martiradonna	34	1	27	1	3	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Comunardo Niccolai	35	1	28	1	3	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Tomasini	28	0	22	0	2	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Pierluigi Cera	24	0	17	0	3	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Angelo Domenghini	36	9	29	8	3	1	4	0
	MF	ITA	Ricciotti Greatti	34	2	26+1	2	3	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Cesare Poli	26	0	18+6	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	BRA	Nené	37	2	30	1	3	0	4	1
	FW	ITA	Sergio Gori	37	5	30	3	3	1	4	1
	GK	ITA	Moriano Tampucci	2	0	1+1	0
	MF	ITA	Mario Brugnera	25	2	14+5	2	3	0	3	0
	FW	ITA	Gigi Riva	19	16	13	8	3	5	3	3
	DF	ITA	Roberto De Petri	12	0	10+2	0
	FW	ITA	Giampaolo Menichelli	13	0	8+5	0
	FW	ITA	Corrado Nastasio	7	1	0+5	1	1	0	1	0
	GK	ITA	Adriano Reginato	2	-1	0+2	-1	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1970/676/

References

^ "Hof, the "Prater executioner" breaks Gigi Riva's leg" (in Italian). vistanet.it. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
^ "The Cagliari that Played in European Cup" (in Italian). ilnobilecalcio.it. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ Relaño, Alfredo (7 May 2017). "That Night of Cagliari". El País (in Spanish). elpais.com. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "Cagliari mourn title hero Nene - Football Italia". football-italia.net. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

[1] "Hof, the "Prater executioner" breaks Gigi Riva's leg" (in Italian). vistanet.it. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

[2] "The Cagliari that Played in European Cup" (in Italian). ilnobilecalcio.it. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

[3] Relaño, Alfredo (7 May 2017). "That Night of Cagliari". El País (in Spanish). elpais.com. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[4] "Cagliari mourn title hero Nene - Football Italia". football-italia.net. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

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