1959–60 Serie A

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)

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

Serie A 1959-60 team distribution

Teams

Atalanta and Palermo had been promoted from Serie B.

Events

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

Final classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 25 5 4 92 33 +59 55 Qualification to European Cup
2 Fiorentina 34 20 7 7 68 31 +37 47 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3 Milan 34 17 10 7 56 37 +19 44
4 Internazionale 34 14 12 8 55 43 +12 40 Chosen for 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 Chosen for 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 Relegation to Serie B
17 Alessandria (R) 34 5 15 14 28 51 −23 25
18 Genoa[lower-alpha 1] (R) 34 4 10 20 21 50 −29 0
Source: Panini
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Genoa was penalized of 18 points for bribery, 10 of which in the following season. The points for the following seasons were reduced to 7 in appeal.

Results
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
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
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
  • - All results on RSSSF Website.
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