1938–39 Serie A

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1938–39 Bologna's squad
Season1938–39
Champions Bologna
5th title
Relegated Livorno
Lucchese
Matches played240
Goals scored593 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer Aldo Boffi
Ettore Puricelli
(19 goals each)
1939–40 →

The 1938-39 Serie A was contested in the thirty-ninth season of the Italian football Championship and its tenth season since 1929 re-branding to create Serie A. It was the sixteenth season from which the Italian Football Champions adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. Bologna were champions for the fifth time in their history. This was their fifth scudetto since the scudetto started being awarded in 1924 and their third win contested as Serie A. This re-ignited the Ambrosiana-Inter punctuated run of four Bologna wins from six consecutive Serie A competitions until 1941.

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Serie A 1938-39 teams distribution

Teams

Novara and Modena had been promoted from Serie B.

Events

The goal average substituted the tie-breaker in event of equal points, to save time considering the risk of war. This change greatly helped Triestina.

Final classification

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPtsQualification or relegation
1 Bologna (C)301610453311.71042 1939 Mitropa Cup
2 Torino 301410645341.32438
3 Ambrosiana-Inter 30149755371.48637 1939 Mitropa Cup
4 Genova 1893 30147953301.76735
5 Roma 301431339351.11431
6 Liguria 301271135341.02931
7 Napoli 301011930350.85731
8 Juventus 30813928340.82429
9 Milano 301081236341.05928
10 Lazio 301161333400.82528
11 Bari 30991233460.71727
12 Novara 30981327320.84426
13 Modena 30891332400.80025
14 Triestina 307101323280.82124
15 Livorno (R)30961540490.81624Relegation to Serie B
16 Lucchese (R)307101331540.57424
Source: goal average officially used in event of equal points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Note: Ambrosiana-Inter qualified as Coppa Italia winners.

Results

Home \ Away AMB BAR BOL GEN JUV LAZ LIG LIV LUC MIL MOD NAP NOV ROM TOR TRI
Ambrosiana-Inter 5–32–01–0 5–0 1–15–23–17–1 1–0 4–21–23–10–01–10–0
Bari 4–12–20–01–12–12–12–01–12–11–01–11–03–10–00–0
Bologna 1–14–33–01–02–01–11–12–22–11–14–03–01–00–32–0
Genova 1893 3–08–02–33–22–10–10–14–12–05–13–13–12–06–10–0
Juventus 0–0 3–01–01–11–02–12–11–12–21–11–01–00–0 1–1 2–1
Lazio 1–21–01–22–11–11–02–15–02–22–10–01–0 1–3 1–11–0
Liguria 1–01–01–21–01–10–13–31–10–11–02–03–13–22–12–2
Livorno 2–23–03–12–21–02–30–11–00–21–02–00–23–11–11–0
Lucchese 1–10–01–10–11–02–13–12–11–23–12–20–11–41–11–0
Milano 3–1 3–10–11–20–03–00–02–21–02–00–02–10–10–02–4
Modena 1–10–21–10–02–04–02–33–20–12–22–11–12–00–11–0
Napoli 1–01–11–62–04–10–00–03–13–11–00–12–1 1–0 0–02–0
Novara 0–12–01–30–00–02–01–02–11–12–10–00–05–00–11–0
Roma 2–32–00–13–11–0 0–2 1–04–13–01–00–1 2–2 3–02–01–2
Torino 2–12–11–10–1 3–2 3–11–03–25–13–24–23–01–10–11–0
Triestina 1–21–01–11–11–12–00–22–02–10–10–00–00–00–13–1
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

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Aldo Boffi Milano 19
Flag of Uruguay.svg Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Ettore Puricelli Bologna
3 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Alfredo Lazzaretti Genova 1893 14
4 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Danilo Michelini Roma 13
5 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Giovanni Gaddoni Torino 11
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Luigi Scarabello Genova 1893
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Vinicio Viani Livorno
8 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Pietro Ferraris Ambrosiana-Inter 10
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Annibale Frossi Ambrosiana-Inter
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Guglielmo Gabetto Juventus
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Ottorino Dugini Bari
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Arrigo Morselli Genova 1893
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Guglielmo Trevisan Triestina
14 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Aldo Campatelli Ambrosiana-Inter 9

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