1959–60 Serie A

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Serie A
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1959–60 Juventus' line-up
Season1959–60
Champions Juventus
11th title
Relegated Palermo
Alessandria
Genoa
European Cup Juventus
Cup Winners' Cup Fiorentina
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Internazionale
Roma
Matches played306
Goals scored792 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer Omar Sivori
(28 goals)
1960–61

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

Teams

Atalanta and Palermo had been promoted from Serie B.

Contents

Events

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

Final classification

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C)3425549233+5955Qualified for the European Cup
2 Fiorentina 3420776831+3747Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
3 Milan 34171075637+1944
4 Internazionale 34141285543+1240Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Bologna 34148125042+836
5 Padova 34148125046+436
5 SPAL 341212104550536
8 Sampdoria 341113104146535
9 Roma 34138135353034Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
10 Vicenza 341110133942332
11 Atalanta 34913123139831
12 Lazio 349121332451330
13 Bari 349111432421029
13 Napoli 348131333481529
15 Udinese 346161239541528
16 Palermo (R)346151327401327Relegated to Serie B
17 Alessandria (R)345151428512325
18 Genoa [lower-alpha 1] (R)34410202150290
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

Home \ Away ALE ATA BAR BOL FIO GEN INT JUV LRV LAZ MIL NAP PAD PAL ROM SAM SPA UDI
Alessandria 0–02–01–13–32–12–30–23–10–03–11–10–01–00–02–20–10–1
Atalanta 5–13–03–01–32–11–12–21–10–00–01–01–01–02–00–02–20–0
Bari 0–01–01–11–01–01–31–30–00–03–01–15–21–02–31–10–03–1
Bologna 2–15–02–03–13–11–03–20–11–10–34–12–23–13–10–12–32–0
Fiorentina 3–14–14–22–12–02–01–00–02–21–12–11–05–03–14–03–12–1
Genoa 1–01–11–00–20–01–32–60–22–40–20–00–01–11–0 1–2 0–10–0
Internazionale 3–12–00–02–12–02–0 0–3 4–01–1 0–0 3–16–33–31–30–02–13–3
Juventus 7–00–12–03–03–12–0 1–0 4–12–03–14–25–12–14–02–23–14–3
Vicenza 0–01–00–01–11–11–00–21–23–21–20–01–03–05–02–03–11–0
Lazio 2–01–11–11–30–50–00–20–22–10–12–12–02–1 0–1 3–13–12–1
Milan 3–12–12–02–20–02–1 5–3 0–22–01–03–13–20–01–14–03–13–1
Napoli 1–11–01–22–00–40–21–12–13–10–01–11–22–1 1–0 1–10–31–1
Padova 1–10–01–02–01–02–13–00–42–12–02–01–21–01–04–16–36–1
Palermo 4–01–01–10–00–41–11–11–11–00–01–00–00–04–22–11–10–0
Roma 1–03–03–21–21–21–03–12–23–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–01–16–11–12–2
Sampdoria 0–04–01–01–02–1 3–0 0–00–22–24–02–10–21–10–03–00–23–1
SPAL 0–01–03–10–01–00–00–03–62–11–10–32–21–11–02–11–12–1
Udinese 1–11–10–11–00–22–21–11–12–21–02–20–02–11–03–31–13–2
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

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Italy.svg Omar Sívori Juventus 28
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Kurt Hamrin Fiorentina 26
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg John Charles Juventus 23
4 Flag of Italy.svg Sergio Brighenti Padova 21
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Italy.svg José Altafini Milan 20
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Pedro Manfredini Roma 16
7 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Bettini Udinese 14
Flag of Italy.svg Gino Pivatelli Bologna
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Erba Bari
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Arne Selmosson Roma 13
Flag of Italy.svg Orlando Rozzoni Lazio
12 Flag of Italy.svg Mario Tortul Padova 12
Flag of Italy.svg Eddie Firmani Internazionale
14 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Valentín Angelillo Internazionale 11
Flag of Sweden.svg Bengt Lindskog Internazionale
Flag of Italy.svg Egidio Morbello SPAL
Flag of Italy.svg Oliviero Conti Vicenza

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