1963–64 Serie A

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1963–64 Bologna team
Season1963–64
Dates14 September 1963 – 31 May 1964
Champions Bologna
7th title
Relegated Modena
SPAL
Bari
European Cup Bologna
Internazionale
Cup Winners' Cup Torino
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Milan
Fiorentina
Juventus
Roma
Matches306
Goals647 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer Harald Nielsen
(21 goals)
1964–65 →

The 1963–64 Serie A season was won by Bologna.

Teams

Messina, Bari and Lazio had been promoted from Serie B.

Contents

Final classification

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Bologna (C)34221025418+3654Qualification to European Cup [a]
2 Internazionale [b] 3423835421+3354
3 Milan 3421945828+3051Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4 Fiorentina 341410104327+1638
4 Juventus 341410104937+1238
6 Vicenza 341310113436−236
7 Torino [c] 3491783232035Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8 Genoa 341010143334−130
8 Lazio 34912132124−330
8 Catania 34912133244−1230
8 Atalanta 34716112643−1730
12 Roma [d] 34911144344−129Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
12 Mantova 34617112839−1129
14 Messina 34910152546−2128
15 Sampdoria 34107173850−1227 Relegation tie-breaker
16 Modena (R)34615132942−1327 Serie B after tie-breaker
17 SPAL (R)34612162839−1124Relegation to Serie B
18 Bari (R)34610182043−2322
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Inter qualified as defending champions.
  2. ↑ After the title tie-breaker with Bologna (2–0).
  3. ↑ Qualified to the CWC for an erroneous bet over the late Coppa Italia final against AS Roma.
  4. ↑ Invited to the Fairs Cup as compensation for the exclusion from the CWC.

Results

Home \ Away ATA BAR BOL CTN FIO GEN INT JUV LRV LAZ MAN MES MIL MOD ROM SAM SPA TOR
Atalanta 1–01–13–01–71–31–33–02–11–10–03–00–01–11–00–00–01–1
Bari 4–00–10–02–00–21–11–11–00–20–00–10–20–01–32–11–00–3
Bologna 2–03–11–02–01–11–22–13–01–02–12–02–20–04–01–02–14–1
Catania 0–01–01–32–05–31–22–00–11–00–02–00–11–00–01–50–01–0
Fiorentina 4–01–00–01–12–01–32–10–21–00–10–12–10–00–03–01–01–1
Genoa 0–00–00–20–22–10–23–10–04–11–03–01–12–23–0 0–1 1–00–0
Internazionale 2–13–00–04–11–11–0 1–0 0–01–02–04–0 0–2 2–11–01–00–03–1
Juventus 0–04–00–04–21–10–0 4–1 4–10–32–22–11–20–03–11–03–1 3–1
Vicenza 3–02–11–31–11–01–01–00–11–01–11–10–14–32–11–31–01–1
Lazio 0–11–01–20–01–11–00–00–20–12–00–01–11–0 1–1 0–00–00–0
Mantova 1–10–00–01–00–30–02–21–10–00–02–21–43–01–02–02–00–0
Messina 1–11–10–20–00–31–00–11–02–00–21–01–22–02–14–30–01–1
Milan 2–02–01–23–12–13–1 1–1 2–22–10–11–03–03–02–10–11–11–1
Modena 1–01–11–40–00–12–10–11–02–32–11–10–00–13–33–04–30–0
Roma 1–10–00–14–41–11–00–11–21–1 0–0 2–12–02–32–06–12–03–0
Sampdoria 1–12–02–04–10–1 0–1 1–50–21–11–01–13–11–21–10–23–10–0
SPAL 0–03–10–03–10–00–00–11–31–00–15–21–12–40–02–03–10–1
Torino 3–01–20–00–00–32–10–2 0–0 0–02–05–21–00–00–02–22–12–0
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.

Championship tie-breaker

With both Inter and Bologna level on 54 points, a play-off match was conducted to decide the champion for the first and only time in Serie A history. [1]

Bologna 2–0 Internazionale
Facchetti Soccerball shade.svg75' (o.g.)
Nielsen Soccerball shade.svg82'

Relegation tie-breaker

Modena 0–2 Sampdoria
Barison Soccerball shade.svg61'
Salvi Soccerball shade.svg72'
San Siro, Milan
Referee: Marco De Marchi

Modena relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Harald Nielsen Bologna 21
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Kurt Hamrin Fiorentina 19
3 Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Luís Vinício Vicenza 18
4 Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Amarildo Milan 14
5 Flag of Italy.svg José Altafini Milan 13
Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Italy.svg Omar Sívori Juventus
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Barison Sampdoria
8 Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Jair da Costa Internazionale 12
9 Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Nené Juventus 11
10 Flag of Italy.svg Sergio Brighenti Modena 10

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1Internazionale43,328
2Milan38,148
3Roma31,269
4Bologna30,286
5Juventus28,233
6Fiorentina25,051
7Lazio24,979
8Torino21,153
9Bari19,934
10Genoa19,572
11Atalanta16,690
12Modena15,962
13Sampdoria15,118
14Mantova14,550
15Catania13,169
16Messina12,408
17SPAL9,855
18Vicenza9,392

Source: [2]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Il Bologna di Bernardini e lo storico spareggio" (in Italian). gazzetta.it.
  2. ↑ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita64.htm

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