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 341310113436236
7 Torino [c] 3491783232035Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8 Genoa 341010143334130
8 Lazio 34912132124330
8 Catania 349121332441230
8 Atalanta 347161126431730
12 Roma [d] 34911144344129Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
12 Mantova 346171128391129
14 Messina 349101525462128
15 Sampdoria 341071738501227 Relegation tie-breaker
16 Modena (R)346151329421327 Serie B after tie-breaker
17 SPAL (R)346121628391124Relegation to Serie B
18 Bari (R)346101820432322
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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