1959–60 Serie A

Serie A
	1959–60 Juventus' line-up
Season	1959–60
Champions	Juventus; 11th title
Relegated	Palermo; Alessandria; Genoa
European Cup	Juventus
Cup Winners' Cup	Fiorentina
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Internazionale; Roma
Matches	306
Goals	792 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Omar Sivori; (28 goals)
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

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	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Fiorentina	34	20	7	7	68	31	+37	47	Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
3	Milan	34	17	10	7	56	37	+19	44
4	Internazionale	34	14	12	8	55	43	+12	40	Invited for the 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	Invited for the 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	Relegated to Serie B
17	Alessandria (R)	34	5	15	14	28	51	−23	25
18	Genoa^[a] (R)	34	4	10	20	21	50	−29	0

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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		0–0	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
10	Orlando Rozzoni	Lazio	13
12	Mario Tortul	Padova	12
12	Eddie Firmani	Internazionale	12
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

External links

[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

[table_note_GEN0.45386511387949-1] 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.

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