1940–41 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1940–41
Champions	Bologna; 6th title
Relegated	Novara; Bari
Matches played	240
Goals scored	733 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ettore Puricelli; (22 goals)
	← 1939–40 1941–42 →

The 1940–41 Serie A season was won by Bologna.

Teams

Atalanta and Livorno had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bologna (C)	30	16	7	7	60	37	1.622	39
2	Ambrosiana-Inter	30	14	7	9	52	42	1.238	35
3	Milano	30	12	10	8	55	34	1.618	34
4	Fiorentina	30	14	6	10	60	49	1.224	34
5	Juventus	30	12	8	10	50	47	1.064	32
6	Atalanta	30	11	9	10	45	38	1.184	31
7	Torino	30	11	8	11	54	50	1.080	30
8	Napoli	30	11	8	11	41	48	0.854	30
9	Triestina	30	9	11	10	43	39	1.103	29
10	Genova 1893	30	10	9	11	46	44	1.045	29
11	Roma	30	9	11	10	48	46	1.043	29
12	Venezia	30	8	13	9	39	44	0.886	29
13	Livorno	30	9	10	11	40	51	0.784	28
14	Lazio	30	7	13	10	38	42	0.905	27
15	Novara (R)	30	8	11	11	31	38	0.816	27	Relegation to Serie B
16	Bari (R)	30	5	7	18	31	84	0.369	17	Relegation to Serie B

Source: goal average officially used in event of equal points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AMB	ATA	BAR	BOL	FIO	GEN	JUV	LAZ	LIV	MIL	NAP	NOV	ROM	TOR	TRI	VEN
Ambrosiana-Inter		2–1	5–0	2–1	0–2	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Atalanta	1–3		4–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–1
Bari	0–0	2–2		1–0	1–0	1–1	3–5	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–3	3–2
Bologna	5–0	1–0	5–1		5–3	4–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–1
Fiorentina	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–0		4–3	5–0	2–1	5–2	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	6–3	2–1
Genova 1893	2–0	2–0	6–1	0–1	0–1		2–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–0
Juventus	2–0	3–1	5–1	3–1	2–3	2–0		3–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2
Lazio	2–4	1–1	2–2	2–4	4–1	0–1	2–2		1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	4–1
Livorno	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–1	1–1	6–1	0–1	2–1	3–1
Milano	0–1	0–3	5–0	5–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	5–0		4–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0
Napoli	0–1	4–1	3–1	4–4	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–2^[a]	1–2	3–2		2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1
Novara	2–4	5–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
Roma	3–0	1–0	6–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–3		4–1	0–0	5–2
Torino	5–5	1–1	4–0	0–0	6–2	3–6	2–0	1–1	5–2	0–4	6–2	5–1	0–0		2–1	0–2
Triestina	2–0	3–3	2–4	0–0	1–0	6–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–0		3–1
Venezia	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	4–3

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.
Notes:

^ Decided by the FIGC.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ettore Puricelli	Bologna	22
2	Amedeo Amadei	Roma	18
2	Romeo Menti	Fiorentina	18
4	Carlo Reguzzoni	Bologna	17
5	Aldo Boffi	Milano	16
5	Guglielmo Gabetto	Juventus	16
7	Franco Ossola	Torino	14
8	Luigi Rosellini	Napoli	13
9	Gino Cappello	Milano	12
	Francesco Cergoli	Triestina
	Dante Di Benedetti	Fiorentina
12	Michelangelo Pantò	Roma	11
12	Giacomo Neri	Genova 1893	11
14	Severino Cominelli	Atalanta	10
	Vinicio Viani	Livorno
	Silvio Piola	Lazio

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_1_NAP_LAZ0.76116125600467-1] Decided by the FIGC.

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Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia

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Domestic leagues	Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Denmark Finland '40 '41 Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '40 '41 Italy Latvia Netherlands Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Soviet Union '40 '41 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '40 '41, Football Championship '40 '41)
Domestic cups	Bulgaria '40 '41 Cyprus France Germany '40 '41 Greece Hungary Italy Malta Northern Ireland Norway '40 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Spain '40 '41 Switzerland Sweden '41