1960–61 Serie A

Serie A
	1960–61 Juventus team
Season	1960–61
Champions	Juventus; 12th title
Relegated	Bari; Napoli; Lazio
European Cup	Juventus
Cup Winners' Cup	Fiorentina
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Milan; Internazionale; Roma
Matches played	306
Goals scored	814 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sergio Brighenti; (27 goals)
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

Serie A 1960-61 team distribution

Teams

Torino, Lecco and Catania had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	34	22	5	7	80	42	+38	49	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Milan	34	18	9	7	65	39	+26	45	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Internazionale	34	18	8	8	73	39	+34	44	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4	Sampdoria	34	17	7	10	54	51	+3	41
5	Roma^[a]	34	16	7	11	58	46	+12	39	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Padova	34	16	6	12	47	40	+7	38
7	Fiorentina	34	13	11	10	46	34	+12	37	Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
8	Catania	34	15	6	13	45	44	+1	36
9	Bologna	34	10	11	13	44	51	−7	31
9	Atalanta	34	9	13	12	35	41	−6	31
9	Vicenza	34	10	11	13	35	46	−11	31
12	Torino	34	9	12	13	34	41	−7	30
12	SPAL	34	10	10	14	39	50	−11	30
14	Lecco	34	10	9	15	33	49	−16	29	Relegation tie-breaker
15	Udinese	34	9	11	14	39	53	−14	29	Relegation tie-breaker
16	Bari (R)	34	9	11	14	27	38	−11	29	Relegated to Serie B after tie-breaker
17	Napoli (R)	34	7	11	16	30	47	−17	25	Relegated to Serie B
18	Lazio (R)	34	5	8	21	30	63	−33	18	Relegated to Serie B

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

^ Roma qualified as holders.

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BAR	BOL	CTN	FIO	INT	JUV	LRV	LAZ	LCO	MIL	NAP	PAD	ROM	SAM	SPA	TOR	UDI
Atalanta		2–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–5	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1
Bari	2–2		1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Bologna	3–1	0–0		1–2	3–3	2–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	4–4	3–1	3–1	1–1
Catania	3–1	3–1	1–0		1–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–0	4–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–0
Fiorentina	0–1	4–0	3–1	2–0		1–1	3–0	0–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	3–0
Internazionale	2–1	2–1	0–0	5–0	2–2		3–1	5–0	7–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–0
Juventus	3–2	1–1	3–0	4–1	3–0	9–1		2–0	3–1	4–2	3–4	2–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	5–1
Vicenza	1–0	4–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–1		0–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2
Lazio	1–2	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–4	1–1		0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–4	0–1	4–0	1–0	0–1
Lecco	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1		2–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1
Milan	0–0	1–3	5–1	3–0	4–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	5–1	1–1		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	3–1
Napoli	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	2–5	3–1	1–2		1–2	3–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–2
Padova	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–0		0–0	3–0	1–1	5–1	1–0
Roma	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	6–3	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–1		3–2	2–1	2–1	6–1
Sampdoria	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	4–2	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	3–2		1–1	2–1	3–2
SPAL	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–2		0–0	1–1
Torino	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	3–2		3–1
Udinese	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–6	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	7–1	0–0	3–0

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.

Relegation tie-breaker

11 June 1961

Bari	2–4	Lecco
Catalano 48' Erba 67'		Abbadie 21' Savioni 60', 73' Cardoni 65'

Stadio Comunale, Bologna

Referee: Pietro Bonetto

14 June 1961

Bari	0–0	Udinese

Stadio Comunale, Bologna

Referee: Giuseppe Adami

18 June 1961

Lecco	3–3	Udinese
Clerici 13' Bonacchi 47' Arienti 82'		Segato 27' Mereghetti 67' Bettini 84'

Stadio Comunale, Bologna

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello

Bari relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sergio Brighenti	Sampdoria	27
2	Omar Sívori	Juventus	25
3	José Altafini	Milan	21
4	Pedro Manfredini	Roma	20
5	Aurelio Milani	Padova	18
6	Eddie Firmani	Internazionale	16
7	John Charles	Juventus	15
8	Bruno Mora	Sampdoria, Juventus	14
	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina
	Lorenzo Bettini	Udinese
11	Santiago Vernazza	Milan	13
	Oscar Massei	SPAL
	Bruno Nicolè	Juventus
	Francisco Lojacono	Roma
15	Adelmo Prenna	Catania	11
	Luís Vinício	Bologna
	Orlando Rozzoni	Lazio
	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_ROM0.65791275848537-1] Roma qualified as holders.

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