1963–64 Serie A

Serie A
1963–64 Bologna team
Season1963–64
Dates14 September 1963 – 31 May 1964
ChampionsBologna
7th title
RelegatedModena
SPAL
Bari
European CupBologna
Internazionale
Cup Winners' CupTorino
Inter-Cities Fairs CupMilan
Fiorentina
Juventus
Roma
Matches played306
Goals scored647 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorerHarald Nielsen
(21 goals)

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

Teams

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

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bologna (C) 34 22 10 2 54 18 +36 54 Qualification to European Cup[a]
2 Internazionale[b] 34 23 8 3 54 21 +33 54
3 Milan 34 21 9 4 58 28 +30 51 Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4 Fiorentina 34 14 10 10 43 27 +16 38
4 Juventus 34 14 10 10 49 37 +12 38
6 Vicenza 34 13 10 11 34 36 −2 36
7 Torino[c] 34 9 17 8 32 32 0 35 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8 Genoa 34 10 10 14 33 34 −1 30
8 Lazio 34 9 12 13 21 24 −3 30
8 Catania 34 9 12 13 32 44 −12 30
8 Atalanta 34 7 16 11 26 43 −17 30
12 Roma[d] 34 9 11 14 43 44 −1 29 Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
12 Mantova 34 6 17 11 28 39 −11 29
14 Messina 34 9 10 15 25 46 −21 28
15 Sampdoria 34 10 7 17 38 50 −12 27 Relegation tie-breaker
16 Modena (R) 34 6 15 13 29 42 −13 27 Serie B after tie-breaker
17 SPAL (R) 34 6 12 16 28 39 −11 24 Relegation to Serie B
18 Bari (R) 34 6 10 18 20 43 −23 22
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

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Home \ Away ATA BAR BOL CTN FIO GEN INT JUV LRV LAZ MAN MES MIL MOD ROM SAM SPA TOR
Atalanta 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–7 1–3 1–3 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Bari 4–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–3
Bologna 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 4–1
Catania 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 5–3 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–5 0–0 1–0
Fiorentina 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1
Genoa 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
Internazionale 2–1 3–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1
Juventus 0–0 4–0 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 4–1 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–1
Vicenza 3–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–3 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–1
Lazio 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Mantova 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–4 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
Messina 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–3 0–0 1–1
Milan 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1
Modena 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–3 3–0 4–3 0–0
Roma 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 6–1 2–0 3–0
Sampdoria 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–1 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–0
SPAL 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 5–2 1–1 2–4 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1
Torino 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 5–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0
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

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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]

Bologna2–0Internazionale
Facchetti 75' (o.g.)
Nielsen 82'

Relegation tie-breaker

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Modena0–2Sampdoria
Barison 61'
Salvi 72'
Referee: Marco De Marchi

Modena relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Denmark Harald Nielsen Bologna 21
2 Sweden Kurt Hamrin Fiorentina 19
3 Brazil Luís Vinício Vicenza 18
4 Brazil Amarildo Milan 14
5 Italy José Altafini Milan 13
Argentina Italy Omar Sívori Juventus
Italy Paolo Barison Sampdoria
8 Brazil Jair da Costa Internazionale 12
9 Brazil Nené Juventus 11
10 Italy Sergio Brighenti Modena 10

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Il Bologna di Bernardini e lo storico spareggio" (in Italian). gazzetta.it.

References and sources

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  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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