1966–67 Serie A
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Season | 1966–67 |
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Dates | 18 September 1966 – 1 June 1967 |
Champions | Juventus 13th title |
Relegated | Lazio Foggia Venezia Lecco |
European Cup | Juventus |
Cup Winners' Cup | Milan |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Bologna Napoli Fiorentina |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 613 (2 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Gigi Riva (18 goals) |
← 1965–66 1967–68 → |
The 1966–67 Serie A season was won by Juventus, it was their second scudetto of the 1960s. The season was closely contested and went down to the final day of the season; Internazionale were left needing just a draw or having Juventus not beat Lazio to win the title. However, Inter lost 1–0 on the final day to Mantova thanks to a goal from one of their former players, Beniamino Di Giacomo. Juventus on the other hand beat Lazio 2–1 to take their 13th title.
Teams
Venezia, Lecco and Mantova had been promoted from Serie B.
Events
A transitional relegation place was added to reduce the league to 16 clubs. Six out of the eighteen clubs came from Lombardy, a record for a single region of Italy.
Final classification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Juventus (C) | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 49 | Qualification to European Cup |
2 | Internazionale | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 48 | |
3 | Bologna | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 45 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
4 | Napoli | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 44 | |
5 | Fiorentina | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 53 | 29 | +24 | 43 | |
6 | Cagliari | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 40 | |
7 | Torino | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 38 | |
8 | Milan | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 37 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
9 | Mantova | 34 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 34 | |
10 | Roma | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 33 | |
11 | Atalanta | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 31 | |
12 | SPAL | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 29 | |
13 | Vicenza | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 28 | |
13 | Brescia | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 28 | |
15 | Lazio (R) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 27 | Relegation to Serie B |
16 | Foggia (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 24 | |
17 | Venezia (R) | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 17 | |
17 | Lecco (R) | 34 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 57 | −36 | 17 |
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy Gigi Riva | Cagliari | 18 |
2 | Italy Sandro Mazzola | Internazionale | 17 |
3 | Sweden Kurt Hamrin | Fiorentina | 15 |
Brazil Italy José Altafini | Napoli | ||
5 | Italy Mario Brugnera | Fiorentina | 13 |
6 | Italy Gianni Rivera | Milan | 12 |
7 | Italy Giampaolo Menichelli | Juventus | 11 |
8 | Spain Joaquín Peiró | Roma | 10 |
Italy Ezio Pascutti | Bologna | ||
10 | Italy Roberto Boninsegna | Cagliari | 9 |
Italy Gigi Meroni | Torino | ||
Italy Angelo Domenghini | Internazionale | ||
Italy Renato Cappellini | Internazionale | ||
Germany Helmut Haller | Bologna |
References and sources
- Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005