1963–64 Serie A

Serie A
1963–64 Bologna team
Season1963–64
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.

Serie A 1963–64 team distribution

Teams

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

Final classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bologna (C.T.) (C) 34 22 10 2 54 18 +36 54 Qualification to European Cup
2 Internazionale (C.T.)[lower-alpha 1] 34 23 8 3 54 21 +33 54 Qualification to European Cup[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3] 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[lower-alpha 4] 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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. After the title play-off with Bologna (2–0).
  2. Qualified as defending champions.
  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
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

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
Modena0–2Sampdoria
Barison  61'
Salvi  72'

Modena relegated to Serie B.

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

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

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