1957–58 Serie A Explained

Competition:Serie A
Season:1957–58
Winners:Juventus
10th title
Relegated:Atalanta
Hellas Verona
Continentalcup1:European Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Juventus
League Topscorer:John Charles
(28 goals)
Matches:306
Total Goals:880
Prevseason:1956–57
Nextseason:1958–59

The 1957–58 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

Teams

Hellas Verona and Alessandria had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

This season was influenced by the Belfast disaster. Following the defeat of the Italy national football team by Northern Ireland, the sole elimination of Italy from the FIFA World Cup before 2018, the Italian government appointed a commissioner to the FIGC. A reduction of the Serie A to 16 clubs was imposed, with a single promotion from the Serie B and three relegations, but the Football League disagreed. The League won the dispute, and the reduction was annulled establishing a playoff between the 17th in Serie A and the 2nd in Serie B. In the meantime, Atalanta was ranked last for a corruption case: the Bergamo club was later accomplished by a judge, but for equity the ordinary, original regulation with two relegations was restored.Inter and Roma were invited to the 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
SS Lazio was the cupwinner.

Serie A qualification

Hellas Verona had to play two qualification matches against the team that ranked second in Serie B.

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Hellas Verona relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 John CharlesJuventus28
2 Eddie FirmaniSampdoria23
3 Omar SívoriJuventus22
4 Luís VinícioNapoli21
5 Kurt HamrinPadova20
6 Dino da CostaRoma18
7 Antonio Valentín AngelilloInternazionale16
8 Bengt LindskogUdinese14
9 Emanuele Del VecchioHellas Verona13
Vicenza
Paolo BarisonGenoa
12 Julio AbbadieGenoa12
Ezio PascuttiBologna
Gino PivatelliBologna
Carlo GalliMilan
Lorenzo BettiniUdinese
Miguel MontuoriFiorentina
18 Sergio BrighentiPadova11

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