1959–60 Serie A Explained

Competition:Serie A
Winners:Juventus
11th title
Season:1959–60
Relegated:Palermo
Alessandria
Genoa
Continentalcup1:European Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Juventus
Continentalcup3:Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Internazionale
Roma
Continentalcup2:Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Fiorentina
League Topscorer:Omar Sivori
(28 goals)
Matches:306
Total Goals:792
Prevseason:1958–59
Nextseason:1960–61

The 1959–60 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

Teams

Atalanta and Palermo had been promoted from Serie B.

Events

A modern professional structure was introduced, together with a third relegation.

Final classification

Inter and Roma were invited to the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Omar SívoriJuventus28
2 Kurt HamrinFiorentina26
3 John CharlesJuventus23
4 Sergio BrighentiPadova21
5 José AltafiniMilan20
6 Pedro ManfrediniRoma16
7 Lorenzo BettiniUdinese14
Gino PivatelliBologna
Paolo ErbaBari
10 Arne SelmossonRoma13
Orlando RozzoniLazio
12 Mario TortulPadova12
Eddie FirmaniInternazionale
14 Antonio Valentín AngelilloInternazionale11
Bengt LindskogInternazionale
Egidio MorbelloSPAL
Oliviero ContiVicenza

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