1966–67 Serie A Explained

Competition:Serie A
Dates:18 September 1966 – 1 June 1967
Winners:Juventus
13th title
Season:1966–67
Relegated:Lazio
Foggia
Venezia
Lecco
Continentalcup1:European Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Juventus
Continentalcup3:Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Bologna
Napoli
Fiorentina
Continentalcup2:Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Milan
League Topscorer:Gigi Riva
(18 goals)
Matches:306
Total Goals:613
Prevseason:1965–66
Nextseason: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

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gigi RivaCagliari18
2 Sandro MazzolaInternazionale17
3 Kurt HamrinFiorentina15
José AltafiniNapoli
5 Mario BrugneraFiorentina13
6 Gianni RiveraMilan12
7 Giampaolo MenichelliJuventus11
8 Joaquín PeiróRoma10
Ezio PascuttiBologna
10 Roberto BoninsegnaCagliari9
Gigi MeroniTorino
Angelo DomenghiniInternazionale
Renato CappelliniInternazionale
Helmut HallerBologna

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