1961–62 Serie A

59th season of top-tier Italian football

Football league season

Serie A
1961–62 A.C. Milan team
Season	1961–62
Champions	Milan 8th title
Relegated	Padova Lecco Udinese
European Cup	Milan
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Roma Sampdoria
Matches played	306
Goals scored	770 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Altafini Aurelio Milani (22 goals each)
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Serie A season was won by Milan.

Atalanta

Bologna

Catania

Fiorentina

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Serie A 1961-62 team distribution

Teams

Venezia, Mantova and Palermo had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Milan (C)	34	24	5	5	83	36	+47	53	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Internazionale	34	19	10	5	59	31	+28	48
3	Fiorentina	34	19	8	7	57	32	+25	46
4	Bologna	34	19	7	8	57	41	+16	45
5	Roma	34	18	8	8	61	35	+26	44	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Atalanta	34	13	12	9	39	38	+1	38
7	Torino	34	12	12	10	42	40	+2	36
8	Palermo	34	13	9	12	30	35	−5	35
9	Mantova	34	12	8	14	42	42	0	32
10	Sampdoria	34	9	12	13	32	40	−8	30	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
10	Catania	34	9	12	13	30	45	−15	30
12	Venezia	34	8	13	13	35	41	−6	29
12	Juventus	34	10	9	15	48	56	−8	29
14	Vicenza	34	8	11	15	29	43	−14	27
14	SPAL	34	9	9	16	30	50	−20	27
16	Padova (R)	34	7	9	18	29	49	−20	23	Relegated to Serie B
16	Lecco (R)	34	6	11	17	30	53	−23	23
18	Udinese (R)	34	6	5	23	37	63	−26	17

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	CTN	FIO	INT	JUV	LRV	LCO	MAN	MIL	PAD	PAL	ROM	SAM	SPA	TOR	UDI	VEN
Atalanta		2–1	3–0	0–0	2–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1
Bologna	0–0		3–1	0–3	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
Catania	2–1	1–1		3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1
Fiorentina	0–1	1–0	0–0		4–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	5–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	5–1	2–0	5–2	2–0
Internazionale	6–0	6–4	1–1	4–1		2–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–0
Juventus	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–4		2–0	2–2	1–1	2–4	4–0	2–4	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	1–0
Vicenza	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–2	0–3	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1
Lecco	0–1	2–2	3–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–3		1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–1
Mantova	3–1	2–5	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0		1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0
Milan	2–2	3–0	3–0	5–2	0–2	5–1	4–1	3–0	1–0		4–0	3–0	3–1	2–3	4–1	4–2	4–3	1–0
Padova	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	0–3	1–0	3–2	0–3	4–0	1–1
Palermo	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		0–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–0
Roma	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	2–3	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–1	3–1	5–2		1–0	4–1	2–2	4–0	1–0
Sampdoria	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–3	0–0	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–0		0–0	2–0	2–2	0–2
SPAL	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–1		1–0	2–1	1–1
Torino	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–3	3–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–2	4–2
Udinese	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	5–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–3		0–0
Venezia	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–3	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–1

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.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	José Altafini	Milan	22
1	Aurelio Milani	Fiorentina	22
3	Gerry Hitchens	Internazionale	16
3	Angelo Sormani	Mantova	16
5	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	15
6	Beniamino Di Giacomo	Lecco	14
6	Pedro Manfredini	Roma	14
8	Omar Sívori	Juventus	13
9	Gino Raffin	Venezia	12
10	Ezio Pascutti	Bologna	11
	Marino Perani	Bologna
	Luis Suárez	Internazionale
	Humberto Maschio	Atalanta
14	Silvano Mencacci	SPAL	10
	Denis Law	Torino
	Gianni Rivera	Milan
	Francesco Canella	Udinese
	Torbjörn Jonsson	Fiorentina, Roma
	Antonio Valentín Angelillo	Roma

References and sources

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

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1961–62 in Italian football

Domestic leagues	Serie A Serie B Serie C
Domestic cups	Coppa Italia Final
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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Serie A	Milan Udinese

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League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '60–'61 '61–'63