1962–63 Serie A

60th season of top-tier Italian football

Football league season

Serie A
Season	1962–63
Dates	16 September 1962 – 26 May 1963
Champions	Internazionale 8th title
Relegated	Napoli Venezia Palermo
European Cup	Internazionale Milan
Cup Winners' Cup	Atalanta
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Juventus Roma
Matches played	306
Goals scored	741 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harald Nielsen Pedro Manfredini (19 goals each)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Serie A season was won by Internazionale.

Atalanta

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Serie A 1962-63 team distribution

Teams

Genoa, Napoli and Modena had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	34	19	11	4	56	20	+36	49	Qualification to European Cup
2	Juventus	34	18	9	7	50	25	+25	45	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Milan	34	15	13	6	53	27	+26	43	Qualification to European Cup^[a]
4	Bologna	34	17	8	9	58	39	+19	42
5	Roma	34	13	14	7	57	32	+25	40	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Fiorentina	34	15	8	11	52	32	+20	38
7	Vicenza	34	13	10	11	35	35	0	36
8	Atalanta	34	12	10	12	43	44	−1	34	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8	SPAL	34	12	10	12	36	38	−2	34
8	Torino	34	12	10	12	34	38	−4	34
11	Sampdoria	34	11	8	15	41	50	−9	30
11	Modena	34	10	10	14	36	47	−11	30
11	Mantova	34	8	14	12	34	46	−12	30
11	Catania	34	10	10	14	35	56	−21	30
15	Genoa	34	9	10	15	32	48	−16	28
16	Napoli (R)	34	9	9	16	35	59	−24	27	Relegation to Serie B
17	Venezia (R)	34	6	10	18	36	51	−15	22
18	Palermo (R)	34	5	10	19	18	54	−36	20

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

^ Qualified as defending champions

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	CTN	FIO	GEN	INT	JUV	LRV	MAN	MIL	MOD	NAP	PAL	ROM	SAM	SPA	TOR	VEN
Atalanta		1–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–6	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2
Bologna	1–0		5–0	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	7–1	4–2	4–0	0–0	4–1	4–1	1–0	0–0
Catania	2–0	1–1		0–1	3–1	1–0	1–5	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–2
Fiorentina	2–0	3–1	3–0		5–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	0–1	1–2	5–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–4
Genoa	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–2		1–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Internazionale	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	6–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	3–2	1–1	2–0
Juventus	2–3	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1		2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1
Vicenza	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–3		4–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
Mantova	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		1–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–0
Milan	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	6–1	2–2		4–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	3–3
Modena	0–2	0–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2		4–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1
Napoli	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–5	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–5	0–2		3–1	3–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–0
Palermo	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–1		0–4	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1
Roma	1–1	3–1	5–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	7–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–0		2–0	0–0	5–0	2–2
Sampdoria	2–0	2–3	4–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0		0–1	1–3	3–1
SPAL	2–5	0–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	1–0		2–0	1–1
Torino	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	4–2	2–1		1–0
Venezia	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–3	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	4–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1

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	Harald Nielsen	Bologna	19
1	Pedro Manfredini	Roma	19
3	Omar Sívori	Juventus	16
4	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	15
5	Ezio Pascutti	Bologna	13
	Angelo Sormani	Mantova
	China	Sampdoria
	Beniamino Di Giacomo	Torino, Internazionale
9	Dino da Costa	Atalanta	12
9	Armando Miranda	Juventus	12
11	José Altafini	Milan	11
	Gino Raffin	Venezia
	Gerry Hitchens	Internazionale, Torino
	Bruno Petroni	Catania
15	Jair da Costa	Internazionale	10
	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale
	Giorgio Puia	Vicenza
	Juan Seminario	Fiorentina

References and sources

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

External links

[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

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Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale
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1962–63 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

Club seasons
Serie A	Internazionale Milan

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '62 '63 Finland '62 '63 France East Germany West Germany Greece Iceland '62 '63 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '62 '63 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '62 '63 Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
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