1965–66 Serie A

63rd season of top-tier Italian football

Football league season

Serie A
Season	1965–66
Dates	5 September 1965 – 22 May 1966
Champions	Internazionale 10th title
Relegated	Sampdoria Catania Varese
European Cup	Internazionale
Cup Winners' Cup	Fiorentina
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Bologna Napoli Juventus
Matches played	306
Goals scored	668 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luís Vinício (25 goals)
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 Serie A season was won by Internazionale.

Atalanta

Bologna

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Serie A 1965-66 team distribution

Teams

Brescia, Napoli and SPAL 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	20	10	4	70	28	+42	50	Qualification to European Cup
2	Bologna	34	19	8	7	60	37	+23	46	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Napoli	34	17	11	6	44	27	+17	45	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4	Fiorentina	34	16	11	7	45	22	+23	43	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
5	Juventus	34	13	16	5	38	23	+15	42	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Vicenza	34	13	14	7	44	34	+10	40
7	Milan	34	13	12	9	43	33	+10	38
8	Roma	34	13	10	11	28	31	−3	36
9	Brescia	34	12	8	14	43	44	−1	32
10	Torino	34	9	13	12	31	34	−3	31
11	Cagliari	34	10	10	14	36	37	−1	30
12	Foggia	34	8	13	13	22	30	−8	29
12	Lazio	34	8	13	13	28	41	−13	29
12	Atalanta	34	9	11	14	24	37	−13	29
15	SPAL	34	9	10	15	38	45	−7	28
16	Sampdoria (R)	34	9	9	16	27	47	−20	27	Relegation to Serie B
17	Catania (R)	34	5	12	17	24	56	−32	22
18	Varese (R)	34	2	11	21	23	62	−39	15

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

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	BRE	CAG	CTN	FIO	FOG	INT	JUV	LRV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	ROM	SAM	SPA	TOR	VAR
Atalanta		4–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0
Bologna	3–0		2–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–1	4–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–1
Brescia	2–0	0–1		0–0	4–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–2
Cagliari	0–0	1–3	1–0		3–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–1
Catania	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1		0–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–2	3–0
Fiorentina	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–0		1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	4–0
Foggia	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0		1–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Internazionale	1–0	0–0	7–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	5–0		3–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	5–2
Juventus	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0		4–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–1
Vicenza	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2		1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–0
Lazio	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–1		0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1
Milan	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	6–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2		4–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1
Napoli	5–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–4	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–0		1–0	2–2	4–2	0–0	2–2
Roma	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0		1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0
Sampdoria	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–5	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1		1–0	1–1	2–0
SPAL	3–1	0–3	0–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1		0–0	2–0
Torino	2–1	2–4	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0		2–0
Varese	0–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–3	2–5	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	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	Luís Vinício	Vicenza	25
2	Angelo Sormani	Milan	21
3	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale	19
4	José Altafini	Napoli	13
	Virginio De Paoli	Brescia
	Cané	Napoli
7	Helmut Haller	Bologna	12
	Harald Nielsen	Bologna
	Angelo Domenghini	Internazionale
	Giancarlo Salvi	Sampdoria
11	Luigi Riva	Cagliari	11
	Enrico Muzzio	SPAL
	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina

References

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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1965–66 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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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