1973–74 Serie A

71st season of top-tier Italian football

Football league season

Serie A
1973–74 Lazio team
Season	1973 (1973)–74
Dates	7 October 1973 – 19 May 1974
Champions	Lazio 1st title
Relegated	Foggia Genoa Hellas Verona
Cup Winners' Cup	Bologna
UEFA Cup	Juventus Napoli Internazionale Torino
Matches played	240
Goals scored	497 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Giorgio Chinaglia (24 goals)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Bologna

Cagliari

Cesena

Fiorentina

Foggia

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Serie A 1973-74 team distribution

The 1973–74 Serie A season was won by Lazio.

Teams

Genoa, Cesena and Foggia had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lazio (C)	30	18	7	5	45	23	+22	43	Not admitted to Europe
2	Juventus	30	16	9	5	50	26	+24	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Napoli	30	12	12	6	35	28	+7	36
4	Internazionale	30	12	11	7	47	33	+14	35
5	Torino	30	10	14	6	27	24	+3	34
6	Fiorentina	30	10	13	7	32	26	+6	33
7	Milan	30	11	8	11	34	36	−2	30
8	Roma	30	10	9	11	29	28	+1	29
9	Bologna	30	6	17	7	35	36	−1	29	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
10	Cagliari	30	7	14	9	25	32	−7	28
11	Cesena	30	6	15	9	25	28	−3	27
12	Vicenza	30	7	12	11	22	37	−15	26
13	Sampdoria^[a]	30	5	13	12	27	34	−7	20
14	Foggia^[b] (R)	30	6	12	12	20	34	−14	18	Relegation to Serie B
15	Genoa (R)	30	4	9	17	16	37	−21	17
16	Hellas Verona^[c] (D, R)	30	8	9	13	28	35	−7	25

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

^ 3 points deducted for alleged bribery.
^ 6 points deducted for bribery.
^ Demoted in the last place for bribery by the Federation.

Results

Home \ Away	BOL	CAG	CES	FIO	FOG	GEN	INT	JUV	LRV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	ROM	SAM	TOR	HEL
Bologna		3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	4–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2
Cagliari	0–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1
Cesena	3–0	1–1		0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0
Fiorentina	1–1	4–1	0–0		0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1
Foggia	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1
Genoa	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–0
Internazionale	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	5–1	0–0		0–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0
Juventus	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–0		0–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	5–1
Vicenza	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–3		0–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1
Lazio	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–2
Milan	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–5	2–2	1–2	0–0		0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Napoli	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	1–2		1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Roma	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–3	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–1		2–1	0–0	1–0
Sampdoria	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–0		1–1	2–1
Torino	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1		0–0
Hellas Verona	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1

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	Giorgio Chinaglia	Lazio	24
2	Roberto Boninsegna	Internazionale	23
3	Sergio Clerici	Napoli	17
4	Pietro Anastasi	Juventus	16
5	Luigi Riva	Cagliari	15
6	Paolo Pulici	Torino	14
7	Giuseppe Savoldi	Bologna	12
7	Antonello Cuccureddu	Juventus	12
9	Luciano Chiarugi	Milan	11
10	Renzo Garlaschelli	Lazio	10

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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1973–74 in Italian football

Domestic leagues	Serie A Serie B Serie C
Domestic cups	Coppa Italia Final
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Serie A	Juventus Lazio

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '73 '74 England Faroe Islands '73 '74 Finland '73 '74 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '73 '74 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '73 '74 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '73 '74 Spain Sweden '73 '74 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '73 '74 Finland '73 '74 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '73 '74 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '73 '74 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia '73 '74
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '73 '74