1963–64 Serie A

Serie A
	1963–64 Bologna team
Season	1963–64
Dates	14 September 1963 – 31 May 1964
Champions	Bologna; 7th title
Relegated	Modena; SPAL; Bari
European Cup	Bologna; Internazionale
Cup Winners' Cup	Torino
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Milan; Fiorentina; Juventus; Roma
Matches played	306
Goals scored	647 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harald Nielsen; (21 goals)
	← 1962–63 1964–65 →

The 1963–64 Serie A season was won by Bologna.

Serie A 1963–64 team distribution

Teams

Messina, Bari and Lazio had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bologna (C)	34	22	10	2	54	18	+36	54	Qualification to European Cup^[a]
2	Internazionale^[b]	34	23	8	3	54	21	+33	54	Qualification to European Cup^[a]
3	Milan	34	21	9	4	58	28	+30	51	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4	Fiorentina	34	14	10	10	43	27	+16	38
4	Juventus	34	14	10	10	49	37	+12	38
6	Vicenza	34	13	10	11	34	36	−2	36
7	Torino^[c]	34	9	17	8	32	32	0	35	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8	Genoa	34	10	10	14	33	34	−1	30
8	Lazio	34	9	12	13	21	24	−3	30
8	Catania	34	9	12	13	32	44	−12	30
8	Atalanta	34	7	16	11	26	43	−17	30
12	Roma^[d]	34	9	11	14	43	44	−1	29	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
12	Mantova	34	6	17	11	28	39	−11	29
14	Messina	34	9	10	15	25	46	−21	28
15	Sampdoria	34	10	7	17	38	50	−12	27	Relegation tie-breaker
16	Modena (R)	34	6	15	13	29	42	−13	27	Serie B after tie-breaker
17	SPAL (R)	34	6	12	16	28	39	−11	24	Relegation to Serie B
18	Bari (R)	34	6	10	18	20	43	−23	22	Relegation to Serie B

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

^ Inter qualified as defending champions.
^ After the title tie-breaker with Bologna (2–0).
^ Qualified to the CWC for an erroneous bet over the late Coppa Italia final against AS Roma.
^ Invited to the Fairs Cup as compensation for the exclusion from the CWC.

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BAR	BOL	CTN	FIO	GEN	INT	JUV	LRV	LAZ	MAN	MES	MIL	MOD	ROM	SAM	SPA	TOR
Atalanta		1–0	1–1	3–0	1–7	1–3	1–3	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Bari	4–0		0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–3
Bologna	2–0	3–1		1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–1
Catania	0–0	1–0	1–3		2–0	5–3	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–5	0–0	1–0
Fiorentina	4–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		2–0	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–1
Genoa	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	2–1		0–2	3–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
Internazionale	2–1	3–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1
Juventus	0–0	4–0	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	4–1		4–1	0–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–1
Vicenza	3–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1		1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–3	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–1
Lazio	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–1		2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Mantova	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0		2–2	1–4	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0
Messina	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–0		1–2	2–0	2–1	4–3	0–0	1–1
Milan	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–0		3–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
Modena	1–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1		3–3	3–0	4–3	0–0
Roma	1–1	0–0	0–1	4–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–0		6–1	2–0	3–0
Sampdoria	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–1	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–2		3–1	0–0
SPAL	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	5–2	1–1	2–4	0–0	2–0	3–1		0–1
Torino	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	5–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–0

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.

Championship tie-breaker

With both Inter and Bologna level on 54 points, a play-off match was conducted to decide the champion for the first and only time in Serie A history.^[1]

7 June 1964

Bologna	2–0	Internazionale
Facchetti 75' (o.g.) Nielsen 82'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello

Relegation tie-breaker

7 June 1964

Modena	0–2	Sampdoria
		Barison 61' Salvi 72'

San Siro, Milan

Referee: Marco De Marchi

Modena relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Harald Nielsen	Bologna	21
2	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	19
3	Luís Vinício	Vicenza	18
4	Amarildo	Milan	14
5	José Altafini	Milan	13
	Omar Sívori	Juventus
	Paolo Barison	Sampdoria
8	Jair da Costa	Internazionale	12
9	Nené	Juventus	11
10	Sergio Brighenti	Modena	10

Footnotes

^ "Il Bologna di Bernardini e lo storico spareggio" (in Italian). gazzetta.it.

References and sources

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

External links

All results on RSSSF Website.

[table_note_res_EC10.24375279165979-1] Inter qualified as defending champions.

[table_note_INT0.24375279165979-2] After the title tie-breaker with Bologna (2–0).

[table_note_TOR0.24375279165979-3] Qualified to the CWC for an erroneous bet over the late Coppa Italia final against AS Roma.

[table_note_ROM0.24375279165979-4] Invited to the Fairs Cup as compensation for the exclusion from the CWC.

[5] "Il Bologna di Bernardini e lo storico spareggio" (in Italian). gazzetta.it.

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