# 1961–62 Serie A

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

## 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 | Relegated to Serie B |
| 18 | Udinese (R) | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 17 | Relegated to Serie B |

## 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 | |

## 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 |
| 10 | Marino Perani | Bologna | 11 |
| 10 | Luis Suárez | Internazionale | 11 |
| 10 | Humberto Maschio | Atalanta | 11 |
| 14 | Silvano Mencacci | SPAL | 10 |
| 14 | Denis Law | Torino | 10 |
| 14 | Gianni Rivera | Milan | 10 |
| 14 | Francesco Canella | Udinese | 10 |
| 14 | Torbjörn Jonsson | Fiorentina, Roma | 10 |
| 14 | Antonio Valentín Angelillo | Roma | 10 |

## References and sources

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